The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86 35. Ryan Fromhart’s Dignity (1)

Whooooom-

The flight with the young dragon Semu was more comfortable than expected.

He couldn’t feel the wind hitting him at all, and the back was soft and squishy, so it wasn’t particularly uncomfortable.

Moreover, the scenery viewed from above the sky was breathtaking.

He had never once thought he envied flying creatures, but at this moment, his mind changed slightly.

“Hmm…”

However, that was only for a moment, as the flight time exceeded 2 hours and gradually became boring.

He thought about taking brief breaks, but he didn’t like that idea either.

If something went wrong, he might not be able to participate in next week’s classes. Even if not, it was better to finish tasks quickly.

Therefore, Lumian looked for something to do on Semu’s back and thought of aura training.

‘The posture is quite stable, should I try it?’

It was a crazy idea.

No matter how stable the situation was, thinking of doing aura training while moving rapidly. An ordinary knight wouldn’t have even thought of it.

But Lumian had confidence beyond himself.

Immersing too deeply would be dangerous.

But if he kept half his mind awake, he could handle unexpected situations.

Having finished his thoughts, he spoke to Semu.

“Semu.”

“Yes! Lumian-nim!”

“I’m going to do aura training while riding on your back, so please understand even if I don’t talk.”

“Huh? Huh?”

“Don’t worry. There’s no problem. Well then.”

With those words, Lumian closed his eyes.

His legs and arms hugging Semu still maintained their strength. However, his consciousness turned inward.

And shortly after, the aura in his body began to move slowly.

Wooooooom-

The flow of energy could be felt riding on Semu’s back. The young dragon’s eyes grew as big as a full moon.

“Wow! Amazing!”

It was surprising!

Though he wasn’t human, he knew well enough how difficult aura training was. This was because he had accumulated knowledge by observing various knights before meeting Lumian.

Therefore, he could immediately tell how amazing Lumian was right now. There were countless knights who couldn’t even follow Lumian’s footsteps even in quiet and still situations.

Semu’s face became proud as he thought.

‘As expected, Lumian-nim is amazing! The best!’

Well, it wasn’t really surprising. From what he had shown yesterday, it was already at a level that destroyed common sense.

He had gulped down a large demonic stone and safely digested it.

It sounded simple, but it was definitely not something a human could do. At least that’s what Semu had thought.

However, Lumian had accomplished it. Very easily.

He absorbed all the mana that came rushing like waves without spilling a single drop.

And he pushed out and burned away the demonic energy that came rushing with it. Though he had helped, honestly speaking, it was absurd.

‘Moreover, he perfectly overcame even the cold energy like eternal snow!’

Lumian’s energy that had been hot like lava erupting from a volcano!

Semu made a moved expression as he recalled that.

He was truly a wonderful human. He had made the best choice.

He naturally started humming. Even though they were on their way to face strong and vicious demons, he wasn’t scared at all.

‘Wait! You evil villains!’

Cool dragon Semu and Stamina King Lumian-nim are coming!

The guy who muttered to himself increased his speed even more.

Lumian riding on his back continued his training with a still peaceful appearance.

* * *

Night passed and day broke.

Lumian, who had come down from the young dragon Semu’s back, looked up at the sky.

The sun was at its zenith. That meant they had flown for such a long time without being able to move.

Nevertheless, Lumian was energetic.

He smiled brightly.

‘As expected, aura training is better than sleeping for fatigue recovery.’

Originally, he had planned to rest for a few hours after landing before attacking, but it seemed unnecessary.

Power surged through him. To the extent that he wanted to pour it out immediately.

His eyes shining, he clenched his fist tightly. Confidence he had never felt since becoming Lumian welled up.

However.

“…What, what is this.”

Semu’s reaction was different.

The guy looked around with a face full of anxiety. He crouched down on all fours and sniffed like a beast.

Then 10 seconds later, he ran to Lumian with an expression that looked like he was about to cry.

Standing on two feet, the guy hugged him tightly.

“Lumiaaaan.”

“Waah! What!”

“What should we do? What should we do? Uhuhuhuhuhng!”

“Ugh, snot! Disgusting!”

Finally unable to hold back, Semu poured out tears like a waterfall. Snot also flowed out like a stream, dirtying Lumian’s clothes.

Seeing that his polite speech had returned to casual speech, the shock must have been tremendous.

Lumian pushed the guy away and asked.

“What’s wrong, Semu?”

“The demonic territory, the demonic energy… it’s much stronger than before…”

“Hmm?”

“It definitely wasn’t this much a year ago! It was much weaker than now! Uhuhuhuhuhng!”

Semu wailing loudly again.

Lumian, who was watching the guy, raised his head and looked into the distance.

There was no need to enhance his vision with aura.

Lumian’s entire body was currently full of aura. He could see through illusion barriers set up by demons without any special effort.

A blood-red mountain came into his eyes.

“Hmm…”

It was truly all red.

The trees were red, the rocks were red, the ground was red.

It was gloomy and eerie as if tens of thousands of people’s blood had been poured out.

Lumian knew well what this meant.

It was natural. There was no way he, who had fought demons on the front lines for decades in his previous life, wouldn’t know this.

‘A demon of quite high rank has declared territory…’

Territory declaration.

A power possessed by powerful ones among high demons, it transforms part of the human world into an environment similar to the Demon Realm. Through this, those guys can utilize their power more properly.

This had nothing to do with the incubus of Calard Estate or the ice demon he had met a few days ago.

However, guys with more powerful strength cannot exert 100 percent of their power in the human world, so they gradually gnaw away at the human world in this manner.

This was also why the Demon King didn’t come out of the Demon King’s Castle.

Outside his domain, he wasn’t confident he could defeat humans including the Knight King.

‘Of course, he was defeated even while holed up inside.’

Lumian smiled as he recalled the past.

Though he died from wounds obtained at the Demon King’s Castle, he didn’t regret what happened then.

Rather, he was proud. It was because of that he could make a name for himself as one of the Three Greatest Knights of the Continent.

‘I also saved my lord’s life.’

Of course, what was important now wasn’t what happened then.

Lumian widened his eyes and examined the demonic territory more closely.

Fortunately, it was all red. He couldn’t find any purple at all.

He tilted his head.

‘This level is within the expected range?’

It was strange.

Lumian had originally flown here thinking the demons would be around this level.

No, he had even thought they might be stronger.

‘Red is… the lowest rank among demons capable of territorial declaration.’

The more purple mixed in, the higher the danger level, and those whose territory was completely covered in purple possessed power on the level of the Four Demon Kings.

Only the Demon King’s Castle was dyed entirely black. Like darkness so deep that even light couldn’t escape.

“Semu.”

Lumian, who had been silently continuing his thoughts, spoke to Semu.

He was curious.

Why the creature was so afraid.

Whether there was something he was thinking wrong about.

Semu, who had been sniffling, stopped crying and answered.

“Sniff… Y-yes, Lumian. Are you feeling it too, Lumian?”

“Mm, if you’re asking what level the demons are, I’m feeling it.”

“Then… then let’s go back… Lumian has gotten incredibly strong, you’re totally amazing but… you can’t beat demons that strong. Their aura is bigger than Lumian’s…”

“Mm?”

“Besides, not just the leader demon, but there are tons of subordinates too. If they all bother Lumian at the same time, Lumian will… *sob*, waaahhh…”

Semu burst into tears again.

He wailed so pitifully that it was worrying the demons might come running at the sound.

But conversely, Lumian felt less concerned. Peace finally came to his heart.

Because he realized Semu’s worry stemmed from a misunderstanding.

He let out a hearty laugh and patted Semu’s head.

And said.

“Watch carefully.”

“Huh? Watch what? Watch what?”

Semu raised his head with puffy eyes.

That was the moment.

Whoosh!

The sound of air being torn.

Semu was startled. The creature fell backward on his bottom and looked at Lumian.

He grinned at him and threw his fist again.

It was faster than before.

Whoosh! Bang! Whoosh-whoosh-bang!

Fists, feet, and elbows swung in succession.

Each strike contained power strong enough to topple even Mount Tai.

The speed was even more amazing. Even Semu, a spirit among spirits, couldn’t grasp even half of it.

“Hmm. My body is definitely better than in my previous life.”

Because he had escaped being a eunuch. Looking at his bulging muscles brought a feeling of satisfaction.

Lumian nodded and drew a sword from his subspace backpack.

A proper-length real sword that could be used with one or both hands.

It wasn’t a masterpiece, but it was high quality.

He swung it.

Swish!

Swoooosh-

Lumian’s sword danced through the air.

A display of pure swordsmanship without melting in even a bit of aura.

A dragon with good intuition but unfamiliar with human combat methods shouldn’t be able to recognize this.

That should have been natural, yet somehow Semu couldn’t take his eyes off Lumian’s form.

He couldn’t explain the reason.

He just watched Lumian’s sword dance with a blank expression. So deeply absorbed that he didn’t even notice 5 minutes had passed.

“My swordsmanship is still slightly lacking.”

Lumian muttered to himself.

It was definitely about 2 percent short compared to his previous life.

It couldn’t be helped. The period since reincarnation was too short to match his previous life’s proficiency. He thought he would need to train more separately to perfectly handle his changed body.

Finishing his thoughts, he exhaled with a “Hup!”

There was still one last thing to check.

As his aura was unleashed at full power, a terrifyingly large aura sword began rising from his sword.

Bzzzz-bzz-bzzzzzzzing-!

“…!”

This time too, Semu couldn’t utter an exclamation.

He just gaped his mouth open. And just stared at the giant aura sword with eyes full of shock.

Green, brown, blue, orange, red.

The thirteen-meter-long blade changed moment by moment. Along with it, the aura changed like a different person.

Another mutter flowed from Lumian’s mouth.

“The amount of aura is similar to my previous life… and the range of application is broader.”

“…”

“At this level, it wouldn’t be wrong to say I’ve caught up to my previous life’s realm.”

Tsuuuung…

He withdrew the aura sword. And cast his gaze toward Semu.

Even then, the creature still hadn’t come to his senses.

Lumian approached closer and spoke in a firm tone.

“How was it?”

“Huh, yes?”

“Hahahaha.”

Lumian laughed.

Because Semu using formal speech again was cute.

He patted the creature’s head and spoke again.

“My skills aren’t bad, right?”

“Yes! But how can you do that? The size of your aura is…”

“Of course the size of aura is important too. But equally important is how you utilize and use it.”

Lumian’s words carried weight.

They had to.

The current him was speaking based on experience from decades of battles.

The reason he could defeat demons with much stronger aura than his, demons with much larger builds than his.

The reason humans who seemed much weaker and insignificant could fight well against demons.

After briefly explaining this, he patted Semu’s shoulder and said.

“I’ll finish up and come back, so hide and wait.”

Lumian’s retreating figure looked incredibly reliable.

Semu silently nodded.

* * *

Boom!

“Damn it! Another failure!”

The research lab at the top of Red Mountain.

The high demon Kirikororokoro in a white coat clutched his head.

But no hair was caught. He was a bald demon after all.

“Lord Kirikororokoro, here’s some water…”

“Shut up! Do you think I can swallow water right now!”

Bang!

Splaaaash!

He swung his fist at the assistant offering him water.

The guy’s head exploded after getting punched in the face.

Watching the brain matter and skull fragments scatter like fireworks, Kirikororokoro clutched his belly and laughed.

“Kekekeke! Kihihihihi! Ah! That’s refreshing!”

After wiping his hands with a towel, he looked back into the laboratory.

He saw the chimera that couldn’t stand properly and kept collapsing.

He got angry again!

Kirikororokoro executed a body slam!

Crash!

Boom!

Splaaaash!

The failed chimera was smashed to pieces along with the glass window.

Feeling relieved again, he laughed refreshingly.

Wiping the blood splattered on his glasses, he muttered.

“Damn, just when things were going well lately, this piece of shit pops up. My lord will be visiting soon…”

Late would be half a year, early would be within two months. His lord, having achieved the first objective, would come.

He had to produce useful results before then!

For that, he needed to squeeze those researcher bastards even harder!

Having finished his logical thinking, Kirikororokoro was about to press the call bell to summon his subordinates.

But it was too late. Before he could do that, a guard who managed the illusion barrier approached and made a report.

“What? The barrier was breached? Who is it? A knight? A mage? Is it someone famous? How many?”

“W-well, that is…”

“Speak quickly, you bastard! Ugh! Annoying! I’m getting angry!”

“O-one person. He’s not on the major figures list, and he appears to be a swordsman.”

“Really? That’s strange. It has to be at least a Sword Master to breach that barrier, so he should definitely be on the list… Hey! Are you sure you saw correctly?”

“I-I’m certain! As for other peculiarities, he looks very young…”

“What? How old does he look?”

“Probably not even 20 years old…”

Bang!

Splat!

Kirikororokoro swung his fist again. The fireworks were recreated.

He muttered while breathing heavily.

“Are you stupid? How could such a young man breach the barrier! The barrier wasn’t breached – the idiot who made the barrier was stupid so there’s a hole in it! Am I right or not!”

“You’re right!”

“Then bring the guy who made the barrier to me! Bring him quickly! Just send anyone to deal with that young man!”

“Yes! Understood!”

One assistant who received the order quickly disappeared from the spot. After snorting, he lay down on the messy laboratory floor.

“Ah, I have so much work to do, why are there only idiots under me? Coming to report just because one young man entered by mistake.”

It was lamentable.

However, Kirikororokoro didn’t know that this young man was the reincarnation of a figure who was called a synonym for terror among demons.

Naturally, the three mid-level demons going to catch Lumian didn’t know either. No one knew.

It was the beginning of tragedy.

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