The Swords I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26. Sword House (3)
“Why does Korea only breed such lunatics?”
Before he could finish speaking, a blade was already embedded in his throat.
According to the interpreter’s explanation, it was “unavoidable to prevent his corruption.”
“He appears to lack all sense of reason.”
The SSS-rank Yaksha standing beside him spoke, observing the Prime Minister.
“His perception and worldview are on an entirely different dimension from that of an ordinary criminal.”
“If you, Japan’s strongest, are merely a criminal, then what does that make me?”
“Prime Minister. Creating a situation where someone can converse for tens of minutes with their throat half-severed requires extraordinarily precise technique.”
It would be nearly impossible without mastery of anatomy and profound expertise in swordplay.
Keeping someone alive is harder than killing them.
Moreover, not a single drop of blood was spilled.
“I don’t know much about swords, so I can’t explain in detail… but that was purely swordsmanship.”
Yaksha, a being that tears apart everything indiscriminately, doesn’t understand swordplay in detail.
Yet I could be certain that Shin Si-woo displayed no transcendent power whatsoever.
“I couldn’t even keep pace with Shin Si-woo simply wielding his blade.”
“I see. Yes. The power to summon that demon that devoured the Red Sea itself, meteor showers that blanket the sky, even healing abilities….”
Truly, a transcendent being.
Worthy of being called the brother of Jesus.
Which is precisely why I covet him.
“Moreover, a transcendent who knows restraint. Had Patriot been present, I’d already be a corpse lost in the rubble of bombardment.”
Shin Si-woo is a man of integrity.
There are far too many insane hunters out there.
“Yaksha, would it be acceptable to send Masaki to him?”
“Brainwashing—honestly, even if discovered, the risk is minimal, isn’t it? Would that man, who spared even you, Prime Minister, draw his blade against such a frail one?”
“Hmm… The problem is the interpreter who was beside Shin Si-woo.”
“Ah—.”
Yaksha fell silent.
Sato Masaki possessed a special power to control designated targets almost unconditionally.
This too was obtained through [Awakening] after overcoming trials.
But….
“That interpreter may not be an ordinary person.”
“That’s quite likely.”
Kang Seol-ah, known as an unawakened individual.
At first, I thought she was the daughter of Kang Mu-jin, a Korean power broker, accompanying the transcendent merely for some succession of authority.
But upon meeting her directly, that impression vanished entirely.
“Should we withdraw?”
“For now, we’ll observe. If it seems feasible, we’ll activate Masaki’s brainwashing power.”
Of course, we only have plans at this stage.
“The Lava Gate hasn’t disappeared either. We can afford to judge after seeing the results.”
Lava Gate.
A catastrophe so immense that even three Japanese Transcendents managing it for years could only contain it.
Gye Man-hwi, the cult leader of Gaecheon Faith and the source of this calamity, remained unfindable no matter where we searched.
Moreover, it was an even greater disaster than Korea’s Red Sea….
“It shouldn’t take more than a day or two before we reach the [Stabilization] phase―.”
Before Yaksha could finish speaking.
“Huh… Yaksha, look at WorldNet.”
“Good heavens―. The one who just left….”
【The lava that had covered the Mount Fuji region began vanishing in an instant!!!】
The crimson lava was being devoured by demons even more crimson than itself.
“Isn’t Yuki with Shin Si-woo?”
SSS-rank Hunter Yuki had accompanied Shin Si-woo as a guide through the Lava Gate.
A half-elf commanding the Spirit Realm.
For her, spatial constraints were merely barriers to transcend at will.
“But why is there no contact at all?”
* * *
SSS-rank Hunter Yuki.
Upon becoming an elf, she had abandoned her surname.
She opened the Spirit Realm, creating a passage connecting Tokyo to Mount Fuji.
She guided Shin Si-woo through it.
‘He merely exchanges glances with me and hasn’t looked at me once?’
Earth’s first half-elf, Yuki.
Regardless of age or gender, all fell captive to her mysterious beauty.
Yet Shin Si-woo….
A low hum.
He grasped his gleaming sword in silence, saying nothing.
Instead, the woman who came as his interpreter spoke to me.
“Hello?”
A non-Awakened with beauty rivaling that of a Transcendent—something felt oddly off.
“…Yes.”
Above all, it was awkward.
Still, Yuki bore the destiny of her homeland on her shoulders.
I had to do something.
First, we exchanged names.
“Wow, you’re the first person in Japan to ask my name. I’m Kang Seol-ah.”
“I’m Yuki. Miss Seol-ah, do you happen to know what Si-woo is doing right now?”
“I’m not sure. When he’s holding his sword, he’s so focused… he’s probably thinking about how to deal with the lava.”
Kang Seol-ah glanced at Shin Si-woo.
The jewel at the sword’s tip flickered through multiple colors in succession.
Crimson, azure, gold.
Perhaps….
‘Si-woo, so you really did experience cultivating swords as a trial.’
Kang Seol-ah was certain that he was conversing with the sword.
Shin Si-woo had never revealed the specifics of his abilities to anyone, but after watching over him for so many years, Kang Seol-ah could be certain.
‘He’s gone mad talking to swords.’
They were old friends.
Witnessing the reason behind Shin Si-woo’s madness made something feel off.
While lost in such thoughts.
“Shin Si-woo, might I ask what you enjoy?”
Yuki showed curiosity about Shin Si-woo.
Kang Seol-ah had no intention of stopping her.
‘Unless Yuki transforms into a sword herself, winning his favor is nearly impossible.’
However, concealing such genuine thoughts, she continued matter-of-factly.
The answer to what Shin Si-woo liked was simple.
“Si-woo….”
Kang Seol-ah glanced sideways.
There she saw Shin Si-woo’s sword.
It had certainly been a tiny blade, but it had grown to longsword length.
“He enjoys swords, it seems. I can forge spirit swords―.”
Yuki naturally brought up the topic of swords.
She hoped that perhaps Shin Si-woo might respond.
“…Why won’t you translate for me?”
Yuki shot a look at Kang Seol-ah.
Her eyes held a gaze as if questioning whether she was being cautious of her, but Kang Seol-ah found it absurd.
‘Si-woo once spoke about swords while completely drunk.’
At that time, he had muttered that spirit swords were garbage while thoroughly intoxicated.
She had shown consideration by understanding that.
Kang Seol-ah sighed deeply and asked Shin Si-woo.
“Si-woo, do you like spirit swords?”
“Noona, those are complete garbage. I don’t know what spirits are like here, but they’re fragile-minded cowards—the slightest imbalance ruins the sword’s equilibrium.”
Though she didn’t understand the specifics, Yuki grasped that Shin Si-woo had spoken negatively.
Yet Kang Seol-ah deliberately conveyed it in translation.
Those who abandon opportunities deserve no consideration.
“Spirit swords are too inferior for his interest.”
“Ah….”
The atmosphere grew more awkward.
Yuki chose silence instead.
After walking through the awkward silence for a moment, they arrived at the exit.
“Beyond this point lies a land of lava. It is lava that cannot be extinguished by resources found in reality, such as water and ice. Only the power of Hunters can erase the lava.”
After the explanation ended, Yuki took the lead.
Now it would be just Shin Si-woo and me.
Leaving Kang Seol-ah behind—uncertain whether she was even an Awakened One—I intended to proceed with the plan the Prime Minister had prepared.
“Since Miss Seol-ah is a civilian, if you could wait here—”
Before Yuki could finish speaking, Shin Si-woo interjected.
“No problem.”
His sword blazed with golden radiance, pouring sacred light over Kang Seol-ah.
“Sister, this is a Holy Barrier. It will withstand two strikes even from the Outer God’s tentacles, so don’t worry and come with us.”
“Ah…”
For some reason, the barrier had not been cast over Yuki.
She crossed through the Gate with a bitter expression.
Whoooosh——!!!
Terrible lava appeared before us—melting villages, burning nature, reducing humanity’s foundations to nothingness.
Heat shimmered from all directions.
Yuki, a Spirit Summoner, flinched at the incompatible aura.
Shhk—.
Then Shin Si-woo drew his sword.
“————.”
He spoke something.
It was likely a name.
‘Transcending rank itself…’
Yuki, who wielded [Spirits], understood well.
High beings like primordial Spirit Kings or ancient spirits—even speaking their names was forbidden.
Hearing them was the same.
Keeeeeeee———.
Which meant the name of the blood-red greatsword gleaming ominously in Shin Si-woo’s hand possessed such ‘rank’.
‘D-Demon…’
Yuki held her breath.
That crimson greatsword summoned the grotesque monsters that moved Jesus.
They appeared on Japanese soil.
Crackle—crack!!!
Vivid red lines materialized in the air, and grotesque monsters poured through the rifts.
Red demons with massive heads split horizontally by gaping mouths, their enormous eyes burning with malice.
‘G-Good heavens—’
In less than a second.
Tens of thousands of such creatures erupted forth.
Yuki enhanced her vision using her elven bloodline.
She struggled to perceive this fleeting moment.
Monsters pouring like afterimages.
They hurled themselves into the lava, devouring it.
But their gaze—.
Crackle.
‘Me, you’re looking at me?’
All million demons fixed their gaze upon a single person—Yuki alone.
A chill ran down my spine.
Regardless, the demons continued devouring the molten lava that blanketed the surrounding area.
‘M-monsters!!!’
Whoooosh.
The heat vanished in an instant.
The crimson lava that had engulfed everything was no longer visible.
And yet….
Uuugghhh!!!
The colossal demons, their bodies swollen with mass, did not disappear and continued their advance.
Those terrifying creatures converged around Yuki.
‘The scent of blood―.’
In an instant, I felt trapped within a cavern constructed entirely of blood.
Within it, every demon gazed upon Yuki with a sinister smile.
‘What are they planning to do to me….’
Yuki was seized by terror.
The spirits enveloping her body fled at the sight of the demons.
Yuki wanted to flee as well.
So she opened a gateway to the Spirit Realm.
Gulp.
One demon devoured the gateway leading to the Spirit Realm.
‘A gateway that cannot even be touched….’
Yuki refused to acknowledge it, yet she had no choice but to accept reality.
The purpose of these creatures was―.
‘To consume me!!!’
To devour Yuki herself.
Her legs gave way beneath her.
That was when it happened.
Slurrrp.
A demon opened its maw and extended an enormous tongue.
It licked Yuki with it.
“Kyaaaaaahhh!!!”
Yuki screamed and lost consciousness.
* * *
【Ah, Master!!! It has been quite some time since I last tasted an elf.】
I had nullified the lava’s erosion.
Then I granted Iris Ruzbella’s trivial request.
‘Iris Ruzbella has consumed the most elves and World Trees by far.’
Within the repeating world, Iris Ruzbella fought the World Tree countless times.
As the world repeated, Iris Ruzbella made more and more decisions of her own.
“Sword, you shall consume the World Tree and obtain even greater power!”
That’s how it went.
Those experiences were etched into her soul, and Iris Ruzbella was the perfected blade born from them.
I can’t say I don’t understand her reaction to elves.
The problem is….
“Si-woo, she’s not waking up. What do we do?”
Yuki—she won’t wake up.
The shock must have been considerable, and I can’t blame her for it.
‘If I actually let her eat one, things would get messy.’
To Iris Ruzbella, elves are like tonics.
She sang about wanting to eat elves the entire time we passed through the Spirit Realm.
Thanks to Yulia and Reinhardt Euclid mediating, we reached a dramatic compromise where she only got a taste.
「5th Sword, Iris Ruzbella. [15/100]」
I gained much from resolving this incursion.
Gye Man-hwi’s karma here was so immense that Iris Ruzbella’s rating jumped all the way to 15.
And thus―.
Whoosh!
[Your bond with Iris Ruzbella deepens.]
[The Aga Sword can now summon demons.]
The Aga Sword gained a new ability.
I’m already the master of a million demons, but summoning was impossible because the Aga Sword was too young.
Now that problem was solved.
‘Once the Ego Sword’s manifestation time exceeds 15, new power unlocks.’
This meant another possibility for me.
I’d gained a concrete reason to awaken and develop all my swords going forward.
‘I should liberate the power of each sword one by one.’
Though I call them NPCs, I know in my heart they are also part of my swords.
A term born of both affection and frustration, you might say.
‘They’ll certainly give me headaches.’
Of course, the 5th Sword Iris Ruzbella and the 1st Sword Reinhardt Euclid were NPCs I’d been attached to from the beginning.
Even as I thought these things, Seol-ah kept trying to wake Yuki by slapping her cheeks.
Slap, slap!
“Yuki, wake up!”
I chuckled softly and summoned a demon.
Then I placed Yuki on top of it.
“She’ll come to and find her way back on her own.”
Unlike when Iris Ruzbella manifested, this demon showed no signs of wanting to eat her or anything like that.
‘About ten can be summoned.’
Once I summoned one, I got the hang of it.
So I summoned two more.
“Sister, you can ride on one, right?”
“Y-yes, of course!”
Together with Kang Seol-ah, I headed toward the summit of Mount Fuji.
[Yonghaе (Molten Sea)]
The source of the Lava Gate.
It existed at the summit of Mount Fuji.
Surely my objective lay within that Gate.
‘The Apostle of the Evil God, the Patriarch of the Gaecheon Faith.’
An entity capable of making a Gate its dwelling.
Gye Man-hwi, whom the Japanese Government and transcendents could not find, was likely hiding within the Gate.
All while preparing for the descent of the Evil God.
‘If I eliminate him….’
I would obtain the Sword House.
And in the process, I would grasp a thread leading to the Demon Worshippers who gnawed at the world.

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