The Swords I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 57

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Chapter 57. Let’s Go North! (3)
“A―men.”
I am not religious, yet I prayed.
Because of the sacred gaze pouring down from the heavens.
Ziiiiing————.
Invisible, yet felt.
Originally, I could not have sensed it, but he had surely made it perceptible to me.
An existence I cannot gauge victory or defeat against, even wielding my transcendent blade—a living god—Jesus.
[Holy Day of Judgment.]
Jesus’s divine power would prevent the worst-case scenario in preparation for any contingency.
In the North Korean lands consumed by demons, there might exist something surpassing the Evil God Necribas.
No—it will surely exist.
‘There are more contractors of the Evil God.’
A fact I discovered when purifying the corruption of the South Korean Military.
Multiple Evil Gods whose names have yet to be revealed, and humans devouring their own kind as ‘tributes’.
‘This must be made widely known.’
The atrocities of North Korea here are being ‘observed’ through Jesus’s divine power.
For my true purpose.
The voice I heard this time—’the prelude to the War Against Evil Gods’—is part of that purpose.
‘The World Alliance.’
Just as the UN existed in the past.
I will create a human coalition to stand against demons.
North Korea, where not a single person can be found.
Upon entering this place, I became certain.
‘We need an alliance that transcends Korea, America, and Japan—one encompassing all humanity.’
The state of Earth far exceeded my expectations.
Our humanity still knows nothing.
Intoxicated by the comfort that awakening and mystery bring, we barricade ourselves in our own nations, obsessing only over blocking the Gates.
The true enemy is that which infiltrates humanity itself.
This observation serves that purpose, and the intelligence gathered here will be filtered by Jesus and spread to all mankind.
‘Reducing the information gap.’
It is obvious, but….
I am the one orchestrating all of this.
I am the one who must bear the responsibility.
Therefore.
‘I will conserve Ego Sword as much as possible.’
The strongest enemy.
The most troublesome enemy.
For the moment I face the most dangerous enemy.
They will soon become the finest nourishment my blades crave.
Crunch!!!
⦗Delicious!⦘
Just as Aga Sword finished its meal, it cried out brightly.
While purifying the surrounding area, I had absorbed Necribas’s fragment into Aga Sword, and it seemed to have devoured it all.
Being in a growth phase, it was eating well and growing splendidly.
‘We’ve become quite formidable.’
Things were different from the beginning.
Aga Sword and I were achieving tremendous growth together.
After a long time, I checked my status window.
Whoosh!
『Sword Master, Shin Si-woo Lv.6』
—Possessed Skills: [Single Slash—Horizontal Cut] [Single Slash—Heaven Cleaving] [Blood Lord][Infinite Sanctity][Transcendent Celestial Cradle] [Purification]
—Embodied Authorities: 33 Forms, Saengsagwi Summoning.
First, my own transformation.
Growing at such an incredible pace, even I couldn’t gauge how much stronger I had become.
‘The Forms obtained from the Tower.’
These were similar to a kind of ‘passive skill.’
However, with transcendence woven in.
Thanks to Reinhardt Euclid, I obtained complete Forms without the side effects of the Infant Heart Method.
Now my fundamental swordsmanship wielded power as formidable as an ultimate ability.
‘It was extraordinary.’
Using it directly made it feel even more real.
Before, I had struggled merely facing a fake that descended upon Gye Man-hwi’s body, forcing me to summon a transcendent blade.
But now, even against stronger enemies, I no longer needed to summon a transcendent blade.
Moreover, when I executed the Demon, I absorbed the excess from the good-evil ratio myself.
‘Blood Lord’ trait was gradually pushing my body beyond the boundaries of humanity.
—Sword Summoning (Authority):
Status― Aga Sword / Name― Undecided (Lv.6)
Disposition: Chaos (混沌). 50:50
Blade Type: Holy-Demonic Sword (聖魔劍).
Trait: Spacetime Severance.
Learned Authorities: Demon Summoning (10 entities), Solitary Saint’s Chamber.
Next came the transformation of Aga Sword.
It too had achieved tremendous growth.
Now there was little chance of Aga Sword’s good-evil ratio destabilizing.
This was because I achieved ‘balance’ through Reinhardt Euclid’s power upon returning from the Tower.
But that wasn’t all.
‘Yulia Lanestia’s power has taken root in Aga Sword.’
The authorities of blades exceeding manifestation level 15 were transmitted to Aga Sword.
Following Iris Ruzbella’s [Demon], I obtained a powerful sealing technique called [Solitary Saint’s Chamber] originating from Yulia Lanestia.
A technique that can forcibly drag an enemy into a one-on-one situation if circumstances demand it.
It seems to work well with Spacetime Severance, which is why the synergy feels natural.
Moreover….
‘The world has finally begun to acknowledge it.’
Thanks to several rounds of enhancement, the Aga Sword’s characteristic regarding ‘time and space’ has started appearing in my status window as [Spacetime Severance].
This notation reflects how the ‘world’ perceives me.
—Ego Sword Summoning (Authority):
[Communication Ability] [Sword Master’s Dominion]
1st Sword, Reinhardt Euclid. [14/100]
2nd Sword, Yulia Lanestia. [21/100]
3rd Sword, Jun. [0/100]
4th Sword, Muratan. [10/100]
5th Sword, Iris Ruzbella. [21/100]
6th Sword, Bellatrice. [0/100]
The last are my Ego Swords.
Transcendent blades that have witnessed the end of the world.
Their growth is achieved through only one metric: [Manifestation Value].
They are already perfected beings, after all.
Even that manifestation value is growing at an incredibly steep rate.
‘Excellent progress.’
Thanks to the ‘Infinite Sanctity’ layered with the Vow of Chastity, the 2nd Sword, Yulia’s value continues to grow naturally on its own.
As she devours demons from every Gate, the 5th Sword, Iris’s value is rapidly catching up to Yulia’s.
As a result, the balance between good and evil remains in equilibrium.
‘The other swords are progressing smoothly too.’
The 1st Sword, Reinhardt, is one that grows through training.
However, even he benefits from the [Training Efficiency 1,000%] increase buff, causing his value to rise at an incredible pace.
His value increased by 3 points from just this one battle.
And then there’s Muratan at the Blacksmith’s Forge, hammering away at demons and growing steadily on his own.
Assuming I summon all my swords—.
’52 seconds.’
I can maintain an omnipotent state for approximately one minute.
At least for that duration, calling myself a god would be entirely fitting.
There was a reason I chose to verify this information now.
“Junior, I think I need to head toward the Aircraft Carrier?”
The time had come for us to separate.
Splitting up in the heart of enemy territory wasn’t exactly a good sign.
Still, I nodded calmly.
“Let’s each do our best in the positions we’ve been assigned.”
52 seconds of transcendence.
That should be sufficient preparation.
“Even the small flies are getting blown away—he’s putting up quite a struggle. Looks like my junior was right; there really is something important here.”
Patriot furrowed his brow and lifted his Taegeuk flag cap slightly.
His gaze turned toward the purified sky beyond the cascading light.
A brilliant flash wavered across the heavens.
Boom-boom-boom——.
An explosion erupted in the sky.
Patriot’s bomber was being shot down by something.
Bird-like monsters.
‘Are these flying-type corrupted beasts?’
The creatures deftly evaded the Aircraft Carrier’s railgun fire while continuing to target the fighter jets.
“I’m going back! Cheok Jun-kyung will hold this place in my stead.”
Patriot was returning to the Aircraft Carrier to respond directly.
Entrusting everything to the Constellations.
‘Is this the bond forged through trials?’
Just as the Swords and I share.
The bond between Patriot and the Constellations was remarkably solid.
Patriot crossed through the portal leading to the Aircraft Carrier, placing absolute trust in Swordmaster Cheok Jun-kyung.
“Will you be alright on your own?”
Originally, Patriot’s role was to protect this land I had purified.
After all, for Jesus’s ‘observation’ to work, we needed land untainted by corruption.
I had some doubts whether the Constellations alone could manage it.
“Protecting this place. That was always my duty.”
Cheok Jun-kyung was far more taciturn than I expected.
He simply stated he would guard this land, refraining from any unnecessary words.
Just because he remained silent didn’t mean I had to do the same, did it?
I seized the moment to ask what had been puzzling me.
“Is Patriot choosing not to fight, or is he unable to fight?”
Patriot possessed an inexplicable, intense power.
Fighting alongside him at close range had made me certain of it.
‘Yet Patriot did nothing in combat.’
Neither the wide-scale bombing that covered all of North Korea nor the overwhelming melee prowess that slaughtered the corrupted beasts.
Only the Constellations wielded overwhelming force in his stead.
So that’s what had been bothering me….
“Hmm.”
Cheok Jun-kyung stroked his chin thoughtfully, lost in contemplation.
He even sheathed his lightsaber, concentrating deeply.
What secret could there possibly be?
“I can’t explain in detail, but… I’ll tell you this much.”
I heard something truly astonishing from Cheok Jun-kyung.
He said:
“I am the weakest among us.”
The Swordmaster—Cheok Jun-kyung was actually the lowest in power!
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‘Why doesn’t the Patriot, who is stronger than Cheok Jun-kyung, fight?’
Holding onto this fundamental yet profound question, I advanced alone toward Pyongyang.
Whoosh—.
Landscapes blurring past like afterimages.
Thanks to my vastly strengthened body, I could move at incredible speeds as if employing some spatial folding technique.
Tainted monsters and unidentifiable viscous substances rushed to block my path, but I ignored them all and moved only in a straight line.
As I approached my destination, I felt an intense vibration.
Thump.
Thump-thump—.
A powerful heartbeat.
It was saturated with fear.
It seemed terrified of my approach.
As I moved, I expanded my perception of energy to its maximum.
Even borrowing the sight of my Swords.
⦗No life exists here.⦘
I had never expected survivors, yet as I walked across North Korean soil, I still hoped someone—anyone—might be alive.
Even if the Patriot had been here, he would have thought the same as me.
‘I couldn’t possibly say North Korea is an enemy nation.’
As I drew closer to Pyongyang.
As I approached the most prosperous city North Korea had ever known.
Ironically, the darkness deepened and death grew more intense.
This place is simply a demon realm.
Everything I had seen of North Korea until now was nothing but land stained in darkness and ruins collapsed by bombardment.
Thus I climbed an unnamed mountain overlooking Pyongyang.
I witnessed an astonishing sight.
‘Living people.’
People breathing and alive without a scratch.
To be precise, I discovered a place where I could sense the presence of such people.
An extraordinarily massive structure.
The place presumed to be where the Kim family lived was entirely coated in mystery.
Before that architectural edifice, the only one maintaining its form amid the ruins of bombardment, there was….
Growl—.
Red monsters filled the space.
They were the servants of the Evil God—Necribas.
Which meant the [Vessel of the Evil God] was hidden inside that mysterious structure.
‘All the living presences are inside there.’
And….
What you see is not everything.
I sensed an eerie gaze emanating from somewhere beyond reality itself.
⦗Eyes… It’s eyes.⦘
Yulia Lanestia murmured.
[Eyes] was a high-ranking demon that appeared in the Swords cultivation system.
It was merely eyes.
Eyes that observed and imprisoned all things.
Ssshhh——.
That gaze was looking down upon all of North Korea.
Only after descending into this profound darkness could I finally discern the flow of things.
This land was merely….
‘The beginning of something far greater.’
Still, it remained within manageable levels for now.
That is what I believed.
With such thoughts, I raised my sword.
As I had promised——.
“Reinhardt Euclid.”
My first sword, the one whose clan was annihilated by the Evil God Necribas.
I invoked the name of Reinhardt Euclid.
Boom————.
The world stopped.
As I grew stronger, my transcendent perception became increasingly vivid.
Within that frozen instant, azure light cascaded forth.
The sword grows.
It hardens with fortitude.
Solid yet increasingly sharp.
Gleaming with a keen edge and radiating brilliant azure brilliance, my first sword manifested before the world.
──A repugnant creature has arrived.
Through that instant, the Evil God moved.
The parasite that thrived on exploiting others moved of its own volition.
This meant even it was being pressed into a corner.
[Natural Enemy.]
My sword was the very existence that rendered Necribas pitiful.
What emerges from the vessel is the true body.
I had assumed the fragment it sent possessed ninety percent of its power….
──How foolish.
Scarlet skin like shattered muscle.
And the Evil God Necribas, unfurling wings of deep crimson blood, soared into the sky above Pyongyang.
It far exceeded my expectations.
‘It has grown stronger than before.’
I felt an intensity that far exceeded one hundred percent.
In truth, considering North Korea’s existing population, the Evil God had more than sufficient conditions to grow stronger.
Tens of millions of people represented the combined population of several kingdoms within [Swords Cultivation].
But here’s the thing.
Whoosh———.
Already, my sword is a perfected sword.
A merely strengthened Evil God—Necribas—could never be my match.
I cut.
I recalled the fundamental nature of the sword.
I cut.
With only that as my objective.
I cut.
The sensation of the sword that Reinhardt Euclid wielded endlessly throughout his lifetime.
I focused on that.
I cut.
The sensation is reborn at my fingertips.
Reinhardt Euclid, who truly transcended and became one with the sword.
I feel that power.
What realm did Reinhardt Euclid achieve, becoming one with the sword?
[Severance]
He cuts what he wishes to cut.
And so, I did the same.

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