The Swords I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8. A New Method of Cultivation (1)
It felt as though the door to an entirely new world had swung open.
My heart raced.
‘There was still so much I didn’t know.’
Twelve years deep into [Sword Cultivation], and yet.
By the conventional wisdom I’d accumulated, something like ‘chaos’ could not exist.
There were only two directional paths: absolute good and absolute evil.
The method of cultivating a sword was to choose one of these polar extremes and reinforce specific concepts within it.
‘Chaos.’
But now a new concept had emerged.
And in such a peculiar form—where good and evil coexisted.
A smile spread across my face unbidden.
My mind was already flooded with contemplations about this new build.
‘How could good and evil blend together?’
It was a question I naturally had to ponder as the sword’s master.
After all, I was nurturing my small, precious blade.
My hypothesis had two parts.
‘One would be the NPC factor.’
The sword’s tendency to lean toward polar extremes owed much to the NPCs who wielded it.
“Sword, you’re telling me to slaughter all these meat sacks? That’s how I grow stronger, right? Right?”
Most NPCs lacked any sense of moderation—they were all unhinged in their own ways.
“Kahahaha! Sword, humans are metal. Let me hammer them into strength! Oops—my hand slipped. Their brains splattered everywhere!!”
Ordinary people?
They couldn’t even approach a sword like mine.
“Hisss! There’s something terrifying about this aura…”
Only those skewed toward extremes could grasp the blade I’d placed and reach the limits of cultivation.
‘It’s somewhat similar to the mental state of naturally awakened ones, I suppose.’
With data spanning over ten thousand iterations, I could be certain.
Now came the second reason.
I had an inkling about this as well.
‘My awakening would be the second reason.’
I was the sword’s master—the Sword Lord.
And unlike an NPC, I was an Awakener existing in reality.
Moreover, I had absorbed the experiences of other swords and gained enlightenment from them.
With me wielding this young blade, wouldn’t it become possible to maintain balance from both sides?
‘Because I awakened as the sword’s master while being a naturally awakened one with an intact mind.’
In any case.
I understood why the impossible had become possible.
After all this deliberation, I had decided on my sword’s cultivation method.
Whoosh!
[1. You have selected Chaos.]
Without hesitation or second thoughts, I chose the new option.
‘It must possess a power more formidable than any blade I’ve wielded until now.’
I was certain of it.
Every time a new sword was unlocked in [Sword Cultivation], an exceptionally powerful and distinctive cultivation method emerged.
The same held true now that it had become reality.
Uuuoooong———.
My Little Sword trembled with delight at my choice, its blade quivering.
Pure white light and pitch-black light spiraled across the blade’s surface in a helix.
This was Chaos itself.
‘The harmony of good and evil.’
Infinite possibilities had opened before my Little Sword.
It meant that future harmonies—such as between holy and demonic blades—were also possible.
For instance—.
[Chaos Holy-Demonic Blade]
Something like that might emerge.
—Ep. 04 New Cultivation Method
The blade’s trembling ceased.
My Little Sword, slightly shorter than my forearm, had grown marginally larger.
A subtle transformation.
Yet my eyes clearly perceived the growth of my Little Sword.
‘An aura.’
I had become capable of drawing forth an aura imbued with the attribute of Chaos.
The status window bore the evidence—there was no mistaking it.
Whoosh!
『Sword Master, Shin Si-woo Lv.2』
—Sword Summoning (Authority):
Status— Little Sword / Name— Undetermined (Lv.2)
Attribute: Chaos.
—Ego Sword Summoning (Authority):
[Communication Ability]
1st Sword, Reinhardt Euclid. [4/100]
2nd Sword, Yulia Lanestia. [0/100]
3rd Sword, Jun. [0/100]
4th Sword, Muratan. [0/100]
5th Sword, Iris Ruzbella. [0/100]
6th Sword, Bellatrice. [0/100]
The “attribute” recorded here referred to the aura.
For now, only the “attribute” was documented, but as I cultivated the sword and solidified its power, increasingly diverse and specific abilities would blossom.
Of course, the sword itself would provide me with a variety of abilities in return for being my user.
‘Originally, this should be my job as a player….’
The baby sword had definitely said “goo!” just now.
There might already be something like a soul existing within the sword.
It meant the baby sword would provide me with the power I needed as its user.
‘A mutually complementary structure.’
I inadvertently delayed for a moment.
I calmly surveyed the boss of this Gate.
Sssssssssss———
A crimson sea surging toward the heavens.
At the end of the split Red Sea, I could see the massive form of a serpent coiled upon itself.
This was the Gate boss I had to deal with.
‘A small-scale Red Gate.’
A water snake roughly 2.5 meters tall and about 10 meters in body length.
The difficulty level was manageable for even a B-rank Hunter to clear solo.
Seol-ah must have given me an A-rank Hunter license thinking I was a transcendent, but my actual abilities fell short of that.
I hadn’t fully absorbed all the sword’s enlightenment.
‘That’s exactly why I have this.’
There was a reason I came here despite knowing my shortcomings.
A reward obtained from clearing the Tower.
[SSS-Rank Random Box]
I would use that.
What if the reward was mediocre?
Then I could just summon Reinhardt Euclid.
The time limit was….
‘Four seconds even inside the Gate.’
It seemed the Ego Sword could only be summoned in time units within the Tower.
That was still fine.
The boss of this Gate I’d just entered was weaker than Park Chang-seok, a B-rank mage.
‘It’s a level I could one-shot in a single second.’
I positioned myself at the edge of the boss’s aggro range and pulled out the Tower clear reward.
As I mentioned, the Tower is unique and singular.
It’s a space that recreates an Awakener’s trials and opens the possibility of growing stronger.
From the SSS-Rank Random Box, a reward related to [Sword Master] would surely emerge.
‘Perhaps… a technique used by the sword masters?’
Ding ding ding———!!!
I opened the box without hesitation.
Countless characters streamed past my eyes.
Soon the speed slowed, and a single word appeared before me.
[Skill: Ichisen (一殲), Horizontal Slash.]
—A transcendent-grade technique originally created by Reinhardt Euclid.
The final sword’s NPC, Reinhardt Euclid.
This was the first transcendent-tier skill he’d obtained after ten years of training in the early stages.
‘Reinhardt was the first NPC I’d ever encountered who followed instructions so obediently.’
Usually, when NPCs are commanded to undergo ten years of training, they demand peculiar methods and refuse outright—but not him.
‘Reinhardt accomplished everything I asked of him without complaint.’
In any case, I had now gained the ability to utilize the first transcendent skill he’d pioneered as a [Skill].
Whoosh—.
I raised Aga Sword and aimed it at the boss.
Now it was time to slay the boss, claim my reward, and seal the Gate.
The true nature of the Red Sea was an anomaly that spread Gates across corrupted land, endlessly multiplying its forces.
‘A desire to dye the entire world in crimson seas.’
I approached the coiled serpent, Aga Sword in hand.
A massive serpent composed of crimson liquid.
It uncoiled and fixed its gaze upon me.
Kyieeeek—.
The serpent’s tongue flickered.
Moments later, the creature’s head shot toward me at blinding speed.
‘Stay calm—.’
I drew my sword-wielding right hand behind my left hip.
Then I lowered my stance and gathered every ounce of strength.
The skill’s usage revealed itself through instinct.
I felt it.
Whooom—.
Pure white and pitch-black auras spiraled across the blade in a helix.
The symbol of a seasoned knight’s aura.
Drawing upon it, I unleashed my strike.
[Single Severance, Horizontal Slash]
The enlightenment dwelling within my body manifested the [Skill] with perfect precision.
Straight and utterly honest.
A line was drawn horizontally from my left hip.
And thus—.
SCREEEEEECH————!!!
The world seemed to tear apart with a deafening roar, and a long line was carved through space.
A simple and straightforward motion—a horizontal slash.
The first transcendent skill of [Sword One, Reinhardt Euclid], honed to its absolute limit.
I and Aga Sword had brought it to life.
Crackle—.
A long wave of force rippled outward, following the blade’s trajectory.
The massive serpent split asunder.
The formless serpent transformed into the waters of the Red Sea itself.
Afterimages of my blade lingered in the empty air.
Zzzzzzap——!!!
Even the serpent’s remnants were absorbed into the single stroke I had drawn, vanishing as if pulled into a vortex.
‘Is absorption the defining characteristic of chaos?’
The First Blade—Reinhardt Euclid—is fundamentally a holy sword class weapon.
Its specialty is annihilating evil.
Yet my [Aga Blade] had absorbed the crimson serpent through the power left in its aura.
This must be the defining trait of a ‘chaos’ attribute.
‘It’s definitely dead.’
I surveyed my surroundings.
As if to prove that I had slain the core boss, the Gate’s environment began to transform.
Whoooosh——.
The crimson sea that had surged skyward on both sides of me.
It lost its power and collapsed downward.
Water filled the crevasse between the seas, and I quickly approached where the boss had been.
Hummmmm——.
A stone fragment gleamed with iridescent brilliance.
The driving force that composed the Gate.
In other words, Mystery.
‘Possibility—.’
Just as all humanity came to wield the World Net.
Just as an artificial Gate was constructed beneath the Awakener Management Agency.
This stone fragment was the secret that allowed humanity to survive.
Mystery.
The driving force that keeps humanity alive.
The power that expands human potential.
And it’s absurdly expensive.
‘At this size, I could fetch around 100 million won, couldn’t I?’
By the way, this is the smallest one.
‘I can finally resolve the money tied up in real estate in one fell swoop.’
With trembling hands, I picked up the stone fragment.
Whoosh!
[You have cleared the Gate.]
Along with the message announcing the completion of the conquest, an escape portal appeared before my eyes.
Now this world would crumble, and the Gate would vanish.
Before escaping, I gazed upon the spectacle before me.
‘The first Gate I’ve ever conquered.’
Shhhhhhhhh————.
The sea that had surged skyward without limit suddenly cascaded downward in an instant.
It was nothing short of magnificent.
A chilling realization suddenly struck me.
‘This sea was made of human blood?’
The crimson hue of the Red Sea was blood.
Human blood, at that.
A fact I’d learned when Aga Sword absorbed the blood.
‘Hmm….’
My mind flashed with possibility.
‘Reinhardt awakened by wielding the sword with righteous technique.’
[Aga Sword] had consumed blood.
If it had fed on blood, perhaps that abominable demonic blade I’d forged in childhood might awaken as well.
Something like a blood-drinking demonic sword.
‘The NPC whose ending I witnessed was named Iris Ruzbella.’
Yet there was no change whatsoever.
My disappointment at not seeing a new blade was fleeting.
I quickly regained my composure.
‘Perhaps it’s for the best―.’
My level was far too low to handle such a terrifying blade.
At minimum, I should prepare some form of mental barrier before encountering it.
Just as I was about to exit the Gate.
Boom――.
The sword trembled.
A crimson afterimage rippled from the jewel affixed to the pommel.
“Huh?”
But that was all.
The jewel quickly settled back into place.
No further changes occurred.
I exited the Gate as planned.
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Shhhhh―.
A shadow undulated in Deputy Prosecutor Kang Mu-jin’s office.
The shadow gradually took human form and bowed before Kang Mu-jin.
“I have a report for you.”
The shadow’s true identity was Kim Jung-hoon, commander of South Korea’s special forces unit Hyunmu.
Kang Mu-jin greeted the shadow with a bright smile.
“Ah, has the Patriot returned?”
If the head of Hyunmu himself was making an appearance, it surely concerned the Patriot.
“The Patriot is currently investigating anomalies within the Gate.”
Yet the shadow delivered news contrary to Kang Mu-jin’s expectations.
The Patriot hadn’t emerged from the Gate in days, and there was no telling when he would.
“What kind of Gate is it that he’s been gone for over a day? Did he go to subjugate the Red Sea itself?”
“That’s….”
Kim Jung-hoon, the head of Hyunmu, carefully uttered a single word.
“Black.”
“Black?”
“A Gate of a type we’ve never seen before has appeared.”
All existing Gates are [Red].
But [Black] has appeared.
And humanity hasn’t even conquered the Red Gates yet….
“What’s the situation inside?”
“Unknown. All we know is that the black Gate was as dark as gazing into the Abyss….”
That’s the Patriot’s doing.
So I’m not worried.
The problem is South Korea right now.
“You’ve seen the report that demon worshippers can corrupt Awakeners, right?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Any progress on the related investigation?”
“We still… haven’t even found a trace of the demon worshippers.”
Chief Prosecutor Kang Mu-jin.
He was merely an ordinary person.
Yet he was someone bound together by a sense of justice for South Korea above all others.
He fixed the shadow with an unwavering gaze.
“The World Net is in an uproar over what happened in Yeouido.”
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【Breaking News ― An unidentified transcendent being appeared in Yeouido and committed a massacre. According to government statements, the Patriot’s constellation eliminated him, but… there are many suspicious circumstances.】
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Since the advent of the World Net, public opinion manipulation had become nearly impossible.
Everyone used ‘personal accounts’ authenticated by mystery.
Moreover, corrupted media outlets faced the Patriot’s iron hammer.
Which meant that most of the videos and materials posted here were truth.
Yeouido’s footage is insane lol
I have to slow it down to 0.1x speed just to see it properly. The blades are pouring down like rain lol
—Looks like the Patriot handled it with the constellation Cheok Jun-kyung.
—Wasn’t Cheok Jun-kyung the constellation that only killed Chinese people well?
—But doesn’t this feel different from the Patriot’s usual abilities?
“You don’t see this?”
“I do.”
Kang Mu-jin approached the shadow.
“Thanks to the Patriot assigning me a constellation, we resolved it well, but the threat of demon worshippers still remains.”
I hid Shin Si-woo’s identity just in case.
‘It’ll be exposed soon that he’s not the Patriot’s constellation, but―.’
If Shin Si-woo was truly an SSS-rank transcendent, I needed to buy time for him to grow.
Separate from such thoughts, Kang Mu-jin pressed the head of Hyunmu.
“Why did you seek me out without any progress?”
Surely there were matters demanding attention at this hour?
That was what he meant.
The shadow figure looked at Kang Mu-jin.
Now he was finally broaching the main subject.
“…A formidable killing intent was detected at the Red Gate in Goyang City.”
In a fleeting instant.
Vibrations emanated from the colossal Gate that served as the source of the Red Sea.
“You mean that Red Sea is… moving again?”
“It seemed to be reacting to something. Perhaps demon worshippers have been scheming….”
The crimson waters of the Red Sea.
Yet Kang Mu-jin knew its true nature.
“A sea of blood stirs―.”
That sea was composed of blood.
Suddenly, the earlier report came to mind.
‘Could something be happening?’
The Red Sea of Goyang City.
The Gate toward which Shin Si-woo was headed.
And Shin Si-woo, awakened in a transcendent state, was a talent that must be protected at all costs for this nation.
“Dispatch an investigation team to the Red Sea immediately and secure the safety of A-rank Hunter Shin Si-woo first!”

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