Overpowered Sword

Overpowered Sword Chapter 39

Level up with swords (39)

It was dark inside District 25, surrounded by a barrier.

A land that does not allow even a single ray of sunlight. Perhaps due to my mood, even the air seemed to be cold. It was an atmosphere that could only be felt in a cemetery in the middle of the night.

We pass through the buildings that collapsed in the aftermath of the catapult.

Even though the floor was full of all kinds of debris, there was no sound of the five people’s footsteps. In particular, in the case of Cesare and Conrad, they were wearing full plates and there was not a single clanking noise.

This is evidence that the level of basic movement is different.

Leon, feeling the gap, secretly gritted his teeth.

‘I still have a long way to go.’

So we move forward for a few more minutes.

After passing through the devastated no-man’s land of the slums, the team arrived at the center of District 25 and stopped. This was because Karen, who was moving forward, suddenly stopped in place.

Before she could pry, she said the reason.

“stairs?”

It was just as Karen said.

Unlike the places we passed, an open underground staircase was revealed in the center of the buildings that had not collapsed.

Does that mean they don’t even have any intention of hiding it anymore?

The stairs, dark red in color and overflowing with an ominous energy, looked suspicious even at first glance. It was as if he was claiming, ‘I’m plotting here.’

“Hmm, that’s too suspicious.”

“Isn’t it a trap?”

“But I can’t overlook it.”

Konrad Khan Cesare shares his opinions in order.

This was a matter that needed to be judged carefully.

The power flowing from underground was unusual. If this was a road leading to the base, it would be great, but if it was a trap, it would be a big disappointment. While they were discussing, Karen looked around and said,

“There was nothing but these stairs. “I guess I have no choice but to go in first, right?”

There is no choice.

The team’s face hardened as they understood what he meant. Is it really a coincidence that created this situation?

Overestimation is bad, but underestimation is even worse.

If it was an ‘evil’ plan, it would not be excessive to suspect it a hundred times.

Cesare asked cautiously.

“Miss Karen, can you tell whether the trap exists or not?”

“Hmm…”

Karen looked at the stairs for a moment and then shook her head.

“I can’t do that. “It’s a completely different space beyond the stairs and outside, so you won’t know anything unless you go in.”

If the A-rank log was at an unknown level, there was no need for other people to interfere.

It’s a very simple two-choice choice.

To go in or not to go in.

“Let’s go in.”

Conrad said, taking the first step forward.

“If we delay here, the situation will only get worse and will not get better. “Then it would be better to hurry.”

That was correct.

When the group, unable to find any logic to refute, agreed, Conrad took the first step inside the stairs.

Following him, Karen Cesare Khan Leon entered. There was still no sign of the ‘Guardian’, so I couldn’t even tell if he was following me or not.

That was the moment Leon’s feet went up the stairs.

Ugh.

Suddenly, the space surrounding the five people became chaotic.

This is a phenomenon I have never experienced before.

With no choice but to resist, they struggled to maintain their balance while enduring dizziness.

Fortunately, the dizziness only lasted a few seconds.

“Wow!”

Leon, who had lost his footing, managed to regain his balance.

And that was the moment when he looked up and wondered why the stairs he had put his feet on had disappeared.

“…uh?”

There was no one.

Since Leon was at the back, everyone else should have been able to see him, but every single one of them had disappeared. There is no sign of being caught by the Aura Sense. This does not mean that it has become invisible.

Even if you look around, all you see are walls and passageways stained bright red. There was no human figure anywhere.

[Is it ‘labyrinth painting’ or an old-fashioned method?]

El Cid recognized its identity.

[The area of the home base was expanded by distorting and expanding space. The other guys must have fallen somewhere in this labyrinth too. If you’re lucky, you’ll meet him soon, otherwise…]

But Leon’s luck seems to have been good.

“Junior!”

A familiar voice came from behind Leon.

When he turned around, Karen, who had just appeared from the corner, was running towards him with a happy expression.

She approached him without hesitation and took his hand.

“We met right after we fell! thank god. “Don’t you feel anxious being alone in a gloomy place like this?”

“Well, that’s right. “Senior, are you alone too?”

Karen laughed with a meaningful expression at those words.

“No, the gloomy guy also came along.”

There was no need to say who the gloomy bastard was referring to. Because Karen’s shadow behind her trembled as she spoke.

“――Who said it was gloomy―?”

“Is there anyone else besides you? If I tell you, will you come out of my shadow? “Why are you dreaming in such a bad mood?”

“―――.”

The ‘Guardian’ uttered an unintelligible curse and remained silent as if he would not deal with it further.

Apparently, the chemistry between the two was not very good.

But Leon was relieved inwardly.

Although he is the master of the Holy Sword, which is a natural enemy to a foreign magician, he is still inexperienced and does not have the skills to move around alone. In addition, if you are accompanied by the rogue adventurer Karen Special Assassin, , it becomes very easy to hit and run.

‘Actually, the Bishop and Lord Khan Konrad don’t have the skills to worry about…’

As Leon, all he has to do is keep his head in line.

He regained his cool and grabbed the hilt of his sword.

“Then let’s leave quickly.”

“Oh, confidence is good. “Can I trust you, junior?”

“You won’t be disappointed.”

Then Karen said, ‘Wow!’ and gave exaggerated cheers.

Unlike his dull eyes, he is a very cheerful person. Leon chuckled at that and moved his feet.

An underground labyrinth that can be said to be the nest of ‘evil’.

This was the beginning of that strategy.

* * *

A-rank adventurer.

This refers to high-quality personnel who can be classified as the top of a guild, where there is not one person out of a thousand. If he was a warrior, he was on the same level as a knight of the royal guard or a knight commander of a high-ranking noble, and if he was a wizard, he was capable of being appointed as a court wizard in a small or medium-sized kingdom.

So what about log series?

“Oh, it’s this way.”

Karen, who saw a road divided into five directions, chose her path without thinking for a second.

It was faster than taking pictures intuitively.

At first, Leon was skeptical because of the speed, but

[he got everything right. You’ll never make a mistake, so just follow along. That log’s tracking skills are superior to those of the forest elves.]

‘Is it that bad?’

[Is it because of the attributes of an auror? It’s a plus that it’s a dark place. If it wasn’t underground, I think I would have gotten a little lost. Oh, don’t ask what it is. Please find out for yourself.]

Meanwhile, El Cid’s classes continued.

Leon grumbled and followed Karen, but she suddenly raised her hand just before the corner.

It is a hand signal to stop.

She whispered as two or three people stopped.

“It’s the enemy. Three people. There is no detour. “What do you want to do?”

Leon expanded his Aura Sense at those words. I could feel the enemy around the corner, roughly 20 meters away.

It’s creepy.

Unlike the guys I encountered in District 23, my entire body stiffened. It means ‘dangerous opponent’. An enemy of a level where victory cannot be guaranteed even if one holds the holy sword.

“Let’s go.”

Then Karen giggled and said.

“You’re a C-ranked subject and your liver is swollen. “You know it’s a shameful thing to cry for help after putting on a show like that, right?”

“It would be a shame for you to win later than me.”

“what? Ahaha. Okay, shall we give it a try?”

Karen cheerfully accepted the words and took out a dagger.

Behind both shoulders, thighs, calves and sides.

There were eight cases containing daggers. A green aura rose from the blade of the dagger held in both hands.

‘green?’

It was a fairly rare color.

But before he had time to think further, Karen moved. She climbed the side wall like a lizard without a sound and immediately stuck upside down to the ceiling and started moving forward.

This is a ridiculous move.

‘That’s an Auror skill too?!’

[uh. It uses aura to adhere the surface of the body. It’s difficult to write that well, but it looks like you went through some pretty harsh training.]

I walk with El Cid’s words flowing through one ear.

I had to maintain a pace similar to Karen’s and focus my mental power on and auror control. After being attacked by Khan once, I practiced a little bit about hiding and reading, but the depth was shallow.

If your concentration is even slightly disturbed, you will be caught right away.

And…

“-It’s an enemy attack!”

I was caught when I left a gap of about 5 meters.

It was something that could not be helped.

The passage where the foreign magicians were encamped was open in a straight line, and it was best for Leon, who did not know how to hide, to hide himself in the shadows. Since you got so close to the torch, you had no choice but to get caught.

It was then.

Shoo!

Three daggers were shot from the ceiling.

Even though it is thrown by hand, it is faster than an arrow. Most adventurers would die without even knowing that they had been hit by that secret attack.

However, foreign practitioners were by no means insignificant.

One of them stretched out its tentacles from inside its dark red robe and blocked it, while the other growled like an animal and crushed it with its teeth. The last one didn’t dodge or block. Because the dagger stuck between the eyes couldn’t even pierce the skin and bounced off.

“How dare you invade this place!”

The foreign magician pulled out four tentacles and shouted loudly.

The guy first glared at Karen who was clinging to the ceiling, but he flinched when he saw the smile on her mouth.

Those who are truly disadvantaged do not smile.

That truth was universal.

“It’s a slum with no owner.”

Karen laughed at the other person’s words and moved her hand. At the same time, a rope came out of nowhere and wrapped around the wizard’s ankle.

“Huh?!”

“You get hit because you’re only looking at the dagger.”

Without giving him time to react, Karen pulled the rope and knocked down the outer wizard, overpowering him. It was a configuration that allowed a one-sided attack to be launched from the ceiling onto the ground.

If it was a one-on-one situation, it was overwhelming.

Leon also saw the situation and jumped in.

“Krraaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

A loud noise that makes your eardrums tingle!

The foreign magician who roared bowed. With the intention of making as large a leap as possible, he lowered his center of gravity like a wild beast.

It was that moment.

Sigh!

A shadow appeared behind the guy like a ghost and stabbed him with a knife.

The blade stuck in the cervical spine spurts blood. The ‘Guardian’ cut off the head as if he were cutting off the head of a pig in a slaughterhouse.

The opponent who had made Leon extremely nervous was killed instantly.

‘scary.’

It was a shame because he wasn’t an enemy like he is now, and he was an opponent that should not have been encountered in a situation where he was not an ally.

Leon swallowed his saliva without realizing it and changed his partner.

The owner of a body without a dagger in it.

The foreign wizard was glaring at him with dry eyes.

[Unlucky. Of the three, this one is the strongest.]

‘No, you told me after everything was over!’

[Relax. If you let your guard down even for a moment, you will die.] As soon

as Leon heard that advice, he increased his power.

Not only the , but also all Aurors are circulated at maximum output, and all physical abilities are raised two levels higher.

The time to fight in this state is about 30 seconds.

It was a gamble with no chance if it failed.

‘—-ah.’

And after 0.3 seconds, Leon succeeded in dodging something that was thrust right in front of him by a narrow margin.

“Tsk!”

My neck, which was forcibly broken, throbs.

Blood flowed from the cheek that had been grazed by the attack, and it was only then that Leon realized what had scratched his body.

‘Thorn?’

That was the thorn that protruded from the outer wizard’s body.

It’s not just one or two.

Seeing the launch pads protruding all over his body, Leon was struck by a sense of déjà vu.

This is because it was a situation I felt like I had experienced before somewhere.

‘Yes, it’s rock slime.’

That guy only shot rocks, but this one has ultra-fast spiny tentacles that can even penetrate a tower shield.

If we were to compare the difference in risk, it would be at the level of heaven and earth.

Still, there is a big difference between experiencing it once and not.

‘come.’

In a world where time has slowed down dozens of times, this time twelve thorny tentacles stretched out at once.

Attack power is meaningless even if defended with aura.

According to El Cid’s words, the external methods that have assimilated into the materials and living things of this world cannot be neutralized with the holy sword alone. The outer technique had to be subdued with the Holy Sword, and the rest had to be subdued with Leon’s skills.

‘you can do it!’

Shout out as if to encourage yourself.

The one who taught him was humanity’s strongest hero. If I were to be defeated by a nameless villain, I would be discredited as a disciple.

Leon’s eyes lit up and he accelerated once again.

Kaga-ga-gang!

Cut once to cut off four spiny tentacles. The tentacles cut off by the holy sword did not grow again.

The foreign magician’s expression distorted for the first time at that phenomenon.

‘yet.’

There are eight left.

I take a step into hell, where even stepping back would not be enough. The feeling of death tightening around my throat gives me goosebumps. Leon got over the chills and swung his sword.

A crisis is an opportunity.

The only sword began to swing like crazy against the eight remaining thorn tentacles.

Kang! Kagang! Kang! Kagagak!

If it weren’t for the holy sword, it couldn’t have been cut.

If it weren’t for the sun’s auror, I wouldn’t have been able to survive.

If it weren’t for ‘Anbeop’, I couldn’t have reacted.

Leon was able to overcome a situation where he would have been defeated even if he was lacking just one thing, through his experience and efforts.

Cough!

When the last thorny tentacle was cut off, the foreign magician took a step back with a pale, exhausted face.

The external method that I unconsciously activated released a defense shield, but…

oops!

The holy sword cut down even that struggle cleanly.

As expected, the defensive power that withstood Karen’s dagger throw was cut like butter by the sword swung by Leon, perhaps as a result of an external method.

The guy who was cut in two diagonally died in vain.

“–omg! Huh! omg!”

Almost at the same time, Leon stumbled from exhaustion.

Force control was less perfect than I thought.

Because of the threat of the thorny tentacles, I accelerated too much, and there were times when I could have been cut once, but cut two or three times.

Even if there had been a little more discrepancy, the victory or loss would have been overturned.

“Wow, is it finished already?”

Karen came to his side and patted his back.

“You’re a few seconds behind me, but you’re amazing! A C rank can single-handedly defeat a foreign magician like this. Is he the type whose achievements are not comparable to his skills? “Because I’m new.”

“Whatever you want… think…”

Leon answered with a tired face and looked away.

It was to check who Karen was dealing with.

‘Ugh.’

The guy’s appearance was quite terrible.

All of its tentacles were pinned to the ground with awls, and its entire body was like a honeycomb, as if it had been pierced dozens of times by a dagger.

It was probably a measure to nullify the regenerative power.

The blood that flowed out was almost like a puddle, so it was clear that he had been stabbed again and again until he died. And the number of attacks is more than five times per second, based on Leon’s perceived time.

It was like being hit by a rain of arrows from close range.

‘…huh?’

However, Leon felt a sense of discomfort from the corpse.

A corpse with its head cut cleanly.

A corpse with holes like a honeycomb.

This was because the traces that had no similarity felt somehow similar. There were some areas where the cross-section and depth of the wounds seen through the Anbeop were very similar.

‘no way.’

[Did you notice?]

El Cid confirmed the guess in a cheerful voice.

[Yes, it’s as you think.]

Karen put the daggers, with all the blood removed, back in their case and smiled while looking at Leon.

“Do you feel more comfortable thanks to this? To be honest, I didn’t know if it was that gloomy thing, but I thought it would be a burden to my junior. “A happy miscalculation!”

Leon could no longer accept that laughter honestly.

‘show me.’

El Cid understood what he was saying and opened a status window.

Holy King Rodrik.

A man who claims to be the strongest human being is a grading center with absolute standards to evaluate people with his own eyes.

Name: Karen

Title & Occupation: “Guardian” Assassin

Level: 45

Strength B / Stamina C / Agility A / Auror A

〈Dagger Mastery (Advanced) Lv.5〉

〈Throwing Mastery (Intermediate) Lv.MAX〉

〈Shadow Walking Lv. .9〉

〈Shadow Clone Lv.8〉

〈??????〉

〈Auror User (Advanced) Lv.7〉

One of the three major villains of the Blaine slums held out his hand.

“Now, shall we move on? Junior.”

Leon couldn’t bear to refuse and held her hand.

“…Yes, senior.”

In Yangji, A-rank adventurer Karen.

In the shadows, he is a top-class assassin, “Guardian.”

It was the first time I became aware of the reality.