Victory Ceremony (4)
Currently, the Sword Bead was in a dangerous state where it seemed as if the mind would explode at any moment as it absorbed a large amount of the madness and magic energy that the Bead of Disgrace had.
It’s fortunate that most of the turbid energy has been removed, otherwise it would have exploded already.
But Kyle says he will release the salt that is sleeping in the sword bead.
“If we leave that bead as it is, it will only continue to grow in size. The longer an evil thought matures, the more dangerous it becomes.”
“You’re telling me to break it?”
“That way, when I meet the Gwangryongje, I won’t be taken aback. Especially.”
The corner of Kyle’s lips twitched.
“If you can’t even overcome that, it’s hard to call yourself Kyle’s child.”
Theo nodded. That was correct.
Once the cow becomes a cow, there will be much more restraints than there are now.
Not only those within Ragnar, but also those outside.
The 18 electors. The imperial family. And the Church of the Holy Devil.
There were many people in this world who were eagerly waiting for an opportunity to pull Ragnar down from his throne.
The Gwangryong Festival is ultimately just a hill that Theo must overcome someday.
“Then, before you completely open your mind, can I ask you one thing?”
“Please? What is it?”
“Please give me the Hrunti you promised to give me as spoils first.”
“Hrunti?”
Kyle tilted his head, then read Theo’s thoughts and smirked.
“You’re trying to use it as an exorcism tool to control evil thoughts.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The Yong Hwal Geom Hrunti is a twin sword that came from the Sea King along with the Yongsal Geom.
If you use the energy of both swords well together, it will be of great help.
‘Just like how I collided [Desert Ring] with [Ice Flower Butterfly], if I could collide the Guardian of the Dragon Sword with the thoughts of the Light Dragon Emperor this time, the subjugation would be much easier.’
As a smile spread across Theo’s lips, the Guardians who had read his thoughts all clicked their tongues.
“Are you going to do that evil thing again, Master? What an evil… … ! ”
『Even though Hrunti clearly made it from Leviathan’s ribs, it was a relic blessed by the primordial dragon, right?』
“If the guardian who sleeps in Hrunti is Nessie, is that him?”
『… … First of all, I should announce my condolences in advance.』
『Even if he pretends to be a gentleman on the outside, Ragnar is still Ragnar, right?』
Theo didn’t like the expression ‘Ragnar is Ragnar’ very much, but decided to just ignore it.
“Take it.”
Kyle pulled out a sword that was hanging inside and threw it at Theo.
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Theo took it cautiously.
Woof! Woof!
Among the swords he brought with him, the Yongsal Sword rang particularly earnestly.
As if he was very happy to see his clone after a long time.
Phew!
Theo touched the light surrounding the Dragon Sword with his fingertips.
‘Red?’
A different color from the blue that has been floating over the relics so far.
I was wondering what this was and was trying to open the quest,
[The owner of the item is already designated.] [Quest cannot be completed.]
“… … !”
Theo suddenly jumped up from his seat at the message that suddenly occurred to him.
“Why is that?”
“This thing… … It seems like it was already unsealed once.”
“What do you mean… … No way? Someone other than the selector opened it?”
“yes.”
“That’s ridiculous.”
Kyle frowned.
He too knew many of Ragnar’s secrets, though not as much as the Chooser.
“In the first place, the relics of the Ancient Dragon were designed so that only the chosen one of the time could open them… … The Gwangryong Emperor. He must have done something in the meantime. How on earth did he do it?”
Once the number of regressions ends, your qualification as a selector is also suspended.
Then, you will also lose the right to use the Taigoryong relic.
Even though numerous relics had appeared over the years, this was the reason why only Theo could possess them.
But what if it was open?
This means that the Gwangryongje has successfully restored or partially restored the qualifications of the Selector… … .
“I must find him as soon as possible and kill him so that he never wakes up again.”
Because if regression happened again, it would be a really big deal.
‘So an artifact that has an owner can’t be taken away?’
“That can’t be.”
At that moment, Lordbroke, who had been quietly watching the situation, quietly opened his mouth.
But I never really liked Kyle, so I never opened up my channel when Kyle was around.
There was no time to worry about that right now.
『In the end, the chosen one is also Ragnar. The one who created Ragnar’s tradition was Sigurd, the primordial dragon who left his power before that. In that case, it would be enough to take away his ownership.』
Paaaaah!
Suddenly, blue light was added over the red light, turning it purple.
“Stolen. Companion, do not forget that you are my soulmate, Lordbroke’s acknowledged soulmate.”
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[A new claimant has appeared. A hidden mission to seize the ownership begins.] [The quest has arrived.]
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[Scenario Quest #10]
You have obtained the Dragon Sword ‘Hrunti’. Eliminate the existing owner set within it and take ownership.
· Difficulty: SS
· Reward: Ownership of the Ancient Dragon’s Relic, Strengthening of the Sword’s Orb Thought.
· On failure: death
*Warning! This item is currently heavily contaminated with an unknown aura. It must be purified before it can be claimed.
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Kkaaa!
At that moment, madness and magic exploded out from the Yong Hwal Sword along with a terrible, ghostly sound.
“You tried to solve the problem easily, but it ended up becoming more difficult.”
‘I know, so stop teasing me.’
Theo grumbled at the Kertosuchus who was throwing scolding him and opened his [Eternal Eyes] wide.
Woohoo!
The sword, which was turning black as madness clung to it, seemed to be beckoning to him for salvation.
Yong Hwal Geom was dying.
‘You forcibly broke the seal and then instilled madness into it to forcibly take ownership.’
How difficult it must have been for you all this time.
On the one hand, there was also a sense of crisis that if Pae-ryong had not attacked Granada by surprise and cut off its right arm first during the war, something terrible might have happened.
“father.”
“… … Then let’s begin.”
Theo called Kyle urgently.
Kyle flinched for a moment at the word ‘father’, then smiled and placed a hand on Theo’s forehead.
“Close your eyes.”
Theo closed his eyes as instructed.
The moment when I felt the sword bead resting on one side of my chest suddenly shake.
Flash!
Theo’s mind went blank for a moment.
* * *
Theo opened his eyes again.
He was in a dark forest.
It was a forest so dark that it was difficult to see even an inch ahead, whether it was because the trees were so thickly standing or because it was night.
“Where is the Gwangryongje’s ideology? The Guardian… … ?”
This shouldn’t be considered along the same lines as a general relic quest.
Since the thoughts of the Gwangryongje were also mixed in, the difficulty of the quest was likely to increase significantly.
Even just looking at the SS rank, it was a level I had never seen before.
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Crunch crunch!
Yum yum! Thud thud!
Slurp, slurp!
‘what?’
How long did it take to walk like that?
Theo heard the sound of someone eating something greedily somewhere.
He breathed spirituality into his hearing.
As my senses opened wide, I searched for the source of the sound.
And then we got there.
‘Human? Is it Gwangryong Zenga?’
In a small open space, a man was quickly eating a mountain of meat and food.
To the left was a mountain of bones that he had apparently eaten, and the floor was stank of corpses of hunted and slaughtered beasts.
A sight that would be more appropriate to describe as bizarre rather than scary.
Then, one of the corpses particularly catches Theo’s eye.
A dragon of enormous size, probably more than ten meters long.
The unusually long neck was impressive.
“Four o’clock!”
『… … I guess he died in the end.』
Judging by the shock on the Guardians’ faces, it seemed like the dead dragon was Nessie.
So, is that man really the ideology of Emperor Gwangryong?
Srrrrung!
Theo slowly pulled out the dragon sword.
Jeeeeeeing!
The Yongsal Sword was radiating more anger than ever.
“huh?”
The man suddenly stopped eating as if he sensed someone’s presence and hurriedly turned his head back.
‘Gwangryong… … It’s not me.’
Theo stopped in his tracks, startled.
The reason I couldn’t help but think that way was because, unlike his overall appearance, his facial features were not human.
It was as if a human head had been turned upside down, and where the eyes should have been, there was a mouth gnawing on meat, and where the mouth should have been, there were two eyes spinning around, observing Theo.
Above all else.
The magical energy emanating from him was unfamiliar.
A magic similar to the magic of <Nameless Monarch>, but with completely different properties.
“Hoo-hoo-hoo! Wow! A new visitor! I never thought of something like this… … ! Nice to meet you! Ahahahaha!”
The two eyes hanging below rolled around without being able to focus properly.
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And the mouth on top was eating and laughing at the same time, so the bizarreness had gone beyond that level and was now repulsive.
An instinctive aversion to anything unnatural.
“Um, but since it’s been a while since I’ve seen you, I can’t just treat you like this… …! Aha! I just caught this a little while ago. Would you like to eat with me?”
The man held out the chunk of meat he was holding in his hand.
Blood was dripping down, as if it hadn’t been properly cooked over a campfire.
“My companion, step back.”
At that moment, Lordbroke appeared in front of Theo and pushed him back.
Her face, seen from the side, had a clearly tense look on it.
It was an expression Theo had never seen before.
“Rhodi.”
“That guy is not someone you can deal with right now.”
“Who on earth is the author?”
The two eyes that had descended into spirituality were now telling us that the man was no longer a normal living being.
‘A being on the same level as the <Nameless Monarch>… No, a god.’
How can such a being, who is not even the spirit of the Gwangryongje, appear in a quest?
“That is a foreign god. An entity as old as shame. An entity that our Guardians find very difficult to deal with.”
“… … !”
“We call the author the god of hunger, the god of hunger. He is the kind of guy who is always hungry no matter how much he eats.”
How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
