Chapter 165
Chapter 165: The Dragon Lord (1)
Translation: Tay
Edit: Ren
He got goosebumps .
For the first time Muyoung felt something like an unavoidable ‘destiny’ .
Perhaps Snow had somehow foreseen this moment from the beginning and called him .
In any case, he was going to Suicide Hill .
Snow… In the past she had been the strongest saintess, but while she had been famous, she wasn’t that big of a deal from Muyoung’s standpoint .
He just had questions regarding her birth .
She was not a human being and furthermore, she wasn’t any other specie, and definitely not an angel; people called her ‘Veil’ in secret .
‘The reason she called for me…’
He was uneasy .
If she had read everything and called Muyoung, then she would indeed be called a great prophetess .
She was so detailed that she couldn’t be compared to shamans .
However, that fundamental reason was mysterious and uncomfortable .
And if she read the truth about his returning to the past?
‘It’s dangerous . ‘
Yes . Maybe Snow would be more dangerous than anyone else to Muyoung .
Muyoung had become strong . He was getting stronger; faster than anyone .
It was possible because he had survived based on his memories or experience of the past .
If Snow turned hostile, it would also be possible for her to know what Muyoung would do in the future .
If Muyoung now knew about the ‘result’ as he aimed for Wung Chunglin, the difficulty would be much lower .
He even kept the worst possible situation in mind .
Snow had certainly been helpful to Muyoung, but it was too sweet to interpret that help as mere courtesy .
Yes, sweet .
Muyoung was not foolish enough to just gobble up the sweet food .
There was a reason for everything .
It was correct to believe that Snow wanted something from Muyoung .
Also, he had to think about if what she wanted from him was not accomplished .
He sharpened a sword in his mind . This sword would never be dulled until he perfectly learned Snow’s intentions .
“However, because you became the First Knight, moving will be comfortable . I’m not doubting Muyoung-nim’s abilities, but because it’s in that place… many will be watching . ”
“I’m planning for that,” Muyoung answered shortly .
Relief then filled Seraphina’s eyes .
She had come prepared to gouge out both her eyes, but Muyoung had stopped her .
The method might have been a bit violent, but hadn’t Woohee said that?
‘Hope loves us . ’
However, that expression was extreme .
“What does the next test entail?”
Muyoung’s eyes penetrated Seraphina .
Pendragon .
Muyoung didn’t know if Pendragon had been Seraphina’s First Knight in the past .
However, right now, Muyoung needed that position .
He didn’t know if Pendragon had done anything important with this position in the past, but to the best of his knowledge nothing like that had happened .
Above all, more so than the ‘First Knight’, his title as the Dragon Lord Hansung’s student was stronger .
Thus, Muyoung intended to do his best to seize the position, like a lion that put all his strength into catching a rabbit .
Hearing the challenge beforehand was a foul, but what did that matter?
He just wanted to save a little time if it seemed he was winning anyway .
“I will watch your military technique . A First Knight must be able to wield all weapons,” Seraphina explained frankly .
It was not too difficult .
Muyoung used a basic sword, but in reality he had handled everything that could be considered military .
‘I remember fighting with a ladle . ’
Now, it was all a past affair .
The memory of being caught infiltrating a kitchen while in disguise and fighting with a ladle resurfaced .
He smiled a little .
The fact that he could recall the past and smile was proof that he could afford to .
‘I am walking a different road . ’
He didn’t know what would be at the end of this road .
At least he wouldn’t live a life being dragged around, like in the past .
He lifted a bow .
He quickly shot the target .
A total of 20 targets flew around in the air .
It was a fight where the person who quickly shot those 20 targets would win .
Twang . Twang .
Muyoung gently tugged the bowstring to test its elasticity .
‘The elasticity is good . ’
Sentiment Du Fer Critical . He became one with the sword and it was called ‘All Flows Become One’ . In the end, it meant that the use of all weapons was similar . If he wanted to, there was no reason he couldn’t handle a sword or bow .
“Gael-nim, Pendragon-nim . Well… Please start . ”
Gael was Muyoung’s alias . Gabriel was roughly Gael when abbreviated .
As the saintess signalled, Pendragon pulled the bowstring first .
Twuung!
Thud!
He hit the target perfectly in the centre .
As the target fell, Pendragon shrugged his shoulders, as if that much was nothing .
While doing that, he looked at Muyoung .
Muyoung was his biggest rival .
However, Muyoung merely performed his own tasks silently .
Muyoung loaded the bow with two arrows .
‘I’d be no match for the Cursed Bow Team that specialized in archery, but…’
There were many organizations within the Forest of Death .
Each was divided into specialized fields and trained intensively on the associated weapons .
The Cursed Bow Team was a group of assassins that wielded bows .
They fundamentally fired three arrows simultaneously and they never missed a target .
Muyoung’s limit was two arrows . Starting from three arrows, his accuracy fell .
Shushuk!
Thu-thud!
Each time, two arrows flew and stuck in the targets .
A momentous event .
Seeing that, Pendragon’s expression hardened .
‘Who the hell is he? How could that guy be a seed?’
Originally he had thought that becoming the First Knight would not be difficult .
Even if Dragon Lord Hansung’s name was removed, Pendragon was certainly powerful .
Not to mention the purity of his divine power; and he spared nothing in becoming stronger . He’d come this far through really bone-cutting training .
However, a strange bum suddenly popped up .
His entire body was covered with armor and a helmet, but he didn’t even look old .
He was Pendragon’s age at the most, or maybe a little older .
And no matter how slow-witted Pendragon was, he had no choice but to notice at this point .
…The truth that Seraphina regarded Muyoung favorably .
‘I can’t lose . ’
Pendragon’s eyes were ablaze .
He had been just a child at the time, but he had seen Seraphina and fallen for her .
Whenever times were hard, he would think of her and spur on his training .
It was only to be her first .
However…
Thud!
He didn’t know about others, but he couldn’t be beaten by Muyoung .
Eighteen Weapons .
It was about eighteen varieties of weapons and their martial arts .
Generally, weapon types did not deviate from these eighteen varieties .
There were eighteen kinds of tests .
Muyoung dealt with more than 10 weapons, never missing a single one .
As if he was an old expert, he naturally shot and suppressed Pendragon .
Normally it would require 10 years to be able to properly handle a weapon .
There was no one that could handle eighteen weapons like that .
This was what normal people thought universally .
“You’re strong . ”
The Dragon Lord Hansung .
He was carefully observing Muyoung immediately after what had happened yesterday .
He was powerful; to the point of easily ranking as one of the strong .
However, for some reason there was something unsettling about him .
It seemed as if that wouldn’t be all .
However, it seemed impossible to draw out Muyoung’s sincerity through Pendragon .
“Someone like him existed?”
Hansung had stepped in immediately after humans began being summoned to the Underworld .
The war with the Demon Gods, the eradication of the monsters and the establishment of the city; there was nothing Hansung hadn’t been involved in .
Even so, he had never seen anyone like Muyoung before .
If Hansung, who knew most strong men very well, didn’t know him, then it meant that no-one knew him .
“Seraphina, where did you find that guy?”
“I was lucky . ”
Seraphina was stingy with her words .
In the meanwhile, Muyoung ran through a succession of victories and came out .
Pendragon’s appearance passed red and gradually became ashen .
Overwhelming skill .
Pendragon was still young and was unable to accept it easily .
“He’s like someone who just fell from the sky . ”
“Maybe . ”
“Maybe? Oho, Seraphina . Women with many secrets can’t receive love . ”
“That’s okay . I’m just the faithful sort . ”
The faithful sort belonged to the side that gave rather than received .
Seraphina’s attention was on Muyoung .
In no time, it was the seventeenth match .
It was a confrontation between a spear and a spear .
Using only a spear to battle ten masters of spearmanship!
“A spear . ”
Muyoung turned the spear in his grasp and looked at it .
Then he ran towards the masters, as if he had an adequate understanding .
He pierced them like a bolt of lightning and shed their attacks like water as he severed their pulses one by one .
They didn’t die, but many of them fell before Muyoung’s spear .
Muyoung never did things simply .
“Amazing . It isn’t an easy matter to handle all weapons that way,” Hansung marvelled .
No skills had been used .
It was all the more surprising that he showed such an image through pure spearmanship alone .
Eventually, the seventeenth round, the spear match, was also lost by Pendragon .
The last was… the sword .
The sword was a battle between the two .
Muyoung and Pendragon stood face to face .
“It will not be as easy as the sword . ”
He had already lost .
While handling seventeen weapons, he had already lost, so winning only the sword would not make him a winner .
But Pendragon couldn’t easily accept it .
“You’re still young . ”
Dragon Lord Hansung shook his head as he saw the scene .
Like his age, Pendragon was full of youthful vigor . He knew how to run forward . But, he was slow at accepting . When you’re young, most can’t help but act that way .
Eventually, the sparring began .
Muyoung closed his eyes and raised the sword .
Pendragon ran forward as if he was crazy .
Then, when Pendragon was only a short distance away, Muyoung opened his eyes, and aiming at only one point with the sword, he attacked .
Kwajik!
Sword and sword clashed together .
Soon, cracks began to appear on Pendragon’s sword .
Pshhhhhh…
When the cracks became severe, it turned to powder and disappeared onto the ground .
Just one collision .
He had used no magical powers, divine powers, or skills but Pendragon’s attacks were still futile .
It seemed Muyoung didn’t even have to mix the sword . Muyoung turned around nonchalantly .
“This, this is fraud! This can’t happen!” Pendragon shouted desperately .
No wonder .
Excluding Hansung, Muyoung was the first wall he had encountered .
Furthermore, it was a wall that stood strong while blocking his dreams .
How could he not be upset?
Hansung looked at him .
“The level isn’t right . ”
Pendragon was strong .
However his opponent was too powerful .
It was just that different .
But the final thing he saw was unusual even for Hansung .
Swordsmanship that destroyed the sword itself .
“Can I be the target for the next sword match?” Hansung asked the saintess .
Then he took a stance that made the saintess awkward .
“Hansung-nim? But the results are already…”
Hansung nodded his head .
“I know . I’m not trying to change the results . My student lost because he was weak . However, the winner seems disappointed to end it this way . ”
“What?”
The saintess wondered, but Hansung had only spoken to be courteous .
Hansung approached Muyoung .
Then Muyoung stopped walking .
“While you were completing the test, you kept throwing speculation my way . You probably know who I am… but now I am interested in you as well . ”
Hansung’s reason for this was simple .
He wanted to take off that mask and see .
Moreover, it was also true that Muyoung continued to cause Hansung to speculate about him .
Up until now he had been ignoring him, but not anymore .
Muyoung watched Hansung from inside the helmet .
And he smiled slowly, from the corner of his mouth .
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