Sword God

I looked at my left hand.

‘It’s broken after all.’

The [Dark Sword] that had become the core of the hurricane couldn’t withstand the Anti-Magic Power of the [Sword God] and shattered.

I brushed off the remaining fragments from my left hand,

[Death Knight 1].

I flew towards him.

Flew.

Literally.

My body was less affected by gravity.

I could kick off the air.

Amel, who could now step on the Magical Power in the atmosphere, used the air as a foothold and [Leaped].

[Leap].

Its power was greatly increased by the [Sword God]’s effect, and the jumping power of [Leap] was faster than expected.

Before my dynamic visual acuity could catch up.

Without even preparing.

I charged towards [Death Knight 1]. Unable to stop, I thrust out the [Black Sword] I had been holding forward for attack, unilaterally pushing [Death Knight 1] back.

Amel charged forward quickly.

I gradually became accustomed to the speed.

Magical Power mixed into all my senses, making them much more sensitive than before.

As the performance improved, my head needed to keep up, but as it suddenly improved, I was just barely keeping up with that performance.

But,

I can do it.

‘I can do it!’

Based on my experience so far, I embraced confidence and gradually caught up with the vision that was passing by faster than my perception.

Only then did the information window appear.

[Death Knight 1].

Amel’s eyes flashed.

With the [Black Sword] against the [Dark Sword],

One more time.

[Leap].

Faster.

Dizzyingly.

Feeling a strange sensation as the sound faded away, I added even more speed to the slowing velocity.

It felt like the speed was pulling my arm.

My skin felt like it was being swept away by the wind.

My body, made of Magical Power, was smooth like porcelain, but the speed of the wind flowing smoothly could be considered my current speed.

I poured Magical Power into the [Black Sword].

And that Magical Power was Anti-Magic Power.

-Crack.

The [Dark Sword] was vulnerable to Anti-Magic Power.

The gap was penetrated strongly as much as the speed.

“(…!!!)”

It was too late when [Death Knight 1] noticed the crack in the [Dark Sword].

Swoosh.

The [Black Sword] penetrated halfway into the [Dark Sword], passing through the spine of the sword.

Amel, gripping the [Black Sword] firmly with both hands, swung the [Black Sword] with the force of the [Leap] and her arm strength.

I cut the [Dark Sword].

The gap created by the cut.

I rotated the blade of the [Black Sword].

[Meteor Sword]

The [Black Sword] held horizontally.

With the propulsion of the [Meteor Sword], I pierced through his waist with the [Black Sword] in one go.

───Air swing.

‘Ha… I see.’

That’s what a [Death Knight] should be.

I didn’t think I could kill him with a single blow.

Amel, reducing speed by stepping on the ground.

I quickly turned my body and looked at [Death Knight 1], and the [Black Sword] was embedded in his abdomen. It was stuck in the armor on his abdomen, in the same position as when I used [Meteor Sword].

[Death Knight 1] quickly lost speed as he lost the propulsion body called Amel, but,

In front of the helmet.

A fist was placed.

Whose?

Amel’s.

[Heavenly Destruction Fist]

[Death Knight 1] collided with the ground once and bounced. He spun around frighteningly and fell to the ground, drawing a high and narrow parabola.

While falling,

I recovered the [Black Sword],

[Death Knight 1].

I saw the information window.

Swish.

I separated his body and neck.

The information window disappeared.

I killed him.

“….”

I wanted to seal the strange technique of taking out a sword from his hand into the [Demon King Stone] and possess it, but there were still two more [Death Knight]s.

Electrical Signal.

One of them came.

Amel immediately turned around and welcomed [Death Knight 3], who had finally arrived.

I stepped on the ground and [Leaped].

I pounced on [Death Knight 3].

I swept him away unilaterally without giving him a chance to counterattack with brute force.

At that moment, when I was trying to estimate the location of [2] by tracking the Electrical Signal, [Dark Sword 3] twisted his blade and stabbed into my neck.

“..!”

Amel reflexively pushed away [Dark Sword 3] with the [Black Sword].

The pushed distance was the perfect distance to exchange swords. Not missing that gap, I swung the [Black Sword], and [Dark Sword 3] also swung, exchanging attacks and defenses.

‘This guy…’

Is strong.

A battle of offense and defense.

The sword once.

Twice.

Three times.

Every time the swords crossed, I felt a chill as if I was being filleted like a fish.

I lost the [Black Sword] from my hand to [Dark Sword 3].

Huh?

“..?!”

Huh?!?!!

Lost it?

The [Black Sword] flew into the air,

Before I could even be surprised, [Dark Sword 3] stabbed in.

I created repulsive force with Electrical Ability,

I blocked [Dark Sword 3] with a repulsive field.

The Electrical Ability, empowered by the [Sword God]’s Magical Power, easily blocked [Dark Sword 3], but at that moment, I realized something I hadn’t noticed, “Ah.”

At that moment when I was blocking [Dark Sword 3] with Electrical Ability.

[Death Knight 2], who had been holding his breath until now, penetrated the gap. From a blind spot, the blade of [Dark Sword 2] forced its way in.

I sensed the location of [Dark Sword 2] with Electrical Signal,

Lowering my upper body,

Evading with a backstep [Leap].

“….”

I snatched the [Black Sword] that had been flying in the air during the [Leap].

There was barely enough time to get up.

The [Death Knight]s turned around.

During that very short time of turning around, I briefly analyzed them.

[Death Knight 2] can be easily defeated in the current state of [Sword God].

The state and form of the Magical Power that makes up [Death Knight 2], as seen from the senses of the [Sword God], guaranteed victory.

But,

‘That guy is the problem.’

[Death Knight 3].

He is especially difficult.

Not just annoying.

Difficult.

I crossed swords with him.

We exchanged offense and defense.

Regardless of the power-related things seen through the eyes of the [Sword God], such as level, Magical Power, and brute force, when limited to the scope of swordsmanship, his level was significantly higher than mine.

Especially the basics.

I know that his skill level is incredibly high from crossing swords with him.

This is the first time since connecting to Full Dive that a sword has been disarmed from my hand.

Power is not the issue.

This was a difference in skill.

‘Interesting.’

“Chocolat.”

“….”

When I stepped on the floor with my foot, the shadow spread and Chocolat poked her head out.

There wasn’t enough time to say anything.

“Fight according to the situation…!”

“….”

[Death Knight 3] charged in.

Amel also charged in and thrust out the [Black Sword].

A battle of offense and defense.

It’s been a while since I’ve had such a flavorful opponent.

‘I don’t want to be disturbed.’

An opponent who has reached an overwhelming level of swordsmanship that I could never defeat in a normal state.

I barely managed to tie with him using the overwhelming senses and power of the [Sword God]. But that was just a skill like a hastily built building.

The actual difference in level comes from the details.

The moment the [Black Sword] collided with the [Dark Sword], I coldly sensed it.

I only exchanged three blows, but I was overwhelmed with a sense of defeat.

‘Ah… I’m going to lose.’

Offense and defense were definitely being exchanged, but the form of the future that was predicted at the end was Amel herself being beheaded.

It wasn’t that he was fast.

It wasn’t that he was powerful.

He just had enough power and speed to not be unilaterally swept away.

[Death Knight 3] was simply faster and broader in his judgment and vision.

I realized the difference in skill, which was far superior to what I felt with [High Knight Evga], as he appropriately pointed out disadvantages rather than immediate gains and seemed to look several moves ahead for a sure strike.

Each time we exchanged blows, the [Dark Sword] tightened its grip on my breath.

And,

───!

Neck.

It was cut.

“..!!!”

The Skill name [Sword God] was funny.

It doesn’t increase the skill of swordsmanship itself.

It’s not that my swordsmanship is weak, but,

I was unilaterally pushed back.

It wasn’t that the [Dark Sword] was fast.

Even though I had become a [Sword God] and my dynamic visual acuity was enhanced, I easily captured the [Dark Sword] of [Death Knight 3] at a slightly faster speed.

Looking at the relative difference in sword speed alone, I felt a similar sensation to the sword speed I felt when facing the knights while staying at Pibbslow Fortress.

But the results were completely different.

I get hit even though I see it.

Is this when I use it?

The enhanced abilities of the [Sword God] were useless.

‘I want to win magnificently since I used Sword God…’

It’s not easy.

This isn’t cool.

But I couldn’t deny that [Death Knight 3] was strong.

The strength of pure skill that overwhelms a superhuman in a superhuman-like realm.

It was cool.

I admire him.

That’s why I was sorry.

‘I want to die with this…’

I also killed [Death Knight 1] and felt the curse disappear.

It didn’t seem like [Death Knight 3] cursed me when he cut me.

I respect the strength of [Death Knight 3] and think it would be okay to die like this, but,

‘I haven’t poured out everything yet.’

I only lost in swordsmanship this time.

I couldn’t show everything.

I was cut,

I fell,

My head was separated from my body.

I can just reattach it right away, but,

I suddenly have a question about the action [Death Knight 3] took while cutting me.

Where did the information that I don’t die even if my head is cut off come from?

Did Chocolat say it?

Ah, the King of Death, huh.

I know he was peeking with [Spoiler].

Did he tell [Death Knight 3] in advance?

Whether he told him is correct.

As soon as [Death Knight 3] cut off my head, he twisted the blade right near my neck and adjusted it so that my neck would fly off roughly.

It didn’t end there.

The [Dark Sword] that left after cutting off my head.

It pierced my heart.

He twisted the [Dark Sword] clockwise while it was stuck in my heart to destroy it.

He chopped my arms, legs, and torso into small pieces so that I couldn’t even think of resurrecting. At that moment when my neck hadn’t even reached the high point of its parabola.

The [Dark Sword] was swung upwards towards my head.

Tang.

It hurt.

It was hard.

“(…What?)”

Hit by the [Dark Sword] that was swung upwards,

Amel’s head bounced off.

[Death Knight 3] immediately dyed the [Dark Sword] more thickly with Dark Mana and swung it to cut my head in half.

───It stopped.

“(..!!!)”

[Death Knight 3] couldn’t apply his [Sword Aura] to Amel’s head. He stopped with his body frozen as it was, but he realized that what was stopped was not his body but his armor.

Magnetism.

Superconductivity.

Whatever.

Before the fragmented body fell to the ground.

The bounced head stopped in mid-air.

Crackle.

Crackle.

Electricity crackled from the cut surfaces of the body, and the appropriate surfaces meshed together, and the arms, legs, and body were attached as one.

The detached neck too.

I brought it with my hand.

I attached my neck as if putting on a helmet.

It was easier to attach than when I was bare-bodied, but that’s because I’m a [Sword God] now. My body was made of Magical Power.

Amel, an Electrical Ability user, could freely convert electricity and Magical Power. If I couldn’t do that, I wouldn’t have been able to supply the Magical Power needed for [Sword God] in the first place.

Heart?

Internal organs?

Bones?

Brain?

My head defended unconsciously, but perhaps now that I’ve become a [Sword God]. Just like I don’t have internal organs, there may be no need to protect my head.

Still, well, there’s a concern that the defense of my head will become insufficient in the normal state, so I hardened my heart to unconditionally protect my head even in the [Sword God] state.

Anyway,

Resurrection.

The Magical Power of the [Sword God] was equivalent to level 70, and the Electrical Ability was strengthened as much as level 70.

With the addition of the [Sword God] body state, it would be awkward to die from just having my body fragmented.

[Death Knight 3] was definitely strong.

I felt the long journey he had built up from the sword.

Because I acknowledge the strength he gained from that effort,

“I’m sorry.”

“(You monster.)”

Even if I say I’m sorry.

I feel sorry.

But who would like it?

There is a penalty for dying.

Besides the Death Penalty,

There is a very terrible penalty that my body gradually becomes like the real world.

Compared to the advantage of being resurrected even if I die, it was a tiny penalty, but this penalty was a spoonful of thrill added to the peace of Resurrection.

So the expectation that I would quietly die was wrong from the start.

Besides,

Crackle.

Crackle.

Level 70 Magical Power.

Hurricane became a battery.

Electrical Ability has become stronger.

The fact that output that didn’t exist until now is possible is conveyed from the sparks.

‘Ah… I’m strong.’

It gives me a sense of certainty.

I want to use this power quickly.