episode_0166

Whoops!

‘It’s a great talent.’

While he was swinging his sword and pushing Wade away, the swordsman, Dreyr, recognized him again.

The talent of the young man before my eyes is truly a talent that will never exist again in the world.

I’ve already said it myself, but Wade’s talent is truly beyond words.

Just standing at the stage of intention at that age… No, it’s not enough to be considered a genius of the century just by looking at his features.

Most of the existing Ten Swordsmen barely entered that level when they were well over 40.

Handade, that young monster, had gone beyond reaching the state of consciousness at that age and entered a state beyond that.

It was something too foreign and monstrous to be expressed simply as talent.

An exception among exceptions.

A talent that feels like being loved by God.

A talent that would likely have surpassed the best on the continent and become the best martial artist in history just by the passage of time.

That was Wade.

However.

‘That future will not come.’

The swordsman declared that.

The reason was simple.

Because Wade will die here today.

None other than by his own hands.

Talent is important.

It is no exaggeration to say that the life of a warrior is not limited to just a warrior, but that a person’s life is divided depending on whether he or she has talent or not.

This is a world where, even if a person without talent puts in a lot of effort every day for ten or twenty years, there are many cases where it falls short of what a talented person puts in for just one year.

That’s why talent is important.

Everyone knows it.

That’s why we value and admire talented people.

but.

‘Talent is not everything.’

Geomgong thought so.

At first, swordsmen also valued talent.

I used to think that talent was everything.

It was natural that he was born with a talent that could be described as heaven-sent, and grew up to overwhelm everyone with that talent.

However, after meeting the man who shook his world for the first time and living a long life since then, the swordsmith’s values and thoughts changed.

Talent is important.

I don’t deny that in itself.

People with outstanding talent can go faster, more efficiently, and further.

That’s why talent is very important.

However, talent is never everything.

Living for so long that his hair turned white, the swordsman met countless people and as many talents as he did.

Among them, there were some who had greater talent than him.

However, they died without being able to fully display their beautiful talents.

Those with shining talents, those with brilliant talents, and those with talents that will shake the world.

Everyone is dead.

And, in the end, it was he who survived and gained the reputation of being the strongest.

No one has ever threatened his position.

So, the swordsman thought.

‘I was born with the destiny to become the strongest.’

He said he was born with the destiny to become the strongest.

It wasn’t just empty nonsense muttered by a person buried in illusion.

A warrior’s intuition becomes sharper as his level increases.

And when you reach the superhuman level of intention, your intuition also reaches a superhuman level.

Sometimes, it even sends out warnings that are close to precognition.

The intuition of the swordsman who had stepped into a state that went one step further than the state of such thoughts was already peeking into a transcendent world.

The swordsman who lived for a long time with such transcendent intuition became convinced one day.

There is definitely something called fate in this world.

and.

The fate of the strongest is yours, not anyone else’s.

Seriously, I thought so.

He never wanted to admit it, but regardless of those feelings, the swordsman now understood and accepted it.

That your talent is never the best.

Of course, it is a natural talent in itself.

The criminal is a talent of a distant level that one cannot even dare to dream of.

Nevertheless, there are people who are more talented than him.

It was there in the past, and it will probably be there in the future.

But, nevertheless.

‘I am the strongest.’

The swordsman had no doubt that he was the one who would survive in the end and become the strongest warrior.

No matter how great you are, no matter how talented you are born, you can never surpass yourself.

It was the same for Wade in front of me.

A level of talent that is truly frightening and beyond the providence of the world.

Of all the talents he has ever encountered, this is undoubtedly the best talent.

The swordsman was confident that even Wade, who had such talent, could never surpass him.

And then I thought.

‘A suitable opponent indeed.’

Wade is the perfect opponent for his final moments.

If the cult’s and the cult leader’s plans come true as expected, humanity will end.

I don’t know how the world will progress after that, but it is clear that the warriors who will compete with him will disappear.

From that perspective, there was no one more suitable as the final opponent to fight than Wade.

‘It’s appropriate. It’s truly appropriate.’

A very suitable opponent.

Born with talent, despairing of talent, and ultimately overcoming talent, the opponent of his final battle is a man with the greatest talent in mankind. It is so bizarre and fateful that the word contrived is appropriate.

So, the swordsman thought.

‘okay. ‘You are the one prepared by heaven for me.’

Wade said he was prepared for this.

Wade is.

The embodiment of talent before your eyes was born with that destiny from the beginning.

As his opponent, he is someone prepared by heaven to complete his life and story at this moment.

Otherwise it doesn’t make sense.

Meeting Wade, failing to kill Wade at that time, and the fact that the surviving Wade appeared here at this very moment.

Everything was destined to be this way from the beginning.

Whoops!

A loud noise sounded and Wade was pushed back loudly again.

At the same time, Wade lost his balance for a moment.

With Wade’s level of skill and sense, he could have recovered immediately even if there was only a moment’s gap, but the swordsman did not give him that gap.

Once again, the swordsmith’s sword rushed towards Wade.

Wade hurriedly moved his body and blocked the sword.

Whoops!

Although he successfully blocked it, from Wade’s perspective, it could not be said to be a waste of money.

Because we literally just blocked it, we didn’t escape the crisis.

Rather, it caused the balance that had barely been restored to collapse again.

This time more than before.

And, Geomgong began to push Wade even harder.

bang! Quang!

The two swords exploded, and Wade was pushed back helplessly.

Of course, Wade wasn’t the only one suffering.

In the gap between defending attacks, he tried to somehow turn the tide by launching a flash attack towards the swordsman.

However, all those attempts were in vain.

Wade’s attack was easily destroyed by the swordman’s sword, and the swordman continued to push Wade.

The momentum became increasingly fierce, and Wade’s posture began to break down more and more.

yet.

Quang!

With the sword strike, Wade’s posture completely collapsed.

That fleeting moment.

Wade and the swordsmith’s eyes met.

and.

Sigh!

Blood splattered and silence finally came to the field that had been roaring non-stop.

However, the silence never lasted long.

“… That’s amazing.”

Because the silence was broken when the swordsman opened his mouth.

“I swung it with the intention of killing you.”

It was a calm voice, but there was a subtle but clear admiration inside.

The swordsman’s eyes moved.

The person standing where the gaze stopped was Wade.

He suffered huge wounds on his upper body.

“You always exceed my expectations.”

The swordsmith said while looking at Wade.

It was not an empty remark or sarcasm.

Unusually for a swordsman, he was praising Wade purely.

It was a blow with all his might.

I swung my sword with all my might to kill Wade.

The situation was perfect too.

Wade’s posture was completely broken, and he was completely defenseless for a moment.

Despite this, Wade survived.

Although he suffered serious injuries, he was still alive.

It was clearly a result that exceeded the swordsman’s expectations.

“In the meantime, you explode the magic power inside your body to defend against the aftereffects of the Sword of Intention. You really have the sense to hold your tongue.”

Sword of intention, Geomgang.

A sword of light created based on intention that can cut through anything.

However, the power of Geomgang was not limited to its sharpness.

A destructive power created by burning magical power using intention as an ingredient.

That was also one of Geomgang’s strengths.

A force so ferocious that if you confront it without defense, the inside of your body can be destroyed just by touching the weapon.

Therefore, originally, a person who was cut with a sword would have suffered serious internal injuries even if the wound was not large.

However, Wade was still alive and well despite receiving such a serious wound from the sword of no one else but the swordsman.

The moment he was cut by the sword, the moment the destructive magic penetrated his insides, he intentionally exploded the magic inside his body, canceling out the destructive power of the sword.

Thanks to him, Wade survived.

But that didn’t mean he was fine.

Although his life was saved, he suffered serious wounds, and an unusual amount of blood is still flowing from those wounds.

Also, what is it like inside the body?

Although it was said to have offset the destructive power of the sword, there could not have been an aftereffect of an explosion of magical energy inside the body.

As a result, Wade suffered quite large internal injuries.

“With that body, there is no chance of winning anymore.”

The swordsman shook his head as if he felt sorry.

Wade was already being pushed out.

In that situation, I suffered that level of injury.

With this, Wade’s chances of winning have now completely disappeared.

“Well, that’s good.”

The swordsman smiled softly.

“A shabby death would not be suitable for a man with the greatest talent in human history. I also have to show him the respect he deserves.”

At the same time as the swordsman finished speaking.

Wow─

His sword began to vibrate.

… No, it wasn’t just the sword.

The air in contact with the sword vibrated.

The field that touched the air vibrated.

The sky shook.

Literally, the world was shaking.

Because of the power of just one man.

So, holding in his hands the power that could shake the world, the swordsman looked at Wade and said.

“Goodbye.”

A calm farewell.

and.

Huh ─

The sword was swung.