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-Pasasasak…

Every time Leos took a step, he stepped on the shattered debris around him. There was not a single place on my body that was healthy. Although the monster’s special ability was clearly used to form a shield, the impact was so overwhelmingly large that there were internal injuries rather than external injuries.

It feels like every bone in my body is going to break. But rather, that pain made Leos feel relieved. Even though almost all of the external impact was absorbed by the shield, this much damage occurred, so it goes without saying that Artan could not even defend himself properly.

Leos forcibly dragged his motionless body and moved to where Artan was standing.

“Dead.”

Perhaps because of the huge explosion, not even the remains of the body remained, but the reason Leos was able to infer that Artan was dead was because the artifact he was carrying was missing.

‘It’s a sword.’

A sword that cut through the walls of a cave and rocks like a tofu.

As powerful as it is, it is also incredibly durable. Even with this explosion, there wasn’t even a single scratch on the sword.

As Leos slowly raised the sword, the sword’s information appeared before his eyes.

[Pharmaceutical examination]

[A legendary sword created from the lives of countless people. The more people you kill, the more powerful energy you absorb and the stronger you become.]

After checking the artifact’s name and brief description, Leos could not help but be surprised to see its grade.

[Grade: Myth]

A mythic level that is higher than low, middle, and high level artifacts. I had obtained a mythical artifact that was thought to exist only in legend.

Leos immediately lifted the sword and checked whether he could use it. This was because these items usually belonged to someone or had strict usage conditions. However, as soon as the sword was held, it resonated strongly and began to emit light, as if it had been made for Leos. Leos lifted it and swung it towards the wall.

-Patter!

No matter how weakened the ground was due to the explosion, the solid wall made up of stones, rocks, and soil was cut away smoothly like soft tofu. Leos let out a laugh without realizing it.

I knew it was an absurd weapon from the moment Artan used it, but there was a far difference between seeing it with my eyes and using it with my hands. I understand after using it myself. This is a weapon that cannot be compared to high-level artifacts.

‘I will still use the chain sword as my main weapon.’

Because the blood-letting sword was long, it was not easy to intercept from a distance. It was heavy and bulky to hold and throw. Therefore, the chain sword would still be effective when fighting at a long distance, but the overwhelming anticipation and durability of the blood-letting sword were great enough to offset all of its shortcomings, so I thought it would be used unconditionally in close combat.

‘Are there any other artifacts other than this?’

Leos searched every nook and cranny, but other than the bloodletting sword, he could not find Artan’s clothes or any other traces.

‘It looks like everything was blown away by the powerful explosion.’

Leos felt regret for a moment, but then shook his head. What I got now was already so good that it was overflowing. It was even said that the more people he killed, the stronger he became than before, so there was still room for growth in the future.

Because there were so many people to kill, Leos thought that the blood-letting sword would soon grow into an even more overwhelming weapon than it is now.

‘I guess I’ll have to climb up soon.’

As I slowly began to climb the wall, the assassination team and Hericia soldiers gathered after hearing the explosion.

“Leos! Are you okay?”

Hericia started running, shouting loudly, and pulled Leos’s arm as he came up. After seeing Leos’s face, Hericia shouted urgently.

“What on earth happened! Why did someone who said he was going to go scouting end up like this?”

Leos asked a question without answering her words.

“Where is Bendict?”

“That person is staying in temporary accommodation with Hemina and Rochen. I was worried so I was walking around and came right away when I heard the explosion.”

“Do not walk alone.”

“I accompanied the members of the assassination team.”

When Leos glared at the assassination team leader Rakarte, he spoke as if it was unfair.

“Even though we told him to go back to his dorm several times, he wouldn’t listen, so we protected him because we thought it was dangerous. Since we didn’t trick them or went with them with bad intentions, I hope they don’t see it that way. If they were going to take me hostage or do something weird, I would have done it a long time ago. Isn’t it?”

Leos agreed to his words and withdrew his gaze. Rakarte was not particularly offended and asked what he was curious about.

“Anyway, what the hell is going on? Did the Empire carry out a bombing?”

Hericia asked a question from the side.

“Empire… In the Empire, you have a high-level floating artifact. If you use that, you can do things like this, right?”

“That should be so, but a red gate has now been created near the Imperial Palace. There’s no way they’re pouring this much mana bomb somewhere else. The emperor is someone whose own safety comes first. This is a guy who will keep all troops and artifacts around him until he solves the Red Gate.”

Hericia, Faron, and Rakart all looked at Leos. Leos shook off the dust from his body and opened his mouth.

“I got into a fight with a guy.”

Rakarat laughed and answered.

“With only one guy? So is this what he did?”

“No. I exploded it using a spiral to kill him.”

“You’re crazy. This amount of bombing is enough to completely destroy a Red Gate. Who on earth did you fight with? Did a mutant monster pop out?”

Leos thought for a moment and spoke only to Rakarte without being heard by those around him.

“I fought with Artan, a member of the Celestial Society, and killed him.”

“Heavenly Council…?”

“Don’t you know anything?”

“This is my first time hearing it.”

I asked Rakart to see if he had any information, but when I didn’t get a satisfactory answer, Leos turned his head in disappointment.

“Let’s go back now. Don’t tell other guys what I said. Because you never know.”

“Is the Heavenly Council you just mentioned important information?”

“Okay.”

“Do that. If you need any information, you can look it up.”

“…Then it would be nice if you could gather information from within your reach.”

“Yes. Instead, if you want to find information about the Celestial Society, you have no choice but to tell it to Faron. When it comes to finding information, no one can follow Faron.”

“Do whatever you want. Instead, don’t talk to anyone other than Faron.”

“I understand.”

As Rakarte stepped back, Leos flinched while walking. This was because a terrible pain, like being picked by a needle, was ravaging my entire body. There was no trauma from the explosion, but there was trauma from fighting with Artan. In addition, he suffered internal injuries due to the explosion, so his body was at its limit.

‘I want to rest.’

With just that thought in mind, Leos walked slowly.

“Leos…can you tell me what happened? I’m worried.”

Leos looked at Hericia and thought for a moment. I was wondering if I could talk about this, but the conclusion was that it would obviously not be a good idea to talk about it.

There is nothing Hericia can do if she finds out the name of the Heavenly Council, and in fact, she may learn information that she should not know, which could lead to unfortunate events. Leos, who knew better than anyone else that just knowing information could cause something terrible to happen, gave an appropriate explanation.

“I fought a strong guy and I won. Don’t wonder any more than that.”

“…I understand…”

Hericia walked in silence for a while and then entered the temporary lodgings.

*

As dawn approached, Hemina, who had been outside, came into the tent. Hericia asked in a concerned voice.

“Where have you been?”

“I went to see Leos…”

Hericia tilted her head at the tone of voice she had heard before somewhere, but eventually shook her head and spoke.

“Leos, how is your condition? Are you feeling better now?”

“First of all… it looks like both the outside and inside of the body are a mess… You’ve never seen anything like that when you’ve been conquering dungeons so far, but I see you’re having a particularly hard time this time… ”

“Has Hemina ever seen Leos conquer a dungeon?”

When Hericia asked a question curiously, Hemina gave an appropriate answer.

“It has been featured in many articles. So I watched it…”

“Ah…”

Hericia nodded, was silent for a moment, and then lay down on the bed in the temporary accommodation and spoke.

“Did Leo tell you that something had happened?”

“No? They just told me that there was a fight.”

Then Hericia’s expression brightened.

“Really? You didn’t say anything other than that, right?”

“Um…yeah…I just said we fought. I told him not to ask me in detail, so I said I would understand.”

When Hericia saw Leos’ attitude of not explaining the situation in detail, she was upset and wondered if it was because she was still unreliable. However, when I saw that less information was given to Hemina, I thought that there was just a situation that Leos did not want to talk about, and I felt much more at ease.

“Hehe…”

As Hericia laughed like an idiot, Hemina tilted her head and asked a question.

“What good things have happened?”

“No! I’ll go out for a moment and come back!”

The place where Hericia rushed to was Leos’ temporary lodgings. Leos was using the room alone. When I entered his room, I saw him taking off his clothes and treating his wounds.

“Leos, can I help you?”

“ done. And don’t wander around, take a quick break because it will get busy again from tomorrow.”

“Don’t do that!”

When Hericia took out the healing artifact, the artifact automatically began administering first aid while examining Leos’ wounds.

“This is my first time seeing something like this.”

“Yes! I was renovating it just a little while ago. Recognizes the wound area, disinfects the area that needs disinfection, and sews up the area that needs stitches. Although it is difficult to operate in detail, it is still much better than treating wounds on your own. Have you already taken the potion?”

“Yes. Even if I take the potion, the wound doesn’t heal.”

“It’s strange… Normally, all trauma should disappear for it to be normal.”

Leos knew why. Perhaps the reason the wound did not heal even with the potion was because it had been subjected to a bloodletting sword.

“Go in first and rest. I’ll have to be busy starting tomorrow.”

*

The next morning, after getting enough rest, people began to busily flock in one by one.

Eventually, as soon as Leos opened his eyes, Rakarte, who was waiting in front of the tent, waved his hand at Leos.

“Why are you here instead of coming in?”

“Before, I tried to protect my colleagues, but you were on guard. I stayed outside because I was worried that if I went inside, I might get stabbed.”

As Leos looked at him without any expression, Rakart waved his hand and spoke.

“Just kidding.”

“What is your business?”

“Imperial forces were discovered nearby. But there is something unusual.”

“What’s special?”

“A group of people with a mark unique to members of the Imperial Knights were discovered.”

Leos’ expression suddenly hardens at the mention of the imperial family.

“They should be blocking the imperial palace right now, right?”

“Probably the powers of the nobility. It is clear that the noble forces that were hidden in the imperial palace escaped from there and flocked to a safe place when a huge incident occurred. The news has already spread that we are creating a safe zone, right? There is probably a noble nearby who is their employer. What do you want to do?”

Leos answered as if it were obvious.

“A noble who turns a blind eye to the emperor is no different from a bastard. There’s nothing more to say just looking at Kora who ran away to save himself in an emergency situation.”

Rakarte smiled and ordered.

“Paron, get ready. This time, we are going to kill high-ranking nobles with our own hands.”