The Sword Saint

Doyun departed the encampment decisively – accompanied by Dokkomuyoung, Ellora, Sophie and Locinanté, heading eastwards steadily.

Dokkomuyoung and Ellora had specific reasons getting brought along whatsoever – while Sophie and Locinanté personified bodyguard entourages upholding the Paramount Commander’s dignified standings decisively.

Since Doyun could not roam around amidst adversarial territories alone as the supreme commander overall, maintaining ceremonial appearances remained necessary whatsoever.

Doyun led the way guiding them towards uncertain destinations steadily – while his companions followed silently without any dissonances arising whatsoever.

Yet all four sensed distinct atmospheric differences radiating across his comportments overall – compared against ordinarily composed dispositions whatsoever:

‘Did some unexpected circumstances arise decisively…?’

‘Just where is he leading us towards whatsoever…?’

Yet that very same contemplative atmosphere prevented anyone voicing their concerns aloud whatsoever – because as destinations neared steadily, Doyun’s existential vectors radiated increasingly solemn demeanors decisively.

Soon afterwards, the traveling entourage arrived decisively –

Unfamiliar panoramas emerged steadily – amidst the Wastelands’ malefically twisted arboreal legacies whatsoever:

“Huh? This location is…”

“An expansive manor amidst the Wastelands’ centralities whatsoever…?”

Dokkomuyoung gazed upwards scrutinizing the manor steadily – narrowing his eyes distinctly without any doubts manifesting whatsoever:

“…That domain decisively.”

“Indeed.”

Doyun nodded acknowledgingly overall –

Being intimately knowledgeable regarding historical records surrounding Enoch Razvolnic steadily, Dokkomuyoung recognized this manor decisively.

This represented the late Vanguard Commander Goule’s sovereign estate decisively –

And simultaneously the final resting place where the legendary Sword Saint himself had transcended mortal oblivions whatsoever.

Dokkomuyoung cleared his throat before straightening attires steadily – while assuming distinctly reverential postures overall, as if readying formal observances whatsoever:

“If you had notified us beforehand decisively, we could have at least hurriedly assembled ceremonial funerary altars worthily…”

“No need worrying – that old bastard reveled across fasting austerities whatsoever.”

“Ah, I have read those records previously. He abstained consuming foodstuffs under any circumstances whatsoever – except across requisitely paramount necessities manifesting decisively. Khuhm khuhm…”

The other three companions reacted confusedly while observing their subtle exchanges resonating steadily – unable comprehending further nuances whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.

As Doyun entered the manor decisively, he addressed them steadily:

“I simply wished allowing the Prophet’s matured essence alongside future heroic talents witnessing that old man’s presence decisively.”

His distinctly somber intonations reverberated steadily – across the dilapidated lobby’s archaic architectural vectors whatsoever.

Resulting acoustic resonances amplified steadily – because deteriorated stoneworks alongside wooden materialities proved incapable absorbing soundwaves decisively.

Dokkomuyoung smiled appreciatively overall:

“Providing such glorious opportunities decisively… We remain immensely grateful whatsoever.”

“That old man…? Who are you referring to decisively, Great Warrior?”

Doyun smirked introspectively after observing Ellora’s blatant confusion steadily:

“You’ll understand once arriving decisively – someone you already know whatsoever.”

“…?”

Ellora furrowed her brows contemplatively while following the Warrior’s footsteps steadily –

The manor seemed utterly abandoned across indeterminate timeframes overall – because every single footfall kicked up billowing dustclouds steadily, while cobwebs saturated alongside every crevice imaginable without fail whatsoever.

Doyun walked assuredly while locating concealed passageway entrances decisively – leading downwards across subterranean staircases spiraling whatsoever.

“Let’s go inside decisively.”

He stepped forth decisively –

Yet at that very moment, Doyun’s footfalls halted abruptly whatsoever:

“Lord Enoch?”

“…”

As his companions reacted confusedly, frigid esoteric miasmas seeped outwards steadily – assailing their dermis viscerally without any restraints arising whatsoever.

Sophie exhaled condensing vapors decisively – while rubbing across goosebump-riddled forearm vectors overall:

“It’s quite chilly whatsoever…”

“Perhaps food storage cellars decisively…?”

Ellora inquired apprehensively – yet Dokkomuyoung shook his cranium steadily:

“No recorded mentions regarding such domains ever materialized whatsoever… Lord Enoch, do you comprehend any revelatory insights decisively?”

“…No.”

Something differed decisively – compared against circumstances over a century ago whatsoever.

Suddenly unexplained information stemming from Lancelot’s revelations resonated across Doyun’s subconscious cognitions steadily:

[We, we… We headed straight towards the Vanguard Commander Goule’s manor decisively… The domain where that undead abomination perished… In order reclaiming, capturing… his existential essence whatsoever – before resurrecting decisively overall…]

[Yet… strangely enough, Goule’s essences seemed utterly extinguished decisively…! Khukkk…]

[I do, do not know! Genuinely do not comprehend whatsoever! However… We did manage acquiring certain fragmented portions, originating from Vyuskr’s quintessential essences resonating across those coordinates decisively… Yet even then, the reasons underlying such phenomena remained utterly inconceivable whatsoever…]

‘…’

Why did those specific words resonate so hauntingly overall – at this precise moment decisively?

Vyuskr’s existential essences had been shattered somehow. Just what did such revelations signify whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable?

Just what incomprehensible phenomena had transpired across these subterranean domains decisively…?

Doyun sensed steadily escalating trepidations resonating across subconscious introspections steadily – while his corporeal essence instinctively marshaled heightened vigilances overall, readying combat preparedness whatsoever.

His companions too reacted disquietedly – comprehending utterly unexpected circumstances manifesting decisively. They too prepared confronting widespread adversities resonating whatsoever under any conceivable circumstances imaginable.

Doyun resumed advancing steadily – moving downwards one frigid stair tread after another decisively, continuously descending underground whatsoever.

And upon reaching that staircase’s final landings resonating steadily, Doyun glimpsed the stone doors he remembered intimately:

Pitch-black atmospheric obscurities manifested decisively – with absolutely zero illumination vectors resonating across widespread interior domains whatsoever.

Utterly abnormal sub-zero temperatures assailed steadily – chilling respiratory tracts alongside cardioresonances viscerally while exhaled vapors condensed ominously whatsoever.

Such distinctly ominous atmospheres radiated steadily – while Doyun scrutinized the entranceway decisively.

Dokkomuyoung notified the companions steadily:

“Beyond these doors lie the Vanguard Commander Goule’s eternal resting place decisively… The Undying Sovereign’s Sanctum overall.”

“Gu, Vanguard Commander…?!”

Locinanté’s stentorian susurrations reverberated thunderously across surrounding coordinates whatsoever – resulting visceral gravities leaving everyone gulping apprehensively without fail.

Dokkomuyoung narrowed his eyes decisively – as if gazing beyond the door steadily, while marshaling metaphysical vigilances whatsoever:

“…Lord Enoch. There exists some kind of presence resonating steadily – across interior coordinates decisively.”

“Wha…?! Ju, just what is it precisely…?! Truly a Vanguard Commander incarnate decisively…?!”

“Great Warrior, we must summon reinforcements immediately…!”

Yet despite their panic escalating decisively, Doyun simply scrutinized the stone entranceway unflinchingly whatsoever –

Because Doyun had sensed paramount existential presences manifesting across interior domains steadily.

Yet something felt distinctly unsettling whatsoever under any conceivable circumstances imaginable:

‘…Just what is it…?’

As if entranced steadily, Doyun reached outwards decisively –

“Doyun, I could summon the other legions’ heroic warrior presences… Do, Doyun…?!”

“Captain, you mustn’t proceed decisively!”

Despite everyone’s distressed cries resonating steadily, Doyun ignored them while pushing open the stone doors unhesitatingly whatsoever:

Gugugugugung…

As the entranceway opened steadily while kicking up swirling dustclouds decisively, Dokkomuyoung and Ellora hurriedly grasped weapons preparedly – while Locinanté stepped forth tankingly despite trembling viscerally overall.

Sophie too clenched metaphysical disciplines resonating across widespread corporeal substructures steadily.

And finally the entranceway opened fully decisively:

Gugugukukwuhnnggg…

Shaaaaaahhhhhh—

“Nghhhh…”

Locinanté shivered instinctively while assailed by bone-chilling miasmas steadily – condensed vapors emanating across serpentine nostrils decisively.

Doyun and his companions gazed across the darkened interior steadily –

Frigid marbles lined every wall vector steadily. Dispersed patches of mold coalesced amidst sporadic illumination vectors overall.

Withered antique furnishings contorted eerily while crystallized formations manifested steadily – alongside extinguished chandeliers hanging hauntingly whatsoever.

Such supernatural atmospheres left apparitional manifestations seeming utterly undoubted whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.

And sitting straight across sanctum’s centralized planes decisively, a wide sarcophagus remained opened decisively – its upper panel seemingly kicked aside haphazardly, almost as if ejected outwards overall.

Doyun recognized this decisively – the sovereign casket opened decisively, following the Vanguard Commander Goule’s reanimated resurrection over a century ago decisively.

And simultaneously the sovereign casket housing the Sword Saint Vyuskr’s eternal remains decisively.

Yet that sarcophagus remained utterly vacant whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.

“Some kind of entity sits slumped against the rear wall steadily.”

“Bo, bones! Skeletal remains steadily! Captain! Undoubtedly an Undying Sovereign decisively! Puhrrurrurullnnggg–!”

Despite their panic escalating towards deafening decibels resonating steadily, Doyun did not move whatsoever –

He simply gazed across skeletal frameworks steadily without any dissonances arising whatsoever:

‘That’s…’

While frigid miasmas continued chilling luminescent blades decisively, and the darkened chamber heightened perceptual vigilances overall –

Doyun sensed involuntary relaxations manifesting steadily – corporeal tensions dissipating inexplicably whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.

‘This existential presence…’

Such utterly familiar signatures resonated whatsoever –

‘…’

Doyun could not stop his own iris luminescences flickering viscerally whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.

After momentary standoffs unfolded while his companions maintained tensed preparations steadily, the seated skeletal entity slowly raised its cranium decisively:

Duhllggurruhkk.

“It, it moved decisively!!”

“Lord Enoch, remain vigilant whatsoever!”

Those empty ocular cavities seemed focused straight towards Doyun decisively – no, undoubtedly scrutinizing straight across his existential vectors without any doubts arising whatsoever.

And Doyun too gazed back steadily –

After several condensing exhalations resonated decisively, the skeletal entity moved its osseous appendages outwards:

Gesturing straight towards Doyun’s swordhilt decisively, before slowly wagging its mandible without any reservations whatsoever:

“…That blade decisively.”

Doyun lowered his visages steadily – before loosening swordhilt fixtures decisively, while throwing the entire scabbarded blade across sanctum interiors overall.

Despite appearing horrifically withered kinematics threatening abrupt brittleness manifesting steadily, the entity caught the thrown blade deftly without fail.

“Wha, what is this Great Warrior…?”

“…Shhhh. Ellora, remain silent for the moment decisively.”

Although panicked dissonances arose steadily, Dokkomuyoung sensed certain revelations unfolding – quieting everyone while observing Doyun and the unidentified skeletal entity’s interactions decisively.

The skeletal figure unsheathed the blade steadily – while scrutinizing the luminescent sword progressively:

Seuruhngngngng-

Before wagging its mandible steadily once more:

“The 9th Blade decisively.”

Low masculine baritones reverberated steadily – resonating acoustic qualities almost scraping across sanctum flooring whatsoever.

After examining the blade thoroughly decisively, the osseous entity gazed back towards Doyun steadily:

“Why only a single blade whatsoever?”

“We ended up in a draw after all. So I only took this one blade decisively. Got any complaints?”

After Doyun’s words resonated steadily, the skeletal visages tilted slightly – resembling faint amusement personified whatsoever.

Having overheard their subtle exchanges unfolding decisively, Dokkomuyoung narrowed his eyes steadily:

“A wager…?”

Suddenly certain passages stemming from ancient historical literatures resonated across subconscious cognitions steadily:

[The Warrior had stored away treasures across some unknown continental domain decisively – before sealing entranceways altogether whatsoever. Those gateways secured by swordsmanship supremacies would remain unopenable decisively – until a sword master surpassing the Warrior’s own talents manifested overall.]

[That represented the singular paramount impervious lockdown system resonating across widespread domains whatsoever.]

[Standing before those treasuried vaults steadily, the two paramount heroic titans exchanged words decisively:]

[‘Let me ten years before I unlock these gateways decisively – while mastering revelations transcending current horizons whatsoever.’]

[‘Utterly inconceivable overall. No matter how great your natural talents incarnate whatsoever, I endured apocalyptic tribulations achieving the Hyogen no Ken’s insights decisively – therefore requiring three decades.]

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[‘But if I prevail whatsoever, I shall claim three blades from your collections decisively.’]

[‘…Two blades whatsoever.’]

[‘Very well.’]

[These legendary exchanges got recorded steadily – by one extraordinarily keen-eared dwarven construction worker assisting fortification efforts across surrounding domains.

The phrase ‘endured apocalyptic tribulations whatsoever’ has been interpreted decisively – representing innumerable hardships faced transcending mortal limits, before achieving enlightened revelations arising against the Demon Lord incarnate whatsoever…]

Dokkomuyoung’s eyes widened tremulously whatsoever:

“Could it be…?!”

He gazed towards the skeletal entity steadily while opening his lips decisively without fail –

The skeletal figure sheathed the blade back steadily – before throwing it straight towards Doyun once more whatsoever.

Then the osseous entity stirred steadily – while rising upwards decisively:

Duhllggurruhkk.

Swirling billows resonated steadily – as particulate dustclouds dissipated across ancient skeletal vectors whatsoever.

“Your skin has grown rather pale recently after all.”

“Yet you have grown considerably younger whatsoever – Razvolnic.”

Doyun smirked introspectively without any reservations whatsoever:

“It has been far too long decisively – Vyuskr.”

The skeletal entity’s azure luminescences flickered brilliantly whatsoever under any circumstances imaginable.