Chapter 250: The Knight Didn’t Utter Lies (6)

“An axe?”

Iliad cocked his head to the side as he threw that question out. He really found it strange that his opponent suddenly threw his sword to the ground just to arm himself with an axe.

“Why? Do you find an axe funny?”

“It’s not like that… But you know, an axe isn’t a typical weapon for a knight, is it?”

“So you indeed find it funny.”

In Pendragon, an axe was not a weapon that was used often. It was because it seemed like a weapon that only a foolish knight would use. No, it wasn’t because people saw it as a tool of the lumberjacks, but rather because of the perception that axes were too common in the world.

SInce the level that an axe could reach was limited and it was mainly used by mercenaries and bandits, using an axe as a main weapon was the same as a knight declaring, ‘I have no talent, so I’ll use a simple weapon!’

Of course, no one would openly criticized someone for their choice of using an axe, but those users would be ignored.

Because of that, Iliad couldn’t hide his disappointment at the sight of someone who had reached a considerable level pulling out an axe for a battle.

“I’m disappointed. If you called yourself a swordsman, doesn’t it mean that you have to fight with a sword until the end? How can you pull out an axe?”

“I don’t care about how you feel. I’m not the type to be obsessed with weapons, and I’m also not a swordsman.”

“Seems like we can’t hold any conversation between us.”

Thud-!

“Please don’t regret it.”

Perhaps because disappointment had mercilessly struck him, the smile on Iliad’s face was gone as his blade flashed.

What he was performing was a swordsmanship that had cemented him as a [Sword Master] at the tender age of 20, along with his prized Willow Sword.

“This swordsmanship is called the Sword of Light.”

Iliad declared. It was a new style of swordsmanship that Iliad conceived in his teens and finally perfected in his twenties.

Whoosh-!

Then, the sword energy spreaded out to the surroundings.

It was just that kind of swordsmanship. Iliad was inspired by the sunlight he suddenly saw one day. He then created Sword of Light, a swordsmanship that centered around the sun named Iliad while the sword energy mercilessly encroached upon the surrounding space.

Thanks to that, everything within a 1km radius of Iliad would be cut down. Even if an iron wall blocked his path, it would become nothing but a butter in front of Iliad’s sharp sword energy.

Boom-!

It was supposed to be that kind of swordsmanship… However…

“Even though the name is grand… It’s lacking substance.”

“!!”

The sword energy was shattered into something akin to glass by the axe.

It wasn’t supposed to break that easily!

However, regardless of Iliad’s feelings,

“For now, I’ll give you your first hit.”

Boom!!

Lee Han swung his axe and hit Iliad’s jaw.

“Ugh?!”

Looking at the violence that Lee Han showed, the people groaned without realizing it. Even though they didn’t get hit themselves, as soon as they heard a sound that shouldn’t have been heard from Iliad’s jaw echoed through the clearings, they shut their eyes tightly.

In Felicia’s case…

“Ahh…!”

She shed tears while her hands were shaking at the sight of her son being beaten, revealing her fragile mentality.

But the reason she couldn’t come forward to stop the man from assaulting his son anymore was…

“Ah!”

Because of the sight of her grandson clenching his hands and waving happily.

Is it fine to do this?

Felicia swallowed her heavily, unable to hide her shaken state due to a situation that felt like witnessing a scene of unfilial conduct. But at the same time, she tried to see the bright side of it.

Through this, Iliad will return, right?

She tried to face the situation by seeing it as a necessary process to heal her son.

Because of that,

“Y-You can do it…”

Felicia had to cheer him on with a sad face.

Lee Han truly wanted to ask Illiad something.

Bang-!

How dare you ignore the axe?

Booooom-!!

“Keueuk!?”

When you are embarrassing yourself like this!

“You are so good at blocking and deflecting sword attacks. Why are you so bad at it now?”

“What in the…!”

“Why am I so skillful in swinging an axe? The reason is simple!”

This is my job, you bastard.

When he was still a mercenary, he also went to logging sites as a side job.

When he was a soldier, he also had to lift an axe to build fences and other fortifications.

Even after becoming a knight, he still worked at a logging company to earn his living. However, he had come far from his mercenary day and became a veteran worker in the industry.

After constantly swinging an axe for over ten years, it was only natural that he would become skilled with it. Moreover there were no instances where he didn’t put his all into the swing throughout the years.

After all, one hit from an axe is important.

Yes, an axe was definitely a weapon that only bandits or mercenaries would use. However, the real reason bandits or mercenaries used axes as their primary weapons was because the axe itself was a very strong weapon. Moreover, it was also easy to use it as a catalyst for a power that could break even a sword.

In that sense, it could be said that Lee Han and an axe were a great match.

Crackle-!

Lee Han’s back muscles twitched as if they were being pumped.

Lee Han’s method of using an axe was simple. He used the axe to channel all of his body’s abilities which he had trained to the extreme with only destructive power in mind. But, precisely because of that simplicity, the power that he could unleash was terrifying.

If the Black Lion of the North was born with Overwhelming Might as a trait, Lee Han’s power was born from the persistence he had to achieve impossible things. Like the idiom of Foolish old man who could move mountains, Lee Han had finally obtained the great power to move a mountain after a lifetime of effort and persistence.

“!!?”

So what if there’s a technique that could nullify all techniques?

I just need to keep hitting it until it breaks!

Bang-!

Bang-!

Bang-!

The axe in Lee Han’s hands kept swinging.

He didn’t care if his opponent blocked it or attacked him. He just mechanically hit his opponent again and again.

Even when his skin was cut, and blood gushed out from his flesh, he ignored it.

Just like that…

Thud-!

“Keuk…!”

His opponent collapsed first.

The twenty-ninth strike from Lee Han broke his wrist and ankle at the same time.

“Did I hit you around 30 times? No, probably twenty-nine times…”

“Y-you crazy bastard! What the heck is your body made of!! Why can’t I injure you even though I hit you so many times!”

“Is that something you should say?”

Lee Han shook his head. Iliad was the prime example on why it was difficult to fight against Demonic Humans. Their body was simply too tough and hard. Not only that, their resilience was also high, so even after hitting them and injuring them, they would recover quite quickly.

“But you know, I think I know what being talented means now. Look at you, you either deflect or dodge most of my attacks.”

“There’s a limit to mocking someone!”

“I’m being serious here. I’m not mocking you!”

“Huh…?”

Iliad’s expression fell.

Even though his expression was already bad ever since he went down, it was still refreshing to see it fall again.

Suddenly.

“I can’t stop your attack even after dodging it or blocking. Such an ignorant guy…”

“Ignorant? You are too much. No, you’re right. I am indeed ignorant.”

“…”

Lee Han admitted it coolly, gladly accepted the insult as a compliment.

“When someone can beat up even the most talented people in the world, it’s okay for them to be ignorant.”

No matter how talented the opponent was, no matter how much they attacked you, you just had to keep hitting them until they got hit.

It was such a simple tactic.

“If a big tree doesn’t fall after ten hits, I should just hit it a hundred times… no, a thousand or ten thousand times.”

That’s why Lee Han built his stamina and strength: To beat up those talented people. Because of that, Lee Han didn’t feel bad when people called him ignorant. Though, It wasn’t because he was a pervert who found joy in being cursed at.

“It felt so good when I tore those who were much more talented than me, you know?”

It was some kind of assurance that all the pain he put himself through and all the sweat that left his body was not for nothin.

“You’re crazy…”

Iliad admitted.

The knight named Lee Han was crazier and more dangerous than he had imagined.

So…

“Can you break this too?”

Shouldn’t he get crazy too?

Crack-!

Crack-!

“?”

“You’d better be careful. From now on, even I am prepared to die.”

Iliad deliberately pulled out his joints. He did it to use his arms more like whips.

It was a means to make his already super-fast sword energy even faster. Because of that, the already wide range of sword energy expanded even further, and it poured down even more fiercely.

“‘White Night’.”

─The dawn that even illuminated the night would illuminate the world.

Iliad’s sword energy exploded as if it was lighting up the world.

Whhoooosh-!

Even though the sword energy that Iliad showed a moment ago was already fast, compared to the current speed of the sword energy, it looked like an old car. Then, light enveloped the world, blinding the viewer. And the next moment, it might be time for the beheading to come.

But speed wasn’t everything the technique had.

It also showed overwhelming penetrative power, piercing through everything as soon as it exploded. Even the space wasn’t spared from the cruelty. by them.

The thousands, tens of thousands of stabs aimed for Lee Han’s neck at once. It was simply impossible to stop it, and if Lee Han decided to break it or endure it like before, it wouldn’t be strange if he died.

In front of this unreasonable sight that seemed to show that effort could never surpass talent, Lee Han stood.

However, rather than being shaken or at loss about what to do,

“Why did it seem weaker than the hail of arrows?”

He then rolled on the ground like a lazy donkey with a disappointed expression.

Lee Han didn’t even think that ‘something like that‘ was unreasonable.

War is even more unreasonable.

He had been unintentionally dispatched to a civil war country in his previous life, and had also unintentionally spent three years on the battlefield in his current life.

Was the attack in front of him any more dangerous than machine guns, mines, claymores, or snipers in modern warfare?

No.

Was it more brutal than the arrows shot from tens of thousands of troops that he had seen for three years?

No.

Lee Han, who survived such brutal and unreasonable situations, can say.

‘Even in a moment of crisis, if you don’t lose your cool and struggle, you will survive.’

Whoosh!

Lee Han didn’t think long. He went to the ground and rolled around as if the ground was a swimming pool.

But then, the fairy tale writer, who was possessed by a demon but still acted like a noble knight, said something.

“What a pathetic person!!”

Pathetic he said.

Yes, nobles who value honor as much as their life didn’t commit acts of rolling around on the floor and crawling miserably even if it meant they would not survive. They’d rather die than doing that.

They’re just like the Noble Clan in Murim.

Lee Han sneered as he cursed them as he thought so.

Yes, his action certainly looked unsightly.

It wasn’t the appearance of a knight, but something that would only be done by a mercenary or soldier. It couldn’t be anything other than a cowardly appearance to cling for life.

However,

As long as I’m proud of myself, that’s fine!

More than anything, if someone stubbornly clung to their nobility…

Stab-!

This was how it could end.

“Gotchu.”

“…!”

Lee Han appeared behind his opponent and threw his axe.

Although Iliad was trying to react quickly and block it,

“I was faster.”

Woong-!

The axe, thrown in resonance with Lee Han’s energy, turned red.

As if it was a gradually increasing heat in a hot furnace…!

“Claymore… no, isn’t it the focused version of Sky Full of Flower Rain?”

Then, the axe exploded like a bomb that did not distinguish between enemies and enemies.