episode_0669
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Hook!
I laid back on my back, almost like I was lying on the floor.
It was a new technique commonly referred to in the martial arts world as the Iron Plate Bridge.
As I looked up at the sky, the Blade Lord’s storm-like attack narrowly passed by the tip of my nose.
I lifted one leg from my lying position and kicked the sword of the guy who was passing by my body.
It was a kick that accurately struck the rapidly spinning blade.
Phew!
Kagagagagak!
The Blade Lord flew past me and slowed down by embedding his blades into the ceiling, floor, and walls of the hallway.
Unlike before, when there was a slipping sound, the braking was quite loud, perhaps because it maximized friction and brought the car to a sudden stop.
‘It’s definitely fast.’
The document was right when it said that it was too fast for the human eye to keep up with.
If the target was an ordinary person, not someone with exceptional visual acuity and physical abilities like me, that person would have been torn to pieces and killed by the Blade Lord’s attacks.
It would have been a mess, like it had been put into a rotating mixer.
‘The sharpness of the blade seems to be basically at the level of a sword, or an imperfect sword.’
I glanced down at the metal hallway, which was practically a rag as the guy stabbed his blade into it while braking.
A blade with that level of sharpness has a durability 100 times stronger than steel?
If it weren’t for the description in the document that it would be automatically recovered if it falls off the body, I would have deliberately farmed the blade while only inducing long-range attacks.
Then, he would have been treated as a divine sword in the Records of the Three Kingdoms and would have gained quite a bit of profit.
Or maybe they took it to the Nova Empire and tried to mass produce it.
‘It seems that the main body is definitely treated as a living thing, judging by the fact that the attempt to put it in the inventory when it touched the ground didn’t work. It seems like the only thing we can get from it is the remains after it is destroyed.’
It was a pity in many ways.
Squeak!!!
The Lord of Blades, his body completely still, let out a sharp metallic scream.
The sound of scraping metal had an instinctive, creepy effect on those who heard it.
“Are you angry? If you thought I would let it go, you were mistaken. Since ancient times, swords are best used in the hands of people… ”
Just then, a familiar voice was heard from the wall in the hallway.
-Minho!
It was Emily’s voice, similar to the one I had heard in the Mirage Mirror isolation room, but with poor sound quality.
“Emily? I think this is the first time you’ve called me by my name. By the way, this is a different facility. Is it possible to talk to me, other than being watched by the surveillance cameras?”
-… It’s possible, although the aftermath is complicated. What you’re seeing right now is an illusion! No matter how horrible an illusion is, it’s not something that actually happens, so come to your senses!
‘An illusion? A terrible illusion at that?’
It seemed that Emily was seriously mistaken about something.
‘Come to think of it, there was a similar story in the Blade Lord’s documents.’
The contactee said he was experiencing hallucinations of himself ‘disintegrating’.
Perhaps the scream the Blade Lord had just let out had such a psychic effect.
Anyone who hears the scream from close range will have a vision of being torn to pieces by the Blade Lord.
But, such mental attacks, including hallucinations, were not something that applied to me.
Basically, I can always maintain a subjective point of view thanks to the effect of the ticket.
Thanks to that, I wasn’t caught up in things like the sorcery of seduction in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
‘I think I could have resisted anyway since my intelligence stat was high.’
Still, it was definitely a nice effect to not have to suffer any of the burden that comes from mental attacks.
“I don’t have any illusions. So don’t worry.”
-Huh? What is that…
As Emily was about to say something, the Blade Lord’s glowing red eyes scanned the surroundings. Then, long, thin blades slowly rose from his body.
Srrrrung…
There were four blades in total that flashed like lightning. And with a sound like the air was being torn apart, they flew towards my entire body.
It was the same technique the guy used to escape the isolation cell.
I lightly kicked the floor and launched myself.
Phew-
A blade plunged deep into the spot where I was.
And as I lay down in the air and spun around, I was able to deflect the blade that was aiming for my heart.
Ting! Ting!
The remaining two blades were repelled with a strong force wrapped around his hand.
The blades I deflected flew through the air and returned to the Blade Lord.
I opened my mouth, floating in the air without touching the floor.
A blade that had been thrown passed under his feet and was retrieved by the Blade Lord.
“I appreciate your help, but what I need isn’t combat-related information, but information on the other anomalous entities in this facility. Could you possibly get me some clearance? Just open the security procedures so I don’t get in trouble for looking in.”
-I have prepared a terminal with the relevant information entered. No matter what, it is difficult to allow direct access to ECHO’s database. But why is such information being used while we are fighting the Blade Lord right now…
“Do you have a terminal?”
-It’s right next to you. Rather than that, you should focus on the battle for now…!
I gave Maria instructions before Emily finished speaking.
‘Maria, connect.’
-Yes, master.
Some of Maria’s nanobots left behind at Site-13 have begun to operate.
The nanobots that infiltrated the terminal that Emily spoke of read the information recorded in it and transmitted it to me.
-Huh, huh? Why is the terminal screen suddenly…?! Hey! Surely this terminal isn’t infected with an abnormal data type entity?!
-No! This item has been thoroughly inspected!
-But why…?
There was quite a commotion over there because Maria had connected to the terminal.
But I didn’t care because I already had all the information I wanted.
Maria would read it once and summarize the key information, and because she used high-speed thinking, I was able to grasp the information in an instant.
And now that I had all the information, I knew.
The reason the Blade Lord was able to escape was not because of the aging of the facility, but because of something else.
‘… I guess I’ll have to deal with that guy first.’
I lowered my body and tilted my sword to the side.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen an opponent wielding a sword, so I watched for a bit, but as expected, it’s a monster that doesn’t know swordsmanship… It’s not as strong as I expected.”
Ss …
“Look carefully. This is how you write black.”
The tip of my sword brushed the ground, sending up small clouds of dust. I could feel the internal energy surging around me burning the dust.
The Lord of Blades took another attack stance, this time generating eight blades simultaneously, each tip bent at a different angle and aimed at me.
“… … .”
We moved at the same time.
The sword cut through the air and a crescent-shaped energy shot out toward the guy.
The blade he shot flew towards me, aiming for my entire body.
Crust——
bang!
The head-on power struggle was my victory.
The sword cut off the blade of the flying guy and struck the main body, tearing the body apart. No matter how much the body was stronger than steel, it could not stop the power of destruction itself, Kang-gi.
However, the Blade Lord did not seem to feel any particular pain.
Rather, the destroyed parts were seen to be reconstructed and transformed into more aggressive, thorn-like forms.
Choaaaak!
Countless blades shot out from the Blade Lord’s body and aimed at me once again.
The guy also noticed that I was pushing him and he seemed to be putting forth his best effort.
But the blades and thorns that were drawn out like that did not hit me.
My movements were as fluid as flowing water because my body was already relaxed, and the sword in my hand deflected every attack in the optimal trajectory.
“No matter how many blades you have, if you control the point where the attacks intersect, they will all eventually be blocked.”
Squeak!
The guy stopped moving all the blades that made up his body and pointed the tips of his swords at me.
It was as if he was going to shoot all the blades in his body at once.
I too have prepared the final blow.
Shushu shushuk!
A storm of blades swept through, accompanied by the sound of the wind cutting through.
A massive attack that seemed to clear out the entire hallway.
The air was torn apart and metal shards were blown away by the wind.
I slowly lifted the tip of my sword, which was pointing toward the floor.
Blue Sky Without Bounds Sword Technique
Blue and hazy moon
In an instant, the scenery in the hallway changed completely.
The hallway, which had been blocked on all sides except the front and back, was now surrounded by a blue sunset sky.
“… … !”
The Blade Lord was taken aback by the sudden change in his surroundings. His blade was seen to be slightly untidy.
“Did you see my mind? You are definitely intelligent. A mind attacking entity is surprised by the scenery in my mind.”
I let out a snicker and swung the sword I had raised.
“But his intelligence was slightly lacking when it came to choosing his opponent.”
Kwaaaa …
The blue sunset that had filled the sky poured down as it was.
The blade of the sword disappeared without a trace in the strong waves like dust swept away by a tidal wave.
And when the unfolding mental landscape disappeared and we returned to the hallway of the facility, it was stuck right in the center of my black guy.
A smooth, helmet-like metal sphere, presumably the head.
Squeak…
The metallic scream of the Blade Lord was the last, and the red eye at the center of the creature went out.
The massive metal body slowly stopped moving and collapsed to the ground like a dead tree.
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