Overpowered Sword Chapter 26

Level up with swords (26)

Terrible pain!

All my teeth creaking as I bite into the towel. The eyeball, where the blood vessels had burst, turned red, and the muscles of the entire body contracted momentarily, convulsing as if the entire body was shriveled.

It’s like sticking a hot awl into your spine.

The sight before Leon’s eyes burned bright white, and soon even flames began to flicker. The entire nervous system is overloaded.

‘Wow… … evil!’

I swallow the scream that couldn’t escape my mouth.

Breathing had already stopped.

The struggling muscles tighten as if they are about to break the bones, and the body twists as if trying to squeeze blood out of the pores. Previously, the pain when activating the muscular nervous system was significant, but compared to what it is now, it is at the level of a newborn baby complaining.

This was the reason I used up all my stamina to start. If there is any strength left in the muscles, that strength will destroy themselves.

Fit!

Blood spurted from Leon’s nose. The pressure inside the body became too high and the mucous membrane was torn.

[Second.]

However, El Cid moved his sword calmly.

The second lightsaber.

A sword burning with golden light pierced the nape of Leon’s neck. The cervical spine, the bone that connects the head and body, was an organ that played a key role in the Auror practice.

A gateway through which the power boiling in the heart must pass. From the perspective of occult science, it is also called ‘Vishuddha Chakra’.

‘―――.’

At the same time, Leon’s body became stiff.

It’s not because I lost consciousness, but because I lost control of my body. The divine power that permeates the central nervous system spreads throughout the body, infusing strength into blood vessels that did not know how to flow for 19 years.

This is the beginning of ‘baptism’.

The dangerous work, in which even a single error could lead to instant death, continued to be carried out.

[Go up to five at once.]

It passes through the upper part of the clavicle and upper abdomen on both sides.

The three lightsabers pierced the large veins that connect the arms and the large veins that connect the heart and stomach. The impurities accumulated in the blood vessels immediately dissolve and flow out as dark red sweat.

At that time, Leon thought his arm had been cut off.

Is this what it would feel like if both arms were amputated and a skewer was stuck in the stomach? I couldn’t even feel the texture of the waste material flowing out.

[Eight.]

Riding that momentum, the remaining lightsabers fell.

Lower abdomen and both hips.

The large vein that runs from the Danjeon to the lower body was ruptured, and a huge amount of impurities flowed out like urine. If it weren’t for the light of purification, the innkeeper would have come up to the strong stench.

Leon lost all sense and became dazed.

‘… … ah.’

As all my limbs were cut off and my stomach was pierced from top to bottom, even the pain faded and my consciousness flickered.

I barely stopped, just one step from the edge of the cliff.

‘… … yet.’

I blink my eyes desperately.

When I lowered my eyelids and then lifted them up, I felt so tired that I felt like I was going to faint. No, it was actually amazing that he could do that with his nervous system turned upside down.

El Cid also smiled in satisfaction, then moved the remaining two lightsabers and stabbed them into the soles of his feet.

That was the last time.

“Ugh.”

Leon groaned briefly and then fainted. He doesn’t even have time to change his posture, so he leans against the wall and goes into a sitting position.

It withstood all ten lightsabers.

Although El Cid performed it much faster and more efficiently than a typical ‘baptism’, its perseverance cannot be disparaged. Even if hydrochloric acid flowed through his veins instead of blood and heated iron bars were driven into his veins instead of bones, it would still be more comfortable than anything he had ever experienced.

[Is your mental strength already at a master level?]

Even El Cid was impressed.

[If I had endured five blows, I would have been okay with just passing out, but I can’t believe I endured all ten. Even considering that he has awakened his ‘will’, it is beyond imagination. Isn’t that right?]

[――――!]

[Oh, it’s noisy. I guess you said you would entrust the training of the warrior to me? In the end, everything went well, so what’s the problem?]

With the goddess’s nagging flowing through one ear, the holy sword containing the soul of the ancestral warrior answered harshly.

[From your perspective, the stronger the hero, the better. The people they selected after me were all below the standard. Isn’t that why you used the expedient method of putting me in the holy sword? Because the existing method didn’t work.]

[――――――.]

[okay. In the true sense of the word, a ‘hero’ must either be a hero from birth or be trained harshly. You wouldn’t know it if you had a natural talent, but there was no one like me other than me.]

[――.]

Holy King Rodrik.

When that name was mentioned, the goddess was left speechless. He defeated an ogre that came out of the mountain behind him at the age of twelve, broke through the master’s wall at the age of fifteen, and was more powerful than a dragon by the time of his coming-of-age ceremony.

Heavenly Man (天人).

The superhuman born with astronomical odds, regardless of the will of the goddess, was Roderick. He only received the Holy Sword because there was no weapon that could be used against the Demon King, and even the Holy Sword was of little help to his strength.

That’s why El Cid didn’t choose Ryan. If you were aiming for that level of power, the gap in natural talent didn’t mean much. Unless they were at a transcendental level like Rodrik, Rian and Leon were all there.

[He is my successor. So stop meddling any further.]

[―――.]

The goddess agreed to those words and returned to heaven.

[I really find it bland.]

The inn room soon became quiet as usual. No one would think that this is a place where a goddess once descended.

The spirit that had filled the room disperses.

A power that mortals cannot even feel, let alone handle.

However, the moment El Cid came into contact with that power, he felt the sealed power being released for a moment. She couldn’t tell if it was the goddess’s consideration or just a mistake.

[hmm?]

In just a few seconds, El Cid sensed a familiar and unpleasant force in one corner of the city.

A bunch of evil.

Even though they killed countless people 300 years ago, did they still remain? They were like c*ckroaches. Tsk, El Cid clicked his tongue harshly and looked back at Leon.

It is a daunting opponent for him who has only just entered the ranks of Aurors. However, it was a very difficult problem because it could not be ignored.

[As expected, I have to go even harder.]

Perhaps by coincidence or because of his self-talk, Leon’s obviously unconscious body twitched once.

* * *

It was a day later that Leon, who had fainted after being ‘baptized’ by El Cid, opened his eyes.

Thanks to the light of purification, no waste remains.

When he woke up, shaking off his wrinkled clothes, he was attacked by tremendous hunger and fatigue. Not only was it not enough to cross the threshold of becoming an Auror, but it was only natural that I fell asleep for an entire day.

But Leon had more strength than that.

“this… Auror!”

I can feel the flow circulating within my body. Inhaled through breathing, the power purified from the heart spreads throughout the body. It was a sensation that only those who had mastered Aura could understand.

It feels like an additional fuel tank other than physical strength has been added.

I also felt confident that I could do anything.

[It is an illusion.]

Although El Cid immediately poured cold water on him.

[The only thing I pierced through ‘baptism’ was the main vein. If you want to use auras practically, training your veins is essential. Now you are just a kid with a lot of energy. There is a long way to go.]

“I know!”

Leon jumped in place a few times.

Learning aurors does not immediately increase your physical abilities. And what he did was only ‘making a vessel’, not filling it with content.

Nevertheless, one thing has changed.

The eight major veins connected with the heart and dantian as the main axis, and the flow generated from that circulation surrounded the body.

“Aura-Sense… .”

It was a different sensation from the five senses.

It felt like my nervous system had extended out of my body. If you concentrate, it will be possible to use the flow to understand your surroundings.

[I understand that you are happy to become an Auror, but listen to my explanation first. Because it’s about the Aurors you learned.]

“Oh, I will.”

Leon became calm as if he had never been like that.

It seemed as if the word ‘Auror’ was some kind of elixir. El Cid spoke in an uneasy tone in response to that reaction.

[Did you know that aurors also have patterns?]

“of course.”

[The most common attributes in humans are the Five Elements, but what you have been initiated into is not included in the Five Elements attributes. It’s a bit surprising that you learned the same Auror as me.]

“What, is it the same as El Cid?! then… !”

El Cid gave a positive answer to Leon with a bright smile.

[Yes, your auror is of the ‘sun’ attribute. The highest attributes representing light, heat, and righteousness.]

“Good!”

It has the same attributes as a great hero of legend!

Leon raised his arms high and cheered. There was even a rumor going around that if the sun were to prove its properties, invitations would be sent from anywhere on the continent.

It is an auror attribute of Saint King Roderick, and is even more famous for being able to prove the humanity of the person who handles it.

[Let me summarize this before getting into the main topic.]

As El Cid spoke, a translucent plate appeared.

This is the status window I haven’t seen in a long time.

Name: Leon

Title & Occupation: A warrior who “finally learned Aura”

Level: 22

Strength 133 (D) / Stamina 140 (D) / Agility 129 (D) / Aura 50 (E)

Possessed skills

<Sword Mastery (Low) Lv.Max>

<Rodrick’s Method Lv.3>

<Rodrick’s Steps Lv.2>

<Acquired bone loss (stage 2)>

<Auror User (Introductory) Lv.3>

It has changed a lot from the last time I saw it.

While Leon was satisfied with that fact, he discovered that the auror he had just entered yesterday had already reached level 3.

El Cid explained before his question.

[You were able to use ‘Accel’ before you learned Auror. And you can use Aura Sense right away. It is not a level that can be treated as level 1 or 2.]

“is it.”

[With your major vein pierced, you have reached level 2 in martial arts, and from now on, I would like to teach you some of the sword skills you lack.]

Finally!

You can learn the swordsmanship of the great hero Rodrik. Leon, whose eyes lit up at the suggestion, immediately responded.

“Shall we start right away today?”

[…] Well, you really got excited, right?]

Well, it’s not a bad reaction.

It’s a hundred times better than having no motivation.

El Cid laughed at that attitude for a moment, but then got to the point without even having time to prepare.

[There is an enemy in this city.]

“… what?”

[The hero’s main enemy. Traitors who want to achieve their own goals by selling this world to beings from another world. In any era, they are squirming in the shadow of history. I could feel the presence of those bastards last night.]

They don’t even give it a name, they just call it evil.

The name of its followers is the group of evil.

The warlock, who could only borrow some power at best, was a good neighbor compared to those guys.

Even if they sell their country, they are traitors who should be stoned to death several times, but they sell the whole world. They are traitors who colluded with alien invaders for their own selfish desires and purposes.

[I think I’ll be holding my breath for a while, but I don’t have that much free time. It will move in two months at the most.]

To the warrior, they were an enemy that could not be ignored.

You wouldn’t know it if you didn’t see it, but once it caught your eye, it would only do its job by pulling out its roots.

El Cid thought so too.

The fact that the goddess came down yesterday and temporarily released her powers may have been a revelation to kill them. I can’t deal with the current Leon. If so, just make it stronger.

[Are you ready?]

In the end, subjugating monsters is just preparation.

Preparing to become stronger, preparing to fight. It was a day to train myself with a reasonable mindset.

However, when it comes to evil, the story is different.

A clearly evil force.

We must jump into the mud swirling with blood and hatred. The fate that had become impossible to escape from the moment I decided to become a hero was beckoning me with El Cid’s voice.

“okay.”

Leon grabbed that hand without hesitation.

“If you were determined to become a hero, you should have done it a long time ago.”

When I blamed heaven on the mountain behind the academy.

When I rejected El Cid’s temptation and grabbed the sack.

The answer was already there.