How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
Episode 234
Laurel Inspection (4)
Even Drake’s blade alone boasts great power, but he deploys other swords as well?
Julius tried his best to deflect the attack.
Choaaaak-
It wasn’t like the shock wave was completely pushed out.
Passus… … .
When I came to my senses, I had already completely crossed the line.
“I never thought of something like this.”
Theo laughed as Julius laughed bitterly.
“In the battlefield, surprise is the most important thing.”
“I agree. Sogaju won this match.”
Waaaaaaaaaah-!
In an instant, thunderous cheers erupted from all directions.
* * *
-Did you see it? Did you see it?
-Hey, are you the only one who saw this? I saw it too!
-Wow, shit! This is awesome!!
Who was Julius?
Even Kyle was someone who was reluctant to share his hands directly.
Princess Plum was also the type of person who would only debate with him and would try not to engage in duels with him.
This was because he was a war ghost.
An undefeated swordsman who has never lost a single battle on the battlefield.
That’s why the swords he wielded were all so cruel and vicious that he wasn’t very popular with his allies.
Theo showed that he would never back down even when facing it.
Buck!
The second nine dragons ascended the already ruined smokescreen.
-Sword Dragon!
-Princess Plum Blossom has come forward.
Princess Plum had taken off the palace uniform she usually wore and changed into comfortable training clothes.
But the elegant air that radiated from her could never be hidden.
“What I will test is swordsmanship.”
Theo took the oath.
“Please send me a map.”
“Try to copy this sword.”
The Plum Princess lowered her sword and took a deep breath before opening her eyes slightly.
and.
Shhhhhh!
“… … !!”
It’s clear that he was simply swinging a sword.
Theo felt completely overwhelmed by the spirit.
The countless flower petals drawn with the sword gradually grew larger and soon filled the surrounding area, forming a dense forest.
But what was most shocking to Theo was…
‘One sword… … .’
That meant that it was accomplished in a single stroke.
Just like Julius, it felt like I was back in the day when I was pursuing Yongseom.
“Hoo- How is it? Can you follow along?”
The Plum Princess only shed a light drop of sweat.
-Wh, what is it? What happened?
-I thought I saw a dense forest… … .
-It feels like a cool breeze is blowing.
The crowd didn’t quite realize how great the sword that Princess Plum had just drawn was.
Although I was somewhat taken aback, I was able to immediately realize that the meaning contained therein was by no means shallow.
“It seems that the Sword Dragon has bitten this tooth hard.”
“You have been searching for a successor for so long. I heard that you adopted Sogaju as your son, but I never thought that it was an act to continue the sword lineage!”
“But is it okay for you to show that in front of so many people?”
“You must be confident that others won’t learn it even if you show it to them.”
“That’s true. That’s true. We also have a hard time guessing how he did it.”
The executives, including the Nine Dragons, were quite surprised for another reason.
It was because he knew well what the sword he had seen earlier meant to Princess Plum.
Princess Plum was actually the contemporary successor to a legendary swordsmanship lineage that was passed down even in the North.
Heavenly Dragon Sword Master.
At one time, the Mu-maek (武脈) lineage started and prospered around the same time as Ragnar, but unlike Ragnar, it was only sporadically continued.
But when those successors occasionally came out into the world, they caused a huge stir.
Princess Plum was just like that when she was young.
Even before she entered Ragnar, she was considered one of the best swordsmen in the North, and in terms of swordsmanship alone, it was said that no one could match her.
Why else would Kyle be nicknamed ‘The Best Swordsman in the North’?
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It is a well-known fact that Princess Plum met with many talented people in person to pass down this martial art.
There were even rumors that the reason she married Kyle was to choose a proper successor.
However, although I have occasionally taught swordsmanship, I have never personally taken him under my wing.
Now it seemed like he had made up his mind.
Who would have thought that he would show off his sword skills in full in front of everyone like this?
Heavenly Tree.
Princess Plum has created a new sword by mixing the teachings of Mu-maek with the knowledge she has gained over the years.
That was it.
“Can you give me a moment?”
“As much as you want.”
Theo closed his eyes quietly.
In that moment, inspiration flashed through his mind.
The swords I had seen with my eyes were dismantled and reassembled one by one.
‘As expected, he’s a smart kid.’
The Plum Princess realized what Theo was trying to do and smiled faintly.
If you just memorize the form, you will never be able to master the Heavenly Sword. It would also be meaningless for someone as skilled as Theo to learn a newer sword.
The meaning was most important. The true meaning hidden within the text.
If you can interpret it and fix it in your own way, then you can say that you have truly mastered the sword.
‘What my mother showed me was no longer a <flower>. It was a <tree>… … . Why was it a tree?’
Princess Plum always liked to draw plum blossoms with her sword. That’s why her sword was always gorgeous and beautiful.
But now it was different. It was lush.
‘Is it because plum blossoms grow on plum trees? Yes, that would be right. But this is too simplistic and one-dimensional reasoning.’
I thought about it over and over again.
‘The tree that my mother showed me… … Yes. It wasn’t just one tree. There were dozens. She wanted to show me a <forest>. A plum forest made up of dozens of plum trees… … .’
At that moment, something struck Theo’s mind like a bolt from the blue.
Mana Stream!
Didn’t the primordial dragon we met in the great outdoors say that?
After all, nature is cyclical, so life and death are one.
Even though his body had died, his spirit remained in nature, and a part of it would now pass on to Theo.
That is what nature calls eternal life.
‘Where plum blossoms fall, fruit forms, and from the seeds that birds eat and drop to the ground, new plum tree buds grow. The buds become trees, and from the trees, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds grow, creating new plum trees… … As this cycle continues, the forest gradually becomes denser.’
There was a similar passage in the magical knowledge left behind by the Empress of Magic.
‘… … The time of the world is not a straight line, but a rotating circle. So the future goes round and round to the past, to the present, and then to a new future.’
A circling circle.
There is no end to it, it will eventually stretch out into infinity… … !
Theo opened his eyes wide.
A time that seemed so brief to him, like a fleeting moment.
But for the audience and executives, it was a boring two hours.
After that wait.
Tsupat!
Theo swung Drake’s blade hard.
A large circle appeared before my eyes.
It was a very simple picture, completely different from the heavenly view that the Plum Blossom Princess had shown.
“You pass.”
Princess Plum nodded as if she found it peculiar.
Theo bowed his head in respect.
Because of her, I was able to climb up to a new threshold again.
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‘This place… … wasn’t just a place to test me.’
Theo now understood the significance of this promotion test.
Whether it’s a surprise event to surprise him or an event to show the world his skills, it’s all secondary.
‘You’re teaching me how to drink soju.’
The nine dragons are the best dragons representing Ragnar, and also serve as tutors who train the young masters.
Ultimately, it meant that they were returning to Ragnar the benefits they had received from him.
Julius gave him the courage to fight.
Princess Plum taught him swordsmanship.
So what’s the third one?
“Is this the first time you and I have crossed swords like this?”
“Yes, that’s right. Please take good care of me.”
The third was the black dragon.
‘Are you trying to show me some stealth skills in Black Snow?’
For Theo, who had worked in the intelligence agency in his past life, it was sometimes strange to see his once unapproachable boss approach him as his uncle with such warm eyes.
“I have only one test to test.”
Swish!
The moment he took a step, a gust of wind blew and his shadow disappeared along with it.
‘Abundant!’
Theo realized that it was the vision of the wind god, the wind god, that he had encountered sometime ago.
However, it was a little different. Rather, it had developed so much that there was no trace of it.
“Black Thunder God. A vision that has been improved upon from the vision of my old brother whom I once had to kill with my own hands.”
Could it be that this was created anew by mixing the vision of the Black Dragon with the vision of the Fengzhen?
Voices echoed from all directions.
Theo heightened his senses.
But even with his keen senses, it was difficult to read the black dragon’s location.
What kind of numbers did you use?
“Find me. If not-”
Shhh!
A black bolt of lightning pierced through the space, targeting the blind spot.
Theo managed to avoid it by twisting his body.
A knife was stuck where he had been.
“I’m dying.”
‘You’re being sincere.’
Theo gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.
From then on, the bombing began.
Knock knock! Knock knock! Knock knock!
Black lightning strikes everywhere.
Theo quickly swung Drake’s blade and the sword to knock all the lightning bolts out, but as time passed, the number of lightning bolts increased.
“What the hell are you doing? Why don’t you come find me? The later you wait, the more disadvantageous it’ll be for you.”
Theo didn’t pay any attention to what the black dragon said.
The Black Dragon’s stealth was not yet at a level he could master.
In that case, I had to use some other trick rather than my senses.
‘Heavenly eyes.’
Theo drew a large circle that contained his realization.
He gave it another name.
A thousand won.
Drake’s blade was accompanied by an air current.
Along with the illusion that space was distorted, black lightning was also rushing towards them… … and the uneven flow of air behind it was detected.
A circle is a perfect shape, so any point that is even slightly out of alignment is immediately noticeable.
Theo plunged his greatsword into that very spot.
Chaeaeaeaaeng!
As the space became chaotic, a black dragon with a sword appeared.
The corners of his eyes were smiling behind the mask he was wearing.
“Correct answer.”
