How the bastard of the Return Sword Family lives
Episode 257
“You have a good vassal.”
Kyle was the first to give a compliment.
Because Farrell’s loyalty towards Hilda was also fully conveyed to Kyle.
“… Are you jealous?”
“You seem to have finally come to your senses and know how to joke about this situation.”
Kyle chuckled and put his sword away.
Life doesn’t have much time left anyway.
I didn’t think there was any need to collect it.
“I ask you this first and last time. Please hold this child’s funeral.”
Hilda said, stroking Farrell’s head with what little strength she had left.
“That’s not true.”
Farrell was already classified as a criminal who had committed the most capital crime, so his body should have been beheaded, but Kyle promised to do so.
Then Hilda smiled faintly.
That much of Farrell’s loyalty shook Kyle’s heart.
And Hilda knows too.
Even though he didn’t know it, he knew that Farrell would grant his request.
So he didn’t include himself.
As Ragnar, he broke the taboo and made a contract with an outsider, so he was probably going to be punished with a body that would not even be intact.
I have no regrets.
However, the only regret that remained was that ‘if he had been more proud as Ragnar, he would have lived up to the image of a lord that Farel expected.’
And she belatedly regretted that she wished she had realized it sooner.
She asked Kyle what she had always wondered about.
“Why are you so strong?”
Even the chance that Kyle had to gain in order to accumulate karma for sublimation since entering the world was taken away.
However, Kyle’s strength remained unchanged.
Even if you intercept the chance, there is only a small difference, like losing a trinket.
Because Kyle, the giant, didn’t even have a scratch on his body.
“Even if it was just a moment to you, every moment to me had to be careful.”
Hilda still had a hard time understanding Kyle’s words.
Haven’t you been careful about every single moment, every single moment?
No, Hilda was also careful.
The only difference was how desperate, deep, and intense the agony was.
It was just hard to accept that fact.
“You have enjoyed many things. You have not shouldered anything.”
Kyle said it like it was a hint.
And then I remembered what Kyle had said while we were fighting.
-You don’t even know that. You’ve never dealt with anything like that.
Those words are just now coming into my head.
“How many times have you changed the history of everyone who has been with you just because it doesn’t suit your taste?
“If you deny the history of many people because they are regressors, don’t you think that you deserve to be denied as well?”
Kyle’s passion was also contained there.
The sin of denying countless lives and simply returning to the flow of greed.
Thinking like that, the answer that had been wandering around Hilda’s head came to mind.
Then I felt my mind become much more at ease.
“····This body doesn’t even die properly because it was connected to foreign news····.”
That’s why tears flowed.
The sin of greed without regard for others.
The life gradually dissipated from Hilda’s hands.
The beautiful hands that parted the rainwater gradually became those of an old woman.
“If I had known I would die this shamefully, it would have been better for you to have your throat cut by your sword····.”
She felt like she was dying.
A dry death slowly approaching from the tips of the hands and feet.
Finally, I wanted to see Farrell’s face, but ironically, I could only feel it through the touch of his face.
“What should I do… This child must be waiting there… I think our paths might have crossed….”
Hilda hugged Farrell’s body tightly before her breath stopped.
and.
“Don’t wait, child… When I pay the price for my sins, then I will come to you….”
After whispering to Farrell like that, the door of her life that had been closed for a long time finally closed.
Kyle watched him die until the end.
I felt like the fight ended in vain, but I still thought it wasn’t too bad.
Thanks to that, I feel like I understand Hilda a little better.
The arm of the alien that appeared from across the dimension, tearing through space, had completely disappeared and returned to its original sky.
“If you keep doing that, people won’t even recognize you even if you cut off your head and walk away.”
Kyle burned both bodies.
Even if he were to ask for a funeral, the best funeral for Farrell would be with his lord.
There was no expression of condolences.
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Kyle turned away, looking at the two burning bodies.
* * *
Feel the pulse of the sword.
Now, Theo felt as if he could understand those abstract words more clearly than ever.
A distinct and vivid movement tickled my hand.
Hurry up and swing it.
As if urging me on, the sword’s name continued to stimulate my nerves.
Kwak-
I felt that the Seunghwamun Gate was gradually being destroyed by the same advance as before.
That’s why I wasn’t satisfied.
The image of Kyle being cut down in one blow kept irritating my head.
‘Power is not the issue. You have to look at something, something more fundamental.’
He completed a ray of light that even surpassed Kyle.
There is no way there is a lack of strength.
Because it’s cracking that sturdy door.
‘You have to look where you need to be.’
Theo’s eyes narrowed.
To look into something more fundamental than the door itself.
To do that, I had to change.
The glass space that had been opened before came to mind.
That space, filled with shame and not wanting to be seen by anyone.
Julius and Princess Plum were watching.
If it were normal, I would have hesitated.
There must have been a sense of fear about what would happen if they saw this space and were disappointed or disgusted.
but.
‘Trust me.’
I believe.
And they believed me.
They, and me.
We trusted each other.
There’s no way they’d hate me just for revealing these shortcomings.
Looking back, I see that they always believed in me.
And now even Kyle trusted him with this mission.
Then we have to make it look nice.
I have to do it perfectly without their help.
Because the current self is trying to succeed Kyle’s position.
Because it’s about surpassing the man I initially set as my goal.
Frustration turns to hope.
Pain into happiness.
Anxiety turns into certainty.
Jealousy turns to admiration.
I want to blow away all my confused emotions with this one blow.
It reveals one’s inner world and at the same time questions the nature of the outer world.
The accident accelerated and I stepped into the realm of self-confidence.
As I had already heard it once, I began to see much more than before.
And even if what you are observing now is a thing, there must be a path that leads to its foundation.
Woof woof-!
Black lightning began to form on the reinforced Drake’s blade.
Then the area around Theo turned black.
“That?”
“Theo’s image···?”
Julius and Princess Plum were astonished at Theo’s inner world.
Because what Theo was showing was the same world of the Gwangryongje that I had seen before.
“No, a little more… something.”
“It’s different···.”
There was madness that surpassed the Gwangryongje.
However, it was quite different from the glass space that was used when dealing with the blood demon.
Because in that image, which was as twisted as Asura could be, a ray of light was shining.
Although it was just a single ray of light, it shone brightly as if it was struggling to defeat all the encroaching darkness.
It almost looked like a child trying to get back up after his first failure.
The light came down on Theo like a spotlight.
A single ray of light, as bright as the North Star, illuminated Theo’s flapping wings.
Wheeing-!
A storm began to blow.
His two eyes stared in the direction of the sublimation gate.
The only thing that stands between them is the dark side.
What if I fail once or twice?
If you succeed on the third or fourth time, that’s it.
Then who would call him a loser?
All his strength went into the two arms holding the sword hilt.
The black lightning embedded in the sword began to flash more fiercely, and clouds gathered above it.
It was when darkness gathered all over the world and silence came.
‘I’ll do it this time.’
The sword ran forward with determination.
The venom activated by the dragon’s factor began to circulate fiercely and accelerate.
Crackle! Crackle!
The rushing lightning turned into a huge torrent and struck the Seunghwamun Gate.
The ground shook with the impact and the surrounding area was destroyed in an instant.
“Ugh!”
Julius and Princess Plum resisted the torrent.
Even though they had deployed their magical power to the max, the two of them could only hold on to their spot.
The momentum that seemed to erase the very existence of what was in front of them swept across the entire forest of Naga, so powerfully that it made the forces outside cower.
Kwakakakang-!
The sound of things being roughly torn apart by a great force filled the air.
And the cries of the dead who were led to the gate of sublimation also resonated.
Black lightning flashed across the sky, burning every single molecule that made up the gate of sublimation.
The black spear pierced the sky with its fierce momentum, showing no sign of slowing down.
‘Just a little more!’
Theo did not hold back, but squeezed out every bit of his remaining strength to display his might.
Okay then.
Passs …
The sublimation gate created a huge wave.
The sky rumbled with a tremendous vibration, and huge ripples rose in the air, and Theo was convinced.
The end is near.
however.
Theo felt all his strength drained and the pain began to surge like a tidal wave.
He couldn’t roll around on the ground like that, so he held on with difficulty and tried to hold on to his fading consciousness.
But as time passed, Theo’s mind slowly began to sink below the surface.
The pain that was twisting my whole body also gradually faded away.
‘shit.’
The thought that I couldn’t hold out any longer began to slowly creep into my head.
But at that moment.
“Knock.”
A voice clearer than anything else penetrated into the foggy interior.
“Knock on yourself constantly. With the heart of a blacksmith who spends his life forging a single sword. Nothing is impossible. There is only the unknown.”
As the voice shook Theo’s inner self, his sinking consciousness began to rise to the surface.
“Make the unknown easy. That is how you will create your history. Raise your body as the only famous sword in the entire continent.”
At that moment, a powerful yet comfortable energy surged into Theo’s body.
‘Father’s magic power is coming in…’
Kyle’s mana flows from his hands.
A warm, fiery energy began to flow into my body, calming me down.
“Are you feeling more comfortable now?”
When I focused my consciousness from the middle, the vitality boost was activated and I was able to quickly recover my stamina.
Theo quickly regained his energy and faced Kyle, as if his earlier panting had been a lie.
Theo, who had squeezed out his strength until the end, smiled with satisfaction.
With a sensation that is distinctly different from pulling out any sword.
Tsk-tsk!
A tremendous burst of light and haze engulfed the entire world in blackness.
And Theo saw it clearly with his own two eyes just before the storm of light swept through.
The sublimation gate is splitting apart and disappearing.
Wheeing-
The rain had stopped and the wind blew fiercely in the aftermath of the violent typhoon that Theo had unleashed.
“Amazing······.”
“What is this·····.”
When Plum Princess and Julius looked at the place where Theo had fired the black typhoon, sparks were still rising from the ground.
‘There are no monsters. Should I also give up the title of Demon Dragon?’
Julius looked at Theo, smiling hollowly.
* * *
Because he had wielded powers beyond his limits, it took Theo a long time to replenish his mana.
And when Theo had gathered all his strength.
Kyle snorted in amusement at the sight.
“Leave at least 20% of your strength for the future.”
“Is that the only way to deal with emergencies?”
“Anyway.”
“It’s better to be careful with your words.”
Julius and Princess Plum were talking nonsense, but laughter still flowed.
Kyle also chuckled and laughed.
and.
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[Congratulations! You have successfully completed Scenario Quest #12 by breaking the Sublimation Gate and proving that you are worthy of the Executioner’s position.]
[Rating: S]
[compensation : ???]
[As an additional reward based on the evaluation, the skills ‘Empathy’, ‘Strength’, and ‘Nirvana’ will be upgraded.]
[Level up.]
[Level up.]
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A lot of messages were popping up in the corner of my eyes, but I couldn’t bring myself to pay attention to them.
Because Kyle was being enveloped in a halo of light right before my eyes, announcing his end.
The sublimation gate was gone, and in the place where only violent destruction stood, Kyle scattered Theo’s hair with a brilliant light.
“Big brother····.”
Julius and Princess Plum, who had been smiling, were at a loss behind Kyle.
My outstretched hand was just wandering around because it looked like it would sublimate at any moment if I touched it.
“Is Robert here yet?”
As Kyle said this while looking at the black dragon outside, a swallow flew in with a rustling sound.
“I’m here. I was late because of the storm. Brother.”
The black dragon returned to his original form and stood in front of Kyle.
This brings together everyone Kyle wanted to see for the last time.
But Kyle’s gaze was directed to a certain place.
“It was great.”
Kyle looked at Theo with a faint smile.
“You did a great job, but you still need to learn how to moderate it.”
