Episode 919
“… … .”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he watched Karun coming through the entrance.
‘There are no heavy radio inspections.’
Karun may have experienced something similar to himself, but the heavy radio inspectors were nowhere to be seen. It seemed like he too was climbing the tower alone.
“It looks like Gwangpung Jeonju left the others behind.”
Karun nodded briefly, looking at Jaina and the wizards behind him.
“What happened?”
He lifted his chin as if to tell me what had happened so far. Since I couldn’t see Buren, I seemed curious about the situation so far.
“There was a layer that portrayed Montiro’s situation exactly. There… .”
I briefly explained to Karun what had happened so far.
“I left it to you… .”
Karun looked into his eyes and pursed his lips.
“It’s similar. There was a floor where we had to go into each room and catch the monsters. “I left it to my subordinates and came up alone.”
He also lowered his chin heavily, saying that he had left his subordinates behind to come up.
“What happened to you, Morel?”
Jaina clasped her hands as she spoke Morel Kazan’s name.
“He took care of the next floor. “He was a more trustworthy man than he seemed.”
Karun placed his hand on his sword, saying that he was able to save time thanks to Morel.
“You don’t have to worry about someone leading everyone up here.”
He nodded at Jaina as if he trusted Morel Kazan.
“Oh, I see.”
Jaina let out a sigh of relief, as if relieved by Karun’s assurance.
“But here… .”
Karun narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two entrances, the sparring hall in the center, and the exit on the opposite wall.
“Well, I understand why Gwangpung Jeonju said he had a dirty personality.”
He also lowered his eyebrows as if he realized the reason for the existence of that floor.
“yes. “It seems like only one of the two entrances can go up.”
Raon clicked his tongue, saying it was a dirty place.
“As expected.”
While Karun was looking at the sparring hall with an annoyed gaze, a strange voice that sounded like scraping metal was heard.
[There is only one entrance connected to the exit.]
It seemed like a message sent by the owner of this floor. As expected, he had no intention of sending everyone up.
“Have you tried breaking down walls and doors?”
Karun didn’t seem to be interested in the floor’s message and immediately asked Raon a question.
“yes. “I hit it with all my might, but it didn’t break.”
Raon let out a short sigh and shook his head.
“It seems like they are using condensed magic energy and artifacts like the outer wall of the Black Tower.”
It was no exaggeration to say that his current force was the strongest it had ever been. No matter how much he condensed his demon energy, he was unable to make any traces of it, so it was clear that he was using a special artifact.
“is it.”
Karun slowly raised his sword and struck the exit leading to the next floor.
Kuwaaaa!
An enormous shock wave exploded as if the realm of transcendence had been lifted, but not even the slightest scratch was created on the door and wall.
“That’s true.”
Karun calmly lowered his hand as if he had been expecting it.
“Wasn’t there a floor pole from the beginning?”
He now looked around as if trying to find the floor pole.
“yes. “It seems like he’s hiding.”
Raon shook his head, saying he couldn’t find him at all.
-The demon energy is swirling around uncontrollably, so it is difficult to find the main king.
Lars frowned, saying it was a space he didn’t like.
-But it is certain that they are watching you.
The guy said he felt someone’s gaze and turned his eyes.
‘I guess so.’
Even though the demons I’ve met so far had the purpose of wasting time, they constantly gave me dark stares in order to seize the opportunity to kill me.
“The floor owners tried to block our path, even destroying their own territory. “It seems that what the Black Tower owner is preparing is a weapon of reversal.”
Karun looked at the ceiling, thinking it would be best to go up as quickly as possible.
“… … .”
Raon licked his lips at Karun, who was wearing a quiet ki wave.
‘Is this really Karun Sieghardt?’
This is a question Karun has had since he first set foot on this floor. That person could really be Karun, but it’s also possible that Mine changed his appearance.
“Jungmu Jeonju, sir.”
Raon looked at Karun and placed his hand on the sword.
“Can I ask you one thing?”
“… “Are you doubting me?”
Even though Karun read his thoughts, he looked away without changing his expression.
“It’s not a bad decision. good night.”
Instead of getting angry, he just nodded and said he was happy.
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‘Embarrassing. And although it’s difficult to answer, it would be nice to have a question that I know the answer to.’
Raon thought of a question that would embarrass Karun and then slowly parted his lips.
“Do you love Buren, Karun?”
To make it more stimulating, I asked about Buren’s affection for him by calling him Karun instead of the heavy radio player. This is a question I would never have asked in the past, but seeing Karun today gave me confidence.
“hmm… .”
Karun’s eyes widened as if he didn’t expect to be asked a question about Burren.
“Please answer.”
Raon pulled out his sword as if he was going to cut him down if he didn’t answer.
“That question is bound to be answered differently depending on the time period. But if you ask me now… .”
Karun looked at himself again with sharp eyes, as if he had made up his mind.
“love. “To the extent that it rivals Sieghardt.”
He nodded, saying that he loved Sieghardt and Burren, whom he treasured the most, similarly.
-Huh!
Lars gaped at Karun.
-Hey, that guy is fake! There’s no way my dad has eyes like that!
‘No, it’s true.’
Raon took a quick bite.
‘As I said myself, that person has changed a lot.’
Karun achieved transcendence thanks to sincere reflection on his past, when he was blinded by jealousy and greed.
Currently, he spends all night training with Buren, and a little while ago, he congratulated everyone on becoming a Grand Master. It wouldn’t be strange for the current Karun to give such an affectionate reply.
“Can I ask a question too?”
Karun tilted his chin with a cold gaze.
“Please speak.”
I nodded without hesitation. Karun was probably also doubting himself, so it was natural for him to be asked questions.
“What do you plan to do if you become the head of Sieghardt’s family?”
“Sieghardt’s matriarch… .”
Raon frowned deeply. His head turned gray because he didn’t expect a story about the head of the family to come up.
However, he remembered what he wanted through previous conversations with Glenn and Rimmer.
“I want to make Sieghart a place where people in the family can be happy rather than putting it on the highest level.”
He raised his gaze and said that rather than becoming the strongest among the Five Hwanggoma, he wanted to help the people of his family live a comfortable and happy life.
“That’s your answer.”
Karun nodded calmly. Seeing him erase his cold gaze and draw a small smile, it seemed like the answer wasn’t bad.
“Then shall we begin?”
He pointed his sword at himself, saying he wanted to talk more but there was no time.
“yes. “I will go with all my might.”
Raon emphasized the word “all power” and raised his sword towards Karun’s neck.
“I really want to fight… .”
Jaina shook her head in disbelief.
“Because that’s all there is.”
“Stay away.”
Raon and Karun pointed their swords at each other and told Jaina to back off.
“ah… .”
The moment Jaina came down from the sparring hall, tired of the strong spirit of the Transcendents, Karun and Raon kicked the ground at the same time.
Teeth!
The two people, unlike their identical red eyes, radiated red and blue auras and slashed their swords at each other’s necks.
Hahahaha!
As the swords of the transcendental masters clashed with all their might, the sparring hall was cut down, and a tremor occurred as if the entire Black Tower was shaking.
Jjijijijijik!
Raon twisted his mouth as he saw Karun pushing in, cutting off the cartoon ball’s aura.
‘You’re serious.’
Karun was pouring out deadly sword strikes as if he were really going to kill himself. If he had been a little less careful, his head would have been torn off with the first blow.
‘okay. That’s the best thing for now.’
Raon nodded and strengthened the cartoon ball’s flames. The intensely burning flames burned Karun’s aura.
“joy!”
As if Karun had expected that much, he condensed the blue aura and created a blade that could cut through even flames. When I saw the cartoon ball’s aura being cut off, a chill ran down my spine.
‘heart.’
Raon bit his lip as he struck away Karun’s sword aimed at his heart.
‘It’s accurate and loaded with great power. But what’s more dangerous than that is that elegant swordsmanship.’
Karun refined the straight sword, quick sword, and bad sword to the limit and placed them on a plate of elegance. Originally, elegance was a value recognized only in sword dance rather than in actual fighting, but as it reached transcendence, a new power different from any other swordsmanship was created.
Blah blah blah!
Karun was overcoming the bodies and aurors that were being pushed by him with elegant sword strikes. As expected, the world of Muhak was mysterious as the unnecessary values he had held since childhood rose to transcendence and gave their master special power.
‘But I can’t be pushed out of here.’
Raon unleashed the Red Island Thirty-Six Points towards Karun, who blocked all sword strikes like an iron wall.
“It’s that sword technique.”
As if Karun already knew, he drew a semicircle with his blue-light sword and drew a sword path to block the sword strikes from thirty-six directions at the same time.
Blah blah blah!
Countless red and blue sword lights collided, and hundreds of sparks exploded simultaneously over the sparring hall.
Cheeeeee!
As if he wanted to end this time, Raon unleashed a magnificent sword strike that seemed to be filled with red sky, and tried to erase everything that existed in front of him by capturing the power of the king on Karun’s blade.
Wow!
A clash of strength and power. Due to the enormous wave of aurors, Jaina and the wizards of Valcar knelt on the spot and could not even open their eyes.
Bullfight!
Raon and Karun entered the space where sparks exploded one after another and swung their swords at each other.
PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Raon’s sword cracked Karun’s shoulder, and red blood spurted out.
Whoa whoa!
This time, Karun’s sword sliced through Raon’s waist and tore off the blood and flesh.
The two thrust their swords into each other’s hearts, emitting increasingly intense murderous energy, as if they had met not colleagues, but enemies of life and death.
Kyaaaaaaa!
* * *
It was a time when Raon and Karun were fighting a fierce battle, cutting each other off. A transparent eye appeared above the two people’s heads.
Upper floor. That was also the detection magic of Treave, the supreme strategist who dominates the high-ranking strata.
‘You fight more seriously than I thought.’
Trave curled his lips as he watched Raon and Karun aiming at each other’s vital points.
‘A lot of strength is being consumed, and injuries are getting worse.’
Originally, the Transcendants could draw mana from the atmosphere, so they could fight all day, but since this was the upper level of the Black Tower, where the magic energy was thicker than the mana, the power they consumed could not be recovered in a short moment.
In addition, Raon and Karun’s complexions were becoming increasingly pale due to the bleeding flowing from their numerous wounds. If you think back to when you first came here, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the power of those two had been reduced by half.
‘It’s an opportunity.’
Originally, this floor was its own area, but thanks to the power of the artifact given by the Black Tower owner, it was transformed into the space it is now. In reality, even if one of the two survives, the path to the top is opened only if they obtain permission or die.
At first, I was going to send the one survivor up and surprise them from behind, but now I thought I could kill them both.
‘If I kill two transcendents here… .’
I might be able to surpass the floating tower owners.
The current state of the Black Tower is special. If you kill two transcendents at the same time in this space where demon energy swirls endlessly, you will definitely reach transcendence. And that too, in a higher position than the current floating tower owners.
‘No, no!’
Trave shook his head slowly.
‘It’s dangerous if I break through here.’
Above this is the space where the floating tower heads are located, and just above that is the top floor where the black tower pillars are located. If this place were to be breached due to his own greed, he would suffer even after death, so he had to endure it.
‘But an opportunity like this will be hard to come by again… .’
Because of the thick magic energy, greed continued to invade my mind.
‘Then when a good opportunity comes… .’
I raised my demonic energy slightly, vowing to only target those two when they were really trying to kill each other, not just acting.
Fuuuuuuuck!
As if the fight had reached its peak, blood burst from Raon’s collarbone, and black blood flowed from Karun’s mouth.
“The Sword Realm Appearance.”
“Sword Realm Appearance!”
Raon and Karun raised their swords while reciting the Manifestation of the Sword Realm as if they were really trying to see to the end. The two people’s status began to rapidly become stronger, to the point where they could push away the demon energy.
‘Now!’
Trave burned the condensed magic energy and revealed the figure hidden in the darkness. It was such a good opportunity that the orders of the Black Tower Lord had already disappeared from my mind.
‘There is only now!’
If you are looking at each other and using Sword Realm, you will inevitably be vulnerable to attacks from behind. Moreover, if you kill those two at a moment when your level is higher, the benefit you will gain will be that much greater.
Oooooh!
The moment Raon and Karun’s swords shined, Treib exploded the magic energy that had gathered behind the two people’s backs. No matter how transcendent you are, it is impossible to endure this moment.
As he opened his mouth thinking that he had reached transcendence, the eyes of two people suddenly turned towards him. Contrary to expectations, his eyes were very calm.
‘uh… ?’
The moment I looked into Raon and Karun’s eyes, my body stopped moving. The demon energy that was about to explode was scattered into pieces, and the world he was looking at was also torn in half.
“Well, what…” .”
Trave felt his hands weaken and his thoughts disappear, so he fell backwards.
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaa
The excruciating pain that followed. When he looked down, he saw that both his arms and legs had been cut off.
“Uh, how… .”
“I was too greedy.”
Raon shook his head, wiping the blood flowing from his mouth.
“Of course, there would be no idiot who would miss the opportunity to catch two transcendents.”
He sneered with an intelligent look in his eyes, as if he was reading everything.
“You knew I would come out?”
Trave shook his head, his chin trembling.
“Because there’s something I’ve seen so far. “You tried to hide and bide your time, but you couldn’t give up your desire to become stronger as a demon.”
Raon chuckled and shook his head.
“That greed is your defeat.”
Karun nodded calmly.
“Holy shit!”
As Trave cursed and tried to sink to the floor, blood spurted from his neck and his head fell off.
“iced coffee… .”
Mine, who had a dream of becoming a transcendent, was buried in that greed and died, and the door to go up to the next floor opened.
“Are you okay?”
Raon approached Karun and handed her healing medicine and holy water. Although he had deep wounds, they were not critical, so he seemed like he would be able to recover quickly.
“The idea worked well.”
Karun narrowed his eyes, saying he was thinking the same thing.
“Because there was a hint of electric power.”
Raon smiled softly and nodded.
“But you came in a little too much.”
He pointed to the wound on his chest and licked his lips.
“… “I thought you could bear it.”
Karun lowered his hand as if he believed him.
“… is that so.”
Raon smiled softly and motioned for us to go up to the next floor.
“There isn’t much left now. “The next floor is probably the top floor.”
He said let’s fight together now and took the stairs.
“okay. “Let’s go up.”
After pouring holy water on the wounds on his abdomen and back, Karun looked at Raon’s back as he climbed the stairs. His gaze was serenely bent.
‘There will be a day when we will fight for real. But… .’
Karun frowned as he looked at his hands.
‘Why did you really go too far?’
