Episode 260: Grave of Swords (6)
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-aka ‘death knight’.
The result of a knight who had noble strength and spirit while alive being eaten by the abyss.
The mana of the negative dimension drawn from beyond the door of death indefinitely continues until the body crumbles and the soul wears away.
However, it is not yet known what happens when a being who has not paid it goes through another door behind the door of death.
Death Knight.
A noble knight who rose to the ranks of a superman died and became a changed being.
The strength they have differs so greatly from individual to individual that it is meaningless to calculate the risk level.
This is because the results vary greatly depending on the level of strength and mental strength of the knight who became the Death Knight and the environment and process of being processed into the Death Knight.
Once it has appeared, it is certain that it will be unconditionally followed by a risk level of A+ rank or higher, but a more dangerous Death Knight has not appeared in the last 100 years.
… … But Bikir had a hunch at this moment.
The Cain Corso in front of me is clearly an S-rank monster that is more dangerous than “Madame Eight Legs” or “Basilisk.”
[I had crossed the threshold of death and entered it.]
Cain Corso calmly spoke of his death.
The words that I walked lonely in a remote place that no one in the world knows.
But he never regretted it until the end of his life.
Because at the price of that lonely death, he got closer to the highest core that no human being had been able to climb for centuries.
“… … It is a state that can only be reached by experiencing death.”
Bikir swallowed a saliva after hearing the conditions of the 9th meal.
carnivore (six). A state that can only be reached by transcending all emotions.
Seventh. A state that can only be reached by recovering abandoned emotions.
Eighth. It is a state that can only be reached by going back and forth countless times while holding a sword as if reborn.
And the old style was the most incomprehensible zone among the highest realms that only those who had truly experienced death could climb.
After excluding and re-excluding emotions to the extent that no one had ever loved in his entire life, Bikir rose to meat eating and, due to his reunion with Camu, he rose to the seven-day diet.
And in the end, due to the deep learning of Cane Corso, he reached the eighth grade.
However, despite this, I couldn’t understand the contents of the 9th meal that I had just heard.
‘Are you saying you have to be reborn and die to become a higher being than the sword master? It’s a really ridiculous training method.’
It was so far away that even Bikir, who had risen to the level of 8th grade, could not easily believe it.
But right now, in front of me is a human who has reached the ninth level. Surprisingly, even at the cost of his life.
Cain Corso, who had become a Death Knight, said while shedding the darkness deep in his eyes.
[For this reason, it was said that it was impossible to climb the old style while you were still alive. This realm is an area that denies all understanding, empathy, understanding, belief, common sense, probability and causality of ordinary people. A being who has never experienced death can never set foot here.]
“… … .”
[Ahaha, it looks like you have a lot of regrets in life. but. I guess I’m at an age where I’ve never really thought about death yet.]
Kane Corso said while sitting on the Iron Throne.
[You are not ready yet.]
He drew a line in one word.
It was the boundary line that made the ark of this world and the other world different.
Bikir asked Cane Corso, who shook his head with a disappointed expression.
“What preparation are you talking about?”
[I will go up to the 8th meal. And become the tower owner.]
Bikir couldn’t understand what he was talking about.
However, he had one more question.
“… … Then what about 10 meals? Did you realize the multitude of steps to get to the 10th ceremony? Does it really exist?”
[Of course, it actually exists. It’s just that even I, the owner of the tower, don’t realize it yet.]
Cane Corso opened his mouth in a heavy voice.
[Didn’t I tell you that you have to experience death to get to Type 9?]
“Yes.”
[You have to die and wake up to go up to Type 10.]
Hearing Cane Corso’s words, Bikir half-opened his mouth in amazement.
Following the stage that cannot be climbed even if one dies while alive, another stage that cannot be reached even after waking up after death has emerged.
It’s absurd that you have to die to get to Type 9, but you have to die and come back to life to get to Type 10?
“It’s not that I want to die, I have to die. And die and wake up What kind of pun-like logic is that… … .”
Bikir frowned as if he couldn’t understand at all.
Then Cane Corso smiled faintly.
[I don’t understand the meaning of the word, so I’m still stuck at meal 9. How can I wake up when I’m already dead? Maybe I won’t be able to reach level 10 forever.]
For him, not reaching tenths is the same as saying that he cannot reach rest.
Although Cain Corso died and became a Death Knight, he did not know how to escape from the bondage of death and become a human again.
I didn’t mean to.
Would he then have to spend the rest of his life, an incredibly long time ahead, alone here?
Until he became a grave keeper of someone else’s grave at the age when he should have been a keeper of his own grave?
It was only then that Bikir began to wonder why this huge tower existed.
And Cain Corso began to open his mouth as if he had looked into Vikir’s head.
[This ‘tomb of the sword’ is the tomb of a great Baskerville.]
His words were amazing.
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The Baskerville style that Bikir learned, and the place where the ancestor of Baskerville, who created the swordsmanship, was born is the ‘Cradle of the Knife’.
And the place where he died became the ‘grave of the sword’.
[His birth was like the birth of the sword, and his death was like the death of the sword.]
Bikir nodded quietly.
Perhaps the swordsmanship he learned, ‘Dusari Ambush’, was also invented by him.
Cain Corso said.
[This is the grave of ‘his’ and at the same time the place where those who follow the ultimate sword will visit for the last time.]
Also, he added at the end.
[If you are a real Baskerville, you will come here at the end of your life.]
All Baskervilles are born in the ‘cradle of the sword’.
However, only the Baskervilles of Baskervilles, the truly great Baskervilles, can close their eyes in the ‘Tomb of the Knife’.
[The end of the great Baskerville is all the same. Through ‘his’ cradle, I come to ‘his’ grave. So will you.]
The children who came out of the cradle of the knife needle are doomed to sleep in the grave of the knife needle, so Vikir will also return here.
But Bikir snorted.
“I have a lot of work to do outside. I will not return to this desolate and idle place.”
[Too many things to do? Heh heh heh – Life isn’t as great as you think. It is just a formula that exists between the problem and the answer.]
Human beings raise and go through numerous rituals in their lives. Birth ceremonies, coming-of-age ceremonies, installation ceremonies, weddings, funerals, etc… … How much work do you have to do?
It is a long equation that connects the problem of birth and the answer of death.
[At this age, you won’t even think of such trivial rudeness soon.]
Cane Corso just stroked his beard.
yet.
thud-
The tower swayed once.
The tomb of the sword began to shake.
“… … what?”
Bikir was taken aback by the sudden strong wind that covered his eyes.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu… …
Beyond the raging storm, the figure of the Cane Corso was gradually fading.
‘I’ll see you again someday.’
Those were Cain Corso’s last words.
At the same time, Bikir noticed grains of white sand blending into the storm.
The sand of the salt desert was filling the tower for some reason.
Tsutsutsutsutsutsutsu… …
And soon the wind calms down.
“… … !”
Bikir noticed that he was standing on a barren desert.
The Tomb of the Swordsman. The huge tower had disappeared without a trace.
It’s like having a long dream.
… … But what Bikir went through was no dream.
This is because, at some point, he was holding two hard saplings in his hands.
Ghost Tree. A strange plant that had taken root behind the Iron Throne.
It was a black mage-only opart that Pomerian wanted.
“… … It is not a dream.”
This aura rising from his body was clearly proving that Vikir himself had risen to a higher level.
Type 8 sword master. Now I really have the confidence that I won’t lose even if I stick with Hugo.
“… … .”
Bikir raised his head.
However, the Cane Corso, to which he had to express his thanks, had already disappeared over the salt storm along with the grave of the sword.
In the sunny desert, not even a mirage can be seen, let alone an illusion.
Vikir bowed his head toward the Iron Throne, which he had been vividly facing until just now.
Then, holding the two roots of the wraith tree firmly in his hand, he turned around.
Towards the Baskervilles and the Colosseo Academy.
