The Indomitable Martial King Chapter 43

Silan made an astonished face at Reppenhardt’s fierce retort. No, then this guy didn’t even have that awareness?

“Umm… … .”

Leffenhardt scratched his head in embarrassment. Silan gently comforted him.

“Okay, I understand that you still have regrets, but I’m giving up. You can just go to other ruins, right? I still have a lot of money. “I have enough to cover travel expenses for the time being, so there’s no need to be too anxious.”

Cilan thought that Reppenhardt, who had run out of money, was in a hurry and was acting like this. Of course, the truth is completely different.

‘Hmm, how should I explain this?’

Since I couldn’t talk about my past life, I couldn’t refute Cilan’s words. However, he cannot be recklessly accused of stealing. If he goes out like that without any convincing reason, a disappointed Cilan will definitely leave him.

‘I don’t like that… … .’

Although he jokingly called him a top-class medicine cabinet and all, Reppenhardt clearly recognized Silan as a colleague. I liked his abilities and personality. He was also thinking that when he had the chance later, he would explain everything properly.

But it wasn’t time to talk about my past life yet. After he regained his magical powers, his words might be more persuasive, but it was obvious that if he spoke now, he would be treated like a crazy person.

‘How can I persuade him without talking about his past life?’

Reppenhardt, who had been thinking for a while, suddenly opened his eyes. A plausible excuse came to mind. He made a serious expression and looked at Cilan.

“Cilan, I think I should tell you, my colleague, after all.”

“huh? “What is it?”

Reppenhardt swallowed for a moment. From now on, I needed to put some saliva on my lips for what I’m going to say.

“Did I tell you before that my Mumun is Jim Unbreakable?”

“Yes, I already heard that you are King Gerard’s disciple.”

Silan already has an extreme love for muscles. There is no way that Silan would not know about Gerard, the legendary warrior with the most muscles on earth.

“But there are some tests to pass our martial arts teachings?”

Reppenhardt continued calmly.

He is a disciple of King Gerard and the contemporary successor to Jim Unbreakable. However, this Jim Unbreakable has a part where Mumun treats his students rather harshly, so even if he goes down the mountain, he never sees them having fun. So, after coming down from the mountain, several tests were given to him, and he must pass them as a disciple.

“So, as one of the tests, Mr. Leffen’s teacher, King Gerard, placed one of Jim Unbreakable’s pieces inside the Eleusion Ruins and had you bring it back?”

“Yes, it is our martial arts tradition to train disciples.”

“The final exam… … .”

Silan looked at Reppenhardt with suspicious eyes. Originally, it was quite common for other martial arts schools to create their own testing centers to test the abilities of descending disciples and have them pass. So, it is not surprising that Jim Unbreakable gave such a test. but… … .

“This is the first time I’ve heard of a real dungeon being chosen as the testing site?”

“We, Mumun, are naturally a bit ignorant.”

Leppenhardt licked his lips again, trying to appear calm. Since he had reached the point where he lied without even applying saliva, his mouth kept getting dry.

Cilan nodded with an ambiguous expression.

“Well, after listening to it, I see that he behaves quite ignorantly.”

Silan had already heard enough about how Reppenhardt had been treated. It was such an ignorant practice that even Silan, who had an infinite admiration for muscles, was shocked. Since it was such an ignorant piece of writing, it was plausible that the final exam was so ridiculous.

But still, some doubts remained.

“No, but Mr. Leffen’s master has already explored the Eleusion ruins once, right? “But you didn’t touch any of the Silver Age relics in the ruins?”

It’s also strange that they explored the dungeon without any trouble and didn’t touch any of the valuable artifacts. But Reppenhardt responded naturally this time too.

“The other relics obtained along the way are rewards for students who passed the test.”

As I lied, it seemed like it was slowly getting worse. Reppenhardt added, saying that the information about the Eleusion ruins was not known to the world at all and only Gerard knew about it, so the master probably never expected that someone would attack first.

“lets think. “How could I have recognized Nihilen without first hearing the story?”

“ah… … Come to think of it… … .”

Cilan looked like he realized something.

Leffenhardt immediately recognized Nihilen, which looked like a simple piece of wood. If you think about it, it was nonsense for him, a simple warrior, to recognize an artifact that even the wizards of the Count Tenes family had thrown away without knowing its identity. However, it is completely understandable if his master had hinted in advance.

“Yes, Nihilen is also our martial weapon. I recognized it right away because you put it together. And you saw that we found a side road right away, right? “If it really was an undiscovered ruin, how would I have known that information?”

Reppenhardt is Nihilen, and he persuaded Silan by citing the back road leading directly to the center of the Eleusion ruins as evidence. Even if it is true that it is Nihilen, the secret passage directly to the center is information that can never be known without exploring the ruins to the end. At this point, I couldn’t help but believe Silan.

“… … “If that is the reason, I can understand Mr. Leffen’s attitude.”

According to what I said, the property was owned by Leffenhardt, or more precisely, Jim Unbreakable, so it was natural that there was no awareness that it was theft.

“Well, I thought it was a bit strange because it wasn’t Mr. Leffen’s personality. “No matter how expensive the Silver Age relics are, I don’t think Mr. Leffen is the type of person to covet other people’s things.”

“Well, then! “Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have bothered to go to another dungeon, right?”

Leffenhardt responded vigorously. It was very convenient because Silan took care of increasing the number of things I could understand.

“I guess there’s nothing we can do in that situation. I understood.”

Cilan completely gave up his doubts and nodded. Since the evidence was clear to this extent, he had no further doubts. He inwardly sighed with relief, and Reppenhardt smiled bitterly.

‘I’m sorry, Cilan. Still, it’s not all a lie.’

Cilan asked, looking at Reppenhardt with a serious face.

“So, Mr. Leffen, you have to somehow get that relic back?”

“Yes, that’s why I’m worried.”

Silan’s complexion hardened. I now understand Leffenhardt’s attitude, but that does not change the reality that the relic belongs to the Count of Tenes.

After thinking for a moment, Cilan suddenly asked.

“Then what are you going to do? Are you going to go and tell the truth and only accept the artifact?”

“Would you believe what I just said?”

“I guess it’s too much, right?”

When Silan thought about it, he explored the dungeon and obtained the artifacts, but a stranger appeared and said, ‘One of them was originally mine. If he said, ‘Give it to me,’ it seemed like he wouldn’t be evaluated as anything more than a blade robber.

“Then what about buying it for a fair price?”

“I thought about that too, but I thought it would be difficult.”

Leffenhardt shook his head.

All relics from the Silver Age are traded at high prices. Moreover, the relic that Repenhardt is targeting, the Voice of Eleusion, is currently the only one who knows how to use it. In order to find out how to use the relic, the Archmage Reppenhardt had to study for several years, so there was no way that the wizards of Count Tenes would have been able to figure out the use of the relic right away. And they couldn’t have been foolish enough to hand over the Silver Age relics to someone else before they even figured out how to use them.

“Cilan, think about it too. You have a Silver Age relic in your hands that you don’t know how to use. But someone tells me to sell it. You don’t even know what it is. Then can you sell it? It might be helpful to them too, right? Moreover, the Count of Tenes is not a poor family that is in immediate need of money. “You don’t know how many years it will take, right?”

“That’s right.”

Cilan nodded. Contrary to his appearance, he was a Silan who knew quite a bit about the world. He had no choice but to admit that there was no way for Reppenhardt to obtain the artifact peacefully.

Silan clicked his tongue.

“Is this really messed up? “There really is no other way than to steal, right?”

“Because the situation has come to this.”

“Okay… … .”

Cilan scratched his cheek with a sullen expression. He had no desire to participate in the theft as a priest, but the situation was so incomprehensible that he could not continue to oppose it. Since he is trying to get back what is his, he cannot even be said to be stealing. However, since the Count of Tenes did not rob Reppenhardt with malice, it is difficult to say that he was not a thief… … .

Silan, who was confused, suddenly looked at Reppenhardt with a determined expression. He asked a question as if driving a wedge.

“So that artifact is all Mr. Leffen needs? “You’re not going to touch anything else, right?”

“I don’t need anything else. “You understand that I’m not doing this out of greed for money, right?”

Silan made up his mind at Reppenhardt’s confident reply. Just one artifact out of many, it didn’t seem like a big problem would arise. Cilan sighed and opened his mouth with a bitter smile.

“great. So what do you plan to do now?”

3

In the back garden of Kelbern Castle, under a red sunset, a young man with a cool-headed expression was swinging a sword on the dry lawn. He holds the sharp bastard sword with both hands and raises his sword above his head. For a moment, the eyes shine fiercely and a flash of light splits the air. A simple downward slash. However, the posture, breathing, and timing were so perfect that no intermediate movements were visible. If the sword master had seen it, he would have praised it as an excellent blow.

It was in the meantime. With her support, two young knights walked over and glared at Russ.

“Hey, Russ. “What on earth was that stupid thing you did yesterday?”

They were talking about Russ’ reckless plunge yesterday when the devil appeared. It was a dangerous act that could put not only Russ but the entire Tenness Knights in danger. Of course, I couldn’t help but say something.

But Russ only pretended not to hear and swung his sword. One of the knights, Lord Harris, shouted angrily.

“You bastard! “If you messed up on your own, you should at least apologize!”

Then Russ turned his head. A cold, almost eerie look stared at Sir Harris.

“I was just trying to kill the devil.”

His attitude did not show the slightest awareness that he had almost put his colleagues in danger. Another passionate young knight, Sir Patain, gritted his teeth and shouted.

“Who told you to kill that demon?”

Both of them were completely dissatisfied. This guy has always been like this. A guy who always disobeys orders and behaves as he pleases, but the reason he doesn’t take any action against him is because he is favored by the head of the family, Count Tenes. Pault Tennes cared for Russ, who was nothing more than an illegitimate son, to a strange extent. He even went as far as to enlist him in the Knights of Tenes, despite Sir Eussus’s great opposition.

Naturally, no one in the Knights of Tenness liked Russ. Even if he was not the leader they respected, Sir Eusus, this gloomy-looking young man in his 20s had a personality that was impossible to like. Everyone was very dissatisfied with the fact that he was an illegitimate child, ignored people as if he were a formal nobleman, did not get along properly, and only trusted in the favor of the head of the family to show off as he pleased. Didn’t he disobey orders this time and attack Sepia Tan on his own?

“Didn’t you hear the order to wait until the leader arrived, you bastard?”

Then Russ turned his head and muttered.

“… … “I am also the sword of Tenes.”

Lord Harris and Lord Patain’s expressions distorted at the same time. Russ narrowed her eyes at them and scolded them in her fierce voice.

“If you have any complaints, challenge them to a duel. “I will accept it.”

“Ugh!”

Both of them took the attitude of pulling out their swords at any moment. But I couldn’t bring myself to pick it.

It was not simply because Russ was a member of the Tenness family. He is an illegitimate child by blood and is hated by everyone except the head of the family. There is no way he would receive any punishment for cutting in a duel. On the contrary, if it were Sir Eusus, there was a possibility that he would secretly praise him.

Nevertheless, the reason neither of them drew their swords was simple.

Because Russ was strong.

There is only one sword technique he has learned. Cutting down, and the breathing method that goes with it.

The rest of the swordsmanship is all clumsy. However, its clumsiness only seems clumsy to someone as strong as Yusus, but it is powerful enough to the eyes of ordinary knights.

“Dirty wild dog… … .”

The knights who were grinding their teeth eventually snorted and took their steps back. Instead of watching them walk away with her cold eyes, Russ took up her stance again with her sword. She then lowered her sword and slashed.

In perfect breathing, the blade cuts through the air, creating a perfect trajectory.

A satisfying feeling flows down my arms and fills my whole body.

This time I changed my posture. And he cut his sword horizontally.

Clumsy breathing and clumsy sword strikes pass through the air. It might seem powerful enough to an average knight, but it was not at all satisfactory to Russ, who already knew it was perfect.

Profanity flowed from his mouth.

“Damn… … .”

I don’t know. No matter how much I practice and practice, I don’t know. I don’t know how to perfectly step on other sword paths like the down slash.

A feeling that feels like something can be grasped but is still vague. Something was lacking. No matter how much I swung the sword, the missing pieces could not be filled.

The words of my father, Paul Tenes, came to mind.

-I’m sorry, son. This is all I can give you right now.

Even if true swordsmanship was forgotten, the Count of Tenes was a historic knight family, and of course swordsmanship existed for the knights under their command. But Russ could not master the sword technique. It was not Tenes’ swordsmanship, but the swordsmanship of his vassals. And all the retainers were against teaching him his swordsmanship, even though he was just an illegitimate son. So his father had no choice but to pass on only one thing to him.

-This is a fragment of the great swordsmanship, the original swordsmanship of our family.

As the only sword left to cut down, it was still Tenes’ swordsmanship. So even the vassals could not object to teaching it to Rus. That slash was the only thing he could learn.

Russ had no choice. Barded Eldrad belonged to Eussus. He was not given that powerful power that could even stand against an Auror user. All he is given is imperfect, dregs of the past.

Nowadays, no one is looking for trash swordsmanship.

-But it is also the true path to becoming an Auror.