章節 481: CHAPTER 640
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The faint bluish glow illuminating Lionel's body was fading away.
His soul is leaving. Lionel's body, now devoid of soul, turned into a grim and dark form like other masses of chaos.
The soul went to the mausoleum like the wind. Jin immediately unleashed the Shadow Sword, guessing that this was the key to summon Lionel again later.
As the blade touched, there was a distinct sensation, as if cutting through flesh, but the soul did not stop returning even as it was being torn apart.
Lionel will appear again.
However, it was not Lionel that was the problem right now, but the owner of the new energy that was coming out of the mausoleum.
'This energy....'
A blue energy like the lightning energy of the Plutonian was emerging from the distant chaos.
The energy of one of the ten great knights that Jin saw in Temar's tomb in the past.
Padler Runcandel.
The second knight summoned from the mausoleum was Padler.
Like Lionel, he also possessed a body shining with a faint light. There seemed to be some difference between ordinary chaos summons and Lionel and Padler.
-I, one of ten great Knights, Padler Runcandel have been bestowed with Runcandel's name by the patriarch and have enjoyed infinite glory ever since. I will atone for attacking the patriarch, even after my death.
As soon as Jin saw Padler, he remembered what he had said in the recording device.
A thousand years ago, when Temar was consumed by chaos and Murakan decided to kill Temar, who was in the Black Sea Tower, he was one of the two knights whom Murakan took along.
Jin didn't know much about Padler.
All he had seen were some fragmented aspects in the records left by Solderet.
But one thing was certain.
It was an undeniable fact that Padler should never have been standing here.
In the first place, none of the ten great knights were enshrined in the mausoleum. Not only in the mausoleum, but nowhere in the Garden of Swords could one find any mention of them. Zipfel had erased their history entirely.
All the ten great knights Jin had encountered so far had become guardians of Themer's tomb, waging a lonely war for a long time.
-(The Garden of Swords has announced the discovery of the legacy of Temar Runcandel, the first patriarch… No specific details were disclosed, but it signals a strong determination to reclaim the forgotten history of the clan.)
A sentence that suddenly popped into Jin's mind.
'Temar's fifth tomb...… Sir Padler was probably guarding it.'
The Prophet was using the Padler, who was the guardian of the Fifth Tomb.
Either the clan reached Temar's tomb before Valeria did, or they attacked her who found the tomb. Either way, Jin felt like his heart was about to rot.
As Padler got closer, the bodies of Ran, Vigo, Myu, and Anne, who had been pushed far away in the aftermath of the battle, were disintegrating into particles.
Their particles seemed to flow into Padler. They became a material for summoning Padler.
Yet Jin did not think of it as the deaths of the four.
"... Sir Padler Runcandel. You may not know me, but I do know you."
[No, I know you. Jin Runcandel, the 12th flagbearer of current Runcandel. Ilina told me about you.]
"What did she say about me?"
[You are someone who resembles the man who was my lord, Temar Runcandel.]
"I have often heard such comments."
[But I have very little memory of him.]
"I thought I might hear stories from that time, but it's a shame it didn't happen. So, is the reason you're blocking my path now... for Runcandel?"
Padler raised his eyebrows as if he had heard something strange.
[Jin Runcandel. You revered someone, dedicated your kingdom and your entire being to, and then you are betrayed...… Can you fight for them?]
Jin didn't answer and made eye contact with Padler. Black tears flowed from his eyes like dead blood.
[There is only one thing that I remember about Temar Runcandel. He ultimately destroyed my kingdom, Idal, with his own hands, without leaving even a handful of soil or any life behind.]
Padler Runcandel.
He was not originally a pure-blood Runcandel. Like Sylderay, he was influenced by Temar and was given the name of Runcandel.
His real name was Padler Idal.
King of the Idal kingdom that existed a thousand years ago, a magic swordsman called the 'Blue Thunder King', and a rare genius who perfected the magic sword that was considered unique to Runcandel.
Jin couldn't tell if Padler's words were true or false, or if history was fabricated.
But it seemed that no words could quell the hatred that filled his heart.
[What I desire is not the revival of Runcandel, but its corruption and downfall. Descendant of Temar, your mother. This power that Rosa Runcandel chose will eventually lead Runcandel to ruin.]
"Before meeting you, sir, I met Sir Sylderay and Dame Sarah at Temar's Tomb. Although to be exact they were guardians made with a soul. I also caught glimpses of them and sir, you're talking in the Solderet's recording device. They...…."
[Do you want to say they were different from me? Because you want to impose sacrifices on me too?]
A smirk formed on the Padler's face.
"Do you remember them?"
[No. I don't remember, and I don't want to.]
Seureung...….
Padler slowly drew his sword. 'Silus', the sword that symbolized his blue thunder a thousand years ago, was spreading blue light.
The sword was not forged by chaos energy, but the very thing that existed a thousand years ago.
[I will defeat you today and get my revenge against Temar and that's my only reason for becoming a devil. I have no personal grudge against you.]
"I don't know everything about what happened a thousand years ago, Sir Padler. And when I mentioned Sir Sylderay and Dame Sarah, it wasn't to say that you should resemble them."
Jin closed his eyes tightly.
"... I just wanted to say that you guys seemed to cherish each other deeply, sir. That would probably be the time before the fall of the Idal kingdom in your memory."
-[Before you came, I killed all of them. Oh, to be exact, I swept them with the Padler. You're late again, man. Where did you goof around this time?]
-[Padler is a bit injured. I'm as strong as always, but that weakling should probably be trained by you or the patriarch.]
-What the heck, shouldn't you stop using expressions like "melting people"?
-To me, people are only those who are not enemies of Runcandel, weakling. Don't act all surprised when you know.
-Still, it doesn't seem like it's good for you emotionally.
- Am I a teenage girl? Take care of your health instead of worrying about my emotions.
The words Jin heard when he faced Guardian Sarah and the conversations he saw on the recording device.
Sarah and Padler seemed to have an especially close relationship, almost akin to lovers rather than mere companions.
But now, Padler was now devoid of any enthusiasm even as he looked at the remnants of the flame of hell around him.
As Jin opened his eyes again, he grasped the Bradamante.
It is possible enough to reopen the flame of hell. He had lost his stamina from the previous battle, but that was not a problem at all.
However, it was too cruel to slash Padler with the sword inherited from Sarah.
Regardless of the circumstances unknown to Jin, even considering Sarah, who was the first to utter Padler's name upon awakening after a thousand years.
[The camaraderie that once we shared cannot replace my lost entirety.]
Jin nodded ruefully.
"Cutting you down today goes beyond discerning truth from lies, sir... It is because I see it as the path for your sake, sir. Please do not forgive your poor descendants for his inevitable choices."
Padler clearly died a thousand years ago. The life of the dead awakened by chaos was only filled with futile hatred.
The only thing Jin could do for the Padler way to quickly stop the time that dragged him along like a broken carriage.
[Sure, they say you look like Temar, yet speak such arrogant words. How dare you cut me with that weary body...….]
As he said, Padler was not a person that Jin could handle alone in a tired state.
He was one of the strongest ten great knights, always fighting alongside Sarah. What that fact meant was simple.
Sarah, who was mentioned as the strongest among ten great knights, thought of him as the most reliable companion. Even if Jin's physical condition was normal, he would not have been able to guarantee the victory.
"Also, don't forgive me for not being able to handle you alone, sir."
Shadow force wrapped around Bradamante.
Shadow Sword Special technique
Black Light Call
Bradamante's black blade cut through the chaos-filled air. Then, as always, following the path carved by the blade, a black door leading to the Laprarosa was opened.
Jin was nervous. The brethren battle king must be summoned in order to subdue Padler as quickly as possible and to receive help in the ensuing battle and even escape.
Even if an ordinary warrior was summoned, it would certainly be of great help, but Jin had to bet too much on the fight against the Padler.
Fortunately, seeing the summoned brethren, Jin sighed inwardly.
A large bow that is unbelievably huge for a weapon used by humans, 'God Killer' was sparking lightning bolts.
10th battle king of Plutonian tribe, Kaio. He was coming out of the portal created by black light call.
"Sorry for calling you, Brother Kaio."
"Brother Jin, has the moment already come when you need the strength of the other brethren even after becoming the battle king?"
It seemed like he was talking bluntly, but after Jin left, Kaio was looking forward to a moment like this coming sooner than anyone else.
Just as Jin still harbored a sense of guilt towards him, Kaio felt the same way. Even though brethren don't keep score.
"Anyway, this is how it feels to be chosen. I am Kaio, the 10th battle king of the Great Plutonian tribe. I came into the world at the call of my brother, so name the enemy."
Kaio suddenly stopped talking.
He recognized the lightning bolts of Padler, which resembled the energy of the Plutonian tribe.
"A human who uses powers similar to ours… Could it be that you are the descendant of Temar's human companion called the Blue Thunder King?"
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章節 482: CHAPTER 641
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Padler swung his sword instead of answering.
Along with the blade, blue thunder poured from behind it like a storm. It was as if a sea of lightning spread from Padler out of nowhere.
Kaio swiftly fired a series of arrows to counteract the rushing blue thunder. The space, tainted with chaos, was illuminated by the intermingling blue energies.
"Looking at it again, it seems that you are not a descendant, but his ghost. Was your name Padler Runcandel?"
[I no longer use that name.]
The god killer's arrow pierced through blue thunder and aimed at charging Padler. Kaio calmly distanced himself, while Jin plunged into the fray to intercept Padler from pursuing him.
The sword that stood in the way of Silus was Sigmund, not Bradamante. After changing the sword, Jin's whole body was filled with lightning energy.
Lightning energy based on aura, blue thunder based on mana.
Even though the lightning emitted by the three people were completely different, they looked exactly the same.
"I don't know why you became a ghost, but your killing intent is deep. Although my memories of Temar aren't quite complete, he seemed to hold you in high regard."
[I also forgot a lot. However, I don't think I've heard that Plutonian tribesmen talk so much. Why do you need a long talk? You just need to face my weapon.]
Swift and precise. If you could sum up the Padler's sword in two words, that would be it.
The only downside of his swordsmanship that reached the realm of transcendence was its destructive power, but even that was overcome by the addition of blue thunder.
Kaio engaged from mid-range, while Jin fought up close.
Because of this, Jin and Padler both fought while conscious of Kaio. Padler was convinced he had to defeat Kaio to target Jin, while Jin believed Kaio had to remain unharmed for what came next.
It was because the battle with Padler was not the last.
'I have to finish it before Kaio gets tired.'
'I need to quickly kill that Plutonian named Kaio in order to deal with Jin.'
They didn't need to check each other's strength.
The three of them were exerting their full strength from the start.
The ground and sky screamed every time when blades, arrows, and lightning collided as if they were turning upside down.
As if the sun was rising over the rotten sea, the lightning bolts of the three were tearing apart the chaos in the Garden of Swords.
If this sight were not a battle between the ancestor of a thousand years ago and the current descendant...… but it looks like a brilliant light that purifies the clan.
It couldn't have been any better.
The inevitable reality scratched Jin's inside. That fact made Jin suffer even more than the blue thunder stabbing his whole body.
Since Padler was a person from a thousand years ago, Jin had never truly felt a connection with him. He had only glimpsed a few of his records as an observer.
Still, it felt like cutting a close friend with whom he had been very close until yesterday, with whom he had a deep connection.
[Argh!]
Padler didn't feel such pain.
It was certainly true that he had no personal feelings towards Jin before mixing the swords.
However, he didn't see Jin as a distant descendant in the first place, but as a manifestation of Temar, the Runcandel of those days.
You lose everything too.
Padler's dark eyes said so.
"Brother Jin!"
Blood spurted from Jin's neck. Multa's rune is now completely broken and has no function.
Even if it was fine, it would not have any meaning against one of the ancient ten great knights.
The wound was not deep. But had it been just a bit deeper, it would have led straight to death.
It was only in that moment, as he watched droplets of blood scatter into the air, that Jin realized unnecessary emotions were dwelling within him during the fight.
Sympathy, pity, guilt, or complex emotions are hard to articulate. Padler was not an opponent who could be faced with such sentiments.
It's not just about doing your best, it's about having the tenacity to kill him.
Jin knew this better than anyone else.
Jin's body transcended beyond human limit, but not his mind. Whether Padler's words are true or not, there was no doubt that he gave his all for the ancient Runcandel.
But, as Padler said, the camaraderie they once shared couldn't replace his lost entirety.
He cannot defend him, whose heart that once protected the clan has become a ghost.
Jin can understand this situation as much as he wants if it was in normal circumstances. But now, Jin stood against Padler as the next patriarch of Runcandel.
Regardless of the reasons, harboring grim feelings towards one seeking to destroy the clan was unacceptable.
"There is one last thing I want to ask, Sir Padler. Do you have any intention of stopping now?"
[Not at all.]
"Then I will eliminate you not as a descendant of Temar, but as a member of current Runcandel."
Jin closed his eyes for a moment. In that fleeting moment when his eyelids shut, the sentiment directed towards Padler closed as well.
Before he opened his eyes again, Padler was unleashing his magic sword that he had created.
Blue Thunder Sword Ultimate Technique, Runcandel Magic Sword Secret technique
Thunder of Retribution - Padler Runcandel
A magic sword secret technique paired with Flame Empress Sarah Runcandel's flame of hell.
At a glance, Jin and Kaio could think of the sword that was the basis of this technique.
The flame of hell and thunder of retribution were finally completed after Temar taught the ten great knights how to use Plutonian swordsmanship.
Kaio's eyes hardened.
"So you, too, have spent your life chasing after the shadow of the Absolute."
Kaio also had dedicated his life to reaching that sword. To resemble the sword of battle god.
"But that is an realm that can never be reached unless it is the original."
Against the thunder of retribution, Kaio opened 10th battle king mystic technique, 'tsunami'.
The lightning that started with Padler and Kaio took on a form so identical that it could be called the same technique.
The process of those who want to climb to the top will eventually give birth to similar results.
[Do you mean to say you're the original, Plutonian?]
"No. I simply wish to pay my respects. To acknowledge that someone who was never a member of the Plutonian tribe is fighting in the same way as me."
If there was one difference between Kaio and the Padler, it was the 'body'.
The lightning energy symbolizing the Plutonian tribe needed a body that could handle it. Just as you need a blessed body to use Runcandel's decisive killing moves.
"But can you withstand it? With that helpless human body."
That's why Padler's old comrades called him a weakling. His sword was covering up his inherent defects with his life as collateral.
[I've already died once anyway, you keep saying useless things.]
Kaio smiled. Unlike Jin, he didn't harbor any special feelings towards Padler.
He simply found it satisfying to have a strong opponent standing before him, fighting for his brother.
Tsunami and thunder of retribution were overlapping. Jin continued to restrict Padler from closing the distance with Kaio.
It was to raise the strength while holding out until the Padler's energy was consumed as much as possible.
From then on, Padler began to pressure Jin rather than Kaio, and Kaio appeared to be covering Jin with all his might.
As a result, wounds were forming on Kaio's body. If they had maintained the same combined formation as before, Padler would have been the one to start suffering significant injuries.
'It's not efficient.'
On the surface, it certainly seemed that way. Padler couldn't help but speculate. There must be a reason for this inefficient offensive attack.
That's probably because of the energy that's shining in Jin's illuminating heart right now.
Of course, even that was an overwhelmingly vast power.
But for now, that was all it was.
As Kaio implied, it did not occur to Padler that this power could be sublimated to the 'original'.
Because Jin was not a genesis knight.
It was unlikely that Jin would be able to show the realm of the peak that even he had never set foot on, the realm that only Temar had reached a thousand years ago.
However, by the time the tsunami and thunder of retribution reached their climax, Kaio said with a confident voice:
"Brother Jin, show your ghostly ancestor now."
The original sword of the peak.
Kaio continued his words, and the energy in Jin's illuminating heart began to explode in all directions.
Plutonian Swordsmanship Battle God 10th Sword
Plutonian Reign Sword – Open
In an instant, the tsunami and thunder of retribution stopped moving, it was like fighting beasts hesitating when a larger beast appeared.
Jin did not stop there, and opened the next form, Plutonian swordsmanship battle god 10th sword 2nd form, Plutonian reign sword - War.
Sigmund had a heavy will to annihilate those who opposed the Plutonian tribe.
Kaio breathed proudly, and Padler briefly stared at Jin with a stiffened body.
He now saw Temar itself from Jin, and soon realized that it was just an illusion.
The man standing in front of himself is neither Temar nor a member of the ancient Runcandel.
It was Jin Runcandel. Not someone from a thousand years ago like himself, but a shining Runcandel who lives right now.
'But... nothing changes.'
Padler was neither moved nor frightened by the sight.
Nothing changes; the determination to eliminate him and witness Runcandel's downfall didn't waver in the slightest.
The clouds that had gathered according to Jin's will covered Ram, who was oppressing the sky.
Rosa, the Prophet, and the major factions attacking Huphester could witness that sight.
[Even if my body and soul can't remain in the abyss of heaven and hell, even if my name and everything I've lost are erased from this world once again.]
The light of thunders of retribution, which started to fluctuate again, spread a more brilliant light.
The renewed thunder of retribution transcends all the swords that Padler had used during his lifetime.
[I will not let you save Runcandel.]
Suddenly, a faint memory surfaced in Padler's mind.
It seemed like a long time ago, he had spoken words similar to the ones he just said.
-Even if my body and mind, and those I love ultimately vanish completely from this world. Even if all that remains in the end is despair and nightmares. I will protect Runcandel with you.
For some reason, what Padler said at that time was spreading like a distant echo inside Jin.
However, Jin did not stop the sword.
Tears welled up in Jin's eyes, soaked in lightning energy, and Padler's eyes were filled with endless emptiness.
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