Chapter 32
‘’Is this really Kaisir?’’
His hand still tingled from holding Bahamut.
When Zeke remained dazed and didn’t get up, Kaisir charged at him again with his sword.
Kwakwakwang!
He swung his sword without hesitation toward where Zeke was.
“Ugh!”
Zeke hurriedly dodged Kaisir’s sword using Shadowless Step.
Kaisir showed no mercy.
He just kept pushing forward brutally.
“Whether you’re real, a ghost, or whatever. Alright, let’s do this.”
Woong!
An Aura Blade rose from Zeke’s sword.
Kaisir looked at Zeke’s sword and tilted his head.
“Are you Sethon’s disciple?”
Instead of answering his question, Zeke quickly rushed forward.
Kwakwakwang!
Zeke’s Aura Blade and Kaisir’s sword collided.
Kaisir swung his sword naturally while looking at Zeke’s Aura Blade with curiosity.
“This is fascinating. It’s neither elemental power nor magic power, yet it maintains its form without dispersing.”
While Kaisir was very relaxed, Zeke who was facing him was having a terrible time.
His whole body tingled every time their swords clashed.
Though it looked like he was swinging his sword lightly, there was heavy power contained within.
“This is fun. Let’s play a bit.”
In that moment, Kaisir’s movements became even faster.
Whoong!
Kaisir’s sword moved so fast it became invisible.
Zeke tried his best to keep up with Kaisir’s movements while using Shadowless Step.
‘Ugh!’
His muscles screamed in protest at the forced movements.
During this, Kaisir’s sword came flying from a blind spot.
Kwang!
Though Zeke succeeded in blocking the sword with Bahamut, his entire body was pushed backward.
Defense was impossible.
‘He’s not even using Aura, how in the world…’
At that moment, someone appeared in Zeke’s mind.
The only being who had demonstrated power beyond Aura without using it.
‘’Master?’’
Not Duke Draker, but the master who had taught him Middle Diantan Release and Soul Technique.
Zeke saw his past master’s image in Kaisir.
“Huu…”
Zeke deactivated his Aura Blade.
Instead, he concentrated mana into Bahamut and unleashed Soul Technique, infusing it with his will.
Woongwoongwoong!
Not Aura Blade, but mana imbued with Zeke’s will dwelled in the sword.
Seeing this, Kaisir was surprised once again.
“Can you use elemental power? Sethon’s techniques plus elemental power. You’re an interesting fellow.”
Kaisir raised his sword again.
Kugugugugu!
A completely different pressure was felt compared to before.
It was exactly like the aura he had seen in the video.
It felt like a massive giant, like a mountain range itself, was bearing down on him.
“Hah!”
Zeke charged at Kaisir first.
Soul Technique
Will of Severance
Zeke’s sword, filled with the will to cut, flew toward Kaisir.
Simultaneously, a massive storm arose from Kaisir’s sword.
Elemental Sword
Wind Force Field
Storm Sword
Literally, the power of a storm enveloped Zeke.
Zeke lost consciousness, swept away by that tremendous force.
***
“Hmm……”
Zeke finally regained consciousness.
When he opened his eyes, a pure white space came into view.
He remembered losing consciousness after taking Kaisir’s sword.
As Zeke got up and looked around, he found Kaisir floating in the air in a strange posture with his eyes closed.
His legs were crossed and twisted as he floated in the air.
Kaisir opened his eyes, seemingly noticing that Zeke had regained consciousness.
“Finally awake, weakling.”
Kaisir threw out harsh words.
Zeke spoke towards Kaisir.
“Are you… really the Hero King Kaisir?”
Then Kaisir lifted his chin with an arrogant expression and said.
“What does it matter whether I’m real or not?”
What an attitude.
Zeke once again felt how fabricated the Hero King legend was.
That’s when Kaisir stretched out his hand.
Then Bahamut, which was placed next to Zeke, was sucked into his hand.
“What are you doing…?!”
When Zeke rushed in to retrieve Bahamut, Kaisir snapped his fingers.
In that moment, Zeke’s body became too heavy to move.
“Ugh……”
Kaisir examined Bahamut floating in the air from various angles.
“Though faint, I can feel Bahamut’s energy. What’s going on?”
Zeke glared at Kaisir while gritting his teeth.
“Why does that matter?”
Zeke threw back the same words he had heard earlier.
Kaisir smirked and snapped his fingers again.
The force pressing down on his body disappeared.
But Zeke still glared at Kaisir with eyes full of hostility.
Watching for an opening, he used the dragon race skill ‘Dragon’s Claws’ against Kaisir.
Slash!
Formless energy was summoned from an invisible place and tore through where Kaisir was.
“Huh?”
Kaisir reacted as if dumbfounded and raised his hand, creating a translucent barrier.
Dragon’s Claws couldn’t penetrate that barrier and vanished.
Though Dragon’s Claws could easily tear through steel plates, it was useless against Kaisir.
Kaisir approached Zeke and said.
“You’re quite interesting. You have Sethon’s talents, use elemental power, and even use dragon race power despite not being a dragon.”
When he stretched out his hand, Zeke floated up into the air.
A strong force bound his entire body.
“Ugh……”
When Kaisir placed his palm on Zeke’s solar plexus, strange characters appeared over his clothes.
It was the pattern that was engraved when he absorbed Bahamut’s heart.
After confirming the appeared characters, Kaisir looked at Zeke with an intrigued expression.
“While being human, you’ve crossed countless deaths’ boundaries and part of your soul spans the spirit realm. That’s why you’re able to use elemental power. I never thought it would be possible to use a dragon’s heart in a human body like this.”
When he lowered his hand, Zeke fell to the ground.
Kaisir looked at Zeke with an amused face and handed over Bahamut.
“Good. It’s been a while since I’ve seen something interesting. I’ll pass down the Elemental Sword to you.”
Kaisir was doing whatever he wanted without rhyme or reason.
“Hold your sword and stand up.”
When Zeke staggered to his feet, Kaisir spoke to him.
“Release your elemental power.”
“You keep saying elemental power, elemental power, but what is that?”
“You use it without knowing what it is?”
“Are you talking about mana?”
“Mana? What’s that?”
Being people from different eras, it seemed they used different terminology.
Zeke focused mana in his body.
Then Kaisir nodded.
“Ah, right. So you call that mana. I didn’t have a particular name for it. Yes, turn that mana into elemental power.”
Zeke understood Kaisir’s confusing words and concentrated his mana into soul force in the sword.
Then Kaisir, who had approached without notice, hit Zeke’s head with his scabbard.
Thud!
“What are you doing?!”
“I told you to use elemental power, and here you are imitating some pseudo-technique mimicking soul technique.”
“This is how I learned it in the first place.”
“Tsk tsk, forget it. Humans can’t use soul techniques to begin with. The vessel of the soul itself is different. Even I, who inherited the ‘Fairy King’s blood’, am half human and can’t use Soul technique.”
Hearing Kaisir’s words, Zeke recalled the side effects he experienced whenever he used soul force in his previous life.
At the same time, he thought of the dragon race skill ‘Incantation’ that appeared after absorbing Bahamut’s heart.
‘If I can use that skill, I might be able to unleash true soul force.’
Then Kaisir said to Zeke.
“Elemental power refers to the pure force that makes up all things. The most efficient are fire, water, earth, wind. It’s about drawing out that power based on the four basic elements. Watch carefully.”
Woooosh!
Mana gathered in Kaisir’s sword and soon transformed into a storm force.
It was strong enough to knock Zeke unconscious immediately.
He realized the nature of the power gathered in Kaisir’s sword.
“The power of wind?”
In that moment, the wind power disappeared and a new energy burst forth.
The burning power of fire, gentle power of water, and heavy power of earth – all four elemental powers were imbued in the sword.
‘’But isn’t this more like magic than swordsmanship?’’
That was the first thought that came to mind seeing Kaisir’s power.
Mages create mana through circles generated in their hearts.
Unlike dragons who can naturally generate mana from their hearts, humans cannot create mana without generating circles.
The more circles created in the heart, the stronger mana one can use, leading to recognition as a high-level mage.
Magic is completed when mana created from circles combines with magic circuits and formulas.
To Zeke, Kaisir’s Elemental Sword seemed more like magic than swordsmanship.
“There, you saw it. Now try it. If you can’t, forget about learning it.”
“How am I supposed to try after that kind of explanation?”
“Come on, I showed you enough. What more do you need?”
“You left out the crucial explanation of how to convert concentrated mana into elemental power.”
Hearing Zeke’s point-by-point argument, Kaisir made an exasperated expression.
“Ah, kid. You talk just like that bastard Sethon. It’s annoying.”
He repeatedly created wind, then fire, then water with his sword.
Then suddenly he made a troubled expression.
“This… it just happens. How am I supposed to explain it?”
Zeke looked at Kaisir with a dissatisfied expression and spoke.
“I’m curious about something. Has anyone ever successfully learned this technique?”
Kaisir responded with a proud expression.
“Of course not! Not just anyone can learn the Elemental Sword created by me, the greatest genius and first Grandmaster.”
“What about Sethon, the Knight of Nobility? According to legend, you gave him the kingdom and everything.”
In legends, after establishing the Chronos Kingdom, Kaisir passed the throne to Sethon, the Knight of Nobility, and returned to the country of fairies.
“Sethon? I gave him the throne. Humans can’t learn the Elemental Sword even if taught. Maybe elves could.”
“Elves? Do elves even use swords?”
“What do you mean, don’t elves use swords?”
“Books mostly say they use bows. I wouldn’t know since I’ve never seen an elf.”
“Why haven’t you seen elves? They’re everywhere outside.”
“What era are you talking about? Elves have been hidden from the world for hundreds of years now.”
“What? What nonsense is this? What year is it now?”
“Liberation Year 1038.”
“What’s Liberation Year? Tell me in Chronos years.”
“Chronos is just a legendary kingdom to us. No one uses that calendar anymore.”
“This is crazy.”
Then Zeke seemed to think of something and asked the System.
‘System, what year is it in the Chronos calendar?’
A message appeared.
[It is Chronos Year 2120.]
Zeke told Kaisir.
“It seems to be around Chronos Year 2120.”
“What? You’re saying 2000 years have passed since I left the kingdom?”
Kaisir wore a shocked expression.
“Insane! Even though I was in a heroic spirit state, how could there be no one to inherit my legacy in 2000 years?”
“You just said humans can’t learn the Elemental Sword. How would anyone inherit your legacy?”
“Sethon should have found someone somehow!”
“Come on, that’s completely unreasonable.”
Ignoring Zeke’s words, Kaisir ground his teeth and jumped around.
“That damn Sethon! He must have been so focused on developing his own swordsmanship that he didn’t care at all about my successor. I shouldn’t have helped him research that what-was-it… right, Aura or whatever!”
Hearing this, Zeke was shocked.
“Did you just say Aura?”
Kaisir nodded.
“Yes. Since humans like Sethon couldn’t learn my Elemental Sword, he worked hard to create an alternative technique. Thanks to that, he could become a Sword Master too, but it was just a minor technique.”
Zeke created an Aura Blade with his sword.
Kaisir nodded.
“Yes, that’s it. But what you made is different from what Sethon made. He said something about drawing power from the lower dantian.”
“That’s actually the correct way. I’m a special case.”
Kaisir ground his teeth while looking at the Aura Blade Zeke made.
“That damn Sethon! Only passing down his own technique! Not caring about mine at all!”
And hearing Kaisir’s next words, Zeke experienced his biggest shock since meeting Kaisir.
“Sethon Draker, you bastard! You won’t get away with this!”
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