Chapter 79: Earnest Wish (2)
The mont when the dazzling system ssage disappeared.
"…"
A new ssage appeared in front of my eyes along with a feeling of a lead being placed on my heart.
「 Power: Sword of Iron-blood (A-) has been engraved on your soul. 」
Sword of Iron-blood.
I'd obtained the power to summon a sword made of mana at any ti.
The power that I obtained, Sword of Iron-blood, was a power in which the ability of the summoned sword was also determined by the swordsmanship skill and mana level.
As such, it'd have taken quite a long ti to buy it if I was going to buy it at the exclusive contractor shop, but…
'I'm not that happy.'
Even though I had obtained a better power than I expected, I was surprisingly calm.
It was the sa as well as in the trial of the 10th floor. It was probably because I had obtained many rewards several tis.
Let's say, just a fine feeling that I got a good card in my hand?
I had no other feelings than that.
Would it be because of that?
"…Don't tell you got the most useless power?"
The Iron-Blooded Monarch, who was sitting down and observing , widened her eyes and asked that question.
Of course, I didn't get as bad of a power as she thought, so I imdiately shook my head.
"I got the power I thought I needed at this point."
"…?"
"I've obtained the Sword of Iron-blood."
"That's… Amazing."
The Iron-blooded Monarch continued speaking as though she was relieved.
"Sword of Iron-blood is an ability that I enjoyed using before. The higher the level of the swordsmanship skill, and the higher the mana is, the stronger the sword becos."
The ability to grow stronger according to the caster's growth.
And other than that, there were a lot of pretty good options when I read it before.
"Plus, the necessity to purchase an item related to the sword disappears too."
"That's correct. You can pretend not to use a sword and suddenly summon it to make a surprise attack."
In fact, no other ability was as important as this for soone who uses a sword.
After exchanging a conversation, the Iron-Blooded Monarch smiled as if her mood lightened up.
"I guess it was worth it to use the points I've accumulated so far to give you the gift."
She was clearly expecting sothing from in her tone, emphasizing that she had made a loss by granting power.
I imdiately realized what it was and opened my mouth.
"Thank you. It'll definitely be a power that'll aid forever."
The Iron-blooded Monarch twitched the corners of her mouth and curled her eyebrows.
"You don't have to ntion it… doing this much is nothing for my precious contractor."
After saying that, the Iron-blooded Monarch picked up the snack on the table and chewed it.
Following that, I also took a bite of the snack and chewed it, and she soon opened her mouth again.
"Now that I've given you the power that I wanted to give, let's talk about sothing else."
"…?"
"What I'm going to talk about now will spend your rights to your questions. Would that be alright with you?"
"How co?"
"Unlike other information, the tower will impose sanctions on if I tell you these without any cost."
Information important enough that the tower could impose sanctions on her?
I answered while nodding my head as it definitely wouldn't be so kind of nonsense.
"Sure. I didn't really have anywhere to use it, so I just kept on stacking it."
It was just then when I answered so—
「 All question rights held by the challenger, Han Sungyeun, will be consud. 」
"…!?"
I was bewildered by the ssage that all of the question rights I had were used up instantly.
'…Just how important is this story going to be?'
I had a lot of question rights left since there had been very few cases where I used the question.
However, as soon as all the question rights were used, I noticed that the story from now on wouldn't be anything ordinary.
"…"
At that, as I looked at the Iron-blooded Monarch with a serious expression, she soon opened her mouth.
"Previously, you must've killed a challenger from another world on the 9th floor."
"…Yes. It was the first ti I t a challenger from a Murim world, so I had a hard ti too."
I could still clearly rember the na of the challenger I encountered at that ti.
Baek Sunhak.
The old man who introduced himself as the Elder of the Murim alliance was a challenger from another world who appeared on the 9th floor.
"…But why are you ntioning that all of a sudden?"
"It seems that the title of the old tiger beca a problem."
"…?"
"Because of his title, Elder of the Murim Alliance, a person is looking for you from the dinsion of Murim."
"What do you an…"
"It must be so-called revenge."
He just died because he failed on an intrusion to a floor, but an act of revenge?
I scoffed, aghast at those absurd remarks.
"Don't tell the Murim alliance is so unpeaceful organization?"
It could be if it was made up of unscrupulous people like gangsters, Yakuza, or Mafia.
However…
"No, in fact, they're rather a group of moderates in the Murim, though…"
I spit out curses to the response of the Iron-blooded Monarch's begrudging answer.
"How can those sons of bitches be…"
To think that they're making a fuss pointing a blade at , blabbering things about payback or whatever.
Moreover, the ones doing this act were moderate organizations in the dinsion of Murim.
All kinds of cuss words ca to my mind in an instant, but I put up with it and opened my mouth.
"…So are you saying that the Murim alliance is after to kill ?"
In conclusion, she said that soone was searching for , so I thought it was the Murim alliance.
And as much as they were making a fuss about paying the grudge back, I thought they'd send a tracer to kill .
But that wasn't it.
"That's not it."
"…What?"
"The Murim alliance is rather unsettled, and I heard that they're just busy trying to take the place of the man in power."
"…"
"The Murim alliance will search for you and rember you, but they'll not make a huge movent to eliminate you right now."
In short, it ans that they're more busy acting to occupy the vacant place of Baek Sunhak than killing .
After hearing that, it beca even harder to figure out who was trying to kill .
"Then who the hell is trying to kill ?"
I asked the question without hesitation, but the answer that returned was an answer I couldn't have imagined.
"The Namgung noble family."
"…?"
"The Sword Dragon of the Namgung noble family is looking for you."
"…"
Soone I'd never t was looking for .
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I wonder how much ti had passed?
After the Iron-blooded Monarch gave so explanations, I could grasp the situation.
"…So, to sum things up, a noble family that's like a pillar of the Murim alliance recognized , and they're running wild to kill , huh."
"To be precise, the only aristocratic family doing that is the Namgung noble family, and even within them, only Namgung Hyuk, the young master, is looking for you."
"That's ridiculous."
It was really ridiculous.
To think a guy who had nothing to do with was looking to kill when the Murim alliance wasn't doing anything…
'How in the world does the way of thinking work in the people of the Murim?'
I was getting goosebumps at this point.
I was on the verge of death due to Baek Sunhak's preemptive attack, but I had a narrow escape from death.
But the fact that Murim still had justification to kill was surprising.
However, the Iron-blooded Monarch spoke as though that was natural.
"I don't know why he's looking for you… but when Murim searches for a person, it doesn't really end well."
In those words, the experience of having heard of nurous incidents was on it.
"Then that ans I won't have a good ending like the countless precedents."
"Sothing like that. I think you should be prepared for a battle of life and death at least."
"…"
"Don't tell , are you acquainted with that young master of the Namgung noble family?"
"I'll be damned if that's true. The young master of the Namgung noble family is a greenhorn who's just twenty years old."
The Iron-Blooded Monarch scoffed and brushed her frizzy hair backward.
"I've been an administrator for several decades. The years I've lived from him are completely different."
"Then how do you know about the young master of the Namgung noble family?"
"There's a way to know everything. Well, that doesn't matter, so let's move on…."
The Iron-blooded Monarch evaded the point all of a sudden, narrowed her eyes, and said.
"The young master of the Namgung noble family is probably several tis stronger than you."
"..."
"He must be a fairly-high level challenger since he has reached the 20th floor in the Tower of Trials."
"20th floor? Then don't I have a chance at winning?"
"Not at all."
When I tilted my head at her confident denial, quickly, she answered.
"The challengers of the Murim dinsion are at an entirely new level in terms of the strength of their own body. It's a world in which only those who've been insane about martial arts have lived for hundreds and thousands of years. As it's a world full of people who have honed their strength and beco godlike, no other world can look down on the effectiveness of their thod for enhancing their strength."
Hearing that, I had no other choice but to keep my mouth shut.
A world where hundreds and thousands of years have been devoted to martial arts.
How strong would the ones who grew up in such a world be?
'Even Baek Sunhak, although his physical abilities and skills were limited, he still overwheld .'
What was worse was that it was after defeating that black knight I t on the 5th floor.
I was prepared, and I had the confidence that I wouldn't be as helpless as before.
But I couldn't help but marvel at an old man's unbelievable strength.
He tried to give death till the very end by increasing his speed to impede my movent.
On the other hand, I was almost defeated even though I was equipped with a strength that didn't match the floor level with an ability that specializes in growth.
That difference was huge, and I quickly accepted it calmly.
"Then he's on a completely different level from , huh."
"It'll be difficult for you to survive if you face him directly on a floor."
It was only for a mont that I laughed bitterly at the death sentence I had not heard in a long ti.
"But it's not entirely impossible, so I'll give you the information I know for now."
As soon as she started talking about the young master of the Namgung noble family, I started to concentrate.
The words that followed were sothing to be listened to carefully.
Sword Dragon of the Blue Sky.
He's a person who uses the grand nickna, which ant dragon of the sword that rules the blue sky.
At the sa ti, he was the next master of the family who'd inherit the Namgung noble family, a famous family in Murim.
And his real na is Namgung Hyuk, and there was no one who wouldn’t know his na when you ntioned it to any challengers from the Murim dinsion.
His swordsmanship would surpass A-rank in terms of skill level, and so on and so forth. A lot of talks were exchanged.
Only after devising a plan against him did the conversation's heat cool down, and the Iron-blooded Monarch gave permission to leave.
"…It seems I have told you everything I can, so you may leave now."
I nodded at the voice that seed to have achieved all her goals.
Originally, I was in the middle of checking the rewards in the waiting room, so I didn't have ti to stay any longer.
"Alright. Then I'll see you in the waiting room on the 12th floor next ti we et."
The Iron-blooded Monarch responded with satisfaction to my brief words…
"I'll be looking forward to your future."
「 Moving to the 11th floor waiting room .」
Then, a ssage appeared in my sight, and the place changed instantly.
From a dieval-style hut full of gloominess to a desolate waiting room.
"…"
Of course, I was quietly adapting to it and was going to continue what I had to do, but…
Ring! Ring! Ring!
「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ invites you to the administrator territory. 」
「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ invites you to the admini… 」
「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ invites you to… 」
At the invitation ssages that popped up in an instant, I had no choice but to stop what I was about to do.
The administrator White Crane Sword Saint had sent an invitation.
Not just once, but countless tis.
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