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96 – I gained enlightenment.

A winter during a blizzard.

Asilia gritted her teeth and glared at the demon in front of her.

– You are truly quick-witted to realize my true nature.

Richard looks down at her with a smile as if he had just rescued her from hell.

The moment the first move was exchanged, Asilia realized. She realized that she had vastly underestimated Richard.

He was much stronger than she expected.

At the same time, it was vicious.

– He is worthy of the title of Seolhwageomje.

The thing standing before her eyes was not human. A devil wearing human skin. There was no trace of humanity found in him, who had committed himself to Shaleam Bridge with all his bones.

― Kang! Kagang! Let’s go!

Just blocking his roughly swung sword made his arm feel like it was going to fall off.

Going berserk.

Overwhelming strength.

She realized that the situation was not one to aim for something like Dongguijin.

What was the Seolhwa Sword Emperor and what was the Northern Best Sword?

Asilia regretted her own pride.

She herself was never strong.

Enough to pass on a better future for her child.

– Asilia. Your mistake is too noble.

– … Shut up.

– If you want to pursue strength, you must have no hesitation no matter what it is.

– I told him to shut up. That dirty mouth.

– Even if it’s family, just like me, I can devour as much as I want to become stronger.

Clutching her trembling arms, Asilia unfolded her alabaster sword.

And.

– Interesting.

Riharat smiled and avoided the single snowflake that she managed to bloom.

― Suddenly

My back is hot.

Richard’s grotesquely bent arm cut her back.

I felt it right the moment it hit me.

This person was partially injured to avoid a vital area.

– I’m glad I married you. I got the chance to absorb you like this.

This is because the blood flowing from her back was pooling around her.

Eyes turn red.

– Oh, Mom!

A child’s voice is heard from afar.

A short question and answer was exchanged with Richard.

– Did you say it?

– I didn’t. Please, just kid…

– Even if I don’t, I plan to raise that child. Isn’t she your and my daughter?

– ……

– I’m looking forward to seeing how useful it will be. This is a child born from the union of Richard’s blood and the blood of the Sulwha Sword Emperor. See if you can endure it. Maybe we’ll meet when the time comes.

Seolhwageomje.

Sasha Asilia was thus absorbed by her husband.

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“I know a way out.”

Asilia, who said so, explained the method.

There is a plan she has been calmly preparing, and in order to make her plan come true, she needs her disciple by her side.

So the party was divided into two.

On one side is a scouting team led by Yergina and including Danya and Lina.

And on the other side are Asilia and Ian.

Ian did not bother to inquire about his teacher’s intentions.

“Disciple.”

“Yes, Master.”

“It’s burdensome to watch you so intently.”

The teacher’s expression was calm and it seemed like it was natural.

Instead, Master began to pass on his teachings over several days.

Ian became her student and substitute and practiced swinging the sword.

So at some point.

Master smiled.

“As expected, it is a straight sword, as befits the character of a disciple.”

“Is it too simple?”

“No. So I like it. In order to put meaning into a sword, too many variations will only become poison. “It looks like your sword is already ready.”

His original identity is Ian, a wizard.

The teacher’s teachings continued from the very basics of swordsmanship to the basics. Fortunately, the experience I had accumulated mainly in close combat was helpful. Moreover, Master’s teachings were also excellent.

“Now, let’s go into something a little deeper.”

When a certain level was reached, Master began to give full-fledged teachings.

“Of course, how to hold a sword is important. But once you reach a certain level, what you hold for becomes more important than how you hold it.”

Master’s voice softly spread throughout the cave.

“Ian Black Angus. “What did you grab the sword for?”

The reason why I grabbed the sword.

Ian is the original wizard himself. She happened to become a disciple of Asilia, the swordsmith of the legend, and took up the sword.

However, that is not the fundamental reason.

Why did she want to become Seolhwa Geomje’s disciple?

“I want to become stronger and emulate my teacher’s vision.”

“Okay. “That’s an honest reason.”

Master laughed.

At the same time, her hand came closer.

Ian felt a hand gently covering her eyelids.

“In early winter, let’s become a tree with only bare branches left.”

Ian had a hunch.

She knows that she is giving her important teachings.

With her eyes closed, she listened to her teacher.

“Branches shed their leaves to prepare for winter.”

I put myself in the position of a tree giving up something to protect it.

“Winter has arrived and the cold has arrived.”

The water begins to freeze.

The steam from my mouth turns my vision white.

“Snow will begin to pile up on the branches one by one.”

This is where a leaf should have originally been.

Snowflakes replace them.

“Sometimes there are snowflakes that pile up like flower buds. It may seem confusing at first glance, but think of the shape of the eye. How do snow crystals grow?”

The process of growing buds is ultimately the same as that of trees. It is homogeneous between living and non-living things and also encompasses humans and nature.

“Flowers are beginning to bloom through the cold. “It spreads and spreads, making the snowflakes blur.”

I felt a weight. The snow flowers in full bloom press heavily on the branches. The weight of protecting something is that heavy.

“Please let go. “It is also a natural law to let go of what you cannot endure.”

I will endure it.

I try my best to protect the things I want to protect.

But the branches of the temple begin to tilt.

This is because we cannot handle all the weight of the snow that is piling up.

“The branches bow their heads and the snowflakes on them fall.”

The falling snowflakes scattered around.

The sight was so spectacular that Ian quietly opened his eyes.

Master was holding his arm tightly.

And then the snowflakes that bloomed from Ian’s fingertips disappeared, leaving traces on the floor and walls.

“… That’s amazing.”

Master made eye contact with wide, round eyes.

“It’s a great vessel.”

She speaks with a voice full of admiration.

“Even though I helped with my internal skills, I can’t believe you made a snowflake bloom from the beginning. “As expected, it’s a great talent.”

“You have made good disciples. “Master.”

“Puhup. Confidence is also good. “Where can I confidently say that he is the disciple I raised?”

Ian asked, looking at the smiling teacher.

“… Are these the herbivores of Seolwha Sword Technique?”

“That’s right. However, you don’t need to remember each and every herbivore. Sword law is determined by the values one has lived by. “This is also a plant based on the values established here, so there must be another path for you, Ian.”

Ian quietly nodded her head.

Although he made the snowflake bloom, he did not fully understand the Seolhwa swordsmanship. No, he didn’t understand one tenth of it. Need to think about it again and again…

“How was enlightenment enough?”

She turned her head to the somewhat rough voice.

Yergina was standing looking this way.

“I came because I had something to tell you, but I ended up watching it unintentionally.”

With those words, Yergina raised the corner of her mouth with a grin.

“I’m a little jealous.”

“… Do you mean jealousy?”

“Okay. Ian, if you originally followed my path, I was going to show you a slightly more rogue path. “It’s an efficient martial arts statement without much to think about.”

Yergina is also a talented person who will have the same ability as the Seolwha Sword Emperor in the future. By following her own path, with her coolness and at the same time boldness.

What was the scene just now? It seemed to have stimulated her desire to win.

“Raise your sword, Ian. “I will also teach you.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yergina ran in fearfully.

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― Kaaang!

Her hands are tingling.

No, it hurts so much that I want to put down the sword right now.

‘Why all of a sudden?’

Without even a moment to panic, Yergina’s eyes flashed.

“You are weak!”

Her mace coming straight at you.

Ian rolled backwards to avoid it.

― Pow!

With a dull sound, the eyes that had been on the ground rose up.

Snowflakes fell as if it were snowing.

‘Damn.’

Strong and fast.

I heard Ian, who was so embarrassed.

“Winter has come because it is snowing.”

I could hear the teacher speaking.

A teaching immediately comes to mind.

Winter.

When winter comes, branches shed their autumn leaves and prepare to face winter.

Ian relaxed his body.

― Swoowoo!

The mace passes by just in the nick of time.

Tension is reduced and the opponent’s path is clearly visible.

But, Kaang!

“Tsk.”

It still hurts.

The weight of the mace presses heavily on my arm.

‘…Ah.’

I was told to put down the branch if it is too heavy.

But before that, didn’t we tell you to feel the coldness?

When should we feel cold?

Ian was confused.

There were too many confusing aspects to use the Seolhwa sword technique that I had just learned.

“Think long!”

Kang! Visor! Drurrr!

Yergina’s fierce attack took advantage of that gap.

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Strong. Straightforward. Never know to give up

It is clearly a martial art that is completely opposite to the teacher’s teachings. A fighting method solely aimed at suppressing the opponent.

That’s why it’s strong.

How should I deal with this?

“I guess I can’t find a way! Are you finally starting to doubt Asilia’s teachings?”

Yergina shouted.

“There is no doubt.”

“Then what is it?”

“This is…”

It is not a doubt about the teacher’s teachings.

Her teachings were not just about swordsmanship.

Seolwha Sword Technique. That doesn’t mean I learned it.

A little more fundamental teaching.

‘… Put your values into a sword.’

That was Master’s teaching.

Then what did Master put into his sword?

‘… Natural unity, and maternal love.’

One of her values is maternal love.

Although he knows he will be defeated by a huge being, he gives up himself in the hope that his child will live in a better world.

Her strength comes from that.

Then what are my values?

What am I pursuing?

Ian gave one answer to that question.

‘…This world.’

I criticized it countless times, calling it a damn game.

Ian liked this place.

Over and over again.

This damn world I had to retry countless times to clear.

If possible, I want to prevent the destruction of this place.

Not just because I want to live, but because I want to.

― Kwaaang!

I struggled to block the mace that was struck once again.

I don’t think I can bear it.

Like a tree branch unable to withstand its weight, my arms lost their strength.

A sword that slides along with a mace.

That moment.

A single road was visible.

I didn’t have any big thoughts.

Just. He brushed his sword along it as if making brush strokes.

When seen from a distance, it looked like a shaking branch.

At the tip of the sword, something blooms.

It was not as white as Master’s.

On the contrary, flowers that could be described as black were blooming in abundance.

And it poured.

“Ugh!”

Yergina dodges it by flying her body.

― Suddenly

Beyond Yergina, a diagonal line was engraved on a huge stalactite.

“……”

Just a moment of silence.

The long split stalactites are misaligned.

― Kuuung!

It was as big as a pillar and collapsed with a tremendous sound.