The Bastard’s Way of Life of the Returning Swordsman

Chapter 42

Episode 42

Totem’s Secret (2)

The thing Theo found in the supply was an artifact.

A ring engraved with disposable magic, but its power is certain.

-Thunder Calling.

This magic that calls lightning from the sky provides strong destructive power as well as intense shock waves.

Even if it endured, it was enough to ‘paralyze’ a sandworm.

But.

Theo made one more assumption here.

-What will happen if you awaken the artifact’s thoughts with [Hatchling Synchro]?

Hatchling Synchro awakens the essence of things, ‘Yeom’.

Just as he encountered Bingbaekmuryu through Ray’s sword, he thought that the artifact could also read thoughts and strengthen the built-in power of Thunder Calling.

and as a result,

‘I didn’t expect it to be enough to catch a sandworm in one shot.’

Sandworm had no way to survive and his head and body were split in half.

Pajik, Pajik-

The floor was covered with black soot, and sparks flickered incessantly over it and then disappeared.

‘Hatchling Synchro… … It will be really useful in the future.’

That’s enough for a single-use artifact, what if you could enhance Drake’s Blade or Moonback Sword?

Just imagining it made my spine tingle.

Amplifier.

It was like receiving an absurd favor from the Guardian Dragon.

“No, no, no, no, no… … !”

Orien was still staring at me with a trembling voice.

Theo paid no attention to that and rummaged through the charred remains of the sandworm.

Thunder Calling shouldn’t have ruined this either.

I was able to find the thing I was looking for while worrying about it.

“It’s a little damaged, but fortunately there’s no problem using it.”

What Theo found was a horse breed.

A blue horse bell hanging from Sandworm’s neck.

The judge said that if you simply ‘retrieve’ this, you will be awarded points.

‘There was another hidden piece hidden here like a totem.’

An eye for finding hidden pieces hidden here and there is also one of the evaluation criteria for the Gaehwa Ceremony.

Theo turned the horse bell over.

Dots and lines of unknown meaning were carved along the inner surface of the bell.

At first glance, things that seem ordinary patterns.

However, it looked completely different in the eyes of Theo, who was from the intelligence department.

It was a paja (a type of secret word made by breaking letters).

‘If you combine these points and lines separately… … It’s a rune that ancient dragons used.’

And if you arrange those letters in a row, it will become a sentence.

-Thunderbolt is the fastest and most destructive thing between heaven and earth, so there is a high risk of damage to the body if handled incorrectly… … .

‘＜Thunder Light Protection Act＞. found.’

One corner of Theo’s mouth curled up.

As much as Ragnar boasted a tradition of over a thousand years, he had numerous types of genus laws.

However, there was a separate breathing method that was placed at the top among them.

-Accelerated breathing.

Commonly known as ‘the secret name method.’

Just as the ancient dragons had their own unique properties according to their various colors.

The short name law was a way to give certain properties to magical power.

thunder.

Frost.

flame.

waterway.

tree.

poison.

There were a total of 6 properties.

However, due to its importance, the title law was occasionally bestowed only on meritorious subjects who had a high succession rank in the immediate family or who had made outstanding achievements.

However, there was a window that could only obtain this type of protection.

It was the second opening ceremony.

‘All six genus laws have been fragmented and engraved in several horse bells. If you can decipher this, it’s a food you’ll get.’

Of course, the process was never meant to be smooth.

‘Each subtitle law has 9 segments, so this alone is 54. However, since they are all scattered, and the number of each is different, it is virtually impossible to combine them into one.’

Even if you get one pitch, if the pitches you get from the next horse breed are the pitches of other shogi methods or overlap, all of them will be useless.

‘Moreover, the Demon Bell, where the Hidden Piece is hidden, is only hidden in the object summoned by the totem.’

It was like a hidden piece of hidden peace.

‘Is this the fourth verse you got? It’s divided into nine verses in total, so I still have to find eight more.’

Clearly, it is close to impossible to obtain a perfect method of regrowth in the second flowering ceremony.

However, it was only ‘close’ to the end, not impossible at all.

Because there are often people who actually do this.

‘Monsters known to be closest to the real line of succession.’

A typical example of this was Torkel Ragnar of the Black Iron Base.

Fortunately, Theo knew well how to combine Paja based on his past life memories,

There was even a specific thing to get from the secret name law.

thunder.

Brain light spoofing method.

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Lightning is characterized by being very intense and fast.

It could be said that it was the best breathing method for Theo who wanted to complete the dragon’s three claws.

Theo showed his spirituality and memorized all the verses, then wiped all the waves clean with magic power and looked at Ray.

“… … ?”

Ray tilted his head with blank eyes, wondering what was going on.

‘For Ray, who has already mastered the swordsmanship of the Bingbaek Martial Arts attribute, this is rather poisonous.’

Theo shook his head, saying it was nothing, and walked slowly toward Orien.

jerk, jerk-

The boy was still looking at him with a puzzled face.

“Orien.”

“Uh, uh… … ! Oh, don’t come!”

With the advent of Sandworm, there are eight test takers who survived.

However, since all of them were in a difficult state to fight again, it had to be seen that they were actually retired.

But there was no regret.

Because they tried to target not only Ray, but also himself.

‘Kyoryonghoe, I need to completely organize it now.’

to never run amok again.

I was thinking of uprooting it.

“Axion, where are you?”

* * *

Cuckoo… … !

The beast that boasted of its enormous size, the Giant Bear, fell to the ground covered in blood.

Only then did the test takers, who had been spewing out harsh words with a nervous look, were able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Big! Yes, this is it!”

“Finally got it.”

“As expected, it’s Axion. To bump into a 7th grade guy from the front and catch him.”

“of course. Where will the reputation of scalpers go?”

While all the applicants of the Kyoryonghoe were praising Axion in unison.

With an expressionless face, Axion tore off the bell hanging from the beast’s neck.

green mahjong.

By this point, you should have accumulated a pretty good score.

‘There’s another pattern here. What is it?’

Axion tilted his head at the pattern engraved on the inside of the bell, but thought it was nothing and thought it was nothing.

There was no time to worry about such useless things now.

“You bastards! Are you still human! Are you a human!”

At that time, one of the prisoners who were bound in a corner screamed.

While he was resting, he lost or injured many of his comrades due to the Gyoryongkai, which summoned monsters and attacked them.

In addition, Axion destroyed the totem and lost the base.

Of course, I couldn’t help but show a lot of hostility.

baek!

Axion kicked the guy in the stomach.

“Ouch… … !”

“Where is the guy named Ragnar’s swordsman complaining because he’s not smart enough? The weak meat, strong self-esteem. Don’t you know?”

Axion gently stepped on the back of the head of the guy who had his head on the ground.

“I have to wipe out guys like you who only know how to do evil.”

Madness formed in Axion’s eyes.

He was ready to kill if he had to.

In his eyes, this guy was being reflected as a different person.

Theo Ragnar.

The guy who didn’t even know the topic and dared to take the top spot at the 1st flowering ceremony.

He was also the one who should have had his head down like this soon.

Axion took a step back from the back of his head after a while.

The boy was already unconscious and was holding his breath intermittently.

“Take all these bastards. If they listen, we feed them, and if they don’t, we keep beating them.”

“Are you going to do it like you did before? hehehe! That is our specialty.”

His subordinates laughed sullenly and dragged the fainting or shivering captives outside.

As a result, the number of people the Kyoryonghoe took prisoner was only about 30 people.

More than half of the participants in the 2nd Flowering Ceremony fell into Axion’s hands.

-Are the Ranke siblings, Wellington, and Ray the only ones who are still resisting properly? Even if this is easy, it is too easy.

– So, that’s what I mean. They’ll all be caught soon, so in fact, the second flowering ceremony is the stage for our Kyoryonghoe.

– Even the Maehwagung guys are crawling on their own. big!

-Then who are you going to beat up next? I’m bored to death because this game doesn’t work, uhhehehe!

After Axion found out that a magical tool that could summon monsters was hidden in the totem.

In the meantime, the Kyoryonghoe has focused more on finding a safe area rather than looking for monsters.

In most of the safe zones, it is easy to surprise because the candidates are resting and relaxing,

It was because there was an advantage in being able to easily summon monsters by destroying the totem.

From hunting monsters to securing prisoners and supplying supplies.

This means you can do all the annoying work in one go.

So there is no reason to reject it.

Thanks to.

As Axion quickly piled up his points, he was already looking at 600 points beyond 500 points.

“Oh, come to think of it, isn’t it about time to announce the rankings?”

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Laughter erupted from all over the place at the words someone threw.

“Hey, don’t you have to see that?”

“Who was curious about number one? That’s definitely the boss. It depends on how you rank among us.”

“Well, is that so? great. Then, the lower ranked guy should take the higher one as his older brother, Cole?”

“It’s Cole, you bastard!”

“Ughh! Sooner or later, I will have an ugly younger brother.”

“You sounded crazy and fell asleep.”

While flirting with subjects that do not even become subordinates.

Axion was silently waiting for the examiner to appear soon.

Because he also had something he wanted to check.

‘Theo Ragnar. Where are you?’

Isn’t it time to show up soon?

when I was thinking that

widely!

At the place where Axion and the Kyoryongkai had been, the examiner suddenly fell.

In the second blooming ceremony, the interim results are announced at 6:00 every evening.

A process to urge test takers to exert themselves.

Of course, candidates eagerly look forward to this time.

Did it go up or go down?

If you rise, you measure how much more you have to climb to get into the rank you want.

All eyes of the Kyoryonghoe turned toward the examiner.

“From now on, I will release the interim results. For everyone’s reference.”

The examiner looked over the messed up surroundings with an expressionless face and then opened the scroll he was holding in his hand.

Cheerreuk-

And.

“Hey, what is this… … ?”

“What happened… … !”

All of the applicants for the Gyoryonghoe were embarrassed by the unexpected result.

Axion’s expression also hardened.

The interim report card was so different from what they expected.

＜middle rank＞

1st. Ray Ragnar (572 points)

2nd place. Axion Ragnar (561 points)

3rd place. Wellington Narcio (479 points)

“… … !”

“Examiner, it seems that the report card is wrong!”

Axion fell to second place, and Ray rose to first place.

There was even Theo’s ranking, which had been quiet for a while.

36th. Theo Ragnar (82 points)

It had already reached halfway through the day.

Although some objected to this grade,

“Do you mean that you doubt the main officer when it comes to training swordsmen?”

The examiner’s eyes flashed coldly, and his shoulders shrank.

“That, not that… … !”

“Examiners scattered throughout the winter mountains record the scores each time, and the central body scores them accordingly and distributes them to us again. If you want to object, prove it with your skills.”

“… … .”

All the spectators kept their mouths shut.

What the hell are Orien’s gang doing?

Surely there should be some news if he went to catch Ray?

No, even if I failed, I couldn’t believe that I could accumulate such a high score in just one day.

– What the hell is that score?

-Solbing-gum and the asshole have the same score increase.

-Are the two of you eating a team and moving together?

-But what the hell do I have to catch to have such a rise… … ?

The Gyoryonghoe test takers kept abreast of Axion while whispering.

hard-

Axion was clenching his molars with a bloodshot face.