The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 171

134. What the Magic Sailboat Brought

About a month ago.

Kwaaaang……!!

Kwang-!!!!

“Hey!! Over here!!”

Mikhail pounded on the door with all his might.

The hinges of the old door creaked and shook, but there was still no response from inside.

“Damn it!!!”

Mikhail had been quietly waiting for her for months, but now the situation had changed.

Kwaaaaaang……!!

The noise of the explosions coming from everywhere was deafening.

‘Damn it…! What’s suddenly going on?’

It happened in an instant.

There had been rumors of war for months, but he didn’t expect it to happen so suddenly.

It was a surprise attack by Tulli Lurein.

This small village west of Korb was thought to be irrelevant to the battlefield, but Tulli Lurein’s preemptive strike actually pulled the battlefield downwards.

As a result, the flames of war spread to this place.

“Hey.”

It was then.

The closed door opened.

Contrary to Karil’s expectations that they would fight, the two had been together for months without any arguments or friction.

Mikhail had unilaterally waited for her.

Perhaps, although different from their first meeting in the previous life, their attraction to each other still applied equally in this life.

“Mikhail!! Mikhail!!!”

As the door opened, he turned his head at the voice calling him from down the hill.

“……Huh?”

It was a welcome face.

“Lord Kamma!!!”

Mikhail waved his hand frantically as he saw Kamma’s face, whom he hadn’t seen for months.

Given the situation, he couldn’t help but be happier than anyone else at this moment.

Kwaaaang……!! Kwang!!!

At that moment,

explosions erupted and explosions occurred everywhere.

Black smoke billowed up, and the village below had long been swallowed up by the fire demon of war.

“…….”

Serika Loren’s eyes wavered.

“This isn’t the time to be standing around like this. It’s a disaster! We have to escape!”

Mikhail shouted.

“Where to? Everywhere is hell.”

“Why are you so twisted? I don’t know what happened… but the Master specifically told me to recruit Serika.”

“Even in this war? What a great loyalist you are.”

Serika scoffed at Mikhail’s words.

“Da, danger!!”

Kwa……!! Kwakwang……!!!

“Mikhail!!!!!”

An explosion occurred where the two had been standing a moment ago.

Kamma and Kal Mc called out his name.

Chijijijijik…….

“…….”

At that moment, black smoke swirled and gathered as if the wind was being sucked in.

Surprisingly, Mikhail’s shield blocked the explosion in an instant.

“……Can I let go now?”

“Ah? Ah……! I, I’m sorry.”

Mikhail, feeling her gaze, blushed and hurriedly released Serika Loren.

She, who was not interested in the fact that he had hugged her, dusted off her clothes and stood up, saying,

“Are you a mage too?”

It was the first question Serika Loren had ever asked him.

Serika Loren’s eyes lit up as she looked at the wind swirling in the windstorm in his hands.

Forgetting that it was wartime, Mikhail was overjoyed.

“Yes!”

“Mages are all trash. And all the guys who started this war are the same.”

“…….”

Mikhail hesitated for a moment at her cold words, but shook his head.

“That’s not true.”

“How do you know?”

“At least my Master is different.”

“You’re good at saying cheesy things. Is your Master a great archmage or something?”

Serika Loren scoffed at Mikhail’s words.

“No. He uses a sword.”

“……Are you kidding me?”

She frowned slightly at his answer.

“I guarantee it. The Master will be at the pinnacle of both sword and magic.”

Mikhail said to her.

“……Huh?”

Serika scoffed as if she was dumbfounded.

“Sword and magic at the same time? Who is that kind of person?”

But even so, her eyes wavered. Ironically, that was what she, who used a spear, was aiming for.

Spear and magic.

Reaching the pinnacle of both.

“Why? Are you curious? You’ll be surprised if you see him in person. He always exceeds expectations.”

“Hmph…….”

Unlike Mikhail, who was full of conviction, Serika still had suspicious eyes.

But at least she seemed interested in Mikhail’s wind-type magic, which was hard to see.

“Mikhail!! Prepare immediately!!”

At that moment,

Kamma and Kal Mc ran to the two of them and shouted.

“What’s going on? It’s a long way from here to Korb. Did Fran start the war?”

“Hah, hah. It’s damn hard! It’s the opposite, Tulli raised an army first. So this place became a battlefield before we reached Korb.”

“Ah…….”

Mikhail nodded as if he understood.

“There’s no time. We’re going to the White Bunker. You guys go back to where the Master is right now.”

“Yes? Now……?”

“Yes. It’s the Master’s order.”

“But how? The Principality is in chaos right now… To cross the sea, we have to go to Korb. How can we get out of the harbor with the Steel Fleet?”

It was then.

Kamma looked at Serika Loren next to Mikhail and said,

“Kal, don’t tell me this kid is the force the Master was talking about?”

Serika frowned at his words.

She was only a teenager, and she looked even more delicate and young because of her smaller stature than her peers.

“Take a good look. The force we brought is a force that will really make your eyes roll.”

Chwaaaaaak……!!!

Kamma pointed proudly behind him.

A ship cutting through the waves, creating white spray under the forest hill, was visible.

It was unbelievable steering skill that even Kal Mc clicked his tongue at, but the speed of the ship surpassed him.

“Hey, we didn’t bring it. The Master sent it for us.”

Kal Mc added.

“Ha……!!”

Mikhail looked at the magic sailboat speeding across the sea in the distance.

He knew who was inside without having to say it.

He said proudly to Serika Loren.

“See? I told you I was right?”

Thump-

It was then.

Serika Loren nervously handed something she was holding in her hand to his chest as if hitting him.

It was a crumpled note.

“This is……?”

“Yes. You’re right. I definitely agree that your Master is a strange guy.”

Mikhail immediately knew that the note was the message from Karil that he had given her when he first came here.

“And that he makes me curious.”

She frowned again as she looked at the contents of the note again.

“Guide me. I have to meet that human.”

* * *

“……Well. That’s what happened.”

Suhan Hazar, who was sitting on the deck of the magic sailboat, said regretfully.

“Good job. You did a really good job. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to get them on the ship in time. I didn’t expect Tulli to hit Fran first…….”

“I dropped Kamma and Kal Mc off at the coast closest to the White Bunker… I’m worried if they got there safely.”

Karil chuckled at Suan Hazar’s words.

“That old man Kamma will be fine. You know how tough that guy is, right?”

“Well…….”

Suan nodded at his words.

“Oh, and this is a message from Kamma to the Master. Um… He said he found the tail he was talking about before and would go to the White Bunker, so please take care of the rest.”

‘Finally, he made contact with Wooden Cloud.’

It was the news he had been waiting for.

It was somewhat expected when he heard that Kamma was heading to the White Bunker.

‘I used Fran Lurein to start a civil war, but it’s not sure if that will affect Wooden Cloud.’

From the beginning, Fran Lurein himself was Wooden Cloud.

Fortunately, he is ambitious.

Through this civil war, Karil was able to confirm that Wooden Cloud was not simply an organization for the Principality.

‘I wonder… how far can I reveal it?’

The reason why Wooden Cloud had to be destroyed was not only because Karil was hindering Karil from taking control of the continent, but also because it created fanatics in the Holy War that would take place later.

Fighting monsters was already a difficult situation, so waging war between humans was the worst option.

‘I can trust Kamma with that.’

Karil was sure that he would be interested in this kind of underground work.

Moreover, it was happening in the Principality that he wanted to go to so much.

“No, but please wait a little bit. How can you attack the City of Specters without me?”

Suan had done a great job that no one else could do, but as an individual, he couldn’t help but feel regretful.

Because he couldn’t be with Karil this time either.

“But thanks to you, I was able to bring those two here. That’s more difficult for me than attacking the City of Specters. Because I can’t do it.”

Karil glanced at Mikhail and Serika Loren.

He waved his hand lightly as he saw her staring at him as if watching him.

“…….”

Serika snorted and turned her head, but Karil was happy with their reunion, which she didn’t know about.

Miliana and Serika Loren.

They didn’t know, but two of the Ten of the Holy Order, who were former colleagues, were on the same boat as him.

Looking at her expression, it was clear that she had read the note he had sent.

‘You must be dying of curiosity. But wait a little bit. I’ll make you work hard in return.’

Karil thought with a strange smile.

“Good job.”

Then he lightly tapped Suan on the shoulder.

It may sound like an empty compliment, but he was sincerely impressed that Suan had brought the magic sailboat on time.

No,

It was faster than he expected.

He had crossed the strait, gone to the Principality, and sailed to the end of the south.

Without his steering skills, it would have been impossible with the magic sailboat’s abilities alone.

“Well… I was able to find it easily thanks to the smoke rising from the barrier. On the one hand, I thought, ‘Ah, it’s over.’ How can you leave me out again…? Isn’t that too much?”

“This.”

Karil chuckled at Suan’s words and handed him something.

“I got it from the Elves’ report. It’s a race that mainly uses bows, so there’s nothing I can give you. But it’ll be better than what you’re using now.”

He said calmly with an indifferent expression.

“It’s an apology for attacking with just us without you, as you said. Please accept it and understand.”

“Huh? Master… No, what is this…….”

Suan Hazar was touched and accepted the gauntlet Karil gave him. Then, when he took off his old gauntlet, there was an old bandage wrapped around it.

“Wow…….”

Aidan exclaimed as he saw it.

Even though he was a martial artist whose body was a weapon, Suan was definitely more different from others in terms of the equipment he had been using.

Even the Free Army used weapons mixed with Azure [a magical metal], but he only had an old gauntlet.

[It’s getting better… Isn’t that too much? Even if you combine all the weapons in the report, can you compare it to that? Is it okay if I don’t explain it properly?]

Karil chuckled at Lamine’s words.

‘There’s no need to explain it. It’s just that the right owner has appeared for a great weapon. Suan will know it on his own.’

It was Kalduan’s Knuckle, named after the legendary divine beast, the Azure Turtle, and containing the energy of the earth.

“I’ve been worried because I didn’t take care of your gauntlet properly after I broke it before. It’s a good thing.”

At those words, Suan recalled the time when he had a final battle with him in the arena.

It had already been several years ago.

But even now, that day was still vivid in his mind. In particular, he could never forget Karil’s majesty, who had shattered the Dwarf-made gauntlet.

Woo Woong…….

As he tightened the straps of the gauntlet, the jade-colored jewel embedded in the back of his hand lit up and disappeared. Then, the size decreased as if the gauntlet was adjusted to Suan’s fist.

“A guy who didn’t do anything got the most valuable treasure from the City of Specters.”

Gordon Fabian clicked his tongue.

He said it didn’t matter, but he couldn’t help but be greedy for the Blader’s Five Great Weapons.

Kkwak-

Suan clenched and unfolded his fist and looked at it as if it was amazing.

Then he said to Karil with a happy face.

“Thank you, Master.”

Karil nodded and looked ahead.

“Suan, did you hear any news from the Empire on the way here?”

“The Empire? Well… I didn’t hear anything because I only stopped by the White Bunker and crossed the sea…”

He thought for a moment and said as if he had remembered something.

“Ah! Come to think of it, when I went to Korb, there was a news article in the guild that the Third Prince’s health was not good… It’s not yet known to the outside world, and it seems to be spreading only in the Imperial capital.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It’s reported by our Labat Guild, so it must be true.”

The sunset began to set over the deck.

“Hmm…….”

He left the end of the continent, the City of Specters, behind and said in a low voice.

Now, everything he had to do in the south was over.

But there were still so many things he had to do.

To the Eastern Country near here?

Or to the place where her spiritism that Quonita mentioned was hidden?

Or he could go to the Immortal Society’s Grand Library to find out about necromancy and Kaie Esir’s colleagues.

If not…….

To Nar Di Maug’s lair, the center of all suspicions?

There were many options.

But Karil had decided on his next destination in his heart at Suan’s words.

“Aidan, I think we’ll have to postpone the Eastern Country until next time.”

“Yes?”

“I wanted to stop by there as close as possible and solve your problem.”

Aidan was surprised at Karil’s words.

He remembered asking how long it would take to get to the Eastern Country when he caught the Bone Dragon.

‘Was that because of me?’

But Aidan shook his head.

‘Hey… No matter how great the Master is, there’s no way he knows about Super Roar Art.’

He chuckled, thinking he was thinking too much.

“We’re going to the Empire.”

Turning his head away from him, Karil said in a low voice.

“Yes?”

Suan doubted his ears.

“I’ll be an uninvited guest, but I have to attend the funeral. At least I have a responsibility to do so.”

Only Gordon Fabian, who knew what Karil’s words meant, smiled bitterly.

“Funeral? Did someone die?”

At Suan’s question, Karil looked at the setting sun with a calm voice.

“Soon.”