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

9. The Attribute of Magic

It didn’t mean he had no attribute. Quite the opposite.

Transcending the five major attributes of magic established by humans.

[Because the Dragon Heart contains all attributes.]

‘Found it.’

Squeeze-!!

At that moment, Caryl grabbed the box inside the stone wall.

* * *

Kaye Essir.

He was the first and most powerful wizard in human history.

[But he was too eccentric to simply label him as such. If it weren’t for a covenant with the current royal family, his actions might have led to the Empire’s downfall.]

-No way. I know he’s a founding contributor, but can one human being determine the existence of an empire?

[It is possible.]

-…….

Caryl closed his mouth at Nar Di Maugh’s firm words.

-Why? Because he’s so capable?

[Well, half right and half wrong.]

-What do you mean?

[He hated Imperials. No, should I say he hated humans? To be honest, he was a man whose thoughts were often inscrutable. If he had followed his inclinations, he might have opposed the Empire.]

-Why?

[To borrow his words, it would be ‘fun.’ We dragons often find humans perplexing.]

Kugugugu…….

The moment he turned the lever on the stone wall, a small gap appeared.

Caryl reached into it.

Something caught on the tip of his finger.

Click-

A small box came out of his hand with a light friction sound.

It didn’t seem like much, but Caryl’s face was full of tension.

The truth of Einherjar.

The great wizard Kaye Essir completed this place and cast a spell. And it remained a secret that no one could solve.

‘Of course.’

The magic that Kaye Essir cast while creating this place.

‘Under conditions that can never be solved.’

Caryl smiled bitterly.

“Nar Di Maugh may be right.”

The report he hid can only be found by those without magical power.

Even if they knew the secret, only ordinary stone walls would be visible to the eyes of the magical Imperials instead of the hidden lever.

‘In other words, only non-humans can find this.’

But how likely is it that a non-human will visit his library?

‘It may be true that he hates humans. No matter how I think about it, he has no intention of letting the Imperials or the non-humans know.’

He couldn’t help but be a very strange person.

Why.

Why did he hide his report so that no one could find it?

I was just curious about Kaye Essir’s story that Nar Di Maugh told me.

“…….”

At that moment, Caryl paused.

But didn’t he finally discover this box that he had made sure no one could ever find?

‘Could it be…….’

Suddenly, he remembered the books written by Kaye Essir that he had seen a little while ago.

They were all titles as if predicting the oracle [prophecies].

‘Besides, those books really helped the war that mankind would fight a few years later.’

Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine.

“…….”

But soon he shook his head.

‘No way.’

It wasn’t just to dismiss it as a light thought.

To put it bluntly, there was no answer even if he worried about it now.

Even if he was a person who could predict the future, he was an extinct figure from the past anyway.

‘But I’ll make good use of what you left behind.’

Click-

Caryl turned the lock on the box.

With a light sound, when he opened the lid, there was a small note inside.

[Those who covet, give up if you are afraid of death.]

It was quite a threatening statement.

But it wasn’t wrong.

Because it was really something you had to do at the risk of your life.

Whoosh……!!

The moment he took out the note, it burned with a flash of flames.

‘……He’s really eccentric.’

With a surprised face, Caryl let out a soft sigh and shook off the ashes on his hands.

The red pill that appears after the note in the box disappears.

The radiant light momentarily filled the dark library and then disappeared.

‘This is it.’

Caryl carefully took it out.

Dragon Heart.

Kugugugu-

When he took out the small pill, the gap in the library that had been opened a little while ago miraculously disappeared.

‘It’s my first time seeing it in person.’

In fact, it was his first time coming to complete Einherjar.

When he, who had been in the Imperial Palace due to the oracle, returned, only ruins remained of the mansion.

‘I’m glad it’s not really a heart.’

If it were, it would have been unpleasant to look at, but considering the size of the dragon, he would have had to eat something bigger than his height.

Caryl put the round pill in his mouth.

From now on, even he didn’t know what would happen.

Doo-geun…… Doo-geun…… Doo-geun…….

His heart was beating fast.

As if determined.

Caryl took a deep breath and bit the Dragon Heart with all his might.

Crunch-!!!

In an instant, the red pill shattered and fragments burst into his mouth.

“……$#&)*%($!!!!!”

At that moment, his vision turned black with a dizzying pain.

A sound coming from somewhere.

But he couldn’t tell what it was.

With his body collapsing, Caryl’s consciousness fell into a bottomless cliff.

* * *

Kiiiiing-!!

A sharp ringing in the ears.

Caryl opened his eyes in surprise at the sharp sound that seemed to tear his ears apart.

“…….”

He turned his head.

When he moved his body, he felt an unknown sense of incongruity, as if he was floating deep in the sea.

Abyss.

It was an unprecedented world that he had never felt even when going back in time.

“Where is this…….”

He crossed the darkness as if swimming.

At that moment, a refreshing scent of grass was felt from somewhere.

But soon the moist and refreshing air was covered with the smell of burning flames.

Before he knew it, the darkness that had been black disappeared and the sky turned red.

As if resembling hell, when Caryl raised his head, huge meteorites were falling from the sky, piercing through the dark clouds.

A man slowly walking in the explosion.

The red robe fluttered.

Caryl saw his face for the first time, but it felt like he knew who he was from the beginning.

250 years ago, it was Kaye Essir.

The man slightly lifted the robe that covered his face with the end of his staff.

Then he slowly raised the corners of his mouth and said.

“Finally met, Liselia.”

It was a heavy voice.

Caryl was startled by the voice, which was irrelevant to his will, and shouted. But the words only echoed in his head and could not be heard.

[Eventually, you came.]

‘This voice is……. Does that mean it’s not my body now?’

Without explanation, Caryl instinctively realized what the situation was.

‘Red Dragon, Liselia.’

At that moment, Caryl repeated the name Kaye Essir had said to him while looking at him.

‘Memories left in the heart.’

This is.

The last memory of the Flame Dragon.