The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 201

Rael’s flash contained magic.

The final form of the Thousand Slaughter Sword, the Sword of 逆天 (Yeokcheon) [Reversing the Heavens].

That sword contained the path Rael had walked until now.

The Thousand Slaughter Sword Lord’s unique, sophisticated nuance stood out, but it wasn’t a very complex concept.

It was simply about imbuing the sword with Rael’s sincerity.

Swish-

Rael looked at the prison where the Ghoul King was sealed.

The walls were covered with numerous prayers and dozens of subjugation chains.

And even the prison that confined the Ghoul King.

All of this was an element that formed the sealing formation.

Rael had to cut this down.

The Ghoul King’s sealing formation confined the power of the Ghoul King’s existence.

It wasn’t hard to guess why it was made that way.

If the Order and the Empire had the power to seal the Ghoul King more securely, they would have.

Like Lucifer, who was sealed in the Order.

Lucifer, sealed as if time had stopped, could not have will or move.

But the Ghoul King was different.

She had her own will.

‘The Ghoul King was too strong for humans to handle.’

It was different from Lucifer, who had her magic taken away by Rael and was driven to the brink of death by the Holy Knights and Sword Masters.

Humans had no way to weaken the Ghoul King, who was created from the collection of human malice.

Their divine power was far from enough to purify the Ghoul King, and they were not strong enough to fight the Ghoul King.

Therefore, only the Ghoul King’s magic was sealed.

The sealing formation that maintained this prison contained the Ghoul King’s true power: magic.

The moment this seal was broken, magic would flow into the Ghoul King, and her power would explode.

“Well, I don’t intend to let it explode.”

Rael slowly drew his sword.

The Ghoul King, a being born from the human malice gathered in the Order’s sanctuary.

She probably wasn’t a scourge that would destroy the continent from the beginning.

Only now could I understand.

The Ghoul King’s power was an incomprehensible and irresistible fear.

But in the end, it bloomed from people. This was also no different from divine power.

“…”

Rael slowly infused divine power into the flash.

The divine power that rode along the path engraved on the flash’s blade created a pure white light.

It didn’t stop there.

Thousand Slaughter Sword Fifth Form, Reversing the Heavens.

A new sword aura bloomed from Rael’s sword.

Reversing the Heavens, a sword that concentrated all the enlightenment of the Thousand Slaughter Sword, was not a swordsmanship like Ascending to Heaven or Answering to Heaven.

It was like a domain.

Just like the domain that was invisible until you became a Sword Master, the Sword of Reversing the Heavens was also invisible until you reached a certain level.

Now that he could handle divine power and realized his path, Rael saw a new realm.

“…”

Rael looked down at the Ghoul King in the prison.

Red hair and eyes that sparkled like flames.

An appearance like a cute girl and horns sprouting from her head.

Black clothes covering her whole body and an ominous aura emanating from that small body.

She didn’t look ordinary, but she wasn’t the worst scourge either.

“Rael… please. Stop.”

“Be quiet.”

The Ghoul King felt uneasy.

She knew what the human in front of her was trying to do.

She would surely die.

The human she liked would die.

“Haa, shit.”

Rael spat out a curse and bit her lip.

I once heard that cursing when stressed can relieve stress.

‘It’s not wrong.’

I want to quit right now, but cursing makes me feel a little better.

Whoosh-

Soon after, a violent wave of magic swept through Rael’s body.

Divine power and magic mixed together, and a powerful force that Rael could hardly control was imbued in the sword.

‘To handle this power.’

I had to draw out all the power contained in my body.

Thump. Thump.

My heart is pounding.

Rael faced the Ghoul King’s seal.

From now on, even if I take just one more step, it will be irreversible.

The magic of the worst scourge that had been sealed for a long time would burst out.

Rael alone was the first to face the storm of magic.

“Stop it. Rael. It’s dangerous!”

It wasn’t just to save the Ghoul King.

I didn’t want to lose all the relationships and precious people he had built up.

That was the path Rael was walking.

Kwaaaang-!

Rael swung the flash towards the prison without hesitation.

“Stop it. Rael…!”

Crack-

Rael did not answer the Ghoul King’s words.

Instead, she looked at the restraints intricately intertwined around her body.

The chains that had been stopped for a long time trembled with great force.

The thickest of the subjugation chains, which could hold any monster, was cut off in an instant.

The subjugation chain based on divine power could not withstand Rael’s divine power.

Chwaarrreuk-!

A sharp metallic sound rang out.

The chains, which could not withstand the force and trembled, began to break in succession.

Wooddeuk- Wooddeuk-

At the same time.

The great power that had been sleeping in the Ghoul King and the sealing formation began to stir.

Paaaaang-!

The magic and ghost energy created by the collection of human malice, which had never been opened until now.

The magic that could swallow the entire continent penetrated the being who broke the seal.

“Keup…!”

Rael unknowingly knelt down on one knee as the waves of magic penetrated her body.

It felt like floundering in the deep sea.

An irresistible wave washed over Rael’s body.

“Rael! Didn’t I tell you it wouldn’t work!”

The Ghoul King was startled and stood up when she saw the magic penetrating Rael.

The chains that had been wrapped around her broke powerlessly and fell to the floor.

The Ghoul King’s magic was a power that even the Ghoul King herself could not withstand properly.

That’s why it goes berserk when the seal is broken.

Humans can never withstand that power.

She would surely lose her reason and become a monster.

“…Shut up, woof.”

However, Rael frowned and slowly raised her body.

“Rael? How is your consciousness still intact…?”

Even after accepting the Ghoul King’s magic, her consciousness remained.

This is absolutely impossible for a human.

“Idiot, from the beginning… there’s no way I’d accept all this ignorant power.”

Rael used the flash as a cane to fully raise her body.

Clearly, the Ghoul King’s power was magic so thick that even she, who was hardly affected by magic, could hardly withstand it.

It was still hard to even stand up.

The only reason Rael could endure it was because she used 회천 (Hoecheon) [Return to Heaven] to send as much magic as possible to the outside.

That would increase the chances of the demons noticing, but Rael didn’t care about the outside.

Rael trusted the people outside.

Lucas, Carlson, Ghent, Reina.

Even the Sword Dragon, the Jeongcheon Alliance Lord, and the Rein Commander, who were executives of the Soma Association.

There were people who would support Rael.

There were people who believed in Rael and were willing to step forward.

As if to live up to that expectation, Rael grabbed her mind in the magic that was suppressing her consciousness.

“Keuheuh, tsk. I shouldn’t be like this after doing some hero work.”

Rael shook her head.

I didn’t want to become a hero with a noble mission on my back.

This kind of thing doesn’t suit me.

I kill those who touch my family and destroy what blocks my path.

That’s all.

That was Rael’s way of living in this fucked up world.

So this time too, it’s the same.

I just need to destroy what I don’t like and get up again.

“회천 (Hoecheon) [Return to Heaven].”

Hoecheon, who received divine power, grabbed the surrounding magic.

Rael absorbed as much magic as possible and accumulated magic in her body.

“No way….”

The Ghoul King’s eyes widened as if she couldn’t believe it.

Even if she passed the magic to the outside, most of the magic had to pass through Rael.

The amount that humans can withstand has long been exceeded.

Even Rael, a human who is strong against magic, shouldn’t be able to withstand it.

It had to be.

So what is happening in front of the Ghoul King’s eyes now?

“It’s not over yet. To finish it perfectly, I have to erase all this magic.”

Rael stared at the mass of magic flowing out of the broken sealing formation.

The magic created from human malice was still pouring out endlessly, as if it wasn’t over yet.

Rael once again held up the flash.

A powerful divine power and magic combined to unfold the true Sword of Reversing the Heavens.

Swish-

A huge force gathered on the flash’s blade.

However, to be precise, this sword was not Reversing the Heavens.

The Thousand Slaughter Sword Lord wanted to overturn the sky through the Thousand Slaughter Sword and Reversing the Heavens.

A sword that reaches even the monsters beyond Alheim. That was the path the Thousand Slaughter Sword Lord had walked.

But this sword follows the path of a swordsman named Rael.

The sword that Rael unfolded had already deviated from the Reversing the Heavens created by the Thousand Slaughter Sword Lord.

“…Still, I’ll treat you like the original author. Teacher.”

Rael smiled and grabbed the handle of the flash tightly.

A sword that belongs to Rael herself, not anyone else.

The sword imbued with Rael’s divine power cut through the waves of magic.

“Thousand Slaughter Divine Sword(天殺神劍) [Heavenly Slaughter Divine Sword].”

Chwaaaak-

The flash’s blade burned pure white as it received divine power.

After that, Rael’s blue magic mixed in and turned into a huge flame.

In front of the flame so strong that it could swallow the entire world, the magic disappeared like a puff of smoke.

“Euh, ah…?”

At that moment.

The Ghoul King felt fear.

It was an instinctive fear.

The fear of the extinction of existence.

Thump. Thump.

The magic that originally belonged to the Ghoul King stimulated the Ghoul King’s survival instincts.

It was a temptation to accept all the surrounding magic in order to survive.

“Don’t worry.”

At that time.

Rael’s voice was heard.

“There are many sweet things outside. I’ll let you eat as much as you want.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. So close your eyes for a moment.”

“…”

Rael’s trivial words were full of trust.

She was born from human malice.

She had never felt trust even once.

But the current Ghoul King could endure it with just those words.

The Ghoul King closed her eyes.

Kwaaaaang-

Soon after, a huge force shook the Special Guard.

*

“Rael, what the hell are you doing…?”

Ghent carried the Saintess on his back and moved quickly.

Rael had told him to bring the Saintess when the Ghoul King’s energy weakened, but what he was seeing now was a huge explosion of magic.

He couldn’t predict what was happening inside.

“Just try to die. Just try!”

Reina also bit her lip and followed behind him.

Her eyes shook anxiously.

“Rael…”

Cecilia also looked at the Special Guard with worried eyes.

The Ghoul King’s prison, which they arrived at in an instant, was not normal even from the outside.

A powerful magic that they had never experienced before was felt inside the prison, and the alloy of eternal ice iron and adamantium that made up the prison was completely broken.

“Reina! Clear the way!”

“Giants should do this kind of thing!”

Reina complained, but immediately used spirit magic.

Whoosh-

The spirits who answered Reina’s call lifted the alloys that blocked the prison.

As soon as the path was cleared, the three quickly went underground and saw a girl collapsed in the middle of the prison and Rael standing in front of her.

“Cecilia-nim! Quickly!”

Rael urgently called Cecilia.

The magic that had been sealed in the Ghoul King for a long time disappeared, and the Ghoul King was unable to maintain her life.

But if there was the Saintess’s purification, she could erase the magic remaining in her body and fill it with divine power.

“…Yes!”

No need for many words.

Cecilia, who approached Rael, closed her eyes and gathered her hands in front of her chest, unfolding her divine power to do what she had to do.

“Saint Law Deployment.”

Magic was full around the Ghoul King, but Cecilia’s prayers still reached Gaia.

The divine power that bloomed from her chest slowly began to cover the Ghoul King and the surroundings.

“May Gaia-nim’s eternal light purify evil into good. May it save the lost soul.”

A phenomenon that should be called a blessing, grace, or miracle unfolded from the Saintess.

When the Saintess, who had the strongest divine power since the founding of the Gaia Order, prayed, light fell into the prison filled with magic.

Cecilia’s divine power began to envelop the Ghoul King.

Streams of light penetrated the Ghoul King’s body.

The divine power collided with the evil dormant inside him and purified it.

“Keueueu, Keaaa….”

The Ghoul King struggled in pain, but Cecilia did not stop the purification.

“In the name of the holy blessing, be reborn in the light.”

Whoosh-

The light emanating from the Ghoul King’s body became more and more intense as Cecilia prayed.

‘It’s warm.’

The Ghoul King felt the pain that had disappeared somewhere.

And, after a long time, she accepted a familiar energy.

It was a longing power that I had felt somewhere in my memory.

The Ghoul King Yacha was a monster created from human malice, but her soul was pure.

She worried about Rael’s life until the end, and suppressed her magic as much as possible so that the humans who came to monitor her would not go crazy.

Whoosh-

Light emanated from the Ghoul King’s chest.

The hopes of the children who once wanted to become priests, buried deep in human malice, gathered under the Saintess’s protection.

Soon, a warm warmth penetrated the Ghoul King’s arms.

Bright light enveloped the surroundings.