Chapter 137 – ‘Sword Saint’ Level 2

“There is nothing to try to reveal my identity.”

I smiled at Hyunsoo Kang.

“I know who you are, Kang Hyun-soo. You belong to the ‘dead tiger’. I’m not spying here. And today, I was aiming for Kim Eana to satisfy your pervert libido. No?”
“You…”

An earthquake occurred in Kang Hyeon-soo’s pupils.
He would have had to see through it to some extent to pretend he wasn’t, but he couldn’t even do that.
I was through all of him.

“Whoa…”

He let out a soft breath.

“There is no way.”
“It is as you say. There is no way.”
“Follow me.”

He turned around
He didn’t have to ask where he was going.

Yesterday, under the supervision of Kim Gil-sung, I had a sparring match with him for the position of ‘Korea’s best lumber’, but this time it was not a joke.
This fight will only end when either he or I die.

Hyeonsu Kang took me to his car not far from him.

“Get on.”

Without hesitation, I climbed into the passenger seat.
He sat in the driver’s seat and said as if he was dumbfounded.

“You don’t even ask where you’re going. Do you have no concept of fear at all?”
“Abandoned dungeon. No?”
“Haa… Are you from there too?”

The ‘people there’ he refers to is probably an underground guild hunter.
I neither affirmed nor denied.
First of all, I am not affiliated with an underground guild.
However, he was close to Park Eun-ha and Park Jung-gyun.
I had a bad impression of underground guilds before, but not anymore.
In my experience, the concept of which is more evil, the underground guild or the sunny guild, has already weakened.

‘Abandoned dungeons’ collectively referred to dungeons that are now closed, that is, not in use, for various reasons.
Abandoned and barren, it is still there for safety reasons.

Underground guild hunters use this place when they need to resolve a problem between themselves.
Yangji’s guilds also used this from time to time.
Most of the places where the uprising took place were inside the ‘abandoned dungeon’.

Because there is no evidence left here.
Even though it was abandoned, it meant that monsters no longer appeared, but the basic mechanics still worked like normal dungeons.
Once fully purified, it can be plowed up and used as a normal land.
However, it was the position of scholars that the purification process would take hundreds of years.
In other words, an ‘abandoned dungeon’ is just an ‘abandoned dungeon’.
It was no different from a dungeon that had lost its economic role.

However, the hunters used the place for other purposes.
Strictly speaking, ‘abandoned dungeons’ have long since functioned as hunters’ tombs.

Kang Hyeon-soo said nothing more and drove off.
He already knew he couldn’t do anything else.

He has already lost his trust even in the ‘dead tiger’ he belongs to.
For him, the only lifeline was to kill Kim Kil-sung and take the ‘Path of the Sword’, and he would not receive any support from the guild until he achieved it.
In the life I returned to, that plan was successful.
Kang Hyeon-soo inherited the assets that Kim Gil-sung had made and took the position of the second guild leader of ‘The Way of the Sword’.
Guilds that had a reputation came to receive the opposite stigma.
However, by secretly cooperating with the ‘dead tiger’, he was victorious regardless of stigma.

After driving for about 30 minutes, Kang Hyun-soo arrived at the destination.

A hill covered with black gravel.
The infertile dungeon, which once functioned as a dungeon and produced monsters, was widening its black jaws.

Kang Hyeon-soo got out of the car and took the lead without a word.
They didn’t wear each other’s equipment.

That much increased the risk, but it didn’t make sense to save yourself that much while fighting a life-and-death fight in the first place.

‘Abandoned Dungeon’ had a unique shady atmosphere.
It wouldn’t be strange even if monsters still appeared here.

Kang Hyeon-soo stopped walking when he went inside and found a fairly wide vacant lot.
He turned to me and gave me a wicked grin.

“Don’t think it will be the same as yesterday.”

Above his body, mana that was incomparable to yesterday rose up.
It was also connected to the sword he pulled out.

I knew.
That he has a special ability called ‘sword body unification’.

Although ‘Sword Saint’ and ‘Sword Body Integration’ are different abilities, they activate equally rare and rare effects.
High-ranking hunters who have developed their swordsmanship to the limit must have one of the two, and very rarely have both.

Kang Hyeon-soo did not have a ‘sword character’, but he did have ‘unification of the sword body’.
Its distinctive feature was that it could use its sword like its own limbs.
It is often said that it is possible to unite with the body, but the concept of ‘unification of the sword body’ is completely different.
Literally, he could handle the sword however he wanted.
Another feature allows you to display 100% of the abilities related to the sword you currently have, regardless of your level.

It is understandable that Kang Hyun-soo is so confident.

But there was a fact he didn’t know.
That I am also different from yesterday’s me.

I took the bow out of my inventory.

“Uh?”

Hyunsoo Kang was taken aback.
Of course, you would have thought that I would handle only one ‘sword’.
Stereotypes are so scary.

I aimed an arrow at him and shot him.

‘Fire arrow’

And ‘speaker’

Pop! Pop!

One arrow was fired in succession and hit Kang Hyeon-soo’s forehead and the other into his chest.

“Turn off, shut off…”

Spitting out shabby despair, the wicked man who had plunged Kim Ina and Gil-Sung into the abyss of misfortune in another time and space, and who also aimed for the same thing in this time and space, fell down.

‘The Abandoned Dungeon’.

It was perfect for the tomb of the wicked.

【Quest ‘Prevent Gilsung Kim’s death’ has been completed.]
[You have acquired the special ability ‘Sword Saint’.]
【’Sword Saint’ is an ability you already have, so its level has risen by one level.]
【’Sword Saint’ level has reached 2.]

”Sword Saint’ Level 2…’

It can be like this.

I didn’t expect this.
When he acquired the ability he already had, it seemed that its level was going up.

At the age of 20, a man with a level 2 ‘Sword Saint’.
At least in terms of swordsmanship, I thought that I might be ‘the best swordsman in Korea’ as Kim Gil-sung said.

#

Coming out of the ‘Abandoned Dungeon’, I rode Kang Hyun-soo’s car to a place where I could catch a taxi.
Whoever drove this car in the end will not be connected to Kang Hyeon-soo’s disappearance.

In the first place, he was a hunter of an underground guild, and the state agencies did not want to get involved in what happened around the ‘abandoned dungeon’.

Before hailing a taxi, I called Han Yeon-joo.

– Oh, honey! I was still thinking of myself. But what are you wearing now?
“Don’t try to hook up with phone sex all of a sudden. I called because I have a question for you.”
– Chit, what is it?
“Can you heal the disease? Like a sickness It can’t be fixed in the hospital.”
– Depends on what it is. If it is a disease that has deepened due to mana or a specific ability, it can be cured to a certain extent. Dokdo is the same. But do poison and handle it better. You know that, so it’s not poison.
“Yes, it is heart disease. It’s a case where the disease deepened because I practiced too much with a body with a chronic illness.”
– Well, that wouldn’t be difficult. Who is this? Sick person?
“My name is Kim Gil-seong, and I am the leader of the ‘Path of the Sword’ guild.”
– I don’t know who.

Certainly, at this point, it seemed that the ‘Road of the Sword’ was not a famous guild that everyone knew.
Han Yeon-joo himself is also the type to not pay attention to things that are not of his interest.

“Are you going to be home today?”
– I thought so, but if he calls, I’ll go out. Why? To treat today? Is it urgent?
“I won’t do it tomorrow, but the sooner you fix it, the better.”
– Okay, if I help you instead, you should do me a favor too. Understand?

I could easily guess what her favor she was trying to do might be.
He replied that he would understand because he wanted to cure Kim Kil-sung’s illness.

Next, I called Eana Kim.
When I suddenly called, who had said she would not drink coffee with her, she gladly answered.

It wasn’t about going on a date with her.
I asked if Gilsung Kim was home, and after confirming that fact, she said he would stop by her house.

I wondered if I was going to her house too often, but each had a different purpose.
Besides, everyone in Eana Kim’s family likes me, so I didn’t have to worry too much about it.

I set her destination to Eana Kim’s house and called a taxi.

#

Kim Gil-sung’s house and his training room.

“How did you know that?”

A musician was sitting next to me, and Kim Gil-seong was surprised when I said that he had come to cure his illness.