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Chapter 204 : Chapter 204
Chapter 204. Weapon Master
“Is this really all we have to do?”
“I told you so! Hurry up!”
Ron, who had cut down his enemies and entered the castle, threatened the mages of Remshait and made them stand on the castle wall.
The mages, glancing around, raised their staffs towards the battlefield where Evan and Robern were clashing in the distance.
“Alright, we go on the signal.”
Commander Luise shouted loudly.
“Deploy!”
At her gesture, the mages activated their spells without a single error.
Above Evan’s head, a giant magic circle appeared, filling the sky, and once it was complete, numerous weapons poured down from the sky like a torrential rain.
“Really… is this enough?”
“He said it was.”
“Alright, we’re going to deal with the imperial bastards now. …And you help too!”
“I was about to. It was my share from the beginning.”
Looking at the weapons sticking into the ground around Evan, Ron recalled what he had said.
—Make them use a magic that summons all the weapons of the world around me. If you do that, I will surely defeat him.
***
In the past, the Empire that ruled half the continent had two stars.
Sword Saint Robern, and Weapon Master Mikhail Reverk.
Robern was an invincible and undefeated knight.
He was the undisputed pinnacle of the sword who had conquered the continent with a single blade.
Before him, any enemy would eventually submit or die.
And there was Mikhail, who was always overshadowed by Robern and never saw the light,
but who fought for the Empire from beneath the surface.
He did not have the same elegance or fame as Robern, but all who faced him considered him the greatest adversary of their lives, one they never wanted to meet again.
—Kakakakang!
And now, the two stars that had protected the Empire finally stood at opposite ends, aiming their sword tips at each other.
—Kakakakakang!!!
The battlefield where the two men clashed.
At this moment, both the allied forces and the imperial army laid down the weapons in their hands and only watched their fight.
There was no need to ask Ron to prevent the imperial army from interfering in the first place.
Even Ron himself lowered his spear and stared blankly at their battle.
“…”
“…”
The same question lingered in everyone’s hearts.
‘Will we ever see a fight of that level again before the world ends.’
Robern had already far surpassed the level that a human could reach.
His sword was as graceful as flowing water, and at times it raged like a wave that would swallow everything.
It was a level of swordsmanship that was utterly unpredictable.
Evan, who was facing him, was different.
He picked up the weapons sticking around him at random and swung them as they were.
A series of rough yet intense blows like lightning.
In this way, the two men continued their attacks to kill each other, each in their own way.
‘I have never fought you head-on. That’s why I couldn’t respond to your irregularities. That was clearly my misjudgment. …But isn’t it the same for you?’
Even Evan, who was called a Weapon Master, had never used more than three types of weapons in a single battle.
The most common weapons on the battlefield were swords and spears, so he rarely had the opportunity to use unusual weapons, and unlike Robern, the Empire had never provided him with ample support.
In short, he had never once been able to fully display his abilities.
But now was different.
Numerous weapons summoned by the mages of Remshait were scattered within his reach.
‘It doesn’t matter if these weapons are ordinary. What’s important is the variety. In front of Robern’s sword, any weapon made by a master craftsman will break anyway.’
In fact, every time he exchanged a blow with Robern, the weapon shattered into pieces.
But Evan smiled.
Because there was an endless supply of weapons to use again around him.
Harashin, who was watching their fight, rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
Robern’s noble swordsmanship was a matter of course, but what surprised him most was Evan’s weapon technique.
‘How can he handle so many different weapons, and so freely at that? That’s a chakram, which has already disappeared from our kingdom!’
From the disc-shaped chakram, a traditional weapon of the Solaid Kingdom, to the chain sickle used by assassins, and even a gauntlet with a hook, there was no weapon that was unfamiliar to Evan’s hands.
He was not simply swinging or throwing them.
He understood the principles of the weapons and handled them skillfully, like an expert who had practiced for many years.
He threw the chakram with the power of his wrist to increase its rotational force, and he wrapped the chain sickle around Robern’s ankle as if to catch it.
And with the hook of the gauntlet, he swung as if to dig into Robern’s abdomen and tear out his intestines.
‘But that guy is also amazing against Evan. To block all those attacks with a single sword.’
Robern, as if reading the flow of the world, deflected and parried all those weapons every time he swung his sword.
But Evan’s assault was just beginning.
He gripped a giant greatsword with both hands and brought it down as if to split the earth.
Robern stepped aside by half a step and pushed the blade of the greatsword with the hilt of his sword to dodge the attack.
—Kung!
Evan, not giving him a moment’s rest, threw a double-bladed axe.
The rotating axe blades cut through the wind and flew, but the tip of Robern’s sword moved like a flash of lightning, deflecting the blades and sending them upwards.
What followed was a flail.
The steel sphere rushed forward, tearing through the air, and flew towards Robern’s torso with the force to shatter even a stone wall upon impact.
However, Robern laid his sword flat to disperse the impact.
—Teong!
With a roar, he slid backward but did not lose his balance.
In the meantime, Evan had already thrown a dagger.
A lightning-like trajectory flew towards Robern’s joints and vitals.
—Kakakang!
Robern rotated his sword and deflected the daggers.
In that instant, Evan’s hands were already grabbing a long lance and pulling it.
‘Try to take this too.’
The massive lance shot out like lightning.
Robern did not retreat and held his sword like a spear and thrust it forward.
A powerful force broke the tip of the lance in succession, and the tip of the sword rushed towards Evan’s body.
—Jjeojeok!
The moment the lance shattered and Robern approached.
“Got you.”
Evan threw away the broken lance and immediately swung his fist.
His hard fist struck Robern squarely in the face.
—Peok!
Hair flew and blood splattered.
A blow that would have knocked out an ordinary person.
But Robern only staggered half a step.
He instead used that rebound to swing his sword horizontally.
—Chwaak!
Evan’s armor cracked, and this time a red line spread vertically.
“Ugh!”
A situation where they had exchanged blows.
It was Evan who retreated, bleeding.
Although he had shaken Robern with his fist, in the end, it was Evan who had suffered the deeper wound.
‘That damn persistent bastard… He manages to shove his sword in until the very end.’
Evan did not know.
That a person named Robern could be such a fierce competitor.
Even if his soul was gone and only a shell remained, that shell still held such tenacity.
But he could not retreat.
If he lost here, everything he had built up so far would crumble in an instant.
“Now my body is warmed up. I’ll increase the speed.”
“…”
Evan gripped a different weapon in each hand and infused them with Qi.
He took a deep breath, held it, and threw his body into the battlefield.
Robern also glanced at his sword once, and casually rushed to meet his charge.
—Kakang!
When a weapon shattered, Evan would switch to another without delay.
And even at that moment, the two did not retreat a single step.
They exchanged blows, risking their lives at a distance where their breaths mingled.
“Waha! They’re a bunch of madmen.”
Even Ron, who was second to none when it came to being a man, could not help but exclaim in admiration.
—Kwazik! Teong!
The forest of weapons that had stood densely was now becoming sparse.
Evan did not care that his palms were torn and bleeding.
He quickly grabbed another weapon and pressed Robern again.
This fight was by no means easy for Robern either.
It was the first time he had faced so many different weapons in such a short time.
He, who had always maintained his own pace, was accumulating minor wounds and gradually losing the initiative in the face of Evan’s life-risking blows that did not look back.
The problem was…
“Hey! Mages! Use that magic now! The weapons are running out!”
As Ron shouted, the countless weapons that had poured down were shattered by Robern’s sword and now only a visible amount remained.
Even that was being shattered in real-time as Ron was speaking.
“Impossible.”
A shadow fell over Luise’s face.
“That magic from before consumed an enormous amount of mana. The scale was one thing, but just coordinating it so they didn't get entangled was a miracle in itself.”
“So this is the end?”
“Yes. It’s impossible to reproduce that magic now.”
“Damn it! I guess I’ll have to throw my spear!”
The moment Ron was about to throw his trident, the Chief of Staff of the Manoa Kingdom approached from behind.
“I don’t know if this will be helpful… but if you’re going to throw something, please use this sword as well.”
What he offered was his own sword.
It had no fancy decorations, but it was by no means an ordinary weapon.
If one knew, it was one of the few masterpiece swords on the continent.
“This sword is one of the few masterpiece swords in the kingdom, no, on the continent. But since I am a chief of staff, I have rarely had the opportunity to use it on the battlefield.”
“It’s so precious, won’t you regret it?”
At Ron’s heavy question, the Chief of Staff nodded with an unwavering expression.
“If it saves the kingdom, I will give not only this sword but also my life!”
“You’re a man!”
Ron took the sword and threw it with all his might along with his own trident.
‘Take this, Evan! This is our strength.’
The spear and sword cut through the wind and stuck into the ground beside Evan and Robern.
Unfortunately, the shaft of the trident was cut by Robern’s blow, but the Chief of Staff’s masterpiece sword was stopped by Evan before Robern could break it.
“Damn it…!”
Ron wanted to run over and help himself, but Evan had promised that he would definitely finish it alone.
He could not break a promise between men.
“You better not die…”
Meanwhile, Harashin, who had been watching the fight continuously, could only stomp his feet and watch the situation unfold.
The fight between the two was so tense that if he interfered rashly, he could put Evan in danger.
That was why he could only grit his teeth and watch.
In the midst of this, he saw it.
He saw Evan pick up the last remaining weapon, a sword.
‘A sword? You know you can't win with a sword, don’t you?’
To compete with a sword in front of the Sword Saint was tantamount to suicide.
Hadn’t he been soundly defeated when he faced him with a sword just a moment ago?
‘But…’
There was a strange conviction in Evan’s eyes.
Like someone who had finally found an exit on a foggy road, his eyes held an unwavering belief.
‘He might actually win.’
This was not a rational judgment but a purely personal conviction.
But if Harashin had to bet all his wealth and his life, he would have chosen Evan without hesitation.
That was how much power there was in Evan’s eyes, to make the viewer believe.