Chapter 234 – Extraordinary

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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Ghost Iron’s name that changed from a question mark.

[Sword that Cuts Through Illusions : Illusion Breaker (Illusion Breaker)]

[Grade: Legendary]

Let’s assume that a legendary-grade item has a byname.

But, Illusion Breaker.

Where did you learn such naming sense.

“That too is a not bad resounding.”

…Like parent, like child.

Who else would it be.

He probably learned it from watching me, Granfel.

The only fortunate thing is that I didn’t give him the name, so I feel less shame. Well, if you hear it without knowing the whole story, it almost sounds like a plausible name.

So the reason I was astonished lies elsewhere.

[Restriction: Unknown]

[Effect: When in combat with ‘Prototype’, destructive power significantly increases.]

[Description: An ego sword with a noble ego.]

Only the effect changed.

But that effect was unusual.

In Arcana, effects valid only for a specific target were not rare.

Why, closer to home, the Demon Hunter’s unique skill [Natural Enemy Relationship] is also like that.

The problem is…

‘When in combat with a prototype.’

That exact part.

An appearance so heterogenous that it’s hard to believe they exist on the Arcana Continent.

Monsters in the form of prototypes were not common.

Not just uncommon, this is my first time seeing one here.

-For this moment alone, I shall be reborn as ‘The Sword that Cuts Through Illusions’.

Nevertheless, Ghost Iron transformed to fit the situation just as he promised.

And it wasn’t just a normal transformation either.

Because it carried the tremendous effect of a significant increase in destructive power.

I look at Ghost Iron.

At this point, I’m slowly getting scared.

‘…This is a legendary-grade item.’

The moment I obtained Ghost Iron.

It would have updated the achievements for the players as well.

At first, I just took it lightly thinking he was an attention seeker like his master…

‘It seems a legend really isn’t a legend for nothing.’

In that sense, let’s be thankful.

-I can finally feel it, Master.

Such an amazing ego sword.

Even just the fact that he consistently calls me Master.

A sigh of relief comes out naturally.

What if our intimacy was lacking.

‘I wouldn’t have even been able to confirm this kind of effect.’

So for this moment at least.

Ghost Iron.

I will generously accept your slip of the tongue.

-This is exactly the form to cut through illusions.

Slash-

There was no change in my swordsmanship.

What changed was not my physical body but Ghost Iron’s effect. The strength of the arm I swing, as well as the movements, were at the same speed as before. Of course, Granfel’s characteristic elegant motions cannot be left out either.

However.

Flutter.

The moment my jacket flowed half a beat late.

Clang!

The shoulder joint of the prototype was sliced off exactly as it is.

Is this real.

Cutting off such a thick solid chunk of scrap metal. There was no sensation felt at my fingertips. If I had to compare, it merely felt like cutting tofu with a sharp kitchen knife…!

To the point that.

“!”

Even Shegwen looked at me startled.

…Please don’t look at me with such eyes.

I’m just not showing it, but I was quite surprised too.

-Perfectly severed. Illusion.

…Everything is good, but aren’t you rolling your tongue too much with the pronunciation?

After being surprised again by Ghost Iron’s pronunciation briefly.

I had a question.

You’ve been saying illusion this, illusion that since earlier…

‘Does that mean the prototype is an illusion?’

Prototype and illusion.

There seems to be a story tangled with it.

But that’s not what’s important right now.

A situation where a part of its body was severed.

The Giant Prototype wouldn’t just take it lying down.

As expected.

Whirrrr-

Its pattern changed.

Just the fact that a pattern exists means it’s at least a named mob.

Indeed, the intensity of light gathering near its head was extraordinary.

A rough estimate drawn up in my head.

‘It’s impossible to block it with a magic power shield.’

Pure magic, Magic Shield.

It is literally a magic that manifests a shield with magic power.

Because no special trouble is needed in the interference process.

It is a defensive magic that most mages pull out in urgent situations.

However, leaving its effect aside.

‘The problem is that the magic power consumption is extreme.’

Of course, there’s no reason to struggle with magic power consumption.

However, I shouldn’t think of freeloading off the [Blessing of the First World Tree] effect forever. Above all, our proud Granfel didn’t seem too fond of the blessing’s effect.

So I chanted.

“Are you prepared.”

Ghost Iron’s new name.

“Illusion Breaker.”

It’ll truly be a spectacle if someone finds out later.

Granfel Claudi Arpheus Romeo’s beloved sword.

Illusion Breaker, really.

‘…The nuance is too different from Shegwen’s Atlas.’

Let’s be thankful that Shegwen is the only one watching this.

I raised Ghost Iron.

No, the Illusion Breaker straight up.

[Effect: When in combat with ‘Prototype’, destructive power significantly increases.]

I am very well aware of the effect of significantly increases. I intuitively and mentally experienced what repercussions the significantly increased luck brought from the Siren’s Blessing.

So I looked straight ahead.

The Giant Prototype.

At the beam it was pouring out.

“!”

A frontal breakthrough.

It was a coping method that could be said to be the total opposite of Shegwen, who noticed the signs and neutralized the prototype starting from its head.

However, I had conviction.

-Of course, Master.

The Illusion Breaker did too.

Slash-

So I swung the sword towards the pouring light beam.

I drew a horizontal line with the trajectory of the sword.

Then the light beam split in half along the line.

Shalalala-

It scattered and disappeared.

Truly.

Like a momentary illusion.

Leaving only a flashing message before my eyes.

[Transcendent: Your transcendent realm is sufficient to be called a Transcendent. – Currently attained accomplishments: Circle (All magic manifestation power increased by 1,000%) / Incomplete Swift Swordsmanship / None / None…]

“The path I have walked, I will not turn a blind eye to any of it.”

As if responding, the [Incomplete Swift Swordsmanship] sparkled.

Soon, the letters twisted and changed newly.

I continued my words.

“Because that is my sword path.”

[Sword Path of Pride (Currently liberated path: First Path)]

Rumbble-!

At the same time, the Giant Prototype collapsed.

I withdrew my gaze and looked at Shegwen.

I continued my words to Shegwen’s dumbfounded face.

“It was a good match, Shegwen.”

Well, I ended up winning this time too.

*

Giant Alliance.

The three people are bickering again today.

The reason was serious in its own way.

“Of course we should solve this level of things on our own!”

“Are you confident?”

“Snake Eyes, since when did we care about confidence?”

Nam Tae-min continues his words with a resolute voice.

“We live for pride and die for pride.”

Leonie muttered without realizing it.

“Crazy bastard.”

The beginning of the incident was like this.

After hearing the news of Ho-yeol’s one-week vacation, they were grinding their level ups by hunting monsters in the Zero Mountain Range as usual.

And they discovered it.

[Dungeon: Hideout of the Refreshing Troll]

[Appropriate Level: Lv. 700]

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One of the Hundred Thousand Caves existing in the Zero Mountain Range.

Among players excluding Ho-yeol, they were the fifth.

Its appropriate level was a whopping level 700.

If it was in the past, it would have been a dungeon cave too overwhelming for the three people in the level 500 range, to the point they wouldn’t have been arguing like this.

However.

“Imagine Ho-yeol having to move because we couldn’t clear a mere level 700 dungeon. Isn’t that inefficient? Especially when he’s on vacation?”

They couldn’t just rely on Ho-yeol forever.

It was a statement brought up after properly grasping their own topic.

Even before establishing the Giant Alliance.

Gaon, Inazuma, Berserker.

They were the three people who had placed their respective guilds in the top ranks.

“I’m not being arrogant. Think about the enemies we’ve faced so far. From the Demon King to the Demon Legion Commanders. Considering the difficulty alone, it would be several times that of a level 700 dungeon.”

“A valid point for the first time in a while.”

“No, who said you said anything wrong?”

“What, you didn’t? Then what were you mumbling about?”

Well, adding pride at the end of every sentence…

‘I felt like I was going to be infected with pride too!’

If it was just Nam Tae-min alone, she could have ignored it.

But even Hisagi matched perfectly with Nam Tae-min in front of pride.

Purely regarding the opinion itself, Leonie also had no reason to oppose.

“No, whatever. It’s nothing.”

“What is it, so bland.”

“Mind your own business.”

Above all, it wasn’t just them who discovered the cave.

If there was no prior information, they might have considered it…

But now that they knew a cave was no different from a rift.

“Then, it’s decided that we’ll prepare and enter.”

There was no reason to hesitate.

Above all, caves were freer to enter and retreat from than rifts.

Being able to respond quickly to emergencies was also a big advantage.

Hisagi glanced at the cave with his snake eyes and recited.

“Though such a thing should not happen, naturally.”

Leonie glared at that Hisagi.

“…Look at him, now the speech style has spread too.”

Shake shake-

She shook her head and took out her smartphone.

The Second Sun, which could be called an ally.

It was to convey this news to Shreig as well.

On top of that.

“Ah right, Skal. Him too.”

There was one more pride-infected person added.

It was the moment Leonie was about to send an additional message.

Ding-

There was no telling who was first.

The notifications of the three people rang at the same time.

“…!!!”

The Arcana official webpage notification.

“What day of the week is it today?”

“For now, it’s not Thursday.”

“Ha.”

It wasn’t Thursday.

What those words meant was simple.

An urgent news update not scheduled.

“Of all times, starting from the first day of Ho-yeol’s vacation…!!”

This time, she heard he submitted vacation requests to the Mage Tower and to the Yusra Kingdom.

She had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he could finally take a proper rest. As if waiting for this moment, an emergency situation occurs, just what kind of circumstance is this?

“Truly no formality, no formality at all!”

Grind grind.

Nam Tae-min gritted his teeth and accessed the Arcana official webpage.

As expected, the fast analyst with information.

A phone call came from Nam Chul-min.

“Hyung! What happened? What’s the notification about?”

-I- It’s a bit hard to explain with words…!

“Huh? What is it? Isn’t it an urgent update?”

As for the posts uploaded on the Arcana webpage, isn’t it only the regular updates uploaded on Thursdays, or urgent update details?

Nam Tae-min’s question did not last long.

-That’s not an update, it’s a video!

“…!”

He had forgotten.

After the Great Cataclysm.

The only video uploaded on the Arcana official webpage.

The colosseum duel of Ho-yeol and the Sword Saint, Shegwen.

Thanks to that, Nam Tae-min asked immediately.

“Don’t tell me, is it Ho-yeol again?”

-Yeah, that’s right.

“Ha.”

I see, there’s no way he would have submitted a leave of absence for nothing.

Nam Tae-min immediately accessed the Arcana webpage.

And played the video.

The two people gathered next to such Nam Tae-min.

“…What is it?”

“I don’t have battery.”

“I used all my data.”

“…You earn a lot of money, spend some.”

Like it or not.

The three people inevitably put their heads together and looked into the screen.

Question marks appeared on their faces.

No, Ho-yeol…?

“…Where on earth is that place?”

.

.

.

Arcana Official Webpage.

The identity of the uploaded video was a CCTV recording.

Since it was a video featuring Ho-yeol, people had expectations that a video matching the duel against the Sword Saint, Shegwen, might have been uploaded. Those who played the video with expectations fell into questions.

-But it’s not even a rift, it just looks like a building???

-Real talk lol

-But doesn’t it have a laboratory vibe? Everything is all white

-Now that you mention it, kinda yeah ㅇㅇ

However, at the same time.

An emergency was declared at the AAU.

A tense atmosphere.

“…Why is it so serious?”

Sung Hyun-joon, who had returned to his seat after escaping Park Min-jae’s chatter, was dumbfounded.

CCTV footage containing the General Manager’s appearance uploaded to the official homepage. It was certainly an unexpected event.

“But it’s not something to make such a fuss over, is it, Senior?”

He hoped for agreement but.

Yoon Soo-gyeom’s expression was also incredibly serious.

Yoon Soo-gyeom looked at Sung Hyun-joon and opened his mouth.

“Hyun-joon, I guess you wouldn’t know.”

“Yes? What do you mean by that, Senior?”

“First, lower your voice.”

It’s a very noisy office.

Most conversations would be buried.

Nevertheless, Yoon Soo-gyeom continued in a low voice.

Pointing to the video floating on the monitor.

“The structure is exactly the same.”

“…Yes?”

“That building where the General Manager is.”

That laboratory-like building that’s all white?

Gulp-

Yoon Soo-gyeom swallowed dry saliva and continued his words.

“It’s identical to the headquarters.”

“Headquarters? What headquarters?”

“The Cosmo headquarters from before the Great Cataclysm, when it was intact.”

“…Yes? Y- Yes?!”

What those words meant was simple.

Simultaneously with Sung Hyun-joon’s realization.

Outcries erupting from everywhere.

“No, it hasn’t even been an hour?”

“In that split second, he grasped Raymon Sean’s location and went to find him!”

“Really, I don’t know what will happen anymore. Now.”

A low voice heard amidst the commotion.

“Like this, there’s no reason we whispered among ourselves.”

“Branch Director…!”

“It’s fine.”

It was Park Min-jae who came running from the Branch Director’s office.

Roughly loosening his tie.

Park Min-jae looked at Ho-yeol’s video floating on the monitor.

He thought he would get it done, but.

He didn’t expect him to get it done this fast.

Park Min-jae mumbled softly.

“…But, that bastard.”

That bastard, Raymon Sean.

Because he’s a guy with many shady things, he thought it wouldn’t be strange if he hid the meeting with Ho-yeol. But to think he would post the recorded CCTV footage of Ho-yeol on the Arcana homepage.

“Just what on earth is he thinking?”

Really, he couldn’t predict his hidden intentions.

However, that wasn’t the only thing he couldn’t gauge.

The continuously playing video.

“…Wait a minute, Branch Director?”

The floor of the building twisting.

Stairs appearing in mid-air.

Ho-yeol calmly walking down those stairs.

“What are those monsters?”

Soon, hundreds of prototypes surrounding the vicinity.

However, eclipsing the encirclement.

Soon.

“Th- They knelt!”

The prototypes kneeling as if worshipping Ho-yeol.

It would be normal to be surprised but.

The strides extending upright without wavering.

How much further down the stairs did he go?

Ho-yeol raised a single torch.

Amidst the increasingly fierce flames of the torch.

“Th- That!! From back then, it’s the Sword Saint, right?!”

Even the Sword Saint, Shegwen, who revealed himself.

“Senior, just what am I watching right now…?”

That’s right.

A succession of bizarre sights that made one even forget Raymon Sean’s intentions.

Because he had the experience eating rice bowls (building seniority) since the Cosmo days.

Park Min-jae should be one who shouldn’t be agitated more than anyone else.

At this moment, Park Min-jae was astonished more than anyone else in the office.

“…Giant Prototype.”

Because Park Min-jae knew its true identity.

Arcana Continent Chronicle.

Before the official open.

As a temporary monster during the beta test days.

Its precise name was [Prototype Model: D].

The D in the model name stood for ‘Dragon’.

Park Min-jae stuttered.

“H- How could a Dragon’s Breath with just a single sword…!”

The Sword Path of Pride, it was an incredibly flashy debut moment.