Record of a Thousand Lives

Kang Yoon-soo and Caliban picked up their swords and shared the smoke.

Caliban initially performed extremely slow moves, but saw Kang Yoon-soo's sword move quickly.

Kang Yunsoo's Black Throwing Caliban has stopped him.

However, it was the difference in physical ability, and Kang Yoon-soo's swordsmanship was surprising, not to be expected.

Caliban, who was trying to relax, also took his eyes off the fight seriously.

Chang-!

Every time the sword crosses with the sword, the powder pops up.

Fighting in spite of overwhelming level differences must have the Caliban controlling the force.

However, Kang Yoon-soo's movements were unprecedented.

Since the sword protrudes in unexpected directions, Caliban could often have been attacked if it had not been defended quickly.

After hours of smoke, the Caliban lowers his sword first.

“You are the Lord. You're overwhelming compared to your experience. It's not a vain compliment. ”

Death General smiles satisfactorily.

Borat energy emanates from the undead's sword and is absorbed by Kang Yun-soo.

Death General Caliban has given me an Abyssal Slash skill.

I learned sword skills from the Undead for the first time on the continent.

Increased leadership in the Undead.

Abyssal Slash

Skill Level-LV1 (00.00%)

Energy Consumption -20%

Scatters swords that melt in the dark to attack enemies. An undead unique sword. The undead change their swordsmanship based on their transfer of skills.

* Inflicts Death General-Critical hits to severely reduce the health of enemies. The stronger the enemy, the higher the chance of success.

Just as magic consumes Mana, skills related to physical activity consume vitality, such as swords.

Abyssal Slash consumes 20% Energy, so after five uses it will run out.

Moreover, the difficulty of swordsmanship skills was difficult.

The stronger the opponent, the higher the success rate of the skill. On the other hand, the weaker the success rate of the skill.

Above all, it was a skill that was transferred from a monster.

No one has ever learned a skill from a monster in a hostile relationship.

Caliban took a Black Crystal and gave it to Kang Yoon-soo.

“If the seal of the castle is later broken, this will allow you to interact with me. ”

Death General Caliban speaks with all his heart.

“Lord, we will always have faith in you. Please free us all and use your strength to do everything possible to be loyal under the monarchy. ”

The undead also knelt down and bowed to Kang Yoon-soo.

Kang Yoon-soo nodded indifferently.

It was when they crossed the bridge of the castle.

Kang Yoon-soo heard a small whisper.

- Now he's closing in on us. You have to be prepared for it.

Kang Yoon-soo stopped walking and looked around.

It was the same whisper I heard in Mudszem's habitat last time.

The voice of a mild and profound woman.

“Kang Yoon-soo, what's wrong? ”

“It's nothing. ”

I heard something ominous, but Kang Yoon-soo shook his head.

* * *

The three have escaped the castle of the dead.

It was a moment when I walked on a frozen lake and stepped into the woods.

Looking back, the black castle that was standing in the middle of the lake disappeared without a trace.

The Castle of the Dead was covered like the dew of dawn.

Henryk scratches his cheek.

“What a strange experience. I think I had a dream. ”

“I thought my heart was pounding. I think I've seen daylight in a hundred years. ”

Shanette bends her hands, a warm sunshine that gives her hallucinations.

Kang Yoon-soo who was walking silently suddenly stopped.

He raises his hand to Henryk.

“What's the matter? ”

“Liquor.”

“You're a quick one. ”

Henryk grumbles and opens the package.

It was filled with unique cold liquor that was drunk in the Castle of the Dead.

Despite the warm weather, the cold bottle emits a chilly chill.

Shanette asked as if it were ridiculous.

“Did you steal it? ”

“Dude, who are you looking at? It was given to me by Skeleton Bones. ”

“Does the Undead give you presents? ”

“Why, love has no boundaries, but friendship is something. Especially when your drinking buddies are beyond the limits of their kind. Well, if he was crazy, he'd steal booze and eat it. ”

“ ……. ”

Shanette stared at Kang Yoon-soo.

“What are you looking at? ”

“Don't drink too much. It's harmful to the body."

“Drink is a harmful taste. What a nagging girl. ”

The two alcoholics walked into a glass of cold liquor.

The nagging girl sighed and followed behind the two men.

* * *

High mountains.

There were men who rode horses exhausted.

Imperial Third Knights.

They were an unbelievable bunch of knights now.

Lenox opens his mouth, tied to the corner of the tree, the steeple of a weary horse.

“I know that everyone is tired. But there must be a purpose to the Hatar Mountains. We must follow the imperial decree to find it. ”

The enlightened foreman once again reminded me of the purpose.

The knights nodded, but exhausted.

They were knights, not mountain men.

There was a limit to how many more than 60 people could squeeze through a huge mountain range.

A villager in a remote village below the mountains told me that he saw a blonde girl going up into the mountains, and he found traces of someone passing by.

However, even though they searched the mountains for nearly 20 days, there was no woman they were looking for.

To explore the mountain ranges originally, it was necessary to resolve the Empire army on a large scale or to have the help of skilled hunters and mountain rangers.

But they couldn't.

The target they were looking for was, in fact, a top secret among imperial secrets.

They were originally knights, but they were relatively modest without armor on.

The Imperial Knights are trying so hard to find a woman.

If the Republicans saw it, they would have laughed at it and uttered a blasphemous murmur.

“Listen, by the way, ”

Eric scratches his cheek, a rookie wearing a hood.

Their eyes are pouring out, but Eric asks out of curiosity.

“Why are the Third Knights only after one woman? Besides, you're acting all secretive. I want to know why the Imperial Knights are so weak that I need to find a woman. ”

But in fact, I was also very curious about the elders.

No matter how imperial knights were, it was difficult to set goals for a long time without motivation.

Then, unexpectedly, the knight commander Lenox opened his mouth.

“From what I hear, this mission is related to the assassination of the Empress. ”

The knights were rather surprised that the master involved in the ceremony had revealed the purpose of a top-secret mission than the assassination of the princess.

Lenox was revered by all the knights as well as the members of the Imperial Knights by his sword and cunning that came from a lowly fallen nobleman.

If this mission hadn't been so trustworthy, complaints would have erupted long ago.

But even Lenox didn't trust this mission.

Lenox looks down at the distant road.

This mission is too heavy to reverse the trade route like that?

* * *

The sun in the sky looked down at three people.

Henry was the first to open his mouth.

“What do you think? ”

“What?”

“The situation we're in right now. ”

“Hmm. I don't know. It's a very embarrassing situation. ”

“Let's summarize in a nutshell. Fuck you."

“Be gentle with your words. ”

Siniland Trade Route.

It was a large road connected to the capital city of the empire as well as various cities.

Even though the pedestrians and wagons were flooded, the stone floor was firmly hardened so that the ground wouldn't collapse, and it was famous for being very easy to walk because there were no cobblestones or stones protruding from the ground.

It took more than ten days for three people to get to the trade route.

The food runs out quickly, and the poison is piled up.

However, when he arrived at the front of the trade route, an unexpected scene unfolded.

The trade routes were destroyed.

Bricks that need to be polished protrude from place to place and are covered in gravel.

The limitless cracked stone floor must have fallen, no matter how careful you walk.

I don't see a passerby, let alone a wagon.

“What the hell happened? ”

“It's weird that the biggest trade route on the continent turned out like this and there was no one there. ”

It was when the two of them were making a silly face.

Kang Yoon-soo suddenly raised his right arm and pointed to the other side.

A small dot-like figure was walking towards me from a distance.

Small dots grew, but still small.

He, too, was a dwarf approaching.

The blackbearded dwarf unwraps the sheet he brought, and picks up the broken brick from the trade route and starts dipping it in Juju Island.

“Hey, wait a minute! ”

Shanette speaks, and the middle-aged dwarf turns his head.

“What?"

“Why is the trade route so broken? Where are all the people? ”

“Your friends are slow. ”

The dwarf strokes his beard and says,

“This trade route is closed. ”

“Yes? Why? ”

“Because of the bandits. I've been driving around here lately. ”

Shanette looks unbelievable.

“So much looting for bandits to shut down trade routes? ”

“I get it. Honestly, I've been saying a lot about him. The nobles quarreled for power among themselves. It is the blackness of the empire to prevent the merchants from gaining riches. Well, it's obvious that the bandits closed down the trade routes for good reason. ”

The middle-aged dwarf arranges the bricks on the spreading sheet.

“People are turning the other way now. Monsters and beasts used to come and desecrate the roads without people, so they became this shape. Well, sometimes Dwarves like me take quality bricks and stuff like that. ”

When he said that, the middle-aged dwarf went back the way he had come.

Shanette looks back, puzzled.

“What do we do now? ”

“I don't think that's possible. Go back the way you came, buy a horse, or divert to another trade route. ”

“What a waste of a trip. ”

Shanette looks depressed.

At that time, Kang Yoon-soo said.

“I'm not going back. ”

“Yes?”

“I'm crossing the Hahtar Mountains. ”

Kang Yoon-soo pointed to the mountain range on the other side.

It wasn't even a man-made mountain, so it wasn't even well-groomed.

Henryk asks with a puzzling expression.

“Crossing the mountains without a guide? Are you starving for three days and nights because you're in trouble? ”

“This is the shortcut. ”

“Ha, but then who will lead the way? ”

“Me.”

Kang Yoon-soo has already taken a step toward the mountain.

Shanette and Henryk hesitate to face each other, and finally sigh.

“He's trustworthy, right? ”

“Haven't you seen him at the Castle of the Dead? He's not thinking of catching up with us. ”

“You're saying he's crazy after all. ”

Henryk pulls out the flaming automatic doll from his mouth.

It was a measure that allowed smoke to rise and return at any time.

Henryk grumbles, following Kang Yoon-soo.

“Even if it's not just the guy performing the legendary quest.... ”

* * *

Hatar Mountains.

There were several large mountain peaks connected.

If there are mountains high enough to reach the clouds, there are mountains low enough to be considered as high as the middle jaw.

But geography was so complex and the interior was huge.

The Hatar Mountains have not yet been properly mapped.

It was also a dangerous place for even mountain rangers to be frightened by wild animals such as ferocious bears and boars.

“Ugh!”

Shanette, who almost fell on the roots of the tree, hugged Kang Yoon-soo with one hand.

Just as Shanette was about to say thank you, Henry in the back shouts.

“Oops!”

He almost got his hand on a thorn.

Luckily, Kang Yoon-soo stopped his hand first and Henryk was not badly hurt.

Shanette sighs.

“It's really dangerous to go hiking at night. ”

“I see. It's so dark, I can't even see what's around. ”

Henryk whips his hands across the air.

However, Kang Yoon-soo walked without hesitation.

Nevertheless, not a single branch touched his body.

Henry's face distorts strangely.

“Who the hell is that? ”

“At least I'm not an ordinary person. ”

“So I'm not human, I'm walking around with demons? If he's sober and doesn't look drunk in the mornings or evenings or servants all the time, he's more like a ghost than a human. ”

Kang Yoon-soo, who was walking ahead, pointed to the other side.

You see a tiny crevice beneath the dark brick wall.

It was a small cave.

“Let's stay here. ”

“There's no beast inside, is there? ”

Henry picks up the stone and throws it into the cave.

Whoosh!

But there was no sound.

The three of them went into the cave.

The interior was relatively spacious compared to the narrow entrance.

The temperature inside was also a moderate place not bad for homelessness.

Kang Yoon-soo picked up a branch and lit a fire, and Shanette pulled out some dry food, and Henryk lay face down and began to chop down the tree with a sculpture.

Despite a rough hand gesture, he quickly made three wooden utensils and placed them on the floor.

Shanette was surprised and said.

“You're working really fast. ”

“Then what are you going to do? You're worse than him.”

“No.”

Kang Yoon-soo said.

Henryk stops making fun of the sculpture and looks at him.

Kang Yoon-soo stared at Henrik indifferently.

However, his eyes were different from usual somewhere.

“I once learned pottery and puppetry from you. But even then, I couldn't keep up with your skills. No matter how much I practice.”

That was weird.

You learned the work of a weaver and a puppet from Henryk?

He had not been accompanied by Kang Yoon-soo for less than a month, nor did he remember to teach skills.

I looked at him with a strange look in Henry's eyes.

“I heard it in the bar the other day, but what does that mean? I haven't seen you in less than a month, and what skills have you learned from me? You mean like you've met me before? ”

Kang Yoon-soo kept his mouth shut and didn't answer.

As the strange silence settles, Shanette speaks out to change the mood.

“Food is dropping faster than I expected, by the way. I'll eat quickly in my backpack in case it spoils. If I had known this, I would have bought more dried food. ”

Then Kang Yoon-soo woke up.

Shanette makes a curious face.

“Where are you going? ”

“To get some food. ”

Not necessarily, but Shanette asked, just in case.

“Can you come back without getting lost? ”

“Huh."

Kang Yoon-soo walked out of the cave.

It was dark, but vision was not important.

He closed his eyes and walked because he was annoyed at all.

The sound of leaves crumbling, the sound of baking soil, the sound of weeds breaking in the wind.

That alone allowed me to track my career path.

He walked for a long time.

Nevertheless, I did not feel much better.

‘Be careful.'

You unwittingly bring up the story about Henryk.

Even though I tried to refrain, words related to my previous life kept popping out of my mouth.

In fact, Kang Yoon-soo knew.

that he is failing to adapt to the changing lives and that he is collapsing.

‘Don't think negatively. Hang in there, just like we always have. ’

Kang Yoon-soo pressed his finger against his temples.

He walks behind a wide rock.

An awling boar snores at the ground, looking for a live mushroom.

An awl Boar was a beast with a sharp, vicious fang, just like an awl in its name.

The fangs were so sharp that they could be used for a single spear without much modification.

Kang Yoon-soo picked up a longsword and stabbed the neck of an awling boar.

The big boar cries out, tickling his eardrums.

Kang Yoon-soo could understand the meaning of the crying.

"Help! I have five cubs in my habitat. If we don't make it back alive today, they're all gonna die. ’

Kang Yoon-soo stabbed a few more times without saying a word.

It was hard for me to understand the words of the beast.

Killing a crying beast is different from killing a talking beast.

For Kang Yoon-soo, the boundary between man and monster was ambiguous.

Kang Yoon-soo chatted with the monsters, hunted them, and broached.

He was once a Monster Lord of all monsters.

He bit his lip slightly.

‘Don't dwell on the past. Focus on your life now. ’

The breath of the pickled boar stops.

Kang Yoon-soo carried a huge boar on his back and headed for the cave.

It was a long walk.

Shhh -!

A sharp arrow suddenly grazed my cheek. A pale stream of blood flowed.

Kang Yoon-soo looks back at where the arrow flew from.

You hear a cool voice.

“Kang Yoon-soo, what about the thousandth life? ”

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