Swordmaster Healer

Chapter 77 Destiny, Not Coincidence (2)

Seong-jun entered the Royal Library in seclusion. Since the ground was not a military facility, a small number of guards patrolling the surrounding buildings were all of the armed forces.

If you go down to the basement, there will be more knights guarding the secret vault, but there won't be many of them.

In my past life, I was responsible for guarding the secret vaults underneath the Royal Library, so I was familiar with the arrangement of the guards.

It may have taken some time for the deviation to change, but there were a group of people who thought that the warring empire had only allocated a large number of guards to the library's secret vault.

- It's on the way to the basement.

Lischewald says the staircase to the basement wasn't hidden, so it was quick to find it.

Seong-jun went down the stairs to the basement.

The general stairs were all the way to the second floor underground. Starting from the third floor, we had to take the secret staircase, and the "Crystal of Riodin" was on the last floor, the fifth floor of the basement.

‘It's not hard to find the secret staircase.... ’

Seong-jun knew that the structures of the royal libraries were similar. I also knew how to find the secret staircase.

Only silence flows through the second floor of the basement. With the exception of the two knights on patrol, who are lightly armed, there are no armed forces carrying out guard missions.

Seong-jun moved on, thinking it might be an expression of confidence that even if someone broke in, they wouldn't find the secret staircase.

‘We'd better take care of the knights now. ’

Seong-jun acted immediately. While the dagger is inserted into the neck of a knight, it remains hidden, the other knight is unaware of Sung-joon's approach.

Two knights on patrol lost their lives, leaving only Seong-jun alive on the second floor underground.

- You don't want me to use the safe house again?

“There's a cloaking device on the stairs going down to the third floor underground anyway. ”

Sung-joon explained in Lischevalt's question. You have to be careful because the stealth device not only detects the stealth and forces it to turn it off, but also triggers an alarm.

The motion detection technique was also installed, but fortunately, there was a blind spot. Seong-jun carefully went down to the third floor underground using a blind spot. From here, it is classified as confidential storage.

There were few knights and soldiers on the second floor underground.

‘That's more than I thought. ’

Seong-jun thought. He was in a commotion outside, and the air force was gathered to protect the secret vault.

- I think we should avoid combat here. There's more of them than I thought. Call for reinforcements in a delayed battle and there will be no end.

The underground three floors were wide and the knights and soldiers were scattered, making it difficult to exterminate them in an instant.

Apparently, there are armed forces stationed on the fourth and fifth floors of the basement, so if you drag the battle long enough, there is a chance that the enemy will steal the Crystal of Riodin.

There were only two people on the second floor underground, so I was confident they wouldn't be spotted, but I thought I'd try to avoid fighting as much as possible from now on.

- I'll assist with reconnaissance.

“Please.”

- I'll take care of it perfectly.

Lischevald scouts the perimeter, analyzing and reporting on the patrol routes of knights and soldiers.

Seong-jun continued to take a step while killing him. He was also trained in infiltration and assassination, allowing him to skillfully descend to the fifth floor of the basement.

Unlike the three basements and four floors, there were no armed forces on the fifth floor. However, I can't see it, but I can feel it breathing in the dark.

You're telling me a man of this skill is guarding a secret vault? Did you hide anything other than the crystal of Riodin? ’

The ability to kill a marshal was evident, at least within the ranks of the top 20 Knights Brigade.

- They don't seem to know they've been read to the state troopers. In this case, it is considered effective to counter while pretending to allow an ambush.

Seong-jun took a step instead of answering Lischevalt's words. It seemed to move without thought, but in fact, it was a position where it could react and counter attacks from any direction in its right hand.

‘Coming.’

He moves. He swings his sword to defend the raid.

"The Great Sword."

It was heavy. I didn't even have to look. The user gently sheds its power on the Dagger and breaks the opposing Pokémon's stance.

“Yikes! ”

A distraught voice erupts from the opposing Pokémon. He was also a brilliant man, but he lacked sword skills compared to Seong-jun.

“Hehe!”

Blood splatters. A slight but distorted moment, Seong-jun's swinging blade grazes his abdomen and passes by.

"Shallow!"

Seong-jun bit his lip slightly. It was not a deep cut. He stepped back to avoid a counterattack, and the assailant also took a quick step back to reorganize.

“I am the number 11 Schillings of the Knights Brigade. Avoid my ambush and counterattack……. Who the hell are you? ”

Shillings asked with a trembling voice. I felt that Seong-jun was stronger than me in a single workshop.

- Lord Commander. Top 11 Knight Brigades...... will have SSS-grade Hunter combat strength. A little while ago, the enemy was alert. Enemies need to be careful.

Lischevald said, "Seong-jun raised his sword without a word." But I didn't worry. It was not overwhelming, but it was confident that it could win.

‘Should I be violent...? ’

Close to the seals. One high-speed maneuver should narrow the streets at a time. However, Seong-jun decided to narrow the street in a way other than high-speed mobility techniques.

“Blink.”

The magic was enough. Seong-jun, who disappeared for a moment, appeared behind the seals.

Although it was a high-level ambush using a blink, Schillings immediately turned to defend whether the order "Knight Brigades 11" was not just a name value.

“Did you call this a surprise, too? ”

The sword that Shillings was wielding aloud with a shout slashes him. No blood splattered. Instead, the ‘figure’ became weak and collapsed.

“Now, is that a cliché? ”

If you move too fast, you will have a vision. Seong-jun used that phenomenon to confuse the seals.

The ‘real’ Seong-jun was stabbing the sword on the right side of the shillings.

“Wind Blade.”

“Khhh!”

I narrowed the streets with my gallstone in no time. Shillings was able to defend more than 50 machete baptisms with his sword, but he was unable to avoid Seong-jun's sword aiming for his abdomen.

Shillings vomits in agonizing pain as the sword with the error rips through his armor and penetrates his abdomen.

Deep!

Seong-jun lifted his mouth. I stabbed him right this time. I could clearly feel the viscera touching the sword.

You attempt to strike, but the shillings counterattack you with the dagger drawn and swung, leaving you no choice but to retreat.

“Aaaah! Gust Blade! ”

As the blood splattered, the seals narrowed the streets. A sword strike struck Seong-jun from the front.

I didn't even need to use the Absolute Shield. You wield your sword in a dazzling fashion and get all the censers. When the sword's defenses are finished, the shillings soon approach you.

“Softsword!”

Three battles were spilled.

Is this a newly developed application sword? ’

It was a threatening sword, but Seong-jun was not difficult to defend. Seeing that, Shilling shakes his head with a bored expression.

“Deo, what the hell! Where did this monster come from? ”

Right now, Seong-jun was wearing an old robe, so the priestly uniform that was characteristic of the 'White Devil’ was not revealed.

“Aaaah! Die! ”

Shillings unleashed all his magical powers and went full force towards Seongjun.

He wielded his sword so hard that his trained muscles were torn, but his defensive posture did not falter a bit.

“Is it over? ”

“Degrees, what the hell……. ”

Seeing the lightly provoking Seongjun, she had to lose her will. The difference in swordsmanship was overwhelming.

As long as it's like this! We're in a full-scale delayed battle! ’

Schillings has changed his plans. I didn't personally like delayed combat.

We had no choice but to stay alive until the reinforcements arrived.

- I think he's trying to buy some time. You've stopped the aggression and taken up defensive positions. I think I can use a sword now.

"A sword," Lischewalt said, "was a hard sword to use in a situation where the workshop was so full of moves and holes, but now that the Shillings have given up their attack and are in a thorough defensive posture, it seems okay to use a sword."

Ironically, it was Shilling's mistake to be in a rigorous defensive posture to buy time. Seong-jun raised his magical strength in the ‘sword' pose.

“Oh, this can't be! ”

“Too late.”

Shillings later realized that Seong-jun had taken the ‘sword' position, but it was too late.

“Dagger!”

“Huff...! ”

When the tune reached 80%, the fully liberated sword slashed everything. Not only the body of the orb-bearing Great Sword and the body of the Sealing, but also the dimensions!

He vomits red blood with a short groan. A temporary dimensional crack revealed a deep abyss.

“Absorption.”

Seong-jun absorbed physical and magical strength from the dead shillings.

- Pulse rate has increased to 81 percent.

Lischevald reports a rise in tune. Although it was easy to defeat, it was an SSS-grade enemy, so tuning increased by 1%.

Seong-jun nodded with a satisfied expression. He searched for the body of Shillings and found the necklace of the Knights Brigade and the ring of the Knights Brigade.

- I don't think reinforcements are here yet. The synthesis here doesn't seem to be a problem.

I didn't feel a thing at all. Seong-jun nodded his head and handed over the ring and necklace.

Lischevald synthesized them with existing ones. After the synthesis, Seong-jun checked the ring and necklace with a measuring device.

[Knights Brigade Ring +18.]

Class A.

Check for error persistence.

Check for error enhancement effects.

[Knights Brigade Necklace +13.]

Class S.

Check for Magic Recovery.

The number imprinted became ‘11’ while synthesizing the ring and necklace above sequence 11.

Seong-jun carried a sword in his right hand, 'Roel’, over the corpse of Shillings, and approached the locker. The locker was not opened.

“Is this a Sealing Ceremony? ”

Seong-jun tore one of the scrolls that Zero gave him. Then the lockbox opened as the sealing ritual was lifted.

Inside was a single Riodin crystal and a round cylinder. It seemed to contain documents. Like the locker, I felt the magical power of the sealing ritual.

I tried to destroy the scroll with the release technique, but there was no change in whether it was a higher sealing technique than the one in the locker.

- Based on what the Knights Brigades 11th was guarding, it must have been important classified documents. Don't you think you should keep it for now?

Lischevald said, "Sung-jun nodded without a word and took the Riodin Crystal and Cylinder." And I took out a precious stone.

- Do you intend to use it?

“It's going to take me a long time to get here. There's plenty of time."

And I put magic in the comeback stone.