Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105 - Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140 - Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142 - Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170 - Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208 - Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239 - Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263 - Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297 - Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384 - Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446 - Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451 - Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483 - Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506
Chapter 507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514
Chapter 515
Chapter 516 - Chapter 516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534 - Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538 - Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Ongoing, Supernatural Status: Ongoing Alternative names: HR, 영웅; 회귀하다, ______
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Chapter 294: Chapter 294
“What is it?” Su-hyeun replied in a slightly cocky manner, which was unlike his usual self, and studied the man before him.
It was a knight with a manly face, in his mid-30s, and kitted out in heavy and uncomfortable-looking full plate armor. His eyes were shaped upward as if he was angry about something.
“His Majesty has said this, didn’t he?”
Kiiing, clack—
He unsheathed his sword about a finger’s length before sheathing it again. Despite not knowing the etiquette of this world, even Su-hyeun could tell that such actions signified this man’s desire to challenge him to a duel.
“He said that I must defeat you and stand next to His Majesty.”
“You must be as dumb as a pile of bricks.”
“What was that?!”
“Is that how you interpreted what His Majesty said? Honestly, this is what I heard,” Su-hyeun said as he stared straight at the knight’s reddened face. Then, with a sneer, he continued, “Get beaten up black and blue and then learn your place.”
“Are you done running your mouth?!”
“You better loosen your grip.”
Squeeeeze—
Su-hyeun grabbed and squeezed the knight’s wrist that was still holding onto his shoulder. “Unless you want me to break your hand before we start fighting.”
“Keuh-euh…”
The knight tried to use his brute strength to yank his hand back, but he couldn’t. No matter what he did, the wrist grabbed by Su-hyeun didn’t even budge an inch.
Just as the knight became fearful that his wrist might really break if they kept this up, Su-hyeun suddenly relaxed his grip and let go.
“What’s going on?”
“It seems that Lord Milton has issued his challenge.”
“Lord Milton did already?”
“Makes sense since Lord Milton’s personality won’t allow for some random rock to roll in and block his path.”
“I am the same as he is. We don’t even know what his background is…”
The nobles in the vicinity whispered among themselves when Su-hyeun and the knight began their standoff.
It seemed quite a few people here had predicted a situation like this one would happen sooner or later judging from their lack of surprise. From what Su-hyeun heard just now, this knight standing before his eyes, Milton, was famed for his hotheadedness.
“Hah-ah—”
Su-hyeun gave out a long sigh and scanned his surroundings.
The eyes of every single noble glaring at him contained naked animosity. Bluish light swirled within Su-hyeun’s own eyes as he studied them all.
“You know, let’s not complicate this.” He scratched his head and spoke in an annoyed tone. “I really hate the idea of accepting challenges one at a time, so why don’t we get started right away? I’ll resign immediately if I lose, so…”
He then turned around and headed toward the underground drill hall that Bradley told him about yesterday.
“If you are confident about your chances, then all of you should come at me.”
The nobles that joined in after Su-hyeun made his announcement numbered more than quite a few.
They were so confident of their own skills that they all unhesitatingly followed Su-hyeun down to the underground drill hall while carrying triumphant expressions.
Although this result wasn’t all that surprising to behold, he still felt rather dumbfounded by it nonetheless. Their expressions all implied how they viewed themselves—more than qualified enough to immediately earn Bradley’s approval and get appointed as the new personal guardian knight.
“Friend, I hope you can be more understanding of them. I mean, many people dream big despite their comparatively lacking skill levels, right?”
Among the gathered nobles happened to include Binladen as well.
Binladen, as it turned out, was the commander of the imperial court’s 12th knight order.
“Mister Binladen? Why are you coming along as well?” Su-hyeun had to ask the knight when the latter followed him into the drill hall.
“How can I miss such a wonderful opportunity?”
“An opportunity to spectate?”
“Of course. Isn’t that obvious?”
Unlike the first impression Su-hyeun had of him, Binladen replied with a naughty grin on his face. It seemed that he found the notion of Su-hyeun fighting off all these nobles rather entertaining to behold.
In the meantime, more nobles were streaming inside the hall.
The majority of the nobility of this world were individuals who had their strengths acknowledged in some ways. This was solely because of Bradley’s policy of giving preference to strong people.
As such, the nobles were rather willing to personally step up and fight Su-hyeun. They all believed that becoming the emperor’s personal guardian knight would elevate the station of their house to the next level.
Of course…
“I guess they all look rather shabby to you, friend.”
Even to Binladen’s eyes, the strengths of these nobles were merely on the “alright” level, so he could easily guess how Su-hyeun viewed these hapless men right now.
“Well, a few handfuls are the exceptions, though,” Su-hyeun replied.
“Are you talking about those men over there?”
“Yes.”
Su-hyeun shifted his gaze toward the same spot Binladen was looking at, where a group of knights kitted out in plate mail armors was standing around.
Among them was the knight named Milton—the very first man to pick a fight with Su-hyeun.
“They are all knights affiliated with the imperial knight orders. A few of them are commanders, too.”
“Where would a commander-level knight rank in terms of strength?”
“That’s hard to answer since the differences in strengths are too great.”
“Let me change the question in that case. How good is the strongest person in all of the imperial knight orders?”
“Lord Waffman, the commander of the imperial court’s first knight order is second only to Duke Layard in terms of skills. There’s no doubting his abilities, but he’s famed more for his viciousness and cruelty, you see.”
“Even if you explain it like that, I don’t know who Duke Layard is, so…”
“Ah, that’s true.”
“Let me change the question again, then.” Su-hyeun pondered for a bit and then asked Binladen, “How strong are they compared to His Majesty?”
“What was that?”
Binladen was stunned by that question and stared at Su-hyeun in a stupor.
Could he compare them to the emperor?
Su-hyeun had never met this Duke Layard, but he certainly did meet the emperor. And then, he was appointed as the emperor’s personal guardian knight soon after.
That request to compare them to Bradley implied that Su-hyeun had some grasp on the true capabilities of the emperor by now.
Binladen kept his mouth shut for a little while since he wasn’t sure how to answer that question. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any solid idea of how strong Bradley actually was.
“If it’s too hard to answer, you don’t have to. I’ll find out once we start fighting, anyway.”
Step—
Su-hyeun took a big step forward as he said that.
The glares of the nobles and the knights standing around in groups were immediately locked on him.
Su-hyeun frowned and said, “We’ll see after it’s over.”
“…?”
What he said prompted puzzled gazes to gather on him from here and there.
He strode into the middle of the drill hall only to say they would “see after it’s over”?
After he said something that seemingly made no sense, Su-hyeun shifted his gaze over to Milton. The latter had been loosening himself up by then, so he unhesitatingly walked over while unsheathing his sword.
“Shouldn’t you be wearing a proper set of armor?” Milton asked.
It seemed that he considered the thin armor Su-hyeun currently had on as not a real armor at all.
“No need,” said Su-hyeun as he unsheathed his own sword.
But then, he didn’t even assume any proper stance and lowered his weapon. From Milton’s perspective, Su-hyeun seemed to be full of openings.
“Why aren’t you getting into your stance already?”
“My stance, huh?” Su-hyeun spread open both of his arms wide. “Alright, then. Come at me.”
“You dare…”
Anyone could tell that Su-hyeun was mocking him, so Milton began gritting his teeth. This would be the first time he had been looked down upon to this degree. To make matters worse, he was a pretty renowned knight within the empire.
He was the commander of the imperial court’s 11th knight order, to boot.
“Do not resent me for reaping your life, then!”
Wuu-uuung—
Aura began enveloping Milton’s blade. It was the same “power” referred to as Dao energy back in the world found on the 60th floor.
From what Su-hyeun heard, it seemed that people called this energy “aura” in this world.
“Isn’t that aura blade?”
“Oh ho ho. So Lord Milton did have a reason to be confident, I see.”
“So young, yet he’s already reached that stage…”
“It is indeed the empire’s great fortune.”
Judging from the reactions of the peanut gallery, Milton’s skill seemed to be a rather amazing thing. Su-hyeun studied Milton’s ability with some interest as well.
The knight had wrapped his sword with aura and created a silhouette of a larger blade. It became even sharper than any treasure swords you could find in the world.
One could easily spy just how much Milton had to polish his “Sage Art” in order to perfect the skill called the aura blade.
“Even then, it’s a bit…”
When Su-hyeun openly stared at his aura blade, Milton formed a triumphant expression and asked, “And so, do you still not plan to get into a proper stance?”
Su-hyeun didn’t bother to reply to that.
Milton must have thought that he was still being ignored because a deep scowl dominated his expression almost immediately. He then grasped his sword with both hands and took a large stride forward.
“I see. In that case, why don’t you—?”
Paaahk—!
Swooooosh—
The moment his feet left the ground, his whole body flew in front of Su-hyeun, aiming for his open chest. However, even as he held his sword to make a downward strike, Su-hyeun’s stance showed no change whatsoever.
“Die already—!”
CLAAAANG—!
Milton was planning to cut apart his opponent’s chest in one stroke, but his expression ended up stiffening in pure disbelief.
His sword, which definitely should have split open Su-hyeun’s torso, was currently stopped in front of the latter’s chest.
Shudder, quiver—
“What is going on?” he thought.
No matter how much he pushed, the blade didn’t go any further.
It was as if he was trying to hammer down on forged steel. No, wait—his sword should have easily cut through mere forged steel like a radish.
But now…
“How come…?”
[Somersault cloud]
[Indomitable Body]
[The Armor of Hades]
The thin armor Su-hyeun had on was a piece of equipment crafted by Kim Dae-ho using the shell of the Titan Turtle. On top of that, the Somersault cloud wrapping around his body, plus the effects from the Indomitable Body, was more than enough to withstand most physical and magical damages.
Meaning, Milton wouldn’t be able to even scratch Su-hyeun even if the latter chose to stand still.
“So this is the aura blade?”
Su-hyeun grabbed Milton’s sword with his bare hand.
Milton was stunned by that move and tried to yank his weapon back, but too bad for him, it didn’t even budge an inch just like his wrist earlier.
Su-hyeun continued, “It certainly is sharp, but in terms of either its density or structure, I have to say it’s on the poor side. It’s only at the level of barely manifesting the correct shape, and that’s about it.”
Crack, crunch—
Veins bulged on Su-hyeun’s hand.
His strengthened grip easily distorted the aura Milton had generated. The flustered knight tried to reclaim his sword by strengthening his arms and legs and urgently pulled back.
Clang—!
And right at that moment, Milton’s sword snapped in half, causing him to stumble ungainly several steps back.
“…Huh?”
“I don’t think I’ll have to use my sword for the likes of you.”
Cruuunch—
Su-hyeun crushed the broken piece of the sword in his hand. The audience waiting for an exciting fight grew silent at what had transpired out of the blue.
“Anyone else wishing to challenge me? If you’re reluctant to come at me one at a time, it’s fine for you to attack in groups.”
The drill hall fell into an even deeper silence, so much so that it was hard to believe that dozens of people had gathered in the place.
They were either too busy sussing out each other’s moods first or were glancing at Milton. As for Milton himself, he simply stood there, dazedly staring at his broken sword.
A voice came from the group of knights. “Goodness me. The faces of the imperial knight orders are rather shameful to look at right now.”
Someone with a smiling face suddenly stepped out from among the hesitant knights. It was an old man with pure-white hair and white eyes.
Quite unlike his aged outer appearance, however, his physique was well-toned, and the atmosphere he carried spoke volumes for his hidden strength.
“Please forgive us for passing judgment on you based solely on your appearance. As expected of a man acknowledged by His Majesty.”
“Who are you?” Su-hyeun asked.
“I’m the commander of the imperial court’s first knight order. Waffman is my name.”
He was the imperial court’s best knight according to what Binladen said not too long ago.
“This man is that Waffman,” Su-hyeun thought.
Although Binladen did bring him up, this old man’s overall countenance seemed somewhat ill-matched to the description of being vicious and cruel.
However, that smiling face was hiding something underneath. One would normally resort to such a face when they wanted to hide a part of themselves they didn’t like sharing with the rest of the world.
An unnatural smile forced upon one’s lips—that was the easiest mask a person could wear.
“I’ve heard of you from Sir Binladen. He mentioned that you’re probably the strongest person out of everyone present.”
“Is that so? That friend, his praise was a bit excessive.”
“But he’s not wrong. Even I can tell you’re strong.”
“Really?” Waffman laughed at that. “This old man is happy that so many youngsters are evaluating me so highly.”
Unlike his chuckling face, though, Waffman’s eyes were not smiling at all.
Su-hyeun studied the aura wafting around Waffman. For sure, this man’s level was far greater than Milton.
“Aura blade, huh?” Su-hyeun contemplated inwardly.
Although only by a little, he was now interested in the upcoming battle.
The level of abilities of this world wasn’t high overall, but as far as its structure was concerned, Su-hyeun had to admit that it had been quite well-developed. Aura control began from the same roots as the Sage Arts, so he thought that there must be a few things he could learn from it.
“Okay, should I try it myself?” he thought.
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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