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)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Chapter 53: Chapter 53
Shururuk-
Falcon’s eyes were dyed black at the same time Su-hyeun raised his sword.
Right at this moment, the existence before his eyes had become Igolas once more.
“As I thought, he’s still fighting it,” Su-hyeun thought.
What a lamentable thing this was.
To fight against the demonic dragon while having forgotten all about who he was for a length of time so long that it was difficult to even imagine.
Falcon’s ego managed to emerge above the surface this time because Igolas’s main body was inflicted with a major wound.
“To wake him up again….”
Rumble-
The Flame enveloped Su-Hyeun’s sword.
“I’ll chop this body into pieces first,” thought Su-Hyeun.
Piiiii-iiit-
Hwa-aaaahk-!
Wounds opened up all over Igolas’s body one after the other according to Su-Hyeun’s sword strikes.
It was the pattern of the Flame scorching the creature’s hide, and then the Gram slicing into the weakened hide.
The sword attacks used to be effective many times before, however, it was different this time.
Kuruk, kururuk-
Blood sprayed out from Igolas’s body enveloped its hide and scales. This blood, which was a lump of massive magical energy, became a sturdy armor and began protecting its body.
“It’ll be difficult to break through in a single hit,” Su-Hyeun thought to himself.
Chwa-ruruk-
That wasn’t all.
The blood enveloping Igolas’s hide suddenly coalesced and floated upwards. Every one of those lumps morphed into sharp blades and were fired in Su-Hyeun’s direction.
It was the skill of Falcon, the ancient knight that became one with Igolas.
“Swords is it,” Su-Hyeun said.
Dozens upon dozens of swords.
Su-hyeun swept his eyes across them. A fairly threatening amount of magical energy was permeating in every single one of them.
However, destroying them wouldn’t be difficult.
“I’ll shatter them.”
Squeeze-
Su-Hyeun trusted in his skills, as well as the weapon held in his hand, the Gram.
He was capable of shattering them one by one.
Su-phat-
Pik, pik, pipik-
Chwa-rururuk-
Su-Hyeun cut down the swords flying in his direction, and then, cut down even more. Countless swords were powerlessly destroyed.
Perhaps it didn’t expect such a development, Igolas flinging the swords stared at Su-Hyeun with great shock.
Crack, crack, craaack-!
“Fuu-wook, huk-”
Swords flew in endlessly.
Even as he swatted those away one by one, Su-hyeun shifted his gaze towards the wound he inflicted on the main body.
“As I thought, I should aim over there if I…”
Fuu-wuunng-
The sound of a huge gust of wind.
At that moment, Su-hyeun’s gaze shifted to the side.
Ka-boom-!
“Keo-urk!”
Su-Hyeon’s body, his focus stolen by the countless swords until then, was struck hard by Igolas’s tail. For a moment there, all strength abandoned him and his head shook around.
Stagger-
[‘Hero – Immortality is activating.]
[Vitality and stamina are recovering rapidly. A fixed portion of abnormal status is recovering.]
[Physical ability is being rapidly enhanced.]
His shaken consciousness and body quickly came back to him.
The passive skill he thought of as insurance for that just-in-case.
He couldn’t confirm its effects until now. It didn’t want to activate regardless of whatever situation Su-hyeun deliberately created for himself.
However, the Immortality skill had become a truly dependable lifeline for Su-hyeun right at this moment.
His body felt light.
Power was overflowing within, and his concentration was shooting through the roof. His body was in the peak physical condition filled with vitality. No, the strength exceeding even that could be felt now.
“I can do this.”
Squeeze-
Su-hyeun’s gaze was directed at Igolas’s tail that smacked him earlier.
“I’ll cut it down.”
Sliiiice-
A single thin line appeared in Su-hyeun’s vision.
He didn’t even exert all that much strength, either. As if drawing a line, he simply swung his sword quite naturally in the direction of Igolas’s tail.
Tsu-eu-euht-
Chua-aaaahk-!
Igolas’s tail was sliced off.
The cleanly-sliced tail and its smooth cross-section began falling below.
Igolas, having lost a part of its body in the blink of an eye, didn’t even scream as if it hadn’t felt the pain.
But, it soon sensed a certain emptiness and turned its head behind to confirm the situation with its tail.
Kii-aahk, kiii-aaahhh-!
Igolas started screeching out loudly.
The now tail-less Igolas spat out rage-filled breaths in all directions. The figure reappearing on the creature’s back seemed to be enraged as well, as it opened its mouth wide and howled out, too.
“Ah, ah, aaaaahk-!”
“I will make you suffer!”
Igolas crying out in rage soon had to stop its screaming. It discovered that Su-hyeun had arrived near its position before anyone noticed it, that’s why.
“…!”
As Igolas opened its pupil-less eyes wide enough to tear them apart, its expression was filled with sheer shock.
“What are you so surprised about?”
Squeeeeze-
Before anyone realized it, Su-hyeun’s hand was holding a spear, not a sword.
“When did I… ever say I only had one?”
[Dragon killing spear – Nir.]
A single-use item.
The thing was, Su-hyeun had prepared two of them.
One to inflict a fatal wound on Igolas’s main body.
And as for the other one…
“Let’s finish up with this, shall we?”
To wrap everything up.
Su-hyeun’s gaze was fixed on the huge wound he cut out on Igolas’s back.
He bent both his arm and his body to ready the spear shaft.
Rumblllle-
Kuwa-aaaaht-!
Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands.
The spear Su-hyeun threw split countless times and rained down on Igolas’s body from above.
Crack, crack, craaack-
Kiii-aaaaahhh-!
Igolas’s body was mercilessly torn apart.
Su-Hyeun was planning to use this attack as the final blow to kill Igolas off. The magical energy contained within the spear now was incomparable to before.
Peok, peok, peopeopeopeohk-!
Its wings were torn off, and its hide and scales were scorched black.
Igolas’s whole body went limp as if it no longer had any energy left to even flap its wings.
Gu-wuuuu-
Igolas’s body began falling to the ground.
Act 5
Kwa-rung, boom-!
Igolas’s body crashed into a high-rise building, and the structure couldn’t endure against that weight and began crumbling to the side.
With its figure completely torn apart and penetrated through, Igolas couldn’t control its body anymore and simply writhed intermittently. Su-hyeun landed on top and intently studied Igolas’s condition.
“Looks like it’ll die even if left alone.”
The biggest weakness of Igolas was its low rate of regeneration unfitting for a high-ranking monster. With these many wounds, it was now as good as dead.
Su-hyeun walked on Igolas’s back.
It was then, the streaming blood coalesced once more into a certain silhouette. This time, though, it had a person’s head, not a dragon’s.
“I shall ask again,” Su-hyeun said.
Step-
Su-hyeun got real close to this figure and asked.
“Who are you currently?”
“I am…” Countless emotions were mixed in that faintly-trembling voice. “Falcon, the knight of Teserahm.”
“Can you remember now?”
“Yes, I remember everything… Everything.”
Falcon barely managed to squeeze out his voice.
It wasn’t because he found it uncomfortable or difficult to talk, however. No, he couldn’t speak because countless memories that he didn’t want to recall came flooding in.
“I…. my… with my hands….”
After he became one with Igolas.
Falcon killed and devoured countless people. He could still vividly remember the texture and the taste from back then.
“Euph… Eu-euph….”
The sensation of vomit rushed in, making him feel nauseous and dizzy. Unfortunately, Falcon was made out of Igolas’s blood and couldn’t shed his tears nor empty his stomach.
“Bleurgh-!”
He tried to vomit, but nothing came out. The only thing leaking out from his mouth like drool was Igolas’s blood.
“Even if you do that, people you devoured won’t come back,” Su-hyeun said.
“Wu-wuuk…”
“Those who died won’t come back to life. And also… it was never your intention, wasn’t it?”
“I….” Falcon lowered his head and dejectedly knelt down. “I killed everyone.”
He began tearing at his hair. He wanted to endlessly scream and cry his heart out, but not a drop of tear came out.
“I…. devoured them all.”
Like how a knight should, he wielded his sword for the weak all his life.
He became one with Igolas just so that he could save his empire.
However….”If only I knew it’d be like this… if only I knew…”
“If you knew, would you have watched and done nothing as the empire fell?”
Falcon raised his lowered head at Su-hyeun’s question.
“You wouldn’t have done that, right?” asked Su-hyeun.
“That is….”
“Since you’re going to make the same choice anyway if you did manage to go back, please stop with regretting your past. Seriously, what is this? You saved a nation, yet it’s still your fault? There’s a limit to being a kind person, you know.”
He wasn’t wrong there.
Even if Falcon went back in time, he’d make the same decision in the end. Rather than watching the empire be destroyed, he’d willingly throw himself and stop Igolas, and eventually become one with the creature again.
“It’s not your fault,” Su-hyeun spoke in a slightly bitter voice. “Many more people survived thanks to you. There’s no reason to beat yourself up over it.”
“But…”
“But my foot. You saved the world by sacrificing yourself, so what’s with this wretched display? What exactly are you guilty of, anyway?” Su-hyeun reached out and while patting the man’s shoulder, spoke. “You shouldn’t… punish yourself so viciously like this. You have done a great job already, Falcon.”
“….”
Falcon remained silent at Su-hyeun’s words.
His darkened eyes slowly regained their focus. As Igolas’s body gradually died, Falcon’s consciousness was getting clearer, that’s why.
“Now that I think about it…” Falcon said.
His once-trembling voice became a little calmer.
Falcon observed Su-hyeun and spoke. “I still haven’t expressed my gratitude. Thank you. Thanks to you, we were finally able to stop.”
“No need to mention it.” Su-hyeun formed a meaningful smile. “It wasn’t for free, after all.”
“What do you mean?”
“You aren’t going to use that item anyway, right? In that case, please just give it to me.”
“That item? Could it be…” Falcon’s eyes widened before he guffawed. “Ha, hahaha! Ah, did you mean this? You aren’t someone from our side, so I can’t fathom at all how you even knew about it.”
“There are certain ways of finding it out.”
“Alright, take it. Just like you said, it’s not like I’ll be using the item again, and… And I should at least give you something in return. No, wait. Even if I don’t give it to you, it’s still yours regardless.”
“Thank you.”
“I should be the one thanking you. Thanks to you, the weight’s been lifted off my shoulders. I’ve been freed from the pain, too… I’m truly grateful.”
Igolas’s death was the same thing as Falcon’s death.
Falcon was supposed to have died a long time ago during his battle against Igolas. However, after he became one with the creature, he was unable to die and continued to live on while killing humans even though he didn’t want to.
For a long time, he fought within Igolas’s consciousness and protected his home by ensuring that the creature didn’t attack the empire.
Kururuk, kuruk-
Kek, kekek-!
The maw on Igolas’s massive head squirmed for a bit before it spat something out quite vigorously.
Su-hyeun stared at that something the creature spat out. It was a set of thin armor.
“Take it with you. You are more than qualified to possess it,” said Falcon.
He was now in full control of Igolas’s consciousness. That was because the creature’s body was damaged beyond the possibility of repair.
In other words, the armor Igolas spat out was meant to be Falcon’s gift. And it was also what Su-hyeun had been aiming for since the beginning, as well.
“In that case, I’ll gladly use it,” replied Su-hyeun.
“Alright.”
Falcon closed his eyes.
Right afterward, his body made out of Igolas’s blood began melting down little by little.
“Finally… eternal respite,” said Falcon.
He accepted his death as eternal respite. Su-hyeun, having only lived a mere few decades, couldn’t grasp at all what that even felt like.
Su-hyeun bowed his head towards Falcon.
This man before his eyes was a true hero, who, for the length of time no one could even begin to imagine, fought for the sake of the world.
And he was the sole witness to the last moments of such a person.
“Rest in peace.”
I pray that his death wouldn’t be one of agony but an eternal rest.
Su-hyeun earnestly prayed in his heart.
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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