Return of the Archmage

Chapter 90

5.

It wasn’t hard to find a tiger.

At the beginning of the mountain range, I was able to meet them easily because I was around them.

A tiger full of power in its very existence!

He is similar in size to the tiger he met two days ago, looks similar in appearance, and is alone.

“That tiger must be alone.”

“I know.”

Kang In-ho nods and swallows his saliva.

It’s another piece of information.

One such minor piece of information from the seven-level contaminated area, the unknown land itself, is of great help to the advance team and leads to a value that cannot be translated into a price for the latecomers.

I dare not say the benefits of the advance team from its irreversible value.

Especially, this information, the habits of monsters wandering around the entrance, is more important than anything else.

If you are free to enter and exit level 7 contaminated areas, you can set a base at the entrance and speed up the recovery.

Even in the face of such important information, Kang In-ho could not be happy now.

I couldn’t take my eyes off the tiger for a second.

“I’ll walk out after blessing you.”

“Thank you, buddy.”

Likewise, Lee Hye-sung stepped back without further comment.

With the video on.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the viewers’ chats.

However, his eyes do not fall away from Kang In-ho and the tiger.

“Whoops.”

Mana who comes in for a moment and body that gets lighter.

Kang In-ho takes it slowly without getting excited.

Lee Hye-sung used such buffs freely as he originally did.

Kang In-ho was also confident.

If you can’t adapt to being strong and not weak, you don’t even deserve to stand here.

Slowly recall with a sword in hand.

I’ve already recoded hundreds or thousands of times in two days.

The battle scene between Lee Hye-sung and the tiger.

It was so fast that I couldn’t even see it, but I remember it vividly.

I tried to miss it, but I couldn’t.

Even Kang In-ho, the world, opened his mouth and just watched it.

Looking back and forth, I can only frown.

I even felt like I had a huge wall in my incomprehensible and immeasurable swordmanship.

But I ended up standing here.

I pulled up a sword to make it work.

No, you have to make it.

“Crrrrr.”

The tiger expresses anger against humans who do not feel afraid of him, no different from two days ago.

The same goes for it.

A tiger in front of one’s eyes.

I feel like I’m cheating because I’m competing based on countless simulated situations, but I don’t care.

I’m winning.

It’s not a record competition.

It’s a fight to live.

No matter how much we simulated it, we didn’t have more than half the chance of winning.

“I win.”

Kang In-ho continued the battle by reciting to himself.

***

Watching the fight, Ariel asked.

“Should I win?”

After 10 years with Lee Hye-sung, she has some sense of swordsmanship.

It’s a fight that even she can’t easily predict.

Kang In-ho was strong and those who showed such swordsmanship on the continent were either Grand Sword Masters or advanced to that level, but the tiger was so strong that it was hard to deal with even after reaching that level.

If the opponent was not a monster only for a six-shot battle, the game might have ended easily with Kang In-ho’s victory.

The difference between Lee Hye-sung and his stats is quite big.

When Lee Hye-sung fights against the monster on a par, blessed Kang In-ho will be able to take the lead.

But the tiger is not that.

It lacks stats compared to Lee Hye-sung, Kang In-ho, and tigers.

Lee Hye-sung killed the tiger by smoothing out the difference in stats from the tiger.

Kang In-ho should do the same.

The stats are higher than Lee Hye-sung’s, so there is no need to show such superior skills.

However, the fact that he still has to bring his limits to the limitation remains the same.

Despite the unexpected result, Lee nodded without hesitation.

“You’re going to win.”

“How do you know?”

Ariel asks back to the words of conviction.

“Just.”

“…just?”

There is no credibility or logic in a calm answer.

However, Ariel was forced to nod at the end.

“Just the best I’ve ever seen.”

Cool words.

Through real-time streaming, Lee Hye-sung’s faith in Kang In-ho was sent out.

Are you sure you’re okay with the dog?

I think I got it wrong.

Unfortunately, Kang In-ho was being pushed back to the point where he felt sorry for him.

There was no change of words.

He doesn’t even get ready to run away.

“I’ve been holding a sword for 30 years, and I win no matter what. Oh, that’s too bad. If there were illegal private gambling, it’d be a lot of money.”

Just cross your arms, watch.

6.

Knights now the only Grand Sword Master on the continent.

“Teacher, I have a question.”

“Tell me.”

I answer my student’s questions solemnly.

The second disciple he chose.

Now, only a 14-year-old child calmly checks his surroundings and asks questions quietly.

“I’m a slave who’s not even a commoner, and I’m weak, and I’ve never squeezed a sword, have I? Then why did your teacher bring me here even spending a lot of money?”

A worried expression.

And he laughs out loud at the sorry words.

“Was it that bad?”

“Master, he called a lot of money on purpose, knowing it was you!”

I could’ve just brought it in if I wanted to.

It was the real power of the first emperor to rule the continent.

But I paid the price and brought my student with me.

“It’s nothing compared to the money I have. Don’t worry too much.”

“But…….”

It’s not because you have a lot of money.

“Do you know my teacher?”

“……What? Yes. I don’t know. The first Grand Sword Master on the continent, Your Master’s Master, 10 Circle vs. Your First Emperor.”

“Yes, when I was chosen by the first emperor, I asked the same question as you.

“S, your teacher?”

“I used to be a commoner, too. I can’t forget the moment when your Majesty, who was famous all over the continent at that time, suddenly reached out to me, which was too much to live a day.”

Recall the past while speaking.

memory

In the 10 years with Lee Hye-sung, there were so many things that I could only laugh about in my life.

I didn’t have much time to laugh back then.

“And then he told me. I have an accurate eye for people. He taught me how to be a Grand Sword Master in the future.”

“Oops.”

“I believe in the eye I learned from my teacher. From what I can tell, you were my successor.”

“I’ll do my best. Master!”

The disciple, who does not let go of the sword even though the calluses are peeled off and bleeding, runs to swing the sword again with his back bent.

A kind smile comes naturally.

Then, the commander of the Knights comes behind him.

“Cancer, talent shines only when efforts are supported.”

“If Ki-yeon follows me, he will follow me one day. If only I could understand my teachings.”

Of course, I didn’t know you were going to be a Grand Sword Master.

Just a knack for swords and effort.

I brought them after seeing those two.

I could make a sod master with just two things.

But more than that, it’s not human territory.

There should be enlightenment.

No matter how much he tells you what he feels, he can’t go up if he doesn’t realize it.

That forced him to shake his head.

“How can I know in advance that I will become a Grand Sword Master unless I am the first emperor.” You must have recognized God’s protection, and you are so talented in swordsmanship. I never even dreamed I’d be on the Grand Sword Master.”

“That’s true. At a late age, everyone thought it was a miracle to grab a sword and climb to the Sword Master.”

“Maybe that’s why I was able to work harder and eventually learn the teachings of the first emperor.”

“What the hell, Your Majesty…….”

“He’s got everything. You went back to where you used to live, but you sowed that seed on the continent.”

One hundred out of so many different people.

It selected 100 knights, which were nothing, to create the 100 strongest men on the continent.

“He had a really good eye.”

“Well, we didn’t even know our potential, but your Majesty recognized us.”

My my.

I couldn’t stop laughing.

***

“Crrrrrrrrrrrrr!”

Deeply-

A sword that sticks in the heart.

Likewise, a tiger who resists fiercely.

Kang In-ho, who was ruined but neatly finished, was lying on the floor.

Ariel asks Lee Hye-sung again, who writes simple healing.

“How did you know?”

“I told you. I’m going to win.”

As if it is natural, the question is added to the shrug.

“I’ve always wondered. What you can tell from what you. The 100 knights have all succeeded in that field, right?”

“Are you curious?”

“Yes.”

“Well, this is a secret that even the goddesses don’t know.”

“Tell me.”

Watching Lee Hye-sung agonizing with a serious look, Ariel even acts cute, which she doesn’t usually bring up.

“Ugh. Gross.”

“Do you want to die?”

“……No.”

“Speak fast.”

Of course, as always, I could only get what I wanted if I had to say something that was half threatening.

He smiles as he looks at Ariel lifting her fist up.

“There’s not much to it, actually. You can see it when you learn this and that. If he does this much, he’ll go all the way. I’m looking at Ssaksoo.”

“How?”

“Just a simple sword stroke is all about talent and stupidity and tact.”

“Reading the room?”

“Uh. If I teach you, can you see and follow me? That’s what I’m looking at. You’re so sensible that you just follow along with everything. I’m a talent?”

“…….”

“I’m just looking for talented kids like anything else. I can teach the rest.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it. How important is that?”

It is important.

But I didn’t know that was all.

“I thought you just had a knack for swordsmanship at first glance.

“Come on, I’m not a god, and the system doesn’t show me. How do you know that? It’s just that I’ve been reading Sage’s mind for 20 years, and I’ve been able to read other people’s minds better.”

“…….”

“If we raise them to a certain extent, they’ll work hard on their own. After that, it’ll be all thanks to me.” I actually didn’t know that the commander of the Knights would reach 9 circles.”

“Then what about the Grand Sword Master?”

“Huh? Who?”

“The youngest man.”

“Oh, my God. Did he become the Grand Sword Master?”

“…….”

Ariel quietly turned her back.

I think it would be good for everyone to keep the behind-the-scenes story to herself.