Swordmaster: The Origin

Starting Everything From the Beginning

[Year 3033, Capital of the Kingdom of Patras, Vienna]

Countless flames raged around Nix. Making it hard to breathe as he walked through the ruins of countless buildings.

He felt nothing as he passed through the rubble of the building, only looking with his blank gaze. No one knows what he's thinking right now.

"Ah, this is all my fault" Nix thought to himself.

In just one day alone, all the cities and countries in the world had been burned to the ground by the flames, making Nix who was staring at him feel empty. He didn't know what to do, could only stare at it blankly.

"It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't fought it myself." Nix said while looking at the flames with his blank look.

Nix feels himself causing all this to happen, he hates him so much now. He even thought about killing himself.

"Is there any way I can fix this?" Nix said with a hope he thought was impossible.

Although Nix wanted to fix it, he could do nothing. "It's too late now." That's what he's thinking right now.

There might be a miracle where a God would descend from the sky and give him a 2nd chance, but to Nix, that God was just a mere scum. There was no point wishing on a figure he had never seen in a lifetime.

If he could fix all this, then he would definitely do it in earnest and would not think naively in the future.

If he could repeat the time, then he would gather friends who would support him at the time he fought.

If he could fight back against the Demon Lord, then he would fight him with full force from the start, and of course with a comrade-in-arms that he will gather if he can indeed repeat everything from the beginning.

But it was just a dream that Nix craved in the current situation. Where no 1 person was seen alive, the rubble of buildings scattered everywhere, the fire that will continue to be visible to the end of the horizon, and the black sky that looked as if it wanted to swallow up the world.

Nix just continued to walk through the rubble, while looking at some human corpses lying between buildings, even those that had burned to the ground leaving only ashes.

"I-i...."

Nix knelt down while facing the black sky, sensing that something was tickling his cheek, he let it continue to flow, and he let it flow, it was his tears that he dropped while thinking about the things that he had blamed on himself until now.

"Please forgive me..." Nix said with his sobs.

No one knows who the apology is for, maybe it's his parents, or his acquaintances, or maybe all the humans he considers to be dead because of his own actions.

He just wants to apologize for now, even if no one will answer him, he still wants to do that for himself.

While continuing to offend himself under the black sky that kept on blocking, the desperate Nix took one of the two swords he kept behind his back.

The sword he picked up was black, a sword he had obtained from the past by defeating the labyrinth boss who was then known as the Death Ripper, the God of Death.

In the past, he had made a scene around the world because he could defeat the Death Ripper alone. With the fruiting black sword he took from the Death Ripper itself, he was considered the greatest solo adventurer that even Guilds recognized.

Gaining Rank Z which was a symbol of respect for him, he became better known around him. Got special treatment and worship that was often thrown at him, even though he did not care about it at all.

But now that those memories were just old memories, the sword he had obtained with great difficulty had already met its ultimate goal of fighting the Demon King.

But he failed to defeat him. Making the world shatter as it is today, he only saw the sword as an ordinary sword that would end his life at this moment.

With his gaze still blank, Nix turned the sword he had picked up and held the handle of the sword with both hands, pointing the tip of the blade at himself.

"I'm tired..." Nix said that would probably be his last sentence.

Nix raised his sword even higher, while continuing to look up at the sky and continuing to feel hollow, he pierced his chest with his black sword

*church!*

The sound of flesh being pierced rang out in Nix's ears, signaling he had ripped through his own flesh at this moment.

His blood scattered everywhere, soiling his face, clothes and hands. Even if he doesn't care about it now.

His gaze started to blur from blood loss, his knees that were not strong to support his body finally made his body fall to the ground.

Not long after, he closed his eyes in resignation. Hoping that when he wakes up he will be on his mother's lap again, and repeating everything from the beginning.

Even though he thought that it was just a false hope that would never come true, he still hoped that it might happen.

"Ughhh!" Nix's moaning is in pain.

The pain from the puncture he was pointing at himself made him squirm in pain.

Slowly his consciousness faded from the pain, signaling that he would soon bleed to death.

With the hope he still hoped to happen. He closed his eyes and breathed his last breath in tears.

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It's dark, everything looks dark.

Having felt that he was dead before, Nix was in a place where everything looked dark.

There was no one there, only he was alone.

Nix looked around looking at the dark place.

"Where am I?" Nix said confusedly.

He tried to search for something around him, but there was nothing he could see other than endless darkness.

Nix recalled what happened earlier, he had stabbed himself with his sword, resulting in him running out of blood and dying in that moment.

However, he was suddenly here just when he felt that he had died before.

"Hm?"

Behind him, a little voice.

That sound sounds like the wind. Maybe Nix wouldn't be able to hear it if he was in his world. But in a very quiet place like this moment, even a sound as small as the wind could be heard.

Nix turned his body towards the origin of the sound.

Nix saw a black sword that he knew well.

A sword that he had obtained by conquering the dungeon, a sword that had wandered with him for a long time.

Yes, it was one of the two swords he used, The Black Rose.

Nix did not understand why his sword was in this place right now. Before he thought about it, the Sword suddenly spoke to him.

"Nix." The sword called to him.

Like the tone of a woman, Nix was surprised to hear his sword speak, but before he could answer it, the sword once again spoke to him.

"Nix, listen to me, I've been watching and watching you as long as I've been with you for years, what your pleasures and sufferings look like, what your desires and expectations are, what they look like, and what it's like to want to fix everything from scratch." The black sword said.

Nix understood what the sword meant. But he felt that right now he just had to listen to the sword speak.

"Maybe you don't know this, but with my strength. Actually you can repeat this world from the beginning you were born."

"The Black Rose has a unique power where if the owner stabs himself with his sword, then he can repeat the world from the beginning when he was just born."

"And you who accidentally took me to kill yourself, have triggered that power to activate."

"And right now, you're inside me for a while waiting for your body and your mind to be stabilized."

"In order to be in a new world that you will occupy, you will still have a memory of your previous world." The sword explained.

Nix widened his eyes hearing the sword's explanation.

He did not expect that his choice to kill himself would turn into an opportunity where he could correct his past mistakes.

However, even if that happens, there is no guarantee that Nix can make better decisions in the next life.

Therefore, he felt both happy and afraid to imagine that he might make the same mistakes as he did in his previous world.

Nix bit his lips imagining the destruction of the world he saw before his eyes at that moment. And with the determination he gathered in his heart, he swore that next he would become stronger and less naive as before

"Nix, the stabilization has been done, you will soon be awakened in your new world at this time, if there is anything you want to say. You better say it now." The sword told Nix.

Knowing that he did not have much time left, Nix looked at Black Rose with his sharp eyes, strengthening his resolve once again. He opened his mouth to swear to the sword and himself.

"Black Rose, I swear on my own name. That in my next life, I will become stronger, make friends, and do the things I regret in my old world for not doing them before." Nix promised Black Rose.

"Therefore, when I am already there, I will seek you again, and will adventure with you again to defeat the demon lord like in my former world. Therefore, please wait for me until that time comes." Nix said with his sharp eyes.

Black Rose who heard that only replied with a word.

"Yes, I'll wait for you." Black Rose reply brief.

After saying that, a light appeared from above and illuminated the dark place.

All the skies and walls began to be covered by the glare of the light, and Black Rose who was in front of Nix, slowly disappeared into the light.

Nix continued to stare at Black Rose until he was completely invisible again in his eyes.

And as the light grew brighter and brighter, Nix slowly closed his eyes.

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...Hello Everything 🙋...

This is the 2nd time I have made a Fantasy-themed Novel with Sword and magic. Unlike before, which was to use a first-person perspective, this time I used a third-person perspective. If there is less sentence, and wrong spelling, I beg to let you know through comments so that I can fix it and get better. Hope you enjoy this novel. Thank you 🙏.