The Last Descendant of the Holy Sword Family
The Beginning of the Journey
After leaving Gulid because the time had entered the night I immediately rushed home. Not too long I walked finally I arrived at the old building located on the edge of the city, the old building is my home. Even though I said it was my house rather it was my teacher's house that allowed me to stay with him.
I went straight to the door and opened it. From the door I only saw my teacher sitting in a chair.
"i'm back teacher"
"welcome back zen, zen sit down in front of me"
I did not understand what the teacher was going to talk about but his expression was quite serious. Without further ado, I immediately sat down where the teacher told me to.
"zen, today I heard a rumour about the burning blue flames in the forest. Is that what you did?"
I think the teacher knows what I have to say. I know he forbade me from using that magic but why would he have to put on such a serious expression. I guess I should be honest.
"yes, the fire master did it"
I answered with a little fear.
"Why did you do that?, didn't I tell you not to use that magic"
"sorry teacher at that time I was cornered by a monotaurus and because my sword was broken I had no choice but to use that magic"
"it's fine because it looks like you have no choice but to use that magic."
The teacher experience that had been quite serious now turned into a bit relaxed.
"by the way zen, how old are you now?"
"17 years teacher"
I don't know why the teacher asked me my age, but since it seemed important enough so I answered.
"17 Years, ten years since that day"
Right, it has been 10 years since the day of the slaughter of the holy sword family that was carried out by the empire. All members of the servant's family and guards were all killed in 1 night. I'm all that's left of the massacre, when I thought I was going to die, teacher
saved me and has been taking care of me all this time. Someday I will surely repay his kindness and avenge myself on the imperial family.
"Zen did a trip"
The teacher told me to take a trip.
"Teacher why I have to do a teacher's journey"
"zen, do you know why the holy sword family was slaughtered by the empire."
Why did the teacher arrive to discuss it, I myself did not know why my family was slaughtered that night. If the teacher knows anything, I might as well ask the teacher the cause of the massacre.
"Teacher I don't know the cause of the massacre, if the teacher knows anything. Then please tell me, teacher."
"the cause of the massacre was because the imperial family was afraid of the power of the holy sword family. No, rather fear yourself"
Ha, the imperial family is afraid of me, the boy who even has difficulty in fighting the monotaurus. It doesn't make any sense at all.
"why was the imperial family afraid of me, I was just a brat who couldn't even fight?"
"because you are the son of the Venom of the Demon Eater holy sword user and the ultimate God-wearing cursed sword user Despair. That's why the imperial family is afraid of your upcoming potential that could endanger them someday"
The imperial family is afraid of my potential someday, which potential is meant whether my potential as a sacred sword wielder or my potential as a cursed sword wielder. No matter how I think about it I don't find the answer.
"which teacher of my potential is the one that the imperial family is afraid of"
"your potential that they fear is you as a double sword user, the cursed sword and the holy sword. Normally it is very difficult to fight against the wielder of the holy sword and the cursed sword simultaneously, which is why they committed a massacre at the time your father was sick"
Just because of that reason they slaughtered the holy sword family.The damn imperial family, someday I will definitely avenge you and make you feel suffering like hell.
"Speaking teacher I already know the cause of the massacre in my family, but why would I take a trip?"
"zen yourself right now is like a frog in a well, you will not be able to fight against the imperial family with your current strength. That's why going on a journey it can make you strong so you might have a chance to fight the imperial family and reclaim the sword of your mother and father who are currently in the imperial palace"
"what sword master mother and father are now in the imperial palace!"
"yes, after the massacre the swords of your mother and father were carried by the emperor of the palace, although there is currently no one who can use them"
Is that so, it's worth it when I thought after the massacre where mom and dad's swords were I never knew it. I would repeatedly search for it in the ruins of my former family residence but not find it, it turns out that the sword is in the imperial palace.
"Okay teacher I'm going on a journey. But where am I going now, teacher? "
Because I didn't know where to go to eat it I asked the teacher. Traveling without a destination can make my trip a waste.
"To begin with go north to the kingdom of the immortal dragon and seek the holy sword and the cursed sword that are in that kingdom"
"still, although I do not know how many there are but in that country there are holy swords and cursed swords sealed"
It turned out that there were still other holy and cursed swords. Even the teacher didn't know the number might have exceeded my original estimate.
"Well teacher tomorrow I'll start my journey to the north"
"then Zen go to rest, it's night and tomorrow you must travel."
"Good teacher"
After that I went straight to my room to rest. I want to, but I have to do some preparation and pack the things I will carry on the Christmas trip and I save them into my storage magic. After that I fell asleep immediately.
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In the morning, the sun has not come out completely and it is still quite dark outside. The sound of knocking on the door came from my room and I slowly woke up from my sleep and opened the door. The one waiting at the door turned out to be the teacher who was waiting for me.
"zen now is the perfect time to start the journey, be prepared I'll take you down"
After saying that the teacher immediately turned around and went downstairs. I also immediately prepare and wear clothes and pants that I will use to travel later. I choose clothes because I do not really like to use armor because even though light still restricts movement so I do not like to wear armor.
After I finished preparing I went downstairs. I also saw the teacher with a number of swords located on the table.
"zen you said your sword was broken. Choose one of the swords that are here for you to use on your journey"
"good teacher"
I saw there were some swords that looked good, there were even magic swords of medium quality. A magic sword is a sword that if filled with which its user can cast magic. Low-level magic swords can only cast magic a few times, while middle-class magic swords can cast magic 15 to 21 times.
All the swords here look good so it's hard for me to pick them. After I looked carefully there was a sword that caught my attention even though it was not a magic sword but it caught my attention. With a deep black color like a dark night I also chose the sword.
"my teacher picked this one"
"Well, take the sword and this zen a little gift from me"
"But this teacher"
"It's okay, take this as a gift for you"
"Alright, thank you teacher"
"Zen, may your celebration pay off"
"yes teacher, then I go first teacher, goodbye"
After that I immediately left the teacher's house and went to take my trip to the north to take the holy and cursed sword that is in the kingdom of the immortal dragon.
Even so the teacher was very good at giving me some middle-class potions and 20 gold coins.1 gold coin is equivalent to 50 silver coins and 1 silver coin is equivalent to 50 bronze coins. With 20 gold coins I can even buy medium-grade magic potions and swords in large quantities.
Actually the teacher does not need to worry about financial matters because I am an adventurer I could take a quest in the city that I will pass later.
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It is noon, the eyes of the day are over the head for the next city may still need about one more day. I was tired of resting among the trees. When I just entered the forest I found a rabbit so I softened it as my food this afternoon.
I cooked it by burning it and giving it a little salt and then ate it right away. After enough rest I immediately continued my journey. In the middle of the journey I saw a strange thing that was a pile of tree branches that were quite high, as high as an adult waist. Because I was curious that I was approaching the branch, but I realized that a monster with a terrible speed was coming towards me.
I also immediately dodged, but when I avoided my left hand was injured by being hit by his nails. After a careful look, it turned out that the monster was a black bear with fangs. He was a high rank monster that was said that rank A adventurers alone were quite difficult when facing him.
For a moment I thought about trying to run away. However, since the purpose of my journey was to make me strong I also faced the monster. As I prepared and drew the sword on my back the bear came towards me and launched its attack.
I also repel it with my sword, this sword is really strong even when fending off the attack of a fanged black bear whose strength is 2 times stronger than a monotaurus this sword still looks fine.
After I rebuked his attack, the bear continued to launch relentless attacks. Because there was a pause for a few moments in each attack I tried to use it and avoid it to the side then I tried to cut his neck. When I cut his neck a loud sound was created like the sound of 2 swords meeting each other.
My attack was unsuccessful and I immediately took a step back. Right after I tried to take a step back the bear came attacking me. I also deflected it with my sword but because it arrived too late I could not hold the bug and bounced and hit the trees.
My body was numb but I had to fight the monster. I immediately stood up and prepared the horse to cut his neck. I knew a normal attack wouldn't cut his neck but, this time I was lining my sword with black hell magic power. My sword was instantly enveloped in a terrifying black flame.
The bear came back at me at full speed. When he almost got to me, because I could not fight for too long because of the attack earlier I immediately used flash magic to move to the side and immediately cut it. As I thought the sword covered in black hell magic could cut off his head easily.
After defeating the beetling black bear I immediately took his skin and put it into my storage magic. Since the blood of this black bear might be able to attract the attention of the other monsters, I hurried to leave the place with a wounded and slightly numb body.
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With my wounded body I walked on, it was getting dark and I found a cave that might be used for rest. I checked around the cave and concluded that the cave was quite safe. I lit a fire and used the rest of the kelici meat this afternoon as my dinner. I drank 1 medium-level potion to remove some of my wounds.
When I was about to rest I felt the air of him cave as cold as possible. As I searched for the source of this cold I felt this chill coming from inside the cave. I also immediately tried to trace this cave, but there was a large stone blocking the road. Then I immediately tried to smash the stone but to no avail. I looked around and there was a dead candle there were about 3 candles. I tried to blow the candle out.
After I finished turning on the three candles, the door of the cave was opened. I immediately entered the cave, even though it looked like an ordinary cave but inside there was ice covering the entire wall. Inside the room were 3 ice pillars, inside the ice pillar on the left was a treasure box containing many magic stones and gold. Inside the ice pillar on the right was about 10 to 20 rolls of which I myself did not know what the scroll was.
What intrigued me the most was what was inside the ice pillar in the middle. If I look well it looks like a small white fox that has 2 tails. Out of curiosity I tried to smash the ice pillar with my sword but to no avail. I wanted to try using the magic of the descent flame but it might hurt the fox inside. Then I tried to use the black hell that was lining my sword and pointed it at the ice pillar.
My attack was enough to inflict damage on the ice pillar, on the attack to my three the ice pill had a considerable crack and on my attack the four ice pillars were destroyed. The moment the ice pill shattered the fox that had been inside the ice pillar gave off an extremely terrifying aura of intimidation.Even if ordinary villagers were exposed to such an aura of intimidation it might be able to make him faint in an instant. After a while the aura of intimidation released by the fox disappeared. I slowly approached the fox and then I grabbed it. As I held the fox my gaze darkened, my body began to limp and without me noticing I seemed to have fainted.
