The interior of the conference hall, immersed in darkness.
Jip Seongje was managing the inside by looking into the world of shadows he had created in reality.
“The brainwashing operation is almost finished.”
The organization that divided people apart and imprisoned them in the shadow world was brainwashing members from within.
Even if it was brainwashing, pretending was not convenient.
Their brainwashing is the use of the magical powers.
It had only the power of a parasite to induce its host into an environment favorable to itself.
If it’s a knight, you can resist, and even if you succeed, you’ll become a fool enough to need assistance in your daily life.
Because of this, it cannot be used in normal circumstances.
However, what if the situation is like now when the power of the North Sea Sword King has collapsed?
No one can question this.
You don’t have to take care of your back, so you can commit as much as you want.
“Until we take control of Sanctum Keep, it just needs to look like the councilors are working fine. After that, you can throw it away.”
It didn’t matter if brainwashing prevented him from gaining control of a majority in Congress.
Then I just take a more radical method.
Rather than that, the status of the captured master knights was more important.
“Thanks to the hostages, the enforcers can’t move too quickly, so it’s over once this side is cleared.”
The world where the White Witch and Arni were put into was what Zetsuje paid attention to.
On this side, Arni was holding the hem of his clothes, so Cain inadvertently entered with them.
“Dark Demon Cain. Even that Regina said she never beat this guy in her school days.”
No matter how great Cain was, the situation favored the White Witch.
There are Arni inside as well as the hostages outside.
Cain is in a situation where he has to fight while protecting Arni while controlling his power.
Even if the White Witch loses, there is no burden on the organization.
“Shall we see how strong the knight the master is guarding is?”
* * *
“ha ha ha! A master knight without a sword is no different from a high-ranking knight!”
Darkness dances at the beckoning of the White Witch.
Her mind sword, Walpurgis Night, is a mind sword that implants her own aura and controls her target like a puppet.
Since this mind sword is a principle that can be manipulated with one’s own aura, it can also be used in the shadows of the shadow world.
‘Thanks to that, my ability control doesn’t work either.’
Darkness came over Cain and Arni in all its forms.
Against him, Cain was blocking all attacks with a single sword.
Cain was struggling with his swordsmanship to the limit like a Master Knight, but the same goes for his opponent.
In addition, the white witch was using her own mind sword, so there seemed to be no chance of winning.
‘This has become a headache.’
If you use the intangible sword in front of Walpurgis Night, everything will be stolen.
If you let go of your defenses even for a moment, even your own body will be taken away.
I was able to block it, but this situation could not last long.
“Mr. Cain… … .”
It was because of Arni’s presence behind him.
‘Once a hostage is dead, it has no value as a hostage. That’s why he’s also controlling his strength, so it’s a shame… … .’
Thanks to that, I was able to hold on somehow, but I was just dying slowly as it was.
“I can’t help it. I have no choice but to watch the game.”
“What is that sound? Sounds like you can beat me if you put your mind to it? With your heart sword, Cheon Uimubong, is that a reasonable statement?”
The White Witch mocked Cain’s words.
Most of the Master Knights during the Great War had already been exposed to what kind of sword they had.
In that respect, Cain and the White Witch were no exceptions, and the two knew each other’s hearts.
“Cheonuimubong is an absolutely invincible counterattack. You won’t lose against any swordsmanship, but you won’t be able to win either, right?”
It was as the White Witch said.
Cain’s sword, Cheonuimubong, is a counterattack that can receive any attack.
If you have this, no matter how strong your opponent is, you won’t lose if it’s one-on-one.
However, since it was a counterattack, this alone could not defeat the enemy.
Besides, he is wearing Arni now.
Even the undefeated Cheon Uimubong was meaningless in this situation.
“Cain. If it’s because of me… … .”
“no. Don’t worry. Because I am not that weak.”
“Hmm?”
Cain’s unidentified confidence put the White Witch on alert.
“Who said that my sword is only one Cheonuimubong?”
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As soon as Cain’s sword was activated, Walpurgis Night was canceled.
“No, what is this… … !”
It’s not Cheonuimubong. It’s a completely different sword.
It is also a mind sword with the ability to ‘seal the mind sword’.
“Your mind sword must have been Cheonuimubong! How could one person have two swords… … !”
Mind Sword is the crystallization of swordsmanship containing everything of a knight.
Therefore, two mind swords could not exist.
“Cheonuimubong is strong, but it doesn’t work against Emperor Gwanghwi. Do you think I would have left my son alone and played?”
“Nonsense. Then how did you learn two mind swords!”
“To learn a new swordsman, I threw away all my auras and learned swordsmanship from scratch.”
“What… … !?”
Others think that Cain has reached the level of master knight and is hiding his aura, but he was not.
Cain doesn’t really have an aura.
This is Cain’s choice to follow the path that Enya walked.
“I throw away all auras and learn the necessary swordsmanship in a perfectly controlled environment so that I can awaken the mind sword I want. With this, I succeeded in creating the mind sword I wanted.”
“Are you saying you abandoned everything and learned swordsmanship from scratch to become a master knight once again…? … !!!”
“okay. It’s something I’ve only done once, so it’s worth saying.”
The white witch was speechless at Cain’s affirmation.
There’s no way I can say it’s something I’ve ever done.
According to what he said, he didn’t simply throw away the auras he had accumulated, it meant that he forgot everything he had learned and started anew.
“It would be fun if you did it too. You can erase your memory for a while with the witch’s ability. And without knowing anything, you learn swordsmanship until you become Master Knight again.”
“Crazy! Totally crazy!”
Of course, it would be impossible for an ordinary person to throw away their aura and forget swordsmanship.
What made all of this possible was the power of victory and determination that Cain had learned.
“The sword that handles the sword. This is my ‘answer’.”
The second half of his own creation by Cain, who had to practice patchwork based on the first half without being able to fully learn Enya’s original.
This was Cain’s ‘before’.
‘Even this falls short of the original, but that’s true.’
Even Cain, a similar product, had the result of being the first multi-minded sword in history.
‘Only Noah can inherit the original.’
I knew it the moment I saw Noah.
The story that Enya left behind was made to pass on to Noah from the beginning.
Only Noah can learn the original text to the end.
What Cain has done is his own story, which he created by referring to the original.
In order to complete the true battle of victory, it was necessary to have infinite possibilities that were completed by inheriting only the merits of Cain’s body and Enya’s swordsmanship.
‘It seems that Noah hasn’t fully developed his swordsmanship yet, but the moment he opens his eyes, mankind’s swordsmanship will be complete.’
The only ‘correct answer’ to stand tall in a world where there is no correct answer, which is different for each person.
‘All I can do is protect this world in peace until Noah takes flight.’
In the meantime, the white witch regained her mind, which had been distant for a moment.
“Still, I can’t say you won just by sealing my sword! Aren’t you also in a state where you can’t use your heart sword!”
“When did I ever say that infertility was over?”
“what?”
Reunion
(REUNION)
Behind Cain’s back, a mandala with eight vertices radiated and manifested.
The appearance of a new mind sword whose effect cannot be guessed.
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“I hope you… … .”
“In the past 20 years, I have completed eight mind swords.”
Cain nodded, confirming the White Witch’s idea.
Then the shadow world exploded.
* * *
With the power of Reunion, the eight-hearted sword, Cain cleared the shadow world without any hostage damage.
And in the reality he returned to, he faced Jishengje.
“I was wondering why you didn’t use supernatural ability control, so it was like that.”
Even when he saw Cain’s ability, Zit Seongje was not taken aback and just analyzed him.
“In order to maintain the Sword of Vengeance, the aura must not be biased. That’s why you’re maintaining a state where you’ve discarded all your auras?”
The diagnosis of Collector was correct.
If you need sword skill, you can bring it from the outside as a trick to win.
It was not possible to maintain the state of having multiple mind swords by stacking auras inside the body.
“Then you won’t be able to use rigid body techniques.”
That is Cain’s only weakness.
Unlike the other knights, his body was at the level of an ordinary person, no, worse than that of an ordinary person who had mastered martial arts.
“In that state, it would be impossible to manipulate my abilities like before. At most, it would be to the point of interfering with the opponent’s operation for a while. I wondered how strong you must have become, who kept disturbing us, but in the end, did you abandon your superpowers and only take up swordsmanship?”
Jip Seong-je thought that fact truly regrettable.
“Enemy, but I expected it. What a disappointment.”
“Don’t pretend to be friendly. Because you are next.”
“I’m sorry, but that probably isn’t the case.”
As Zettsei pointed his finger at them, a grip made of shadows attacked them.
Cain hurriedly escaped with Arni, but it wasn’t them they were aiming for.
“Cheuk! You bastard… … !”
“Are you still conscious? It bothers you.”
The fallen white witch was caught in the hands of the sage.
When the white witch tried to say something, Zhishengje stuck the shadow’s finger into her throat.
“Hick… … !”
The white witch, who flinched when her finger got stuck, soon lost her mind and drooped.
“What have you done?”
“I transplanted Kraken cells into this b*tch. Combine Master Knight and Disaster Class Beast. Aren’t you curious about what kind of existence will be born?”
Kwaaang!
Cain immediately attacked, but the housekeeper left only those words and disappeared in ashes.
The white witch left behind crawled on the floor with a miserable look.
I try to get up, but I keep falling down as if it doesn’t work as I thought.
Meanwhile, her body continued to change.
“Ugh, gaaa!”
Tentacles resembling octopus legs sprout from its back.
Each strand of hair turned into a living sea snake.
His legs turned into fish, giving him the appearance of a mermaid.
“Huh! Huh Eok”
And the waking hand picked up Walpurgis.
“Jipseongje bastard!!!”
What dwells in the newly born body is human consciousness.
Cain let out a sigh.
“Has the demonization been successful… … .”
Walpurgis Night is reactivated.
Everything in the city turns into her weapon.
The mind sword, which was mixed with the superpower, could no longer be held captive.
A synthesis of Master Knight, the pinnacle of knights, and a disaster-level monster.
“kill! I will kill them all!”
The witch of calamity has descended on this land.