Chapter 173: Transcendence (4)
When I was learning basic swordsmanship at the academy, I learned the concept of mind and body.
This is a concept that is similar to, but slightly different from, the mind and body of martial arts in the real world.
This means that in order to grow as a graduate, you must grow together with the mental element, sim, the technical element, qi, and the physical element, che.
However, the only thing the academy taught was how to grow flags and bodies.
He trained swordsmanship to grow ki, trained physical strength to grow body, and taught magic practice.
After teaching only the basic mindset for Sim, the rest was left to the individual swordsman’s growth.
This is normal.
Because there is no such thing as a skill that grows the mind.
Many people have challenged the limits in the realm of tile and body.
Swordsmen like Brantley, for example, have practiced swordsmanship all their lives.
It can be said that they have almost reached the limit in the realm of qi.
On the other hand, Matheists like the Patriarch realized the limitations of the body early and studied the Heukcheon Mine Daebeop.
As a result, he was able to reach the Heukcheon level and transcend the limits of his body.
Tiles and sieve are clearly visible things.
It is also possible to copy to Eusrecht.
However, in the end, these things will kneel to beings with a superior qi and body.
Assuming that other conditions are similar, it is only natural that the ordinary swordsmanship would lose if a low-level swordsmanship collided with an ordinary swordsmanship.
Ordinary humans have no choice but to be defeated by the Heukcheon-class who have the body of a demon through the Heukcheon Demon Great Law, and the Heukcheon-class also have no choice but to be defeated by a being with a higher body.
However, there is a way for Ki-che to win over superior beings.
It is to surpass the opponent in the realm of deliberation.
Burning the fighting spirit to never lose to the opponent is also included in this, but this is by no means the whole story.
Cunning to poke the opponent’s loopholes will also apply, and mental toughness that will not be shaken in psychological warfare will also apply.
But I think so.
Ultimately, the realm of deliberation means the power of will to realize one’s will in the real world.
Making the maximized will transcend the mental world and affect the material world.
In fact, graduates have already learned part of this principle at the peak stage.
It is the unity of the body and the sword.
In reality, the body and the sword are completely separate beings.
No matter how much mana you stretch out, you can’t become one.
The clear will to unify the body and the sword works in the material world, realizing the originally physically impossible union of the divine sword.
If you don’t realize the essential reason, you can’t reach the level beyond the pinnacle.
I knew this crucial realization from the beginning.
But I myself was too weak to actually embody this realization.
That’s why I had to keep getting stronger.
He didn’t stop at studying other people’s swordsmanship with Yusrecht, but also created new techniques to achieve the growth of his spirit.
He acquired enormous magical power and fulfilled the condition of sieve by harmonizing the Iron Blood Sword Magic and the Dark Heaven Magic.
Ki and body can follow the awakening of the mind.
‘Yes, so… … .’
What flows through my body is iron-blooded mana.
Eliminating mana hearts and deploying magical energy throughout the veins, the whole body became uniformly filled with iron blood.
Now there is no need to be conscious of the new sword union.
Because I, who is full of iron blood, is a sword.
‘and… I also make a sword in my heart.’
Create a sword in your heart.
It is an indomitable sword that contains a will that will not be broken by anything.
It is an invincible sword that contains the will to defeat any existence.
The sword that exists in the spirit world… It synchronizes with the sword that exists in the material world.
‘With the sword of the heart, cut the enemy in the heart.’
In the spiritual world, everything happens in an instant.
There is no speed limit like in the material world.
Slashing the enemy in the heart with the sword of the heart ends in an instant.
Synchronizing this with the material world… What will happen.
‘This is it…’ It is the sword of will, the sword of mind.’
The realm of realizing the speed of the spiritual world in the material world.
This is the sword master level beyond the pinnacle level.
“Ahhhhh… … !”
With a hole in his chest, the patriarch screamed.
The Patriarch was already completely pierced by my blue sword.
However, the Patriarch has already abandoned his human body.
Patriarchs who have reached the Black Heaven level will not die even if their chest is pierced.
“Ernas Landstein… … !”
The Heukcheon Intangible Sword Feast, ‘Heukcheon Jongeon’, which the Patriarch had just unfolded, was destroyed.
However, the Patriarch was able to retrieve that magic again.
Even if there is no artifact, it can be absorbed again to the level of the black sky.
Controlling that magical power again, this time I fired countless intangible swords.
“Dark sky and heavy rain… … !”
Hundreds of formless swords pouring down with an explosion.
In the torrential rain of swords flying at super speed, I entered the spiritual world.
And muttered in a subdued voice.
“Kalesius Spearman’s 8th Type… … .”
In the novel, Yoles Kalesius developed the Calesius Spear Sword so that students could defeat the higher beings.
Although Yoles died early, the main character, Archandel, inherited and evolved the swordsmanship of Calesius.
And after fighting against numerous strong enemies, Archandel perfected the swordsmanship of Calesius.
Blue lightning that rips enemies apart from the spirit world… while implementing it in the real world.
[Your understanding of Calesius Lightning Swordsmanship (S Rank) has reached a certain level.]
[Permanent belonging proceeds with the growth of Calesius Lightning Sword (S Rank).]
[Permanent belonging of Calesius Lightning Sword (SS rank) has been completed.]
The swordsmanship of Calesius, which was inscribed on my body, has evolved to the final stage.
Confirming that fact, I muttered briefly.
“Lightning sword type.”
The moment when the Calesius Lightning Sword Artisan’s Type 8 Lightning Sword pattern unfolded.
My whole body became a streak of lightning.
Lightning of speed, which is on a different level from acceleration with the Shinki of the Thunderbolts.
I pierce hundreds of intangible swords that are pouring down on me, and soar toward the Patriarch.
Until just now, the Patriarch ran away when I approached him, but now he is not moving from the spot.
Now you should know that no matter how much you run away, you won’t be able to distance yourself from me.
“… … !”
With a silent cry, the Patriarch raised his arms.
That arm was already deformed like a sword.
It would have been a body that does not depend on weapons like the demons, but in the end, there is no choice but to rely on the sword at the last moment.
Because when fighting a higher being, humans have to raise their swords.
Making full use of his Black Sky level body, the Patriarch swung his sword at me.
“Patriarch.”
I murmured briefly.
“This is my victory.”
The Patriarch’s final attack cut through the air.
My attack, which I wielded in the form of a lightning sword, severed the entire body of the patriarch.
* * *
The volcano started erupting in earnest.
Looking down at the ground where lava spewed out, the patriarch muttered.
“Something like that… … .”
As Aernas said earlier.
Having experienced it through my body, I could understand it properly.
“The material world is finite, but the spiritual world is infinite… If the speed of the mental world can be realized in the material world, is it possible to move beyond the limits of the body?”
“… … .”
“Then you won’t have to struggle to overcome the limits of your body. No matter how powerful the creature is against… You just have to surpass it with the strength of your mind.”
In the material world, elephants and ants are no match.
However, in the mental world, elephants and ants are equal.
Even if the opponent has reached the same level… If the will of the ant is stronger in the mental world, the odds are there.
“If you do this… There is a possibility that a lower being will break a higher one.”
Graduate is the stage to defeat the existence of a higher level.
The ultimate goal was to materialize the spiritual world into reality.
Just as the Black Heaven Demonic Cult pursued… It’s not about giving up your human body and becoming a monster.
“Rather, being confined to the limits of the human body, is it possible to pursue infinite power in the world of spirit?”
The Patriarch groaned.
In the meantime, the Black Heaven Demonic Cult has been striving to overcome the limits of the weak creatures called humans.
However, no matter how much one overcomes the limitations of the body, in the end it is bound to be subordinated to the finite nature of the material world.
The Black Heaven Demonic Cult had to acknowledge the finitude of the material world and focus on the infinity of the spiritual world.
Transcending the finiteness of the material world with the infinity of the spiritual world was the true answer to overcome human limitations.
“So you go on… You said that the Black Sky level is not the correct answer.”
“Yes, Patriarch.”
Aernas nodded and replied.
“You didn’t realize that. I sacrificed countless lives to overcome the limits of my body, but I never thought of raising my own spirit to a higher level.”
“I admit it, Ernas Landstein… … .”
In order to reach the Black Sky level, there was no need to sacrifice a large amount of lives and conduct human experiments.
I’d rather shut myself in a volcano with all the archbishops and meditate for a hundred years.
If you had been thinking about it head-to-head with the archbishops… I might have been able to find the answer.
“I lost. It is the defeat of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult.”
In order to bring the Patriarch to the Heukcheon level, the Black Heaven Demonic Church consumed all their capabilities.
All the Demonicists were used as monsters or ingredients for Soma, and Archbishops such as Alberich all died.
The Patriarch wanted to remain alone and realize the ideal of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, but this is impossible.
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At this point, the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult’s earnest wish had completely failed.
“It is your victory.”
“… … .”
“but… Ernas Landstein, do you know?”
The Patriarch stared at Aernas and asked.
“Let’s block the world of struggle pursued by the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult… What awaits in the future is the world of iron and blood sword system.”
The Patriarch, who inherited all the knowledge of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult, knew.
He knew what the iron-blooded sword emperor, who was sleeping in the mausoleum across the eastern sea, truly pursued.
“I heard that your father is holding a memorial service for the iron-blooded sword at the mausoleum. But when I find out that you destroyed the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult… The memorial service will not end as a memorial service.”
“… … .”
“If the ideal that the iron-blooded sword system has been dreamed of since a thousand years ago comes true… This continent will become a harsher and crueler world than the world of strife.”
Knowing that, the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult wanted to destroy the empire as quickly as possible.
I wanted to collapse the social system and create a world of struggle as it is.
Because in such a world, the ideal that the iron-blooded sword system pursues cannot be established.
“The world of struggle was also a countermeasure to prevent the world of iron and blood sword system. you… Do you think you can handle the world of iron blood sword system?”
“Don’t worry, Patriarch.”
Aernas slowly opened his mouth.
“Because that won’t happen.”
“… … .”
“To prevent that, this is where I am now.”
hear that
The Patriarch finally realized.
That Aernas knew everything.
That Aernas is truly a transcendent being.
“Right.”
The Patriarch smiled bitterly.
“Did you know everything and fight to save this world, Ernas Landstein?”
“… … .”
“good night. Then I have nothing more to say.”
Now the Patriarch has also reached his limit.
It was in a state where it could no longer exist.
So, the Patriarch squeezed the last of his strength and spoke to Aernas.
“Watch your world.”
After giving words of encouragement to the new Sword Emperor.
The remains of the Patriarch plummeted into the bubbling lava.
It was the final moment of the Black Heaven Demonic Cult.