[Translator - Peptobismal]
[Proofreader - Max]
Chapter 32
'Is that really Kaisir?'
Zeke's hand, still gripping Bahamut, was tingling.
As Zeke remained dazed and didn't get up, Kaisir charged at him again with his sword.
Crash!
He swung his sword towards Zeke without hesitation.
"Ugh!"
Zeke desperately dodged Kaisir's sword with PhantomStep.
Kaisir showed no mercy.
He simply pressed on relentlessly.
"I don't know if you're real, a ghost, or what, but let's do this."
Wooong!
An aura blade surged from Zeke's sword.
Kaisir looked at Zeke's sword and tilted his head.
"Are you a disciple of Saturn?"
Zeke didn't answer and dashed forward.
Crash!
Zeke's aura blade clashed with Kaisir's sword.
Kaisir, looking curiously at Zeke's aura blade, swung his sword naturally.
"That's quite fascinating. It's not elemental power, nor magical power, yet it maintains its form without scattering."
Kaisir was very relaxed, but Zeke, facing him, felt like he was dying.
Every time he clashed with Kaisir's sword, his whole body tingled.
It seemed like Kaisir was swinging his sword lightly, yet a heavy force was contained within it.
"Interesting. Let's play a bit more."
Suddenly, Kaisir's movements became faster.
Whoosh!
Kaisir's sword moved so fast it was almost invisible.
Zeke used Phantom Step, trying to keep up with Kaisir's movements.
'Ugh!'
The muscles in his body screamed from the strain of the excessive movements.
And in the midst of all this, Kaisir's sword flew at him from his blind spot.
Crash!
Zeke managed to block the sword with Bahamut, but his entire body was pushed back.
Defense was impossible.
'He's not even using aura, so how...?'
Just then, someone came to Zeke's mind.
The one and only being who wielded power beyond aura without using it.
'Master?'
Not Duke Drake, but the master who taught him how to open his Ether hall and use Soul Perception.
Zeke saw the image of his past master in Kaisir.
"Whew..."
Zeke deactivated the aura blade.
Instead, he focused his mana on Bahamut and used Soul Perception, imbuing it with his will.
Wooong!
Instead of an aura blade, Zeke's will, contained in mana, dwelled in his sword.
Seeing this, Kaisir was surprised once again.
"You can use elemental power? Saturn's techniques and elemental power on top of that. You're an interesting one."
Kaisir raised his sword again.
Rumble!
A completely different energy could be felt.
It was the same momentum he had seen in the video.
It was as if a giant, the mountain itself, was pressing down on him.
"Tsk!"
Zeke was the first to charge at Kaisir.
Soul Perception
The Will of Severance
Zeke's sword, imbued with the will to cut, flew towards Kaisir.
At the same time, a huge storm surged from Kaisir's sword.
Elemental Sword
Chapter of Wind Power
Storm Sword
Literally the power of a storm engulfed Zeke.
Zeke lost consciousness, swept away by that tremendous power.
* * *
"Ugh..."
Zeke finally regained consciousness.
"Elemental power refers to the pure power that makes up all things. The most efficient ones are fire, water, earth, and wind. You draw out that power based on the four basic elements. Watch carefully."
Wooong!
Mana gathered in Kaisir's sword, and then that power transformed into a storm.
It was the same power that had knocked Zeke unconscious earlier.
He realized the nature of the power gathered in Kaisir's sword.
"The power of wind?"
The wind power vanished in an instant, and a new energy surged forth.
The power of blazing fire, the gentle power of water, and even the heavy power of earth – the powers of the four elements were imbued in the sword.
'But isn't this more magic than swordsmanship?'
That was his first thought upon seeing Kaisir's power.
Wizards generate magical power through a circle created in their hearts.
Unlike dragons, who can naturally generate magical power from their hearts, humans cannot create magical power without creating a circle.
The more circles created in the heart, the stronger the magical power that can be used, and thus, the higher the recognition as a wizard.
When the magical power generated from the circles is combined with magic circuits and formulas, magic is completed.
To Zeke, Kaisir's Elemental Sword seemed closer to magic than swordsmanship.
"Now, you've seen it. Try it. If you can't, there's no teaching or anything."
"How am I supposed to try it with just that explanation?"
"What do you mean? I've shown you enough. What more do you want?"
"You haven't explained the core part of how to convert mana into elemental power by concentrating it."
Kaisir looked annoyed as he listened to Zeke's detailed questions.
"Ha, you brat. You sound just like that Saturn guy, it's annoying."
He held his sword and created wind, then fire, then water, repeatedly.
Then, at some point, he had a troubled expression.
"This... it just happens. How do I explain it?"
Zeke looked at Kaisir with a dubious expression and opened his mouth.
"I'm curious, has there been even a single person who has learned this technique?"
Kaisir replied with a confident expression.
"Of course not! No one can just learn the Elemental Sword created by this great genius, the first Grandmaster."
"What about the noble knight Saturn? According to legend, you handed over the kingdom and everything to him."
According to legend, after Kaisir established the Chronos kingdom, he handed over the throne to the noble knight Saturn and returned to the land of the elves.
"Saturn? I gave him the throne. Humans can't learn the Elemental Sword even if I teach them. Maybe elves could."
"Elves? Do elves use swords?"
"So you're saying elves don't use swords?"
"The books mostly say they use bows. I've never seen an elf myself, so I don't know."
"Why haven't you seen an elf? They're all over the place if you go outside."
"What era are you talking about? It's been hundreds of years since elves disappeared from the world."
"What? What kind of nonsense is that? What year is it now?"
"It's the year 1038 of the Liberation Era."
"What's the Liberation Era? Speak in Chronos calendar."
"Chronos is a legendary kingdom to us. No one counts the years based on that."
"This is crazy."
Just then, as if he remembered something, Zeke asked the system,
'System, what year is it in the Chronos calendar?'
A message appeared.
[It is the year 2120 of the Chronos calendar.]
Zeke said to Kaisir,
"It seems to be around the year 2120 of the Chronos calendar."
"What? So it's been 2,000 years since I left the kingdom?"
Kaisir had a shocked expression.
"Crazy! Even if I was in a spirit state, does it make sense that there was no one to inherit my legacy for 2,000 years?"
"You said humans can't learn the Elemental Sword earlier. Then how can there be a successor?"
"That Saturn guy should have found someone!"
"Seriously, that's completely absurd."
Ignoring Zeke's words, Kaisir gritted his teeth and jumped around.
"That damn Saturn! He must have been so busy creating his own swordsmanship that he didn't care about my successor at all. Damn it, what was it... Oh yeah, I shouldn't have helped him when he was researching aura or whatever!"
Zeke was surprised to hear those words.
"Did you just say aura?"
Kaisir nodded.
"Yeah, that. Humans like Saturn couldn't learn my Elemental Sword, so he worked hard to create an alternative technique. Thanks to that, he was able to become a Swordmaster, but it's just a cheap trick."
Zeke held his sword and created an aura blade.
Kaisir nodded.
"Yeah, that. But what you created is a bit different from what Saturn made. He said he draws energy from the Ether hall or something."
"That's how it's supposed to be. My case is special."
Kaisir gritted his teeth as he looked at the aura blade Zeke created.
"That damn Saturn! Passing down only his own technique to future generations! Not caring about mine at all!"
And after hearing Kaisir's next words, Zeke was more shocked than he had been since meeting him.
"That Saturn Draker bastard! I won't let him off if I catch him!"
[Translator - Peptobismal]
[Proofreader - Max]