I Was the Strongest Sword God in My Past Life - I Was the Strongest Sword God in My Past Life chapter 56

part 56

Isabel, who had been watching, grimaced at the dropped item with a grunt of dissatisfaction.

“Communication gear as an A-grade artifact? Isn’t that worse than a cellphone?”

“In battle survival, it’s the only means of communication, so the ways to use it are endless.”

“Really?”

Jian handed one of the Lagosis to Isabel and told her,

“There will come a time when we must act separately. Always keep it with you.”

Isabel nodded her head.

It would have been nice to move to another area, but the items from the golden box were scattered all around.

“Why scatter them on the ground if you’re going to give them to me? Just hand them over properly!”

Despite her complaints, Isabel diligently picked them up. Then, a red hologram appeared before Jian and Isabel.

[The number of surviving participants is now 33.]

[Round 2 will now commence.]

“Isabel? We’re done here. Let’s move.”

Jian closed the hologram.

Round 2, the gathering battle, was about to begin.

Now they had to move towards the center of the unmanned map as much as possible.

“Huh? Aren’t there a few items left?”

But Isabel couldn’t take her eyes off them, seemingly reluctant to leave. Most of the items she referred to were food.

“…We won’t even be able to use all of these now.”

Over fifty consumable items had spilled out of the box. Fortunately, the lengthy event was finally entering its last chapter.

“Is that so?”

With a fake cough, Isabel left the side of the box. In the center of the map they were heading to, there were opponents of a different caliber.

Any achievements shown here would be meaningless if Jian were to be eliminated.

‘It’s only now that the real game begins.’

With an expressionless face, Jian looked up at the sky. The red moon had set, and the sun was rising.

“Do you think we’ll win?”

Isabel asked, half in jest, half serious. In truth, she had no particular goal in this tournament like Jian did.

But now, unlike at the beginning, she sincerely hoped for victory.

Only then can the room be maintained, and the party can go on.

She quite liked Jian’s party where she could exist as Isabelle, not as Isabelle Blitz.

“We must win.”

Without knowing the opponent’s full strength, to guarantee victory would be arrogance. Jian always tried to choose the best course of action.

* * *

The battle survival began, and Chris faced the brink of elimination seven times.

In the forest, by swordsmen.

On the coast, by archers.

Different enemies constantly attacked because they were members of Arcana’s party.

Chris, who would have certainly been eliminated a month ago, survived thanks to Jian’s special training.

The low buildings near the bridge, this was Chris’s main stage.

“How many this time? Three?”

Chris’s eyes pierced through everything. He discerned the number and weapons of the opponents beyond the wall. But that wasn’t all.

– “You two go ahead. I’ll take the rear.”

Chris’s eyes could even discern the strategy from the shape of the opponents’ lips.

The Clairvoyance and X-ray vision were quite useful.

Though it was a short time, Chris had adapted well to the magical device.

‘They must be coming separately.’

He had grown into a master of guerrilla warfare through various dangers.

‘Two with swords and one with a mace. All close-range weapons. A poorly matched party.’

Chris interlocked his fingers and stretched, yawning. It was a simple warm-up compared to the action he had to perform now.

‘If I’m still here, then the party leader Jian must be alive, and what about Isabelle? No, perhaps they’ve already met.’

As the enemy approached, Chris quickly cleared his mind of distractions. To repay Jian’s trust, he had to survive.

His eyes shone colder than ever before.

With a calm atmosphere, Chris drew his twin swords from his waist.

“Over there!”

The man with the mace shouted to his companion, seeing Chris.

“That’s right, here.”

Clang!

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Chen Yu moved the steel whip lightly, swinging it around his head. The whip would shred anything it touched. The only choice was to avoid it.

“It’s going to explode!”

Just then, Chris moved his fingers.

The steel whip, made by Ma Tuo, had a retrieval function.

Snap! Thud!

“Ah!”

The whip, which had been heading back towards Chris, struck Chen Yu’s back.

This was a technique Chris had used against Ji En during a battle.

“Of course it didn’t work on Ji En.”

Chris’s opponent was not Ji En.

Chris was not the same Chris from a month ago, either. He was a skilled fighter who had survived against opponents from other academies.

Chris lunged at Chen Yu, releasing a smoke bomb.

” Cowardly brats, showtime!”

Even with a 3-to-1 or 6-to-1 disadvantage, Chris had managed to gain the upper hand using smoke bombs.

“Ah! Where are you?”

“Clack clack! Why not all at once?”

“Hey, break the window!”

The enemy was in disarray.

One of them was crawling along the wall, heading towards the window.

“Is it cold outside, and you’re trying to open the window?”

Chris ridiculed such an enemy. The enemy couldn’t see the devil’s smile. Chris’s dual whip whirled within the smoke bomb.

It was a simple matter.

Boom!

The trajectory of the blind steel whip.

A guard-like strike that relied on instinct.

Chris’s eyes saw the enemy’s attacks clearly. And here, a new door of magic opened.

Chris’s eyes were filled with blue mana, and the colors of the world reversed.

A world made only of black and white.

Chris’s eyes were now closer to the future. He could see the answers to all his questions: how the enemy would move and how he should move.

‘Motion, posture, angle. Everything is a hint to me.’

Chris dodged three attacks and swung his dagger. Agile and precise movements. At that moment, a faint green glow emerged from Chris’s dagger, illuminating the path.

This green color was the only exception in the world of black and white.

Chris, unaware, followed the green path with his dagger.

“Saaah!”

The dagger sliced through the air with a soft whoosh. Chris’s dagger, with a hair’s breadth difference, dodged the sword and approached.

“Zzii!”

A dull thud.

The counterattack was successful. However, the problem was the next one.

“Kkraa!”

Another participant’s sword shattered the window, and the building’s view became clearer. The battle was short, but Chris was exhausted physically and mentally.

“Ha, ha!”

[Mp has been depleted.]

[Current Mp: 4/2100]

Chris let out a rough breath.

His body trembled, and his eyes, as if burning, hurt.

This phenomenon was a side effect of using a high-level magic spell.

‘Ah, my eyes ache, and I can’t focus.’

Face control had failed, but there was no regret. Chris had to choose to fight three opponents alone. Chris barely blocked his opponent’s sword.

“Kk!”

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Snap! Click!

“I was good just now!”

Chris’s dagger, which had been stuck in the opponent’s sword, fell to the ground. The advantage of the magic-infused vision was now lost, and Chris didn’t have the physical strength to hold out against the two opponents.

This was the end.

Chris took a deep breath and opened his mouth.

“Ha, ha, honestly, I held out pretty well… do you agree?”

Though exhausted, his eyes were filled with joy.

Chris’s smiling face was not directed at his opponents. It was directed at someone behind them.

“Agreed. I fought pretty well.”

“Well done, Chris.”

It has been 4 hours since the Battle Survival began.

Jeon, Isabel, and Chris. They finally gathered at the same location, the Arcana Party.

* * *

After a short briefing, Chris pointed to the direction of the bridge.

The Bridge of Despair.

A 1km long bridge that must be crossed to get from the outskirts to the city center.

The 2nd round had begun, and the Croix Academy had taken over that location.

“I also failed to cross the bridge due to the Croix Academy. Those guys also failed earlier. But thanks to that, we were able to join forces.”

Chris finished speaking and drank the Mana Link like water.

“What can you do, they used those things.”

“Those things?”

Chris’s words made Jeon raise an eyebrow. Those things were not weapons like arrows, swords, or spears. Even a skilled swordsman would find it difficult to load mana into bullets.

‘But why use those things? Could it be a magical tool gun?’

Lucia was different, but Jeon had no information about Icicle. However, Chris had witnessed everything as a witness.

“It’s definitely not a normal gun. A magical tool, for sure. The participants all got defeated at once, you know?”

According to Chris, even a 3rd-grade swordsman wouldn’t be able to use a normal gun.

However, Croix’s party leader, Icicle’s gun was different. He was the only swordsman who used a magical tool gun.

Now, the swords are competing with magical tools, but originally, the main weapon of the Battle Survival was a gun.

Icicle has the most optimized magical tool for this event.

Croix Academy took control of the Bridge of Despair with Icicle as the leader.

“If that’s true, it’s a big problem.”

Mmm.

Isabel took a big bite of bread, savoring the taste of the high-grade bread from the golden box. The feeling was good, and she nodded, her mood lifted.

“If we can’t cross the bridge, we’ll be eliminated.”

At the moment the 2nd round battle began, the island was crumbling from the outskirts. Slowly, it sank into the sea. This was the meaning of the event, “Gathering”.

“Actually, there’s one more problem to cross the bridge.”

Chris pointed to the water below the bridge, which was spread out like a canvas.

“The party members also have magical tools.”

On the screen of the Central Dome, even the audience was holding their breath in anticipation of the sniper’s performance.