Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 912



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True empty hometown

I began to explore the heart of the underworld, inside the chambers of the Wheel-Turning King.

‘In the past, Mangryang arrived in this room and searched everything thoroughly, enduring for five years. In fact, it can be said that there is nothing he does not know about this room…’

Because I had such a vague memory, I was even more certain that there was a treasure in this room that I had yet to find.

For five years, Mangryang had been reading a vast amount of books in this room of the Wheel-turning King, which stretched over fifty square meters, and sometimes manipulated the scriptures to influence other places, but even Mangryang could not understand everything in this room. This was because there were unique laws in this room.

Chiriring

A blade of grass falls. At the same time, a huge circular shape appears on the ground, incense burning.

After a while, I could see that the scenery inside the room had completely changed. In the wide space that was like a feast of old books, a clear pond and a refreshing forest suddenly appeared. The books were still there, but nature had appeared in the space of the study.

‘The 6th Mandala has passed… Now it’s the 7th realm.’

I muttered to myself and looked up at the giant tree in the center of the room. Every time a blade of grass fell from the tree, it seemed as if a mandala was constantly moving.

Mandala.

It was originally a kind of Buddhist painting and symbol that symbolized and represented the principles of all things in the world in Esoteric Buddhism. Although it was called a mandala, there were countless variations, so no one knew how many types of mandalas existed in the world, and each had a different meaning.

There were seven mandalas in this room, and the space was designed to change continuously during the seven cycles. The mandalas were clearly moving around the central tree, and the cycle was known to be about seven days.

In other words, it took 49 days in total to go through all the mandalas once. I remembered the past knowledge of Wangryang, and at the same time, I knew that each of these changed spaces had hidden treasures or secret devices. Wangryang continued to search each of the seven mandalas for five years as if he was on a treasure hunt, but he never found out everything. Most of the things he found in the secret spaces were secrets necessary for the operation of the underworld, secrets, characteristics of the ten kings of hell, and the true history hidden from them.

I spoke to Mangryang.

[I just entered the 7th Mandala.]

[ I see… As you know, I think the overall exploration rate of the Jeonryunseongwang 7-realm Mandala is around 70%. Baekung, please search for the parts you missed in your memory for half a day. And if you find anything, please contact me. ]

[ … How can I solve in half a day a mystery that you couldn’t find out for five years?]

I felt a bit uneasy. It was a mystery that even the genius Mangryang, who had the best brain and strategy in the world, had been steadily solving for five years by repeating the Mandala’s return, but had not yet found. How could I find the secret place in half a day?

Then Mangryang smiled and said.

[ Baek Woong, as you said, that would be nonsense to begin with. But what kind of protection are we receiving now? ]

[Causality of orientation.]

[ That’s right. At this point, thanks to Bango’s protection, we are the protagonists and conquerors of the world. Perhaps the causality of Jeong Hyang had a significant influence on your luck in avoiding that mysterious hat warrior. You know that luck is no ordinary luck, right?]

[ Hmm. ]

That’s right. No matter how good my intuition was, choosing to hide until the end was also a matter of luck.

[Don’t worry and just try, there’s a good chance you’ll find something out there.]

[Okay.]

I took courage from Mangryang’s words and looked carefully at the floor.

Woohoo…

As I took each step, the Buddhist painting on the floor slowly melted and changed into a different color. It was originally red, but the moment I crossed the boundary, the Buddhist painting turned blue. After taking a few more steps, the Buddhist painting in another space turned a soft green.

‘Colorful rainbow.’

The mandala had seven colors in total, and the colors were like rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The irregular colors changed as the step was moved. In this fifty-odd spaces, there were exactly 529 steps, 23 wide and 23 high. Within these steps, secret spaces or treasures were revealed through certain rules.

Mangyang had spent the past five years in this space, trying out all the irregular cases, and occasionally finding the rules and successfully finding the secret space. However, the number of cases was so great that even Mangyang could not find them all. Finding the rules itself was not that difficult, but it took too long to try out the unknown irregular cases.

The secret of this Mandala Chaehong was that, without a refined method of deciphering, it might not be possible to find all the cases even after a thousand years. That was why I told Mangryang that it was reckless to find the secret in half a day, but Mangryang told me that it would work out somehow, so he should trust in luck and challenge me.

” ……”

There were about 100 mandala rules engraved in Mangryang’s head and they were passed down to me through memory transmission. I felt my head throbbing as I went through the rules one by one in my head.

‘Hmm… red blue blue yellow green green red purple… and if you do purple purple orange green, you get the water of life that restores your stamina… and if you go north with blue blue green purple and then south with navy blue navy, you get to the very end… huhu.’

It’s too complicated!

The rules included changes in the east, west, south, and north, so I couldn’t break them with my mind at all. I first thought about whether there were any useful items among the 100 or so rules, and decided to first acquire three or so treasures.

‘North-Northwest red red purple green blue yellow green, then two steps south, then east again green red purple purple green!!’

Wheeing!!

Let’s do it according to the law. The space suddenly opened up and a Dharma staff emerged from it. As soon as I took hold of the Dharma staff, I knew immediately that it was a legendary artifact of great power.

‘The King of Hell, the Dharma Master of the King of Equality!’

Originally, King Pyeongdeung was an unidentified being from another world before becoming the King of Ten Thousand Years, but the Wheel-Turning King took him in, put a mask on him, and made him the king. This is recorded in the records of the Wheel-Turning King’s room. And the weapon that King Pyeongdeung used before becoming the king was this Dharma Jang, but because it had an excessively sinister aura, the Wheel-Turning King sealed it inside.

Kurrurur…

As expected, an unusual magical power was boiling inside this nameless Dharma Hall. It was definitely not something that a pure being could use, and I could tell that a powerful spell was sealed inside. At the very least, I thought it was something that a demon lord-level being would use, so I let out a sigh and put the Dharma Hall into my armor.

Next go!

‘Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow… Keep going yellow, then on the 12th step, go down 9 steps again… Spin around in place three times, then if you match the colors of these four places with purple, green, yellow, and purple… it opens!’

Wheeing!!

Click!

As the space opened up, a doll that looked like it was made of human skin emerged. It was clear that this was also a legendary artifact.

The doll was in the shape of a small child, with eyes, nose, and mouth sewn on, and spells carved all over its body. Even Mangryang could not decipher the true nature of these spells, but it was assumed that they were some strange language used in a distant other world. There was no way to know who had made them.

According to the literature, this doll was called the Shaman’s Goi, and it existed for tens of thousands of years before the creation of the underworld, and it was said to have the effect of destroying the user. Because of this doll, a famous giant dragon of the underworld died and was destroyed.

” ……”

Why are there so many ominous objects in the King’s room?

However, according to the literature, this doll had the effect of preventing the user from dying if possessed, so I decided to keep it for now.

I referred back to Mangryang’s strategy guide to get the last treasure.

‘Blue blue blue blue yellow yellow green purple navy blue navy blue navy blue red red… huh? No, red and then green? No, yellow… Yeah, green! That’s right, green. Green again navy green red red purple purple… purple…? No… that’s not it… huh…’

I was moving according to the strategy when I suddenly got confused. There were seven colors of Chaehong, and I had to look at all four directions, but somehow I got the order wrong. I made a bewildered expression, but soon I circled the platform in all four directions.

Shhh!

If you make a mistake, you will return to the starting position after turning four times in the east, west, south, and north.

“Phew.”

I sighed in relief and moved along the path of the Mangryang once more. I could never be reckless, as a wrong move could trigger a death trap.

‘Okay again! Blue blue blue blue yellow yellow green purple blue blue blue blue blue blue… eww!!’

I screamed in surprise.

“Got one more step! Damn it!!”

Swish!

At that moment, I was teleported to a completely different place. I could see my initial location, but it was a completely different platform. It seemed that I had made a mistake and got my location messed up again. It was at that moment that Mangryang spoke to me.

[Baek Woong, it’s been quite some time. Have you found something?]

[ Um… That’s… I obtained the Dharma of the King of Equality and the evil spirit of Mujo, and also… I’m trying to obtain something called the Yellow Heavenly Tomb…]

Mangryang said as if he had guessed.

[ It is true that there are many footholds to conquer Hwangcheonneung and it is confusing. It will be a bit difficult. ]

I laughed awkwardly.

[ Haha… I’m thinking of moving one more blue square… and going around to the east, west, south, and north again to reset.]

[ Hmm… no. ]

[ huh?]

[In the current state, ignore the rules and move as you wish. You can get the Hwangcheonneung later.]

I was startled by Wangryang’s words.

[ Ouch! If you do that, the trap will activate and you might die… ]

[ It doesn’t matter. You have obtained the Unspoken Monster. In fact, it is the most essential for a foothold attack, so I think now is the time to go with your instincts and move. ]

[ ……]

[I won’t hold any grudges even if I die, so move however you want.]

[ Oh, I see. ]

Leave it to your feelings?

Shit… I can’t help it! I’ll just take it!

“Eww!!”

I took out the unseen monster from the wooden armor, hung it on my waist, and moved as I pleased. I didn’t care how the color under the step changed, and went back and forth to the east, north, and sometimes south, heading toward the corner tank. Then, all of a sudden, my steps suddenly stopped.

Jiiing!!

Chuwaaaaak

“Kwaaak.”

As the spell of binding was cast, thousands of spear blades fell from the sky and attacked me. Of course, it was a death trap, and I quickly deployed my necromantic power to block the spear blades. However, because the traps overlapped, it didn’t end there, and a destructive beam flew from somewhere and attacked me again, and my necromantic power barrier was shattered.

“……!!”

Kookwakwang

I raised my guard and barely managed to avoid the destructive beam, but a swarm of death bees flew in from somewhere and tried to sting me. I quickly cut down the swarm of bees by casting Sword Lightning, but out of nowhere, my body felt heavy and I felt gravity weighing me down hundreds of times.

Purbuck

“Ugh.”

I fell to the ground due to gravity and got injured. I tried to overcome gravity by strengthening my body, but at that moment, gravity multiplied thousands of times and fell upon me. At the same time, I couldn’t stop a swarm of bees from stinging me. The moment I was stung, the wound swelled greatly and then exploded the next moment.

Kwakwang

Oh… am I going to die…

I had a premonition that my entire upper body would burst open and I would die, but that was the moment.

Pfft!!

The unstoppable monster suddenly began to shine. And I was standing there as if nothing had happened, and there was no sign of the trap having been triggered at all. No, on the contrary, it was as if I had never moved my footing in the first place.

It’s not like we turned back time.

Just now I saw a vision.

‘This is the power of the unstoppable monster, the prophecy of death!’

The Mujo monster was designed to vividly show the future that would occur if the user acted as they did after reading [Destiny of Death]. And when the user died, it was designed to make that reality non-existent and return it to a point where it could be changed.

Users can read [Destiny of Death] in advance and avoid it, so it’s like having an extra life!

It was a moment when I realized why the mighty dragon of the underworld had possessed the Mujo’s curse, even at the risk of its own destruction. The Mujo’s curse was a legendary relic that would inevitably destroy its user if used for a long time, but it had the power to make it worth it.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Mujo’s Monster was essential for this kind of base attack. Mangryang had also been able to predict the attack in advance with his wits and brains, and was able to attack without fail, but after obtaining the Mujo’s Monster, his exploration speed increased even more.

If I took this to the surface world, it would definitely be of great help without having to use Jeon Wook’s power. I scratched my neck, feeling a little awkward due to the sense of death, and then took a step forward.

“Great. Let’s go again!”

This time, I’ll get something out of it even without the help of the unstoppable monster!

Kookwakwang

Quagmire

“Ahhhhh.”

I saw the vision of death again and returned to this location. The traps here were so powerful and evil that even with my current skill level, if I got caught in three or more stacks, I would absolutely not be able to avoid death. If this were to happen even with my skill level, then as a human, I would definitely die the moment I got caught.

‘What the heck… Why is this happening? Isn’t the law of causality of incense working?’

I felt absurd, but I quickly shook my head and moved forward. If Mangryang said that I should do it, then I should do it! Since I trusted Mangryang, I was going to keep moving even if the uncontrollable evil was activated.

Pavabat

‘Oh, good, good… No traps! Then now…’

Kookwakwang

“Kkiyaaaaah!!”

I was once again triggered by the uncontrollable monster and returned to the same position as before. I stood there in a daze, then shook my head and tried again.

How many times did you try like that?

When I passed the tenth time, I suddenly looked at the unnatural monster and noticed that the doll made of human skin had a blank expression, but the corners of its mouth were gradually rising. No matter how I looked at it, it seemed to be a smirk.

” ……”

What if this guy actually smiles…?

‘Hey, no way…’

I shook my head, but I couldn’t help feeling ominous. At that moment, I heard a message from Mangryang through the Sun-eogu.

[Baek Woong. Has anything progressed?]

[ Well, that’s… I think I tried it about twelve times, but the uncontrollable monster started laughing. ]

[ It’s dangerous.]

[ Not dangerous…]

Mangryang sighed.

[ Then there is nothing I can do. Since my hypothesis seems to be wrong, I will slowly prepare to return you to the surface. Just get the Hwangcheonneung and call me back. ]

[Okay.]

[I wonder if the causality of orientation doesn’t work in the realm of simple luck… I wonder if it works on a more grand level.]

I circled around four times in all directions to reset my location and attempted the Hwangcheonneung again. If I failed again, my life would truly be in danger, so this time I proceeded slowly and in order, one by one, and I was finally able to open the door to the space where the Hwangcheonneung was located.

Click

Paaaaat!!

I put the brightly shining Hwangcheonneung into the wooden armor and called Mangryang.

[Okay.]

[ So now… ]

That was the moment.

Bam!!

“……!!”

The door to the King’s room opened wide and the Satgat warrior came in again!

“Fuck!!”

What the heck is this?!

I opened my eyes wide and gathered all the power of my sword and lightning, and tried to prepare for him with my power of the dark spirit. I couldn’t see the face of the hat warrior, but I felt like he was glaring at me. And then, the next moment, the hat warrior slowly extended his sword forward.

Peeing

The sound of a string being pulled. And my neck is blown off by an unidentified slaughter. I couldn’t dodge or block it. I don’t even know how I attacked. I had already set up a defense using my psychic powers, but the thing pierced through all of them.

‘What…what the heck…’

Is it death?

At that moment, I could feel the unstoppable force of the demon activating and nullifying reality as if it were protecting my life.

Shhhhh

As reality was nullified, I was back in the moment when I had just put the Hwangcheonneung in my wooden armor. Now, in just a few breaths, the Satgat Warrior would kick open that huge door and cut off my head without any questions or answers! I thought about what I should do in that moment, gritted my teeth, and shouted.

“Jeonwook, I use your power!”

Time reversion!!

Paaaaat

I used the power of Jeonwook to quickly return to the time when I started treasure hunting in the room of the Wheel-turning King. At the same time, I could hear Jeonwook’s angry voice echoing in my head.

[How dare you use my authority in this difficult situation… I won’t let you off easy unless you offer up enough causality.]

[ Oh, I’m sorry!! I will definitely pay you back. ]

[ Phew… How did I end up with a guy like that as my apostle…]

Jeon-wook disappeared with a sigh. I prayed to Jeon-wook for a moment and then concentrated my mind.

‘Damn it! Should I tell Mangryang the situation right now and return to the surface right away? Or should I hide in Myeonggyeong?’

But whether it’s the former or the latter, it doesn’t make a difference. If you return to the surface like this, you’ll just miss out on the three treasures you could have gotten in the afterlife. Even if you hide in the mirror, you’ll still have to get the treasures.

‘… Let’s get exactly 3 treasures in the shortest time possible!’

If it weren’t for the time wasted earlier, there would still be time left. I gritted my teeth and concentrated, and once again, I obtained the Law Hall, the Demon of Martial Arts, and the Hwangcheon Mausoleum.

“Uuuuuuuu!!”

If you concentrate, you can do anything even if it’s complicated! Then, you take out the mirror and go back inside.

‘I have to hide again.’

Woof!

After I entered the cave and waited for a while, the hat-wearing warrior kicked open the door with a loud bang and came inside. The hat-wearing warrior looked around the inside once more, glanced at the step below, and then began to look around again as if looking for me.

‘……?’

I was watching the bastard’s actions from inside the mirror, hoping he would go away quickly, when I suddenly realized one thing.

He has no shadow.