Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 930



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True empty hometown

You want help?

I felt both bewilderment and surprise at Dharma’s words.

‘I never thought you’d ask me for help…’

Of course, I can’t refuse to ask for help. To put it simply, the current situation where I’m facing Dharma is no different from facing the true body of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, so whether I refuse or run away, I’ll be caught and killed like a fly. However, even so, if I’m prepared to die, I can fool the other person in various ways.

Even so, I couldn’t believe that a being with the power of the [Old Ruler] would ask for help from an opponent with a significant difference in strength, and one that was suspected to be a [Singularity]! I couldn’t help but be perplexed because it was an unexpected suggestion.

I thought about it carefully and then said.

“What do you mean, I might be able to return the Four Great Guardian Spirits?”

[ Literally. ]

Dharma pointed at me with his finger.

[ At first, I thought that maybe your wish to summon the Four Great Gods was ignored because your existence was too weak. Because your wish was ignored, the [Singularity] also appeared weakly. However, I don’t think that’s possible. ]

“Why is that not possible?”

[The being I wished upon is not that kind of being. There is no way that a wish I made to Him would be ignored.]

” … You are too confident. [The old rulers] only see humans as toys.”

I muttered in disbelief.

In fact, it is. Offering offerings to [the old ruler] to gain power and protection was the most common way to become stronger, but in reality, the success rate was not very high. It was not uncommon for the sorcerer to be annihilated in a single whim, and there were many cases where they played a prank just to see the sorcerer despair.

The success rate was very high when I made offerings, but that was because the treasures I offered were always of the highest value, such as the Seven Heavenly Treasures and the Treasures, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were beings who would not easily ignore human offerings. It was actually rare for the [Old Ruler], who could be called the evil nightmare of the universe, to normally grant wishes.

Dharma answered my words firmly.

[ He is of a different class. Unlike the [old rulers], He is the universal law and the origin of the world itself. There is no way He could use tricks to fool around with me.]

“No way… you…”

I realized something and screamed.

“Are you praying to an outside god?”

[ Yes, it is, in fact, something more than that. ]

“Is that… possible? It wasn’t supposed to be possible!”

I couldn’t help but be astonished.

Foreign news!

He was a god of prudence and was so great that even rulers, let alone mortals, revered him and served him as a god.

Therefore, in light of the law that the protection and power received from the offering ceremony is proportional to the divinity, it could be thought that it was much better to perform the offering ceremony to an outsider than to a normal [old ruler]. How much stronger would one become if one received the protection of beings like the laws of the universe that control the entire universe with one breath! With the protection alone, one might be able to fight the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

However, that was nearly impossible. In reality, performing a ritual to an outsider directly was one of the strongest taboos in the world of magicians. Because an outsider was such a great being, unlike a normal [Ruler] who would respond to a call once they heard the name and performed the ritual, if they made contact with an outsider through a ritual and became aware of the outsider’s existence, the magician would instantly disappear. I had heard that in some cases, an entire star system was blown away while trying to perform a ritual to an outsider.

Normally, it was impossible to make offerings to an outsider, no matter what kind of protective magic circle was used. If it was even possible, it was to indirectly deliver the offering to the [old ruler], who was a subordinate of the outsider, and serve them as a second line. Even in such cases, it was meaningless because there were practically no cases of receiving protection from the outsider.

That is why Simon Magus, the master of Zoroaster and the teacher of Zhuge Liang, could be said to be a great being. He succeeded in the ritual of offering up a foreign body, which was known to be impossible, and in return ascended from a human magician to the rank of [Demon King] in one breath. Of course, in order to succeed in that ritual, Simon Magus had to offer up the souls of hundreds of magicians, dozens of queens, and millions of Zoroastrian believers for thousands of years, and he had to perform thousands of burnt offerings and slaughter. Although he was human garbage and a scumbag, his ability was great.

While I was surprised, Dharma spoke quietly.

[ It was inevitable. If I were to carry out what I was planning, there would be a huge obstacle. I needed a means of self-defense to protect myself until the ritual was over, and I asked the outside world for that means.]

” ……”

[ Even if it was a god, a guardian deity that could kill… was desperately needed. That was enough to maintain consciousness. The only ones who could grant such protection and guardian deity were outsiders.]

Is that why you summoned the Four Great Guardian Spirits?

But as I listened, I had a strange thought and told Dharma.

“Isn’t it possible that I received an incomplete guardian deity because the price was insufficient?”

[ I thought about that too. But in that case, I think it would have been better if the miracle itself had not come over…”

” why?”

[ Even if it is a trivial thing, crossing the boundaries of the universe is something that can change the very law of causality. If you think about the importance of it, from the beginning, there were only two options: wishes are granted or not granted.]

Dharma had an extremely confident attitude. I thought Dharma was very confident, so it was hard to rashly question him. It was understandable, because Dharma had obtained the power of the [Old Ruler] simply by studying magic in this world where there was nothing, so if I tried to challenge him with the theory of magic, it would be like squeezing in front of a pupa.

I said that I thought I should affirm Dharma’s thoughts as much as possible.

“So what’s the conclusion? It’s not a fake spirit coming over, but from what I’ve seen, it’s just a useless piece of garbage.”

[ Only one possibility came to mind… That’s why I asked you for help.]

“Possibility?”

[ ……]

Dharma remained silent for a while and then said:

[I will make a suggestion. Just before I perform the ritual, I will infuse the guardian spirits you call the Four Great Gods with power and refine them into weapons with the power of godslaying. Then, you will protect my ritual as much as possible with the guardian spirits. After that is over, I will allow you to return to your world.]

” ……”

I was dazed for a moment by Dharma’s suggestion, then came to my senses and said.

“Where did you get such a stupid suggestion? What are you going to do if I run away with the Four Great Divine Weapons that I refined?”

[Where are you running away to…?]

“Well, if I go to the outer space border where I arrived…”

As I was speaking, an unexpected thought occurred to me.

‘ … Can I get there using rain, rain, etc.?’

No matter how great a magical tool boiling is, the weakness of boiling is that it cannot go beyond the dimensional walls surrounded by special barriers or protections. And when I rode on the helmet of the Giant King Suin, I could clearly see that the [boundary] was a strong barrier. It was because Suin had broken through the barrier with his power that I was able to come without any problems.

However, there is no way to go beyond the cosmic dimension without boiling. In my current state, it would be difficult to go to the moon, let alone millions of light years away. Even if I tried to use Jeonwook’s power, there are no Three Sovereigns or Five Emperors in this world, so I would not be able to receive any help…

When I was at a loss for words, Dharma said:

[Baek Woong-yi, you should do as I say… I don’t really like it, but melting you and turning you into a divine weapon is interesting in its own way.]

” ……”

[I will give you time to gather your thoughts… You may wander around the White Lotus Sect and this world as long as you wish. When you have gathered your thoughts, tell me.]

Pfft!

Dharma disappeared again.

I stared blankly at the stone box on the altar of Cheonam and then turned my head.

‘Let’s give up!’

Stealing the receiver’s grimoire now would have been too stupid. Instead, I sat down and thought about it.

‘What should I do?’

A guard mission to protect Dharma himself using the Four Great Guardian Spirits until the end of the ritual.

I thought about what would happen if I accepted that request.

‘Consciousness is obviously a consciousness that creates the Dharma of the Mother of No-Birth. And what is called an interference…’

A cosmic disaster of the Avici Rebellion, in which all gods are enraged and try to destroy one Dharma!

In that situation, I have to protect Dharma, who is creating a dharma talk, against hundreds and thousands of [old rulers].

According to the prophet’s words, at that point, I will be fighting against the [Old Rulers] and the Demon Kings of the entire universe. I will only have to carry the Four Great Guardian Spirits and protect them.

” ……”

This is crazy. Is it possible?

But just now, I felt a strange confidence from Dharma. He seemed to think that no one else but me could take on the task of guarding him. He also didn’t seem to be worried about failing, which confused me.

‘What is Dharma thinking?’

When I heard the history of the creation of the Dharma, as if I was listening to an old story from a prophet, I didn’t feel much, but when I faced it as a reality, I felt dizzy. It felt like Dharma was not in his right mind to attempt such a crazy thing.

“Phew…”

I shook my head. And then I made up my mind.

“First, I need to find out what the world is like.”

Dharma said he would give me a break to gather my thoughts. He knew how serious the proposal was. So it would be better for me to fully understand the state of this outer universe before accepting his proposal.

Tadah!!

I immediately began to run, using my immense internal energy. I reached the extreme state of the Destruction Treasure and ran blindly towards the east of the continent.

Toodoodoodo

It wasn’t long before I was able to arrive at the peninsula where Goryeo used to be. And as soon as I arrived on the peninsula, I headed straight to where Shinshi used to be.

And when I came to the area where the original shrine was located, I was overcome with a sense of emptiness.

” … there isn’t any.”

As expected, it was not there. The world tree, the guardian of the northeast that suppressed the alien races of heaven and earth and helped humans survive, was nowhere to be found. There was only the old mountain, Baekdu Mountain, holding a large pond. The nature was clear and the spirit was strong, but that was all.

‘There is no other ability in this world besides magic. I guess the Twelve Laws do not exist in this world…’

Likewise, there would be no Twelve Laws. To confirm one more thing, I quickly started to descend south from Baekdu Mountain.

Tadadot

When I arrived near Gaegyeong, the former capital of Goryeo, I found a large number of soldiers lined up on the plain. They were a strange mixture of soldiers with different armor and weapons, as if they were not a single nation’s force but a coalition force.

‘Looking at the flag… is it Na (羅) and Je (濟)?’

Then it would be the allied forces of Silla and Baekje.

They must be trying to invade Goguryeo territory by attacking the castles north of the river.

I had a rough idea of ​​the history of Goryeo because I had stayed in Goryeo for a long time and learned about it. Before Goryeo was established, there were three countries on the peninsula, and I knew that there was a time when the small countries of Silla and Baekje joined forces and attacked the great country called Goguryeo. The Central Plains is the period when the two empires of the Southern and Northern Dynasties were established, so it roughly fits.

But I felt confused by the timing being so perfect.

‘This… is strange.’

This world is exactly like ours. We may not feel strange even if their history is almost the same.

But… there is a crucial difference.

How can history flow in the same way in our world, where there are various superhuman powers such as martial arts and magic? If we consider that human history is a history of survival of the fittest, and that the moment one gains power, one tries to control government and wealth, it is clearly strange. How can history be the same despite such significant differences?

It was when I was feeling confused.

Creepy!

“……!!”

Suddenly, I felt a strange sensation and looked to the east, where I saw an ominous magical power swirling around. I swallowed hard as I realized what that magical power was.

“Sea God….!!”

There is no doubt. This is the magic of the Sea God. Having faced him directly, I cannot forget his temperament.

However, I felt puzzled by the magic of the sea god being captured so clearly.

‘What’s so strong?’

Originally, the sea god did not have much influence in the inland. Since both the central plains and Goryeo had their own guardians, they could only make occasional raids but could not launch a full-scale attack. In other words, it could be said that they were suppressing the sea god’s magical power.

But now, even though I couldn’t see the tip of the sea god’s nose, the magical power I felt was at the same level as when I met him face to face. It meant that the sea god’s power was at least ten times stronger. I muttered in shock.

“This is ridiculous… How can humans live in a place like this!”

The influence of the [Old Ruler] is not simply a feeling of oppression. Humans exposed to magic will immediately mutate or go mad and die. The world is dominated by madness that makes it impossible for civilization to exist. I used the Hwaan Geumjeong to examine the human forces deployed on the plains, and most of them had a deranged expression as if they were also affected by magic.

Chaejaeng! Chaejaejaeng!!

After a while, a war began between the Naje Allied Forces and Goguryeo soldiers. And during the war, fish-like monsters, the Haesin Tribe, appeared here and there and began to prey on the innocent soldiers.

Aaaah!

Kkaaaak!!

At the same time, the commanders also began to transform into two-legged beings, and it became a situation where two-legged beings fought each other. I realized that the command had long ago been replaced by two-legged beings. And the shadow of the sea god slowly began to appear on the distant horizon.

‘That damn sea god. He’s enjoying watching this war.’

Yes. This is a war in name only, but in reality it is a power struggle between two tribes. Humans are just food for daily use, just meat. I watched the humans being eaten alive in that miserable battlefield and wondered whether I should help them.

‘This is not a situation where I can interfere…’

How can we save humans in that situation?

Are you going to wipe out all the tribes?

It’s meaningless.

Even so, if the influence of the Sea God is this strong, even if several fighters are dispatched by our world standards, there is no answer. As time goes by, more and more powerful Sea God leaders will appear and use magic spells or supernatural powers, and eventually the Sea God will appear and kill me in one blow. Even if Jecheon Daeseong comes here, there is no guarantee that he will defeat the Sea God.

Disaster strikes without pause.

After this war of slaughter and cannibalism ends, the next disaster will befall the people and the villages.

Women will be exposed to magic without knowing the reason and give birth to humans, and men will gradually change into sea gods. After the transformation is complete, humans will worship the sea gods and commit terrible human sacrifices.

Originally, this situation would have been suppressed by the Twelve Laws and Twelve Law Ju of Goryeo. Powerful masters, sorcerers, and Taoists would have been dispatched to block the Sea God Tribe.

But there is no such thing here. The two-legged beings can freely trample on humans with their superhuman strength without any restrictions.

In this situation where even I, a reincarnated person, am afraid, what on earth should ordinary people with no abilities do…

Despair, just despair.

“Ugh.”

I turned my head away, chewing on my helplessness. Then, using my boiling point, I returned to the White Lotus Sect.

Pfft!

I walked briskly toward the place where the disciples had gathered earlier. When the eyes of Dharma’s disciples were fixed on me, I shouted.

“Dalma! I will accept your offer!”

Shururuk

As soon as I finished speaking, Dharma appeared as if in smoke. He spoke with shining dark eyes.

[Seeing the atrocities of the Haesin, do you feel like helping me with my work…?]

Dharma’s magical powers are at the level of the [Old Ruler]. Since his vision and senses can control the entire planet, observing my every move was a simple matter.

“Yeah. That’s too much! I didn’t know it would be like this…”

[ It’s serious… Hehe… It’s just a very common thing in our world…]

“It’s common!”

When I shouted in surprise, Dharma looked around the audience and said,

[Baek Woong… You said you didn’t know how to save the world…]

” ……”

[ I, Dharma, who was born and raised in this world… and we, the disciples of the White Lotus Sect, who have been toyed with by the ten thousand demons until the end of our lives… We have already decided how to save the world. ]

Swish

Dharma put his hands together in prayer.

Following him, the five disciples of the White Lotus Sect joined their hands in prayer.

The numerous disciples of the White Lotus Sect who had gathered outside bowed their heads and clasped their hands together.

A refined determination flashed in his eyes.

[ In order to save this corrupted world, we have no choice but to destroy it. Everything must become nothing and the cruel chaos must be eradicated! That is the ideal world of our White Lotus Sect, the True Empty Homeland.]