The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality - The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality chapter 52

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Above Wind Valley Island.

The three men were walking leisurely.

Havel, who was carrying the luggage of one of them.

The other two were Hwasan and Azares, who were still itching to fight each other.

“I’ll attack first.”

“Your firepower is lacking. I should go first.”

Leaving the two of them arguing noisily, Havel raised his head.

He could see the fortress that August had built in front of him.

Building a castle and fortress on an island like this.

It seemed like he was rolling in money.

Then, Havel’s sensitive ears began to hear a sound.

For some reason, he could hear a fight going on inside the fortress.

‘Did that Mobius bastard finally make a move?’

Havel realized that Mobius had done this to steal the key.

So he guessed that the one causing the comfort was Mobius.

“He’s making a mess of things.”

He was trying to turn the tide for his master.

He would do anything to do so.

Havel thought so as he looked back at the two of them.

“I’ll go ahead. Follow me when you’re ready.”

Havel left Hwasan and Azares behind and ran.

He wanted to see how the situation inside was going.

As Havel arrived at the front of the fortress, the commotion became clearer.

Looking closely, he could see a bone lizard near the collapsed fortress wall.

It was certain.

It was a bone specter created by the necromancy that Mobius used.

Moreover, Mobius had cleverly mixed evil spirits to make the bone specter look like an ominous creature.

He must have borrowed the power of the whisperer.

Havel crossed the fortress wall and walked leisurely.

He planned to look for Mobius or the others nearby.

“Who are you?”

In that moment, one of the knights discovered Havel.

He happened to turn his head and saw Havel crossing the fortress wall.

What luck.

It wouldn’t be easy to spot him, with how quiet he was.

‘No, maybe I should say I’m unlucky.’

Because he’d come face to face with Havel.

“Suspicious character! He might be the one who sent the evil seed to the stronghold! Capture him at once!”

He gave the order to seize Havel in a thunderous voice.

As a result, the surrounding knights and soldiers became aware of Havel.

Swords and spears were aimed at Havel.

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The well-trained soldiers knew how to surround and corner a person.

‘They sure have a lot of men.’

August prioritizes quantity over quality.

He somehow managed to accommodate this many men up to the 6th rank.

But maybe that’s why.

It seemed less than ideal to Havel.

Numerical superiority is an excellent way to demonstrate a clear difference in strength during a war.

But in the Tower, a smaller number of people seemed better.

‘If this is the extent of the Five Great Clans’ influence, then I’m a little disappointed.’

“Capture him!”

At that moment, the soldiers and knights charged at Havel.

Seeing them charging at him with spears and swords, Havel lifted his leg.

Soon, destruction surged into his leg, and—

Boom!

The leg he brought down immediately reverberated throughout the entire floor.

At that moment, the ground around Havel shook.

The earth, unable to withstand the excessive force, momentarily transformed like a wave.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

“Gyaah!”

“Kyaah?!”

Soon, it led to a collapse.

The trembling ground shattered, sweeping everyone away.

“W, what the heck is that guy?!”

“A sorcerer! An intruder! Attack him at once!”

“Regular soldiers, fall back! Only the knights will advance!”

Thanks to that, the surroundings were thrown into chaos in an instant.

That was because everyone recognized Havel as a dangerous person after his actions just now.

“I was just thinking of finding a commander and having a nice little chat.”

Havel cracked his neck.

It seemed like he’d have to find them after giving them a beating.

From the sky pour down a variety of fireworks and lightning.

It was the doing of the mages who had been called out earlier.

Habell looked up at the sky and simply continued walking at a leisurely pace.

Soon, the magic attacks poured down on him.

Habell was enveloped in black smoke.

Of course, Habell was completely unscathed within the smoke.

His King Kong was now at a level where it could not be affected by mere magic.

So Habell lightly stomped on the ground.

Habell, who had instantly broken through the smoke, revealed himself to be perfectly fine.

The mages who saw this were astonished.

“That’s your welcoming gift.”

Habell lightly raised his sword as a way of repaying them.

Soon, the moment light appeared on the sword, Habell swung it right away.

KWA-AAA-ANG!

A beam of light that shot out towards the mages annihilated them.

While the mages were screaming and rolling around.

The knights hurriedly approached Habell.

They were scattering ashes as they desperately resisted.

It was the secret technique passed down through the August family.

Each of those ashes was like a blade.

If an ordinary person were to be caught in the ashes.

Their entire body would be torn apart and they would die instantly.

“You’re using strange stuff.”

Of course, it didn’t even fade Habell’s King Kong skin.

Because whether the ashes touched him or not, they couldn’t even leave the slightest scratch.

The knights’ eyes were filled with bewilderment.

The swung sword couldn’t even reach Habell.

And even if the ashes did touch him, they couldn’t do any damage.

It was driving them crazy.

‘I guess I should definitely break their will while I’m at it.’

Habell raised his sword.

And the moment light flashed on his sword.

BOOM!

In an instant, a blinding light burst forth, as if it were devouring all the surrounding light.

And when the light gradually began to fade.

CLATTER! CLATTER!

The swords that the knights were holding shattered into pieces.

“Wh, what.”

“Th, the sword.”

Broken swords littered the floor as the knights stood frozen in place.

There was a flash of light, and every weapon they were holding shattered into pieces.

They had witnessed it firsthand, yet they could not comprehend it.

A moment ago, they had been engaged in a fierce battle. Now, there was an eerie silence.

The mages had been decimated and laid unconscious. The soldiers stared blankly, uncertain of what to do. The knights gazed upon their broken weapons in disbelief.

Gradually, their eyes turned to one person.

Amidst their gazes, Havel’s blue eyes glowed softly. As the glow intensified, the knights felt a creeping sense of dread. Their legs trembled, and their breath grew shallow.

Havel’s presence was oddly faint, yet there was something about him that was unnervingly palpable. He appeared human, but he did not feel like one.

Their instincts screamed a warning.

“Step aside.”

The knights recoiled in unison as Havel uttered a single word.

The Ashen Knights, the pride of Augustus. Every single one of them had given ground before a single man.

A path opened up before him. Only one man stood his ground, his eyes wide.

“What… what are you doing?”

He too was visibly depressed. He had witnessed the shattering of their weapons. The being before them was clearly not human.

But he was the captain of the illustrious 3rd Ashen Knights. He could not allow the enemy to advance.

But it was too late. Havel had already bypassed the knights and stood before him.

The captain’s face turned ashen. He could not meet Havel’s gaze.

He was a man, after all. The gulf between him and Havel was too vast for him to overcome his fear.

“Are you the one who leads these men?”

The captain’s shoulders trembled.

“What is your name?”

“Bel, Belly Gorman.”

“Yes, Belly, you are the guest of the Golden Generation member who you captured.”

“Gol, Golden Generation?”

Having said that, Habel patted his shoulder.

“Guide me to the most powerful bastard in this fortress right now.”

It was an incredibly brazen statement.

“Ah, Habel ended up making the first move!”

At that moment, Azarias’ voice was heard from the castle wall.

When Habel looked back, Hwasan ran quickly past people.

“Lord Habel, we found traces of Lord Mobius.”

“Where?”

“It seems to have gone in the opposite direction from where we came.”

Our paths crossed.

Habel clicked his tongue and looked inside the fortress.

At that moment, a naked man ran out from the inside.

“H, is this Lord Habel!”

The man inspired, as if he recognized him.

Habel, who saw him, took his hand off Belly’s shoulder.

“Hwasan, follow the trail with Azarias.”

“Yes.”

Hwasan quickly stepped back and left with Azarias.

Azarias grumbled, but he had been hit quite a bit by Habel recently.

So he couldn’t think of refuting.

“So, what about you?”

Habel, who had passed Belly, asked the man.

Then he explained his identity.

“Gasp, g, I am Leonis Oslan, an aide to Lord Daslan August!”

“It seems like that Daslan August guy is the highest here.”

“Yes, yes, that’s right.”

He was relieved when Habel showed signs of listening to his story.

Habel’s misconception that had been conveyed through Pembola.

He didn’t know it would be used like this.

‘He was such an absurd monster.’

Now he knew why he had warned him so much.

He had also warned August for his sake.

But regardless, Habel looked at him and said.

“You took the guys I was taking with me from August on your own.”

“Yes? Ah, th, that, are you talking about the direct descendants of Baria and some of their colleagues?”

Habel nodded.

The aide, who saw that, hurriedly corrected his words with a startled expression.

“We escorted you without any resistance. We just wanted to talk. We never intended to cause harm!”

He quickly added, fearing that Havel might get angry for touching his subordinate.

He had to calm this man down until Daslan returned.

So, when he lowered himself as much as he could, Havel slowly moved his weight back.

“Really?”

“Yes, of course!”

“Then why are my men causing a commotion outside?”

Havel pointed his chin towards the giant skeletal lizard.

It had been flipped upside down after Havel had stomped on the ground.

It now appears completely still.

The adjutant had seen Daslan chasing after Mobius earlier.

Mobius was a necromancer.

So, the skeletal lizard was probably Mobius’s doing.

So, it was understandable that Havel would assume that something had happened to his men.

“W-well, that’s because there was a bit of a misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding. My men, who you detained without my permission, are such good boys that they would listen to you?”

It was sophistry.

Surely, there were words that could refute it if he dug a little deeper.

However, the adjutant couldn’t just speak up.

He had the power to destroy even their legitimacy.

And he currently holds a certain degree of that legitimacy.

The adjutant couldn’t just speak up.

“I should be compensated.”

And Havel knew his position very well.

“Bring me all the keys to the islands you have. There is no negotiation without that.”

Havel stomped on the ground once more as he said that.

Then, the ground shook again as if an earthquake had struck.

It was as if he could fly away whenever he wanted.

“You have 10 minutes.”

Havel smiled as he looked at the fortress.

“If you don’t bring them within that time, I’ll show you what I can do in 10 minutes.”

It was the moment the adjutant’s eyes turned upside down.