The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality - The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality chapter 56

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After gathering all the key bundles.

Upon arriving at Cloud Cliff Island, we immediately handed the keys to the old lady.

The old lady was started when she received the large bundle of keys.

She never expected him to gather this many in such a short period of time.

However, the old lady had witnessed Havel’s track record.

She accepted it, thinking that it was possible, and immediately began making the keys.

In the meantime, Havel received a call from Penbola.

[Please wait a little longer for me, can’t you?]

Penbola said with a slightly resentful expression.

He felt a little sorry for her.

However, this forceful method was the best way to obtain the keys.

“Penbola, the 6th stage will be cleared soon.”

So Havel said to Pembola as a form of consolation.

“I’ll include you guys, so come to Cloud Cliff Island as soon as you’re done.”

[Don’t tell me you’ve already gathered all the keys?]

“I found another way to clear the 6th stage quickly.”

Penbola was puzzled, but said that she understood.

There was no way Havel would say such a thing if it wasn’t true.

As the call ended, Havel turned his head.

Letters were lined up before his eyes.

[‘Quality’ has completed Transcendence.]

[Quality is Transcending to a new stage.]

[‘Destiny’ has completed Transcendence.]

Finally, the ‘qualities’ had completed Transcendence.

And what appeared was ‘Heaven’s Will’.

Havel raised his hand.

Then his aura gradually revealed itself in the form of light.

And he felt a clear energy within that light.

His aura had definitely changed since before.

Havel looked at the fruit that Elasia had prepared.

He extended his hand towards the fruit in the form of a blade of light.

Normally, the apple should have been cut as soon as it was touched.

However, the apple did not lose its original shape at all.

It maintained its own form.

Havel picked up the apple with his hand.

The undamaged apple was strange even to Havel.

‘It’s like the apple doesn’t even realize it’s been cut.’

Havel put the apple down again.

And the moment he flicked his finger, the apple split in two with a crack.

It was different.

It felt as if the nature of the aura itself had changed.

Habell shook his hand, erasing the aura.

He felt once more how ridiculous transcendence was.

And added to that, he had the thought that transcendence would also continue to make people grow stronger.

Of course it would, since the number behind transcendence has continued to rise.

‘If transcendence becomes four digits, will it grow even stronger here?’

Habell swallowed a hollow laugh.

With this, there was nothing to say even if others treated him like a monster.

Now, all that remained of transcendence was agility and misfortune.

Habell transcended agility.

What was offered as a sacrifice was darkness.

This meant that all the characteristics he had gained from the tower had now been offered as sacrifices.

In other words, in order to transcend misfortune, he had to clear this floor and gain a characteristic.

Habell looked outside.

He saw the sunset sky with clouds flowing by.

Now, it was finally time to finish the 6th stage and move on.

* * *

About three days passed, and the transcendence of agility was just around the corner.

“It’s all done.”

The old woman had finally finished modifying the key.

The old woman had received a hundred keys, the keys that had originally been closed.

However, what she was holding now was just one key.

A key with a dark, black glow.

It was a key that looked ominous just by looking at it.

Habell received the key handed to him by the old woman.

It was a special key that could turn the original owner of the island into a mutant.

With this, he could fill the misfortune to get past the 6th stage in one go.

“If you use this to awaken the owner of the island, something truly ridiculous will happen.”

The old woman looked at the key with weary eyes, even though she had made it herself.

It was an expression as if she had seen a bundle of disaster itself.

“Can you handle it? I can’t tell how strong you are.”

In the old woman’s eyes, Habell was a disaster.

There was no way for a human’s senses to know the extent of a disaster’s size.

So she didn’t know if he could handle the mutant that would be born from combining a hundred keys.

“I don’t think I can’t handle it. I’ve faced things worse than this.”

Habell could definitely feel the aura of misfortune from the key.

Indeed, it was such a large amount of misfortune that the old woman spoke of it like this.

However, Habell had met someone worse than this in the Demon Realm.

For example, the Ruler of the 7th Layer.

“If you say so, then it must be so. If you fail, then there’s no one else who can conquer the Tower.”

The old woman turned and left without another word, saying she was going to rest.

Meanwhile, Habell looked around at Baria and Mobius.

They had followed Habell back as soon as the incident on Windy Valley Island was over.

And next to them was Edler, who was used to be a priest.

Or rather, it was more accurate to say he had been Edler.

After Mobius had extracted his soul, the Apostle of the God of Poison,

He had been sealed inside a skeleton whose skull was larger than its body.

Thud, thud.

If he wanted to express himself, he had to get Mobius’s permission.

So Edler could do nothing but thud.

“Penbola?”

“He should arrive soon.”

Baria answered immediately.

“Come as soon as he gets here. I’m going to the Howling Island.”

The mutant that came out of a hundred keys was beyond their capabilities.

That was why Habell planned to fight alone, and that was why he said that.

“I want to go too!”

Azaris raised his hand, but his opinion was ignored.

Of course, because it was obvious that he would die if he went.

“I plan to run straight through the 7th Layer and the Golden Generation, no matter what.”

Because of this incident, the names of Habell and Banpellion had spread even to the 6th Layer.

By now, many people outside the Tower must be talking about those names.

But even so, it was still far from enough.

To return to the prime of Banpellion, he needed to make his name even more well-known.

And if he conquered the 6th Layer this time, he could make it known for sure.

The whole world would hear the name of Banpellion and be amazed.

“So only those who can keep up should follow me.”

That was the deal he had made with Mobius from the beginning.

They had said that they would follow him as far as they could.

Apart from that, the Golden Generation was only an alliance up to the 6th Layer.

‘Thanks to the Golden Generation, it’s been very useful for making a name for myself.’

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The Golden Generation was mostly comprised of the direct descendants of the Five Great Clans’ nobility.

As such, they naturally moved in the circles of nobility.

In a sense, they were the successors who would lead the world.

When it came to the direct descendants of the Five Great Clans, it was common knowledge that they possessed outstanding talents.

However, Habell had shown overwhelming power that not only surpassed them,

but even the figures of the present generation.

Naturally, the impact of that was off the charts.

Augustus, Celensia, and countless others from various clans had seen Habell.

And they also know that such a Habell belongs to Pandemonium.

So what direction will they take?

Will they antagonize Pandemonium, to which Habell belongs?

Or will they take the approach of seeking an alliance?

“Those who want a place will want to be with Pandemonium.”

Trees that are already deeply rooted will block the sunlight, preventing new shoots from growing.

Habell emerged from the Cloudy Cliff Island.

Then he began to walk leisurely across the azure sea.

“I need to do some pruning.”

If Habell clears the 6th stage this time, even ordinary citizens will know.

A new wind is blowing fiercely from the Tower.

In other words, the situation that the Five Great Clans, who want to maintain the status quo, fear the most is coming.

‘And that is.’

This means that the Five Great Clans can intervene in the Tower in earnest.

They had been hesitant, wondering if the difficulty of the Tower would increase.

Now that someone has appeared who has disrupted the difficulty of the Tower.

They don’t have to send the immediate family members who are being pushed by the landlord.

‘It means that the real ones of the clan have climbed the Tower.’

The world is changing.

Because of him alone.

And unknown beings are also showing up.

The world must be shaking greatly as it undergoes a transformation.

“I think it was like this during the Unification War.”

Habell scratched the back of his neck as he muttered to himself.

The world had also changed greatly when the Unified Empire of Arahan was established.

However, the peace that had been so desired did not last long.

Because when the world changes, new problems arise accordingly.

A typical example is the Evils.

‘If I clean up all the Evils, will it really be peaceful again?’

Unfortunately, Habell didn’t think so.

Then he stepped onto the island that he had arrived at without realizing it.

An island where countless Evil species fight each other, killing each other to determine the strongest.

The Island of Solitude.

However, when a real predator appeared there, the island chose silence.

No Evil species appeared before the path that Habell was passing through.

It was because they knew that their squabble was insignificant before him.

‘Is it because of the Mandate of Heaven?’

Even the Evil species would avoid him.

He felt himself becoming distant from humans once more.

In any case, thanks to that, Habel was able to enter the island’s interior comfortably.

And then, before long, he found the keyhole.

Now that he looked at it, the island seemed like the egg of an ominous bell.

The key was nourishment for that ominous bell to hatch.

‘If we’re going that far, it wouldn’t be wrong to see the whole floor as an egg.’

The ocean was the amniotic fluid enveloping the fetus.

The island was nutrients seeing into the amniotic fluid.

And the tower was what allowed the fetus to be born and opened the 7th Order.

Habel inserted the key into the keyhole while feeling like that.

“Whatever the case, we’ll know the correct answer if we go up.”

It was an extremely simple answer that had been there since the days of the Demon King’s Palace.

The answer is up.

Click!

The interlocking key was fitted and we went inside.

At that moment, the surroundings began to vibrate, quaking.

An earthquake even greater than when it occurred, whom he had fought a short while ago, appeared ensued.

Habel’s gaze slowly turned to the outside of the island.

He felt like something that shouldn’t come out was appearing at the edge of the horizon.

“I can’t handle something appearing from this island. Is this it?”

Habel kicked off the ground and leaped into the air.

And then, the moment he reached the sky, he kicked the sky this time.

Amidst the sound of the wind whistling past, the pitch-black sea could be seen far away.

The sea that had been azure until just now was now incredibly sinister.

BOOM! Whoosh!

At the same time, the sound of thunder and the sound of rain began to ring out.

Waves crashed as the pouring rain increased.

Within those waves, a whirlpool slowly began to form.

The air current of the whirlpool seemed like it could even swallow up a huge warship.

That air current made the observer’s teeth chatter.

Amidst the pouring rain, Habel’s gaze turned to the center of the whirlpool.

Whoooosh!

At that moment, something began to rise up, pushing away the water.

The first thing seen was three differently shaped heads.

One was reminiscent of a shark.

Another was reminiscent of an orca.

And another was reminiscent of an octopus.

Below the heads, each with different characteristics.

A body whose feet reached the bottom of the ocean was revealed.

Webbed feet and protruding blue-green scales.

A huge whale’s tail jutting out from behind its waist.

Finally, to the giant trident in his hand.

It was an evil being that resembled a god from mythology.

The moment it appeared, the atmosphere of the sea changed in an instant.

The waves turned into something the size of a house, and the evil beings visible in the sea were rampaging around like crazy.

This reliable presence.

Habell felt it.

This guy would definitely be enough, he thought.

At that moment, the three heads of the evil being looked at Habell.

“――――――――!”

It seemed to be a sound in a range that humans couldn’t hear.

Habell felt as if the atmosphere was shaking.

At the same time, a smile spread across his mouth.

“I hope you’ll be enough to test my providence.”

The master of the 6th Order mutant,

The Sea God.

The battle that would determine the fate of the 6th Order began.