The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality - The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality chapter 80

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Aaron Lonnier, the chief of the Lonnier tribe.

He was waiting with his warriors some distance from Bardcommon.

News of victory would soon come from the warriors who had invaded Bardcommon.

‘And as soon as that news of victory comes!’

They would launch an offensive to finish things off.

But what came back to him was unexpected information.

‘The warriors of Rondar are retreating.’

“What is this!”

Aaron shouted, enraged by the absurd news.

Bardcommon’s strongest warrior, Tua Bardcommon, had fallen.

Upon hearing that, Aaron judged that this was his only chance.

So he launched a surprise attack.

But suddenly, all the warriors were retreating.

This seemed like nonsense.

He couldn’t just let the warriors who had thrown away such a golden opportunity go.

“Ah, Lord Aaron, the Night Beast appeared and single-handedly stopped all the warriors!”

“What?”

At that moment, news reached the warriors who were retreating like fugitives.

There was only one reason why they fled.

It was because of the Night Beast.

Aaron’s face was one of disbelief.

He had also heard news of the Night Beast.

And he had also heard that Tua had been defeated by it.

Knowing that, he had forced his surprise attack.

But the Night Beast had clearly fought fiercely with Tua.

How could it have faced all of Lonnier’s great warriors with that body?

He couldn’t understand it at all.

“Our great second Lonnier warrior was afraid of a fake Night Beast that had only been wounded!”

“Yes, they were so afraid they just turned tail and ran.”

At that moment, someone answered his roar.

When Aaron turned his head with a startled expression, a man was standing there.

A man with a small goblin on his shoulder and a sword hanging from his waist.

Aaron’s expression changed as soon as he faced him.

That jet-black sword encrusted with a galaxy.

No doubt about it.

That guy is the Lion of the Night.

“You’re the second chief of the Lonnir tribe, Ieron, right?”

“Sir Habell, it’s Aaron. Aaron.”

“Ah, right, Aaron. It’s annoying to memorize names when they keep increasing.”

It would be nice if they just standardized it to something like Crow 1, Crow 2.

“You remember our names well.”

“It’s a pain to even remember your names.”

Habell clicked his tongue.

Seriously, if it increases any further, it’ll be difficult to memorize names.

The human brain’s capacity isn’t infinite.

Meanwhile, Aaron’s face became more and more sullen.

He was being mocked in front of his people.

“This bastard dares to make fun of me!”

Aaron immediately drew a single-edged sword from his back.

Then, without a moment’s hesitation, he kicked off the ground.

Simultaneously, something like armor began to emerge over Aaron’s body.

It was the materialization known as Aaron’s Blacksmith.

Blacksmith amplifies his physical abilities dozens of times over.

Aaron, clad in Blacksmith, accelerated once more.

He intended to cleave Habell in two.

That was the moment.

Something reflected in his eyes as he closed in on Habell.

A vision of the future flashed before him, showing him being smashed to pieces if he charged forward.

It was a future vision that often appeared when he used Blacksmith.

“What.”

He readjusted his posture in the air and immediately tried to retreat.

Because all future visions were tinted red, warning of danger.

However, that too was not the right judgment.

This was because Habell’s fist was also moving towards his head.

Clang!

His vision spun with the echoing impact.

“You’re tougher than you look.”

And amidst it all, Habell’s voice could be heard.

“Now, hold on a second!”

Amidst the chaos, Aaron’s voice echoed in a daze.

But it was too late.

Havle’s hand had already clasped around his helmet.

“Listen to the story.”

And in an instant, his vision was directed towards the ground.

“Get up and listen.”

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Along with the deafening explosion, Aaron was embedded deep into the split earth.

Thanks to his dark armor, he didn’t lose consciousness.

But the next shock completely blew his mind away.

It was because Havle had punched him straight in the stomach.

Aaron’s body twitched before completely freezing.

Havle looked at the others after seeing Aaron’s state.

They were the ones who had followed right after Aaron’s surprise attack.

But they all froze upon seeing Aaron, who was much stronger than them, and got crushed.

They had never imagined that Aaron would be defeated so easily.

“Do you also want to talk after getting up?”

As Havle asked, they all shook their heads.

With their chieftain, Aaron, defeated, they had no chance of winning.

At the same time, they realized how monstrous the Night Beast was.

He wasn’t someone they could handle.

Meanwhile, Havle effortlessly pulled Aaron out.

The battered Aaron didn’t move an inch.

His consciousness had completely flown away.

“Now there are two left.”

Havle dragged Aaron just like he did to Tua.

“You guys.”

He then called out to Aaron’s aides, who were at a loss.

“Guide me to Lonnir.”

He needed to get the key and the declaration of tribal unification.

* * *

After crushing two tribes on a single day,

Havle also secured the key fragment in Lonnir.

With Aaron being dragged around by Havle after being crushed,

The leaders of Lonnir handed over the key to Havle without a word.

If he could get two more, he could clear the floor.

“Elasia, do you know how advanced the civilization of crows is on the next floor?”

“I heard that they have moved beyond primitive society and have a proper social structure. They said it’s not like these tribal villages but rather cities.”

It was clear that the crows were developing rapidly on each floor.

The 74th Floor was a civilized nation where ravens formed a city.

“Then what about the 75th Floor?”

“They say it’s almost similar to our world. The Ravens are spread all over the country, and instead of city units, they’ve formed a nation.”

Their civilization has certainly grown tremendously.

From a primitive tribal society to a city, and then a nation.

“If it’s similar to our world, then the 76th Floor must be a generation ahead of us.”

“Yes, the 76th Floor is still being explored, but they say it’s definitely more advanced than our generation.”

A collective of simultaneous development of magic and science.

That’s what the climbers of the 76th Floor called it.

“It’s a bit scary.”

Elassia made a slightly grim expression.

The higher you go up the Tower, the more bizarre it becomes.

The lower and middle floors were certainly difficult as well.

But those were just obstacles with varying degrees of difficulty.

They were definitely not impossible to clear.

All you had to do was hunt the ominous species and meet the conditions.

However, once they entered the 7th Floor, which was the upper floor, the situation began to change.

At first, the climbers laughed at the sight of the foolish ravens.

But the higher they went, the more intelligent and civilized the ravens became.

And that civilization gradually began to surpass humans.

“If we end up entering the 79th Floor…”

Elassia trailed off, her eyes filled with fear.

“What kind of civilization do you think will be waiting for us?”

And that civilization might not even be similar to the future of the human world.

After all, the development of the ravens’ civilization was clearly identical to that of humans.

As that thought crossed her mind, Elassia shivered as if she were creeped out.

Habell looked up at the sky.

No one knows, since no one has ever climbed that high.

But Habell knew one thing for sure.

“The Tower is a structure that you climb.”

Just like a bowstring.

Eventually, if you keep climbing and climbing.

You’ll reach the end.

“No matter what kind of world it is, you’ll eventually reach the end if you keep climbing.”

Elassia fell silent for a moment after Habell said that.

Then, she suddenly let out a laugh.

“That’s just like you, Habell. But you’re right, we shouldn’t get too caught up on the Floor we have to climb.”

“There might be something even more mind-blowing when we finally reach the 8th Floor.”

“If there’s something more mind-blowing than a highly advanced, civilized society, then that’s a bit scary.”

Elassia shuddered as if she couldn’t even imagine it.

“Well, I don’t think there’s anything scarier than Havel.”

Honestly, the most frightening thing to her was that she was more so than a highly civilized society.

If he set his mind to it, he could probably destroy a tower with ease.

So, there wasn’t anything particularly frightening when she was next to Havel.

This was definitely true not only for her, but also for others.

“Anyways, we’ll be heading back to Tendarr now.”

Havel released his Gigantification as he said this.

Following this, the key fragment shrank in size, just like the Sword of the Star.

It seemed that the key fragment was also somehow related to the God of the Night, just like the Sword of the Star.

Perhaps that was why she recalled what Priest Bardkemen had said.

He had said that the God of the Night would soon descend.

Havel pondered over these words as he lifted Elasia up.

Then he extended his foot and returned just as quickly as he had left.

However, Havel’s footsteps, which had been pounding the ground, gradually began to slow down.

Black smoke was rising from the direction of Tendarr.

“Oh, H-Havel!”

Elasia also cried out in dismay.

Havel frowned.

Havel also knew that other tribes would attack Tendarr.

So, he had also warned Valdoran, the Tendarr tribe’s chieftain, to prepare for it.

He had even purposely left that rascal, Paiod, behind.

After all, he would be of some help.

‘Have the other tribes already moved in the meantime?’

Even though they must have been on guard, it had come to this.

It seemed they had forced their way through with brute force.

Havel increased his speed once more.

Then, the moment he stepped foot into Tendarr’s tribal territory, Havel felt a stinging sensation in his nose.

“Havel!”

The moment Elasia cried out, a spear came flying in.

Havel lightly stomped on the spear that was flying towards him.

Then, as he looked up, he saw the Tendarr tribesmen there.

However, they were different from before.

They were drooling from the corners of their mouths, and their eyes were pitch black.

In addition, their eyes were all glazed over, as if they were being controlled by something.

Havel’s eyes widened.

“Elasia, block your airways.”

Elasia, who had seen the state of the village, hurriedly cast a spell to seal herself off.

In the meantime, Havel arrived on the roof of a house built in a tree.

Then, he quickly raised his senses, and the entire village came into his senses.

The savage tribesmen, whose eyes were bloodshot with madness, were attacking each other.

The ones who were attacked changed just like the others.

‘Is it an infection type?’

They were infecting each other and turning them into the same state.

If this were left alone, the same thing could happen in other places.

At the same time, in the distance, the warriors and Balderan, who were evacuating with the women and children, came into view.

It seemed that they had given up on saving the village for now.

It was the right choice.

If it was an infection-type, staying together would only lead to the same fate.

So it was right to escape with those who could be saved.

Ouroga appeared in Havel’s eyes.

Then his eyes began to perceive something like a black fog.

It was certain.

It seemed that inhaling a large amount of that fog or being attacked by an infected person and having it spread inside the body would lead to that state.

Then, to Havel’s dismay, someone other than the village tribesmen was affected.

It was the crow tribesman who was moving busily on the roof of the village.

It was this guy.

“Elasia, block the crow tribesmen from going outside.”

It would be a pain if these guys got out.

Because the crows could all become the same if they were infected.

So Havel, who had instructed Elasia to use magic, got up.

His pupils began to glow eerily.

In any case, Tendarr was the tribe he had chosen.

So he had to make them pay for turning his tribe into this state.

“There are five of them, so it doesn’t matter if one tribe is wiped out.”

He would show them an example.