Chapter 624 – 624. God’S Atlantis
624. God’s Atlantis
「You have passed through the Hall of Bewildering Swords.」
「As a first-time passage reward, your mana and stamina have each increased by 1.」
“This isn’t a room meant to be cleared this way.”
“I know. But I don’t have much time. If I get the chance later, I’ll come back and do it the way it was intended.”
Seyla nodded. But I wouldn’t be coming back here.
“Was that just now also Heavenly Demon Divine Art?”
“Yes.”
“It’s on a different level than martial arts. But it’s definitely within the framework of martial arts.”
“I agree that it’s not ordinary martial arts.”
The Heavenly Demon Divine Art shouldn’t be ordinary.
•••
「You have arrived at the Tomb of Swords.」
「All stats have increased by 1.」
Before me was a tomb.
Countless swords were stuck in the ground like tombstones.
“Princess, what should we do here?”
“Nothing. This place is just a tomb, as the name suggests. It’s a place to honor the swordsmen of the past.”
“Are those swords the ones the swordsmen used in their lives?”
“Probably. But all those swords are fake. Even if you dig under the swords, there are no corpses. This place is just a place made to look impressive.”
“No corpses and all fake… That’s disappointing.”
“Think of it as a kind of hall of fame. You can go back to your father and tell him there was nothing here. Then your father will acknowledge that you have conquered the Tomb of Swords.”
“Thank you for your help, Princess. Thanks to you, I was able to conquer the Tomb of Swords in just three days.”
“Although my advice helped, your skills were real. And I also learned a lot from seeing your Heavenly Demon Divine Art. I might be the one who should be grateful.”
I turned away without any regrets. I had no interest in tombs from the start. I stared intently at Seyla.
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“Rather, shouldn’t you have something to say to me, Princess?”
“You noticed.”
“Yes. I’m also a swordsman. My back has been tingling ever since we came here.”
Seyla had felt a competitive spirit towards me as we came here. To be precise, it was a competitive spirit towards the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
Seyla pointed her sword at me.
“I am Seyla Arpis. I challenge you, Seong Yujin, to a duel.”
“I am Seong Yujin, serving Duke Elena Valderte. Before accepting the duel, I have a condition.”
“What condition?”
The words “have sex with me here” were on the tip of my tongue, but I exercised patience and swallowed them. I had built up some rapport with her over the past three days. I couldn’t just throw that away in an instant.
“If I win the duel, I would like you to come with me to the city of Arpis. If I return with you, I’m sure I’ll receive a warm welcome from Duke Arpis. This mission is very important to me.”
“Very well. I accept the condition.”
Seyla accepted the condition cleanly. It wasn’t a condition that was a big loss for her.
“Doesn’t Princess Arpis want anything from me?”
“I’m the one who challenged you to a duel. I only want you to do your best.”
“Understood.”
I faced her and raised my practice sword. Sword energy flickered from my sword, and blue sword energy soared from hers.
Seyla moved first. She lightly stepped forward, quickly closing the distance between us and swinging her sword. I could see Seyla’s clenched left fist shaking.
‘Her left fist is a feint.’
Clang!
I parried the sword. It was imbued with tremendous power that made my arm tingle. She was definitely stronger than me.
‘My defeat is certain.’
Unless I used full recovery or item-like powers, I couldn’t beat Seyla with pure skill alone.
‘I can’t lose easily. If I lose here so pathetically, Seyla will lose interest in me.’
I stepped back and then lunged at her left side again. Heavenly Demon energy flickered in my left fist. Unlike her, I wasn’t feinting. Seyla was startled and held her sword sideways.
‘I’ve only used my sword in front of Seyla. She probably didn’t know I could use my fists too.’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Dragon Fist (竜拳).
She blocked my fist with her sword, but she couldn’t completely block the shockwave of the Dragon Fist. Seyla’s body floated backward. I watched Seyla’s large breasts, covered by her training uniform, bounce as I rotated my body. I put all the rotational force into my sword.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Sword (天魔劍) Rotation (回天).
I unleashed the Heavenly Demon Dragon Rotation (回天魔龍) of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art with my Heavenly Demon Sword.
‘Even if the sword strike lands properly, she won’t die. Even if you get seriously injured in the Tomb of Swords, you recover quickly. And with just this much….’
My sword cut through her abdomen. Her training uniform and skin were cut, and blood splattered. But it was shallow. Seyla barely avoided my attack.
What was surprising was that her skin was cut, but her training uniform wasn’t torn.
“That was dangerous.”
Seyla held her sword with both hands and raised it above her head. Her training uniform was disheveled from the previous attack, exposing her ample chest. Her white breasts jiggled. As large as her breasts were, her pink nipples and areolas were also large. In particular, her nipples were round and long overall, with a lewd shape that reminded me of a dairy cow.
And there was a mole on her lower left breast.
‘Damn it, I got distracted.’
And Seyla would know this too. What she wanted was a sacred duel. If I lost like this and the duel ended, Seyla would despise me.
‘A split second!’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step (天魔君臨步).
I stepped forward, moving behind Seyla. I felt my insides twist from the forced Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.
Seyla turned around instantly and changed the trajectory of her swinging sword.
‘The Heavenly Demon Divine Art is one thing, but… Seyla’s swordsmanship is also abnormal. It’s like the sword itself is alive.’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Sword (天魔劍) Ninefold Triple Kill (九中三殺).
I used a technique that could only be used in conjunction with the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step.
I aimed for both shoulders and the solar plexus.
Seyla’s eyes widened, and she stepped back. She had no choice. Ninefold Triple Kill was an absurd technique that attacked three times simultaneously.
Ninefold Triple Kill was the most profound technique I could use right now.
But Seyla’s response was quick. She boldly sacrificed her left shoulder, defended her solar plexus with her sword, and avoided the attack on her right shoulder.
“Impressive. Your technique is truly admirable.”
Blood spurted out.
Not from her, but from in front of me. Seyla had cut my body as soon as she avoided my attack. She hadn’t missed the opening created by using a big technique.
“…Princess Arpis, you are the impressive one. I only realized that attack belatedly.”
“Are you going to end it here?”
“No. I can still move.”
Seyla’s chest was exposed. It was a shame that she didn’t even blush despite her chest being exposed during the duel.
But what was more regrettable was that I couldn’t touch those huge tits even though they were right in front of me.
‘I want to touch those breasts!’
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step (天魔君臨步).
Bang!
I put strength into my foot and took one step of the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Step. The space around me distorted, and at the same time, my blood vessels twisted to their limit, and blood poured from my mouth and nose.
I wanted to collapse right away, but since I had decided to do it, I had to do it to the end.
Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功) Heavenly Demon Sword (天魔劍) Ninefold Quintuple Kill (九中五殺).
Five slashes headed towards Seyla.
I, who had used the technique directly, realized belatedly. This attack was incomplete. If she stepped back, she could easily avoid the attack.
But Seyla didn’t avoid it. She put strength into her lower body and swung her sword. Her sword drew a blue trajectory, shattering the five slashes into pieces.
That was neither a technique nor anything else.
The essence of the basics.
A strike created by the basics pushed to their limit.
Since the depth of her strike was different, it was natural that my flawed slashes were shattered so miserably.
‘But my real goal is.’
I staggered towards Seyla. Seyla took her stance again, but the sword in my hand was already falling to the ground.
Cough!
Her momentum weakened when I even coughed up blood.
‘Now!’
My head touched Seyla’s chest. It was so soft and elastic that my head almost bounced back. I relaxed my body. As my head went down, her left nipple entered my mouth. I didn’t miss the moment and bit down hard.
“Hiaaaht?!”
Seyla let out an uncharacteristic shriek. Her body lost strength. I didn’t know for sure, but there would be a deep tooth mark on her areola and the area around it.
‘Seyla. I’ve claimed your breasts.’
My consciousness was fading.
‘It’s most unfortunate that my nipple tastes like blood because I coughed up blood….’
She wouldn’t curse me when I woke up, would she? Her clothes being disheveled and her ample chest being exposed, and me falling into her arms and putting her nipple in my mouth right before I fainted were all accidents.
I fainted just like that.
•••
I opened my eyes.
I was lying on the floor in a proper posture. I raised my upper body. My internal injuries had been healed.
“You’re awake. How’s your body? Since you were injured internally in the Tomb of Swords, you should have recovered quickly.”
“Yes. I’m fine.”
Seyla was a little ways away. Seeing the sweat on her face and the sword in her hand, it seemed she had been training.
“Um… I’m sorry, Princess. At the end of the duel, I….”
Unexpectedly, she blushed slightly.
“I-It’s okay. I know that you didn’t make that mistake intentionally. If you keep today’s events a secret, I won’t hold you accountable.”
“Thank you. I’ll take today’s events to the grave.”
Seyla was wearing her training uniform properly. It was a shame.
‘I want to see it one more time….’
Her breasts were still vivid in my mind.
“How many hours have passed since I fainted?”
“About 12 hours.”
“……I was unconscious for too long.”
“You recovered completely and woke up in 12 hours after suffering that much internal injury. It’s not a situation to be regretting the time.”
“That’s true. If it had been outside of here, I might have died.”
I got up from my seat.
Seyla approached me.
“Princess?”
“I realized something while dueling with you. I’ve decided to return with you.”
“Thank you! Duke Arpis will be delighted!”
Seyla stared intently at me. Her atmosphere was different from before. She used to be stiff, but now she was much softer.
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“……I just thought you were too good to waste.”
“Yes?”
“You’re too good to be under that witch. ……Come to think of it, you said before that you weren’t an official knight of Valderte. I’ll make you an offer. Become my knight.”
“Princess Arpis, I appreciate your words, but it’s too sudden.”
“It would be better to be my knight than that witch’s. Aren’t you and I swordsmen walking the same path of the sword? If you become a knight of the Arpis family, we can hone our swords together. If you accept, I will ask my father to give you guidance.”
A way to capture Seyla flashed in my mind.
If I accepted this offer, I could guarantee that I could sleep with Seyla within three months at the latest.
‘If I accept Seyla’s offer, I’ll be betraying Elena.’
Even though I wasn’t an official knight, Elena would feel it was a betrayal. And if that happened, everything I had built up so far would disappear. If I had slept with Elena first, I would have accepted right away, but….
“I’m sorry, Princess. I can’t betray Elena.”
“Betrayal…. Is that how you see it?”
“Yes. Even if I’m not an official knight, I am a knight of Valderte.”
“No matter what you think, that witch is cold. When the time comes, that witch will abandon you without a second thought.”
“I don’t think that will happen.”
Seyla frowned unpleasantly. She was silent for a moment before speaking.
“I can’t help it then. I’ll have to act with you for the time being.”
“…Huh? Princess? What do you mean?”
“I can’t leave a promising knight like you under that witch. Because the end is obvious. So, I’ll teach you the advantages of being a knight of Arpis myself. Once you know more about Arpis, Valderte won’t even be in your eyes.”
