Chapter 224: An End Like the Beginning
13JThe brighter the moonlight in the sky, the darker the shadow beneath it.10FkT
FpXmBYIt was a shadow cast by the headless knights who were still climbing the wall.iS2sLm
2DXAJbThe headless knights, who had been hidden as if dead for decades, were happy to now reveal themselves under the impious banner.0wHfzH
1l6SUQg“Arnstein would be a suitable place to announce the beginning.”I0QWAs
PAX8f8The woman dressed in black mourning clothes stood with her back to the moon.vrJq
ZDPnEveryone in Arnstein watched the woman who looked like a drop of black water floating in a blue moon.vZKPlnY
dFfX“Now everyone is looking at me.”Khw
n2dRamashtu, the Black Woman, had been waiting for a moment like this for a long time.bODxq
tyK6HThat moment when everyone in the world looks at you.7MVa3CO
IeF3sHYShe wanted to capture the attention of a world that had tried to ignore her, no matter how many innocent people died burning and how many parents who lost their children cried.hAB
cpsP“If everyone had done this from the beginning, it would have been better.”yUdFik5
ZIxRamashtu, a fallen saint who chose harsh resistance against the world instead of obedience to God.enfMUsj
JEg5xShe knew very well that more intense colors than anyone else’s were needed to paint something in this hardened world.9vOFCv
p8LGvcTo achieve that color, she did not hesitate to paint a completely black darkness over her pure soul.EtjsbjO
FM5Boom!B9iMy
jubXThus, her world was represented tonight.7UE
6KUGRamashtu began to laugh joyfully as she watched the Arnstein mansion collapse before her.l3dFII
Ll2bVf9“What’s happening? It’s not the first time you’ve seen a dragon fragment.”w4K
MNRXwThump-!gCDaTj5
97GJThe man laughed while the sword cried.yYoFO
TqDINWith a dragon fragment that didn’t fit hanging from my heart.lkLybU8
t3vBK0Seeing Frausen smile with all his faded colors, Vlad felt more sadness than strangeness.VSUGC
erPQi6“…No, this is not right.”Yjdd
VMIAll this time I’ve been following your footsteps.nh8Qeou
foYHowever, there didn’t seem to be any trace of the glorious sword master that Vlad had hoped remained in the man who had become completely ragged.lJggM
jtu“Aren’t you the Sword Master?”suHv1lb
1LRC6HThe night was too deep.0psZUiC
qJWgJqIt was so dark and dense that everything he saw seemed strangely distorted.XZKEW6
saZKUnder such a dark night sky that seemed to erase the color of Joseph, the Sword Master he followed, Vlad had no choice but to raise his sword again.7xcES
D4h“…A young possibility, the place where it should be, and a fair reward.”D3Nwzu
DxUEcFThere were small children in the city of Moshium who couldn’t wake up from their dreams.peXF
NaLThere were also women who died suffocated in a fog-filled town, crying black tears.bMvRSo
y3QJ“These were all principles you taught me to protect.”Ww0
7ZlHe wasn’t someone I admired just because he was high up.9R9vwN
GvpbtI admired him because he was right.gq1
XnRMHowever, the person in front of him now insulted all the achievements and principles he had followed. Vlad felt as if his efforts were being denied.5hiY
1xjUn“…Then what are you doing here?”51o5
z2wThe world I admired up close was completely rotten and crushed.C5w
7Q6Now that I finally faced the stench of Frausen, Vlad felt an unbearable repulsion.ttKI4d
K2bWE“This is not a Sword Master.”NJwvW5W
kFPNClenching his teeth, Vlad raised his sword towards Frausen.zbVq9N
jgogND3A Sword Master was someone who could paint the world with his sword.wcVStJr
SGDMAnd now Vlad had taken up his brush to erase the ugly world before him from reality.cgIE
WLn“Today I will erase you from here.”rAv
Gzu9From Vlad’s eyes, a golden line began to extend.WFke
pUVThe line that followed the will flowed along the sword and extended directly towards Frausen, but the eyes reddened with anger were something that could not be helped.TCQ
LITU“The rules of the Sword Master. I haven’t heard them in a long time.”wED2SF
i6PC1T“Shut up!”uqiPI
u0L1oKwaaaaaaaaaaa!EEQN
vzDq3AGVlad’s world began to approach Frausen, who laughed at the path he had followed.HO4oZXI
YkbFrausen let out a groan as if he were truly in trouble when he was pushed against the wall by a strong blow that was quite different from the previous one.xPKX
2AACAmong the dragons or knights, none in this era had pushed Frausen as much as Vlad was now.zoAI
w1qk“There was a time when I tried to follow those rules.”DAy7ni
x4Q“Then why did you change?!”8Cmx
Lt2D6TThe two swords faced each other, pushing against each other.GvUG
pX1LsAlthough both were silver in color, their wills were different, so they repelled each other.18Gd0J
nYd“…People always change. You’re a naive young knight.”HM1SHr6
ZBE6yxThe balance of the swords began to tilt towards Vlad.s3bRN
x3b9It was because of the weight of Frausen, who understood reality after following his dreams.wmf
dgkEKihano told Vlad to wield his sword for young possibilities.JupMsic
XSh“Even if it’s a young possibility, there are times when you must sacrifice it for the greater good.”d6Oo
RbT9mmDKihano said that if you were in the right place, you had to do what you had to do.Dn0KPsB
1JU“Even if you are in the right place, there are times when you must close your eyes.”Qtp9
muKPbAnd always receive only the fair reward.Cthm
74nJVlad still remembered the weight of the fair reward that Godin had dropped on his head.btKh6
8Unw“And sometimes, you must be even more ambitious than the fair reward.”RLU
fMG“Shut up! Damn bastard!”ebhNzB
65eASBut the words of honor from the Sword Master began to fade.sT0uy
EdXThe young knight who had followed his path was being gradually wounded by the words spoken by the old emperor after yielding to reality.vua1
n3de6hG“A false person like you has no right to say those things!”CdnJs
LpzBSsVlad’s eyes were turning redder as he looked at Frausen, as if he could no longer bear the words spoken by a mere corpse.n5IC0Yx
mpjhXIt was like the gaze of a dragon that easily defined who the other person was.N0tkg
mlQtGSVlad’s heart, already burning with anger, trembled even more at the brilliant skills of the Sword Master playing with the clumsy strength of the dragon.citO
1Syzzb[No, Vlad! Don’t fall into the world of dragons!]dqYDj
e8QkKihano, the voice he valued within him, shouted not to do it, but Vlad’s eyes turned bluer, rejecting everything that tried to shake his world.XW6a
x2lAt Frausen’s words, which completely ignored the beliefs he had held and followed until now, Vlad began to pour out the burning anger he had been holding back for so long.Fq9D
x8pfk[Vlad!]1zwL7
8TRoLj“Haaaa!”pk0jgpq
zykI0With emotions he could no longer control.LQ4qM
cVoYmhVlad’s tightly clenched fist suddenly gripped the crying sword.K1x
yx4x1dThe dragon-slaying sword turned sinister along with the light emitted by its owner, and became so red-hot that it even forgot its origins as a star.mkZmY
HZy5“I will trample you so you can’t say anything more!”JDc43Xd
EtInUNAThe long, sharp fangs and blue eyes of the knight had turned pale. The knight’s name was Vlad Dragulia.jHtd
PWuVlad’s world, shaken by anger, suddenly resembled that of his father whom he had never seen.2gOmF
bKwr5“…It’s a dragon.”Wxe
Ju3aAiThe other side of Vlad, driven by anger, was the world of the dragon he had inherited.883cZ4
peMFrausen, who finally discovered traces of a dragon in Vlad’s world, which had many sides, did not hide his confused expression and asked if he had also changed.LXN8V9d
T15“And I am a Dragon Slayer.”AP6
grG2NhwThere was a dragon running down the hallway.h3D1Nz0
e0KhHowever, the world reflected behind the dragon was no longer the brilliant golden color seen before, but a sinister blood-red.aad9
D7533jFrausen raised his sword towards a sinister world that was no longer worthy of respect.nJuxOUX
OVNgThud!AjMRo
r6Z89The Dragon Slayer’s sword that pierces the most perfect dragon, destroying and shattering the sinister world of dragons.9Ny
85NThus, a young writhing dragon was caught by the tip of the sword that had been thrust.ObM
gzcOE6k“Argh…”Ec6v
KDcIt was once a sword that could have been wielded, but now it was a silver knight who had pierced me.92RAcI
LP59vThe silver knight protruding from Vlad’s back trembled slightly towards the brightly shining moon today, remembering the young knight he had seen at the World Tree.G0A
txjO“You’ve done well until now, Vlad Aureo.”cLaFfks
ZCgThe blood flowing from his mouth splattered on Frausen’s face.HBP
eojtpiBut why did Frausen’s heart grow cold even though the dragon’s blood was right in front of him?MRtUG9m
VR60IV“But in dragon form, you can’t stop me.”EsIyz
JVcFcNm“…Gah.”bJPzxrJ
whZVCrrr!u1mN5J
03zThe sensation of pulling it out was more painful than when it pierced.FJKfS
qhAkmvVlad shuddered involuntarily from the chill of the sword that felt like it pierced his entire body.YxOQ
Vvn“I’ll try to remember the name Justia. At least it deserved that.”8gZwYV
POprqKGAs the sword withdrew, the world inverted.BlBh5
vT6xPRlThe ground was closer and the sky farther.Qszp
FCXThud!PB9KcmH
lG3M8aAfter falling from the completely broken wall of the second floor and hitting the ground, Vlad’s eyes were filled with a bright and clear moon he had never seen before.igr
zudcszmAnd the appearance of a man approaching me, covering the moon.J7M
O4XEYjr“…Lord Joseph.”9MO1
SqmThe sword was still clenched in his hand as if he wanted to keep trying, but the look in Joseph’s eyes was extremely cold.mF1j0
6THSsmSeeing those eyes, strength slowly left Vlad’s hand.MlU4ap
9ke“…It’s not true, is it?”b5d7QC
BHyxgFMWith black hair and black eyes.K4FtotZ
5YUUThe eyes that always looked at me with the bright window behind them were there now.hqdDHXk
IHobSThe black eyes always seemed like they would never change, but today they looked so unfamiliar that I couldn’t bear it.agEa7dE
NlT“Say it’s not true… please.”hHoqzF4
kxLoytsThe ground I lay on was cold, but the sight my eyes saw was even colder.Vn6
s3UFVlad spoke sincerely to Joseph, who looked down at him, but the only response he heard was the cold winter wind.SSJ5uU
D0qjeTYVlad let out a small cry to Joseph, who looked at him in a world that had turned upside down.iGPsWU
pW3NZW“You no longer have anything else to repay me, Vlad.”MMvug
gyg6Despite Vlad’s pleas, Joseph’s body moved farther away.E9viXWz
jSF76Towards the black woman in front and the black carriage that brought her.8LP
WNs2Each time Joseph got into the wolf’s mouth-like black carriage that looked like a coffin, the world Vlad had built shattered horribly.DbaNyun
WiERJvVThat world was created by Joseph, who approached me one winter day when I wandered with only a sword in my hand.FZR6
M3cyO“Kuhff…”kiyS
20wn4rPerhaps because of the blood he was losing, or maybe because of Joseph’s gaze, Vlad gradually shrank from the piercing cold.jQtK4Gu
CPt“Aaah!!”dMUEI
LQpJoseph was slowly disappearing from his blurry vision.LTL
OTJrVlad shouted loudly to look here and not there, but when Joseph turned around, his back was solid without the slightest disturbance.9Wvj
HsV8W“No! Khg…! It’s not true.”eez
vLZRiCThe night was cold and the moonlight heavy.yIx
QxXE7DJust like the winter they met.0crV
KzenqaJoseph’s back was fading more and more due to Vlad’s tears mixed with blood.VWSE
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