Chapter 261: Star-Embracing Swordmaster

Ahead of him stood a four-story building in the shadowy alley.

“…..This place is exactly what I’d expect from a cesspool.”

Crossing the avenue that runs through the city, filled with brilliant lights, Sarnus arrived at a dark alley after passing a modest blacksmith’s shop where a star rested.

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A deep sneer lingered on Sarnus’s lips as he saw the imposing structure of the rose, seemingly waiting for him with its smile.

“Growing up in a place like this, you’ve probably forgotten that you’re a dragon.”

What might have been a safe and welcoming refuge for a child was nothing but a miserable brothel to Sarnus.

It was the “Beacon of the Rose,” a brothel established by the Knight of Prostitutes and the Rose of Soara.

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A child exhausted from hunger.

But blinded by rage, he failed to notice the many anguished stares that followed his path.

The fact that countless children watched him anxiously as he walked by.

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A child caught stealing and beaten.

“That destroyed potential. riddle I, my son, will reclaim it.”

And even the child crying relentlessly, unable to bury his dead mother in the frozen ground.

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Creeeek-

So many tears shed because he hadn’t been where he should have been.

Yet, as Sarnus entered this place, he still refused to accept the child’s sorrow, seeking only what he desired.

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A dragon of this era who only wants his son, who carries his blood, to become what he wants.

“Vlad…”

The smile of the rose began to open its arms toward the dragon.

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“Let’s end this now.”

This is the smile of the rose, and the home of the boy.

A place that welcomed Vlad in place of his father, who wasn’t there when he should have been.

“Come forward.”

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“My name is Vlad of Soara.”

With Vlad’s eyes raised, the light from the window began to burn intensely.

The city alleys glowed brightly in the night.

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Glowing like a star even without any decoration, it was unmistakably Vlad’s sword.

Beyond the stairs, Sarnus ascended slowly while Vlad unsheathed his sword.

Behind Vlad, who had drawn his sword, numerous candles watched him, illuminating his colors.

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Before you enter, you must prove your existence to me.

This is my deepest world.

“You damned fool…”

“Now, state your name.”

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“You dare challenge Sarnus Dragulia!”

At Vlad’s words to leave everything else behind and speak only with swords, the last thread of reason that Sarnus clung to snapped.

The final confrontation between dragon and human, duke and knight, father and son.

“You dare face me without even knowing the honor of being born of my blood.”

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Graaah!

An aura of blood, built from the fangs of a dragon.

With a thunderous roar, the ancient dragon charged at Vlad.

Sarnus’s eyes, no longer human, glared at him.

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[This is the final showdown of this journey, Vlad.]

They both understood that this was the last act of their long journey.

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Seize the initiative with brilliance, and end the duel without remorse.

The duel began, with both names exchanged under the gaze of many stars.

[Show him everything you have, without regret.]

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“Agh!”

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Boooom!

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“Try saying that again!”

Even though it was his own world, Vlad couldn’t help but be displaced by the sheer force of the shockwave.

Vlad, having taken the full brunt of the sound, was being relentlessly pushed back.

The roar shook the entire building.

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Sarnus let out a harsh growl when he saw Vlad stagger from the force, but the dialogue of the sword wasn’t dictated solely by power.

Sarnus’s sword came forward again, but it was caught in Vlad’s focused gaze.

[Counterattack!]

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Clang-!

Vlad’s eyes were sharper than ever.

“…!”

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Sarnus’s sword, struck with incredible force, recoiled in an instant.

A magical technique that alters the balance at a pinpoint moment.

Creak!

Vlad’s eyes gleamed coldly as he applied this skill, not just against any knight, but at the pinnacle of the era.

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But Vlad was no longer there; his figure had vanished without a trace.

“…Damn it.”

Sarnus struggled to hold onto his sword.

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His movements were impossible to predict, a deadly style of attack based purely on speed.

Haaah!

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Vlad, who had been still, suddenly became a golden line, slicing the ground and the wall, moving in every direction.

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The sight overlapped with the image of the Sword Master Sarnus had seen long ago.

A motion that could only be performed in one stroke, for the essence of the sword was rooted in speed.

Crack-!

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Vlad faithfully followed the instructions and appeared like lightning, striking Sarnus’s side.

Unpredictable movements to gain the advantage.

“Ugh!”

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Vlad’s movements, which might have been predictable but unseen, were suddenly blocked by the blood-red aura, reducing them back to mere points.

But the instincts of a dragon were sharp, and though he didn’t see it, he anticipated the attack.

“…Bastard!”

“Tch!”

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The swordsmanship of Dragulia, which pursues perfection, seeks a weight that cannot be easily shaken.

And now, Sarnus’s heavy sword was coming down on Vlad, who had just revealed himself.

“How dare you deceive me with Kihano’s swordsmanship!”

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With the weight of an enormous mountain.

Thus, Sarnus’s world, trying to crush Vlad, began to loom overhead.

“You carry my blood, and yet you dare!”

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It wasn’t sharp, but the weight was unbearable.

“Ugh!”

With each sword strike, Vlad’s entire body shook violently.

Bang! afford Bang! anchor Boom!

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[You need to get out of there! antenna Don’t let him gain momentum!]

Watching Vlad sway back and forth with every swing was proof of its power.

“Grrr!”

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“Haaah!”

Vlad knew it, but it was difficult to escape from Sarnus’s siege.

Realizing he was losing control, Vlad gritted his teeth.

Sarnus’s world continued to press down on him.

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It was certainly a reckless action, but it was necessary to shift the course of the duel with a powerful force.

“Damn it!”

The only way to avoid being crushed by that world was to push forward.

Vlad charged toward the immense force that seemed to erase everything with just a glance.

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Crack!

The dwarven armor was shattered by Sarnus’s sword, which dug deep into Vlad’s shoulder.

“Ugh!”

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The excruciating pain, which not even the armor enchantment learned from Justia could mitigate.

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However, the current pain and loss were clearly necessary to bring Vlad one step closer to Sarnus.

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Crack!

As Sarnus glared at him like that, Vlad’s blow exploded within his blue eyes.

The distance was now close enough for their eyes to meet.

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“I am not your son!”

Sarnus’s breastplate exploded, and the dragon’s bright golden scales flew.

“Aaagh!”

It was a fragment created from a dragon scale that had deeply cracked in Rutiger’s world.

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Slash!

Slash!

“Nor a failure!”

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Each step forward was firm, and every sword strike was fierce.

“I am none of the names you’ve given me!”

The sharp, glimmering sword strikes from Vlad continued to slash at Sarnus.

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This world that Vlad created was one made possible by the belief that he could do it.

“Ugh!”

This current attack, which felt like lightning, had reached a far-off state that could only be imagined, not achieved in reality.

The speed was almost unbelievable, coming from someone already wounded.

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No matter how talented he was, the child born in the mud needed his precious imagination to become a knight.

But even that brief moment was something Vlad had chosen to grant him.

Sarnus, who quickly distanced himself from Vlad’s attack, barely managed to reset his stance.

“Arrgh!”

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No, the world that Vlad had created was trembling.

“You’ve killed too many people.”

The ground shook.

Rumble-!

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His heart was aflame, and all that anger and conviction was directed at Sarnus.

“All for an ideal of perfection you can’t even attain.”

Vlad’s breath came out as white mist, not because the place was cold, but because his breath was burning hot.

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A swordsmanship that kills with a single blow, seizing opportunities with unpredictable movements.

“Come on! matrix Dare to face me!”

Vlad’s body, fully tense, was like a drawn bow, ready to release.

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This wasn’t something learned from another. beacon It was a path uniquely his own, one that he had mastered.

[Go ahead. legend Walk the path you’ve chosen.]

But now, Vlad was trying to slice through Sarnus at a speed that surpassed even those expectations.

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The dream of the boy, once as bright as a star, now watched the nightmare of an era that stood in his way.

“…I demand just compensation from you, Sarnus.”

Someday, I too hope to shine like the stars in the sky.

Vlad was trying to show Kihano the way only he could see.

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It was the final gift from the rose’s smile for the bird leaving the nest.

A powerful wind blew behind Vlad, who was running like a flash of light.

Boom!

“Now it’s your turn to give up!”

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A bolt of light, an electric charge spreading—a firm and fierce strike that maybe only I could unleash after ten years.

“There is no place for dragons in my era!”

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“Graahhh!”

“I’ve decided to do it this way!”

Vlad’s blow, carrying the pains of the past, the duties of the present, and the possibilities of the future, began to slowly pierce through the heart of Sarnus.

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Against the perfect fragments that the ancient dragon held.

“So die already!”

“Vlad, you bastard!”

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“…!!”

However, to destroy those fragments, Vlad’s strength alone was not enough.

[Don’t stop now!]

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At that moment, another hand appeared, pushing on Vlad’s hilt.

It wasn’t the faded Frausen, but the honorable gladiator Kihano, who, without Vlad noticing, stood beside him, pushing the sword with him.

[You’re almost there!]

A brilliant knight with chestnut hair.

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“Kihano! atlas You damn bastards!”

At the end of this strike, transcending eras, the dragon’s desire for perfection began to crumble bit by bit.

[Even a single piece, let alone three, is too much to handle.]

A blow delivered by both the sword master of the previous era and the sword master of the current era.

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Finally, locking eyes with Kihano, Vlad’s deep blue eyes began to tremble.

A piece of the dragon started to break apart, slowly, along with Sarnus’s scream.

It was like the feeling of finally meeting the person you’d longed for.

Crack! antenna Crack!

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The mysterious power of the Ruga tribe, which had severed the most perfect dragon.

“Kihano?”

That mystery was about to be activated again by the Sword Master who appeared in this era.

But Vlad was more surprised by the black lightning crawling up his left arm than by the sensation of the fragment shattering.

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I don’t want to sever your bright soul just to break these perfect pieces.

[These things are easier for someone who has done it before.]

Because the pieces tormenting you now are something our generation couldn’t destroy.

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[You’ve done well.]

The Sword Master who returned delivered the final strike before the cry of perfection.

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For the unfulfilled duty, to stop the tragedy that couldn’t be avoided.

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The star shattered.

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Crack!

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The only star that found me when I was nothing.

Kihano, who called me a knight, though I was born a dragon.

The star that had shone with crimson perfection.

“No!”

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With a roar, the sky of reality began to tear apart.

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Now, with a smile on his face, he was leaving me behind.

Rumble!

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And the first beam of light that filtered through the brightening sky fell on the back of Vlad, who sat, exhausted.

A ray of sunlight broke through under the night sky, slowly clearing.

Today’s sun started to slowly appear behind the night sky, which was gradually fading along with the setting black moon.

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In front of Vlad, Sarnus lay dying, with his heart pierced.

“…You did well.”

However, his eyes were no longer the original blue but shone with a clear chestnut color, reminiscent of someone else.

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But the pale tone of his face indicated that there was little time left.

“Kihano.”

Kihano had taken over the body of Sarnus, who was already dead.

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“I’m proud of you. artist You really did well.”

Kihano, with the demeanor of a father, spoke the words that Vlad had always longed to hear.

And the words that came from him now were words that Vlad had probably never heard in his entire life.

“Finding you was a stroke of luck. armor You were born a dragon, but you walked your own path, Vlad.”

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“Goodbyes are both an end and a promise.”

“…What will I do if everyone leaves? athlete If I’m the only one left?”

A boy crying in front of his father, whom he was meeting for the first time in his life.

Kihano smiled peacefully as he looked at the boy.

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The color of both of their hair, under the sunlight, was so similar that anyone would have recognized it.

But with a smile, he used his last strength to open his arms to Vlad.

The light in Kihano’s eyes was slowly fading.

“So come here and see.”

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“Thank you, Kihano.”

Though they had been in the same world until now, they hadn’t been able to share each other’s warmth.

“Still, I’m glad I could embrace you in the end.”

However, Kihano and Vlad, who could now embrace, embraced.

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Here ends our journey, which began on a winter’s day.

“…Yes. afford This is how we say goodbye.”

And the ending we found is without regret.

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The star that embraced the child.

The child who embraced a star.

The sun began to shine in the night sky over the two people who embraced each other.

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That’s why both are Sword Masters who embrace the stars.

Author’s note:

– End of the main story of Star-Embracing Swordmaster –

Their farewell, witnessed by the vast night sky, shone like a star for all to see.

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The main story has come to an end.

To all of you who have accompanied Vlad’s journey from winter to spring, I sincerely thank you.

After a short break, I will return with a side story.

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