Chapter 399 - Second Half of Gold Sword 2 (1/2)

‘That was just half of the sword skill.’

After a brief moment of appreciating the old man, Luke opened his eyes and spoke to Saint Nanda, “I understand now. You meant to say that I need to learn the sword skill from the old man who was in Kauren’s memory.”

“I showed everything that I could show you. It is up to the man to decide on where to use and how to get there.”

At the words of Nanda, Luke nodded his head cause he understood.

‘It is enough. No, even if it isn’t enough, I will have to manage.’

The old man constantly used the Gold Sword several times while fighting Kauren.

The gold sword, which was called the Gold Light God Sword was much more complete than Gregory’s research, and it seemed much more detailed and powerful than the time Rudolf used it.

After analyzing it, that seemed to be enough to master the latter part of the Gold Sword.

However, just a few more questions remained.

“You seem to be curious about something,” asked Nanda.

“Exactly. What is the identity of the old man who was fighting Kauren? He seems to be like someone who is famous in the Southern Continent.”

“He is Yeon Ga-ram or the Sword King. He is from Yemaek. An absolute master who is known to have reached the highest point.”

“A Sword King… He looked like it. He should be a Sword King.”

Luke nodded.

He had heard about the legendary masters—Sword King, Spear King, or Martial King—of the Southern Continent from Hwang Bo-sung.

There were people of the same sort, and people of different ages, so it was unknown as to who was the strongest and the weakest.

However, from the story he heard from Hwang Bo-sung the Absolute Master meant a stage below the peak, and it was said to be more than the Sword Sage title of the Rhodesia Continent.

At first, he thought that maybe the terms were mixed, but when he looked at the old man, his hope was gone. Well, seeing the old man, the stage of Absolute seemed to be much stronger than the story Hwang Bo-sung had told him.

‘Isn’t there a Red Dragon King, Lee Yong-mu, who has reached the Absolute Master in the Southern Continent?’

Luke was thinking about meeting the man one day.

“But, I am concerned about how to learn the Gold Sword.”

In the past, Rogers said that the second half of the Gold Sword was still in the family until 400 years ago.

It was recorded in their books that the first half and the second half, the skills of the Gold Sword, were lost when their Lord back then was assassinated during a war.

Fortunately, the first half of the sword was left behind as the son of Rakan’s previous Lord was interested to learn it.

‘Considering how Rudolf had used the Gold Sword, the Baroque Imperial family must have been the ones to issue the assassination of Rakan’s previous Lord and stole it.’

Even then, Luke still couldn’t understand how the skill reached the Southern Continent.

That was when Nanda said the story.

“Hmm, it could be related.”

More than 200 years ago, merchants from the Rhodesia Continent began to visit the Southern Continent to trade.

At that time, the merchant that visited wanted to make a good impression on the Song Empire’s Emperor, so he wanted to give him a Gigant.

“That is something I know too. Worried that they had invaded the empire with such a weapon, the Zegal clan created the Puppet to fight it.”

“It seems like you are well aware. And in addition, the Emperor was curious about the extent of the northern military force, so he sent a lot of spies to investigate on the matter.”

And among the spies who were dispatched was someone called the ‘Shadowless God’.

He was known to be stealthy and quick. He wasn’t just someone who stole the money of the denominations, but he also became trouble for the Imperial Palace.

“After chasing him for 20 years, the man got caught, but even though he was a sinner, the Emperor had given him a chance to cleanse himself. That was to become a spy and go to the Northern Continent,” said Nanda.

The Shadowless God faithfully fulfilled the Emperor’s orders.

He came back with information about the Gigants, the military power of the north, and the excellent knights and the swordsman they had.

“The Emperor was delighted to know that such valuable information was brought in by the Shadowless God. However, on the other hand, he was concerned that the Shadowless God would tell the other nobles in his empire about that information.”

“He must have tried to get him killed,” said Luke.

The Shadowless God wasn’t dull enough to not notice that.

He fled immediately. However, his whereabouts were known to the public.

“And this time, it wasn’t just the Imperial family, but the Moorim clans also chased him. It was because the rumors spread about him secretly learning the sword skill of the Emperor of the North.”

‘No, the Gold Sword…?’

Wasn’t the sword skill used by the Emperor of the Northern Continent the Gold Sword that was secretly stolen by the Baroque Imperial family?

Just as Luke guessed, Nanda’s story continued,

“Later, it was known that the Shadowless God left the Song Empire and hid in the mountains of Yemaek. The people there had protected him.”

‘I guess so. Was it spread like that?’