Swordmaster’s Youngest Son Novel

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Temar and Murakan from a thousand years ago.

They were standing in the Storm Castle. It is not the Storm Castle in the painting that was completely destroyed in the recent battle with the fake, but the Storm castle from a thousand years ago that still stands tall on the top of Mt. Murakan.

Jin and the Ten Great Knights looked at the new scenery with widened eyes, while Murakan clutched his chest and averted his gaze.

"No... this can't be. There's no way I would have done such a thing. This Murakan killing the knights, and even you, Temar? It's impossible."

Jin worried that Murakan's mind would collapse. He kept repeating the same words over and over.

'He seems like he could go berserk at any moment. Murakan's shadow force seems even more unstable than before.'

Suddenly, a spear of shadow force formed behind Murakan. The spear shot towards the scenery from a thousand years ago, but it had no effect whatsoever.

The group could only observe the scenery from a thousand years ago as mere spectators, with no power to influence it.

The words they had just heard, "Everything is your fault", were not for the real Murakan, but for the Murakan in the video.

The Murakan in the video clenched his teeth without answering Temar.

"Murakan, stop it."

It was Dranax. With a serious expression, he alternated his gaze between Murakan, and Temar and Murakan from a thousand years ago.

"We may be just guardians, but our souls are the same as those from a thousand years ago. So, we have the right to know what happened back then. We have the right to know what we don't know. Since it seems we can't destroy this video, just calm down and stay still."

"That's right, Murakan. We may soon disappear, but before that, I want to see it with my own eyes. A history we do not know."

Frey also endured the pain and kept her gaze fixed on the video. The Ten Great Knights were prepared to resist their death until they could confirm the whole truth.

"This is... all a plot. Maybe it's the witch, or someone else... Yes, Lokia. Lokia betrayed us. It must be her plot, trying to scheme against me! How could I kill you all? Harm Temar and massacre innocent people like that?"

Painful memories can drive anyone insane.

Murakan was overwhelmed by the flooding memories that he could not refuse.

However, Jin decided not to say any comforting words to Murakan. He had already said everything he needed to say.

Regardless of what the truth might be, they would face it together, along with their comrades.

Jin and the Ten Great Knights kept their gaze fixed on the crouched Murakan, leaving him behind. They focused their attention on the video before them.

"Initially, when I heard that you were trying to kill our comrades, I didn't believe it. Even more so when it was Lokia who said it, and as you know, I already had my doubts about Lokia."

"Temar."

"But Lokia didn't betray us. She was just seeking ways to resolve my demonization, so she kept in contact with the Witch. But never did I imagine that you would betray us like this... you and Solderet."

"Stop it, Temar. I didn't try to kill you for the sake of the thousand-year contractor or for Solderet. Don't you understand?"

"Ah, so you're still trying to tell me that I'm insane? Like the day you came with my sister and Padler to kill me at the Black Sea Tower. I regained my sanity completely after that day. I remember all the truths I saw through the Witch when I lost my mind. Solderet must be trying to get rid of me for that reason as well."

"...I don't think I need to say more. Temar, I won't apologize. This is the best option for me."

"A thousand years. We were destined to be used as mere pawns for the future that Solderet chose. The one who will become the contractor then will never know about this dark truth. Your heinous deeds with your god end today. I won't forgive you. If you can't stop, then I will."

Swish...!

As Temar drew his sword, the interior of the Storm Castle suddenly darkened. His released shadow force was creating an enormous subspace.

Temar's single sword swing divided the human form of Murakan into fragments of shadow force, which then scattered. Soon, the shadow force flew far away and reformed into Murakan's true appearance.

As the space split, the outside scenery of the Storm Castle was briefly revealed. It was a point in the Murakan Mountain, far away from the Storm Castle. The split space quickly filled with shadow force again.

'It's a similar technique to the fake's Manifestation of Shadows. Temar and Murakan seem to have been fighting like this in subspace... That must be why the Murakan Mountain disappeared.'

The fight they just had with the fake was nothing compared to their battle. Both Temar and Murakan imbued their every strike with obvious Genesis Knight's power.

With a single sword strike, mountain ranges were severed, and with a single breath, an entire empty city vanished. It was as if not two mortals but two gods who could shape the world as they pleased were confronting each other.

Murakan still remained crouched, muttering incomprehensible words. The Ten Great Knights barely suppressed the bewildered feelings as they watched the two fighting in the video. The video they were witnessing now was no different from when the fake Murakan attacked Temar.

"So, they had this conversation. It seems like Murakan did attack the patriarch at one point. Just like what we knew here..."

"I won't make any judgments until I see the whole thing. Jin and Murakan came and helped us. They eliminated the fake Murakan we believed to be real and allowed us to see the truth."

"That's right."

"To the very end, I wonder if Frey will manage to confess what she couldn't to that crumpled guy. Love confession should not turn into curses and insults."

"You're talking nonsense again... Vyollo. If I were fine, I would have given you a good beating..."

"Frey, the blood keeps flowing. Even if we are on the verge of death, let's have some peace in our final moments. Save your words. Ignore Vyollo's nonsense."

Of course, Jin already knew the winner of this battle.

Murakan would ultimately be defeated by Temar and fall into a deep sleep for a thousand years.

In the video, Temar and Murakan had already exchanged over a hundred attacks. Every time the space tore apart, the outside revealed nothing but destroyed mountain ranges, cities, and bizarrely split clouds and storms.

Temar mostly attempted attacks while Murakan focused on defense. Murakan was confident that, if the battle dragged on, he would inevitably emerge as the victor.

It was because Temar was bound to get tired eventually, whereas Murakan never got tired. As long as his heart is intact, his strength will remain the same indefinitely.

"You keep trying to move the battlefield outside the mountain range... Don't you care if people get entangled in our fight and perish?"

"...There's no one living near my mountain range anymore."

"There's no one around the mountain range that extends through Huphester... Are you proud of that? That you've so ruthlessly trampled over those who once worshiped you. It's fine to turn their homes into ashes, but you hate it when your home is destroyed, is that it?"

Unlike the real Murakan who struggled in pain, Temar's malicious words seemed to have no effect on the Murakan of a thousand years ago.

Murakan solely focused on killing Temar. He entered a state of awakening, forming a pair of wings and emitting an unending torrent of shadow force from his enlarged horns, just like the fake Murakan.

The Murakan Mountain that connected to Mitel vanished entirely. Destructive landslides and earthquakes spread throughout Mitel, and the destruction showed no signs of stopping.

It was collapsing irreversibly, much like their relationship had.

While the fight continued, the observers couldn't determine how much time had passed. The perspectives kept changing from time to time.

But every time it changed, all they could see was the two fighting within the subspace created by Temar's shadow sword.

The observers could only discern the changing perspectives by the wounds that weren't present on Temar's body and the different outside scenery that briefly appeared each time the subspace tore apart.

They couldn't detect any signs of injury or fatigue in Murakan.

[Further fighting is pointless, Temar. Everything crumbling in this battle is what we were trying to protect. It's the land of Runcandel and the place where people protected by Runcandel live.]

"Don't you dare to say that from your dirty mouth?"

[I only wanted to say that, for the future, we should leave this land and its people with even the slightest chance of survival. If you still have love for your clan and this land inside you. Stop now and accept death.]

"The future... I couldn't care less about that. I have already lost my present, thanks to you and Solderet. As long as you and Solderet exist, Runcandel can never be truly free. It will forever be at the mercy of Solderet."

[Our enemy is Zipfel, not Solderet...]

"That was true until you showed your true colors. Now, you and your kind are more disgusting and hateful than Zipfel. You made a laughingstock of us and our sacrifices, driving us to the brink of madness."

While he didn't agree with Murakan's suggestion to stop the meaningless fight and accept death, Temar knew that there was no reason to prolong the battle from his perspective. He needed to finish the fight before he ran out of stamina.

Moreover, Temar was preparing a single sword for the decisive moment – the soul-slash that could overcome any gap in strength as long as he had the will.

Shadow sword 1st technique, Soul Slash.

Temar's darkened sword, Barisada, was aimed at Murakan.

"It's time to pay the price, Murakan. Suffer and remember those you killed..."

Temar swung his sword with an evil smile on his face.

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