Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

People always wondered why Eden went to Soobiryu.

Even before passing the sword initiation ceremony, he had not used any of the three major schools of swordsmanship.

Because he had already acquired his own power called thunderbolt.

However, the heads of the three major schools all hoped that Eden Arzen would come to their schools.

Even if he did not directly use the swordsmanship of the three major schools, if he became the head of the family, the influence of that school would inevitably become stronger.

From Eden’s point of view, no matter what school you go to, you are welcome. Meanwhile, the most helpful place was Jungmu Ryu.

The current head of the family is from the Jungmu style, and the influence of the Jungmu style was the strongest.

Next was Bihoryu. Saebi-ryu was not very active in supporting Eden.

So everyone thought they would go to the Jungmu or Bihoryu, but Eden went against their thoughts and chose Saebi.

But there was a reason for that. Because there was a secret story that only Aisen and Eden, the leaders of the Sobi-ryu, knew.

“You were here.”

“Is it Aisen?”

Eden, who was leaving the Tomb of the Sword, frowned when she saw Isen jumping out of the darkness.

“Don’t you hate it too much?”

“Just tell me what you want.”

“… … It’s quite sharp. “What happened?”

Eden is on edge.

Isen looked over his shoulder at the grave of the sword.

It’s quiet. There was no one.

What on earth happened inside to make this reaction?

“I don’t know anything.”

“Great, I’m here to make a proposal.”

“… … proposal?”

“okay. Now your position as head of the family is no longer announced. What if Sogaju’s status had been confirmed before Ren Argen arrived? Now that Ren Argen has appeared, I won’t be able to become the head of the small family so comfortably.”

Eden frowns as she looks at Isen speaking triumphantly.

“I was wondering what nonsense you were talking about… … . Tsk.”

When he clicked his tongue and tried to pass by Isen, Isen blocked him again.

“Get out of the way.”

“Are you confident that you won’t regret it even if you keep going like this? “Seabiryu may side with Ren Argen.”

“Hmph, do it that way.”

Eden snorts at the trivial threat.

Isen’s pride was clearly hurt, but he tried to pretend that nothing had happened and continued talking.

“Although I was humiliated by Ren Argen at the sword initiation ceremony, I am still the leader of the Sappi-ryu.”

“What does that matter?”

“Ren Argen has now joined the family. Even if he showed great swordsmanship at the sword initiation ceremony, the family members would not readily follow him. But what if the entire swaebi group supports him? “What do you think will happen if that happens?”

Eden’s expression hardened little by little.

A sinister smile flashes across Aisen’s face when he thinks his story has made sense.

“All those who were shaken and confused by the support of the Saebi Ryu will end up supporting Ren Argen. If that happens, Ren Argen will have a solid support base and aim for the position of head of the family.”

“I guess so.”

Eden obediently agreed to his words.

“yes? therefore-.”

“But it’s funny that you think they’ll listen to you even if you talk to Saebi-ryu.”

Eden’s disdainful eyes glanced at Isen.

“Do you not want to step down from your position as leader? In that case, instead of showing such an attitude, you should have bowed down the moment you saw me. “Isen.”

His eyes changed completely. The intense glow in his eyes as he looks down at his opponent begins to weigh on Isen.

“Is the guy who was forced to step down from his position because of Ren Argen’s influence and is now threatening me with a sword?”

“no… , It’s not like that… … .”

“You still look at me the same way you did five years ago. you did that to me “It is said that Saebi-ryu holds the secret of Raishin-ryu.”

Eden twists the corner of her mouth.

In contrast, Isen’s eyes wavered aimlessly like a lost child.

“That’s why I joined Saebi Ryu. To find out the secret of Raishinryu. But the secret was to eliminate Raijinryu, I guess?”

Isen’s eyes opened wider than ever before.

“Yes, you… , how to do that… … ?”

It felt like my eyeballs were going to pop out at any moment.

“Isen. An incompetent leader ruins a group. “Why did I put you in that position until now?”

Isen began to tremble as he saw Eden’s strangely twisted, smiling face.

“It was because I didn’t need to touch it because it broke the spores on its own.”

“This is… no. This can’t be happening. Who are you? “How dare someone betray me!”

“betrayal? “You look like a fool until the end.”

Eden grabbed Isen’s face.

Aisen’s face filled with one large hand.

The bloodshot eyes between his fingers look at the face of Eden, transformed into a demon.

“Are you still thinking about this? why? Did you think you had to bow to Ren right away? Or are you trying to beg Blair or Cassius?”

It’s shaky… … .

The brain energy flowing from his body slowly moved down his right arm.

“Whatever it is, it’s absolutely pathetic.”

Isen, who was looking at the sparks flying from Eden’s body, couldn’t even think of resisting, but his eyes trembled and he screamed from the coming pain.

“Save me!”

Isen’s entire body is covered in a blue flash of light, and then he collapses.

Eden roughly threw the unconscious Isen at the entrance to the Sword Tomb and left without any regrets.

* * *

“wren! “You’re not hurt anywhere, right?”

“are you okay.”

After returning to the room, I consoled myself by eating the food that Deacon Evchenko brought me.

‘I wanted to see Eden’s skills.’

If it weren’t for the tomb where the matriarchs were, it would have been premature to fight Eden.

Although my abilities increased a lot due to the quests of the matriarchs during this sword initiation ceremony, they were still insufficient compared to Eden.

Even if Frey had not suddenly appeared and stopped the fight, he would have been able to solve the mystery of where he got the Thunder God style legacy from Eden.

“The sword initiation ceremony will begin again soon, right? “Will Scarlett and Marcia come to Raijinryu?”

“I don’t know.”

I didn’t just say this out of humility.

Marcia and Scarlett probably didn’t just help me because they wanted to come to Raishinryu.

In particular, Scarlett is a difficult person to predict, so it is even more difficult to predict.

“Still, I think we’ll both go to Raishinryu!”

“I think most other people probably think the same way. So this sword initiation ceremony will be more difficult for the two of you.”

No matter what the two think, other schools and forces will somehow try to separate them.

Whether you choose your opponent well or fight well, you have to work harder than before.

‘what… ‘If the two of you are skilled, there’s no need to worry too much.’

The problem is whether the two will pick a strong opponent for no reason.

“I hope it goes well! “I need to quickly improve my skills and join the Raishin Ryu you created.”

“I will also watch your sword skills whenever I can.”

“thank you. wren.”

Two more days passed and the entire entrance hall for the Sword Initiation Ceremony was restored.

Originally, this construction should have been completed a long time ago, but it took longer to make it stronger this time.

The Sword Initiation Ceremony has resumed.

Family members reunited.

This time I attended as an inductee rather than a candidate for induction.

Newly constructed grandstand.

One more district, previously divided into three major schools, was created.

The area where Raishinryu will be located in the future.

I sat there alone and lonely.

‘It will be filled with more in the future.’

Most of the other schools and other seats were full, but only the Raishinryu section was empty.

“The sword initiation ceremony will begin.”

Scarlett and Marcia enter the sparring arena with the declaration of the head of the family.

Just like last time, the induction ceremony was again led by Leonora.

‘Where has Aisen gone?’

Aisen was nowhere to be seen on the side of the chain.

Even though his position has fallen to the ground due to the last bet with me, he has not yet officially asked the head of the family to step down from his position.

There would be no reason not to participate in the sword initiation ceremony.

“Scarlet Argen. “Choose.”

As she was looking away, she chose the Bihoryu swordsman and engaged in a confrontation.

The result was, of course, Scarlett’s victory.

Marcia also chose a non-horyu prosecutor.

Victory this time too.

Lastly, if you defeat two knights of each school, you will be able to receive the engraving of the sword.

“Reishinryu has been newly established, but the school has not yet established itself. Therefore, we will give you a grace period of two years. “From two years on, Raishinryu will also be included in the sword initiation ceremony, and after five years, we will change the method of the third test of the sword initiation ceremony.”

‘2 years of grace, 5 years of time… … . That’s enough.’

Although it was a very short period of time compared to the three schools that had experienced hundreds of years, Ren was confident.

That Raishinryu will be fully established within 5 years.

“After five years, the existing rule of selecting two schools will change to selecting three schools.”

Raishinryu will not be chosen as the opponent at the sword initiation ceremony for two years, but from then on, he will be the target of choice.

It seems that if a candidate for admission does not come to Raishin-ryu, after 5 years, one inductee from Raishin-ryu must come forward as a rival.

Considering that there are at most less than 10 candidates for the Sword Initiation Ceremony each year, there is not a lot of leeway.

This time too, there were only 4 applicants including me.

“you you. “Come out.”

Scarlett chose two people.

The two knights are embarrassed to be singled out.

One was a high-ranking knight, and the other was at the highest level. As there are many people targeting Scarlett, contrary to their expectations that she would choose an easy opponent, Scarlett chose a strong opponent.

‘I lost again. ‘Fighting sickness.’

She looks at the other person with a satisfied face.

‘Last time I saw you, you seemed to have gotten quite strong… … .’

You can’t accurately gauge your skills just by looking at the status window.

In the end, fighting wasn’t just about physical ability.

Kaang!

The swords cross and clash again.

After a fierce battle, the person standing on the sparring field is Scarlet Arzen.

The next sparring continues without a break.

Senior Knight A top-level heavy martial arts knight.

He smiles, showing his teeth at Scarlett, who looks a little tired.

“Ogi is destroying yourself.”

“Come? “It’s fun.”

Scarlett snorted and ignored the other person’s words and poured energy into her sword.

A dark sword light emitted as soon as the sparring began.

‘This… … .’

The light streaming down from the ceiling suddenly begins to shine even brighter.

“Ugh!”

Her sword cuts through the air at a short distance from the opponent.

A flash-like sword strike that comes out of nowhere in an intense beam of light.

Wow!!

He urgently raised the sword, but was unable to react properly, so the sword broke in two and blood splattered out.

“Wow… … !”

The knight, who had received a large cut on his chest, staggered backwards.

He glares at Scarlett with a shocked face.

‘It’s amazing… … ?’

Honestly, I was a little surprised. I never thought Scarlett would have raised her monthly attack to this level.

It’s already been over a year since I taught her how to attack. I taught it to her after our last desert expedition.

So far, have you been practicing day and night just for the moon attack?

‘Isn’t it good that the knight didn’t die at this rate?’

Moonstrike is a technique specialized for assassination or surprise strikes.

If the other person does not know this technique, it is difficult to even react.

The sword strike just now was one that Scarlett had swung with the intention of killing the opponent.

If the opponent hadn’t reacted instantly and raised his sword, he might have died on the spot.

Of course, if you know this technique and prepare for it, you will not miss the strange feeling at the moment when the sword strike comes out even if you are at the upper level of the upper level.

“lost.”

The other person knelt down, pressing his hand to his chest where blood was flowing out.

“It’s easy.”

She muttered with a triumphant expression and raised her head.

The direction she is looking at is where the Raishinryu school is located.

It was heading towards me.

“how was it? “Chief?”

I haven’t even asked you to decide on a school yet, but have you already chosen Raishin Ryu?

Leonora’s brow twitched at her words.

“not bad. Scarlet Argen.”

Scarlet Arzen entered as the first initiate of Raishinryu.