Chapter 64

Ch. 64 Sword God From The Ruined World

Heavy Mountain is a massive mountain.  

It’s absurd to even call it a monster, but in the ruined world, there were far worse creatures.  

For Seo Do-jun who had fought it before, there was nothing surprising or shocking about it.  

Staring at the towering mountain before him, Seo Do-jun recalled his past memories.  

A giant fire spirit occupying the sky spewed scorching flames that burned the mountain. The ground exploded, shaking the mountain violently. A blizzard capable of freezing the entire world enveloped the mountain.  

A colossal sword that claimed it could cleave the sun itself sliced through the mountain, while wind arrows said to pierce anything riddled it with holes.  

The mountain resisted, firing boulders like missiles while parasites-like monsters poured from its massive body.  

Dozens of Knights charged to fight the monsters, while dozens of mages bombarded the mountain with spells.  

As always, it ended with a man carrying a single sword.  

A triangular star resembling a meteor that could fill the sky.  

More dazzling and beautiful than any magic, that triangular star bombarded the mountain.  

Exploding, cracking, shattering.  

The majestic mountain slowly, gradually lost its life.  

Seo Do-jun stopped his memories there.  

In the ruined world, dozens of comrades had joined forces to defeat that mountain.  

Not because it was impossible to fight alone.  

At that time, there were too many monsters comparable to Heavy Mountain, forcing them to combine their strength.  

With time and stamina also being enemies, there had been no choice.  

Even now, facing Heavy Mountain wasn’t impossible.  

However.  

“How long would it take?”  

After thoroughly calculating everything from the environment to his current abilities, Seo Do-jun couldn’t make hasty promises.  

It would be a long, grueling battle. Heavy Mountain was that powerful.  

But.  

“Blame your terrible luck.”  

In Seo Do-jun’s hand was something the size of a child’s fist – a walnut-like object.  

The seed of Terra Waka was obtained from Brazil’s rift zone.  

Contained within this small seed was the catastrophic power to turn a 10km radius into desert through extreme water absorption.  

Seo Do-jun immediately dug into the ground and planted Terra Waka’s seed.  

Despite being a plant, it needed neither water nor sunlight.  

With a light infusion of magic to stimulate it…  

Crackle—  

The ground split terrifyingly as moisture rapidly disappeared.  

No matter how fertile the land, Terra Waka’s seed could desertify it in no time.  

Within moments, several meters of land completely dried up, becoming as barren as if untouched by rain for years.  

Grass withered into handfuls of dust, trees became so dry they’d burst into flames from a single spark.  

GRRRRRR—  

As the land changed, the sleeping giant awoke.  

Even its slightest movement caused noticeable tremors beneath their feet.  

Seemingly aware of what had awakened it and the coming disaster, it prepared to unleash its fury.  

THOOM!  

A massive boulder flew as if to crush the calamitous seed.  

Seo Do-jun drew his sword from subspace to meet it.  

SWISH-SWISH-SWISH!  

The boulder shattered into fragments scattering everywhere.  

GRRRRUMBLE!  

The ground shook violently.  

The mountain was enraged at this interference.  

THOOM! THOOM! THOOM! THOOM! THOOM!  

One, two, three… instantly surpassing ten, then twenty, then thirty boulders came flying densely.  

Enough to completely overturn the land where Terra Waka’s seed was planted.  

Seo Do-jun swung his sword against them all.  

SWISH-SWISH-SWISH-SWISH!  

A rain of stone fragments fell from the sky.  

Standing firm and not allowing a single boulder through, Seo Do-jun defended against Heavy Mountain’s assault.  

His only task was to hold out.  

Terra Waka’s seed would handle strangling Heavy Mountain.  

As if answering this expectation, the seed accelerated its insane absorption of the land’s moisture.  

Heavy Mountain didn’t relent either.  

The massive mountain trembled—BRRR—then suddenly over 100 monsters emerged.  

Deambsi, Utidum, Herutun, and even Cradiam.  

The monster wave that had occurred outside now began inside the rift zone.  

Watching the horde charge at him, Seo Do-jun smirked.  

“Defense… it’s been a while.”  

In the ruined world, he’d fought such battles countless times.  

The waves outside were hardly worthy of being called proper defenses.  

The former Seo Do-jun—no, when he was the Sword God—had single-handedly held back tens of thousands of monsters innumerable times.  

“The best defense starts with offense.”  

Seo Do-jun immediately channeled massive magic into his sword.  

The blade, with enhanced absorption, drank his magic like a starving beast.  

HMMMMMMMM!  

Glowing red-hot as if fresh from a forge, the sword roared loudly.  

Answering this roar, Seo Do-jun began swinging.  

Vandeyan Family Swordsmanship  

Fifth Form: Torrential Flurio Stfluer!  

-The flooding of a whirlpooling river-  

A wave of sword energy began at the blade’s tip.  

Contained and compressed repeatedly.  

As the waves overlapped, space itself tore, cracked and distorted around them.  

“Hah…”  

With a short exhale, Seo Do-jun released all the pent-up sword energy at once.  

Like a broken dam, the accumulated waves became a massive whirlpool that instantly swallowed the charging monsters.  

CRACK! SPLAT! CRUMBLE!  

Deambsi’s sturdy bodies shattered without trace.  

Utidum’s shadowy forms were torn limb from limb.  

Herutun’s earthen giants were swept away entirely.  

Even resilient Cradiam turned to dust.  

Over 100 monsters annihilated in one strike.  

Awe-inspiring power.  

Divine might from a single blade.  

Heavy Mountain itself seemed stunned into momentary stillness.  

But only briefly.  

Its tremors grew more violent than before, spawning even more monsters.  

Simultaneously, hundreds of boulders flew at Seo Do-jun.  

“Good. Ending it too soon would be boring.”  

Seo Do-jun’s smirk widened as his sword began absorbing magic again.  

***

News that Seo Do-jun had entered the rift zone alone spread within a day.  

The U.S. Hero Association was flooded with protest calls.  

No matter how they explained it was his choice, sending one man alone was unacceptable.  

“Should we go in now?”  

The uncomfortable Heroes felt like sitting on pins and needles from the backlash.  

“Didn’t he warn us not to follow?”  

Seo Do-jun had been clear.  

No one was to enter after him.  

Anyone following would make him immediately cease all cooperation with U.S. rift zones.  

Neither the Association nor the Heroes who’d need to clean up if he failed could ignore this.  

“Why can’t he make it easy? Who does he think he is…”  

Some couldn’t help resenting Seo Do-jun’s unilateral actions.  

His choices were making them look bad.  

“He probably doesn’t want to show his methods. Honestly, if I had secret techniques, I wouldn’t share them either.”  

“That may be, but…”  

“He said he’s fought this monster before. If he has a way to solo it, why would he reveal it? Let’s wait. Once the rift’s closed, the complaints will stop.”  

One day passed, then two, three…  

Knowing this wasn’t a one-day task, most weren’t overly anxious.  

“You’re here again?”  

Patrick frowned at Gloria standing before the rift zone.  

“In case someone ignores Kassal’s warning.”  

What kind of excuse was that?  

With the Association’s tight security?  

Patrick clicked his tongue at her flimsy pretext.  

“Do you like him?”  

As siblings, he could ask directly.  

“Probably.”  

No hesitation in her reply.  

Gloria didn’t bother denying or hiding it.  

Seo Do-jun kept occupying her thoughts—her heart was clearly drawn to him.  

“I’d welcome someone of his caliber.”  

Unsurprised, Patrick nodded.  

He’d never wanted Gloria settling for mediocrity.  

Someone like Seo Do-jun was worthy.  

“Good luck. Not that she’ll make it easy.”  

Just as Patrick turned after this sincere encouragement—  

ZZZZZT!  

The rift entrance emitted intense magic waves.  

“This—!”  

Patrick immediately returned to Gloria’s side.  

Such waves only occurred when a rift core was destroyed.  

“…He really did it alone?”  

While Patrick’s face stiffened, Gloria’s bloomed into a smile.  

Even photos couldn’t capture the Boss Monster’s full menace.  

Heroes who’d faced it had sighed in despair at its imperviousness.  

They’d secretly hoped Seo Do-jun truly knew its weakness.  

‘What exactly was its weakness?’  

As Patrick wondered, Seo Do-jun emerged.  

Looking exactly as when he’d entered.  

Still wearing no combat suit—just black pants and shirt—he showed no signs of an intense battle.  

“Did you come to greet me?”  

Seo Do-jun casually addressed the watching siblings.  

Gloria approached him.  

Then suddenly pressed her lips to his.  

“Whew!”  

Patrick chuckled at his sister’s boldness.  

After neither short nor long a kiss, Gloria met Seo Do-jun’s eyes.  

“Thank you.”  

“For what?”  

“Everything.”  

For solving America’s crisis.  

For letting her know a man like him existed.  

The moment he emerged, Gloria knew she couldn’t let him go.  

December 14, 2025.  

The new U.S. rift zone was closed.  

The world celebrated Seo Do-jun’s feat.  

The U.S. government declared him an American Hero, offering citizenship and even joking about tax exemptions.  

While South Korea protest these overtures, Seo Do-jun rightfully earned his reward—  

1 billion dollars.  

Surpassing the 550 million dollars from Brazil’s 17 rifts.  

Including his 10 million dollars daily rate during the monster wave, his U.S. earnings totaled 1.24 billion dollars.  

Though now holding unimaginable wealth, Seo Do-jun remained unchanged.  

No extravagant shopping or changed behavior.  

Just resting in his luxury hotel, video-calling Eun-young and his grandmother, receiving construction updates from Park Sung-wook.  

Only after three days did he finally leave.  

“Kassal, come with me.”  

Gloria stood by a hyper-expensive car, having visited daily for meals.  

Now dressed more glamorous than usual.