SFRW-Chapter 129

Ch. 129 Sword God From The Ruined World

The best house in Seoul.  

The most expensive, sturdy, and secure house belonged to Seo Do-jun.  

It wasn’t located in prime real estate areas like Gangnam, nor did it boast the best commercial or educational environments.  

Yet everyone was convinced the area around Seo Do-jun’s house would become the second Gangnam – the new center of South Korea.  

As if to prove this, after Seo Do-jun purchased the land, numerous Heroes, conglomerate chairmen, and corporations frantically bought up surrounding properties to construct buildings.  

Land prices were skyrocketing uncontrollably, yet even the government couldn’t intervene.  

Rumors spread that any investment now would multiply several fold within ten years, prompting anyone with money to scramble for nearby properties.  

“Quite the impressive mansion. Ptooey!”  

Kang Young-pyo, disguised as someone else, spat on the ground while glaring at Seo Do-jun’s house.  

His actions didn’t go unnoticed.  

“Another weirdo showed up. Look – spitting in front of the Guild Master’s house.”  

Dozens of CCTV cameras formed an impenetrable security network, immediately alerting Casserian Guild members to Kang Young-pyo’s presence.  

Since Seo Do-jun began closing Gates and rift zones, he’d gained many enemies, necessitating top-tier security for his family.  

The house had become an unofficial tourist attraction, with many coming just to glimpse it, keeping security guards constantly on edge.  

“Where do these freaks keep coming from? Last time some lunatic tried pissing on the wall saying he’d absorb the Guild Master’s energy.”  

“Oh that crazy bastard? Honestly, why are there so many mentally ill people?”  

Despite their complaints, they kept watching the monitors intently.  

“There he goes, leaving.”  

With dozens of visible cameras covering every angle, only someone truly insane would attempt anything suspicious at Seo Do-jun’s residence.  

After staring at the house awhile, Kang Young-pyo eventually turned away.  

Just spitting and leaving was actually considerate by their standards.  

The guards only relaxed after he completely disappeared from view.  

“Getting hungry – should we order ramen?”  

“Ramen sounds great!”  

“I’ll call it in then.”  

While phoning in their ramen order to the guild cafeteria, the two guards remained vigilant for any suspicious individuals approaching Seo Do-jun’s house.  

Yet someone was casually scaling the mansion’s walls completely undetected by CCTV.  

“Fucking morons. Stare at your cameras all day – you’ll never find me!”  

The intruder chuckling while climbing was none other than Kang Young-pyo.  

The stealth magic scroll provided by Vaitel made him completely invisible to surveillance.  

Unless someone had S-rank Hero senses, detecting Vaitel’s magic was nearly impossible.  

‘I’ve waited so long for this day!’  

Normally, Seo Do-jun’s residence (or more accurately, the adjacent Casserian Guild building) housed numerous S-rank Heroes – making reckless approaches suicidal.  

But today was different.  

With the sudden rift zone lockdowns and simultaneous monster waves nationwide, most guild members had dispersed across the country.  

Only low-ranking Casserian members remained guarding the house.  

‘Even if they notice and sound alarms, what could those weaklings do?’  

Knowing only A-rank Heroes guarded the place, Kang Young-pyo felt no threat.  

‘Maybe I should slit a few throats to demoralize them!’  

The idea of Casserian members being murdered by an unknown intruder sounded like excellent news to him.  

Scaling the walls only intensified Kang Young-pyo’s resentment as he saw the luxurious home.  

‘If not for that bastard Seo Do-jun, this could’ve been MY house!’  

His life had been ruined because of Seo Do-jun, reduced to being Vaitel’s lackey. The thought made his blood boil.  

‘Let’s burn it all down when we leave!’  

He added arson to his plans.  

Compared to exterior security, internal defenses were lax, allowing easy infiltration.  

However, the moment Kang Young-pyo crossed the walls, one presence detected him immediately.  

“Seri, what’s wrong?”  

When the normally docile Casserian suddenly became alert and aggressive, Eun-young tilted her head in confusion.  

Just as the creature stretched its neck to warn about the intruder—  

CRASH!  

The living room windows shattered as someone came flying through.  

“Ahhh!”  

Eun-young screamed in terror while the Casserian sprang up defensively.  

“Fuck!”  

The person crashing through was Kang Young-pyo.  

And what had thrown him out—  

“Why the hell are Death Knights here?!”  

Kang Young-pyo had encountered Seo Do-jun’s grandmother coming for water the moment he entered.  

Though invisible due to magic, when Kang Young-pyo projected killing intent toward the elderly woman, the pendant around her neck automatically summoned Death Knights.  

“What…what kind of situation is this?!”  

Kang Young-pyo gnashed his teeth at the five Death Knights surrounding him.  

More alarming was these weren’t ordinary Death Knights – they appeared far stronger than champion variants he knew.  

Ignoring Kang Young-pyo’s confusion, the knights attacked relentlessly.  

Their ability to see through stealth magic and perfectly coordinated assault left Kang Young-pyo horrified.  

‘Why are they so strong?!’  

Just five Death Knights had him completely on the defensive.  

If the other five guarding the grandmother joined?  

The thought alone made cold sweat pour down his back.  

This wasn’t because Kang Young-pyo was weak.  

After Vaitel’s ‘training’ (torturous biomancy experiments) and learning magic techniques, he’d grown exponentially stronger.  

He’d even been confident about facing Seo Do-jun one-on-one.  

But now—  

‘How are mere Death Knights this powerful?!’  

Kang Young-pyo barely dodged a sword slash that nearly took his waist.  

The knights’ equipment alone was extraordinary – premium combat suits, swords and shields.  

‘Goddamn Seo Do-jun! Who prepares this thoroughly?!’  

Then he realized – if Seo Do-jun could tame a Boss Monster like the Casserian, Death Knights would be trivial.  

CLANG!  

The relentless assault made Kang Young-pyo realize he’d die if this continued.  

‘As humiliating as it is, I need to retreat!’  

Not anticipating Death Knights was his fatal mistake.  

He’d return better prepared next time.  

As Kang Young-pyo decided to flee, Casserian guild guards came rushing toward the commotion.  

Even against A-rank Heroes, the numbers were unfavorable. Kang Young-pyo prepared to escape without looking back.  

“Grandma!”  

“Eun-young! Get behind the Casserian!”  

A guard shouted seeing Eun-young running toward her grandmother.  

‘Seo Do-jun…Grr! At least I’ll kill his sister before leaving!’  

Kang Young-pyo’s eyes gleamed murderously.  

He’d take her hostage to ensure safe escape, then kill her afterward.  

How would Seo Do-jun react to losing his sister? The thought alone made Kang Young-pyo smile.  

‘Curse being born as Seo Do-jun’s sibling!’  

Feeling zero guilt about killing a child, Kang Young-pyo broke through the knights toward Eun-young.  

SWISH! STAB!  

“Guh!”  

Taking sword wounds to his back and waist during the reckless charge didn’t faze him.  

This pain was nothing compared to what Seo Do-jun would suffer.  

“Eun-young!”  

“Casserian! Protect her!”  

Guards threw down their weapons seeing Kang Young-pyo approach the girl.  

‘I’m faster!’  

Just as Kang Young-pyo reached for Eun-young—  

WHOOSH!  

With hurricane-like speed, the Casserian’s beak stabbed toward Kang Young-pyo’s skull.  

At the last second, he twisted aside.  

THUD!  

His left shoulder was completely torn off instead.  

“…AAAAAGH!”  

Kang Young-pyo screamed in agony and disbelief at the Casserian.  

How had it moved from behind Eun-young so fast?  

‘Goddammit!’  

Realizing he couldn’t reach Eun-young, Kang Young-pyo tried fleeing—  

SHHHH!  

Ten more Death Knights materialized, surrounding him completely.  

‘M-more of these monster knights?!’  

Trembling uncontrollably, Kang Young-pyo finally snapped:  

“AAAAH! SEEEEOO DOOO-JUN!”  

Kang Young-pyo’s brazen intrusion ended with his capture, though this incident wouldn’t become public knowledge.  

* * *  

“In the end…you really wiped them all out.”  

Choi Kang-soo marveled at how Seo Do-jun and the Death Knights annihilated every last monster.  

‘That person was right – he’s definitely not human.’  

Like how some view Jesus or Buddha as deities rather than humans, Choi Kang-soo could no longer see Seo Do-jun as mortal.  

Perhaps millennia later, people might worship Seo Do-jun as a god.  

‘Though his doctrine would differ – no loving enemies or turning cheeks here.’  

Any scripture about Seo Do-jun would likely say:  

“Show no mercy to monsters!”  

“Eliminate all harmful beings!”  

This realization made Choi Kang-soo resolve to never disrespect Seo Do-jun again.  

‘Wait! I should break anyone’s skull if they disrespect me!’  

Then another thought struck – what if he became like Jesus’ disciples?  

Immortalized in history as Seo Do-jun’s right-hand man!  

Thus another fervent follower was born.  

Exhausted after the battle, Seo Do-jun recalled all Death Knights and addressed Choi Kang-soo:  

“Yes sir! Your orders?”  

Choi Kang-soo’s enthusiastic salute made Seo Do-jun frown tiredly.  

“Ask the holy sword if there’s a way to destroy this place.”  

Though the monsters were gone, the portals remained.  

Closing connected rift zones would solve the immediate problem, but not the root cause.  

After consulting the sword, Choi Kang-soo reported:  

“It says it doesn’t know how to eliminate Rebley’s source. Even if we knew, we currently lack the power.”  

“I see.”  

Seo Do-jun didn’t hide his disappointment.  

Left unchecked, this place could keep mass-producing monsters for Earth.  

While fortunate to have discovered it, he wanted to end things permanently.  

But as the sword said, both were depleted.  

Rebley might recover faster than they could locate and destroy his core in this vast space.  

‘And who knows how long before the sword can unleash that holy power again…’  

They’d have to try another time – after growing stronger.  

Rebley wouldn’t be caught off guard again.  

“Let’s go.”  

Seo Do-jun headed for the nearest portal.  

“Any portal is fine?”  

“Why so formal now?”  

When told to act normally, Choi Kang-soo stubbornly refused.  

Too tired to argue, Seo Do-jun let it go.  

“No point worrying – we don’t know which rift zone they connect to.”  

Choi Kang-soo quietly followed.  

At the portal’s threshold, Seo Do-jun turned back:  

“Don’t mention the sword’s sentience for now. It could cause misunderstandings.”  

“Misunderstandings?”  

Seo Do-jun twirled a finger near his temple.  

“Oh…”  

Claiming to talk with a sword was textbook insanity.  

Seo Do-jun entered first, with Choi Kang-soo following.  

Much later, Rebley’s black eyes reappeared, still reeling from the holy power’s impact.  

-Next time I’ll tear you both to pieces!  

KWA-RRRUMBLE!  

Lightning strikes matching Rebley’s fury ravaged the landscape.