Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World

The Devil’s Blessing (3)

Ryu Han-bin had been struggling quite a bit to control his power.

After he got the Maxbrid’s Martial Art Book, he increased his overall ability even further.

Still, the art alone wasn’t enough to teach him how to overpower the opponent without killing it.

In the first place, he wasn’t very sensible.

When he was in the Rocky Mountain, the Guideline often gave him a message stating, ‘You don’t have talent!’

He had gotten pretty used to controlling his power, but whether his foes would have a fine corpse, separated bones and flesh, or a completely bloody mush, all fell to the difference in level.

Regardless, the result always ended in their deaths.

Overpowering the enemy while keeping them alive was a lot more complicated than the other option for him.

He couldn’t just eliminate all the enemies he met and walk on their blood.

To that problem, Effir offered a clear answer.

“If it’s for non-lethal use, use a wrestling principle. Aim for their joints.”

existed in Maxbrid Martial Art, which pursued the ‘battle law of the wielder of the sword.’

After pushing away and tackling the enemy with a sword, wrestling against them was considered swordsmanship by the Maxbrid Martial Art.

“It is the safest way to keep the enemy alive. Just grab them and break their limbs.”

Han-bin felt shaken.

“It would be difficult to keep them sane with such wounds. It seems a little too much for suppression…”

“It’s still better than dying, right?”

“Well, first of all, I see that the standard of safety here is very different from Earth’s.”

In a world where cutting people’s limbs was a common practice, that would be safe.

Effir shrugged.

“Speaking of which, let’s practice together. You can’t practice it without an opponent.”

* * *

Ryu Han-bin stared at Zhang Luxin.

‘It was difficult to get closer because of the many eyes watching us.’

Thanks to the flame barrier, he could finally block all of his enemy’s attacks using nothing but his body.

Through that, he would be able to get the opportunity he needed to get closer to him.

“Ugh, motherfucker!”

As he got up again, Zhang Luxin cursed.

He picked up the broken scimitar again.

Boong!

The pitch-black blade sprang up and completed the missing parts by itself.

“Taaaats!”

Along with a roar, Zhang Luxin swung the scimitar in the air.

Each time he used the sword, a dark arrow was created and flung towards Ryu Han-bin.

Hanbin didn’t try to avoid them.

Instead, he simply engaged his whole body and bumped into them!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ignoring the explosions, he approached his opponent.

Like a windmill, he threw his sword at him, causing it to spin as it charged towards Zhang Luxin.

‘Like this!’

Zhang Luxin twisted his body to avoid the certain death coming for him from overhead.

“Take it!”

With Han-bin’s cry, the black greatsword changed its orbit and stretched horizontally.

Having no means of escaping it, Zhang Luxin made a shield using the darkness.

Bwaang!

Though the shield was smashed completely, it managed to deflect the greatsword away.

Zhang Luxin smiled with confidence.

‘I stopped it!’

But it soon disappeared.

The only thing that bounced off was the greatsword.

He couldn’t see the gigantic man anywhere.

“Huh?”

After throwing away his sword, he charged forward.

As the opponent focused on the greatsword, he executed a magnificent tackle.

He pushed Zhang Luxin’s body down with his entire weight, maneuvered his way to his opponent’s back, grabbed his head, and disturbed his balance.

“Uh, uurgh?”

Han-bin wrapped something thick around the confused Zhang Luxin’s neck.

It was his forearm.

He had positioned himself at his foe’s back, putting him in a chokehold.

“I got you, you bastard!”

Han-bin laughed and began to contract muscles.

Zhang Luxin groaned.

“Ugh, huh!”

‘Come on, faint!’

He remained conscious, however, never fainting for even 10 seconds.

‘Did I execute it improperly?’

His technique wasn’t exactly wrong.

Bare-handed, rear-naked choke was a very simple yet powerful technique. It was easy to do once the enemy had been roughed up.

But it was difficult to make it work on him.

The darkness served as Zhang Luxin’s armor, protecting his neck from being crushed or being constrained.

It was like hanging a person with a cast around his neck.

Even though it was causing him pain, it wasn’t enough to prevent air from entering his lungs.

Still, it was enough to make Zhang Luxin struggle.

“Let me go!”

A black tornado emerged around him and hit Han-bin.

“Huh!”

Ryu Han-bin did not back down.

He crushed the attack with his bare body and made an aggressive move.

“You think I’ll let you go?’

He clenched his teeth and took another stance.

After digging into the opponent’s lower body like a snake, he suppressed his hamstrings, pulled on his heels, and bent his knees in reverse!

Crunch!

His leg broke in the blow, causing a painful cracking sound to emit from Zhang Luxin’s body.

Unable to bear it, he let out a scream.

“Ahhhhhh!”

* * *

Stumbling, Zhang Luxin sat down on the floor and groaned.

“Ah…Ah…”

He was about to tear up with excruciating pain.

His fighting spirit had disappeared completely.

He just stared up at the giant in front of him and ground his teeth.

“Damn, you’re only a Level 5. How come you got a good item…”

Han-bin Ryu laughed.

‘Aren’t you talking about yourself?’

Didn’t he just go on a rampage with a new power unfit for a level 21?

Regardless, he still got satisfactory results from it.

He didn’t kill the opponent but rather just incapacitated him for combat.

‘I have to finish this.’

But he wasn’t in a hurry.

Looking at the defeated opponent, he moved slowly.

He appeared relaxed yet powerful beyond belief.

Zhang Luxin turned pale with fear.

“U-uuugh…”

The real reason Han-bin moved slowly wasn’t to put on a show but to prepare for any possible counterattacks, but his opponent wasn’t aware of that.

Zhang Luxin looked around frantically.

‘I have to run away!’

But how?

He broke his leg and couldn’t walk anymore.

‘Damn it! Does this item have anything like a flying ability?’

Zhang Luxin’s Guideline was activated.

[Dark Wings: This is one of the powers given by Incomplete Blessing of Omphalos. Shout ‘Dark Wings’ to start it.]

‘… Are you kidding me? There is!’

Surprised, he opened his mouth wide open.

‘If I was going to do this, I could’ve just flown to get out of this city!’

Regardless, it was definitely a lifesaver.

Hurriedly, Zhang Luxin cried out the word.

“Spread, Dark Wings!”

Large crow-like wings spread behind his back and flapped powerfully.

The young man began to rise to the sky.

Han-bin muttered with a sour look.

“Is he planning on flying away?”

There were a lot of guys like that among the Demon Dogs.

It was similar when he faced Alejandro.

‘He’s quite a slow climber. The nobleman flew around like a missile.’

Calmly, he picked up a stone near his feet.

He then threw it effortlessly.

Bang!

He hit the target accurately.

But he didn’t fall.

He didn’t even stop rising.

The moment Ryu Han-bin hit him, he blocked the attack with a dark shield.

“You still have that thing?”

The darkness was a formidable defense.

When he cut it himself with a sword, he had to use quite a bit of power to destroy it.

It was impossible to penetrate it with the power of stone-throwing.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

Even among the giant Demon Dogs, many were sturdy enough to resist ordinary stone-throwing.

So, he had developed a method to deal with such situations.

Han-bin picked up a broken building ruin nearby.

It was a chunk that was as big as a child’s body.

Even if he threw that as it was, it would be quite powerful, but…

“Secret Sword, Comet Bomb!”

Exclaiming the name he gave to the technique, he threw it up into the air.

He then faced his sword’s filler towards it and batted it towards his opponent.

Daang!

It was a powerful swing that would make the fourth batter in the major league cry.

What he did was no longer part of swordsmanship.

It would be more proper to label it as the epitome of ignorance that didn’t show the least bit of respect towards swords.

It wasn’t something that should be done with such a weapon.

But the power of his delivery was outstanding!

The blown rock smashed through the shield easily and hit Zhang Luxian’s body.

In the air, fragments of darkness and rocks scattered in all directions, creating a loud fireworks display.

“Ahhhhhh!”

With a desperate scream, Zhang Luxin crashed onto the road.

Han-bin quickly ran to check his condition.

He had finally managed to make him unconscious.

“But is he breathing?”

He was indeed breathing.

A subtle smile crept upon Han-bin’s lips.

That time, he was successful in controlling his power!

‘Okay, I captured the Earthlings safely.’

He broke a leg, about four ribs, and caused bruises all over his body. He was also bleeding from his head the size of a cushion stuck on the ground. Yet, Han-bin still labeled it as ‘safely.’

He had become quite a Valtara warrior.

Looking down at the fallen Zhang Luxin, Ryu Han-bin rolled his eyes.

‘Okay, onto the next phase.’

Originally, he had no concern about capturing Earthlings.

He only thought he was a Level 21 warrior until he met him in person.

What he was worried about was after he captured him.

According to the rules, the Earthlings should be tied up and entrusted to the Mage Guild or Hunter Guild.

Then, it must be handed over to the Alien Interrogator for confirmation and a bounty.

He couldn’t just take him home without following the procedure.

If so, he would be questioned.

‘Artis and I prepared a good scenario, but…’

Ryu Han-bin stared at the fallen Zhang Luxin.

The situation was a little different, but he could manage to move according to the plan.

After relaxing for a while, Han-bin screamed.

“It’s over, Artis!”

* * *

Artis’ flame barrier slowly subsided.

Everyone could finally see the result of the battle.

The figure of a Valtara warrior stood proudly behind the fire barrier.

“Oooooh!”

“Did you finally catch the Alien?”

The Hunters who tried to burst into cheers were soon puzzled.

Why couldn’t they see the Alien?

“What happened?”

Artis approached the Valtara warrior with a question.

“Felard, what about the Alien?”

The Valtara warrior showed the torn clothes and scimitar in his hand.

“He’s dead.”

“What? I told you we had to capture him alive!”

“He was too strong to do that.”

The gathered hunters grasped the situation and nodded.

When Aliens died, their bodies disappeared.

“Oh, is he dead?”

“It wasn’t an ordinary monster. Even the Valtara warrior couldn’t capture him easily…”

Since the Alien died, there was nothing more to do.

The Hunters began to scatter.

As the eyes disappeared, Artis asked quietly.

“You didn’t really kill him, right?”

Han-bin replied with a smile.

“I dug the ground and buried him well.”

After moving to the collapsed building, Ryu Han-bin dug up the dirt in the corner.

A black-haired young man in underwear was underneath all the soil.

Zhang Luxin remained unconscious.

Han-bin used his clothes as proof that he had died.

“Let’s take him out of here.”

They crumpled Zhang Luxin into a large backpack they had prepared in advance and quickly returned home.

They then carefully laid him down on the floor.

Now it was time to wake up the Earthling and get information out of him.

Han-bin looked down at the young man with black hair.

“How do I wake him up? Should I pour water on him?”