Hye-in, checking the number of viewers, was impressed.
‘The viewers will convert to subscribers of Hyun’s Forge.’
This was Hyun-soo’s directive:
[Guild Master Hyun-soo: Nel, please send a cooperation request to AJ Internet Broadcasting. It seems we need to reveal Guild Hyun’s Forge.]
This was not the situation they wanted.
Normally, Nel would have argued that it was too early for this.
But Nel assessed the current situation coolly.
‘Even if we tried to hide it, the broadcast would have gone out.’
Ignoring the legal repercussions of personal rights, the BJs (Broadcast Jockeys) would have continued their broadcasts.
However, an influential figure could issue a notice and force the platform to shut it down.
Currently, all BJ broadcasts were terminated and the view was being streamed through the eyes of Guild Hyun’s Forge members.
‘If it’s going to be broadcast anyway, it’s better if we control it.’
It was a wise choice.
Once the immediate crisis was over, they would negotiate with AJ Internet Broadcasting.
‘Monopolizing millions of viewers.’
This would turn into enormous revenue, and most of those viewers would become theirs.
Moreover, Nel had a puzzled expression.
[Guild Master Hyun-soo: Instead, a sword will arrive before I do.]
‘What does he mean?’
How could a sword arrive faster than him?
Without hearing Hyun-soo’s explanation, the guild chat had ended.
‘I trust Hyun-soo.’
She was just as usual.
Nel reconnected to Ares.
***
Experts were talking animatedly while watching the broadcast.
-This is the moment when the hidden Guild Hyun’s Forge is revealed.
-Today, Blacksmith Hyun might reveal himself.
-Perhaps that’s why more people are gathering!
-The number of viewers has increased by 100,000 in an instant.
-Fortunately, the talents of the Goyard Kingdom are separated from the enemies thanks to the mages’ barrier!
“We’re saved!”
“We just need to hold on until His Majesty arrives!”
The talents sighed in relief behind the barrier.
And there was a woman who had not yet revealed herself.
She was observing the battlefield from the third floor of the fortress.
She was Bella.
‘They wouldn’t have come without some preparations.’
Bella was not hiding here without reason.
Sometimes, hiding one’s power and lying low can be a strategy to strike at the enemy’s weak point.
And Bella’s prediction was correct.
“To think such petty tricks would work on me.”
Black streams extended from Helena’s long, slender fingers.
As soon as those streams touched the barrier, it began to dissolve, spreading from the contact point.
“Screech!”
“Gasp!”
“Argh!”
The nobles were engulfed in fear.
Guild Hyun’s Forge members knew what they had to do and moved to protect Marquis Constinu and the nobles by forming a defensive gesture around them.
The problem lay with the knights and soldiers from noble families across the kingdom.
The knights of renowned swordsmanship families were indeed strong.
But witnessing the brutal slaughter of their comrades, they were paralyzed with fear and lacked real combat experience.
While they would indeed become the best in the kingdom in ten years, that was not the case now.
Additionally, the troops could not resist the status ailments inflicted by the calamities.
“To think you gathered in one place, making it easier to kill you.”
They had also become targets for the ants because they were clustered together, relying on the barrier as their shield.
‘We need to change the tide.’
Bella, who had been holding her breath, moved.
“You idiots, what are you doing? Hurry and stop those creatures!”
One of the frightened nobles ordered the knights to fend off the approaching giant ants.
But it was futile.
Their tough exoskeletons were impenetrable.
At that moment,
Swoosh-
Bella’s sword descended from the sky, slicing the giant ant cleanly in half.
Then, Bella charged into the swarm of over a hundred ants.
Slash, thud, crack
Bella’s movements were ghostly.
She advanced, cutting down what even the members of Guild Hyun’s Forge could not, step by step.
At that moment, a soldier ant snatched her up into the air.
“Ugh…”
Soldier ants were so tough that even two or three members of Guild Hyun’s Forge struggled to hunt one.
There were four of them.
She cut down the soldier ant that had grabbed her.
Then she stepped on the spear shaft of another charging soldier ant and took a few steps forward.
Whirl
She spun around and sliced the soldier ant coming up from below in half.
“Gasp!”
“As expected, Bella!”
The viewers watching the broadcast were in awe.
-Amazing control.
-It’s not just skill, it’s mastery, lol.
-She’s incredible!
-Wow!
The knights felt the same way.
“Bella has come!”
“The kingdom’s best swordsman!”
The tide was turning.
[Ally morale is rising.]
[They push forward, overcoming their fear.]
The knights, who had been cowering in fear, cheered at the arrival of the swordsman.
Bella had already soared into the sky.
“Oh, impressive?”
Helena was impressed. The barrier was meant to stop Barad.
Even to them, Barad was an object of fear.
But she was confident she could kill Knight Commander Bella.
As she watched Bella rise, Helena moved her hand.
A dozen giant ants piled up, forming a defensive barrier.
Bella possessed power not as wild as Barad’s sword rampage, but unmatched by anyone else.
Shing-
Her sword glinted, reflecting the sunlight.
From the great resonance of her sword, sword energy whirled around.
[Sword Bombardment]
Dozens of strands of sword energy.
All of them aimed at a single target.
Boom-!
They directly hit the giant ants.
The bodies of the struck ants were torn to pieces.
“……!”
There was a significant level difference between Helena and Bella.
Helena judged that Bella could not penetrate the defense of ten giant ants with 30% increased defense.
But she was wrong.
Slash-
The strands of sword energy that dug through the ants instantly struck Helena.
Slash-
“Argh!”
Helena was bewildered, cut by a single strand of sword energy.
‘What is this impact…?!’
Helena hadn’t considered Bella this much of a threat.
Slash-
Her HP dropped rapidly.
Several strands of sword energy targeted her head, and one aimed for her neck.
‘Dangerous…!’
It was too fast for her to react.
At that moment,
Crash-
A man who had been watching everything intervened.
It was Rogal, the Second Calamity.
Rogal’s wavy greatsword blocked the sword energy aimed at her neck.
“Ugh…”
Then he deflected the sword energy aimed at her head.
Smash-!
Rogal was astonished.
‘Incredible…’
Bella, who had been poised to strike, was already slashing down.
Clang-!
Rogal, who had blocked her with his greatsword, was impressed by the impact that traveled up his arm.
‘How can a woman…’
Possess such overwhelming strength?
But Helena and Rogal regained their composure.
“Hah, hah.”
Bella, having rapidly exhausted her energy, found herself in the middle of the enemy camp.
“Do you not value your life?”
Bella did not respond.
This was her best effort.
Bella felt an immense pressure from Rogal.
Screech-!
At Helena’s gesture, about thirty more soldier ants crawled up from the ground.
Bella tightened her grip on her sword as she looked at the enemies surrounding her.
“You’re prepared to die.”
At Rogal’s words, she looked up at his massive figure.
“……”
She didn’t say anything for a long time, but her grip on her sword tightened.
It was strange.
Strangely, the words of the Second Sun echoed in her ears today.
Clenching her teeth, she launched into a fierce exchange of blows.
Clang, clang, clash! Crash-!
Rogal was impressed.
The level difference between them was at least 30.
Moreover, Rogal, the Second Calamity, was known to be unbeatable in close combat.
Yet Bella was pushing him back.
Slash, slice, cut-
Rogal’s HP was dropping rapidly.
His body was being cut and blood was spurting out, while Bella moved in an uncanny manner.
But soon,
Snap-
Bella’s sword was split in two by Rogal’s blade.
As she stared at her broken sword in a brief panic, Rogal was about to laugh triumphantly.
But then,
“Even if it breaks,”
Just like the words of the Second Sun, she herself would not break.
Slash-
With her broken sword, Bella slashed Rogal.
“You bitch!”
Rogal, enraged by the unexpected strike, unleashed his full power.
Slashslashslashslash-!
In one second, his sword tore into Bella twelve times.
Rumble-
Bella’s body was torn apart.
[Bella’s HP drops below 40%.]
[Bella’s HP drops below 30%.]
[Bella’s HP drops below 20%…]
[Bella’s HP drops below 5%…]
Bella’s body was in shambles.
But even in a situation where she should have collapsed, she didn’t.
Though she couldn’t move, she did not fall before them.
“…….”
Bella looked back at the nobles and knights.
Her dry lips parted.
It was her final words.
“Fight, even if you die.”
“…… Bella.”
“Commander!!!”
The members of Guild Hyun’s Forge and the knights tried to reach Bella but couldn’t.
An innumerable swarm of insects was blocking them.
“Devour her.”
Rogal grabbed her by the neck and threw her into the air.
Thirty soldier ants flew towards her.
‘Was it impossible from the start?’
Rogal and Helena’s levels were too high.
Frustration welled up.
No matter how much she attacked and slashed, she couldn’t defeat them.
Goyard was about to lose even its commander.
Thirty soldier ants.
The leading ant aimed for Bella’s abdomen as it flew towards her.
-It’s a tragic event.
-Bella, she has been a beloved NPC in Ares.
-The Silver Knight Bella, the Sword King candidate, the Cold-blooded Knight…
-She had so many titles.
-It’s heartbreaking that she’s just an NPC.
-It seems we won’t be able to see her again.
-I can’t bear to watch…
-Huh?
At that moment, the commentators uttered puzzled sounds.
-What’s that?
-Huh? Huh?
The viewers were just as confused.
-What’s that?
-Something’s glowing?
-Isn’t that a great sword?
Something unidentified was floating in the sky.
All the cameras turned to it simultaneously.
[Current number of viewers: 1,732,411.]
The sight of the great sword floating at a right angle was beautiful.
Moreover, it was a type of sword that Koreans would commonly recognize.
-Hwandudaedo?
And the patterns engraved on the sword floating in the sky.
On the grip of the sword, it was written.
Hyun (現)
And one commentator read the inscriptions on one side of the blade over one cheok in length.
– Twin Dragon Sword!?
– Are you talking about the Twin Dragon Sword!?
– Do you mean Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Twin Dragon Sword!?
A sword lost in history a hundred years ago.
A legend that saved a small nation.
Even if one doesn’t know about the Twin Dragon Sword, it’s fine.
Every Korean has heard the story of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
At that moment.
Flash-!
The Twin Dragon Sword disappeared from their sight.
– Where did it go?
– Where did it go!
– Hyun! Has he now crafted the Twin Dragon Sword after the Dragon’s Flame Sword!?
– How was he able to create it!?
– The Twin Dragon Sword is a sword that disappeared in history!
The commentators’ words threw the viewers into confusion.
They rolled their eyes, trying to locate the sword.
Then.
– There, over there…!
– Gasp!
The commentators who found the sword were astonished.
Bella was now gently landing from the sky.
Wooong-
The Twin Dragon Sword stopped in front of her, resonating.
***
Bella had been envious.
The sword worn by the Sword King.
The spear acquired by Spear Heaven.
The weapons possessed by the members of the Guild Bright Future.
When asked if she feared death, her answer was that she feared not being able to walk with her lord, the second sun.
She had a dream.
‘Someday, I too will be bestowed with a weapon.’
She feared not being able to achieve such a dream.
But she felt it from the sword in front of her, inscribed with Twin Dragon Sword.
‘Stronger than the Sword King’s sword.’
[The Twin Dragon Sword chooses you.]
‘Greater than Spear Heaven’s spear.’
[The power of the Twin Dragon Sword is unleashed.]
Greater than any weapon in this world.
[Grasp the sword.]
At that moment, Bella felt it.
The power held by the Twin Dragon Sword.
Hyun had crafted this sword not just as a strong weapon but as a sword for everyone.
[Skill activated.]
Bella grasped the large grip with both hands.
At that moment, she heard the voice of her second sun.
[Awaken.]
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