The power of the “Samcheokseocheon Sanha Dongsaek” is the power of debuff.
Additionally, the “Ilhwi-Sotang” and “Hyeolyom-Sanha” temporarily incapacitate enemies and maximize the power of the user of the “Twin Dragon Sword”.
These two powers were different from the true Twin Dragon Sword that Hyun-soo envisioned. Fighting on the Chinese side, Hyun-soo judged that he couldn’t handle this battle alone. Just like Admiral Yi Sun-sin of that day. Therefore, instead of using these two powers, he maximized the powers of “Geumshin-Jeonseon Sangyusibi” and “Awaken” in a new way.
“Awaken” is the power that once elevated Bella to a legendary status. This power is based on Bella’s high potential. The degree of potential determines its effectiveness, aligning with the sword’s meaning through the Snow Stone. User potential is inherently much lower than NPC Bella’s. Consequently, the powers of Flame, Awaken, and Geumshin-Jeonseon Sangyusibi combined.
[Geumshin-Jeonseon (今臣戰船)]
[Still, to the god.]
[Sangyusibi (尙有十二)]
[Twelve ships remain.]
Unlike when Hyun-soo lent his power to just one person, he imbued this power to all of them. Additionally, he overcame the drawbacks of Awaken and utilized the benefits of his flame power.
[Burn]
[Burn the hottest and respond to the legend.]
The flame ignited from those who gathered under one Twin Dragon Sword. Despite the seemingly hot blue flame, they felt:
‘It’s warm.’
‘It’s not hot.’
‘Power is surging.’
High-level users understand a fundamental truth. Increasing attack or defense by 1 is much harder at higher levels. Another common understanding is that increasing attack and defense by just 1 results in much more significant growth than a low-level user’s similar growth. Strength often embodies this principle: one tiger can face ten wolves. The advantage of “Burn” stems from this principle. Although it doesn’t explode based on potential, it finds and explosively maximizes their specialized powers. Bark was amazed.
[All stats increase by 19%.]
[Physical and magical defense increase by 39%.]
[All skills related to the one who grows increase by 3.]
[Burns the hottest for 30 seconds.]
Bark was a user. NPCs display enhanced abilities as levels. But for users, this isn’t the case. Yet, at this moment, he felt his level being quantified.
[Bark Lv.402]
Bark couldn’t believe it.
[The legend of the tanker is written.]
For a brief moment, he was close to being a legend. He looked around. The flames were not only burning on him but on everyone holding the Twin Dragon Sword.
[The legend of Iron Blood is written.]
[The legend of the Divine Archer is written.]
[The legend of the Priest is written.]
[The legend of the Knight is written.]
They were top-tier users and knew the truth. The notification “The legend is written” is usually reserved for creators. For this notification to be heard by combat users meant:
‘We can take a step closer to becoming legends.’
Even if it was just for a moment, they realized they were close to being legends. It wasn’t simply because of high levels. The system considered that they might become true legends one day and sent this notification. It signified possibility.
“Are you kidding me, thinking you can stop this crowd with just eight people!?”
Chinese users sneered as they crossed the broken castle gate. The situation was dire. 126 Korean users and 451 Chinese users were still alive. The fear was real.
In the midst of that fear, they had no choice but to respond to the legend of the Twin Dragon Swords.
‘We had to go.’
‘Right now, we had to get on that ship to stop it somehow.’
‘If we stayed still, nothing would change.’
‘With or without this power, we would have stopped it.’
Each of them had their reasons and wanted to be heroes sometimes.
Bark wanted to leave his dull reality behind and set a new goal.
Lisel wanted the recognition of Lee Tae-sung, chairman of Daehan Group, and the cheers of the executives.
The Olympic trio wanted to shake off the label of living in the past and fly.
Simple reasons like that come together.
[It is etched in history.]
Just as a Chinese user who had been spewing insults tried to cross the gate.
Swoosh—
Boom!
With one shot from Ian’s arrow, he flew backward.
“Khaaack!”
The user, halted by the crowd of Chinese users behind him, was taken aback.
[HP drops below 60%.]
“W-what is this…?”
He was a cunning person.
While his comrades fought, he didn’t engage with the enemies and conserved his strength.
He dodged so well that his HP was still at 100%.
He thought Ian was crazy watching his comrades lose 15-25% of their HP every time they got hit by Ian’s arrows.
Because his attack was clearly just a normal shot.
But one arrow took away 40% of his HP.
“Overrun them!”
At that moment, Ian and Hye-ji stepped forward.
Arrows from the quivers on their backs were drawn.
Originally, Ian and Hye-ji’s reload and fire time was 1.4 seconds.
But now it was different.
[Reload time greatly reduced.]
They started firing one arrow per second.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
The users trying to cross the gate flew back.
Just two archers.
Chinese users trying to cross the gate hesitated as those two shot arrows at a rate of one per second.
“Use your skills!”
At that moment, a man sprang forward.
It was Bark. Holding a shield labeled Aegis, as he ran, his shield began to grow.
It became a wall.
A huge wall preventing them from crossing the gate.
With the massive enhancement of his skill, its defensive power was beyond common sense.
Crack—
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
The 4-meter-tall shield blocking the front of the gate didn’t waver even under the barrage of massive skills and magic.
“Spearmen and knights, forward!”
Chinese users charged at Bark like madmen.
“Uwooooooo!”
Bark struggled with all his might but was eventually overwhelmed by their force.
At that moment.
A dragon, three times its usual size, appeared.
Whooooosh—
A gigantic dragon, exhaling a massive breath, came into view.
At the same time, Bark returned the enlarged shield to its original size.
The enemies, losing their wall, crumbled.
It rained down upon them.
“Dragon’s Roar.”
Keeheeeeeee-!
A dragon, surpassing its usual size, unleashed a massive breath among the enemies.
Pond was taken aback, seeing about 30 enemies quickly disintegrate.
A Chinese user shouted.
“What the hell? 400 of us can’t break through that few!?”
“This makes no sense at all!”
At that moment, Bark, who loved history, descended among them and spoke.
[One Man Against a Thousand(일구당경)]
“When one soldier blocks the way,”
[Fear a thousand men with one’s feet(족구천부)]
“A thousand enemies fear him.”
Crackle—
Dozens of enemies began to freeze. Dozens of Chinese users charged at Bark.
“What the hell is that, you bast….”
From behind Bark, Tae-hoon appeared.
Puh, puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-!
With ghostly movements, his kicks dented or shattered the unique or near-legendary armor of his opponents.
“Nanjung Ilgi.”
Tae-hoon, murmuring softly, looked to his side.
There, Hanul’s sword appeared, slicing only the necks of the enemies.
Swoosh, thud, thud, clang—
Chinese users scattered like fallen leaves in autumn.
About 350 Chinese users surrounded and pressed them.
It was a fearsome moment for anyone watching.
However, they demonstrated their ingenuity.
“…….”
Pond, ranked 4th in the world, couldn’t believe it.
His allies scattered wherever they passed.
He couldn’t bring himself to approach. For a moment, the thought of whether he could kill them, now temporarily stronger, held him back.
It was a fierce and desperate event, a small one at that.
No, Pond realized.
Ares had become someone’s life, someone’s reason to live.
‘Father, will you watch the Continental War?’
A conglomerate heir. The chairman, who had said he had no time for such games in response to his son’s question, stood in his office, eyes on his son.
Koreans, huddled together like at the Olympics or World Cup, enjoyed the Continental War with chicken and beer, cheering as they watched the heroes of past Olympics.
Someone said, ‘Now there’s nothing fun anymore.’
A secretary, who couldn’t respond to such words, recalled.
‘I have a new goal.’
‘A new goal?’
‘Yes, I will make our Hyun’s Forge the world’s greatest guild.’
The CEO, who expressed this goal with delight, made his secretary smile broadly with arms crossed at his impressive performance.
Everyone had their own reasons.
Their intensity, their desperation, their progress.
Pond had to acknowledge it.
Swoosh—
He took a step back, watching the ashes of his allies scatter past him.
A moment of fear gleamed in his eyes.
He scanned his surroundings with trembling eyes.
Of the once mighty 451 Chinese users, over 300 had vanished.
The fervor that had burned so brightly within them was dissipating.
Seeing their heavy breaths, the surviving Chinese users stepped back.
[Burning Passion has ended.]
But soon they felt relieved. Their intense fervor was fading away.
Even at this moment, Pond and Liu were cunning.
They did not engage in the battlefield. They hid behind and observed.
To minimize their losses and aim for MVP.
The exhausted members of Hyun’s Forge looked like they could drop dead any moment.
No, it seemed like they were struggling to stay standing due to the side effects of Burning Passion.
Pond finally stepped forward now.
He laughed at their labored breaths.
“Are you Korean bastards useless without your national pride!?”
Nothing had changed.
China’s remaining forces were still overwhelmingly superior.
Pond didn’t even need to kill the now insignificant members of Hyun’s Forge.
Other Chinese users would kill them mercilessly.
Striding confidently, Pond finally moved towards the gate and looked at the Twin Dragon Swords.
“A world-class general? What else is that but your national pride!? Every day you get drunk on your own national pride and celebrate it!”
Chinese commentators remained silent.
It was a dangerous statement.
But Chinese viewers did not.
-Admiral Yi? What is that?
-Only 50 million people lololol
-Isn’t that a fictional character you made up?
-Koreans sure love deification, typical of a nation full of national pride.
Pond crossed the gate, hearing the sounds of Hyun’s Forge members logging out behind him.
‘Why is it taking so long to cross this damn thing…….’
Then.
“It’s not national pride.”
Pond’s face turned to shock.
Beyond the gate, a single user had already been waiting.
In the brief span of 30 seconds.
He stood alone, watching the Chinese users cross the gate.
A brown coat stained with blood.
Black shining gauntlets and boots.
Pond and the Chinese users couldn’t help but laugh.
Isn’t the situation too hopeless for such a grand entrance?
Every camera in the world zoomed in on Hyun-soo, who said it wasn’t national pride.
At that moment, an unexpected event occurred.
He reached for the Twin Dragon Swords planted in the ground.
Shaaak—
The sword over 3 feet long smoothly fit into his hand.
Left, the Supreme Sword.
Right, the Transcendent Twin Dragon Sword.
He brought the swords in his hands together.
[Combining artifacts.]
The strongest existing weapons met in one place.
As all the cameras zoomed in on him, he spoke in a resolute voice.
“It’s history.”
[A new chapter begins.]
TRIVIA:
Admiral Yi Sun-sin was a renowned Korean admiral and military strategist who lived from 1545 to 1598. He is celebrated as a national hero in Korea for his extraordinary leadership and naval victories against the Japanese during the Imjin War (1592-1598). Despite being outnumbered and often under-supplied, Yi Sun-sin achieved remarkable victories through his brilliant tactical mind, innovative ship designs (including the famous turtle ships), and unwavering determination. His leadership and strategic brilliance were instrumental in defending Korea from Japanese invasion.
“Samcheokseocheon Sanha Dongsaek” is a Korean phrase often associated with Admiral Yi Sun-sin, which means “With a three-foot sword, swear to heaven, and the mountains and rivers will tremble.”
Nanjung Ilgi (난중일기) is a Korean historical document of immense significance. It is the personal war diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
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