The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Episode 535 Xiamen

approached the teacher who had become a strange ore.

Baek Kyung looked behind him with an expressionless face. Then he cast his gaze at Snowfall and the twin knights and spoke.

“Are you alive?”

“Long time no see.”

“For me, it’s just a moment. It’s no different than breaking up and then meeting up yesterday. “It will be different for Xiamen.”

“….”

“Why did you come here? Do you know your Xiamen teacher?”

“… It’s not that deep of a relationship.”

Even though he actually responded that way, Xiamen was probably the only one who had such a deep relationship with Orgo.

“Xiamen is weak in affection. Even after we broke up, I often thought of you. “He also said he wanted to make something cool someday.”

“… I see.”

“That’s why I’m worried. Orgo died. Orgo was a craftsman who was like a gift to the world… but it was a shame.”

“I feel less regretful than I thought.”

“I am regretting this enough. “If I had come to this world and Master Yi Sang had no longer existed, I would have been crying and chasing the evil beast by now.”

Baek Kyung liked artisans and items made by artisans. She had a hobby of collecting luxury weapons, and even left Socheon with Orgo’s disciple, Xiamen… No one would question her collecting skills.

She was not shaken by the death of Orgo, one of the greatest craftsmen ever produced by mankind.

Is it because he has lived for so long that his emotions have become blurred?

‘No… that’s not it.’

Baek Kyung was frowning.

I felt sorry for something, I didn’t like something, and I felt sorry for something.

The target is not Orgo.

This is the back of Xiamen.

I was trying to sympathize with Xiamen’s suffering as she was shaken.

She expressed a deeper interest in the human Hamun than the nickname attached to Orgo’s disciple Hamun.

“Xiamen might collapse now. yes?”

“….”

“Humans are like that, right? It’s not like you can figure it out on your own like I did. Interact with someone and be influenced by someone. Fighting with someone and hating someone. Everyone grew up saying that. So, Orgo, my closest and most respected teacher, has died… and since I couldn’t stop it… it may collapse.”

Xiamen is not that weak. Xiamen will overcome Orgo’s death.

I couldn’t bear to say those words out loud.

“Xiamen is an amazing guy.”

“Is that so?”

“We had a great experience. “In Socheon, I thought time was a dull and boring value, but my thoughts changed after being with him.”

Baek Kyung looked at Kang Seol with unwavering eyes.

“He shouldn’t break down here. Xiamen… He is a man who now only has to overcome Orgo. But Orgo, who was the target, is dead…”

She requested.

“Support Xiamen.”

“There’s nothing I can do….”

“No, Xiamen, aside from Orgo, I thought of you the most.”

“….”

“You are that kind of person to Xiamen.”

Snowfall reminisced about the past.

The person I first met in Novira.

I think the relationship became deeper because both of them were immature at the time.

‘Now that I think about it…’

It was Snowfall who went directly into the Yognatun Volcano to rescue Hamun, who had been kidnapped by the Sulfur Skull, and single-handedly defeated Jando and Magra.

In order to stop the yaksha, they traveled together to the ghost world and explored Socheon.

It’s definitely not a short relationship.

“… I will try my best.”

“I’ll ask you a favor…”

Kang Seol finished talking with Baek Kyung and turned to Hamun, who was silently watching Orgo’s body.

Clatter…

Ha-moon picked up a hammer that could be found nearby. Then he raised the hammer to eye level and examined it.

This wasn’t the only thing.

He traced the traces of his teacher left in the blacksmith shop one by one.

‘What are you thinking?’

Kang Seol was cautious about talking, so she watched quietly. Ha-moon, perhaps sensing his doubts, spoke first.

“All of this equipment is well maintained.”

“… Is that so?”

“You’re still the same. “The person who said he would never make anything that harms the world again… was preparing to light the fire again at any time.”

“….”

Xiamen pursed her lips and spoke as if oppressed.

“That’s why I’m so angry… I wanted to see you, Master, show you my accomplishments, and talk to you all night…”

He smiled, trying to hide his moist eyes.

“That’s no longer possible.”

As expected, Baek Kyung’s request is unreasonable.

I couldn’t think of words of comfort to give to Xiamen.

“Do you know anything about Master’s final days?”

“That’s…”

Kang Seol thought for a moment.

‘Should I tell you?’

About immortal beings.

About Orgo breaking his previous oath and giving him the magic sword.

If so, how far should it go?

Kang Seol finished organizing things in her head and started talking.

“I didn’t see it myself, but… my eyes can catch a glimpse of the dead man’s last moments.”

“… okay.”

Xiamen was not very surprised.

No, there was no great doubt that snowfall had such power. In the first place, it is meaningless to judge snowfall according to any framework.

And in reality, Dragon Blood Eyes had similar abilities, so it wasn’t entirely wrong.

It is a necessary lie and situation.

Kang Seol relayed to Ha Mun what he knew about what happened here.

In the process, I had to mention the existence of immortality, and I also added my personal opinion that immortality seems to be plotting something bad.

And Orgo’s actions of handing the sword to such a villain predict that the immortal will not give up on him, and even end up stabbing himself with a dagger that crystallizes the body.

Xiamen listened to the whole story and nodded.

“Did Master call you here?”

“Orgo… me?”

Kang Seol never worried about that.

A horse calls its owner?

Have you been looking for horses yourself with the spirit of an owner?

‘You didn’t call me.’

It was sung by Orgo.

“It’s not me. “I think it’s you, Xiamen.”

“….”

“Ah… and.”

– Yes, it was long. Now is the final exam. Snowfall also talks about Orgo’s last thoughts. And then he asks.

“How did Xiamen find this place in the first place?”

“That’s…”

Xiamen thought for a moment, then realized everything and nodded.

“The energy of the dagger led me here. “Master called me here.”

“I guess so.”

“Then this might be….”

Xia-moon looks at the teacher who has become an ore.

“Yes, I guess this will be the last test that Master leaves me.”

He was absorbed in the words of the final test and placed his hand on the ore that was his teacher’s body.

“I feel the power of my heart beating.”

Xiamen faced the ore.

To Kang Seol, it felt like Orgo was looking at himself in a mirror.

“The Master went into seclusion, hoping that no more things would come from his hands that would stain the world with blood. “He even endured the derogatory title of blood-soaked Orgo.”

“….”

“But now you have forged the sword for someone again. “Even though he’s not the kind of person who would do something if he didn’t feel like it.”

Xiamen smiled softly.

“There must be a reason why it had to be that way. “This poor disciple is so stupid that he cannot understand the reason.”

Sigh…

Xiamen stepped back and bowed to Gwangseok. It felt like I was worshiping an idol.

“It is the Master’s will. Whatever it is, the disciple will respect it.”

Kang Seol closed his eyes.

Regarding the decision made by Xiamen.

“One…”

A voice came out from Xiamen’s twisted mouth.

He raised his head.

His face, covered with tears, was cold and frozen.

“You too must face the will of a disciple.”

This is his resolve.

Hamun kneels and speaks without looking back.

“I’m sure you plan on confronting him someday, right?”

“… That’s right.”

Xiamen laughed.

“okay. “You and I have a truly strange relationship.”

“….”

“Master, maybe… he wasn’t waiting for just one of us. “Maybe… he knew about you.”

“What is that…”

“The final test is a test that cannot be meaningful to me alone. “Because the sword must be forged with the wielder in mind.”

“… this.”

The two realize.

“Maybe Master was waiting for the two of us.”

“… Maybe so.”

Xiamen makes a promise.

“I will sharpen my sword.”

* * *

Xiamen didn’t hesitate and started working straight away. We discussed what kind of sword we should forge for Kangseol.

The first thing that comes to mind is grief, so Kang Seol talks about grief.

Sigh…

But Xiamen refused to mourn.

“Grief is not a being that has already been completed, but a being that is moving toward completion on its own. A miracle that cannot be touched and a weapon that is already on its own path. “I don’t want to stand in the way of this child’s path.”

Grief agreed.

【I don’t know what you mean, but I think it’s probably a compliment to me. Right?】

In that case, the sword that had to be reforged was determined.

“Karuna.”

“yes.”

Karuna’s sword breath.

The moon sword, which was based on the moonlight sword, was held in Karuna’s hands and stayed with him for quite some time.

However, saying that we had been together for a long time was not necessarily a positive thing.

Karen’s spark was reborn as an ember when she met Rajin, but Breath did not receive such an opportunity.

Hamun, who was watching his breathing, said.

“The two swords are out of balance.”

“As expected…”

The energy of the embers was too great, and on the contrary, the power of the breath that had been deprived of energy was diminished.

said Xiamen, who figured out what a great sword Cinder was.

“It is a sword that is comparable to this sword… It is definitely a result that has never been surpassed before. “It is a challenge worthy of the final exam.”

Hamun vowed to make Karuna’s sword for Snowfall.

“I wonder if this will help…”

The jewel that Snowfall holds out is a fragment of the challenger left behind by the blood god Isca.

Ha-moon smiled after seeing the energy overflowing inside.

“I will do my best.”

From that day on, Xiamen showed behavior that was close to eccentric.

There were days when I held the hands of the twin knights in a small room and meditated for an entire day, and the next day, I just watched the ore left behind by my teacher.

And finally, we took action.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Xiamen swings a hammer to destroy ore.

Orgo broke into pieces and scattered on the floor.

Xiamen looked back and said.

“If you approach here before all processes are completed, you will be in big trouble.”

“… All right.”

There was nothing to lose by listening to Xiamen. Kang Seol spent time with Baek Kyung by not approaching Xia Mun.

On the other hand, Xiamen… I began taking my teacher’s final exam.

Frequently …

the full energy of the moon.

At midnight, fire and ore meet.

Whioooooooo…

When the fire met the ore, a strange phenomenon occurred.

Pazzut…

Pazzuzzat…

The ore began to push out the fire.

– Xiamen.

“….”

– You’ve become a good guy.

It felt like I was hallucinating.

Hamun realized that the voice he had just heard was an auditory hallucination created by himself, who missed Orgo and at the same time felt inferior to him.

And enjoyed it.

“Just watch.”

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The fire dances.

It seemed that no amount of heat could melt the ore. Unless it’s Xiamen’s teacher Orgo.

Orgo was loved by fire.

Xiamen envied him for that when he was under his tutelage.

And now I thought it was a wall I had to overcome.

Whioooooooo…

Following his energy, the ore began to melt in the heat.

As soon as the tears flowed from my eyes, they evaporated and my smile turned into a maddening smile.

“Hehe….”

Time makes people grow.

People grow as time passes.

“Climb….”

A child grows by looking at the back of an adult.

“Now I can finally look at you face to face.”

And that’s how you become an adult.

It was finally night, 15 days after the whole process was completed.

Whioooooooooooooo…

Moonlight hit the blacksmith shop.

The group watched it from afar.

Tears flowed like a waterfall from Baek Kyung’s emotionless eyes.

“Ah…”

Xiamen looked up at the sky, holding the blue and black sword in her sheath in her arms.

“Go up and become my teacher….”

The father-in-law’s farewell.

It’s a midnight funeral.

“… someday this sword will break your last sword.”

[An extraordinary power is born somewhere in Pandea.]

[Worship! The birth of the weapons of the times!]

[Dawn adds its great name to the ranks of the weapons of the times!]

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