The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality

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The 2nd Floor of the Tower.

A screaming cliff.

More people died from falling than from the monsters in this place where screams could be heard between the cliffs.

The voices of people coming from below the cliff shook the mind.

The monsters you meet on the narrow path are disasters in themselves.

Unlike the corridors of the test, it’s an open space.

But for some reason, it’s a place where breathing becomes even more difficult.

That place was the 2nd Floor of the Tower.

However, that was only the case for those who had limits when it came to falling.

Habell was currently climbing the cliff vertically.

He didn’t think about taking the path between the cliffs from the beginning.

He just had to climb while carrying a moderate amount of luggage.

The monsters blankly starred at Habell as he did this.

Of course, there were also monsters that flew in the air.

However, they were treated like flies by Habell in the first place.

“Dante, are you able to follow?”

“Yes!”

Dante answered Habell’s question with a loud voice.

The place where the voice came from was none other than below Habell.

Dante didn’t know how to climb the cliff vertically like Habell.

So he climbed the cliff one step at a time by blowing aura into his fingers and sticking them into the cliff.

If others saw it, they would say it was crazy.

However, it was Habell’s training.

So Dante followed his words.

“You can only form a foundation when you can use aura as easily as breathing.”

Habell continued to speak while carrying his luggage.

“To do that, you have to have enough aura in your body to use it as easily as breathing.”

In reality, Habell’s aura was like an endless sea.

On the other hand, Dante was nothing more than a stream compared to Habell.

“The easiest way to increase your aura is to use up all the aura in your body.”

In theory, it was a very simple story.

However, in reality, it wasn’t easy to use up all the aura in your body.

Just as it’s nearly impossible to use up all your stamina.

It was also impossible to use up all your aura.

“However, there’s one exception. When you’re in a life or death situation.”

The survival instinct of a creature in a life or death situation is strong.

They try to survive using everything they have.

In that sense, the Tower was perfect for growth.

Because there was no other place as directly connected to life or death.

“The 2nd Floor is the perfect place for you to increase your aura size. You’re lucky.”

“Yes!”

Dante answered loudly again, his forehead dripping with sweat.

Screams from below.

The worst situation with a Stormcaller in the sky.

Even in this situation, Dante climbed the cliff with his bare hands.

However, he didn’t doubt Habell’s words at all.

And Habell quite liked Dante like that.

‘That kind of tenacity will make him strong.’

Because he was the same.

And climbing the cliff like this, his climbing speed was fast.

Because instead of taking the path around the cliff, he was breaking through in a straight line.

Thanks to that, Habell and Dante were breaking another record on the 2nd Floor.

“Wh-what is that?”

“Climbing up the cliff?”

And their figures caught the eyes of those carefully walking on the 2nd Floor path.

For a moment, they doubted their own eyes.

Habell and Dante were really climbing up the cliff.

This ridiculous news was initially passed off as a joke.

However, as the number of witnesses increased, it was proven to be true.

There was a madman climbing the 2nd Floor cliff.

The rumor spread to the Tower climbers in an instant.

Soon, people began to speculate about his identity.

Then, someone said.

“Isn’t that the knight Dante?”

Dante.

The one who had never once lost the number one spot in the Knight School in the past.

Dante, who had a name for himself, was on people’s lips.

Ironically, Habell’s name, no, Habell’s existence wasn’t even known.

Dante’s figure climbing the cliff was by numerous people.

On the other hand, Habell, who was seemingly walking leisurely.

He wasn’t sheepish properly because he was stepping on the cliff in an instant.

Even those who did witness it doubted their own eyes at the surreal sight.

It was because Habell had disappeared before their eyes.

“It’s possible to think of climbing the 2nd Floor cliff.”

“But putting it into action is another matter. He’s incredibly gutsy.”

People acknowledged Dante one by one.

Saying that a madman had appeared in the Tower.

While Dante was on the verge of death,

Dante’s name spreads like wildfire.

Along with that, Van Pellion’s name also came up.

After all, Dante belonged to none other than Van Pellion.

Just as Van Pellion’s name began to spread,

Some who heard the name reacted.

It was none other than one of the five great clans,

The Glysys family.

“….Van Pellion?”

Under a sky filled with dark clouds,

A man lifted his chin after hearing the news.

He looked at his subordinate who was prostrated before him.

“Yes, Van Pellion.”

The subordinate replied with the same answer.

The man sat on the leg of the giant that had collapsed behind him.

Like a mountain, the giant was a monster beyond human comprehension.

The problem was that this place was swarming with such giants.

A place where creatures could not set foot after the calamity occurred.

The Demon Realm.

In that place, the man listened to the report calmly.

The current Black Knight, who once had the alias that Havel had, the Black Knight.

Revtein Glysys.

He was someone who had entered the Demon Realm only for training.

‘Van Pellion, huh.’

Van Pellion, whom his ancestors had repeatedly emphasized.

‘I’ve heard enough of their warnings that they must never regain their power.’

But that was an old story.

Van Pellion had fallen long ago and could no longer rise again.

That’s why Revtein had also forgotten about Van Pellion for a long time.

‘To think that name would come up again.’

Van Pellion’s knight is climbing the tower.

Honestly, that could be true.

After all, there was no reason for Van Pellion to challenge the tower.

But the ideologies that his ancestors had emphasized still remained in the family.

Perhaps that was why Revtein felt unnecessarily displeased.

‘What should I do?’

Should I give the order to destroy Van Pellion?

But soon, Revtein made a bored expression.

‘What’s the point now.’

It has been almost 100 years since Glysys was a member of the vassal family of Van Pellion.

None of us know of our past anymore.

Glyce is a great house, while Vanpelioun has fallen into ruin.

“It’s time to seriously tie in with our ancestors’ ideologies.”

Thus, he turned his attention away from Vanpelioun.

He wished to advance to the next realm, which was starting to emerge.

“Alright. Return.”

“Yes.”

The commander of the Knights of the Astral Order.

Chun Gu Sung stood up from his seat.

He was a mess, having been wounded by the parasites.

But there was no one else who could report to the Demon Realm.

Thus, he hurriedly left.

He had no time to rest until he left the Demon Realm.

* * *

Days of climbing the precipice with Dante’s training passed.

[Achievement ‘Breaker of the 2nd Floor’ registered.]

[As the master of the 10th Floor of the Magic Tower, your status has risen.]

[The Tower has recognized your presence.]

[ The ‘2nd Floor of the Tower’ debuff permeates your body. ]

– Strength has increased by 15.

– Agility has increased by 18.

– Endurance has increased by 19.

– Aptitude has increased by 15.

-Skill has increased by 13.

– Curse has increased by 11.

Finally reaching the top of the precipice, Haberk arrived at the 2nd Floor’s safe zone.

“Whew, huff.”

“Are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine, huff, I’m fine.”

What is he talking about when he can’t even breathe properly?

Haberk clicked his tongue.

Dante, who was barely holding on with his trembling body, was on the verge of collapsing.

In truth, Dante had fallen down the precipice several times on the way here.

It was because he had used up all his Auras, as Haberk had said.

Haberk had saved Dante each time.

“Rest for a bit. We’ll go up to the 3rd Floor tomorrow.”

Dante eventually collapsed in the safe zone’s inn.

In the meantime, Haberk decided to learn a little more about the 3rd Floor in advance.

‘I heard there’s a master from the 3rd Floor onwards.’

The Magic Tower had a master from the beginning.

It was said that the Tower somehow became harder from the 3rd floor onwards.

That was why the difficulty of the Tower was said to rise dramatically from the 3rd floor.

A place that had broken countless Tower climbers.

The 3rd floor.

Lightning Zone.

It was a place where endless rain and lightning poured down.

The rain was like a waterfall, making it impossible to see even an inch ahead.

In such a situation, Evil Eyes would target climbers who had lost their way in the rain.

Habell slowly caressed the hilt of his sword.

‘Will it be different this time?’

Habell somehow felt stifled.

He couldn’t tell if it was because the environment was different from the Demon Realm.

He hadn’t been able to swing his sword freely since leaving the Demon Realm.

‘That’s right.’

And soon, Habell realized.

‘I feel bored because the Tower is so inferior to the Demon Realm.’

He had been locked up in the Demon Realm for half his life.

There, he had fought without a single day of rest.

To him, the Tower was too boring.

Apart from the fact that he wanted to help Banpellion.

“Haha.”

A laugh escaped him.

He had become stronger from conquering the Demon Realm, but the price was boredom.

Was that fair?

‘Oh, have I become soft? I might miss the Demon Realm someday.’

He had become ruined in many ways.

He let out a self-deprecating laugh.

‘Now that I realize it, I feel even more stiffed. I’m starting to want to swing my sword properly.’

As Habell was getting restless in his 1st-floor inn room.

Dante, who had been nearly unconscious in his 2nd-floor inn room, finally regained consciousness and got up.

‘How long have I been like this?’

This was how he ended up every time he climbed a floor.

He was worried about the future.

Knock, knock—

At that moment, there was a knock on his door.

Dante thought it was Habell and jumped up from his seat.

“Ugh, hmph.”

But soon, pain shot through his body.

He felt like he was going to die.

But he couldn’t show himself like this in front of Habell.

Dante straightened his body with an effort.

Then he reached the door of the room.

When he opened the door, there was a person he had never seen before in front of the room.

He soon made a wry smile.

“Oh, Dante of Vandelion, is that right?”

A man with a unique appearance reminiscent of a fox.

Dante looked at him questioningly.

He had thought it would be Abel, but there was a completely unexpected person.

“Who are you?”

“It seems that you are right.”

He confirmed Dante and bowed his head.

“I am Sergia of the Scarlett family.”

The Scarlett family.

They were not as good as the five great families, but they were a family that had made a name for themselves.

Dante also knew the name well.

That’s why it was even more questionable.

Why did someone from such a family come to find him?

“I came here today to make a proposal.”

“A proposal?”

“Dante-nim’s rumors will soon spread among the families.”

Dante blinked.

No matter how much he thought about it, there was no rumor that would spread.

“I heard that you climbed the 2nd hierarchy not as a path but as a cliff.”

And soon after, Dante realized.

Someone had seen his training with Abel.

He had been out of his mind trying to climb the cliff.

But many other climbers witnessed the sight.

“That’s.”

“And thanks to that, you excited the 2nd hierarchy in the shortest possible time.”

He didn’t know that his training with Abel would attract attention like that.

Dante felt awkward.

On the other hand, Sergia smiled.

“Soon, not only me, but also other families and even the five great families may come to find Dante-nim.”

“Me?”

“Yes, you will receive scout offers from all kinds of families.”

It was a scout that came even when he was a member of Vandelion.

This time, he drew attention so much.

The family who were thirsty for new talent would not leave him alone.

“Why me?”

But Dante had a different reason for his question.

It’s all thanks to Habell that he’s climbing the tower like this.

All he did was chase Habell away.

‘What if I scouted Habell?’

He couldn’t figure out why he was scouted.

“Your skills and performance were good enough.”

However, Sergia didn’t know Dante’s thoughts.

Unlike Dante, Habell’s information wasn’t even properly known.

The lack of information led to ridiculous misunderstandings.

“You also caught the attention of the Meteor Knights the other day.”

“Caught their attention…”

Dante realized why his evaluation had gone up even more.

The Meteor Knights that Glysys belonged to had been wiped out in the open field.

Those who witnessed it naturally thought it was Dante’s doing.

That’s because they didn’t see Habell.

‘A ridiculous misunderstanding has been built up.’

Even though it was all Habell’s doing.

Dante was becoming a super rookie because of the misunderstandings that kept piling up.

Cold sweat ran down Dante’s back.

This kind of misunderstanding was out of the question.

“However, we would like to propose a collaboration rather than a scout.”

Sergia, who didn’t know any of this, continued to speak to Dante.

“Scarlet and Van Pellin will collaborate to climb the tower. We will definitely support you from our side, so please consider it.”

He said so, bowed his head, and left.

He, who didn’t know the truth, would expect to achieve results.

However, on the other hand, those who knew the truth could only laugh in vain.

“You’re chasing after a ghost and don’t know what’s real.”

Not a rookie like a ghost.

He was talking about the real dragon that had settled in Van Pellin.