The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality

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Eltain lowered his head, realizing Havel’s intentions.

“You’re blocking the sun with the palm of your hand.”

At the same time, Eltain’s atmosphere changed.

He was originally like an innocent country boy.

However, the aura emanating from his eyes was completely different from before.

It was the gaze of a veteran who had rolled around on numerous battlefields.

“Well, was it about that level?”

A smile formed in Eltain’s eyes.

He was someone who could change his atmosphere like flipping the palm of his hand.

“May I ask when you knew?”

“From the beginning.”

The power of aura faintly surrounds Eltain’s body.

It was a sorcery for disguise.

That’s why Havel had seen through his true identity from the beginning.

Not only that.

“Do you think someone with skills superior to yours would hide their abilities?”

He had been hiding his skills.

To the extent that, among those he had met outside, Eltain was the strongest.

Even Dante would lose nine times out of ten.

There was no reason for someone to want so badly to enter Banphelion.

“I won’t deny it. I was also waiting for you to notice.”

He hadn’t expected to be found out this quickly, though.

That was why he had greeted him so respectfully.

“It’s a pleasure. It’s the first time I’ve greeted you properly. I am Phelban Jerez, a member of Astria.”

His formal greeting indicated his status.

“Astria?”

However, what caught Havel’s attention was something else.

It was because it was named differently from the Five Great Clans.

“It’s understandable that you haven’t heard of it.”

Phelban narrowed his eyes, which had turned red at some point.

“Astria is an organization unknown to the world.”

“Why has such an organization come to find us?”

“Ah, I should tell you this in advance. It’s not us.”

Havel’s eyes widened slightly.

“It’s me, Havel, who has come to find you.”

Dante had never been his target since the beginning.

His target was Habell.

“Me?”

“Yes, the world may not know it yet, but we have received information from those who have witnessed the majesty you have shown.”

And they knew well that it was true.

The one breaking record right now was not Dante.

The real one is Habell.

Habell himself reacted indifferently.

“So?”

He had not yet answered the first question.

So Pelevan brought up the main topic.

“We would like to recruit Habell to Austria.”

Habell was taken aback.

He had received all kinds of scout offers in his life.

It was a word he had never heard when he was living as a head of a household.

“You want me?”

“I know that my skills are inferior to Habell’s. But Austria is different.”

Pelevan looked very confident.

“We can help you spread your wings.”

There was also conviction in it.

‘Spread my wings, huh.’

He wondered if they knew how heavy his wings were.

It was funny.

“Are you asking me to help you conquer the Tower?”

When Habell asked, he shook his head.

“We are not very interested in the Tower.”

That was quite an unexpected statement.

“Then?”

“The place we are currently raiding is Labyrinth Island.”

At this time, Habell also showed an unexpected reaction.

One of the other Three Great Evils.

He didn’t know they would be raiding the Labyrinth Island.

“The world is only focused on the Tower, but the truth is different.”

His eyes looked beyond the Tower.

“There are others like us who are raiding the Labyrinth Island. And there are also those who are raiding other Evils.”

Since the Three Great Evils of the beginning, numerous Evils have appeared in the world.

Among such Evils, there were some that rivaled the Three Great Evils of the beginning.

“Don’t you wonder why the heads of the Five Great Clans are not in the Tower?”

With their abilities, they could have raided the Tower.

However, they rarely appeared in the Tower.

“In the beginning, the Three Calamities of Origin strangely change their appearance depending on the climber’s ability.”

Havel had also confirmed the fact personally.

And it was the same for the other clans.

“You mean to say that the other calamities don’t change depending on ability?”

“That’s what’s been confirmed so far. But no one knows about the other side of the sea or the other side of the continent.”

The calamities that existed there had left human hands.

No one knew what kind of calamity would be born after they mixed together.

Maybe there was something even greater than the Three Calamities of Origin.

“But the calamities within the continent don’t change.”

That became another goal for others.

“So the patriarchs of the Five Great Clans are currently scattered among the calamities in various places. Like the byproducts of the tower, there are also rewards for other calamities.”

If they came out on their own, the difficulty of the tower would only increase.

So they send the Knights to conquer the tower.

They conquer other calamities to obtain byproducts.

The Five Great Clans were currently operating that way.

Havel’s eyes opened slightly.

‘Then maybe there’s someone similar to me among the other guys?’

The words lined up before his eyes after clearing the Devil’s Palace.

And even the calamity that continued to be absorbed.

Someone might know about this secret.

‘I think I should meet this person once.’

Even just one person.

If it’s someone who knows the current situation, I must obtain information.

It seems like there are quite a few secrets in this world that I don’t know about.

“Is that why the tower was so stagnant in the 6th Stage?”

“Yes, that’s right. Because not only the patriarchs of the Five Great Clans, but also the real monsters haven’t set foot in the tower. The world is vast.”

So the tower stopped.

Even if the Knights tried, it was a wall they couldn’t break through.

“The Labyrinth Island you guys were talking about, its difficulty has changed as well, right?”

However, the Labyrinth Island that Austria was conquering was also one of the Three Calamities of Origin.

When Havel asked, he nodded his head.

“I know. But the Three Calamities of Origin give more byproducts the higher the difficulty of the conquest.”

Havel realized what they were thinking.

“You’re gathering strong people on the Labyrinth Island to aim for more byproducts, aren’t you?”

“Yes, that’s right. That’s the purpose of Austria’s founding. Austria’s Labyrinth Island conquest will overturn the world all at once.”

A group that will shake up the world that the Five Great Clans are monopolizing.

Pelevan was certain that Austria.

“And our goal isn’t just that.”

At the same time, Pelevan’s red eyes shone brightly.

“Our real goal is the Devil’s Palace. Our goal is to conquer even the Devil’s Palace that has swallowed numerous heroes.”

And at that moment, the next words he heard.

“Hah.”

Havbel let out an empty laugh.

In front of whom is he mentioning the subjugation of Makyung now?

“You may laugh at us. We will definitely pull it off.”

Peleban thought that Havbel was treating his words as nonsense.

However, rather than laughing at him.

He was simply flabbergasted.

“Do you not know how dangerous Makyung is?”

“It has swallowed numerous heroes. Of course its difficulty must be tremendous as well.”

Makyung has been designated as a completely forbidden zone in the world.

That is because no one has ever returned alive from there.

“However, we have grown 100 years more than those old heroes.”

The reputations of the old heroes are outstanding.

However, that is nothing more than their old reputations.

Their abilities cannot compare to the present.

Peleban was certain of that.

“So, we will go and subjugate Makyung with ease.”

There is an old saying that one should dream big.

That is because it makes you advance steadily toward your goal.

However, there is another saying in the old tales.

Sometimes it is better not to even look at a tree that you cannot climb.

Havbel looked at Peleban in front of him.

He definitely has some ability.

He also has a lot of aura, and he seems quite talented.

However, that is only on a human level.

Makyung is a world inhabited by monsters.

It is a world where humans cannot set foot.

‘That’s why I gave up being human.’

Havbel is certain.

Even if there were a thousand people of Peleban’s level.

He would say that they would never be able to subjugate Makyung.

‘Because we, who were much more than that, failed.’

They do not know Makyung.

They have never set foot in that place, so they do not know how strange a world it is.

That is why they are able to have such foolish dreams.

“It’s impossible.”

Havbel declared.

The subjugation of Makyung is impossible.

Not only is it impossible for them to subjugate it.

From the start, the person who had already conquered this place was here.

The conquest itself was not established.

“Haha, everyone says that. But if you see Astraria in person, you will change your mind.”

However, Pelevan had no intention of changing his mind.

Rather, he actively recommended it to have it.

‘What should I do?’

Havel did not treat Pelevan as a fool.

He could not blame him for not experiencing the Demon’s Palace.

He was simply annoyed by the symbol that he could be unconditionally scouted.

‘I guess Van Pelion is nowhere to be seen.’

The one who hired him now is Van Pelion.

Of course, there would be objections if he were to take someone who was hired in the middle.

However, they did not care about that at all.

It was as if they were far above Van Pelion.

That annoyed Havel.

So he opened his mouth.

“Fine.”

“As expected, I believed that Havel would make a good choice.”

“But I have a condition.”

Pelevan smiled leisurely.

“Say whatever you want.”

His appearance was arrogant enough to give the world away.

“A trial will appear in the Dark Zone.”

However, the words that followed made him wonder.

“A trial?”

“Yes, a trial.”

Judging from his reaction, Pelevan did not know about the trial.

‘These guys failed to pull out the trial of the Island of the Labyrinth.’

At this point, Havel gave up his expectations.

“Defeat that trial before Dante.”

Pelevan’s eyebrows twitched.

It was because Havel had just compared him to Dante.

“You should know my skills.”

Havel looked through him.

So he asked if he did not know the outcome.

Then, this time, Havel wore an arrogant smile.

“Comparing acorns to oak trees.”

Pelevan made a dumbfounded expression.

Then he finally fixed his expression and smiled leisurely again.

“Alright.”

I don’t know what the ordeal is, but Dante is his opponent.

He didn’t assume his defeat at all.

“I’ll take you to Astria myself.”

He provoked with confidence in victory.

“Please do.”

Habell showed a reaction that seemed to lack any interest.

That fact hurt Phelevan’s pride.

He reacted with a fiery response, vowing to break Habell’s margin.

‘A foreign evil.’

Unbeknownst to him, Habell had already harbored a different thought.