“A sword, huh?”
Seeing the notification, Su-ho couldn’t help but smile.
Out of all the weapons, of course, it had to be a sword.
“I’ll finish this quickly.”
He thought it was actually a good thing.
In the Library of Mu-hak, where he had to fight against Mokuzan, who had mastered all kinds of martial arts, if the first round was a sword fight, then Su-ho could finish it faster than anyone.
With that thought, Su-ho reached for his weapon.
[Blood Weapon activated.]
As the skill activated, the Blood Sword appeared in Su-ho’s hand.
Mokuzan, too, was armed.
At some point, a steel sword appeared in its grasp, and Mokuzan stared at Su-ho for a moment before charging at him like an enraged bull.
Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!
With each step, the Library of Mu-hak seemed to tremble.
But Su-ho didn’t dodge. He simply watched as Mokuzan charged at him like a bull.
Then, just as Mokuzan thrust its sword forward like a horn, Su-ho swung his sword in a single motion.
Clang!
The Blood Sword sliced through the air.
It collided with Mokuzan’s sword.
Screech!
To Su-ho’s surprise, Mokuzan’s sword snapped in half, with its blade sliced clean through the middle.
It seemed this was a first for Mokuzan.
Perhaps that was why?
[The Guardian of the Library acknowledges its defeat.]
[The gate has been cleared.]
[The MVP of the gate clear is ‘An Su-ho.’]
[Bonus experience awarded for MVP.]
[Bonus stat of 1 point awarded.]
[Level has increased.]
[All stats have increased by 1.]
[You have gained a bonus stat.]
To Su-ho’s surprise, the Guardian of the Library acknowledged its defeat, and at that moment, the gate was cleared.
Looking at the flood of system notifications, Su-ho recalled the Blood Weapon and said, “Truly, martial artists are different.”
The whole purpose of the Library of Mu-hak was to test the challenger’s abilities, so Mokuzan had no choice but to acknowledge defeat cleanly.
And Su-ho appreciated that.
Most gates involved boss monsters obsessed with killing, unlike Mokuzan.
After the gate was cleared, Mokuzan stood still, trembling for a moment, before freezing into position like a stone statue.
Su-ho walked toward the library and took a close look at Mokuzan.
“It’s solid.”
Touching it, Su-ho could feel the heavy, steel-like weight.
Even the broken sword blade was just as solid.
But despite that, the fact that such a sturdy steel blade had been broken meant that Su-ho’s Blood Sword was tougher.
“I didn’t even use a skill. This is pure physicality.”
Of course.
Even Gu Taek-su, the King of Martial Arts, couldn’t defeat Su-ho when it came to pure swordsmanship.
Su-ho nodded in satisfaction as he walked closer to the library.
The Library of Mu-hak contained numerous martial arts manuals.
As Su-ho looked around, he reached out, and a system notification appeared before him.
[Welcome to the Library of Mu-hak.]
[Having defeated the Guardian of the Library, you may now receive 1 book of knowledge from the Library.]
Just as Gu Taek-su had said.
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