Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

Inside Arin, the crystal ball imbued with my ability, something like a video began to play.

The person appearing in it was Sword-Drawing Emperor Seo Il-ho, standing on top of a high mountain peak as if about to perform a sword draw, and a refreshing blue sky with white clouds floating around.

Ah, and Seo Il-ho’s appearance showed white hair sprouting here and there as if he had aged quite a bit.

It seems to be quite a future appearance.

“Ooh…! This is…!”

“Hey! Be quiet when seeing a fortune! Don’t break my concentration! I’ll explain everything later…”

“Ah, I’m sorry, sir…”

“Just watch, just watch.”

Although there was a slight incident in the middle, anyway, skipping that…

What Seo Il-ho, who was standing on top of a rocky mountain with a solemn expression while taking a stance, was looking at was the sky.

Moreover, it seemed he had done something before that, as he was covered in dust and his clothes were torn and crumpled here and there.

Anyway, Seo Il-ho with such a solemn appearance was staring at the sky while uttering solemn lines.

There’s no perfect answer in this world.

Because he thought so, Seo Il-ho focused only on sword-drawing. It didn’t matter what others said.

You say I would have become stronger if I had focused on something other than sword-drawing? What does that matter?

The only thing I can love, admire, and immerse myself in is the art of sword-drawing.

That’s why what I’m going to achieve now is proof.

Proof to show to the Ilro Guild members who walk a similar path to mine and have gathered only looking at me, to show the greatness of sword-drawing to the world, and proof that I, who have walked until now looking only at sword-drawing, was not wrong.

ㅡSeogek!

In an instant, the sword was drawn from its sheath and swung at a speed too fast to be seen, and a cutting sound so refreshing it gave goosebumps echoed like an echo.

And then…

Jjeoeok…!!!

The sky, split.

And right after that, he, who had been blankly staring at the sky that had been cleanly split and revealed what was beyond without hiding, collapsed with a thud.

After leaving those last words, Seo Il-ho… of course didn’t die, he just fainted.

And that was the end of the scene reflected in the crystal ball.

‘???’

And my impression after seeing that scene was… extremely confused.

‘No, what kind of situation is this??’

Cutting off the beginning and end and seeing only that scene, it was really confusing.

“Ooh… Have you shown everything now?”

“Huh? Ah, yes. The scene to be shown has ended.”

But it seemed that scene felt quite impressive to Seo Il-ho himself.

…His eyes seem a bit moist, it looks like he was even moved to tears. Was it that impressive?!

It seemed to be a sentiment that was difficult for me to understand… Maybe because Seo Il-ho himself is eccentric.

Or it could be because we didn’t see it from beginning to end, but only a cut in the middle… If you watched a movie not from the beginning but came in the middle, you wouldn’t understand, right?

Anyway… Putting that aside, I should finish the job I received first.

“First, let me tell you the result of the fortune-telling… Certainly, Sword-Drawing Emperor Seo Il-ho is an amazing person. You will continue to look only at sword-drawing and advance stubbornly in the future.”

How should I put it… He’s really an amazing eccentric. His mental strength is amazing too.

“Is what I saw… the realm of sword-drawing that my future self reached?”

“That’s right. It’s the realm you reached at the end… after advancing steadily looking only at sword-drawing without wavering.”

“Hahaha! Is that so? That sounds good. Thanks to this, I think I’ll be able to advance looking only at sword-drawing without wavering in the future too.”

That willpower alone is really amazing, ranking among the top even among S-rank superhumans. It’s not easy to dig only one well for decades.

Should I say he’s an eccentric among eccentrics? Well, that’s why he’s firmly holding the position of guild master of the unique and overflowing with individuality Ilro Guild, right?

“Well, the original content of the fortune-telling ends here… but I’ll give you one service.”

“Service… you say?”

“Yes. A service. It’s not much… I was thinking of recommending a weapon that would suit you best.”

Well, it’s not something I can understand… but should I say it’s a bit overflowing with romance? Anyway, after seeing something tremendously interesting, I should give a simple service as an extra.

“There’s a once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece representing a blacksmith with outstanding skills. ‘Muicham (無二斬)’. It’s a sword specialized only for sword-drawing techniques, meaning ‘No need to cut twice’.”

Why, by chance, was a sword specialized only for sword-drawing techniques born? This is related to the life of the blacksmith who created Muicham.

That blacksmith had extremely outstanding skills as a blacksmith, but unfortunately, it wasn’t the skill to reach the peak as a blacksmith. There were several other craftsmen in the world who were more outstanding than him.

For example, if you were to pick the 10 most outstanding blacksmiths in the world, this blacksmith would have the skill to be picked right after that, that is, as the 11th.

The weapons he made were all outstanding masterpieces, but as they say, there’s always someone better… The weapons made by other blacksmiths were all legendary treasures that could only appear in legends or myths, so his works were always buried without gaining great fame.

Of course, since his works weren’t inferior, he had some fame and made a lot of money, but… He, whose desire for honor was tremendous beyond his skill, thought about how he could make a weapon outstanding enough to engrave his name and weapon in history, surpassing others, and came up with a good idea.

Let’s target the market of those eccentrics, not the mainstream, those that others’ hands haven’t reached much.

He would surpass those above him by making something that’s not excellent in all aspects, but demonstrates extreme power and performance only in specific areas! He would make something stupid but cool to stimulate romance and engrave his name in history!

The blacksmith who set such a goal gathered materials and then devoted a long time to weapon production, and finally succeeded in forging a sword.

A sword boasting a clean design that maintains pitch-black color with no patterns at all except for the pure white blade.

A sword where the friction between the blade and the scabbard is extremely close to 0, maximizing the sharpness and speed of drawing, and only extremely honing the blade’s durability and sharpness while reducing the weight of the sword, making it unsuitable for using general sword techniques due to imbalance, a sword solely for sword-drawing techniques.

A strange sword (怪劍) whose speed and sharpness in sword-drawing are considered to have reached the realm of myth, even if other aspects are unknown. More precisely, a strange blade (怪刀), Muicham.

This strange sword, which extremely elevated only one performance and finally made a blacksmith’s name deeply engraved in the world, would be the most suitable item for this eccentric swordsman who is crazily digging only the one well of sword-drawing.

“Muicham… a sword specialized for sword-drawing…”

Seo Il-ho, who heard my explanation, muttered the sword’s name as if enchanted, and seeing that reaction, I grinned and continued speaking.

“That sword is in the B+ grade dungeon ‘Tomb of Nameless Swordsmen’ in Osaka, Japan. If you defeat all the monsters existing there with only sword-drawing in one strike, and then bisect the swordsman statue standing in the place where the boss monster is with a sword draw, you’ll be able to obtain the Muicham hidden inside.”

“…Tomb of Nameless Swordsmen, and defeat all with sword-drawing and then bisect the swordsman statue with a sword draw… I’ll remember it for sure. Thank you, teacher!!”

“Oh my, it’s nothing.”

Although he was as eccentric as he looked, he was quite an interesting and likable customer in his own way.

The reason I gave a service I don’t usually do was also because I was curious how far an eccentric who digs only one well of sword-drawing could reach if he also wielded a matching weapon.

A sword that’s stupid but cool and a superhuman, isn’t it a really matching combination?

…But come to think of it, this service thing, I feel like I’ve always given it even if I didn’t say so…?

“With you being so generous, I can’t just support the matter about your guild and the dark side that I originally intended to. Here’s my number! Please contact me anytime if you need help, teacher!! If anything troublesome happens to you, I’ll put everything aside and rush to help!”

“Haha… That’s not necessary…”

Aish, that thing about the guild and dark side again…

Damn it, is this some unavoidable fate?? Damn… Somehow it seemed there was no way but to resign myself and accept it gracefully.

Anyway, the Sword-Drawing Emperor who had his fortune told and Wi Jin-taek who watched it left with satisfied expressions, and I stroked Arin with a resigned smile.

Yeah… I should just take comfort in successfully completing the first crystal ball fortune-telling… Hahaha…