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Feeling a faint pulse from afar, Kwang-Soo turned his head toward the mountain.0

“It seems they’ve managed to pull through.”0

He thought An Gil-Hyun might be a bit much for them, but it appeared they’d handled him well.0

With his only concern resolved, he turned his head forward again.0

“…”0

There, an old man was lying on the ground. His hair was disheveled, his body was covered in blood, and his right arm had been cut off. The dagger the old man had been wielding had also been broken in half, the pieces beside him.0

Gazing down at the old man who was barely clinging to his life, Kwang-Soo placed the gray sword he had conjured in his right hand on his shoulder.2

“I’d like to finish up things here soon, too. Is there anything else you want me to replace with a shadow beside your right arm? If so, tell me right away. I’ll immediately cut it off for you.”0

Listening to Kwang-Soo’s nonchalant urging, the old man’s eyes twitched before he soon smirked bitterly and muttered, “You’re still as arrogant as before, Sword Demon.”0

That nickname from the past made Kwang-Soo narrow his eyes.0

From how he knows my old nickname, he must have quite a history…0

As he searched through his memories for someone similar to the old man among those he had encountered, he suddenly remembered a name.0

“Right. No wonder I found your movements familiar.… You’re from Darkness.”0

Darkness was a group of demons that came out at night to mercilessly hunt heroes in the middle of the desert. They were notorious for turning numerous desert regions into Danger Zones. 0

However, they should have been no longer active, having been eradicated long ago.0

“…I didn’t expect you to remember. Surprising.”0

“I tend to remember all the troublesome ones. But how are you still alive? I’m sure that Ludwig and I killed all of you guys back then…”0

“Well, back then, he wasn’t the Emperor of Ascension yet. He was only...0