How did I become the Lord of Evil Gods?

Chapter 237 How many times do people have to make mistakes before they can grow?

"Boom boom boom!!"

"Heka!!"

The furious roar of the king insect and the sound of the exploding FF fragmentation warhead sounded one after another. As the particle beam of Thor's hammer fell from the sky, the king insect, which already knew how powerful its penetrating ability was, immediately protected the part that was about to be attacked.

"The fourth place" Edward looked at the scene in front of him and silently recorded in his heart.

That guy's combat awareness and experience were indeed far behind Bishop Rand's.

Even though it is consciously covering up its weak points, its actions are very unnatural and rigid.

It's okay to use it to deceive newcomers with little experience, but if you want to deceive Edward's eyes, you are thinking too much.

Unfortunately, the mecha summoned by Yun Mu was not powerful enough, so even Edward could only roughly judge four positions.

But if you think about it from another angle.
It's quite an exaggeration for her to be able to do this kind of thing as her extraordinary level is only the second-level elite level.

Edward whispered the shadow's name. He originally thought that he might never have the chance to see his shadow again in this life.

Unfortunately, what Edward summoned was the sword god Reindot, a shadow left behind when he was promoted to champion.

Then, it was his turn to take action.

"call."

Who is not a genius? I think when he was young, he was on the verge of championship level early.

"However, your current belief is not enough to start the trial. Considering that we have fought four times, I can wait patiently for you for a while."

In modern times, it should be unparalleled.

As for his lifespan, he wanted to save it for the future. Even if he couldn't be with Rita all the time, he still wanted to witness her growth.

It was a figure with short flaxen hair and an unkempt beard, wearing a set of ancient chain armor, exuding the aura of blood and iron, like a god of murder returning from the battlefield.

As for emotion, he smiled silently.

"Sword God Reindot."

While Edward was calculating the remaining wealth in his mind, he raised his sword and walked towards the direction of the king insect.

"Greedy man, are you ready for the trial?"

"Thank you."

There was a two-handed sword standing in front of him. The blade of the sword was clear and bright, illuminating Edward's face at this time.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and smiled clearly: "Ha, this is why I am here."

"But its power is very powerful. You cannot defeat it just by yourself now."

"You" he looked at Edward's appearance and hesitated for a moment: "How many years have passed since the last trial?"

As a father, he felt a little proud that his daughter could make friends with such a person in advance.

"The remaining golden frost is just enough to fire four rounds."

His pride as a genius and his confidence in his own strength were crushed by Reindot. Maybe he could use the reason that the opponent was a sword god to convince himself, but...
Why him?
If it were a fourth-level master swordsman, he would be confident of defeating him, but the only one he had to face was the sword god Reindot.

"It must be a product of the power of the alien gods. I can feel the disgusting stench from a long distance away."

Later, he formed a fleet and became the captain of the Sunset. He continued to explore unknown waters and fight against the mysterious beings on the sea, in order to become stronger.

Among the many monsters Edward knew, only a few figures in history could compare with them.

There was a disembodied voice in his ears, Edward's pupils trembled subconsciously, and he looked to his side——

How long has she been exposed to the extraordinary?
It's hard to imagine how powerful she will be when she truly grows up in the future.

After coming back to his senses, Edward noticed that Yun Mu was controlling the medical transport plane to return home. It seemed that her spirituality had been completely exhausted.

"It's really only a moment."

The other party is just a record left by the sword god Reindot when he was promoted to the championship. He has no right to choose to appear or leave.

"It's been 18 years," Edward said as his expression gradually returned to calmness.

Unfortunately, he was severely beaten by Reindot, and his first promotion to the championship ended in failure.

Edward responded angrily.

"Eighteen years haha." Reindot's shadow chuckled: "It's not too late."

He had no intention of burning anything other than his possessions, for memories were his most precious treasure.

As for the Swordsman Series Extraordinary, if they want to advance from Master to Champion, all they need is to fight against the Swordsman Series Extraordinary who has been promoted to Champion.

Only by defeating the opponent can you be promoted successfully.

An opponent that is impossible to defeat.

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and made a little gesture with his thumb and index finger.

"I felt that your heart was calling me to come, so I came." As if reading Edward's thoughts, Reindot's shadow explained.

He said and looked at the raging monster in the distance: "Are you going to deal with it?"

As a result, he was beaten to a pulp the second time.

That's what Edward thought at the time.

"Huh." Edward looked at the man beside him with a complicated expression.

If it weren't for him, he might have been promoted to the champion long ago, but it was precisely because he failed to be promoted that he met Karin, the girl he loved so much, who was always full of curiosity and vitality.

But if at that time, he had championship-level strength
Back then, when Edward's strength was stuck at the master level and unable to progress, many people who were optimistic about him gave up investing, and many crew members on the Sunset also left.

After all, they were following Captain Edward, who would be brilliant in the future, not the poor man who was stuck by the sword god Reindot and was destined to be unable to break through to the championship in this life.

Frustrated, Edward quit the exploration team, took his Sunset, and the crew members who were willing to leave with him, and chose to be a maritime mercenary in the Broken Star Sea and the Sea of ​​Exile.

In these two sea areas, with his strength, he is still enough to stand at the top.

This is indeed the case, but in just six months, the names of Sunset and Edward have become famous in the mercenary world, becoming the most sought-after mercenaries in the industry.

It was at this time that the head of the Church of the Stars approached him, hoping to hire the Sunset to protect the expedition team that had been searching for the whereabouts of the meteorite fragments.

Because the reward was very generous, Edward agreed. It was in the investigation team that he met Karin, an ordinary scholar.

He still remembers the scene when the two met for the first time:
Before the search team set sail for the first time, everyone anchored the ship next to the island and held a banquet. After drinking too much, he began to brag about his previous adventures and experiences to the new crew members.

Karin, who happened to be passing by, heard the sound of their conversation and came over curiously.

As a result, until the end of the banquet, no one from Edward or the other crew members discovered that Karin was not actually on their ship, and they even got her drunk.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that the inspection team from the Church of the Stars came looking for someone and finally found Karin, who was drunk and sleeping on the table, on the deck of the Sunset.

By the way, Karin was carrying her personal belongings to the expedition ship, so she wore a set of very stain-resistant clothes and wrapped her long hair with a scarf.

This is also the reason why Edward and the crew of the Sunset did not discover that the other party was not a crew member immediately.

"Hehehe." Edward recalled that at that time, he looked like a handsome young man, constantly asking himself questions and making criticisms, which made him almost fall into disgrace. Karin couldn't help but chuckle.

It was love that allowed him to regain the courage to challenge Reindot for the third time. Although the final result was still failure, he was relieved at that time.

He no longer pursues becoming a champion-level swordsman. He just wants to end this commission and lead a peaceful life with Karin.

However, reality gave him a hard blow.

Facing the crazy Sea Dragon King, he had no ability or means to protect his fleet. When the damaged research ship and the Sunset were chosen as abandoned, when the huge waves capsized his ship.

Edward, who was extremely thirsty for power, summoned Reindot's shadow for the fourth time.

Then he failed again.

FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL!

The man named Edward, whose life seemed like a joke, was all overturned in the cold sea water.

Due to family changes when he was young, he was demoted from the son of a nobleman to a down-and-out nobleman. He practiced swordsmanship hard and wanted to revitalize the family, but he was stuck at the master level and could not move forward.

Love is harvested, but it passes in the blink of an eye.

In the end, the only thing that responded to him was the Sunset, which had been with him for a long time, and the deafening cry on the sea.

then.

Ghost Captain Edward returns from the flames burning under the sea.

"Boom boom boom!!"

Mortar shells dragging ghostly green will-o'-the-wisps fell from the sky, accurately covering all four directions of the King Insect's body.

"Heka!"

The king insect screamed in pain and hurriedly cut off the flesh and blood wrapped in flames.

"Two weaknesses." Edward watched its movements and came to a conclusion in his mind.

锔.

"Sword God Reindot, do you know?" Edward slowly pulled out the long sword and looked at Reindot: "I once made an agreement with my late wife that if one day we were separated due to an accident, we would be here together. Waiting for the other party to come back in the city."

"I have been waiting for nearly twenty years, and even my daughter has grown up. Now she feels shy even if she acts coquettishly to me, which is very cute."

“This city holds my hopes, and it’s also my daughter’s hometown.”

"I have not slacked off training for a moment in the past twenty years, and I hone my swordsmanship almost every day."

"I regret extremely much if I had the strength I have now, whether the results would have been different, and whether I could have saved her if I could have been promoted to champion."

"How many times do people have to make mistakes before they can grow?"

"These thoughts are actually meaningless. I don't mean to resent you, because this is the rule. I know that I just keep hating the weak self."

"The strength accumulated from these years of longing day and night is my determination at this moment. Do you understand?"

"If you understand, pick up your sword and I won't run away anymore."

".I feel your will." Reindot's shadow remained silent for a moment. He took out the two-handed giant sword that was stuck on the ground and silently assumed a posture of about to attack.

The next second, the entire world seemed to have stopped, leaving only the two people looking at each other solemnly.

This is the mirror world after the trial starts. No matter how much time passes, the real world will only pass for a moment.

Accordingly, damage taken here will not be brought back to the real world.

And the person responsible for the trial must not act in any way.

"breathe."

Edward looked at the man in front of him who often appeared in his nightmares, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Over the years, he has been constantly dismantling the opponent's tricks in his memory, and tried every means to crack them.

From being helpless at first, it took him nearly five years to dismantle the opponent's moves and absorb them into his own swordsmanship.

When teaching Rita swordsmanship, he was also surprised by her talent.

Although his overall skills are still very immature, he can always use some tricks that make him shine.

So while he was studying swordsmanship, he would occasionally ask Lita some questions that he didn't know much about, as homework for her.

As for whether you can answer it, it doesn't really matter.

Because even so, Rita was able to bring him some ideas that he had never considered before.

Geniuses are different from mortals, Edward knows this very well.

Sword God Reindot, there is no doubt that he must be a genius.

But what he wants to challenge is just the shadow of the opponent at the master level.

Since it is a phantom, there will be no progress and there is a possibility for him to catch up!

Clang!
The two of them acted almost at the same time!

The cold weapon in his hand swept past like a storm, leaving several sword marks on the ground and walls of the mirror world.

Edward continued to dismantle Reindot's attack until the opponent used a move he had never seen before!

However.
It's now!

Edward concentrated all his energy, and immediately found the flaw in the opponent's attack, and quickly cracked it. He slashed the sword in his hand, leaving a sword mark on Reindot's face.

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Reindot took two steps back in silence, feeling the burning pain on his cheek, and said, "I'm really surprised that you have grown to this point."

The next second, he straightened his expression: "Next, I will use all my strength, be careful!"

Clang!
I don't know how much time passed, but Edward, who was covered in wounds, deflected Reindot's attack. He controlled the blade of the sword to jam the sword grid of the opponent's giant sword, stepped forward suddenly, and rubbed into Reindot's arms.

Then the long sword slashed hard, cutting Reindot's wrist, and then slashed Reindot's abdomen.

"here you go"

Reindot's shadow praised.

"What's this trick?" He looked at Edward with longing eyes.

"I don't know." Edward came back from his absolutely focused mental state at this time. He looked at Reindot's shadow and shook his head blankly.

"I don't know. That's okay." The other party smiled and sat down on the ground: "I look forward to the day when you appear in front of the main body."

"Let's forget it." After hearing his words, Edward shook his head again: "I'm just an uncle who wants to live a peaceful life. If you meet the Sword God or something, please spare me."

"Ha, just be happy."

Reindot's shadow stopped talking and soon turned into ashes and disappeared in front of Edward's eyes.

(End of this chapter)