The Son-In-Law Of A Prestigious Household Wants A Divorce-Chapter 14: Sword Sage

Just like leaves being swept away.

Anyone would have made that comparison after seeing people fly away so helplessly.

“Aaaargh!”

“Huk!”

The guards that were supposed to protect the nobles could do nothing but scream.

Meanwhile, the Transcendent was flaunting his might without holding back.

“S-Sir Isaac!”

Jonathan urgently shielded Isaac’s front side and shouted.

“You have to escape!”

Staying here meant death.

But Isaac’s gaze was fixed solely on the Transcendent in tiger form.

He’s wielding a greatsword?

Isaac stared intently at the greatswords, as if he couldn’t hear Jonathan’s voice, calling for him.

Even after Jonathan shook him several times, he still hadn’t responded.

Thunk!

Meanwhile Silverna managed to pierce her spear into the Transcendent’s back.

“You...bleed...at least...”

She pulled out her spear, forcing her lips to form a smile.

Drip! Drip!

As the Transcendent’s unusually heavy blood flowed down his back, he slowly turned towards Silverna.

“So there’s a somewhat decent human here.”

Even though he was stabbed by Silverna’s spear, he didn’t seem to be in much pain. If anything, he made a gesture as if he was just warming up; gently swinging his greatsword in the air, ready to face Silverna.

As they were doing that...

The other nobles were fleeing.

It was clear from the brief exchange that there was no chance of victory. Besides, the innate fear induced by the Transcendent was too much for those greenhorn nobles to bear.

“S-Sir Isaac, w-we must escape now!”

Seeing Isaac stood still, Jonathan couldn’t hold back anymore. He tried to carry him on his back, but...

“Jonathan.”

Isaac pushed him away.

“You’re confident in your stamina, right?”

“W-What?! W-What are you asking out of a sudden?!”

“Can you carry me on your back all the way to the Malidean Wall?”

At the question, Jonathan widened his eyes. He hit his chest with his fist.”

“I can! After all, it’s my duty as a knight to protect you, Sir! Let’s go right away—!”

“Good, then wait.”

“Huh?”

Jonathan, feeling proud as he had just made a good answer, was left bewildered to see Isaac pass by him.

“S-Sir Isaac?!”

“Get ready to run. We’ll have to leave right away soon.”

“W-What are you-!”

Jonathan’s words were cut short.

Because Isaac directly faced the two people fiercely exchanging blows.

“Isaac?!”

Silverna, who was struggling to block the greatsword, looked at Isaac in surprise.

Her gaze asked him, ‘Why haven’t you run away?’, but he ignored it.

There’s only one way to get out of this situation.

A Transcendent would never let a human who has seen them live, and this one was no different.

Once he finished dealing with Silverna and started chasing the fleeing nobles, no matter how quick Isaac and Jonathan tried to run, he’d caught up to them quickly.

Even if they were to start running now, he might just be waiting ahead on their way to the Malidean Wall.

Hence why...

He had to draw attention.

To show him that there was a human that he couldn’t overlook.

So he stepped forward.

But how could he do that?

To a Transcendent, all humans were prey.

So, how could Isaac show that he was a different kind of prey from the others?

“Isaac! Run away! This one over here is a monster! He isn’t an ordinary Demonic Beast!”

Despite Silverna’s cry, Isaac didn’t retreat.

Instead, he cross-checked if his guess was correct.

Then, finally...

With just a single word.

The moment that single word was carried by the wind, together with the breath he exhaled.

“...”

The Transcendent stopped his greatsword.

“W-What?!”

Silverna, who had been struggling to parry the creature’s greatsword, was left bewildered.

She didn’t understand why the creature suddenly stopped his sword,nor did she hear what Isaac had said.

Nevertheless...

The Transcendent already directed his gaze at Isaac.

“Just now...”

His brow furrowed hideously, and an uncharacteristic tremor could be felt faintly in his voice.

“What did you say?”

Isaac met the beast’s blue eyes with a sneer.

“Raven Swordsmanship. It’s the Blackthorn Family’s exclusive swordsmanship.”

Blackthorn was one of the noble families of the kingdom, and was among the dispatched nobles.

“I was confused at first. Since you are wielding a greatsword, I went through every greatsword technique that I know, but I was mistaken. Considering your size and strength, what I should go through should be the one-handed sword techniques instead.”

Due to his size, a human’s greatsword wasn’t much different from a one-handed sword in his hand.

“I could see traces unique to Raven Swordsmanship here and there.  Especially the excessive way of you widening your stance to maintain your balance. It’s identical.”

“...”

“Also, I can tell you one thing. You don’t need to widen your stance that much. After all, the shape of your feet are different from humans’.”

“Grrrr.”

The Transcendent unconsciously lowered his gaze to check his stance.

“With all that said, this implies one thing.”

Even after seeing Isaac’s meaningful smile, the Transcendent couldn’t say anything.

There was no need to think hard about what implication Isaac was talking about.

“It means the Blackthorn Family taught you swordsmanship. They were probably the ones trying to trade the treasures from Holstein too.”

However, it was clear that they had no intention of making a fair trade.

Instead of sending gold coins, they sent a Transcendent instead.

The graverobbers would have met the same fate even if they hadn’t disturbed the Demonic Beast Colony.

“I’ve always wondered where and how the Transcendent Race obtained information about the kingdom.”

A question he had consistently held since his previous life was finally answered.

“So there is a traitor in the kingdom.”

The Transcendent tightened his grip on the greatsword.

His veins popped out as he licked his protruding fangs with his long tongue.

After saying that much, he couldn’t just let the human in front of him go.

The human had stopped being a mere prey.

Instead, he became someone that he had to kill.

“I merely...swung my sword.”

The Transcendent muttered, sounding somewhat resentful.

He hadn’t done anything that would reveal his identity.

His words were brief, and the greatsword he used should make it impossible for anyone to tell what kind of swordsmanship he was using.

“Yet from seeing just that, you identified my identity...and even uncovered all that?”

Isaac smiled, crossing his arms.

“If you think of that as mere, then that’s simply the limit of your abilities.”

“Ha.”

The Transcendent let out a bitter laugh.

He acknowledged it.

That this man...

“A sage... A Sword Sage...”

He had only swung his sword a few times in front of this man, yet that was enough for him to reach the truth.

“Your deep wisdom and knowledge impressed me. May I ask your name?”

“Isaac.”

“I see, Isaac.”

He was different from the other worthless prey.

“I can’t let you live.”

“Isaac!”

Silverna cried urgently.

She desperately thrust her spear towards the Transcendent’s back, but it only cut through the air.

Because at that moment, the Transcendent had already kicked off the ground and lunged towards Isaac.

He stopped caring if the other human got to escape.

As long as he could kill this man.

This man who could figure out so much just from a single swing of a sword.

Someone who could glean dozens of insights from a casually swung sword.

He must be killed!

Just the possibility of him hindering them in the future if left alive was already terrifying.

The Transcendent Race wasn’t ready to move yet.

His brethren still needed time to drive out humans and swallow the continent.

“Sir Isaac!”

But, like Silverna’s spear, the Transcendent’s greatsword also cut through empty air.

Jonathan, emitting a faint red aura from his entire body, was already running while carrying Isaac on his back.

“Jonathan, what’s with this Crimson Essence?!”

“N-Now’s not the time for that!”

Isaac couldn’t help but lament seeing Jonathan’s utterly pathetic aura.

Is he not a knight of Helmont? How could he only handle Helmont’s unique ‘Crimson Essence’ to this extent?

“Get a grip! You’re the only one who can possibly escape from that thing right now!”

Helmont’s direct lineage possessed overwhelming physical abilities.

That made them the only humans who could match the Transcendent.

And the Helmont Knights who trained with those people daily and were able to use the Crimson Essence, would be able to do the same to some extent.

“I-I understand!”

While listening to Jonathan’s reply, Isaac looked back.

The Transcendent was running on all fours with the greatsword in his mouth.

“Damn.”

Seeing his terrifying speed, Isaac cursed.

He’s much faster than I thought.

Although Jonathan was a Helmont knight with considerable speed and stamina.

It seemed like they would be caught by the Transcendent at any moment.

Despite running on snow, he didn’t slip even once. Even the trees jutting out everywhere didn’t make him flinch.

“Jonathan! We need to go to the rear wall! That way!”

“Huff! Huff! What?! What did you say?!”

“The rear wall! Where all the Demonic Beasts gathered! We need to go there!”

“What?! No! Huff! T-That place is swarming with demonic beasts! Huff!”

“It’s the only way we can survive!”

“Huff! Huff!”

Jonathan looked like he wanted to argue something but he was too exhausted to continue.

Just as Isaac was about to look back to see how far they had come.

“Grrrr.”

“...!”

The Transcendent was already right behind them.

Already within the creature’s arm reach, Isaac momentarily caught his breath.

This fast?!

Unable to hide his bewilderment, Isaac drew the sword he had brought.

Even if he couldn’t put much strength into it while being carried by Jonathan, he had to do what he could.

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“Grrrr!”

The creature gripped the greatsword it had been holding in its mouth and swung it.

That swing had enough power to cleave Jonathan and Isaac in two.

But, Isaac was barely able to deflect the greatsword by tilting his sword diagonally.

“Urgh!”

He braced his opposite arm against the blade, letting him parry the swing once.

“Ah, shit-!”

But due to lack of grip strength, he lost his sword.

He could only manage a single parry before he lost his weapon.

“I won’t deny your great knowledge.”

The Transcendent muttered with hatred.

He realized that the reason why Isaac could block his sword was because he was well-versed in Blackthorn’s Raven Swordsmanship.

“But this is the end.”

Just as the Transcendent was about to swing his greatsword again...

“Please forgive me, Sir Isaac!”

Jonathan let go of the hand supporting Isaac’s bottom.

Then he raised his arms to support Isaac’s armpits.

“Glory to Helmont!”

“Waaagh?!”

He threw Isaac forward.

Concentrating all of his Crimson Essence in his hand, he made that one amazing last resort.

Isaac flew like a bird.

He almost hit tree branches several times, but thanks to him curling up his body, he didn’t fall midway.

However...

“Jonathan!”

He didn’t care about that, as his heart was riddled with worry towards Jonathan.

The Transcendent might not pay him much heed since he was hell-bent on chasing him, but at the same time, it wouldn’t take him long to swing his greatsword and cut off Jonathan’s neck.

Considering that the Transcendent Race harbored a bizarrely intense hatred towards humans, it was hard to even expect the knight’s survival.

Isaac swallowed his saliva at the thought of Jonathan’s self-sacrifice.

Not long after, he finally touched the ground.

“Urgh!”

But, he didn’t fall directly to the ground.

Instead, he was buried in something slimy.

Demonic Beast’s blood.

Around him, Demonic Beasts’ corpses were strewn all over.

In the distance, he could see the Malidean Wall.

It seemed they had successfully defended against the Demonic Beasts’ attack.

“Grrrr!”

At that moment, the Transcendent who had come down the mountain revealed himself.

Running on all fours, he immediately started chasing.

Hell-bent on killing Isaac before he could reach the wall.

Meanwhile Isaac, refusing to let Jonathan’s sacrifice go to waste...

Hurriedly ran towards the barrier.

Not to survive.

But to kill that creature.

*   *   *Transcendent, White Tiger.

That was his name.

He was called that because of his striking pure white fur.

“Grrrr!”

Now he was running across the snowy field under the moon.

To catch and kill the black-haired man at the end of his gaze.

The wall is still far, I can definitely kill him!

He pushed himself to run faster.

That man must not be left alive under any circumstances.

White Tiger vowed to tear out his throat even if he had to die here.

As he reached the ground where the snow had melted due to the Demonic Beast’s corpses and blood, his speed noticeably increased.

He rapidly closed the distance to the man, but...

At that moment, arrows fell on his body.

Did those humans on the wall notice?

They are trying to protect that man...

But, mere arrows...

His thick skin deflected the arrows. When he reached a certain distance.

The Transcendent stopped running and gripped the greatsword he had been holding in his mouth.

“Roaaaar!”

With a fierce roar, he pulled the greatsword far back and then threw it in a straight line.

The greatsword, spinning like a windmill, flew straight towards Isaac.

Just before it was about to hit the man.

Whoosh!

Crash!

A massive spear fell from the sky, split the greatsword in half and deflected it.

“What...?”

His blue eyes were tinged with bewilderment.

A single spear stuck in the ground.

The Transcendent slowly raised his head, towards the top of the barrier.

There was a large man looking down at him with his arms crossed.

“Ah.”

Before coming here, the Blackthorn nobles had warned him several times.

‘You must never cross paths with him.’

‘He’s said to be on par with the head of Helmont.’

‘The Hero of the North. The Guardian Deity of the Wall.’

‘The Margrave.’

“Uldiran... Cardias......”

That was when, for the first time in his life, the Transcendent trembled at the sight of a human.

The man’s coldly sunken eyes were looking at him with indifference. As if he was no different than the Demonic Beast’s corpses strewn around.

“Roaaaar!”

The Transcendent roared and charged forward again.

He already made a vow that he had to kill Isaac somehow even if he had to die for it.

Thud! Thud!

Due to the strength he put in his legs, a loud sound echoed from his feet as he pushed them against the ground.

Seeing Uldiran gripping his next spear, his charge grew even more fiercely.

“Roaaaar!”

As his distance with Isaac narrowed, he made another leap.

Whoosh!

Once again.

A spear flew, cutting through the northern night air.

Thunk!

Then, something entered his vision.

A spear shaft.

That was when he realized that the spear had pierced his body, impaling his heart.

“Ah, aah-“

He reached out in dismay.

“Isa...ac!”

Because of his failure...

Meant that many of his brethren would die.

He exhaled his last breath that was mixed with lamentation.

Strength left White Tiger’s body, his eyes fixed open as his head drooped.