Old Sword Demon

Old Sword Demon is a veteran Korean player, the oldest prominent ranker, and an assassin who fights openly with a long sword. He joins Hwang Gildong's Chivalrous Robbers in resisting the yangbans and protecting the East Continent. His practicality, dry insults, poor sense of direction, and refusal to publish assassination records make him an eccentric public figure, while his conduct reveals a consistent chivalrous core. He grows through difficult battles, combines assassin tools with swordsmanship, and later adapts cultivator methods into his own style while leading players against the Full Moon Fortresses. (Chapters 1205, 1208, 1210–1212, 1556–1560, 1562–1563, 1568, 1687, 1689, 1818–1820, 1889, 1971–1972, 1978, 2011, and 2021–2022)

Biography

Yangbans, Gods, and New Legends

Old Sword Demon first appears helping Hwang Gildong infiltrate the frozen waterway beneath Mount Baekmi to recover the Black Tortoise Jewel. When the plan intersects with Grid's fight against the yangbans, he holds Maru for ten minutes despite being badly outmatched. His unorthodox swordplay, presence concealment, and willingness to spit into Maru's eyes buy the group time. Afterward, he helps predict Hwang Gildong's movements and directs Grid toward the meeting that allows the Black Tortoise's divided powers to reunite. (Chapters 1205, 1208, and 1210–1211)

Grid invites him into the Overgeared Guild, but Old Sword Demon refuses because he already belongs to Kaya's Mapae and follows rules that prevent him from explaining it. Hwang Gildong describes him as someone who becomes stronger through difficulty but will go the wrong way if left alone, a literal comment on his chronic lack of direction as well as his need for guidance. Old Sword Demon leaves on friendly terms with Grid and returns to the East Continent's unfinished struggle instead of accepting a more comfortable affiliation in the west. (Chapters 1211–1212)

Apostles, Dragons, and the Overgeared World

Old Sword Demon and Hwang Gildong travel through the eastern kingdoms trying to liberate people from false worship while avoiding sacrifices that would end their larger mission. That restraint breaks when Old Sword Demon encounters Agnus, whose earlier massacres killed civilians he had rescued and supported. He attacks from personal grief, overwhelms Agnus and Lantier, and nearly completes his revenge before the yangbans intervene. His rush has severe consequences: he dies, and the released fragment of Baal's power attracts Ifrit and threatens the city. (Chapters 1556–1558)

After reviving, Old Sword Demon temporarily works with the weakened Agnus because saving the city matters more than settling their hatred. He burns himself rescuing civilians, uses assassin traps to distract Ifrit and the yangbans, and strikes Baal's fragment while Agnus creates an opening. The episode does not become forgiveness; Old Sword Demon rejects easy redemption and still holds Agnus responsible. It does, however, force him to judge the immediate act rather than let revenge dictate every choice, and he later entrusts protection of the fragment to a partner while the crisis continues. (Chapters 1558–1560, 1562–1563, and 1568)

His partnership with Hwang Gildong continues through missions against the remaining yangbans. Old Sword Demon sacrifices himself to hold pursuers because he can revive and Hwang Gildong cannot, develops poison associated with the Black Tortoise, and learns to provoke enemies through the same verbal tactics he once found infuriating. Their constant bickering hides functional trust: Hwang Gildong repeatedly uses him as the dependable fighter in dangerous positions, while Old Sword Demon returns even after being abandoned, deceived by clones, or sent the wrong way. (Chapters 1687 and 1689)

Baal, Asgard, and the Complete Ending

Old Sword Demon becomes a reliable contact between the Chivalrous Robbers, Sabaek, and the western alliance. His warnings prepare Kraugel for Hwang Gildong's eccentric behavior, though Old Sword Demon's own exchange of insults with Sabaek tests that patience. As Grid's power becomes divine, Old Sword Demon accepts that the gap can no longer be measured through ordinary levels, but continues the East Continent's work instead of withdrawing from the increasingly Absolute-scale conflict. (Chapters 1701 and 1818–1820)

When cultivators invade, Old Sword Demon studies their methods from looted books and condenses a spiritual root. He combines qi refinement with assassin skills, hides five controlled daggers inside Dark World, and uses poison to weaken cultivator defenses. The new system initially remains incomplete: he cannot draw out the treasure's full power and nearly dies after a successful surprise attack. He nonetheless becomes a field leader during the destruction of Full Moon Fortresses, balancing the urge to help Grid with responsibility for the rankers under his command. (Chapters 1971–1972 and 2011)

In the latest eastern battles, Old Sword Demon protects soldiers during fortress bombardment even after recognizing that he has reached his limit. Juander and Chensler save his group, and he quickly returns to the fight beside Kujarak, attacking the cultivators' back line as an assassin rather than competing with the stronger front-line fighters. His progression does not culminate in invincibility; it produces judgment, adaptability, and a leadership role grounded in surviving long enough to help others. (Chapters 2021–2022)

Appearance and personality

The supplied evidence does not give Old Sword Demon a stable facial or bodily description. He is an older player who carries a long sword and can look ragged after extended combat; his public identity is defined more by age, posture, and technique than distinctive features. The contrast between an assassin class and an openly carried long sword is itself central to how other players recognize him. (Chapters 1205, 1208, and 1211)

Old Sword Demon is practical, sarcastic, patient, and outwardly gentlemanly. He enjoys fair combat despite being an assassin, but has no objection to concealment, traps, poison, insults, or even spitting when survival demands them. He becomes angry at cruelty toward ordinary people and can act rashly when personal bonds are violated. Experience teaches him to postpone revenge, assess larger dangers, and restrain younger rankers even when he wants to charge forward himself. His long partnership with Hwang Gildong also sharpens a dry, provocative wit that can draw enemy attention as effectively as a combat skill. (Chapters 1208, 1212, 1556–1560, 1562–1563, 1568, 1687, 1689, 2011, and 2021–2022)

Abilities, classes, and skills

Old Sword Demon is an assassin whose class progression emphasizes traps and tool correction rather than a conventional stealth or assassination branch. He fights with a long sword, reads the habits of other assassins, and changes the apparent weight and tempo of his blade to mislead opponents. His wrist technique redirects projectiles, while presence concealment can make an enemy temporarily fail to perceive him even during direct physical contact. He can also predict Shunpo timing and respond at close range. (Chapters 1208 and 1557)

His swordsmanship becomes stronger under adversity. He uses a heavy blow to overpower Lantier, alternates hidden and visible trajectories, and layers trap effects across a battlefield. Against the yangbans, contact with his blade spreads poison that weakens energies associated with the Four Auspicious Beasts and slows movement. These tools are effective because of experience and matchup knowledge; they do not remove the class's limits, and stronger opponents can still kill him or force him to buy time rather than win. (Chapters 1211, 1557–1560, and 1687)

After the cultivation update, Old Sword Demon condenses a spiritual root from mana and becomes a qi refining cultivator. He forges a treasure of five daggers, controls them with spiritual energy, and hides them through Dark World to imitate some of the battlefield utility he admired in Control Sword. Assassin traits then lower or crack a target's defenses so the invisible daggers can enter the gaps. The combination is promising but initially inefficient because his cultivation is shallow and the treasure cannot reach full power. (Chapters 1971–1972)

His latest strength is best measured through battlefield function rather than a named final class. Old Sword Demon can kill Transcendent-level cultivators, lead ranker groups, protect allies under artillery fire, and exploit a collapsing enemy formation by striking its back line. He remains vulnerable to Absolute-level forces and fortress bombardment, so his success depends on concentration, planning, resurrection as a player, and cooperation with stronger allies. (Chapters 2011 and 2021–2022)

Relationships

Hwang Gildong is Old Sword Demon's leader, partner, trainer, and most frequent source of irritation. They distrust and insult each other, but share a realistic form of justice and repeatedly risk themselves for the same eastern civilians. Old Sword Demon protects Hwang Gildong because the player can revive while the legend cannot, and Hwang Gildong relies on him for missions, diplomacy, and battles where a dependable human fighter is essential. (Chapters 1205, 1208, 1210–1212, 1556, 1687, and 1689)

Grid is first a younger ranker Old Sword Demon admires and later a god whose growth exceeds ordinary comparison. Old Sword Demon helps him recover the Black Tortoise's power but declines guild membership in order to honor existing obligations. Years later, he remains one of Grid's eastern contacts and wants to help during the fight with Garam, yet chooses not to expose his group recklessly. (Chapters 1208, 1210–1212, 1701, 1978, and 2011)

Agnus is the object of a lasting personal grudge because Agnus murdered and reused people Old Sword Demon loved. Old Sword Demon kills him and refuses to treat later good acts as erasing those crimes. Nevertheless, the two cooperate when Ifrit and Baal's fragment threaten civilians. Their relationship demonstrates Old Sword Demon's distinction between accountability and immediate necessity: hatred remains, but it does not justify allowing a city to die. (Chapters 1556–1560, 1562–1563, and 1568)

Kraugel works with Old Sword Demon during the effort to escort and coordinate eastern allies. Old Sword Demon warns him that Hwang Gildong's eccentricity carries no malice, giving Kraugel enough patience to continue the mission. His own later argument with Sabaek undercuts the image of perfect wisdom, but also places him beside Kraugel as a culturally experienced guide rather than a subordinate combatant. (Chapters 1818–1820)

Items

No notable items are documented for Old Sword Demon in the supplied corpus.