Vikir Van Baskerville/Synopsis

## Synopsis

### Rebirth

   After his death, Vikir suddenly wakes up as a baby inside a crib. While he initially believes that he is in hell, Vikir quickly realizes that he has regressed back to his infancy upon seeing a younger version of Hugo. While he wants to take his revenge immediately, Vikir acknowledges that he is powerless as a baby and decides to instead bide his time and become stronger.

   When he is dropped into the cradle of swords, Vikir is determined to be the first who makes it to the river styx. Pushing past the numerous swords in his way, he manages to be the first infant to make it there. He stays in the water for as long as possible, while absorbing the water through his skin and his wounds. When Hugo tells Vikir to come up after 7 minutes, Vikir responds by drinking some of the water, which caused him to nearly drown. As Vikir is about to pass out, he is pulled out of the river by Hugo, who notes that Vikir has already grown teeth, while bathing in the river.

   After passing out, Vikir wakes up back in the nursery. When he regained consciousness, a maid arrives and puts a box into Vikir‘s cradle as she was ordered to do so by one of Hugo's concubines. As Vikir was wondering who would send him a gift, 2 black mambas come out of the box. Thereafter, Vikir realises that the mambas are meant to kill him in order to thin out the competition for another child. However, Vikir is able to kill both snakes, when he coated his hands with mana. The next morning, Vikir is found gently sleeping among the shredded snake corpses.

8 years later, Vikir sits in a class and learns about the stages of a swordsman. After class, he is surrounded by the triplets, Highbro, Midbro & Lowbro. They mock him, thinking that the rumors about him bathing in the river styx for 7 minutes and killing 2 snakes as an infant are false. To prove it, Lowbro holds Vikir still and covers his mouth to stop his breathing until he passes out, but after Vikir held his breath for 10 minutes, the trio becomes scared and release him. However, Vikir bites off one of Lowbro's fingers before he could release him. An irritated Highbro attempts to stab Vikir, but the blade doesn't pierce his skin. Afterwards, Vikir punches Highbro in the face, knocking out some teeth in the process. Thereafter, he follows up by kicking Midbro in the chin, breaking his jaw. Following that, Vikir tells the trio that he will let one of them go and tosses a knife at them. Then, he tells them that they should decide by themselves, who should leave and that he won’t wait for too long.

Later on, Hugo calls him to his office so that he could explain his actions. Vikir explains that he did nothing wrong as he is stronger than them and that he was therefore in the right. Hugo responds by telling him that the triplets had forgiven him for his actions and asks Vikir if he still does not feels guilty for it, but Vikir responds by saying that forgiveness is a tool used by those too weak to get revenge, words that Hugo himself used in Vikir‘s past life. Impressed by his words, Hugo tells his butler, John Barrymore to lead Vikir to the warehouse, while granting Vikir the opportunity to take snacks from there. As Vikir was about to leave, Hugo tells him to not let anyone from the main house beat him in the upcoming midterm assessment. At the warehouse, Vikir requests unprocessed cocoa beans, much to the butler’s confusion. Thereafter, Vikir is given a bag of bloody beans, a kind of cocoa bean with an extremely strong flavor.

### Practical Assessment

    Vikir is with the other children as Pavlov Van Baskerville tells the rules of the assessment. Once they are released, Vikir goes near the vicinity of the unexplored areas. While the other children fight low-level demonic creatures and each other, Vikir instead creates a small camp for himself. After several days, the hound tasked to observe Vikir from the shadows eventually loses interest and stops following him. After losing his tail, Vikir threw some bloody beans into the fire, using them to remove the gamey smell from his meat. Following that, he enters the unexplored area and sees a pile of flaming shit, which is sign that a hellhound is nearby. Shortly after, an hellhound approaches and attacks him just like he wanted. After using some tricks, he eventually manages to kill this creature, gaining its karma as a result. Confident that he has secured the first place in the practical test, Vikir is about to take its head, when three more hellhounds suddenly appear. Vikir quickly decapitates the deceased creature before turning his attention to the other creatures. However, when the hellhounds suddenly become fearful, Vikir realizes that a Cerberus has approached him. Vikir wonders what the Cerberus is doing there, but after realising that it is wounded, he surmises that it was chased by the barbarians. Deciding to take advantage of the creature’s injured state, Vikir attacks. While he is initially able to keep the creature at bay, the moment he lets his guard down, the Cerberus attacked him with his claws, both injuring Vikir‘s arm and breaking his sword. Sensing danger, Vikir decides to tactically retreat, hence he left the resticted area and returned to his camp. Nevertheless, the Cerberus was closely following behind him. Vikir eventually manages to lead the beast to a pitfull he created earlier. It fell inside it and got impaled by the bloody bean coated stakes as a result. Nevertheless, as the Cerberus was still alive and was storming towards his direction, he threw another stake at the creature. This stake was different from the others as it was coated in the bloody mamba's venom that he had hidden as an infant. The Cerberus eventually died after taken 7 steps.

    Realizing that the Cerberus must have been guarding something, Vikir surmises that there is a dungeon nearby and decides to find it. Thereafter, he spreads the Cerberus feces on himself in order to avoid smaller demonic creatures. Backtracking the path of the Cerberus, Vikir ultimately finds the dungeon and enters it. After walking for some time, he manages to reach a room that was illuminated by a light emitting ruby. Seeing a corpse on the ground, Vikir examines the notes next to it. The note explained that 2 Baskerville brothers had previously discovered the dungeon and spent 3 years trying to solve it. Misunderstanding the riddle, one brother ended up killing the other, but that didn't solve the riddle, so, he left the dungeon without gaining anything. After some thought, Vikir manages to solve the riddle and breaks the ruby as a consequence in order to solve the dungeon. After destroying the ruby, Beelzebub reveals itself to him. Thereafter, Vikir claims the sword and it fuses with his right hand. After deciding to head back, Vikir feels an overwhelming sense of hunger from the sword. After exiting the dungeon, Beelzebub pulls him in the direction of the hellhound that he killed earlier. The blade then stabs the creature and drinks its blood, successfully satiating it’s hunger as a result. The Gluttonous Fly then activates and Vikir absorbs the Hellhound's Hemorrhage skill. Deciding to see what other skills he can get, Vikir goes to the corpse of the Cerberus, warning Beelzebub not to drink the corpse dry. He then absorbs the Incinerate skill from Cerberus along with the Rapid Regeneration skill from the brown rat that was laying underneath the Cerberus. As the assessment ends, Vikrir brings back the Cerberus corpse, much to the shock of the assessors. John wanted to ask him details, but Vikir simply told him that he was tired and went back to the dormitory.

### The Aftermath

Hugo later called him to talk about the practical assessment. When he was asked how he killed the Cerberus, Vikir explains that he fed it chocolate. Subsequently, Hugo surmises that this is the reason why he requested chocolate from the warehouse. Hugo then asks why Vikir didnt answer john's questions and Vikir states that it was because the Clan head was his master and not John. Pleased by his words, Hugo gives him the corpse of the Cerberus, while also telling him that he will grant him a request. Thereafter, Vikir requests to enter the 10,000 book library. Although seemingly reluctant, Hugo eventually agrees, telling him to read the Baskerville Swordsmanship’s 6th Fang. Vikir is suprised that Hugo would permit an illegitimate child to learn the 6th Fang, but decides to use the opportunity to surpass Hugo.

    Upon entering the library, Vikir takes the Baskerville Swordsmanship’s 6th Fang Book, only skimming through it before approaching the exit, much to the confusion of the guards. Thereafter, he states that he will be reading some other books before proceeding deeper into the library. After searching, Vikir finds the book, "Lurking Embedded Teeth", the book which held the secret on how to reach the 10th Fang. Using the knowledge from his past life, Vikir manages to fill in the missing pages, allowing him to read the book properly. After reading he book all night, Vikir memorizes it’s content and successfully uses the 5th Fang, something he failed to do in his past life. He then uses a magnifying glass to burn the book, making sure no else can read it. This causes the guards to appear and Vikir apologises as a result. The guards let it go, believing that it was just a miscellaneous book without value. In his next meeting with Hugo, Vikir mentions a peculiar feeling that he got. Believing that the feeling might be Aura, Hugo sets up a test for him.

    Some time later, Vikir stands in an arena, preparing to battle an Orc. As the Orc is released, it attacks Vikir, but Vikir easily severs its arm and slices its ankles, using the Hemmorage skill from Beelzebub to negate the Orc's High-Speed Regeneration skill. While the onlooking children are impressed, Vikir realises that Hugo is still trying to figure out what Vikir learned during his visit to the library. Deciding to impress him, Vikir uses Aura Blade, allowing him to dispose of the Orc in a single blow. While Hugo is initially shocked, he surmises that the Orc was defective, as it’s High-Speed Regeneration skill didn’t activate during the battle. Nevertheless, Vikir requests an opponent stronger than an Orc right after it’s death, taking Hugo off guard. Hugo eventually agrees, sending out a Troll as Vikir‘s next opponent. When Vikir is permitted to start, he initially has trouble cutting through the Troll's skin, but when he uses the Troll’s own power against it, he is able to damage the creature. Nevertheless, as Vikir didn’t use his Hemmorage skill during the battle, the afflicted wounds on the troll eventually began to heal. Deeming that the battle is over, Hugo tries to stop the match, but Vikir requests another opportunity to kill it. Hugo agrees and Vikir uses the Baskerville second technique during the following battle in order to kill it, stunning everyone present.

One week later Vikri is eating lunch, while thinking over the past events and musing over the Superspeed Regeneration Skill that he absorbed from the Troll. Shortly after, he is approached by the Triplets, who compliment his ability to take down a Cerberus and a Troll. While Vikir was listening to their compliments, Butler Barrymore appears and requests him to go to the patriarch's room where Hugo was waiting.

## References

1. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 1
2. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 2
3. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 3
4. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 4
5. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 5
6. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 6
7. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 7
8. ↑ Revenge of the Iron Blooded Sword Hound Manhwa- Chapter 8