Jacob had lost count of the phantoms he killed with Dragon Slayer's Sword atop the unnamed mountain. At that point, he had already acquired eight marks on his body. One more, and it would be completed.
Unfortunately, regardless of how many phantoms he killed, the last mark simply wouldn't appear. "Does attaining the last mark require something special?" Jacob was feeling rather dejected. If killing phantoms can't give me the final mark then there is no point in slaying more of them.
As he looked down at the humongous phantom over a dozen meters tall, he grew restless and wondered out loud, "If I kill that big guy, will the ninth mark finally appear?"
In the end, he leaped from his spot and dove toward the giant phantom. I'll give it a try right now. I have the Divine Bow, anyway. There's nothing these phantoms can do to me. If I can't win, I'll just run back to the peak.
