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by adminTatsuya Fujiwara’s momentum changed completely.
It is not that anger has deepened or hostility has become stronger.
Strangely enough, I thought his feelings were directed at me, but upon closer inspection, I realized that they were unconsciously directed at himself.
‘what?’
I provoked it properly and scratched it, but something jumped out in a strange direction.
First, as he watched without showing it on his face, Tatsuya Fujiwara adjusted his posture.
A swordsmanship stance seen for the first time. After seeing his determination and sword skills that had never been shown in a game before, I strengthened the barrier.
And finally.
“New Kage-ryu.”
The name of the school of swordsmanship he had mastered came out of his mouth.
“Swimming.”
At that moment, something like a haze rose above the sword that Tatsuya Fujiwara was holding.
Pak-!
‘what… !’
Immediately after, the detection barrier placed in the stadium shattered like a balloon bursting.
“I am a prosecutor.”
“… .”
“A martial artist who refines his or her own skills and skills without relying on external knowledge or external power.”
Tatsuya Fujiwara growled, gritting his teeth, and pointed a strange sword with a haze at me.
I tried observing it several times, but as soon as the barrier collided with that sword, it couldn’t hold up and collapsed.
Then, at some point, my eyes narrowed.
‘… ‘It was that sword.’
When I was running my first marathon, a barrier I had set up in the forest to block the ground.
I inadvertently remembered the barrier that collapsed helplessly, giving me a feeling similar to an illusion killing.
‘The magic power of the technique itself is stolen and used as part of the sword technique to increase cutting power.’
He surrounds his sword with a barrier that absorbs the magical energy it touches and replaces it with his own sword energy, and cuts through the spell in front of him to remove that magical energy.
Although it cannot compare to the output of illusion killing, it is a very similar technology in terms of its composition.
“You were the one who cut my barrier during the marathon race.”
He didn’t answer what I said. It didn’t matter. Because it wasn’t something I said hoping for an answer from the beginning.
Nevertheless, my narrowed gaze was focused on the barrier surrounding his sword.
‘Shin Kage-ryu’s swimming… ‘They’re already using that technology?’
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting it at all.
Niten Ichi-ryu, Shinkage-ryu, Itto-ryu, Kugi Shin-ryu… .
Tatsuya Fujiwara mastered all the sword techniques that had developed into four major categories since the cataclysm.
Of course, I also remember the swimming technique he just used as a technique belonging to the Shin Kage-ryu.
‘What happened?’
The corners of my eyes narrowed.
Swimming was clearly Tatsuya Fujiwara’s technique, but it was not a technique he could use now.
‘I have not yet integrated my own martial arts and completed Wolbonchamyeolryu (越本借蔑流). But Yooyoung also wasn’t a technique used around this time.’
Tatsuya Fujiwara continues to grow as he experiences various events in the main story, and at some point, he completely abandons the Fujiwara family and awakens.
And ironically, the awakening of his hatred of his family was none other than facing the power of his family and using it as his own strength.
‘The school that faced the power of the family, developed various techniques, including swimming, and further refined them and weaved them into one is Wolbonchamyeolryu.’
A school that goes beyond the main stream and despises things borrowed from outside.
All of the techniques whose names clearly conveyed his disgust toward his ideology and the Fujiwara family were techniques that would appear after his awakening, which I am trying to induce.
‘Did you experience some kind of trigger beforehand?’
With my presence, the butterfly effect is increasing in size every moment.
There was a very high probability that something had deviated from the direction of the original work without my knowledge and had influenced Tatsuya Fujiwara.
I tensed my body, relied on my insight and combat experience, and was wary of Tatsuya Fujiwara.
“From now on, don’t think about blocking my sword with such a thin curtain.”
The next moment, his new brother, who had coldly warned me, was fired at me.
Intuition, memory, and experience cry out.
From now on, I will not be able to withstand it with my body while completely trusting the defensive barrier.
“Ildo-ryu.”
For a moment, a shiver ran down my spine. While closing the gap at high speed, Tatsuya Fujiwara’s sword blade, which was at the top, shone in the sunlight.
“Reference”
When he dodged the vertical slash by throwing his body out, he immediately turned his joints to change the direction of the slash as if he had expected it, and continued to cast the next technique.
“Chamgon (斬坤)”
Before my two legs had even reached the ground as I threw myself upward, he jumped again, narrowing the distance between me, and continued the slash that started with a vertical cut with a horizontal cut.
“Tch!”
Kaan-!
A loud sound rang out, and the right arm raised to protect the neck and head received Chamgon’s blow.
“… It was clearly a strike that would neutralize and cut down the barrier spell, but did it do something?”
Tatsuya Fujiwara, as if looking at something fascinating, but still keeping his gaze and expression cold, moved his gaze to my right arm.
The arm clad in blue magical power was suddenly enclosing a barrier that had taken on a physical form like armor.
‘As expected, it’s similar.’
Swimming is a technique developed by Shin Kage-ryu swordsmen to attack their jutsu as swordsmen.
Later on, he expands it to his entire body and a certain area around it, just like my sphere of influence… .
‘Is this technology currently limited to swords?’
I guess I haven’t built up that level of proficiency yet.
“Have you modified the technique recently? … No, it would be reasonable to assume that there are already measures in place to prevent this type of attack.”
After observing the barrier that blocked Yuyoung, he muttered and adjusted his posture again.
I also hastily checked the state of the barrier on my right arm.
‘It’s similar, but maybe it’s because the structure is different.’
The barrier on his right arm was shaking unstably, perhaps because he had been hit by a slash that neutralized and destroyed the barrier technique in a similar but slightly different way to illusion killing.
The result of neutralizing the magic by absorbing magical power was the same as Illusion Killing and Swimming, but perhaps the process was slightly different, and the damage to the barrier was more severe than when it collided with Illusion Killing.
‘But it’s not enough to stop it.’
Instability is a problem that can be solved by continuously improving and maintaining the barrier.
So, I calculated that at this level, one barrier would be enough to easily withstand several combinations.
“You’re still hiding your skills.”
“Because there is no need to take it out.”
No need to take it out.
You can’t say this after reaching the semifinals. At first glance, this sounds like a deception and a provocation.
I also act as if I have accepted it, and use my tongue and magic to induce Fujiwara Tatsuya to accept the family’s power.
That was the plan I had in mind… .
‘Did they say everyone has a perfect plan?’
It wasn’t a plan that was struck and collapsed, but my head hurt enough to think that it would have been better if it had been hit and collapsed.
‘What made the growth accelerate?’
Tatsuya Fujiwara’s awakening has already begun.
However, it was impossible to determine the trigger at all, and therefore his history, which was ultimately revealed, also became impossible to specify.
‘Do we proceed as planned, or do we change the plan somewhat?’
As I was pondering this, Fujiwara Tatsuya frowned and showed off a new sword technique again.
“Where are you digging your eyes!”
My head, which was organizing my thoughts, hurriedly moved my body.
This is because it looked as if the silver combs raining down on me would break through the barrier at any moment and tear my body apart.
Although it may be somewhat less powerful than the previous Chamgeon and Chamgon, it is not a single powerful blow, but rather a slash with the intention of instantly neutralizing and tearing away the barrier technique by striking several times.
‘That won’t work!’
Several barriers were created in the air.
As large and small spheres of barrier floated in the air, the silver slashes that were cutting through the air towards me collided with the barrier along the way, greatly reducing their number.
‘First of all, we need to spend a little more time and be careful about the issue of awakening.’
I am already walking down a new path in my own way.
Whatever the reason, it achieved faster growth than the original I wanted, so there seemed to be no need to be more greedy here.
Too much or too little. If you are greedy and do too much, you will end up doing everything wrong.
‘therefore.’
Ugh-.
Now, there is no problem with proper ‘battle’.
“Ugh!”
“Well, it looks like you have no intention of bringing out your hidden power.”
The moment Tatsuya Fujiwara fell asleep and I muttered that, the defensive barrier completely shattered and disintegrated in an instant.
The barrier was not destroyed by his swimming. The barrier was destroyed from the inside.
There are two main ways to attack the barrier technique: destroying the structure, and generating magical power within the barrier, like a bomb, that the barrier cannot handle.
And at this moment, an enormous amount of powerful body magic and body strengthening was produced inside the barrier, burning enormous magical power.
‘Did the unstable defense barrier not hold up?’
Well, it doesn’t matter.
Anyway, from the moment we tried to fight properly, we had to form a new barrier.
Considering the difference in skill between me and that guy, it’s an overreaction, but it will definitely get Aleister’s attention.
“You’d better be prepared.”
The moment when Tatsuya Fujiwara, who tensed his body at those words, put on a rigid body like me and increased the output of his body strengthening.
Pak-!
“Wow… ?!”
Shortening the distance in an instant, my fist broke the sword he was holding and plunged my fist into his abdomen.
Left ahhh!
“Cluck, cough… !”
Tatsuya Fujiwara, who was being pushed forward like a cannonball, gritted his teeth and glared at me.
He frowned in excruciating pain and twisted his body to keep his balance in order to somehow escape the scene. He sweated and caught his breath.
“It seems that the swimming technique can only be used if you have a sword.”
It was a fact I already knew, but it was recited as if to clearly remind me.
“Your guy… !”
He bites his teeth so hard that red light leaks out between his teeth.
His blood flowed past his lips and down his chin, dripping onto the floor.
Judging by its condition, it appears that it has suffered considerable damage from the blow just now.
It seemed like further engagement would be impossible.
However, Tatsuya Fujiwara did not fall.
Even though he was panting and staggering in a cold sweat, he glared at me with ferocious energy and injected even more strength into his grip on the sword.
“Hide your power… With that being said, the ‘strength’ you are considering is probably a story about the Fujiwara family’s spiritualism.”
As he said that, he chewed his lips and let out a deep sigh.
“Spiritualism is literally a method of worshiping gods.”
Magical power flowed from his body.
The momentum that had been surging like a torrent just a moment ago was gone, and blue magical power was creeping up from Tatsuya Fujiwara’s whole body, like steam rising.
“It is not my power, but an external power.”
His magical power gathers into the broken sword.
“It is absurd to discuss one’s level and strength with borrowed power that is not one’s own.”
Before he knew it, the blue color disappeared and his sword disappeared.
Tatsuya Fujiwara’s broken sword trembled. Unable to overcome the pressure of magical power, the sword body is shaking as if it will explode at any moment.
“This is the best blow I can show right now.”
A slash that pours out magical power compressed to the limit in a single blow.
Seeing that, I also decided to respond head on.
“… Phew.”
Quaaaat-!
The audience became quiet due to the enormous magical energy exploding from my body, and Tatsuya Fujiwara’s complexion darkened.
Just like he did, this much magic power is packed into one blow.
Since I didn’t have a sword, I made a sword using the barrier armament and held it.
An immeasurable amount of magical energy permeated the barrier weapon held in my hand.
A barrier sword made of enormous magical power has completed preparations to sublimate itself into a slash by burning itself.
“… .”
“… .”
A moment of silence followed without a word.
The next moment, Tatsuya Fujiwara and I simultaneously swung our swords and slashed at each other.
.
.
.
“Is it my defeat?”
The winner of the bout was decided in an instant.
The moment the slashes collided, my magic power crushed Tatsuya Fujiwara’s slash and flew toward his body without any time for the repulsion between the two magical powers to occur.
Chi-ik-.
“Cadet Tatsuya Fujiwara. Can you continue?”
“… No, I surrender.”
Smoke rises from Odd Spartium’s palm as he stretches out one hand to catch my slash, and Tatsuya Fujiwara, who had told Odd Spartium his intention to surrender, collapses behind him.
Before my slash cut him into two, Odd Spartium intervened and blocked my attack.
‘For safety’s sake, the weapon is replaced with a false sword, but magical attacks are blocked directly by Odd Spartium and Professor Raina… ‘This is an ignorant method no matter how you look at it.’
It is as if safety management, for which there is no proper method, is being covered purely physically.
“Due to Cadet Tatsuya Fujiwara’s inability to fight, Cadet Seong Yujin will advance to the finals!”
With the declaration of Odd Spartium, the quiet audience erupted in passionate cheers as if they had never done so before.
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