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by adminEpisode 117 – Ordinary Sword, Great Sword 4 –
After finishing preparations, I headed to the sparring hall where the sparring with the swordsman would be held.
The sparring grounds were not that different from before.
There were just so many cadets gathered around.
They were just watching with bated breath.
“There’s no point in betting money on this one, right?”
“Yes. It’s a swordsman. No matter what strange behavior you do, you can never turn it around.”
“In the first place, it wouldn’t work because the name of the Sword Saint had value. A moment when you do something similar to Professor Rachel. It’s just the end.”
Objective evaluation by other cadets.
That’s true.
To the extent that Sword Saint is not particularly subject to laws.
If I’m as shitty as before, it’s over.
Even if I die during sparring, I can handle it as a swordsman.
“But anyway, no matter what Abraxas Yeongsik does, it doesn’t mean anything.”
“Yes. Because if you mix it up even a little, Abraxas’s spirit is great.”
But it wasn’t something one-sided on my part.
The swordsman is a man who defeated the swordsman of an old empire whose name has now been forgotten and became the best swordsman in the world.
It’s natural to lose to him.
The issue will be how far you can reach him.
Since I can’t take out the Heavenly Sword, I take out the wooden sword I had prepared in advance for sparring.
A long wooden sword made of wood was prepared in the hands of the Sword Saint.
face each other
He was definitely a smaller person than me, but what was important was what was on the inside, not the outside.
It gave off a massive atmosphere, as if it wouldn’t be pushed back even if it tried its best.
However, this one wasn’t any more difficult than before.
I am the one who risked my life to fight against the guardian.
There was absolutely no way I could feel fear about something like this.
“You have no fear at all in fighting with me.”
“I guess you didn’t hear from other people? I’m not really afraid of dying.
If that had happened right away, would he have caused a scene during the performance evaluation while wearing clothes printed with His Majesty’s portrait?”
“Not being afraid of death is an example of a knight.”
“I live a life that is quite far from chivalrous.”
“No one can live a life of chivalry perfectly. Everyone knows the life of chivalry, but few achieve it.
And the majority of aspirants collapse in the face of death. Unlike other forms of chivalry that require you to change your behavior, death requires you to go against your instincts.”
Even while hearing those words, I felt aggrieved.
Chivalry? I may be an apostle, but chivalry does not suit me at all.
So I stayed still.
Geomseong looked at him with pride as he did not show any emotional agitation even in front of him.
“Good attitude. It can be said that steadfastness is the best quality in battle.
In knightly novels, it is common to demonstrate greater power through anger, but anger erodes reason, simplifies attacks, and quickly exhausts aurors.”
There may be many reasons why the Sword Saint held this sparring match.
There was something I could tell from the fact that they were sparring in public.
The emperor probably wanted to show the skills of the swordsman to the members of this academy.
or not… I may be overly self-conscious, but I may be doing it for my own good.
I guess there is also the fact that the Sword Saint likes fighting.
I don’t know the exact details, so let’s skip it.
“So it’s important to always remain calm. Just like you.”
The atmosphere is heightened.
Judgment is slowly approaching.
Several faculty members also watch with their hands shaking.
The professors who had given in to power were praying for them to go without any trouble.
“Then… let’s begin… ”
Professor Maximilian, who represented the faculty, served as referee.
His expression wasn’t very nice, but I couldn’t care less.
“Get ready… 3… 2… One… Let’s start!”
The word “start” rang from his mouth, and the sparring began immediately.
Maximilian, concerned about the possibility of being caught up in an offensive, took refuge in the distance.
This is because he would have known well that if Geomseong decided to do anything, he would never be able to stop it.
“Come in first.”
Geomseong casually gave up the first strike.
There was no reason not to accept it.
“Then… ”
A technique is achieved by pushing the aura inside the muscle.
Aura eruption, Aura support, Aura strengthening. By combining these three technologies, you can leap forward at a very fast speed.
Geomseong smiled with satisfaction at that sight.
“At least, it’s not a level that someone my age would have achieved. surely. It’s useful.”
No matter what expression the Sword Saint made, I charged at him with my wooden sword.
and…
I was literally punched in the face.
Wow~
“Gaggingㅡ”
I could see it.
But it couldn’t be avoided.
He didn’t even raise his fist like in boxing, he just held his back and punched me right in the face.
It was not a skill that could be commonly performed.
“You lowered your head to lessen the shock. Even at the moment of being hit, he was staring at his fist accurately without fear. Certainly, the basics are solid.”
Even when I fell to the ground after being punched, he didn’t stop evaluating me.
Like a spring, it bounced on the ground once and then connected its body to the ground through auror support to prevent subsequent bounces.
“… I’m not that good in my grade.”
“I heard that this rider is excellent. But that doesn’t change the fact that you’re special.”
“Why… ?”
“You just have to teach it. Teach them special skills, and eventually learn about Aurors.
However, mindset or improvisation cannot be learned. That’s the realm of experience and talent.”
Geomseong closed his eyes for a moment as if reminiscing about the past.
And I wasn’t a fool to miss that time.
Pangㅡ
Push the Aura into your thigh and maintain your balance with the Aura’s support.
When flying, like when a spring is released, the thrust was created by the eruption of aura.
My body flying at a faster speed than before.
When the sword got close to him, he immediately threw it.
Hwiikㅡ
Just~
The sword surrounded by the aura flew towards the sword saint.
The swordsman dodged the sword strike without any hesitation.
If force and force are applied in opposite directions, the force is converted into shock.
However, he did not do that and attacked from a blind spot, throwing away the wooden sword I had thrown.
It’s like if the car is facing a wall, it just hits it.
If it’s a ramp, it’s like going up smoothly.
There was a bit of satisfaction in the eyes of the swordsman who discharged the sword strike through one fluid movement.
“It was good to catch someone off guard, but… It’s a pity, but considering that you can use energy during battle ”
Tight~
But that much was expected.
In the battle with Maximilian a long time ago, I had already deceived him and struck him with a blow.
It was the same this time too.
As soon as I threw the sword, my body was already preparing for the next attack.
Support your body with support from the air.
Creates rotational force through aura eruption.
I threw a powerful kick at him, adding all the strength of my body to the supported area.
“You got it right!!”
Even though he was also connected to the land with Auror support, he was not pushed away.
Although the damage was minimal thanks to the auror reinforcement.
In the end, what was important was that the attack hit the opponent at a much lower level.
And that wasn’t the end.
As soon as my foot touched his face, I used Auror support to support the area between the Sword Saint’s face and my foot.
As such, my feet and the face of the Sword Saint have temporarily become one.
My body was now lying in the air, not perpendicular to the ground.
at that time.
I kicked his body with my other foot, as if I was standing straight and firmly stepping on the ground.
It was a skill that was possible because it was connected to the ground through Auror support.
Puck~
Pakㅡ
Pakㅡ
Tup ㅡ
However, when about three attacks hit.
He must have sensed my feet through his senses and caught exactly where I wanted to strike.
One foot was supported through the Sword Saint’s face.
The remaining foot was caught by the Sword Saint.
It’s a dilemma.
Tup ㅡ
Geomseong even grabbed my foot that was touching my face and cut off the support with force.
Just as a chain can eventually be broken by a strong force.
My skills could not resist the physical abilities of the Sword Saint, which were on a different level.
I thought the next attack would follow.
Geomseong put me down with a smile and then told me what I needed to improve.
“In that short period of time, you have hidden two things to exploit loopholes. It was a great surprise attack.”
Geomseong said as if he was satisfied.
However, he also mentioned some regrets in real time.
“But throwing the sword is not desirable because it means not looking forward.
In actual combat, since it is not a sparring match, the enemy may have a cure. Even if you can send it all at once, you should not use it unless it is a last resort.”
“That was the last resort. How do I win?”
“Haha. I will throw a sword to you, so pick up the sword. Let’s take a look at the sword technique.”
The Sword Master casually lifted the sword and threw it at me.
He grabbed the sword, crossed his body slightly, and pointed the wooden sword at me.
“If you are good at handling the sword, there is no need for any improvisation. If the level is the same, then swordsmanship comes next, and then improvisation comes next.”
“You said earlier that you were special thanks to your improvisation and attitude.”
“The thing in front of it is the factor that the other party considers first, and it is easy to measure, so it is within the expected range. And since those two have been analyzed the most, they are easy to teach.”
Geomseong thoroughly analyzed me.
Their swords are aimed at each other.
As if he would give up the initiative again this time, the swordsman took one hand off his sword and motioned for me to come to him.
Now that there is no need to hide one’s power, there is no reason not to use Igrasil’s sword technique.
However, there is one reason why the ghost sword technique has not been revealed so far.
Should we really use power?
To be exact… Does the Sword Saint remember Igrasil’s techniques?
‘I don’t know for sure.’
Since it happened hundreds of years ago, they may have forgotten.
You may remember that he was a very difficult opponent.
‘Let’s trust the Guardian.’
Anyway, you can’t hide it for a thousand years.
It is a skill that must be revealed someday.
Although we plan to hide the exact information.
It doesn’t matter as long as I can get this technology guaranteed through the guardian of the World Tree.
There may be room to argue that it was transmitted in a different way.
“Going.”
The best swordsmanship I can use.
A swordsmanship that plunged the empire into fear hundreds of years ago.
Ghost Sword Technique, the first form of that sword technique.
Sooo
The sword cuts through the air and approaches the sword saint.
Of course, Geomseong lightly tried to block the attack with his sword.
I predicted in advance where the sword would approach and brought the sword to it.
However, my wooden sword never touched the Sword Saint’s wooden sword.
This technique is not limited to the body, but rather utilizes both the body and the spirit.
Therefore, it can go against the existing providence and move in a way that can never be done.
“Formula… Take it… ? Since there is inertia, it would take a lot of force to make that kind of movement, right?”
To change direction casually.
It may not be possible to go up to 90 degrees, but to go completely in the opposite direction, you have to apply twice the force that the material had.
This is because matter has the property of maintaining momentum, called inertia.
But what if you could just change direction?
Then wouldn’t it be possible to show off a huge fight while preserving the power? This is the ghost sword method that came out of this thought.
It always cools down, unfolds again, and moves on.
The reason why the Sword Demon was called a ghost.
It was because he believed that swordsmanship was like a ghost.
Window
“You use a unique sword technique. It feels like I’m seeing a great disaster from the past.”
However, the swordsman fought with this swordsmanship of the past.
I finally overcame it.
The swordsman predicted all the sword techniques that I could use freely and took them one by one.
“There is no way it was passed down over hundreds of years… Is it some kind of convergent evolution? ?”
I was able to feel a little relieved by the words of the Sword Saint.
At least it was because I didn’t think that I would use the same techniques as the Great Heavenly Killer.
“You showed decent skills… It would be right for me to answer that too.”
Oooong~
With the Sword Saint’s words, a tremendous amount of energy begins to radiate out.
I could tell without paying much attention.
Something huge will come out.
“There are people who came here… I have to show it properly at least once.”
The scene that unfolded with the words of the Sword Saint was the height of mystery.
The sword’s trajectory seems to proceed extremely slowly.
It seemed as if an afterimage remained in the traces of the sword.
In my experience, it felt like I was watching it in slow motion.
In reality, not even a second had passed.
The trajectory creates another trajectory, which creates another trajectory and returns to its original position.
The slightest movement can lead to completely different results, and that is the best decision.
It was a speed that could be stopped.
But it couldn’t be stopped.
Even though it was a really static attack without any variation.
Even if I blocked it, there was a next time, and I had no choice but to realize that there was a next time after that.
And the end was my defeat.
I can’t even remember from what point.
The Sword Master’s sword was already in its scabbard.
One hand on my neck.
The other hand grabbed my right arm.
“Great will. The speculation hasn’t gone away yet.”
The Sword Saint praised my will.
Because I stopped speculating and looked for something else to think about the next time.
It seemed like he couldn’t control his speculation.
but… Unfortunately. The moment Geomseong grabbed my neck and right arm.
The game is already over.
This is because I came up with one of several methods.
“Will you surrender?”
Geomseong asked me if I would give up.
My answer was set.
“It can’t be.”
Sigh-
After a simple smile, his hands instantly connected to my neck and arms.
Additionally, black magic is used there.
There was less aura in his hand than usual.
He pushed me hard, probably to prevent me from getting hurt.
In this case, it was a huge mistake.
Because it was the same as letting go of defense.
“What are you doing… !”
The basis of black magic is the transformation of the body through aura.
Just as alchemy is the transformation of matter through magic.
Black magic transforms the body of a living being.
However, Aurors are the source of life. Therefore, if you defend yourself with auras, you have resistance to other people’s auras.
The way to break through this is simply to become stronger.
And the Sword Saint was stronger than me… The arm that touched his body was temporarily weaker than the body I offered.
This is because I sacrificed my left eye, tongue, and other parts that were currently useless.
“… So what is this action?”
Geomseong was momentarily embarrassed, but nothing much happened after that.
This is because my neck and his left arm were fused with my body, just as the saying goes, a transformation of the body.
Two heads but one body.
That’s why neither of us could move those two parts.
At least he thought so.
Damn it~
“!!!”
Until my face started cracking.
Cracks and splits appear all over my body.
Like a reptile shedding its skin, a shell that looks exactly like me breaks open, revealing the empty inside.
Geomseong’s judgment was momentarily paralyzed.
The thought that he might have died must have crossed his mind.
But I am alive.
This is a technique I learned from the corps commander.
It is a survival story and a cautionary tale of how he was able to survive in the Lion Corps for a long time.
Pangㅡ
Soon my chest completely broke open and the insides were clearly visible.
I was there inside.
In one hand was the handle of the Heavenly Sword that had been secretly taken out.
The other hand was supporting the Heavenly Sword to make it easier to stab.
The two hands of the Sword Saint are now connected to my skin.
Since he has not learned the Ghost Sword Technique, it takes quite a bit of strength to overcome his inertia.
He tried.
But I was faster.
He couldn’t be faster than me if he wasn’t trying to kill me.
Pushyuk ㅡ
My Heavenly Sword, which became a dagger, is embedded in his body.
From that perspective, the Heavenly Sword was stuck in his right abdomen.
After hearing the sound of a dagger cutting through flesh.
There was no sound, as if everything had become silent.
Geomseong was in a state of bewilderment, as if he still couldn’t believe that a dagger was stuck in his stomach.
Geomseong lowered his head, swiped the dagger a little, and immediately covered it with the blood that flowed out and brought it to the corner of his eye.
Seeing that his hands were shaking, he definitely didn’t look at peace.
“Heo-eok-Heo-eok-”
As soon as the attack hit, all the tension in my body was relieved.
Although it was held on with aura reinforcement, it was not surprising if it was released at any time.
The opponent is Sword Saint.
My strategy may not work.
Although it is not a life-threatening situation.
I am also a person.
I hoped that the plan I had planned would be successful.
And fortunately, the operation was successful.
“Haha… haha… ”
A dejected laugh leaks from the Sword Saint’s mouth.
But it was hard to say anything about his expression.
The Sword Saint looked as if he had lost his mind but also looked delighted.
Although his face gradually distorted.
The corners of his mouth kept going up.
Soon, the Sword Saint’s face began to fill with joy…
“Passed! I passed!!! Abraxas Mentutihotep!!!”
My sparring ended with his joy.
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