episode_0018

1.

Ignis came to the front of the stage, dragging his sword across the floor.

A huge greatsword that doesn’t match the jangling steps at all.

“How on earth are you going to swing that thing like that?”

The boy sitting next to me said.

I agree.

Because that huge sword feels too out of place on her appearance, which seems close to that of a girl from Ignes.

“…For revenge on my close friend, Taina.”

But I had no idea that the words that came out of my mouth would be more foreign.

‘Ahhh! Please! Please close your mouth, how can you close it!’

Taina fell into despair as she watched Ignes recite lines that sounded like they came straight out of a very poorly written novel.

Instructor Tachibesus also seemed to be at a loss, and he couldn’t help but look flustered.

“…Are you ready?”

“Hoo! Hoo hoo hoo! Ho! Wait a minute! ”

Aaaah…

I’m a bit nervous…

Ignis turns his head in confusion, shaking his shoulders and flexing his muscles.

After making a fuss here and there and relaxing,

-Tsk!

He ended all his antics by slapping me in the face.

“Ouch… You hit me too hard…”

Ignis was holding back tears, perhaps because of her flushed cheeks.

Where did that heavy and static atmosphere in the examination room go? The kids around me were chatting and expressing their bewilderment.

“What the heck is this… It’s a different kind of shock than Cariel…”

“Haak, ugh, how did you get into the academy like that?”

“Oh my, this is really killing me… It looks like he’s going to cry and scream and collapse as soon as he starts? It really looks like he got hit somewhere. Aaah…”

Even among the kids who were groaning and unable to escape the shockwave of the competency test, Ignis’s clear presence rose.

I prayed inwardly.

‘Please, please show me just 1 set!!!’

Because you sold my name and my honor is at stake with you…!

Most children have their abilities reduced to just one thing.

So, if you can endure that killing intent and swing your sword, you will at least be evaluated as being in the lower-middle tier.

He put his hands together and began to pray.

Ban looks dumbfounded, unable to hide his bewilderment at this situation.

“Are you finally ready?”

“Yes! I’ve finished preparing everything for Taina’s revenge!”

Kaaah!!!

As I was feeling like my soul was going to burst, the instructor opened his mouth to announce the start of the test.

“Then…”

But the words did not end there.

Ignis interrupted.

“…start.”

uh?

Ignis’s actions were rude if rude.

He just shouted out that the test was about to start.

It’s an abuse of authority.

This does not mean that he simply shouted first, but that he violated the instructor’s rights.

But no one could spit on him.

Ignis pointed the tip of his greatsword, which was as tall as he was, at Instructor Tachibesus.

Holding it with only one hand.

“…”

“What, what is it.”

“Huh?”

The atmosphere in the examination room, which had been filled with ridicule and laughter, froze.

Everyone is so flustered that they can’t even finish their sentences.

All the kids who were chattering now have tense expressions on their faces.

Taina looked at Ignis, who was holding a greatsword along with Ban.

“…”

Ignis stands there silently, pointing his sword at Instructor Tachibesus without a trace.

Her eyes… were so cold and settled.

‘lie…’

Even though we haven’t known each other for very long, I’ve never seen anything like that.

No, I guess I’ve never even imagined it.

Just as her appearance and the sword did not match, neither did her expression match.

A very cold expressionless face is now engraved on the face that always had a faint smile on its face.

Amber eyes.

Every time I see her, her eyes, which I thought were unique and beautiful, sparkle like a rainbow.

And the most heterogeneous part.

“…Your killing intent, isn’t working?”

As Ban speaks, the children around him start to murmur.

“Hey, wait a minute. Something’s strange…?”

“You haven’t started yet?”

“Did you panic? He looks fine.”

…no.

The teacher’s voice didn’t activate.

It doesn’t work.

Murderous intent.

Exhausting Ban and Kariel.

You took away my vision.

Some students were so pressured by the instructor that they couldn’t even extend their swords.

It doesn’t work on Ignes.

“Ban…”

I turned around and tried to talk to Ban, but he looked even more surprised than I was.

I’m not in a position to directly experience that murderous intent, but from Ban’s perspective, it seems like he was almost driven to the brink of death…

It would be surprising to see a being that has escaped such shock.

“That’s ridiculous. Are you enduring that murderous intent? Or… It doesn’t work in the first place?”

“Can it not be communicated? You don’t even cover your eyes like me, but rather look into each other’s eyes?”

Even as the roar continued, Ignis simply stood still and looked at the instructor.

His gaze scanned the instructor as if searching everything thoroughly.

And yet, the tip of that heavy greatsword does not waver at all.

Even after a long silence, the instructor simply waited for Ignis without urging her.

“…Bend.”

Words that even I could barely hear came out of Ignis’ mouth,

-Kwaaah!!!

Swords clashed with swords.

Awakening, rushing, slashing.

A concise, yet powerful and fast-paced blow.

It was an attack that was more like a swing, without any sword skills or techniques, using that long, heavy greatsword.

but…

“Instructor, are you pushed?”

Even though I tried to attack and trick, the instructor’s sword, which seemed to be fixed in a designated location, was pushed back just a little bit.

Just a little bit.

It was definitely pushed.

“Ughhh…!”

Ignis’s mouth was twisted subtly, as if he had clenched his teeth.

Rotate your body using the rebound of the sword as a recoil and perform a horizontal slash in the opposite direction.

Another blow.

-Kwaaah!!!

A greatsword is embedded in the instructor’s sword.

He continued to strike before the murderous sound stopped.

“Eeeep!!!”

He swings his greatsword with a shout.

-Quaddududduk!!

Twisting his body, he deflects the instructor’s sword by a hair’s breadth, and aims for his wrist with the handle of the sword.

-Paaaack!

The instructor’s sword deflected Ignes’ greatsword downwards.

Ignis does not resist the force, but instead thrusts the tip of his sword towards the ground, then kicks with his hind legs as if using the pole to gain momentum.

-Paaaack!

After a decisive kick that is blocked by the sword handle, he draws the greatsword and swings it repeatedly.

-Bang! BANG! BANG! BANG!

You can wield a heavy sword without losing your center of gravity.

No, rather, I adjust the balance so that my body and the sword become one.

Long and heavy.

But he moves that great sword, which is difficult to balance, with ease and flair, as if he were moving his own fingers.

-Booow!

By mixing real and fake moves, you naturally confuse your opponent, and during that gap, you can read your opponent’s moves.

Induces an attack by intentionally creating a gap.

Even while engaging in a duel, they can comfortably display perfect martial arts skills without any signs of haste like I do.

Sometimes he gasps for breath or screams, but his amber eyes read the next sword path without wavering.

“…Crazy talented person.”

The path I was hoping for.

Gain the upper hand in a water fight, pressure your opponent, and win in your own creative way.

Ignis is doing it that way.

Without any burden.

I couldn’t erase the look of impatience I showed by overworking my head to make up for my lack of strength, but there seemed to be no thought in those eyes.

Just as implicit memory moves the body on its own.

It was as if the sword was following the path of the sword and he was merely lending his strength.

“Whooow…!!!!”

Ignis grits his teeth and takes a deep breath, as if he has made a decision.

Top tax.

True awakening.

Cut down.

The attacks, which continued smoothly, were directed at the instructor.

“…sigh.”

I heard the instructor, who had been silent, take a deep breath.

His eyes sparkle as if he knows that this attack is the turning point.

The Academy’s mass-produced swords, which had been struck repeatedly by the greatsword, already had all their teeth knocked out.

He lifted his sword and aimed it against Ignes’ sword.

However, align it diagonally with Ignis’ sword path.

“Whaaa …

Ignis’s spirit is screamed out, and a set sword path is drawn, and the instructor’s sword penetrates it.

With swords that are sure to become entangled.

But after reading that sword path, he draws a new sword path with the sword.

As the sword path is parallel, the sword surface and the sword surface are connected.

The instructor merges Ignis’ sword path with his own sword path and erases the remaining Ignis sword path without leaving a trace.

And guide my sword path to the floor.

-Kagagagagak!

A creepy noise is heard as Ignis’ greatsword scrapes against the already toothless sword.

The status of Instructor Tachibesus.

Su Seong Geum (Su Seong Geum)

A sword technique that can defend against any attack and a holy rank that saved one’s life in the war against the demons.

That aura was manifested towards Ignis, a mere student.

-Quaddudduk!

I hear a strange noise as the sword twists.

Was Ignis’s blow a failure?

Ignis’ sword, which had been eaten by the instructor’s sword, was quickly thrown toward the black floor.

“Whaaaap!”

A desperate situation.

Even if Ignis yells again, it doesn’t seem like anything will change.

When you secretly accept the results.

-visor.

I pulled my sword out of the forced hold.

It seems as if he had not intended to strike down from the beginning, as he lowers his body along with his sword and then spins around.

“Keueueueueu …

A groan of pain is heard.

You can see the wrist shaking as all the gravity is applied to it while forcibly changing the sword path using the entire body including the shoulders, waist, legs, and arms.

-Booow.

Twist your body from the downward slope.

A greatsword is swung with even greater speed behind the twisted body.

The wrist rotates, the body rotates.

As if the body and the sword were forming a Möbius strip.

“This…!”

For the first time, I hear the instructor’s panicked voice.

It’s late.

He tried to block the greatsword coming up from above by holding his sword horizontally, but his left eye, which was pierced by a sharp blade, missed Ignes’ movements for a moment.

Normally, the mysterious sword movements would have blocked all attacks.

For now, the sword is just awkwardly blocking the sword path.

-Tingle!!!!!

The sword was stuck in the face of the sword, and the sword broke, unable to withstand the accumulated damage.

“Whaaap!!”

Without giving the sword a moment to pause, he thrusts his greatsword upward.

The blade of the sword grazes Ignis’ cheek and wrist, but he pays no attention.

Benda.

She only thinks of Ben.

-Paaah!

The tip of the sword rising upwards shines.

Drawing a red line in the sky.

“”……..””

Not a word was said among the students, and they remained silent as if they were in shock.

Until Ignis’s laughter broke the silence.

“…Hehehe.”

-Clang!

The shards of the sword fell to the floor, making a metallic clanging sound.

Ignis walked towards me, dragging his greatsword behind him, leaving the instructor standing still with his wounds behind.

The students’ eyes were only focused on me, as if they didn’t care at all.

“Revenge, did you do it?”

He makes a V sign with one hand and thrusts at me.

The cold expression on the prosecutor’s face is gone.

Only my friend Ignes was laughing and smiling.

“Hueeek… I’m tired…”

It was Ignis who rolled her eyes and fell into my arms as if she had fainted.

I couldn’t help but look at Ignis with complicated eyes.