episode_0026

12 months have passed.

I am proud to say that that time was by no means a short moment.

Chopping rocks, killing wolves, and being miserably attacked by even more monsters.

Constantly training, training, training.

One day I picked up a sword and cut a tree, and one day I picked up a staff and squeezed out mana.

Come to think of it, all I did was train.

In the meantime, I lost all my weight.

Faberde took a quick look at my body and said as if he felt relieved.

“I guess this will be over today.”

The shape of my body was gradually fading away.

Like when her pet alligator, Christina, attained Buddhahood.

Because the weight of a human soul is heavier than that of other people.

It does not disappear easily.

The shape of the body was gradually disappearing, as if telling the truth that the time spent here was a lie.

I guess it’s time to go back.

If there is a meeting, there is inevitably a separation.

“It’s the final test. Trainee A.”

Even though she saw me disappearing, she didn’t care and shouted calmly.

It’s the last test, so what is the [Hell Instructor’s] last test?

Just as Faberde’s expressionless face seemed strange, a sword flew straight at his neck.

Instinctively, I pulled my neck to the side.

“crazy.”

I couldn’t even remember how I avoided it. I felt heat on my neck and when I touched it, blood flowed down.

Even though it just passed by, it still has this much power.

The sword that grazed my neck returned to her grasp.

At this point, it is impossible to not know the content of the final exam.

“To beat you?”

“Defeat me.”

To beat Faberde, to beat the teacher.

For a split second, our eyes met.

Eyes as a prosecutor that have never been shown in the past year.

Faberde, holding the sword, takes a step forward.

I also move my right foot.

It’s the last time.

“Don’t let your guard down.”

In the blink of an eye, the tip of the sword bends.

Of course, a sword made of steel cannot be bent. It’s just that her speed is ridiculously fast.

Neck, knees, thighs.

A three-pronged sword attack is aimed at me.

‘Avoid attacks that can be avoided.’

It was a foolish act to fight back. I remembered her teachings and turned my body 180 degrees to avoid the attack.

The place where the sword passed was mercilessly broken.

It’s really crazy. Did you decide to submerge just one person?

I raised my sword again and faced her as she closed the distance, but this time I countered without dodging.

Kakang!

An unpleasant metallic sound rings out and the swords cross.

At the same time, small wounds increase due to the bent sword energy.

There was no time to feel pain.

If you encounter a wild beast, you must pursue it without stopping!

“Trainee A is still inexperienced. Neither the sword nor magic can be used perfectly.”

“……”

“No idiot would die from that level of sword strikes.”

Faberde dodged all my attacks as if it was ridiculous.

However, there are still cards left to trust.

Suddenly, a huge pillar of fire appeared behind her.

And in front of her was my sword.

She still had an expressionless expression.

“The speed of chanting has improved considerably.”

“Noisy.”

If you’re going to give a compliment, why not give it a thumbs up? Faberde blocked my sword with his boots and at the same time cut the pillar of fire in two with his sword.

I swallowed my saliva at the movement that was almost like an art.

The sword flies towards the neck again.

I barely managed to turn my body and deflect the blow with my shoulder.

I have beaten countless bosses in [Pro Seven], but bosses like this are ridiculous.

It’s Belbung. There are even hundreds of patterns.

As blood flowed down his shoulder, Faberde opened his mouth.

“The continent is overflowing with countless strong people. When you encounter an enemy you can’t handle, do you want to die as pitifully as you are now?”

“no.”

“Then struggle. It’s okay to be cowardly. Sometimes it’s okay to throw away your beliefs. So… beat me here and go!”

Her sword energy increased into five branches.

I barely managed to block the sword energy.

Even after that, I couldn’t completely block her sword energy.

The number of wounds caused by the sword grazing alone exceeded ten.

“It hasn’t even gotten to this point yet…”

On the other hand, Faberde didn’t get even a single wound despite all my attacks combining magic and sword.

I just hold my ground and hold my sword.

she said again.

“It’s only been 12 months. Did you think anything would have changed? Trainee A is weak. Too weak.”

Unable to overcome the dizziness, I ended up collapsing awkwardly.

This really doesn’t make sense. How do you win this?

Faberde stroked his hair and slowly walked to my side.

“Stand up, Trainee A.”

“…Faverde.”

“I don’t remember having someone this weak as a disciple.”

Even though her student was bleeding like this, she spoke emotionlessly.

But that wasn’t the important thing.

That it came to me.

Looking back, I had always tried to attack her by combining magic from the rear.

I repeated this dozens of times until it ended up like this.

In fact, she is concerned about the rear.

I opened my ‘eyes’.

He stretched out his arms, glaring at the rear as if preparing for his final special move.

It is a pattern linked to the rear magic that has been repeated dozens of times so far.

Naturally, her gaze turns backwards.

“[Ghost Communion].”

“Is it the same pattern?”

Faberde’s sword split the back.

It split the air like that.

“what?”

There was no attack magic that should have been there, or at least not even a faint wisp of magical power.

Without missing the opportunity, he attacked her with his sword.

At the same time, the sword flew out of her hand and stuck in the ground.

He swung his sword at her, who lost her weapon in an instant.

“…You didn’t use magic on the rear to begin with.”

The sword grazed my fingertips.

A few drops of red blood fell from her hand.

“He repeated the chain attack dozens of times to get me used to it, and then, as a final struggle, he pretended to use a chain magic at the rear.”

“Whoa…whoo…”

“The reason I called out [Ghost Communication] was because I didn’t have enough information about it, so I guess they thought there was an attack coming from behind.”

“….Noisy…”

“If the insistence on magic from the rear and the ugly fall were all strategies aimed at targeting this moment.”

Faberde said.

“It’s Trainee A’s victory.”

I just collapsed on the floor.

“Haa…ha…huh..”

I finally exhaled and regained my breath.

It was ugly, but it was a blow to a war hero. That fact excited me.

Apart from the joy, the shape of the body is gradually becoming lighter.

Is it time to go back?

She stared at me expressionlessly, not sure if she knew how I felt or not.

Today’s Faberde was calmer than usual.

This was not the time to lie down like this. I turned my back on her and ran, bleeding.

It seemed like Faberde’s expression changed for a moment, but there was nothing he could do because it was such an urgent matter.

When I came back after gathering my things, I found Faberde slumped on the ground.

The look of desperation on his face was pitiful.

“…Where have you been?”

“I have some urgent business to attend to.”

“Now that the exam is over, please quickly go to your original world. There is no need to say hello.”

“…What are you going to do when I go?”

“I was able to live well without you from the beginning. Don’t be presumptuous.”

Faberde said nervously.

really. I can’t get my acting dirty once.

I held out an assorted object to her.

There’s some blood, but I’m sure it’ll be okay.

Because if it’s not now, I won’t have time to give it to you.

“this.”

“……This.”

Her expression became strange when she saw the crude wooden statue covered in blood.

That statue was made after Faberde and me.

“I tried my best to make it, but it didn’t work out.”

“…..”

“If you don’t need it, you can throw it away. I think it doesn’t look that good.”

As he said that and tried to retrieve the statue, she snatched it like lightning.

She continued to look at the statue and then lowered her head.

“…I don’t deserve this.”

She chewed her lips.

“Stupid… weak, hurt… afraid…”

When she received the statue, her expression gradually changed.

From an expressionless expression to a complex expression, from a complex expression to an expression that looks like it’s about to cry.

Soon, Faberde grabbed my sleeve tightly. As if he would never let go.

Before we knew it, rain was falling on the dry land.

I hugged such a foolish teacher tightly. Because it was the disciple’s responsibility to take care of his teacher.

Soon I whisper softly.

“I will miss you. Always.”

Her body trembled at those words.

I closed my eyes for a moment and thought about the days I spent with Faberde.

The image of the teacher playing a board game together for the first time.

After telling the story of the third-rate Ropan, she seemed indignant as if it were something she had experienced herself.

Faberde pretended not to attend the surprise birthday party, but was extremely excited and kept clearing his throat.

Faberde held my sleeve tightly.

As my body gradually disappeared, my grip also became stronger.

“Master.”

I hugged her tightly.

Faberde also flinched for a moment and then cautiously accepted his student.

She opened her mouth with difficulty.

“Dyers.”

I was momentarily embarrassed when my name was called for the first time.

I thought ‘Trainee A’ was drawing her own line.

The shape of the body gradually became lighter and almost transparent.

“Dyers. Dyers, Dyers.”

Faberde buried his face in my chest and repeatedly shouted my name.

But I couldn’t stop my body from gradually disappearing.

Last moment. She spoke with a determined expression, as if she had made up her mind.

“Dyers. I-”

I just opened my eyes.

It was an unfamiliar ceiling.