episode_0075

A high-level talent from St. Plancina Academy who must graduate after completing his fourth year.

Lucia di Borgia.

Challenging her meant two things.

Challenging her status as the daughter of the Borgia dukedom.

And even to challenge her skills, which are considered to be among the strongest in name and reality.

“Good.”

However, seeing the look in Anne’s eyes that did not seem to be focused solely on ‘sparring’, Lucia just smiled and nodded.

He said that his junior, who had not yet come to a conclusion and was in the midst of rushing forward, was going to hit his heart against him so clearly.

There is no way she, who is only about 2% lacking in maturity, would dislike something like that.

“It was something I also wanted.”

And since she, too, was hoping that she might be able to get some answer from Anne, Lucia took out her stick again and appeared to be wielding a long sword.

At the sight of the two women getting up from the bench and moving a certain distance away from each other, the flower bed where bugs were buzzing suddenly became silent.

“First… I’m going!!”

With Lucia’s muttering, Anne’s surprise attack began, running toward her at full speed before she could even draw her sword.

A surprise attack that takes advantage of the mechanical long sword, which is easy to change posture in a short state because it is nothing more than a short rod before deployment.

Although she had never used it in actual combat, Anne’s movements were filled with confidence as she expected it to be possible.

“Haaap!!”

Anne’s posture, which ran with all her might and narrowed the distance at breakneck speed, while not missing Lucia’s every move as she slowly raised her sword and took her stance, also seemed to change several times.

Sword fighting is literally a battle of moves, similar to chess.

To defend against an opponent’s attack or to provide a counter.

A prosecutor is one who has to calculate numerous numbers, apply one’s own skills, and even judge how to counter the opponent’s skills.

Lucia’s posture changes little by little as she looks at Anne with wide eyes as she runs, as if to show that the other person does the same.

Using that as a reference, Anne changed her sword path and assumed the most ideal attack posture, and Anne’s posture suddenly lowered as she rushed forward, exploding the force entering her thighs and calves.

“Low posture. It’s stable.”

And at the very moment Anne lowered her posture, a sharp sword blade was pulled out from the stick that Anne was holding with both hands.

“Haaa!!”

“An irregular attack using the characteristics of a mechanical long sword.

It would have been nice to have something like this in the curriculum.”

For Anne, this sword was not hers.

So, in a way, it was like wielding a weapon that was not your own, but it was a good thing.

He just did everything he could, using all the open possibilities to defeat the woman in front of him.

In conclusion, he was able to gain the upper hand in the water fight.

Rather than Lucia, who had been holding the sword unfolded from the beginning, adjusting her posture, it was quicker for her, who had pulled out the blade later, to correct her posture first.

– Kaggeuggeuk

Although her posture did not collapse, Lucia, who received the sword in a relatively unstable position, and Anne, who was extremely stable, clashed with each other, causing intense sparks to fly.

An experience that you would never be able to have with other ordinary students and ordinary weapons,

Even at that moment when fountain-like sparks flew out between the crossed swords, as if iron grinding against iron, the two women looked like they were glaring at each other as if they were going to eat each other.

“What are you doing without thinking about the next move?”

However, instead of making the next move, it became a simple clash of swords that became a struggle of strength, and Lucia’s eyes began to narrow slightly.

“If you’re trying to force it, it won’t work!!”

Above all, she is a talented person in the true sense of the word.

Because he was already a person who had surpassed the meaning of graduating from the academy’s swordsmanship department at the top of his class.

As Lucia’s hands holding the handle of the long sword began to clench even tighter, Anne instantly felt a heavy force begin to press down on her.

“Low posture is stable, but has limitations.

If the opponent’s physical strength is stronger than yours, it has no meaning.”

Anne, who felt the contact point between the two swords gradually approaching towards her, quickly pushed the swords to the side as if she was shedding strength.

And when she began to feel Lucia’s sword moving to the side, she lunged forward and thrust her sword to the side.

Originally, there was something that was supposed to be cut by the extended blade of the sword, but Anne soon realized that the touch was not flesh, but the touch of the sword that had been recovered.

Anne instantly felt a strong blow to her abdomen and looked like she was biting her teeth as she tried to scream.

Anne’s knees did not buckle, but while she was bending over and enduring the pain, a stern voice began to sound from behind her again.

“Anomalous attacks only work once.

By already showing it in the first move, it can be expected that there will be an irregular attack in the next move, so it is counterattacked like that.

If you are thinking of bringing more prosecutors, bring something that no one can predict.”

The image of Lucia threatening Anne with her back straight, as she bends over and endures the pain.

Lucia’s sword is standard swordsmanship that faithfully follows the basics.

On the contrary, even though she might have been caught off guard by the irregular swordsmanship, Lucia thoroughly destroyed the swordsmanship and made up for the disadvantages with her personal skills.

“Once you decide to use an anomalous attack, don’t stop.

Because you shouldn’t disrupt your breathing and give yourself time to recover.”

The biggest role may have been played in unnecessary battles of power with one’s own strength.

Anne, who realized that a sloppy attack would never be effective in breaking through Lucia, straightened her back and adjusted her posture again.

“Again… I’m going… I’m going… … ”

“Come.”

This time, it was Anne who was taking the same standard posture she had learned in class.

The correct posture that comes from desperate practice.

Likewise, Lucia’s posture appears to be a direct copy of her own.

Anne, who was glaring at her like that, charged forward and this time appeared to be starting a standard sword strike in a standing posture.

“Hmm… … ”

Rather, if it were an ordinary all-out war like this, it would inevitably be advantageous for him who had much better basic skills.

Lucia, who was sobbing for a moment, began to narrow her eyes as she watched Anne’s ordinary attacks, occasionally throwing attacks while defending her sword.

“There must be a big difference in skill between you and me to make a standard attack, right?”

Lucia’s questions began to be directed at Anne, who was receiving a horizontal cut with the side of her sword and letting the weight of it go with her steps, but Anne seemed to be silently continuing her usual attack.

In the end, with the intention of being disappointed a second time, Lucia’s attack began, with a strong counterattack to Anne’s attack.

“Ugh… ”

Anne’s face was distorted, and she was seen struggling to block Lucia’s sword, which was counterattacking her with overwhelming force.

Literally overwhelming power.

The level of strength and detailed control of the sword and body is so different that one wonders if it is the same woman or if they are three or four years older than each other.

“Keuuu… … ”

The intersection of the two swords was approaching so close that it felt as if his face might be cut off at any moment if a little more force were applied.

But now, too, Anne’s face, which instinctively knew that she was looking at her openly while controlling her strength to a level that she could barely handle, was starting to distort with an evil expression.

“I guess the advice was meaningless.

This is beyond disappointing.”

As Lucia’s final attack went in, pushing down the sword with all her might, as if pressing down with her body weight, the outcome of the duel seemed to be revealed.

Except that at the final moment, Anne opens her eyes.

“Profit… !!”

“…… !!”

The very moment when force is given as if pushing down.

Lucia’s eyes were widening at Anne’s action, where she completely lost her center of gravity by turning Lucia’s sword blade downward.

Of course, Lucia also seemed to be trying to thoroughly maintain the center of gravity in the situation through superhuman movements and balance, to the extent that the talent’s name did not cry.

However, it seemed that even she could not easily recover from the broken balance at that moment.

That’s because Anne’s eyes, which were glaring at Lucia with burning eyes, were constantly moving, clearly confirming her ‘next’ move.

“After… Phew… … ”

Before Lucia, who was trying to catch her breath and regain her posture, could regain her balance, Anne’s continuous attacks began to rush towards her.

Anne took advantage of the broken posture and put her foot between Lucia’s legs, straddling her. She crossed her swords with Lucia, who was standing in a sloppy posture, and used her body weight to push her away.

“Haaap!!”

“Inhale…”

And before Lucia, who was pushed away, can regain her balance by rolling backwards, Anne’s attack attacks her as if she were chopping her out of balance, forcing her to focus all her strength on defense.

In some ways, it was an extremely despicable appearance that only exploited the opponent’s weaknesses and did not give them any leeway.

However, Lucia’s face as she faced him had a faint smile along with a tingling feeling that seemed to be draining her soul.

An attack that takes full advantage of one’s guard and uses all the methods at his disposal to break his posture and balance, refusing to let go of the advantage he has once gained.

Looking at Anne’s face turning red, there was no doubt that she, too, was struggling to breathe and was holding out for Lucia.

‘This is it…’ okay… This is it… … ‘

As time goes by, each other’s paths become more and more dizzy, and everything that has been learned and ingrained in one’s body disappears beyond the mind.

The two women, who are left with only their senses as living creatures and their instinctive intuition for detecting danger, begin to engage in a bloody fight that is unbecoming of a peaceful academy.

‘more… Refine more… … ‘

One side is rushing to knock it down, and the other side is struggling to not fall.

If someone had seen the dizzying battle of sword strikes, he or she might have been amazed without even realizing it.

‘Until it becomes your sharpest, deadliest weapon… … ‘

In that moment, knife marks are carved into each other’s arms and legs, face and body as they instinctively fight, and even the saliva from each other’s mouths dries due to tension and concentration.

Unlike before, Anne, who was overwhelmingly pushing Lucia this time, looked so overheated that it was safe to assume that she had the goal of literally killing her opponent.

‘You got the wrong person… … ‘

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What was he really doing?

I can’t remember at all.

If I remember anything, it’s definitely the sound of solid iron hitting each other.

Following the sound that sometimes sounds like a hammering sound as if something is being smelted.

The moment her body became heavy and her mind became dizzy, she felt her whole body screaming and involuntarily let out a breathy moan.

“Ah.. Hmm… … ”

“Don’t get up. The muscle pain will be severe.”

“Senior… Ugh… !!”

When she opened her eyes, she found herself lying on the bench with Lucia’s knees on her back. Anne tried to get up quickly, but fell down with a moan.

“No matter how much you want to win, you have to fight while still breathing.

At some point, it passed. First, lie down for a while.”

“Ah… Ugh… … ”

As it turned out, Anne’s face was turning pale when Lucia told her that she had suffocated and collapsed by herself while frantically attacking with the sword without even having time to breathe.

I suffered an ugly defeat, and the reason was that I fainted while holding my breath.

Seeing that my body felt heavier than usual and I had no strength, I thought I was definitely exhausted.

This time, a pain that felt especially unreasonable was piercing my entire body, but more important than that was the shame that was stabbing me in a corner of my heart.

“Ugh… … ”

“That’s right… Even if I don’t want to wake up.”

“I.. will wake up… !! Let go… !!”

“If you really want to.”

In the end, Anne, who had fallen off the bench and barely managed to get up, stumbled, and Lucia, who was still sitting on the bench and laughing, seemed to slowly start to open her mouth.

“The prosecutor’s most important asset is his body.

Always cherish your body.”

“Yes.. yes… … !!”

“And… … no.

You will come to practice tomorrow too, right?

Let’s start sparring in earnest again starting tomorrow.

Take care of yourself properly so that you can come out.

Here, take your sword.

Go and see.”

“Ah, thank you… !!

see you tommorow… … Seniors… !!”

Anne says hello and begins to leave at a brisk pace, or rather, with a stooped step, holding her waist.

Lucia was sitting quietly on the bench, turning her head to look at Anne’s back, and a small smile appeared on her lips.

I can’t believe there was such a passionate junior among the freshmen.

Although it is clear that he is still weak compared to other 4th graders like him, he is clearly a talent who can provide new joy for the time being to him who will now remain as a teaching assistant.

And especially, even the form of that beautiful, purple-colored energy that was manifested in the unconscious.

‘You’ve found a promising prospect.’

Since the time to manifest it is from the second year, when you learn about it directly, it was like hitting the jackpot to be the first to discover that a girl who had just graduated from freshman year was manifesting something that no one had ever taught her.

In other words, it meant that he was the first to discover the potential of his junior.

But she couldn’t just be happy.

‘But… … What on earth was that… … ‘

The sight I saw at the moment when I took the sword out of her hand to take care of the fallen Anne and fold the mechanical long sword that was tightly held in her hand even while she was unconscious.

Basically, the vast majority of mechanical longswords coming from Warmhausen to the Kingdom of Groden were custom-made.

Especially if it is a sword of such high quality that it is comparable to your own.

The biggest advantage of custom-made swords was that you could use a sword tailored to your desired settings, as well as the quality of the base.

In his case, he has splendid engravings that symbolize his family, and a composition that is slightly unbalanced and allows for a heavy attack.

In that sense, it was that moment when, in the mechanical device spinning inside Anne’s long sword, I discovered an engraving on the inside of the cover that was only revealed for a moment and would not normally be found.

Lucia’s face was filled with an inexplicable question as she thought about it again.

『Vivian de Grenot』