Training

“Amel-nim!”

“….”

She waved her hand.

It was when she was about to Seal the [Eternal Order Bishop] and grab the [Dark Sword] stuck in her chest.

Jang Yu-ha covered her mouth with wide eyes as she saw the [Dark Sword] piercing through Amel’s chest and back.

Amel said in a breathless voice.

“I’m, okay.”

“How can you say that!”

“I’m fi,ne.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t move. Don’t pull it out! You’ll die!”

So what if I die.

Ah… if I die now, will I become a seed of the [Death Knight] due to the curse?

The curse engraved in my heart.

It felt like it was giving me a lesson.

Don’t let your guard down just because they’re weak.

Even if you’re bored, go all out.

That kind of lesson was etched into my heart.

‘(Kyaaah!!!)’

Win screamed.

‘(Don’t die! You can live!)’

‘I don’t intend to die either.’

Grabbing the [Dark Sword],

She pushed it out of her chest.

It was pulled out of her chest, and the blade loosened from the cross-section of the wound.

Blood was about to gush out through the gap.

She blocked the wound with [Heal].

After pulling out the [Dark Sword] completely,

The wound in her chest closed.

[Heal]

A warm power healed the wound inside her body.

Her complexion returned.

The pain that had been pressing on her internal organs subsided.

Hoo…

The tension that the pain had given her loosened.

She let out a comfortable sigh.

She rubbed her chest.

The tickling sensation made her laugh for no reason.

I guess I need to correct myself.

Kill the opponent.

She couldn’t do that, and it built up inside her.

That wasn’t it.

‘I just wanted to fight someone who could kill me.’

I understand now that my chest has been pierced.

Ah… I wanted to fight fiercely with someone I couldn’t let my guard down against.

The pulsation of life that burst out as the sword was thrust into her heart felt good.

Her chest tingled.

She felt a refreshing sensation as she pressed and squeezed the ribs between her breasts.

“Hmm~.”

It’s not like I particularly like pain, but I don’t know why it’s so thrilling.

The refreshing feeling I felt before was just my imagination.

Now that I think about it, I’m sure of it.

Her chest swelled.

It became clear what she wanted.

Pain.

Ache.

Death.

Death is the source that evolved life in the world. Her heart was overflowing with vitality, so much so that it could be called the source of life.

It’s like adding sugar to very, very bitter cocoa to accentuate the sweetness.

Life exists because there is death.

When fighting Chocolat.

The fact that I thought I had built up resentment because I didn’t kill Chocolat was actually half a delusion.

Yeah, I was sad I couldn’t kill her. That’s because I couldn’t create a finale before perfectly determining the victory or defeat.

Since I couldn’t end the fierce battle, resentment was bound to remain. If I had the certainty that I could [Possess] her even after cutting her in half, I would have [Executed] and [Possessed] her as is.

Anyway,

‘This is what I wanted.’

Amel realized what she wanted.

A battle with a powerful enemy.

A fierce battle that she couldn’t do half-heartedly.

It had to be at least that level to be worth fighting.

‘(That’s already beyond a fight worth fighting.)’

Win said, sounding fed up.

Jang Yu-ha also seemed to sense something and said.

“I watched the strategy video, but it wasn’t an illusion that you were cut when you fought the Death Knight.”

“…?”

“Amel-nim.”

Jang Yu-ha’s eyes became serious.

“Please stay in the fortress for a while. I’ll explain about the Seal, and while you’re staying, please train the knights.”

“Train? Why is that?”

“Can you do it?”

“….”

The knights.

Those knights.

They don’t seem very strong, so it might be boring, but training them is a matter of how you do it.

Returning to the fortress.

The priests who had been waiting in the fortress began to [Resurrect] the corpses.

Amel also helped the priest and offered prayers for [Resurrection].

But she didn’t know how they had died, so she listened to the priest’s prayers along with their names and recited them as a reference to [Resurrect] the knights.

The knights suffered a lot of damage. Was the [Eternal Order Bishop] that strong?

No, it wasn’t.

Even though many [Dark Knights] appeared, the overall power difference was about the same.

Later, she heard that they had suffered devastating damage from the [Corpse Explosion], which was well known as the [Eternal Order Bishop]’s trump card.

The [Resurrected] knights gathered together and slumped down.

“In the end, we couldn’t stop it.”

“We should have stopped it.”

She heard about the escaped [Death Knight] from the surviving knights.

Amel was about to catch almost all of them, but the [Eternal Order Bishop] caused a [Corpse Explosion] and missed them.

And that [Death Knight] stole the one Sealed in the [Altar of Blood].

…or so it was known.

Jang Yu-ha’s scheme.

She felt sorry for the discouraged knights.

Their mission was to protect the [Altar of Blood], but they thought that the Seal had been lost and stolen during their time.

‘Actually, I have it.’

So she felt a sense of pity for no reason.

In particular, her eyes went to the knights she had liked during the sparring.

What was his name?

He was the knight who had shouted that she had insulted him.

“It’s okay.”

“No, it’s not okay. It was a Seal that was so old that it wouldn’t even appear in history. And we lost it!”

“It’s an era of upheaval. It’s not strange to have the Seal stolen at a time like this.”

“What are you talking about so carelessly! We don’t even know what’s Sealed! The right arm of a monster from mythology is Sealed! If you went in, you saw the murals, didn’t you?!”

I saw it.

I wasn’t very interested in anything other than the blood-colored person.

“Megrit-nim was among those who fought against the monster there!”

“Megrit?”

“She’s like the god of knights. She was a knight with god-like power who was known to have existed a long time ago, just like the Sealed monster.”

The picture on the mural.

I don’t remember it well.

I wasn’t very interested in anything other than the blood-colored person.

“The existence of Megrit-nim has been confirmed in various parts of the continent! That Megrit-nim and her companions worked together to Seal a mere monster!”

The efforts of the god they believed in.

She turned it to nothing.

I wonder how that feels.

“Well, we can’t dwell on the past.”

“What do you know to say such a thing! We have betrayed the expectations of God!”

The surrounding knights were also silent, making the atmosphere even worse.

“Then are you going to just sit here?”

“What can we do?”

“Get stronger.”

“If that were easy, everyone would already be Sword Masters.”

“Then do you want the monster to break the Seal and appear and destroy the world?”

She put her hand on the knight’s head.

“Stop it and listen to what I have to say.”

She scratched roughly.

He didn’t resist.

I stroked him roughly to mean resist.

Hmm…

“I’ll help you.”

“…Yes?”

“I! Will help you! Become stronger!”

She puffed out her chest and glared at the slumped knights.

“You have to choose whether to give up helplessly like this or follow me and try to get stronger! My help might be an opportunity for you!”

“And who knows? Maybe I have an unexpected talent for teaching and Sword Masters will be produced like crazy!”

“But don’t think that I’ll hold on to you and train you forever. I’m a busy person too! But I’m still going to invest time in you!”

“I’m not forcing you! In the first place, I don’t have time to drag someone who doesn’t want to do it!”

“Choose.”

Whether to train.

Whether to give up.

Amel told the knights.

“Anyone who wants to be trained by me, come to the training ground.”

The knights.

Three people gathered.

“That’s few.”

“Who are you going to catch with that kind of speech?”

The knight from earlier grumbled.

“You focused on the wrong thing in the first place.”

“Where?”

I’ll train you.

How simple is that?

“We are Sword Experts. We are knights who have risen to the rank of lieutenant.”

“So?”

“That means there’s nothing we can learn from others. The only thing that can make us grow is the realization of what we have honed.”

“….”

“You must be among the top Sword Masters, and it’s an honor that such a skilled person would train us. But what exactly are you going to teach us?”

“….”

Knight.

The other two knights.

Their eyes met.

“What’s your name?”

“It’s Raymond.”

“….”

“What is it?”

Ah, his expression.

“I just thought your name was similar to someone I know. Okay, Raymond.”

Raymond hardened his posture.

Amel also put seriousness into her posture.

“You asked what I’m going to teach you, right?”

“Yes.”

“You’re right. I have nothing to teach you who have already reached your own area. But that just means I can’t fill you with content.”

“…Yes?”

In the first place, if you only look at the time they’ve been honing their swords, they’ve been doing it much longer.

Amel recalled when she first picked up a sword and used swordsmanship.

Chris.

Christopher.

She first encountered swordsmanship from him, whom she met in the Tower. Of course, she had seen him in reality, but it was the first time she had met him as an enemy.

It hasn’t even been half a year yet.

‘(Half a year. It’s amazing when you say it. I’m glad I can be with you.)’

‘Is that so.’

To be exact, is it two or three months?

The fact that she awakened her Magical Power and became good at using it was added,

The question of whether she could get stronger this quickly came to her again.

The skills she developed in Full Dive can be used as strength in reality. That’s why few people add [Geass] to match their Avatars to their real bodies as much as possible.

Full Dive was so similar to reality that there was such a movement.

But still, the growth rate was fast.

Is it because of [Geass]?

‘(That’s part of it, but Skills are also a reason, right? Skills maintain the proficiency of the technique itself. Once you gain enlightenment and acquire it, you don’t forget it, so the trouble of recalling enlightenment is reduced.)’

‘That makes sense.’

‘(I talked to Cappuccino about your talent before. Honestly, your growth rate is abnormal.)’

Anyway, that was it.

Amel has nothing to fill Raymond and the other knights with.

Amel took something out of her inventory.

A black stone.

[Eternal Order Bishop’s Soul Stone]

[Death Knight’s Soul Stone]

She took out the [Soul Stone]s and showed them to the knights.

“Do you know what this is?”

“””….”””

The knights looked at each other.

They don’t seem to know.

She held each [Soul Stone] in one hand.

She raised her left hand.

“This is a Lich’s Soul Stone.”

She raised her right hand.

“This is a Death Knight’s Soul Stone.”

The knights’ eyes widened.

They doubted their ears if they had heard correctly.

“If you equip this to your equipment, you can give the Sealed guys’ skills or abilities to the equipment. I don’t know about the Lich’s, but if you get the Death Knight’s, you can get the strongest equipment among the existing equipment. It’s on par with legendary equipment.”

“Does that mean… that…”

“There’s no way I’d give it to you, right?”

She held the [Soul Stone]s in one fist.

“All I can train you for is sparring like in real combat. But can you kill me? Raymond, can you?”

“…I couldn’t even cut you.”

“That’s not what I mean.”

She pretended to cut her neck with the edge of her hand.

“Even if you could cut me, could you cut me?”

“””….”””

“The Soul Stone is a prize for that.”

She picked up one [Soul Stone] with her index finger and thumb and showed it to the knights.

“If you kill me, I’ll give you this as a gift. How about it?”