episode_0020
by adminMaybe I’m looking at something in vain right now.
I am holding a replica Gungnir and Professor Caria is holding a plain iron spear.
Even at a glance, the difference in weapon performance is drastic.
The moment the two spears hit each other, the image of the replica Gungnir destroying Professor Caria’s ordinary spear naturally comes to mind.
However, it is said that a craftsman does not blame the tools.
‘Just now thirty-two times…’ !’
Professor Caria took my life by parrying or parrying all the attacks of the counterfeit Gungnir made by Othinus with an iron spear that seemed to have been obtained cheaply from an ordinary armor store.
Thirty-two is the number of times I lost my life to her in this sparring.
“Do you want to continue?”
“… Please.”
Professor Caria, who saw me dispersing like fog and then coming back to life, looked at me with a worried expression.
At first, I didn’t ask about the resumption of sparring like that. That question came up after twenty lives were lost in succession without a proper effective hit.
After a brief pause, he took his stance and requested the start of the thirty-third sparring. Seeing that, Professor Caria pursed his lips for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Cadet Yujin Seong. It’s not good to overdo it.”
“It’s okay.”
“… Even if this is a virtual reality, the experience of death gradually erodes a person’s spirit.”
Know. I am well aware of the fact that, like in computer games, just because a character dies does not come back to life by pressing the respawn button.
“How many times have you died from me since sparring started?”
“Thirty-two times.”
“… From now on, I will finish the sparring three times, up to a maximum of eight times, even if the situation looks good after the third time.”
Professor Caria declared that he would end the sparring after the 40th time, no matter how many there were.
The worried expression suddenly became determined. A firm determination like fighting spirit burned in her eyes.
As long as we made eye contact, there was no way I couldn’t feel that heat. He expressed his agreement by nodding his head.
“Come.”
Professor Caria said, pointing his spear at me in a light posture.
There was no answer. Just as I had time to open my mouth, I flew towards her at least one step faster.
Magical power bursts out from the tips of my feet.
In order to close the distance even a little faster, the moment he kicks the ground, he explodes with magic power from his toes.
The body riding on the force of the exploded magical power accelerated, narrowing the distance of a dozen meters in an instant.
“Inhale!”
A basic thrust delivered with concise energy.
Professor Caria turned around with the sound of footsteps.
The shaft of the spear spun in her hand and gently pushed under Gungnir’s blade.
‘Ugh… !?’
The imitation Gungnir that had been pushed began to stretch in the wrong direction.
This is Professor Caria’s proprietary patent, which has been repeatedly defeated in sparring so far.
Always neutralize the enemy’s attacks with minimal movement and suffocate them with subsequent attacks.
Whirick-.
Professor Caria’s spear was aimed at me once again.
But we can’t just suffer like this.
He died about seven times using this method alone.
If we count the number of times it indirectly affected us, it may have been more than ten times.
Damn it!
I twisted my ankle and urgently stopped my body from shooting forward.
The body, which began to slowly slow down, completely lost speed and turned around before coming to a stop.
The speed that was decreasing and disappearing was guided by the rotation of the joint.
Rotational force is transferred to the window through the hands through muscles that are tense through repeated contraction and relaxation.
But it’s slow. At this rate, Professor Caria will be allowed to strike before I can launch a counterattack.
To solve that situation, the barrier technique was modified. A new technique has been added to the detection and defense techniques.
The newly added restraint technique restricted the movements of Professor Caria who entered the barrier.
While I was adjusting my posture, Professor Caria’s movements that were trying to stab me stopped for a moment.
Huh-!
Slightly below the center of the window sill. I modified the gripping method directly pointed out by Professor Caria.
I grabbed the blunt end of the spear, which was the exact opposite of the spear blade, and swung it as wide as possible using the reach.
In addition, an awareness-blocking barrier was instantly deployed above Gungnir.
As a result of the observation of the detection barrier, Professor Caria has not currently strengthened his vision with magical power.
A strike from Gungnir that would be invisible to her eyes. He swung Gungnir, wearing a barrier, with excitement.
“It’s easy to miss the spear if you swing it like that!”
Professor Caria shouted.
She swept the area in front of me, where Gungnir was assumed to be, with her spear.
Since the exact direction of the attack could not be determined, the spear simply flew along its path.
Also, as Professor Caria said. The blow I swung was extremely unstable.
She struck the spear she was wielding with her own hand a couple of times, and immediately the replica Gungnir was released from my hand.
Kakaan-!
With a sharp metallic sound, the right arm that was holding Gungnir let go of the spear and fell back.
Professor Caria, who took advantage of that appearance, narrowed the distance. There was magic in her eyes.
“One round!”
Professor Caria, convinced that he had taken my life, hurled his spear at me.
A wide open body, a weapon missing from your hand, a gap quickly closing.
A situation that was not in my favor came again.
─Professor, is it okay to use barrier techniques in this sparring?
Was it when he died about eight times? I asked that question.
To be honest, my specialty was barrier arts. The skill of close combat is also greatly influenced by the use of barrier techniques.
The effectiveness of the detection barrier, which reads the target’s movements in real time, and the defense barrier, which prevents attacks to some extent, was greater than expected.
Even barriers classified as debuff skills help create meaningful gaps.
And Professor Caria answered my question like this:
─Do it with all your might. If you don’t do that, sparring won’t happen in the first place.
In other words, I have to bring out all the cards I have in order to be able to participate in a sparring match.
At first glance, it may have sounded like an insult.
Even if you do that, it won’t work for me. It was okay to understand it that way.
But I didn’t feel angry or upset at all.
‘Because it’s true.’
Eden’s first-year cadet wins one point in a life-or-death battle against his professor.
It’s impossible. It’s no different from saying that someone who learned boxing for about a month knocked out Michael Tyson with his fist.
But this world is different. Now, I have a secret that I keep hidden away.
As I faced my tenth death, the fear of sharing sums at close range disappeared.
After greeting death for the twentieth time, I learned how to target the vital spot.
As I embraced my thirtieth death, I strengthened my resolve to make a bold decision.
He did not defend or dodge Professor Caria’s attack aimed at his wide open torso.
“Come, Gungnir!”
[Replica Gungnir responds to your call.]
Gungnir, which was swirling in the air, changed its trajectory as if responding to my shout and returned to my hand.
“What?!”
Professor Caria’s expression was one of astonishment.
I guess they didn’t expect me to summon Gungnir here.
Gungnir’s golden blade, caught in reverse, was aimed at Professor Caria.
However, Professor Caria’s attacks did not stop.
The spear blade aimed at my heart and narrowed the gap into my arms without hesitation and came right in front of me.
‘I guess they plan to take my life first to thwart the attack… !’
It is already within the expected range.
All of the barrier spells were erased and converted to the most effective spell at this moment.
The barrier, which had lost its detection and defense functions, displayed the newly engraved magic effects of restraint and slowing.
Professor Caria frowned as he fully experienced the effects of the stronger restraint technique inside the barrier.
Her movements slowed noticeably.
I didn’t miss that moment and immediately used my magic power. Magical power surged from the two cores within the body.
I gritted my teeth and poured magic power into the magic circuit. A torrent of magical energy spurted from the two cores swept through the circuits within the body.
By pouring in the magic power that was running around the circuit, he was able to completely block Professor Caria’s attack just once.
The mystery of space beyond the scope of barrier arts.
‘Open!’
[The mystery of the other world responds to your magical power.]
Jeok-.
A crack appeared in the space between my heart and Professor Caria’s sharp spear blade.
Clang-!
The shattered space shook like a wave of glass shards, as if a mirror had broken.
[The door connected to the virtual world opens.]
A passage so small that my fist could barely fit through it. Even though it consumed nearly half of my magical energy, the shabby door opened.
“What… ?!”
But that size is enough.
Professor Caria’s spear, which flew straight at my heart, passed through the door of the virtual world without hesitation.
“Closed door!”
[The door connected to the virtual world is closed.]
The entrance was declared closed. The boundary connecting the two worlds disappeared, cutting off space.
Professor Caria’s spear, which passed over the border, lost its sharp edge and was reduced to a short wooden stick.
At the same time, I used the shout that declared the severance of the border to be a catalyst, and mercilessly swung Gungnir, which I was holding back.
Professor Caria is currently unable to move his body quickly due to the effects of restraint and slowing techniques within the barrier.
Pak-!
Magical power surged over Professor Caria’s body, but Gungnir pierced even that magic power along with Professor Caria.
“Wow… !”
The surge of magic lost control and dispersed like a haze.
Professor Caria’s body turned into smoke and disappeared along with the dispersing magic power.
It is a clear judgment of death. The sparring system showed me that my attack was successful in killing Professor Caria once.
Today’s sparring performance. 33 wins, 32 losses, 1 win.
It is truly a touching thing.
“… It’s great. Cadet Seong Yu-jin.”
As soon as I heard Professor Caria’s voice, I got a headache. The aftereffects of repeating sparring for a long time hit the body as soon as the sparring system ended.
[The strength stat has increased.]
[The mental strength stat restores the damaged spirit.]
My mental strength stat, which seemed like a problem, suddenly started working hard. The throbbing headache gradually got better after a while.
“The level of spearmanship is a passing grade. Even with Gungnir… I can’t help but highly appreciate the fact that you used your abilities, including the barrier technique, to kill me once.”
Professor Caria paused for a moment and then resumed. Because she doesn’t know my mystery. After thinking about what it was for a moment, I thought it could be roughly expressed as ‘ability.’
“Today’s lecture will end here. You will be tired after sparring for quite a long time, so please rest comfortably today.”
After saying that, Professor Caria turned and left the second training center.
As I watched her leisurely walk away from me, I felt joyful inside.
‘Oh yea. ‘There is no homework today.’
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