Abandoned by my Childhood Friend, I Became a War Hero chapter 79

79 – Iron Blooded Knight #2

“From now on-! Tekken Ian vs. Plasma Frey! Let the match between Plasma Mi Frey and Tekken Ian begin! We ask for the enthusiastic support of the audience!”

“Wowaaa!!”

“Blood beauty! Hit the arrogant newcomer and kill him!”

“Tekken! I walked on you today! Let’s end this in one shot!!”

When both fighters entered the arena, Sylvia, disguised as a relayer, raised the atmosphere of the audience with an excited voice.

To be able to transform into a completely different person even in front of a former colleague without worrying about being discovered. Her ability to disguise was truly unmatched.

“It’s really noisy….”

Blood beauty, no, Frieda raised her mouth to the cheers of the audience while in a flag-raising ceremony.

“But, I like it. I missed the heat of the arena so much. Aren’t you like that too?”

I replied with my arms crossed.

“I don’t know.”

“Well, I guess you don’t like fighting, do you? But I enjoy confrontation with the strong. So, I hope you can hold out for a while so as not to spoil my fun.”

“… ….”

Frida von Sternrict.

A master of imperial swordsmanship. A high-level swordsman in charge of the front line of the warrior party and the current vice-captain of the Royal Guard.

It is understandable that he is called the former champion of the arena. She is said to have already reached a master class in her swordsmanship skills.

Just as there is a difference in class between ordinary people and supermen who can use rigid body techniques, among supermen, those who have reached the level of masters have a wider gap with those who do not.

Even if it is possible to emit a little bit of sword force with rigid body technique at most, it is almost impossible to counter the sword force of the master class.

Of course, the bluish light of magical power spreading from her rapier right now was not sword steel, but a sword sword.

If you wield the sword proudly in an arena like this, it would be like letting everyone know that you are one of the few master classes in the empire.

However, her sword skills were very stable compared to other rigid body techniques users.

Unlike ordinary sword energy that rises like fog or burns like flame, her unwavering sword skill was just before changing into sword steel.

For those who have reached a higher level, of course, even their sword skills are at a different level from normal sword skills. If she wanted, that sword could be turned into sword steel right away.

And without having to go that far, he could have easily defeated quite a few opponents with master-level swordsmanship and sharp swordsmanship.

But.

That didn’t apply to me.

“Why? Won’t you come in?”

“Hmm….”

I met an unexpected person in an unexpected place in an unexpected situation, but now this is the arena after all, and the match is already in progress.

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Since I came here for my purpose, I will do what I have to do.

I silently uncrossed my arms, stretched them out in front of me, and wiggled my fingers back and forth.

Frida’s smile twisted with anger as the audience reacted strongly to this simple provocation.

“Ha? What a funny guy… Alright, then I go first!”

Frieda raised her rapier and aimed her head at her, firing her first at me. It was a sharp, eerie stab that she could tell was the master’s skill.

I turned my head slightly to avoid the stab. If it were someone else, this evasion would have given me an opportunity to attack, but she didn’t.

“Ha!”

Because the master’s attack is to anticipate the opponent’s move several moves ahead of time, she already knew that I would avoid it. So she changed her thrusting sword to her side slash and swung it.

But I was expecting the attack as well. Bending her back to avoid the swinging sword, Frieda raised her voice as if excited.

“You dodged well! Try avoiding this for once!”

Frieda drew in her breath lightly, and swung her sword mercilessly in all directions around her.

Originally, a rapier is a sword whose main cutting power is not. However, the situation is different if it is a rapier loaded with sword skills.

As sword strikes that sharply cut through the arena’s floor and iron bars were scattered in all directions, the spectators close to the arena fled backwards in fright.

A technique as if a flower made of sword energy is blooming.

It’s a technology I hadn’t seen during the war, but I felt like I knew why it was nicknamed blood plasma beauty.

I moved my feet quickly and narrowly avoided Frieda’s rapier. At the same time, it was important not to go too far or too close, but to keep the distance that her sword was barely within reach.

That way, in the eyes of the audience, I’ll look as if I’m narrowly dodging every attack.

As this precarious scene unfolded, the spectators became more enthusiastic than ever and immersed themselves in the game.

“Ooh, ooooo!!”

“It’s a series of roses with bloody beauty! Seeing this right in front of your eyes!”

“But even Tekken is avoiding all of that! Today’s game is really great!!”

Frieda stopped swinging her sword at the end of her sharp combo and let out her held breath in one breath.

Instead of rushing back right away, she lowered her sword slightly and opened her mouth in admiration.

“To be honest, I admire you for avoiding my rose combo without using rigid combat. That reaction speed, that physical ability… It would be a shame to die here.”

“You talk like you won. The game isn’t even over yet.”

“That’s what I mean because it’s not over. You avoided it well now, but you know that if you fail even once, that moment will be your death.”

“Okay. I could have avoided it more than I thought.”

“Huh, cute. It’s a problem because all the guys are bluffing in front of women.”

“… ….”

“Tekken, to be honest. Swear you’ll follow me Then I won’t kill you here, I’ll keep you in my hands. Not only that, but I will also reap my seeds.”

Her words were so absurd that I was at a loss for words.

However, as if misunderstanding my silence as worrying about the proposal, Frida continued her words a little more.

“Seeing that he hasn’t used rigid body technique yet, he must have been born with that kind of talent but didn’t have the environment. Judging by her voice and facial features, she must be in her early to mid-twenties….”

Her guess was wrong, but on closer inspection it wasn’t completely wrong.

In fact, it is true that my body age has stopped at that level.

Frieda nodded her head in satisfaction as if she had accepted my attitude of neither affirmation nor denial as the correct answer.

“Tekken. I will teach you how to practice magic, so become my servant and serve me. Please know that I am not making this offer to just anyone. It will be an opportunity you will never have again.”

“Uhhhhh!!”

“What are you two doing now! Fight! Fight quickly!!”

As the fighters did not fight in the arena, but only chatted, booing and shouting erupted from the crowd.

However, Frieda paid no attention to the crowd’s boos and waited patiently for my answer. In her eyes, she could feel the composure that only strong people can have, who don’t think they will be rejected.

It’s like she thinks she’s really strong.

I found it so funny.

“What are you so worried about? Oh, the offer is so good that you doubt it? No need to. I swear on my honor that this offer is true.”

“It’s an honor….”

“Yes. Honor. I can’t reveal it openly here, but my true identity is originally a noble one that people like you wouldn’t dare talk to—”

“You throw away tens of thousands of soldiers like garbage, and you spit honor out of their mouths.”

“…… What?”

Frieda didn’t understand me at first, but then she looked at me with a shocked look on her face.

She was so surprised that the composure had completely disappeared from her expression.

“You, can’t you, reveal my true identity… ?”

“The former arena champion. I didn’t know that Iron-blooded knights enjoyed playing house like this. Did you want to play with an opponent weaker than yourself and show off as if you were a real strongman?”

I pursed my lips.

“You enjoy fighting the strong? That’s funny. He didn’t even think about fighting in front of a real strong man and ran away at the cost of his soldiers.”

“What the hell, how did you do that….”

There is a reason why Frida’s nickname is Iron Blood.

It is often said that her sharp swordsmanship and her exemplary attitude as a guardian knight are the origins of her nickname, Iron Blooded Knight, but the reality is different.

During the war, she was trusted by the emperor as a member of the warrior party, and exercised command authority over the imperial army, sacrificing soldiers first on every front.

This must have been a strategy to minimize the loss of the warrior party. However, for the soldiers on the front line, it was virtually the same order as death.

Rumor has it that a hero dictated her orders behind her, but in reality, it was she who actually relayed her orders to her soldiers. That is why the soldiers on the front would often joke among themselves.

It is said that cold iron, not blood, must flow from Frieda’s body.

This was the real origin of the nickname ‘iron-blooded knight’.

Frieda took a long breath and controlled her shocked mind, then she grabbed her rapier properly again.

Now, in her eyes, there was a thick glow of life that could not be hidden.

“I don’t know how he knew my identity, but I heard his desperate pleas to kill me.”

Now, as if she had no intention of hiding her identity, her sword was covered with a dark blue blade of magical power. Everyone in the audience was astonished at her sword, which was as brilliant as light, and opened her mouth wide.

At first, she was dubious about the fact that she was an iron-blooded knight, but now that she saw the sword-like figure that her blood plasma beauty pulled out, she couldn’t help but believe it.

“So now, I will kill you.”

A flower bloomed again in Frida’s hand.

The sight of the flowers made of sword steel blooming was beautiful but destructive at the same time. The iron bars rubbed against the sword steel, and the floor didn’t just crack, it completely disappeared as if it had evaporated from high heat.

If you touch that sword flower even a little, the blue petals will turn bloody in an instant.

I stepped into the destructive sword dance myself.

Frida went mad.

“Choose your own death! It seems that you have lost your mind in front of my swordsmanship!”

Of course, that couldn’t be the case.

No matter how strong the sword was, it was ultimately a human being who controlled it. Since she had previously analyzed the imperial palace swordsmanship, she could generally predict where and how Frida’s sword would move.

In the wild sword attack, I deftly dodged Frieda’s sword, and lightly touched her part, not her sword, to hinder her movement.

Back of hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee… As she touched her important parts one by one in swinging her sword, the flowers she bloomed began to fade.

Then, at some point, the flower completely disappeared. Frieda had a puzzled expression on her face as she saw her own technique completely destroyed.

“What is this… ?”

It was a natural result.

Just like ordinary people can’t beat a superman who has mastered the martial arts.

Just as a superhuman cannot compete with a master class that uses swordsmanship.

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As for the Master, no matter how much magical power he uses, he cannot beat those who have reached the rank of Grand Master.

“Don’t use the same technique twice in front of me.”

I thrust my fist into Frieda’s face as hard as I could.

There was the sound of the bones in her face shattering as her red mask shattered, and Frieda rolled on her floor, unable to even scream, with her bloodied face.

“Because it doesn’t work.”