46. Saving People
I took the captain’s sword with all my might.
There was no device attached to the sword that could freely move through the air.
It just exists in the air as if it were natural.
It was clear that the sword was flying all over the place, ignoring the principle of gravity, but it is impossible to confirm with current technology how the sword flew.
The Master was the one who broke through the walls of the world and had his own rules that were difficult to explain with common sense.
A sword that is not held in a human hand does not move according to human standards.
Since no one is holding it, the point of action of the force changes freely, and it does not think of defense or restrictions on its trajectory.
Like the first time you shoot a sword at me, you can blow it indefinitely until you can’t see it, or you can spin around the hilt and attack like a spinning saw, making movements that are impossible when holding a human.
Most of those who witnessed the sword swordsman died without exceeding 1 match.
The most frightening thing is that you can use the aura blade even when you are out of your hands.
“Academy will collapse at this rate!!!”
“Worry about how strong this place is, but it will only collapse this much.”
From the moment I picked up the sword, not once did the light fade from the two swords.
Every time the two flashes collide with each other, a sharp noise and a shockwave explode in the surrounding area, creating a storm.
Lots of large craters are formed on the ground, green meadows become like fields, and rocks are smashed.
The clash between the two masters changed the topography of the island.
At around this time, there was nothing strange about anyone coming from the academy, but it was strange that no one came as if someone was blocking it.
There would be no point in fighting with the sword like this.
You have to hit the main body.
Contrary to me who was moving frantically, she was quietly watching me with her arms crossed.
Her eyebrows, which looked neat, rose fiercely, unlike when she was on the deck.
There was a difference of about 100m in distance from each other, so it wasn’t close.
If you give that face that looks very relaxed… The situation would become more serious, but it would be more damaging to wrestle only with a sword that never gets tired.
I boldly turned my back to the sword and changed my aim to the leader.
A distance of 100m was quick with the leg power of a superhuman, but the speed of the sword flying was faster than that.
It’s normal to become a skewer right away, but I’m also a master.
“Hey… !!”
I took a step toward the leader.
It’s not mana or any kind of power.
Just like swordsmanship, I just took a single step, as if it were very natural.
Then the ‘scenery’ around me changed.
I have reached the front of the leader by taking a ‘one step’.
If the wizards saw it, they would be amazed at what they did.
But it’s impossible for me to explain how I did this.
I just do it because I can.
The leader, who was visible from afar until just now, is right in front of you.
I didn’t even hesitate.
I slashed down the aura blade that emitted dazzling light.
That person is stronger than me, so why should I care?
“Keep?!”
As expected, before the aura blade even touched my body, the captain’s fist pierced my face.
I didn’t fall back after being hit by one, but the dagger that appeared out of nowhere stopped right in front of my neck.
If you stab me like that… I would have avoided it somehow, but it would have hurt me a lot.
“Your skills haven’t rusted.”
Sword swordsmanship is impossible to counterattack like this, but I was defeated just because I took a sword and hit it directly.
The swords return to the captain again.
Still, it seems that he intends to stop here today as if he refrained from saying that he is in the academy.
If it was the Knights, we would have competed all night.
“Anyway, the younger brother and his disciple both have accidents in pairs, so I am getting old.”
“It looks like Master is away too.”
“But you are better. You still wrote a letter saying you were going to do something.”
I laughed when I heard that Master had also disappeared somewhere.
The person who can be called my mentor in the Imperial Knights is Wendy West Harbor, the second master of the current Empire and the younger brother of the leader.
The two were the daughters of a fisherman who ran a fishing business on the unknown west coast, but now they have become a noble family with two masters.
Linda builds a family as a master in a sunny place, and Wendy… The master often goes around like a knight.
I too was greatly influenced by my teacher and wandered around, but the director was happy that I was more obedient than my teacher.
“How did you know I was here?”
“There were traces of the Great Devil, but Andy couldn’t have solved it by himself.
It’s a very simple elimination method, but the great devil descended and disappeared. If the church couldn’t deal with it, the Master dealt with it….
There are at most three masters wandering around, one of them was at home the day the incident happened, so the rest are two… One of them is of a different race, so if you were at the academy, there’s no way other people wouldn’t have known about it.”
There are only a few masters known on the continent.
The number of Masters is very small as it is said that there have never been more than 10 Masters in the same era.
Currently, the Empire has 3 Masters, and there are a total of 8 Masters, one each from the Church or other countries.
Everybody pays attention to their every move, to the extent that five of them get featured on a business trip out of their own zone, but
The two shadows of the Empire, whose identities have not been revealed, and the beast master wander around without a place of residence, so it is hard to notice them.
It’s even more difficult for the two Shadows of the Empire because they don’t even reveal their identities… Still, since the beastman master is a rare beastman race in the empire, there would have been eyewitness accounts when he appeared, but there wasn’t this time, so it was doubtful.
“Then you are the only one left. I wouldn’t have noticed if I had just wandered around, but for some reason I was staying in one place.”
Ssit also had a problem dealing with the Great Devil.
If it was just a demon appearing, it wouldn’t be strange if Andy, a senior expert, handled it alone.
I have done what I had to do, so I have no regrets.
“Didn’t you clearly say in the letter that you were going to find the elixir of growth? Was there any remission?”
“… About 0.1.”
“Hmm….”
Hearing the insignificant figure of 0.1, The leader folded his arms and pondered.
“Yes, I will take care of that.”
“Looking after you?”
“I threw away a letter and wandered around for years, but if I couldn’t achieve my goal in the slightest, I would tear it apart.”
‘I’ll kill you if I tell you that everything I did while diving was pointless.’
A story that will send chills down your spine.
Are you saying that if I had arrived a little earlier, I would have fought until I had a hole in my chest.
“Still, I’m a deserter, but I don’t know what to do to be finished here.”
“Departure… was not treated as Is it a place where you and your younger brother can just disappear without a word… I will praise you for not forgetting your duty and stopping the coming of the great devil.”
I ran away without saying a word.. In other words, I was deserted, but I was surprised that they were willing to let me go.
“Why do you want to come back? If so, welcome.”
“That is not true.”
“You are not a child… You are not a regular knight, you are a master. It is also the ‘shadow’ of the empire..
If you’re staying here because you think it’s important, the Empire respects your decision.
Apart from the thing I just gave you, it’s a pity that I didn’t see it in person and talk to you.”
When I thought about why I was so generous, I remembered that Wendy, a teacher in the same position as me, was always like this.
The captain sighed, hit my head, and turned around.
“Now that I’ve seen everything is fine, I’m going to go back after a while.”
“Some… Are you there?”
“Yeah, I’m a little curious about the level of students at the academy. Everyone kept them hidden so they wouldn’t be seen in front of me, so I guess I’ll have to look around.”
A bad smile appeared on the captain’s face when he mentioned the five pillars.
“The heads of households would foam at the mouth if they knew.”
Imperial Knights and the Five Pillars are famous for not getting along, and everyone would be in a bad mood just for the Commander of the Imperial Knights to come and see them in person.
Especially for Lemnos and Russell.
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It’s been a long time since the title of Imperial First Sword was stolen by the Imperial Knights, so how can you feel good?
If I told you that I scheduled a duel with Lemnos again, you would laugh at my belly button.
The leader, who had been laughing while thinking bad thoughts, made a hint.
“Right. Do you know that the kid is still looking for you?”
My body flinched at the sound of a kid.
“… It’s been years since I emptied it, and you’re still looking for it?”
“I’m treating it as a business trip, but since you’re not alone, I’m away and the loss is not insignificant. Take care of it quickly and come back.”
Leaving those words behind, the captain climbed onto the sword’s crossguard with one foot and slowly disappeared into the sky.
Witches say they ride on broomsticks, but the Master of the Empire rides on swords and flies.
It was fortunate that I was more lenient than I thought, but the news I heard at the end made me think a lot.
Little boy….
When she said she was looking for me, her heart was stabbed.
The little boy… Is the child I rescued and served as a guardian when I was active as a shadow.
He arrived a little late, his whole family was killed by the devil, and he had nowhere to go, so I brought him and supported him..
Are you mad at me?
As soon as I heard the rumor of the growth leap that exists in the snowy country, my eyes went round and I ran away without thinking about it…
Um… No.
He’s an adult now, what are you worried about?
He’s old enough to take care of himself and has good skills, so he’s a regular member of the Imperial Knights, so what are you worried about?
In addition to the one addressed to the captain, I also wrote a separate letter, and if I had seen that, I wouldn’t have worried too much.
“I must have written down that if I listen carefully to the captain and wait patiently, I will find him and return soon….”
From what I hear, it seems that the captain doesn’t even know where he is.
When I hear the news, I’ll tell you where I am so that you don’t work in vain.
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“Atlas… Are you okay..?? What the hell was that?”
I was walking slowly towards the port and ran into Lucia.
Lucia wasn’t late.
I noticed it while walking, but it flew from the port to the end of the academy in an instant.
If she had flown for a few more seconds, she would have fallen into the sea..
She greeted me with a smile, thinking that she would be worried if she was frowning.
“No big deal. It’s okay, it’s okay.”
“The body is full of dirt.”
“So it’s embarrassing to go inside… I need to take a shower and change clothes.”
For a moment, Lucia’s gaze turned to the sword hanging from her back.
Until a while ago, he had been wearing a regular long sword, but he seemed to notice that it had suddenly changed to a luxurious sword.
He looked like a squirrel, hesitating as if he wanted to ask a question.
“By the way, did the instructor go in?”
“Not yet.. There”
Where Lucia pointed, she could still see Andy surrounded by her own fans.
Andy was enjoying the situation with a refreshing smile.
Someone just came close to dying and she went in alone surrounded by her fans?
I don’t like the crunchy feeling of the soil that gets between my clothes.
The more she felt displeased, the more she wanted to blame it on someone else.
“Andy …. Fell behind.”
Did you catch that?
If I hadn’t carried a knife, I would have died right at the port.
Let’s just leave it alone.