29 – Archen Forest (3)
The best I can do right now.
The power of the holy sword cannot be used due to lack of physical ability.
What I need for melee combat.
I remember the battle of Professor Bergen that I saw a while ago.
Cheap-!
The shadows fluctuate.
A wave of mana sweeps the surrounding floor.
Not enough.
Cheap!
Injects more mana.
Think of it.
Concepts and images.
I can’t handle weapons.
I didn’t learn martial arts professionally.
A quick sword like Seong Jin-ha.
Clean martial arts like Professor Bergen.
This is an area of technology that I cannot do.
Think about it.
Pu-wook!
I stuck my arm into the boiling shadow.
“…! What are you trying to do?”
What comes to mind is a shimmering gauntlet.
But these aren’t gauntlets for martial arts like Professor Bergen’s.
My strength is overwhelmingly lacking.
But if the status bar is correct.
Sufficient reaction speed and sense to support muscle strength.
Sure.
‘If speed could be converted into strength.’
An armament that can fill my lack of strength and mobility.
When I pulled out my arm, a black lump stuck to my arm.
A thick joint that goes up to the shoulder that can fill the lack of muscle strength.
– Iron Greok.
Mobility is…
Yes.
It reminds me of the blade of the wind that was blown away by the wave of mana.
If it is possible to have a physical effect with a wave of mana.
Kirik-
Imagine the ejection port that can release mana on the palm part.
If this is…
**
Let’s see that Rai is acting suspicious even from a distance.
“… It’s not unusual at all. I’m going first.”
“Wasn’t it a national rule to wait for transformation?
What. If we can get rid of it quickly from the rear…!”
Two men came running quickly.
In an instant, a man from the left swung a sword with Heit-senpai surrounded on both sides.
Belatedly, I twist the trajectory with a one-handed shield.
Booung-
Tung-!
“Awesome…!”
The senior’s feet floated in the air on the sword that the man swung with his weight.
In order to finish off the senior who was floating in the air and couldn’t get his posture right
The man leans his body down and to the right, out of sight.
“Senior! It’s on the bottom right!”
Urgently inform the location…
“Do you have time to make an order, kid?”
“…!”
In the blink of an eye, a man approached me and stabbed me with a sword.
“Kuh…!”
At the same time, Selina’s spear of blood flew from close range.
-Chang-Grang!
“Sheesh.”
The man instantly destroyed the three spears of his blood that flew lightly.
“… At this rate.”
It doesn’t last long.
It was then.
Kwaang-!!!
With the sound of something exploding.
The figure passed by in an instant and snatched the man in front of him.
**
Just before the idea of the gauntlet is over.
The enemies rushed in first.
In an instant, Unwoldo man marked Haite-senpai.
The bald guy was in charge of the rear guards, Selina and Neneto.
… It’s morning now, so Selina’s firepower is low.
‘Quickly.’
I bent down, spreading my hands down, palms facing back.
‘I hope it turns out as I imagined.’
To be?
No. It should be.
Don’t hesitate now.
A man smashes three spears of blood in an instant.
‘…Now!’
Explosively emit shadow mana through the ejection port on the palm.
-Quaang!!!
At the same time, the body bounces off in an instant.
-Whoa!
As the wind pushes your body violently, the scenery around you changes in an instant.
In an instant, they reached the tree of Munch.
If you continue like this, you will collide with a tree in front of you…!
‘You have to turn around.’
You have to extend your arm to the right as it was in the flying posture…
‘..! No.’
I can’t stretch my arms forward because of the wind resistance that is too great.
…If so.
Twoong-!
Discharges mana only in the right palm and turns the body 45 degrees.
Then release mana into both palms again.
-Quaang!
Changes in direction like flowing water.
A fleeting moment in the blink of an eye.
My body reached the enemy in an instant.
I grabbed the back of the head of the bald guy who was turning this way in response to the sound.
-Quaang!!!
I crashed into a tree that was on a flying track.
– Damn it.
With the sound of trees breaking.
Kung.
A tree with a big hole through its pillar.
I collapsed on top of the man.
“What… What?!”
Neneto’s voice belatedly heard from some distance away.
“I’ll take care of this guy, so help Hait-senpai!!”
Looking a bit surprised, he looked this way.
I soon regained my composure and heard a voice giving an auxiliary order to Selina.
And.
“Ha… That’s f*cking ridiculous…”
A man walks out from among the broken trees.
‘…As expected, the destructive power was a bit lacking.’
Of course, the man doesn’t look normal either.
It’s just that the area around his nose and eyes is bleeding a little from the branches.
There seemed to be no major obstacle to the battle.
With an annoyed look on his face, he was approaching with a twig stuck in his eye.
“What is it? How did you do it? Artifact…? If there was such a thing, I should have written it a long time ago.”
“… Shut up.”
“This is a nasty bastard. Well, the speed is a bit surprising.”
There is no herbal medicine.
Tadadat-
The man runs forward.
First of all, defense…!
…!
Where did you go?
-Suddenly!
‘…!’
I hurriedly turned to the left.
His right collarbone was severely cut to the shoulder line.
“Oh sh*t..!”
The man suddenly bounced off his body
Just as he was stepping on the tree on the right and jumping up, he cut his sword wide.
I can feel the red stain seeping into the torn white school uniform.
It was as if fire, not blood, flowed from the rough cut wound.
The pain of a unit experienced for the first time in life.
“Quaaah!”
I couldn’t hold back my screams at the raw pain I felt.
“…What’s the matter, you don’t seem to have much combat experience?”
This bastard…
Kwadeuk.
I grit my teeth and swallow the pain.
“Even if you have a lot of combat experience, it hurts to be cut by a knife. You bastard.”
“Ha ha ha! No. If you have a lot of combat experience…”
At least I’m not standing there in such a gap.
The man quickly runs again.
A large motion that cuts the sword from top to bottom.
‘The motion is so big?’
It can’t be.
… It’s a trick.
I quickly look down.
At the same time, the man kicked the ground.
-Chack!
Small stones and sand bounced up.
‘He’s a bastard who really ruins the fight.’
Release mana with the palm of his left hand that was covering his face reflexively.
-Perong!
The grains of sand rushing towards my eyes change their trajectory towards him in an instant.
“Oops..!”
Gap.
With the right palm, the opposite trajectory of the man’s sword.
Quang!
As the body bounces to the right, the image of a man covering his eyes is reflected.
I straightened out my bent right hand, and once again.
Puong!
Clenched his fists as he flew away.
-Clap.
f*ck!
You slapped the man in the face as hard as you could.
-Quaang!
The man flies off in an instant and crashes into a tree again.
However, unlike before, I applied a proper physical shock.
‘Kuh…!”
Suddenly, the wound on his right shoulder opened and blood gushed out.
I feel a little pain and a foreign body sensation.
I don’t know if it’s the excessive secretion of adrenaline.
The pain gradually became paralyzed with the pounding of my heart.
… Final blow.
A man who has collapsed and shows no signs of getting up.
‘But this baby should be hit once or twice.’
Remove the gauntlet on your left hand. Put it on my right shoulder
Infuses mana.
Control of blood using mana.
The spurting blood soon turned into a sharp weapon.
-Hung!
Flies toward the fallen man.
At the same time.
With his right hand forward and supported by his left.
Infuses mana.
A posture as if holding a gun.
-Ugh-uh-uh…!
The blade of blood that had flown beforehand.
-Damn it!
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‘Of course.’
There is bewilderment in the eyes of the guy who cut the blade.
Seeing me trying to do something, I turn my body belatedly…
“It’s late.”
Quaaang!!!
The concentrated mana in her palm shoots out in a straight line.
Despite supporting his arms, his body is momentarily pushed back significantly.
– Support weaving.
“Heo-eok…”
-Teouk.
Around the time I felt the touch of the tree supporting me on my back.
When I opened my eyes, I could see the horrors in front of me as if I had been pushed a considerable distance.
As if to show off that a great amount of energy has passed.
A scorched, dented floor.
Dozens of fallen trees that are half gone.
And.
I belatedly turned around and tried to avoid it.
There was a corpse with half of the upper body blown away because it could not be avoided.
“…”
I look at the corpse that disappears as soon as it turns to ashes.
…Killed a person.
-…! !!
I could still hear the sound of a fight not far away.
Fortunately, some mana remains.
An attack that just inefficiently drains mana like I just did would be impossible now.
Still…
Let’s hurry up.
After all, 1:3 was impossible, but with her whole body full of wounds, she was kneeling
The appearance of a man who is being held captive and senior Haite.
And I saw Neneto, who was very surprised to see me.
“Rye..!!”
“Lay..?! What the hell…!”
Selina hurriedly runs towards me.
“Your wounds are severe…! It’s okay..”
“… Less?”
Neneto cuts off Selina’s words.
“You now..!”
“Getting caught up in personal feelings later. The first thing is to understand the situation.”
“… I did it.”
Selina’s and Neneto’s eyes slightly waved at my answer.
“…Yes.”
Neneto’s small hand quietly landed on my shoulder.
“Good job. Everyone bought it thanks to you. Lie.”
In the calm atmosphere, Selina opened her mouth with a dark expression.
“… Mr. Rye. Are you okay?”
At Selina’s worrying words, she opened her mouth with a grin on purpose.
“Yes. Everyone is not hurt, right?”
“…Yes, I successfully subdued it.”
“Okay then, let’s go back quickly.”
The road to the base camp.
There was a strange silence in the party.
“…Then we will first go back to the 2nd team camp and ask the academy for help.”
“Yes. In the meantime, go back to Team 1 camp and report the situation to Elena.”
That’s how I broke up with Team 2 and returned to Team 1’s base camp first.
We headed for the tent where the injured were.
“Elena. Things are over…”
…?
No.
I hurriedly walk out and enter the tent where the second injured person is.
There were only injured people lying in a state of fainting.
No.
This is Elena.
It’s gone.
“What is this…!”
Did you go look around for a while?
No. I can’t do that with patients…
…!
A sudden question.
The two men each used a sword and a sword.
In that case.
Who threw the dagger?
Even though it was night, it was hard to find even a trace.
A dagger that never flew at the same time as the two appeared.
Among the two, the enemy presumed to be a rearguard was not seen.
-Chack!
Runs out of the tent and looks around.
No matter how much you look around, all you see are leaves and trees swaying in the wind.
Smoke was rising from the extinguished bonfire.
Where are you?
Where did it disappear to..!
‘What should I do?’
The engagement was over in an instant.
I wouldn’t have gone far.
In order to save it as quickly as possible.
There is no time to go to the 2nd team to ask for support.
…Two teams?
‘…!’
This is it.
I inhale as much as I can inhale.
And.
“Nenetoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Among the sounds I’ve heard in my life.
By far the loudest.
It’s not just Rai’s life.
Including the life of ‘Han Shiha’.
If you haven’t gotten that far yet…
And if it’s Neneto…!!
**
**
-Nenetoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“… Rye?”
“Why is Mr. Lai…”
On the way to base camp.
The voice that Rai suddenly finds himself.
“…!”
I quickly look at the bound man.
“…”
An expression that seems displeased somewhere.
‘No way..!’
Quickly blows mana into the eyes.
A view that instantly switches to a third point of view.
You can see the scenery of the surrounding forest at a glance.
Even the image of Rai screaming at himself.
‘What about Elena?’
I don’t know if she’s in the tent, but I can’t see Elena.
“Damn it..!”
It draws mana to the limit in its eyes.
The field of view is starting to get higher and higher.
1Km..
2Km…
And.
Around the time you can see the outside of the forest.
The image of the academy’s carriage leaving was reflected in my eyes.
‘…This is it.’
Take a deep breath.
“Northeast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
… sh*t.
There was one more.
“What’s up?”
“… Elena was kidnapped. Rai is after him.”
Please don’t be late…
**
**
Immediately after the shout.
Soon after that, a voice echoed.
-NEW!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you.
Neneto…!
Quickly grasp the surroundings.
To the east where the sun rises. Inferring from the location of the base camp of the 2 teams…!
‘This way.’
Flips away quickly.
**
It’s rattled.
Rough driving without thinking about interior comfort.
The inside of the carriage rattles and Elena’s body bounces around.
“Eup..!”
Right after the party went out to battle.
After a while, feel suspicious outside the tent and run away.
“Just in case, he even sees through real invisibility magic.”
A suspicious man wearing a robe stood there.
“He will like it.”
I tried desperately to resist, but in the end I was overpowered and dragged outside the forest.
We have reached the current situation.
‘Why always…’
Are you saying you’re not that helpful?
I couldn’t even fight alongside the enemy.
I couldn’t even properly treat the injured seniors.
‘Why…’
-Why does Rai always need me?
What I wanted to ask him at the cafe.
Ray has always been there for me.
To myself who was always ignored and despised.
If you need it, find it.
Let’s laugh together.
He approached me first.
‘No more… I don’t want to.’
My heart ached like crazy.
If it weren’t for the cloth covering his mouth.
I felt like screaming and biting my tongue.
I wanted to help others.
I wanted to be loved.
If I were born with an ordinary exceptional talent.
Was it possible to be loved by everyone?
…
To ‘him’.
Could I have been more helpful?
I gritted my teeth.
A feeling that shakes violently, as if sparks are flying in the chest.
It was then.
The red fireflies started to flicker in front of my eyes.
‘This is…’
A fantasy I often had since I was young.
I tried to inform the people around me.
No one has seen these fireflies.
Since then, I have been despised by everyone for pretending to see the spirits because I don’t want to be hated.
Over and over again, this vision shimmered before my eyes and drove me crazy.
Why the hell.
Am I the only one who sees this?
This firefly would often help himself.
Even when detecting signs of enemies invisible to others.
He guided me to find the suspicious ‘energy’.
Then…
If you really want to help me…
Tears flowed from Elena’s eyes and down her cheeks.
‘Help me.’
And that moment.
-Yes.
I felt as if I heard a voice from somewhere.
**
As we got out of the forest, a carriage disappeared.
The horse was dead.
“… Damn it.”
I can see wheel marks on the floor that haven’t been in a while.
You can.
-Cheap.
Infuse mana into the shadow again.
It was a success once.
Twice is simple.
Pu-wook!
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Put your hands in and form a gauntlet
-Kwaaang!!
It spews mana like crazy and advances.
…!
I see.
It won’t be long before you see a running carriage reflected in your field of vision.
And that moment.
-Fury!
A huge flame rises from the wagon.
As if creating something out of nothing.
A flame on a scale that cannot be achieved with the concept of combustion.
“…This!”
Hee hee hee-
The carriage hastily stopped.
“What the hell did this b*tch do..!”
Before the man finished his words.
-Kwaaang!!!
I passed out by banging my head on the floor.
“…Helena!”
Quickly open the wagon door to check Elena’s condition.
The figure of Elena staring at me with her limbs restrained and her eyes wide open.
“… Thank goodness.”
I don’t think there are any injuries.
‘But the spark that rose earlier…’
My eyes feel weak.
First of all, let’s think about freeing Elena.
..
..
After that.
With the support of the 2 teams that came running late.
Joint Mentoring Practice for 1st and 2nd graders.
The journey in Archen Forest.
We have come to an end.