Chapter 132: Golden Apple (3)
Ludovic looks at Aster for a moment.
Soon he chuckled and shook his head.
[I wanted to see you reveal information yourself, but it’s a pity.]
The way he spoke was already different from Ludovic. Still, she did her best to imitate it.
“More than that, who are you?”
Aster rolled her head as she looked at Ludovic in front of her.
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Most of the Zodiac have divine powers. And their gods are as famous as the Zodiac.
So, Aster also heard about Ludovic’s divine powers.
‘… ‘I don’t remember.’
Aster has absolutely no interest in those around him other than his own growth.
If Fron Deer had seen him, he would have sighed as he fell to the ground.
[You don’t know me?]
But that reaction seemed to be an appropriate provocation to Ludovic’s god.
Aster said.
“Seeing the movement in this matter, is it a god of Olympus?”
[How dare you make foolish guesses in front of me… !]
Ludovic’s sword glowed bright blue. The tip of the sword flies towards Aster, drawing a straight line in the air.
Whick!
As Aster jumped into the air and dodged, he saw Ludovic’s auror in that split-second of thin air.
‘… The color of the auror is originally the same as Ludovic. ‘Isn’t it natural?’
Aster remembers the Ludovic Auror he saw during a joint mission.
Although he had forgotten Ludovic’s god, he remembered the color of Ludovic’s auror, which he had seen only once. It was a clear indication of which way his brain was working.
Ok.
Aster landed lightly and asked again.
“So you don’t plan on telling me who you are?”
[Cheeky. Do you think that kind of attitude will be allowed just because I possessed a human body?]
Ludovic’s god is clearly much weaker now compared to its best state. It cannot produce more power than the possessed human. Ludovic is a strong enough player, but he is still far from being close to God himself.
Aster tilted his head.
“Then, if I ask politely, will you teach me?”
He said it was a good thing for him.
A wry smile spread across Ludovic.
[Well. I will tell you after I kill you.]
“… !”
When Aster heard those words, his eyes widened as if he was surprised.
He lowered his face and said,
“Don’t you know because you’re a god? Dead people cannot hear.”
[…]
Ludovic paused for a moment.
He scratched his head.
[I can’t believe that the person who is said to be the hope of humanity is such an idiot who can’t communicate well.]
“It is a gap that cannot be bridged between God and humans.”
[I know it’s something like that!]
Ludovic’s sword split the horizon. An Auror’s strike fired into that orbit.
Kaaang!
Aster thought as he swatted away the Auror.
‘The situation has become annoying.’
Aster wasn’t actually that curious about who Ludovic’s god was.
A Frontier would hear the name of a god and try to figure out the god’s weaknesses, but Aster can only use one sword.
However, this situation is bothering Aster.
‘If you attack Ludovic in his current state, the injuries will only be his fault.’
This fight is completely in God’s favor.
Because it is in the name of excluding the devil, there is little risk of losing faith, and even if you are attacked or die, it is all the work of the possessed human, not God.
Moreover, since Ludovic is not the only one possessed, the problem is that Aster’s power is wasting time here.
“… Phew.”
Aster shook his head and lowered his sword.
I don’t know. What should I do? What should take priority?
‘If I had known something like this would happen, I would have agreed when Dier asked me to eat with him.’
Dier would have made the best decision.
But this is in front of Aster’s house.
Elin, the older sister, is busy learning to be a teacher, and Aster is the only one she has here.
Well, I guess this god came here too.
[Lowering your sword, do you want to die?]
“That can’t be right.”
Although Aster does not realize it himself, the god possessed by Ludovic gradually realizes it.
This man, Aster Evans, is called the hope of humanity.
He doesn’t fit that nickname.
“I just do what I can.”
Polite speech annoys me more.
[What can you do?]
“I’m sparring with you.”
[Couple? Isn’t it a mistake to say the struggle to the death!]
Fault!
Ludovic shoots out an aura and his new form rushes towards him at high speed.
The waves of aura fired in three directions and Ludovic himself, who approaches using a wide range of space, are one arrow.
Aster said that,
Tuk!
Kick a rock with an aura in his foot, change the trajectory of one aura,
Whick!
One is to dodge by rotating the body halfway,
bang! Taang!
The last Auror simply destroyed it.
Immediately after that, Ludovic arrived right in front of us.
[Die!]
Ludovic’s sword flashed and flew towards Aster’s neck.
Self-
And in contrast to what was shouted, the sword deviated in a strange trajectory.
“Therefore.”
Tuk.
This time, Aster pushed Ludovic with his sword.
Even though it was a clear chance for him to land a blow.
“Such words are not appropriate in Dalian.”
[… You guys, how?]
Ludovic was not angry that he was pushed to the sword.
Aster cannot hurt Ludovic’s body. It was a fact he knew.
However, I couldn’t understand the twist in his attack just now.
It was clearly a blow that would split Aster’s face in half.
Aster was not avoiding it. That doesn’t mean it’s blocked.
If so, according to the law of elimination, it was shed.
But no matter how much you shed, can you still be that calm?
‘… Something similar to this somewhere…’
A god possessed by Ludovic. A technology so famous that even non-humans know about it.
Aster twirled his sword, checked his blade, and muttered.
“… Is this how you do it?”
Aster has no intention of hiding it.
“It’s a fall.”
[!!]
Ludovic opened his eyes wide.
[You say you can use a sword?]
“Is that so surprising? “They say humans learn and use human technology.”
Aster tilted his head.
And it’s not even finished yet. Because Ludovic didn’t let go of his sword.
However, Aster is one of the people who actually suffered a drop. It is a skill that one cannot help but be interested in as a warrior.
And only after studying it did he realize how high-level Nakjang was.
‘Other than a successful fall, the next problem is where defense, evasion, parrying, and shedding are all possible. ‘Whether or not I should try it only after completely calming down the opponent’s attack.’
Nakjang is a disarming technique. So, although there is a strong perception that it is a preemptive technology, the root of it is actually a thoroughly and highly implemented defensive technique.
Aster rested his chin on his chin and thought.
With Ludovic in front of me.
‘How on earth did that guy from Frontier achieve this in such a short period of time?’
It was a technique developed by At Jie, so he was impressed but not surprised to see At Jie doing it. Because I was able to gauge how much effort and time Ajie invested to achieve it.
But not Frontier.
Even though he was Ajie’s younger brother, and even though he was taking lessons from Ajie, Frondier’s success in defeat was only for a very short period of time.
‘Mr. Ajie, even if you didn’t show it on your face, you would have been very surprised to see Frontier succeed in dropping the ship.’
[How dare you look the other way!]
Ludovic rushed in again.
Aster said, raising his sword.
“The principle in sparring is to give signals.”
[This guy!]
Kang! Cough!
And the battle began again. Every time their swords collide, they emit fire and move to close the gap between them.
Within those few sums, Ludovic knew right away.
[You guy, how dare you do this to me… !]
“I don’t know why everyone reacts the same way.”
Ludovic is now experiencing the same thing that Aster faced, the shepherd of Mangot and Notker.
Aster readjusts his level to match the skill of his opponent.
In other words, a ‘matching’ fighting style.
If the opponent is weak, maintain an appropriate response as weak, and if the opponent is strong, maintain an appropriate response.
Aster doesn’t know what the best choice is in this situation. Even though it may be a bit of a stretch, should he quickly take down Ludovic and move on, even if it means hurting him? Or should he break away from this battle and go help someone else? Or should he just keep finding a way to subdue Ludovic unscathed?
Aster is neither Frontier nor Dier. Judgments and calculations remain ordinary.
So in this situation, of course, I don’t know the answer.
Since he doesn’t know, he just chooses the most familiar method.
His fighting style is to fight until the opponent shows all his strength.
[Pfft… !]
But there Ludovic made an unexpected move.
Fault!
“… ?”
He walked away from Aster with a puzzled look on his face.
“Are you thinking about becoming an Auror again? “That would be good too.”
Aster took a stance ready for a long-distance attack.
Nevertheless.
[…]
Ludovic did not move.
Aster’s face was colored with doubt.
Ludovic is not thinking about what attack to attack right now.
He is clearly hesitant to attack himself.
‘… ‘Wasn’t the purpose to tie my feet?’
Aster could not understand Ludovic’s sudden change in attitude.
Even though Ludovic could have been the first to cross the continent, he dared to come to Aster. He must have been considered the most important person.
If Baldur succeeds in possessing Aster, he will gain the most powerful ally. Otherwise, it is right to deal with Aster as quickly as possible.
In fact, time is passing by at this moment, and it is true that the situation is getting worse for Aster.
Aster was prepared for that and chose this fighting method. In order not to hurt Ludovic and avoid defeat himself, he used the most familiar method.
‘So it would be welcomed from God’s perspective as well.’
Aster chose a fighting method that was advantageous to God with his own hands. Dragging time.
Why is God who wants that so embarrassed now?
[No way, something like this…]
Aster quietly looked at Ludovic, who was muttering something incomprehensible.
“… Huh?”
And he felt something.
Although it was very faint, I couldn’t avoid Aster’s aura.
“You look a little weak. “Auror.”
[… !]
Ludovic’s face distorted clearly.
“…”
Aster raised his head. He wanted to think in his own way. Ludovic’s auror has weakened. Judging by the reaction, it probably wasn’t intentional.
Recall the battle situation he just fought in and synthesize the circumstantial evidence. The clash of sword strikes, the gap, Ludovic’s expression, the faint but weakened power of God. As a result of tracing and searching for the cause and effect,
… I don’t know.
“Ah.”
Instead, something else came to mind.
“Yeah, I remembered. Apollon.”
Aster nodded his head.
“Apollo, you.”
Even though I knew his identity, Aster’s nerve-racking tone continued.
Aster himself intends to be polite.
“Aren’t you the ‘God of Truth’?”
I am very angry that that ordinary expression speaks in an ordinary way.
“Isn’t there too much to hide? Or have you had so many things in charge that you forgot to take care of the truth?”
[Aster, you don’t even know what blasphemy is!]
“…”
Aster’s puzzled expression reached its peak at this time.
“I know, but why are you bringing it up now?”