50 – Awe
Elisha Crozel is one of the few talented people in the Delos Academy, where all kinds of talented people are lined up.
There may be many reasons for this, but the most representative reason is that her learning does not discriminate between nothing and door.
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This is because the basis of her studies was passed down from her father, Balzac the Red Sword, and he was not a hero who only mastered swordsmanship, but the first in the empire to incorporate 『Demon Swordsmanship (魔劍術)』 Into battle. This is because Shikin is a swordsman and a magician at the same time.
In fact, just hearing the expression magic swordsmanship sounds grandiose, but the meaning of the word itself is not that great.
It’s just that the act of continuing a battle by using both sword and magic at the same time is called magic swordsmanship.
However, the reason why Balzac was the first to be acknowledged by the public for the existence of this magical swordsmanship was that there were many opinions that it was close to impossible to master these two perfectly.
At that time, swordsmen and martial artists were harshly criticized for this, to the extent that there was even a saying that it was ‘a refuge chosen as the second best choice for those who could not handle magic’, and people who could handle magic perfectly were criticized for why they held a sword. Always prevailed.
The man who broke it from the front was Balzac.
Along with his natural strong body, he demonstrated fine mana control that perfectly handles magic even while moving his body violently, and fully grafted it into battle to play an active role, even being called a hero in the future.
Elisha’s fighting method is also based on it.
That’s why, during sparring, she always uses magic unless it’s for the purpose of enslaving her opponent.
Before this, though she always asked the other person’s permission.
Gi-ing.
The spear of ice created in the sky stared at Bell with sharp eyes, as if eyes were running.
Following her father’s fire and her sister’s lightning, Elisha was fluent in ice barrier magic.
As if to prove this, the Ice Lancers she created were quite large and numerous in number, to be said to be the result of her first-year academy cadets.
‘As expected.’
Marie, who was watching this scene from a distance, lightly stuck out her tongue.
As a user who can use the same magic, I was able to realize that the gap with Elisha was clear.
Shhh!
The spear of ice that rushed through the air towards Bell radiated fierce momentum, not like sparring, but like that between people fighting for life and death.
Dig.
At the same time, Elisha’s body spurred out of her seat and bounced in front of her.
It was aimed at when her spear of ice reached halfway between her and her bell.
It was an action based on the calculation that if you start at full speed at this distance, you will be able to aim for an opening in the opponent who is in a hurry to block the ice spear.
Bell couldn’t help but smile bitterly at Elisha’s attack, which showed her willingness not to give her a chance.
I don’t know why the top performer in Class A is so sincere to a cadet in Class E, but anyway, I thought it was wrong to cut corners.
In the first place, she didn’t even have the expectation that she would be able to take it easy against someone as strong as Elisha.
“!?”
Bell’s eyes changed, and at the same time, Elisha’s eyes, which were approaching him, flashed open.
There was still quite a bit of distance between her, but seeing him straighten her up, Elisha instinctively stopped her leg and took a step behind her in haste.
Rather than a judgment based on visible grounds, it was a judgment made based on the experience and instinctive intuition acquired after countless battles in order to polish oneself.
And it fit perfectly.
Quaggagak.
Bell swung the sword he had moved to his waist as if unleashing it, and at the same time white light enveloped the air.
The spear of ice that had been pouring toward him disintegrated into fragments of magical power without leaving even dust in an instant, and the eyes of the people around him were stunned.
Just one person. Except for Lone.
Although the technique Bell showed me a while ago was not quite complete, it was a technique that anyone who knew even a little about swords would be able to identify.
‘Aura Blade!’
Stepping back behind her, Elisha opened her mouth wide, shouting the identity of the light inwardly.
Before I knew it, a drop of cold sweat fell to the floor of the training room, and power naturally entered the hand holding the sword.
I’m not kidding.
What is Aura Blade? It is a miracle among miracles that only one out of a thousand swordsmen who devoted their lives to swordsmanship can cause it.
Of course, what I just showed you was actually just a slightly longer extension of the sword aura, and it was a result that didn’t even reach the tip of the real aura blade, but that’s somewhere.
Just the fact that I was able to immerse my toes in that state of Aura Blade was nothing short of astonishing.
‘It was impossible even for me.’
Like Elisha’s heart, even she hasn’t reached the level of handling the Aura Blade yet.
Her father said that achieving an Aura Blade or higher is not just about learning, but about realizing through adversity that transcends life and death.
Dealing with such an aura blade, even though it is unfinished, would mean that he has surpassed Elisha in his realm as a pure swordsman.
Of course, considering the total amount of her magic power and her ability to convert it into her magic, it would be difficult to compare her overall fighting power, but Elisha felt defeated just by that fact.
To her, her magic has always been her assistant, and her main thing is her swordsmanship.
‘My eyes aren’t wrong.’
Truly the successor to the sword castle.
She was glad that her own reasoning and her eyes weren’t wrong, but on the other hand, she was an Elisha who couldn’t hide her bitterness.
She
Wasn’t just conceited, she thought her swordsmanship was unrivaled, at least in her age, and that was one of her prides that supported her.
However, the power she couldn’t overlook was located so close.
She thought that she still had a way to devote herself more, so it was an opportunity to win her heart, but she couldn’t help but feel regret.
‘It’s okay if I lose, so let’s try this number.’
In the end, Elisha decided to show the means she didn’t show to others, even if her bottom line was exposed.
Originally, she didn’t intend to show it until she participated in the prom at the exchange party, but she thought it would be okay since people here aren’t going to brag about it anyway.
Shredding. Shred.
Immediately, a chill settled in her hand holding the sword and spread to the surroundings.
As if in response, her floor began to freeze in places, and Elisha nodded her head as if she was ready, then she spurred off again and ran out like lightning.
Chaeeng!
Iron meets iron in the air with an intense sound, like sparks flying between swords.
As the distance between Elisha and her closed, Bell frowned at the chill that wrapped around her body.
I thought that just because the temperature had gone down a bit, it wasn’t something to be taken lightly.
If she had only planned to use magic in the first place, she would have tried to unilaterally project from a safe distance, just like before.
If it doesn’t come out like that, it must mean that she has her own tactics that can only be used in this city.
Besides, who is Elisha? In the early and middle part of the original story, she is almost the only first-year cadet who competed evenly with the talented Aden.
It means an opponent who is not allowed to be careless.
So, Bell held her heart and swung her sword in sync with Elisha’s breathing.
No, she was about to wield it.
Pass.
“…… !”
That wish would have come true if it hadn’t been for one of her hands, along with the hilt of her sword, being frozen.
In an instant, agitation appeared in his eyes, and Elisha’s sword, aiming for that gap, aimed fiercely at her abdomen.
Only then did Bell know the identity of Elisha’s magic.
It was a magic that was also shown in her original work, but I couldn’t think of it because I forgot the identity for a while.
Shredding.
With a sound like a glass cracking, the ice that fell like frost on Bell’s hand shattered, and her hand returned to freedom.
The judgment and reaction itself up to this point was very fast.
However, the important thing is that the opponent’s attack will inevitably outpace the speed anyway, since it’s the response he showed while he was already caught in the trap.
Chaeng!
In this situation, it was quite difficult to see any room for a counterattack, so Bell had to raise his sword and somehow block Elisha’s attack without properly putting his weight on it.
His body was pushed backwards in the aftermath of the impact, and his posture was a bit out of order, but it was a better choice than allowing the blow.
Bell, who opened the distance that Elisha had narrowed a moment ago, quickly corrected his stance and prepared for the next attack.
Because if it was Elisha, she didn’t know whether it was trust or wariness, that she wouldn’t miss even the slightest crack I saw.
“… Hmm?”
But for some reason, Elisha didn’t seem to have any intention of closing the gap again.
She did not appear to be hiding her will to attack either.
Rather, even the sword she was holding in her hand was still pierced at her waist, staring at Bell.
As if trying to check something.
“I lost. Bell.”
She shook her head as if the confirmation was over, and out of the blue, she raised a white flag.
She was shocked by the look in her audience’s eyes at her uncharacteristic behavior that had ignited her fighting spirit a moment ago.
It was all the more so because no matter who saw it, they seemed to have enough energy to continue fighting each other.
“… Okay? Good work.”
The only one who wasn’t too surprised by this situation was Belle, her master, who was holding her sword against her.
In the silent contest room, he approached leisurely as a winner and held out his hand to Elisha.
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