191 – I Wonder (4)
“Cheer, gagging!”
Silus tumbled and fell in one blow.
As soon as he felt the touch of the practice longsword lodged in his stomach, he knelt on the floor.
It was an unconditional reflex reaction caused by pain.
‘I only saw a glimpse…’
From the point of view of a knight focused on close combat, he could not capture the opponent’s movement.
······This is more serious than we thought.
What if this was a real situation? What if your opponent’s weapon was sharp?
Directly leads to death. In addition, the team will be annihilated.
Even Theo’s thrust was extended with a long sword. What if the lich had spread out with a much longer spear…
‘Damn it.’
Yes, he himself was completely defeated.
To him.
─The long-awaited Ellinia Academy Festival [Martial Arts Tournament]! The winner of the last match of the Round of 64 is Theo Lin Balderk of the College of Bravery!
I couldn’t even hear the presenter’s clear voice.
Silus looked up at Theo with a puzzled expression.
He had the same nonchalant expression he had before the match. As if this wasn’t even a match in the first place.
“·······.”
Theo reached out to him wordlessly.
Flinch. Could it be because of the sense of helplessness that was deeply imprinted in the body for about 5 minutes?
Silus trembled.
On the contrary, Theo was still holding his outstretched hand, motionless.
Silus looked up at him.
“·······.”
As expected, he was stretching his hand.
‘Damn it. Are you saying you’re okay?’
My face got hot.
If he had won, he would have roared and ran around the pitch in a frenzy.
His composure was to the point where you could even feel a sense of fear.
“······· Ha.”
Yes.
This is both technically and mentally. It’s a complete defeat.
For some reason, I felt relieved.
Silus took Theo’s hand and stood up.
Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap-
Applause erupted from the audience.
* * *
After the match, Theo told Silus about the technical improvements.
─ When doing the lunge, his shoulders are too tense. I hope you lose some strength.
─At the same time, it seems that a more powerful attack will be achieved if you lift your heel a little more and add more acceleration.
It was a brief advice, but it really touched Silus, who only trained in the dormitory after losing the Knights Faculty’s 2 vs. 2 Tournament.
He nodded his head as if realizing something, and immediately left the arena.
In this work, Silus is a third-rate villain, but he is still a top-ranked talent who currently ranks 12th in the Knights Faculty ranking.
Besides, he’s the kind of guy who doesn’t just think, but moves to productive action.
Theo liked him very much.
Then, by investing less than a minute in him, I tried to strengthen my strength.
Not bad. Maybe you don’t know Will the current investment return to good results in a crisis situation such as destroying the academy?
Besides that, there was an income.
This is because the [Weapon User] And [Sword Beginner]’S invisible characteristic experience felt filled up.
A few days ago, after acquiring the [Weapon User] Attribute, I only saw Neike’s skill, a genius of non-existence.
But even when he saw Silus’ clumsy technique, he realized a lot. So excited, I even gave you some advice.
“Hmm.”
Theo frowned at the round of 32 bracket floating in the center of the stadium.
‘The bracket is really up to the officials of the tournament. It’s too blatant.’
[Tarkhan vs Grendor]
[Kazim vs Kurok]
In addition to the two, the Orcs and Lizardmen, who advanced to the round of 32, all faced each other. Not a single one was an exception.
The confrontation between Noktar and Shagrod seems to have had a big impact.
‘It’s a box office crazy level. And my match luck is the worst.’
Theo cursed inwardly.
Rather, it’s as bad as meeting Irene, the winner of the competition.
[Theo Lynn Walderk vs Alice Carroll]
Theo’s opponent in the round of 32 was Alice.
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Theo’s game was the last turn of the round of 32.
‘I have time to spare.’
The opponent is the one who defeated Jacob. He had almost no data, and he had never faced an archer before. You should prepare as much as possible.
You can’t lose in the round of 32, let alone clear the quest, even because of your reputation.
[Magic Cartridge] Required mana recharge.
“·······.”
Returning to the audience, Theo looked at Seria in the seat next to him.
She looked straight at Theo, as if she also had eyes on the side of her head.
Theo muttered as low as possible.
“Can you follow me for a moment, Seria? I have something to say.”
“······heheheung. All right.”
She also answered lowly.
Theo nodded, got up from his seat, and carefully walked out of the auditorium.
Ttogak, Ttogak.
After a while, Seria also followed him. She, like him, was a cautious move.
─But.
“·······?”
Irene tilted her head as she returned to her seat belatedly after going to the bathroom. Theo and Seria were not present at the same time.
Suddenly, the mysterious smile of Seria, who had dared to challenge herself, Theo’s fiancée, came to mind.
At the same time, her overwhelming physicality came to mind. It was awesome. Even in the Faculty of Engineering, which has many students with excellent physical abilities, she had no opponent.
Kwareureung, kwareureung-
Thunder struck in my head.
‘·······No way.’
Irene ran out of the audience with her face flushed red.
* * *
Perhaps it was because the martial arts tournament was in progress, the cafe near the Knights Faculty was empty.
Me and Seria entered a cafe in one of them. There was no need for conversation between the two of us.
“Good job.”
“Ha, ha, ha, ha… I’m tired after a long time.”
In the bathroom of the cafe, after receiving mana recharge from Seria, I returned to the audience for the martial arts competition.
Of course, a proper alibi is essential.
I gave the drinks I bought at the cafe to the children. I was already familiar with their drink tastes, having seen them countless times in this work.
“Let’s all have a drink.”
In turn.
“Oh. Thanks, Theo.”
Aisha is an iced americano. Originally, she likes caramel macchiato, but now she is losing weight for tomorrow’s special performance. It seemed like an appropriate choice.
“Whoops, Theo. I’ll drink well. How did you know I like this?”
Sienna Aloe juice.
“Whoa~ Caffeine is good. The sweet thing makes my head spin.”
Leesilder is Cafe Mocha.
“Thank you, Theo. ······Hmm. It’s bland, but the texture is pretty good.”
Andrew’s Plain Yogurt Shake.
“Mmm! As soon as you take a sip, you feel a surge of energy in your body.”
Julia is an energy drink.
“Thank you.”
Jang Woo-hee is orange juice.
“Thank you, Bocchan. I will drink well.”
Amy has a chocolate latte.
From noble mtl dot com
“·······.”
Irene has an ice cafe latte.
······ Instead of greeting, she was the only one who looked up at me with an expressionless expression.
“·······.”
What is it? Have your tastes changed?
As usual, Irene’s ice ball-like expression was nowhere to be found. Her eyes were still and silent. She was somehow like me.
Anyway, I continued to watch the martial arts tournament.
32 Robbery is heading towards the end. Irene and Julia, of course, won and advanced to the round of 16.
Sooner or later it will be my turn. I’ll have to prepare soon.
I got up from my seat.
“I’ll be back.”
Everyone saw me off by saying goodbye.
······Except for one person, Irene.
What’s going on? It feels good to have a landslide victory in the previous match.
Let’s go to the waiting room and run a battle simulation.
Alice is a formidable opponent. She must be fully prepared.
* * *
The last match of the Round of 64.
Theo and Alice stood on the pitch facing each other.
Confrontation between the current Ellinia Academy’s most talked-about person and the person who created the greatest surprise in the martial arts competition.
Even Alice is the only Exploration Department to advance to the round of 32. She was more than enough to attract the attention of the pompous.
The audience whispered.
“No matter how much Alice beat Jacob, Theo would still win, right?”
“I don’t know. It is said that Theo is stronger than you think, but he has never faced an archer before, has he? And Alice, she’s not an ordinary gangster. Even during the preliminaries, like Jacob, he deliberately entered the driver’s range.”
“Ummm… But Theo, force is also force, but he has a strategist side, doesn’t he? Because I was the youngest person ever to attend an academic seminar.”
“One, two, three. Theo fighting! So cool!”
“Kyaaa~ You looked at this place! . . . Really handsome.”
“One, two, three. Alice fighting!”
“Alice! You are the only hope of the Exploration Department!”
Theo had a calm expression as usual, but Alice was different.
She glanced at Theo, then raised the corner of her mouth. Soon, her eyes curved like half moons.
“I really wanted to meet you, Mr. Theo.”
Alice’s blue eyes shone.
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