208. Final Weapon (3)
Lastium covered in dark clouds.
The atmosphere became gloomy, as if it was going to rain soon.
“Lord Veil, your smile is so sly that it doesn’t match your skills.”
Lin spoke in a calm voice.
Thanks to the gloomy weather, her dark circles became even darker.
“However, I will not ignore the kindness you already showed me.”
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As expected, Knight Commander Rin is the leader of a knighthood.
She chose victory for her master over her pride.
“I also promise not to use black mana no matter what happens.”
Her knight master raised her sword in front of her own face.
Even though he was already injured, he had an innocent face.
Looking at it like this, I felt like a villain who had been causing trouble all along.
“Oh….”
“He’s definitely the real leader, that’s right.”
The men in the audience looked at her face and nodded at her without even realizing it.
Then, the women sitting nearby poked their sides.
“Are you now defending the knights who cheated?”
“Ah…. There are still only suspicions….”
Indeed.
Leader Lin in front of me felt quite different from the Black Knights I had faced so far.
Her lifeless eyes clearly belonged to someone who had cut numerous teeth.
However, unlike the fake leader a moment ago, there was no sense of madness.
Aurors were not disguising black mana either.
Rather….
――――――.
Like the other leaders, it was a brilliant golden color.
To the point where her black pupils are beautifully colored.
“A-. “You say something so obvious in such a solemn way.”
I looked at her and opened her long eyes even thinner.
And then, she shrugged her shoulders with a strange smile.
“Isn’t that supposed to be banned in Dalian?”
“I know. “I just said this to tell you not to worry.”
Every time Rin mixed her words with mine, she felt like her mindset, which she had worked so hard to establish, was slipping away.
“I understand, I understand. “I won’t use Grand Auror either.”
Furthermore, the sight of him deftly releasing the white mana floating around. She felt like she was alone in this fight, so she felt like a fool.
“….”
Her soft lips pout, as if she is upset.
Looking at her like that, I tilted her head like a fox who knew nothing.
“Are you upset?”
My eyes, which had been thin until now, became round like those of a small animal.
When Rin saw that, he scolded in a cold voice.
“No, let’s get started.”
‘I’m upset.’
We stood across a deep pit and raised our swords at our respective positions.
And, it had a short cardinality.
“Okay then, let the game begin!! A sparring match between Lord Lin, the leader of the Black Knights, and Sir Bale, the defense knight!!”
As the judge shouted loudly, magnificent orchestral music rang out.
However, this time the sound became louder and longer.
As if announcing the finals.
“I’ll go.”
She bent her knees.
And then, he jumped over the pit with such spurs that the floor of the sparring hall was crushed.
“… !”
Lin’s body became dark, covered by my shadow.
However, her pupils were still shining.
He looked straight ahead at the enemy’s movements rushing toward him.
Chaae Aeng!!
The swords of the two knights clashed strongly with each other.
However, it was not the clear sound that had come out in previous matches.
It was a gruesome sound, like two soldiers clashing old swords in war.
Kagagak―――!!
Is it because of the toothless blade?
Their swords swung like crazy.
“….”
However, Lin surprisingly withstood my sword well.
Even though the blow was struck with one hand, the two arms bound with bandages were still strong.
‘It’s definitely different.’
It simply relies on mana and is not at the level of endurance.
When defending my sword, I lower my knees and hold the sword hilt as short as possible to reduce strength loss.
For the first time in a while, I really felt like I was fighting on a battlefield.
That feeling was quite enjoyable.
“You look down on me. “Mikhail.”
Rin glared at me with her sharp eyes.
Her eyes were like a crow in a battlefield full of her corpses.
“I’ll see how long I can smile like that.”
Black knights selected from the elite among the elite.
The young woman leading them twisted her elbow and shed her blade.
She then twisted her opposite elbow again and swung it like her Zweihander.
Like me when I was fighting Gilbert.
“It really is different.”
I twisted the wrist holding the sword.
And then, he successfully escaped her Easy Sunda attack.
Kigigeek―――――.
Their swords swung like crazy.
After this, the moment of separation.
“Huh!!”
She thrust her rapier into my face like a black hawk swooping down on her prey.
As if responding to this, I managed to avoid it by moving my head.
――――――!!
One arm is sealed.
Furthermore, his opponent is the strongest knight he has ever faced.
However, there is no need to despair.
If the environment is unfavorable, just change it.
Her left knee was pushed back.
Then, she took one big step at a time and quickly thrust out her sword.
“Ugh… !!”
Rin moved her waist with her expert instinct. Thanks to
, She barely managed to avoid a few strands of her hair being cut off.
“I can’t believe I can even do foil…” .”
She thought she grew up in a harsh environment like herself.
She let out a rough breath at her sudden, elegant one-handed swordsmanship.
“Yes, there was someone I had to teach.”
In the past, when I was the princess’s bodyguard.
She was watching my swordsmanship practice from afar.
She looked at me with interest, with round eyes like a wolf cub.
She also said that she did not want to be a burden and that she wanted to learn swordsmanship.
However, the actual sword skills I learned on the battlefield were very difficult for the slender princess.
That’s why she learned it by asking her successors from noble families, and eventually taught Irina herself.
“I learned properly to teach as gently and sincerely as possible.”
I took light and cheerful steps, like a woman dancing, and threw out her sword again.
When she struck with her rapier, he snapped her wrist as if drawing a picture in the air.
If you cut diagonally, you will shed it, and if you stab it, you will avoid it.
If we respond to each other’s attacks incorrectly even once….
‘It’s a shield and all, and it even pierces the skin!!’
“Veil… !! Cheer up!!”
Irina at the referee’s seat.
She clenched her fists and cheered me on.
A princess who keeps intact the memories she learned from me.
She raised her fist shyly and pretended to poke him.
“We must win!”
The judges glanced at Irina, who was excited, unlike her usual cold eyes.
However, the princess smiled brightly and shouted, as if she had no intention of hiding it any longer.
“Hmm-. “You’re definitely the longest-lasting person you’ve ever met?”
Lydia with pigtails also spoke from the VIP table.
She is alone with her arms crossed and looks as triumphant as she did at the knighthood ceremony when we first met.
“So, do you think the veil will fall?”
Leah sat next to her.
She sat alone with her voluptuous thighs crossed and asked her half-brother with her mature eyes.
“That can’t be possible.”
Lydia chuckled.
Then, she carefully stroked the ring on her delicate finger.
Like taming a pet.
“….”
Leah, like the commander of the empire, watched the battle between the two calmly.
Lydia glanced up at that and asked.
“Why? “Do you think our veil will fall?”
“No.”
Leah looked down at me with her thin eyes.
Exactly….
“I’ll just go right after the veil is over.”
The dress shirt under my uniform was soaked with sweat and stuck to my skin.
“Before washing….”
Lydia frowned as she looked at her older sister’s mischievous smile.
Leah paid no attention to her younger brother and just kept a smile on her face.
「….」
However, not everyone was smiling in this situation.
Rosanna and Leon sitting next to the emperor.
The two began to become anxious as they saw Rin getting pushed further and further behind.
“Damn…. That kind of skill can be achieved with just one hand… ?”
Leon was relieved at the thought of putting an end to sparring through an injury appeal.
However, I couldn’t help but sigh at my ignorant way of fighting with a self-penalty.
“I think I’ll have to leave for today, Leon.”
The same goes for Rosanna.
Confirming her skills that I had already seen through my memories, she calmly closed her eyes.
As if I realized the weight of my sword.
“Ha…. Ha….”
Lin’s breathing gradually began to become rough.
No matter how many fights I’ve had so far, it’s usually over in just a few rounds.
There were very few people who competed with her to that extent.
However, her pupils were also gradually feeling the day before her eyes.
She knew she couldn’t win.
“But I can’t give up.”
Lynn bit her own swollen lip.
And then, she forced herself to bleed to awaken her increasingly dazed mind.
This is one of the special treatments often used on the battlefield.
“Are you willing to sacrifice your life for the crown prince?”
I asked her, who seemed desperate for her.
No matter how you look at her, she is the type of person with a chivalrous spirit.
He is the exact opposite of the evil crown prince, but I don’t understand why he follows him so diligently.
“I can’t help it.”
Red blood drips from Rin’s small lips.
Her white bandage became wet as she wiped it with the back of her hand.
“Her Majesty the Empress is taking care of my younger brother. Since she has received a favor, she will follow until she repays it.”
As the situation became more urgent, she began to use her informal language.
“Although His Majesty the Crown Prince’s name is sometimes unsettling, my younger brother is more important to me….”
She unwrapped the tattered bandage.
And then, she wrapped it around her hand and the hilt of her sword, igniting her will.
‘As expected, there was a story.’
No matter how much the leader is, he doesn’t seem to know much about what Leon has been doing, as he has been driven to the battlefield his whole life.
She must have been hurt and taken advantage of just for her younger brother.
“You might think this is all a joke, but I don’t, Mikhail.”
A golden aura appeared in Rin’s pitch black eyes.
That auror was a level that was very difficult for a woman in her early 20s to have.
Most of the past knight commanders went through numerous wars and only became knights in their 30s.
“The weight of my sword is different.”
A sword meant to protect someone.
It was the same sword as mine in the past.
“It would be better to use the white auror this time.”
Lynn gave it her all, and she gave me kind advice.
Afterwards, she lifted the sword master’s solid will into her entire body and raised it into the air.
Everyone in the amphitheater witnessed that brilliant golden light.
It was so beautiful that it even brightened the dark shadows of the emperor’s eyes.
「Look, Leon.」
Leonhard spoke calmly to his son while watching the game.
「How harshly have you treated true chivalry?」
The emperor seemed to have decided what to do with Leon and did not even look at him anymore.
「Take this opportunity to realize and reflect.」
Just gave her last lesson.
“….”
A golden airflow brilliantly enveloped the dull and miserable body of the female prosecutor.
Afterwards, she bent her knees.
“Huh…” !!”
She held her rapier with both hands as if it were her great sword.
And, the moment when her entire body twisted like a spring.
Booooong――――――!!
The sword master’s concentrated golden aura was powerfully unleashed.
‘Brandish… !’
Countless sword energy in the shape of a crescent moon swept towards me like a tidal wave.
It wasn’t some magical, fancy technology.
It was simply a technique of recklessly throwing an auror into the air.
Basic swordsmanship and cutting learned only on the battlefield.
It was about training to the limit and showing off with all your might.
“It’s really different.”
I witnessed the will of the leader of the Black Knights before my eyes.
Her sword is truly a noble sword meant to protect someone.
Thanks to you, I was able to make a resolution.
I decided to let go of her sly and flirtatious behavior so far and save her.
“It’s not polite to avoid this technique.”
She placed her fist on her left breast.
And, I also strongly radiated the Sword Master’s aura.
“I’m going, Director Lin.”
I rushed into the golden tidal wave rushing towards me.
“Bale, veil… ?”
“Are you sure you’re not going to avoid it?”
The princesses and Rosanna have been relaxed so far.
When they saw me heading into the black energy storm, their lips parted.
Kagagak―――――!!
The mana shield around my body was shaking like crazy.
Every time the sword energy collided, a bloody bursting sound was heard.
However, I did not stop.
I just ran through sword energy towards the young knight who didn’t know how to stop.
My shirt is torn here and there.
There is a shallow cut on the cheek.
Still, I steadfastly ran to Lin, who was throwing brandish at me.
Just like that, the moment my skin became hot from her heat.
“!!!”
I finally absorbed all the sword energy into my body and arrived in front of Rin.
“How…” !”
The look of the Black Knight leader in embarrassment.
Her mana shield, which had been protecting her body for so long, was condensed into the sword she was holding towards her.
“I just said it was the weight of the sword.”
Thanks to this, red stab wounds began to appear all over my body.
However, I didn’t care.
“I am also by no means light. “Director Lin.”
All golden auras were focused on the old sword that was pointing downwards.
Then, a haze appeared and the day shimmered beautifully.
“My sword is now beyond one person….”
I was raised in my mother’s twisted anger.
I was ignored because of my blood as a commoner.
Despised for having different hair color and origin than others.
Even the princess of another country sacrificed herself to someone else’s greed.
Everyone in the empire has their own sad story.
“Because it is a sword that protects everyone.”
I raised my sword energy with one hand with all my might.
Strong enough to make my clenched teeth tremble.
――――――.
Clearly, the Grand Aura was not activated.
But at the same time, the golden auror turns brilliant white….
All of Lin’s sword energy was destroyed.
“That’s ridiculous….”
A brilliant strike passed through the leader.
After this, the moment it touches the solid stadium wall at the back.
Quaaang―――――!!
The outer wall of Lastium was torn to shreds as if clawed by a huge beast.
However, the sword energy did not stop at this and soared into the sky.
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Soon.
――――――.
Even the swarm of clouds that had gloomily enveloped the amphitheater parted.
A huge hole appeared between the split clouds.
“….”
At that scene, silence fell over the vast Lastium Stadium.
Everyone just faced the brilliant sunlight pouring down on them.
“Guh, the clouds…” .”
Dust floats through the hot sunlight.
Only after seeing that scene did the audience realize that this was not an illusion.
「….」
When the emperor saw the scene, he quietly closed his eyes.
And then, he felt the sunlight hitting his old and wrinkled skin.
“….”
The same goes for Rosanna.
The Empress stared at the peaceful face of the Emperor.
―――.
I exhaled harshly, just as I was in the same position as I had thrown my sword.
Then, he carelessly dropped it to the ground.
Kaaang….
The sound of sharp metal falling.
For a sword that split the sky, it was extremely shabby.
“….”
However, at the same time the sword fell, the opponent in front of him, Rin, also collapsed on the floor.
She seemed to realize that her sword energy had penetrated her own body, and she groped her neck.
“I can’t believe it was this much of a difference….”
Rin enjoyed the feeling that she lived with her trembling hands.
I slowly approached her.
“You said earlier that she risked her life to save her brother, right?”
“….”
The young leader looked up at me.
She looked at my huge shadow and quietly nodded her head.
“That cure…. “Maybe I can give it to you.”
I rummaged through the inside pocket of my tattered uniform jacket.
Then, he took out the cracked glass bottle of Lin’s brandish.
“That…” . What… ?”
Rin frowned because of the blinding sunlight.
“Someone I know…. No, I got it from a wolf, not a person.”
She held out her hand to her.
Then, he secretly gave her medicine to her bandaged arm.
“Anyone who eats it will gain a lot of strength…” .”
“….”
Rin swallowed deeply at the sight of me handing her medicine to her defeated self.
“What will you do if I give you this…” ?”
The knight commander pointed to my face with stab wounds all over my body.
However, I smiled and waved my hand.
“There are already so many knife marks that it’s not even noticeable.”
‘Well, the werewolf said that there would definitely come a time when it would be necessary…. ‘It’ll be okay.’
I looked down at her trembling hands.
If you make a mistake, it looks like the glass bottle you handed over will fall.
Feeling uneasy about her, I held both of her hands together.
That moment.
「Waaa―――――!!」
At the same time, a loud roar rose up that made us flinch.
「This is the moment of birth of the new empire’s first sword!!」
Sunshine pouring in.
In the midst of that, I raised my head.
In the past, I lived as a bodyguard for Irina.
And in this life….
He became the protector of everyone.