Damn Academy chapter 219

219 – Host (16)

“So you’re saying it hasn’t shown its full potential yet?”

“This is not my story. “I was referring to the elderly.”

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“Hmm, I didn’t give my best?”

“Yes.”

“What makes you so sure?”

“I knew it when I saw the sword you hadn’t taken out yet.”

“Is this the sword you looted from the village gatekeeper a few days ago?”

“The gatekeeper cannot have a sword like that. “Isn’t the magical pressure that covers this area also coming from that sword?”

The old man’s eyes gave me a momentary surprise. Then he spoke with curiosity about Damian’s words.

“Did you feel that?”

Damian went one step further.

“That sword wants my body.”

“Oh, on what basis?”

“I just felt it. It’s so close… “I wonder if Maab was friendly.”

The old man’s eyes were momentarily filled with surprise, then calmed down again.

“Are you trying to distract me with nonsense?”

The old man stopped talking and turned around, swinging his sword.

He knew in advance that Gale was approaching silently and was attacking him, so he struck him down.

Gail got caught up in the cold storm and flew about twenty steps away with the axe, rolling around on the ground.

Gail tried to get up, but he didn’t budge. In an instant, his limbs were frozen and pinned to the ground.

“I’ll finish off your guy first.”

The old man began to run towards Gale, perhaps intending to finish before Gale broke through the ice.

Then Damien chased after the old man to respond. However, in terms of running speed, the old man was much faster and it was not enough to stop him.

Damian took out a compressed air bomb and threw it with all his might.

This was not aimed at the elderly. He went over the old man’s head and landed in front of Gale.

Gail struggled and muttered to herself when she saw the bomb that fell in front of her.

“You f*cking bastard.”

Boom!

Gail’s body floated again and was thrown into a place far away from the battlefield.

The old man who witnessed the scene looked back at Damian with an expression that made it hard to tell whether he was friend or foe.

Damian ran without stopping and swung his wooden sword at the old man.

Kang!

The old man lightly blocked Damian’s attack with one hand and said.

“It’s cunning and has no unnecessary elements. “I also like that there is no mercy.”

“….”

“If you weren’t such an excellent prey, I would have raised you as my disciple.”

“Thank you, but I am already receiving instruction from the best teacher.”

“I already know that you serve a vicious witch.”

With the swords facing each other, the old man’s strength overwhelmed Damian’s posture and he began to be pressed to the floor.

“… There is one more person. Have you ever heard of the name Grig, the dragon slayer?”

“What?”

When the Sword Master was mentioned, the old man became agitated.

Damian stealthily threw a bomb and rolled backwards before being flattened further.

The old man, reading the obvious move, pulled his body back with a light movement.

Pow!

This time, contrary to expectations, pink petals burst out. It was a trick to increase distance and save bombs.

“Heh heh.”

The old man made a sound that I couldn’t tell whether it was a sigh or an exclamation. Then he looked at Damian with a strange look, as if he were seeing a spirit being for the first time.

Damian took his stance again and spoke.

“If you kill me, the ‘Dragon Slayer’ will punish you.”

“You feel like you’re going to die, so you’re just babbling about anything. Good night. “He seems like a fun guy, so I’ll tell him about it myself.”

The old man kicked the ground and rushed at Damian. It was a superhuman speed that was clearly different from before.

Kang!

“… !”

He barely blocked the old man’s sword, which was as fast as an arrow, but Damian was unable to withstand the force and fell backwards.

Damian’s eyes were greatly shaken. With just one blow, I felt an overwhelming difference in skill.

The old man didn’t pay attention and rushed back in, swinging his sword.

I blocked again, but Damian’s left forearm was weak due to the force.

Then he was kicked in the stomach and pushed away again.

The old man poured out his attacks without giving him time to regroup. He did not use the power of the magic sword, but pressured Damian only with pure sword skills.

Kang! Kang! Kang!

Damian held up better than before, but he couldn’t get over the three times and fell down again.

The old man looked at Damian and tilted his head. Then he launched another one-sided offensive.

Damian’s whole body was cut here and there, as if there were cuts in meat, and blood was flowing out.

“The story about the dragon slayer was also a bluff. “You can’t even imitate that person, let alone resemble him.”

“….”

The attack poured in again. This time, Damien withstood seven sums and fell out. The old man tilted his head again as if curious.

“Your swordsmanship is… “Where did you learn it?”

As we continued to work together, Damian’s response became more and more skillful.

Damian said, barely standing up with his wooden sword in his hand.

“I told you. “He was taught by a dragon slayer.”

“Hmm.”

When the old man struck again, Damian struck back.

However, this time it was not a strong impact sound, but a sound similar to that of threshing barley.

Pussy!

Damian’s sword turned into a sapling and woven his opponent’s sword like a net.

The old man pulled to remove the sword, but it was tied tightly like a noose and would not be released.

I immediately kicked Damian in the stomach. He was pushed back, gushing blood, but his sapling stem held his wrist tightly so he didn’t fall.

Damian placed one hand in his bomb pocket. And he threw something.

What he threw was a bag containing all the bombs.

Damian’s choice was self-destruction.

“… !”

Soon after, the necklace Damian was wearing began to glow, and a transparent protective shield like snake scales surrounded him.

All the magical energy condensed in the bomb became entangled and a powerful magical explosion occurred.

***

The magical explosion that emitted pure white light shattered the altar and scattered nearby bone fragments everywhere. An oval-shaped depression remained at the center of the explosion.

And Damian’s wooden sword and magic sword fluttered in the air and fell far out of the reach of their master.

Damian was thrown far away in the aftermath of the impact, but the artifact was activated and he did not receive any significant damage.

The old man put down his sword and quickly tried to dodge, but he could not avoid being caught in the explosion. Some of the stretched out skin on his face was torn slightly and became even more tattered, and his shabby clothes became even more tattered.

But he was standing still.

Damian raised his head, saw that the old man was empty-handed, and shouted loudly.

“Catch it!”

And then Gale, who was waiting for an opportunity in the forest, ran towards the magic sword stuck in the ground.

It was too late for the old man to retrieve it again.

Gale picked up his magic sword, covered in leaves and dust.

The magic sword in my hand began to emit white light.

The old man just stood still and watched with an expression on his face that did not tell what he was thinking.

Gale wiped the dust off the back of his sword with his hand and swung it in the air.

White frost trickled out along its trajectory.

“It fits perfectly in my hand. “I will use this well.”

Then he fixed the tip of his sword towards the old man and took a stance.

Damian also hurriedly retrieved his wooden sword and went into alert mode.

Even though his magic sword was taken away, the old man did not show any impatience. Instead, he just furrowed his brows and shook his head repeatedly while looking at Gale.

“Tsk, tsk, you’re wrong.”

As soon as the old man finished his meaningful words, Gale’s body began to sway.

“… ?”

Gail stepped forward and fell to one knee, grabbing his head.

“Ah, damn it.”

As he stood up again, his body stumbled again as if he was possessed by something.

Then he shook his head from side to side and muttered to himself.

“Shut up, shut up! sh*t.”

Finally, he grabbed her head and started moaning in pain.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh!”

Gail’s feet froze and he slowly began to climb up his body.

Damian shouted.

“Throw away your sword!”

“Damn, this disgusting b*tch…” I….”

As Gale stubbornly held on, the magic sword in his hand began to tremble. Soon, the magic sword began spewing cold energy into the sky at random.

“What is this…?” !”

The cold air that erupted fell like a meteorite and devastated the altar site and nearby forest.

Boom! Pop!

Cold air burst out from all directions.

The old man, who was standing still, quietly pulled out another sword from his waist. It was the one that radiated powerful magical pressure.

It was an old sword with a rough appearance and the paint on the handle had peeled off, but its abilities were not clunky at all.

When the old man raised his sword toward the sky, a strange phenomenon occurred.

The cold air that fell randomly gathered around him and formed a typhoon-like vortex.

A whirlwind of cold air that seemed to tear up the roots of a tree swept across the battlefield, causing Damian to put his wooden sword in the ground and fall down.

That powerful energy was sucked into that sword. Soon, all the cold was absorbed and the vortex completely disappeared as if it had never happened before.

“….”

Damian was mesmerized by the overwhelming sight he had seen for the first time in his life.

Gail was still wrestling with the magic sword, but soon she was hit with a cold blast due to the magic sword’s rejection and was thrown back.

The magic sword that escaped his grasp bounced on the ground like a water swallow and slithered to a stop at Damian’s feet.

The old man stood still holding his sword as if he had no intention of attacking.

Damian held his breath for a moment. He put his wooden sword into its sheath and glared at the magic sword. Then, he picked up the magic sword as if picking up a coin that had fallen on the floor.

And nothing happened to Damian.

The old man asked.

“Did you hear the whisper of the magic sword?”

In Damian’s hands, the magic sword became quiet like a gentle sheep.

He swung his sword as if showing off. No rejection reaction occurred.

The old man laughed heartily and then burst into laughter.

“Ahahahaha! That’s enough.”

“… ?”

“The sword is now yours.”

The old man grabbed the sagging skin of his face and pulled it hard. Then the face that was stuck like slime was completely torn off and the original face was revealed.

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White hair swept back. A well-groomed white beard, strong yet kindly wrinkled eyes, and dark facial features that may have faded over time, but you might have heard him say he was handsome as a child. He had a good and honest look that did not fit his reputation as a magic sword hunter.

The opponent became hostile, but Damian, who was quite embarrassed, got ready for battle again and spoke.

“… “You weren’t a magic hunter.”

The old man put his sword back in his waistband. The magical pressure that had been weighing down the space the whole time finally disappeared as if it had been washed away.

“The magic hunter has already died by my hands.”

“….”

“That too was stolen from the magic sword hunter. The mission is over. That sword is the reward for this mission. “It’s the perfect reward for a disobedient, reckless, and fearless idiot.”

After finally confirming that the situation was over, Damian looked up at the sky with a vain gaze. He was disappointed that everything was suddenly cleared up ahead of a full-scale fight.

“…Rejecting Eternia’s orders, breaking through the demonic pressure, and seizing the demon sword, it was all a test.”

Damian, relaxed, collapsed on the floor.

“And the elders played according to our level.”

“You saved your life, but you feel regretful.”

“….”

“Did you really think you could win?”

“… No.”

Damian was lost in thought for a while and then continued speaking.

“No matter how strong an opponent I face, I have this thought. Even if I lost until the 10th match, I had the idea that I would win after the 11th match, but this match was different. “For the hundredth or thousandth time, all I could see was a picture of me losing.”

“But why did you want to fight more?”

“That’s why I wanted to see the end even more.”

“You and the kids lying around over there fought well enough. And don’t waste your energy on meaningless fights. “Once the waters are opened, the magic hunter will continue to come.”

“….”

Damian lay down on the floor in his empty heart.

“Let me ask you just one question.”

“… “Please tell me.”

“Who taught Paleomedina swordsmanship?”

“What is that?”

“That ancient sword technique you used so clumsily.”

“I don’t know about that. “I just stuttered and imitated what the old man said.”

“… Her.”

Curiosity about Damian appeared in the old man’s eyes again.

I asked back as if to confirm Damian’s words again.

“You followed suit after seeing that brief encounter?”

“…Yes.”

He turned around with his back and quietly looked at the sky and spoke softly.

“… “If you roll under me, you’ll quickly turn into a monster.”

“But. Who on earth are you? “Are you a professor?”

“Yes, I am a visiting professor who came to fix your messy hair.”