3. Asherah Glade – (25)
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Tolish Birbalce.
Ed Gleaard.
Even though the sound announcing the start of the battle rang out, there was no hasty movement from either side.
“….”
“….”
Tolisch clad in bright gold knightly armor,
Ed wearing a knight’s armor of soft blue light.
Just looking at each other, they slowly raise their swords.
The two of them looked like they were trying to give each other the lead to the people in the waiting room.
After that, each of them raised their swords and took the posture of holding a swordsmanship ceremony.
“… The seon-gong will yield.”
As if the soft voice in the drawing room was a lie, Tolish’s profound voice resonated throughout the gymnasium.
The blue helmet heard that voice. At the same time as Ed took a step at the end of Ed’s small nod.
Pot!
He kicked the floor of the gymnasium roughly.
Chaeeng-!
Whee Woo Woo!
The moment Tolish and Ed’s sword collide in the air as they encounter Ed’s sword coming down ferociously. A simple sword-to-sword clash without an aura blade spread the unbelievable sword wind around the two.
Tollysh, who was pushed back half a step by the blow of unexpected power, looked at Ed with his golden eyes shining through his helmet, and Ed also faced those straight eyes without avoiding them.
Chichichichik!!!
A battle of strength takes place as each other’s blades collide fiercely, and the sound of iron resonates ferociously.
Then, suddenly, Tolish took a half step back, stomping his feet in a circle, removing his sword as if being pushed back, and at the same time striking Ed’s sword with even greater force.
Chae Ae-aeng ㅡ!!
“Kuu!”
At the sudden change, Ed takes two steps back and adjusts his posture, as if pushed out of his strength.
Birbalche’s swordsmanship, which values strength, was bizarre in itself. It didn’t seem like he gave much force, but the moment he faced the sword, he pressed it with strong force.
“Glead’s swordsmanship doesn’t seem to be one that puts so much emphasis on strength.”
Kaang!
Tolisch swung his sword wide and pushed Ed away, muttering incredulously. Ed felt like showing off his swordsmanship just now.
“If you want.”
After that, Ed changed his posture holding his sword as if he had no further words.
I gripped the handle with my index finger and thumb and gripped the sword in an unusual way. At first glance, the posture of holding the sword seemed uneasy.
Tollish, who was watching Ed’s unusual rider ceremony, grabbed his sword with both hands.
As if from now on, it’s sincere.
They both gripped their swords with great tension.
And once again, it was Ed who took the lead.
Prepare to change into a sword by holding the sword with the remaining fingers while pressing it down with a large diagonal stroke.
Gleard family swordsmanship type 1.
ㅡBreaking water drops.
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As Ed’s sword swung down in a wide diagonal line, Tolish, who had swung his sword wide, took a half step back in a moment of shock.
At first glance, it seemed easy to deal with because the sword itself was so straight that it was plunged into a clean arc.
However, the moment he faces the sword like that, he will miss the sword himself.
Tolish felt it intuitively.
I widened my distance and put a lot of strength into it, striking it horizontally as if I was lifting the sword, and ran into Ed’s sword that was coming down diagonally.
Edgar’s eyes lit up at Tolish’s appearance just before the sword touched him. Grasp his grip with the rest of your fingers, changing the path of the sword.
The moment I tried to pass it, like a wave avoiding a sword that was slashing me horizontally.
Kaaang!
A huge gong sounded.
Susssss.
ㅡㅡ!!
Along with the sound of the ground being dug up, Ed’s whole body shuddered. Ed, biting his lip, forced himself to swallow the moan that was about to burst out without his knowledge.
His own arm holding his sword trembled slightly.
For some reason, his own sword, which he must have avoided, ended up facing the sword containing that power. The range was odd.
Tolish’s sword, filled with power that must have been without an aura, cut his own sword as if the range was different from what he saw with his real eyes.
“Ed Gleaard. I felt that you too had reached the highest level, am I right?”
To Tolish’s question as if he was confirming it, Ed nodded his head slightly.
“Then let’s stop warming up each other. I’m afraid that many people in the audience will be disappointed when they see our sword.”
Tolisch, who slowly raised a very pale blue aura on his sword, raised his sword and pointed it at Ed. It was a movement that felt relaxed, as if to give it time.
“Okay.”
Ed took a slow breath and straightened his sword, raising her mana.
At the same time, an aura like a blue haze rose from Ed’s sword.
They matched each other’s aura blades.
They seemed to recognize that it was Dalian. I didn’t use too much mana.
Just.
Ed and Tolish’s eyes were infinitely cold as they looked at each other.
It contained a momentum that would mercilessly cut down even the slightest gap.
“… Come in.”
This time, he speaks out with the intention of conceding the first attack.
Glead’s swordsmanship using Aura boasts flawless defense power in itself.
I didn’t even think that Glaad’s swordsmanship could be penetrated by a knight of the same level or not much different from himself.
Previously, the first attack he had had was nothing more than a mere battle to cool himself off.
The feeling of hostility that soared until the swords faced each other was quietly disappearing inside of them as if they were sinking deeply the moment they faced the swords.
“My sword will be heavy, so take care.”
As if to announce an attack, Tolish’s voice rang out and at the same time Tolish kicked the ground.
Perhaps he had used enough mana for his body, and Tolish’s movement was so fast that it was noticeably different from before.
Kooung!
Ed’s eyes shone coldly with a heavy sound, as if something had been stamped down on him.
Ed, seated under his helmet, smiled unconsciously.
I felt that this moment was enjoyable.
As the ever familiar blue lines continue to surround him, Ed raises his sword and looks into the air.
Tolish, who hit so hard that his ground rang loudly, he was on top of himself before he knew it. It felt as if the sword itself had a mighty power as it radiated ferociously in the air and slashed down with both hands.
That was the end of his appreciation for his swordsmanship.
I was confident that I would not lose no matter how strongly I was knocked down.
A power that is too strong can only be flowed out in a wave that is stronger than that.
How many times has he wielded it in the past? Hundreds of times?
Glead family swordsmanship type 2.
ㅡBlue wave.
Something like a pale blue haze forms a wave as if it were wrapping around Ed’s body.
Then the waves continued to gather, forming an even greater wave and enveloping itself.
Though Tolish’s new model, which fell vertically from the air, had the momentum to ignore Ed as if it would crush Ed. When he touched the blue aura surrounding Ed, a strange sound resonated.
Sweet!
It was like the sound of something being swept away by the current, to the point where I couldn’t believe that swords collided.
Suk!
As if to pierce the blue waves, he continued to strike hard, and the sword that held the power slipped in an instant.
“… Suck!”
Tolish swallowed in vain. At some point, the path of the sword strayed and was out of control. And the more I applied strength to control it, the more the path twisted and strayed.
And the moment Tolish felt it, it was too late.
Ed’s sword changed in an instant, and he extended his sword at the utmost speed.
Gleard family swordsmanship type 3.
ㅡCut the water.
Ashera, who was watching their sparring nervously in the waiting room, opened her eyes wide.
Philia I open my eyes and look at Ed again.
Ed’s sword could be seen when all of them reached the state of knighthood.
Ed’s momentum holding the sword had an unpredictably ferocious spirit.
As if hiding a ferocious beast that no one noticed under that soft appearance….
A very clear blue line was drawn cleanly, and at the same time as cutting through the blue water, the blue water surrounding Ed hid its traces.
Ed’s sword accelerates faster as it cuts through the current. While using swordsmanship, let’s unfold a skill that is difficult to understand by itself, like using another swordsmanship in succession.
In addition to Tolish who confronted it, there was a deep silence in the waiting room as well.
“… Is it over?”
Amidst the silence, Ed continues his conversation in a calm voice.
A moment that most people watching their sparring did not recognize. Ed’s sword was already in front of Tolish’s knight armor.
The most famous swordsmanship among the swordsmanships used by Aisen Glade, who was widely known throughout the continent as a swordsmanship that encompasses both workshop and defense.
Type 2 Blue Wave itself was a swordsmanship infinitely close to perfection. It forcibly twists the opponent’s sword blade to create a gap.
And the next type of swordsmanship, the type 3 water splitting that penetrates the gap. Most of the knights who faced Aizen died without even thinking about stopping them.
“… Ah.”
Asera stared blankly at Ed’s figure, and involuntarily exclaimed in admiration.
The swordsmanship that Ed had just practiced was not a skill that could be taught by someone else. He had to directly cut off the blue wave that he had unfolded and surrounded himself, and put his sword precisely into his opponent’s gap.
That in itself meant to release the defense surrounding oneself and move forward with air defense, and after expressing the blue wave to accurately receive the opponent’s sword, he had to execute a double attack by manifesting type 3 at the moment it was close to the moment.
Swordsmanship itself was a swordsmanship, and the flow of mana used was distinctly different. Therefore, it was not easy to use a different swordsmanship from moment to moment, but cutting off the swordsmanship he was using with another swordsmanship and continuing it was an absurd skill.
So, wasn’t it the kind of skill that even his grandfather hadn’t taught him or Ed?
But Ed did it so naturally.
Just as he realized years ago….
“I….”
Tolish couldn’t believe it. He was looking at Ed’s sword in front of him.
It must be the same superlative level. Even Edra seemed to have reached that level not long ago.
Obviously, before using the aura, he seemed to be showing his superiority.
By the way…….
Even so, Dalian was decided in vain.
“… You lost.”