140 – Dungeon of the Constellation (10)
Mune looked at her right thigh.
Red blood was dripping from his thighs and down to his knees.
The elves who were watching the scene were startled and shot Tigris alive.
Mune had a greater psychological impact than Tigris’ mysterious swordsmanship, rather than the sharp pain that was now passing through her thighs.
“how······.”
Mune couldn’t quite figure out how Tigris had broken Mune’s swordsmanship.
The elves’ swordsmanship is basically based on magic swordsmanship.
Since the elves are naturally able to use magic with the blessings of the World Tree, it was natural to mix magic with swordsmanship.
That said, it is difficult to think of human circle magic.
The elves use the spirit magic using the spirit that the world tree gave each elf as a friend, not the circle magic used by humans.
However, Tigris completely offset the sword with the ice attribute.
“If you are going to throw a check with a light heart, don’t even try. If I had made up my mind, your leg would have just been amputated.”
Mune was thrilled for a moment at the sharp life contained in Tigris’ blunt tone.
Tigris rolled his sword with his finger like the previous Mune, and took the same charge stance.
“It seems that the truth is hard to come by. Help me.”
Tigris put her weight on her feet.
and rushed
All the elves, including Mune, opened their mouths in surprise.
It was because the step Tigris used was the lark step that Mune had shown before.
The key to the lark’s footwork isn’t an irregular pattern or rushing power.
It is a bizarre step created by the obsessive elves’ love for plants, so that they do not hurt trees or grass even when they rush forward.
The rushing pattern changes randomly depending on the angle at which the grass lays looking at the sunlight, the fresh dew on the leaves and the texture of the wind that penetrates between the trees.
Although this lark step method may seem irregular on the surface, it has the great advantage of being able to achieve explosive speed with little force by following the surrounding environment rather than against it.
Of course, this is possible because the elves can empathize with the plants around them.
The world tree tells you where the grass and land that can firmly support the weight of an elf is, so you can use the lark’s footwork, not just with pure sense.
However, Tigris imitated the lark walking technique of the elves only with his sensitive sensing ability and Auror operation ability.
Tigris threw his sword at Mune.
Wow-!
With the perfect sword sword combined with the formidable charge, it was very difficult to block despite the obvious attack.
However, Mune blocked Tigris’ attack on the spot.
Elves’ bodies are basically no stronger than humans.
Instead, because it is set to react sensitively to the surrounding environment, swordsmanship is not very developed, and it is mainly composed of spirits, wizards, or archers.
But Mune is different.
Unlike other elves by nature, Mune was born with very strong muscles.
Not only that, but from the sensitivity of the body to the affinity for spirits, he was the best in all aspects.
In a word, Mune was a natural genius, and he was sure that among the existing intelligent beings, there was no better swordsman than him.
‘monster······!’
However, as the saying goes, Mune was blown away by the amazing genius of Tigris.
Most of the elves couldn’t even use the lark’s foot technique just once, and it wasn’t enough to follow it, so they were pushing Mune.
Mune seemed to lose his mind at Tigris’ standard attack that was neither fast nor slow.
Hung-! Hung-!
A master of Mune’s level knows what Tigris is aiming for.
‘You’re testing me.’
He continues to question how Mune will escape this pressure and counterattack.
Tigris wanted to see all the swordsmanship that Mune knew.
Mune clenched her teeth.
Even though I thought that it would be impossible for me to show this monster everything I was, I was furious.
Until now, I thought there was no genius other than myself.
As a shaman and guardian of the jungle, I thought that he was the best warrior on the front line, defending against attacks by humans and giants, but the thought of being pushed back by this man hurt my pride.
Mune summoned her wind spirit and put the power of air into her sword.
Aww-!
The compressed air explodes, pushing the Tigris away.
Tigris stepped back without going against the rules.
And prepare your defense.
Because they didn’t know where the attack was coming from.
Mune threw her sword into the air.
I wondered if it was flying swordsmanship, but the attack came from behind.
A sharp wind blew through the sledgehammer, and Tigris turned back, scattering the blade-sharp wind perfectly with the same cleaver.
Tigris looked at Mune and said.
“Is this the magic swordsman’s method?”
“It’s the elf’s way.”
Mune raised her sword again.
This time, the wind blew down overhead.
Tigris swung his sword in place.
Then the wind didn’t scatter, but rather bounced off and flew to Mune.
“ね!”
Mune raised her sword and scattered her attacks that Tigris had deflected.
Tigris began to analyze Mune’s bizarre swordsmanship.
I don’t know the exact principle of this swordsmanship, but one thing is certain: when Mune raises her sword, a sharp wind with sword energy flies from an unexpected angle.
If it was just a normal wind attack, you could think of it as simple elemental magic, but it was so strange that the wind was carrying a sword.
The only magic sword that Tigris had ever seen was that of Rakan.
Also, Rakan was unable to harmonize magic and swordsmanship, so he used magic and swordsmanship separately.
Although he used the elves’ magic sword technique, ‘Blue Flame’, it was the first time seeing a sword technique in which magic and sword were perfectly harmonized.
“When I said that you were the strongest among humans, I thought you were arrogant. But now that I look at it, it doesn’t seem to be wrong at all.”
Mune decided to acknowledge Tigris.
Tigris was an out-of-standard genius.
The genius of the century, if it is enough to deflect Mune’s sword energy and send it towards Mune…
No, it was clear that he was a genius who only came out once in a thousand years.
“Perhaps this is your weakest time. It is said that humans die quickly, but you will have more days to live than to die.”
A sultry life was dripping from Mune’s eyes.
“You are too menacing to my mother.”
Mune’s sword swung silently.
Tigris jumped without defending against the sharp energy that cut his ankle.
Then something sharp brushed past Grass’s head and lightly skimmed the soles of Tigris’ shoes.
I thought it was wind, but it wasn’t.
It was a strange creature.
Tigris felt a gust of wind carrying fallen leaves.
In that wind, I could feel the clean and pure mana energy felt only by spirits.
It was the spirit of the wind.
The spirits attacked Tigris in response to Mune’s signal.
Invisible and inaudible attack.
Since it was an attack that could only be recognized by detecting mana, the spirit’s attack was very difficult.
Mune then rushed to Tigris with a lark pace.
The energy that she felt from her sword was that of cold ice.
Tigris was attacked by the spirits and then received consecutive attacks from Mune.
Zeng!
As the swords collided, the energy of ice that flowed out of Mishta took shape and turned into a sharp icicle.
It was an aura itself that was forged with a sharp and hard auror, not an ordinary icicle.
The icicles entered Tigris’ right shoulder precisely.
Tigris didn’t expect a series of attacks to come, so Tigris twisted to avoid it.
At the same time I walked the bridge of Mune.
Mune lifted Tigris’ leg very easily to dodge it, and then lowered her sword again.
I thought that icicles would come out of the sword again this time, but in a different direction.
Huge icicles protruding through the ground.
Tigris kicked the icicle with a strong auror on his leg, and the sharp icicle split in half and cut into Mune’s inner thigh.
Immediately after the cut, the surrounding skin and blood froze.
However, Mune did not care and put in a series of attacks.
Tigris took a defensive stance against the attack of the spirits flying from the square and the strange cold attack of Mune.
At the same time, I started to understand.
Unless you can deal with the wind spirit, you cannot use Mune’s Invisible Wind Swordsmanship.
Swordsmanship using cold was also optimized for the body of an elf, so it is impossible to follow it perfectly.
‘But similarly possible.’
Frost formed on Tigris’ sword.
When the sword of Mune and the sword of Tigris collided, the ice crystals from the sword spread out in all directions.
As sharp fragments flew in all directions, the elves spread their barriers to prevent trees and grass from getting hurt by the flying fragments.
Tigris and Mune stared intently at each other.
Mune clearly saw the way Tigris operated Aurors.
It was a bizarre method of operation that could not be called magic, nor even swordsmanship.
It is said that human beings can also put attributes into the sword, but this is different.
“How did you do it?”
“What do you mean?”
“How could you imitate my swordsmanship!”
“This is not your swordsmanship.”
Tigris ran towards Mune again.
Mune raised her sword and blocked it.
Again, shards of ice splattered in all directions.
Tigris’ clothes were torn, and Mune’s thin robes were also torn.
“This is a new swordsmanship inspired by your swordsmanship. Of course, it’s still not perfect. But it will be done soon.”
Tigris continued to attack Mune and gradually perfected his swordsmanship.
The icicles became harder and sharper, and now icicles did not only appear on the sword, but appeared through the ground or appeared from behind Mune’s back.
Mune began to respond to Tigris’ insane attacks.
The icicles collided with each other and the black swords collided, and ice shards were scattered everywhere.
A stream of liquid mixed with blood and sweat ran down Mune’s forehead, and Tigris’ clothes began to turn into rags.
The more the swords collide, the more the Tigris develops.
Mune’s spine was chilled at this crazy genius.
Now, even when the icicles of Tigris collide with the icicles of Myune, it does not break completely, but begins to pierce through.
The form of icicles is also not in the form of pure water, but in the form of degenerated Aurors, and is vaporized when broken.
Each lump of icicles began to change to a strength that resembled a sword rather than a sword, and Mune began to be driven into a corner.
Mune clenched her teeth and used the Mana of the World Tree to increase the size of the icicle and make it stronger, but that too had a limit.
Icicles flying towards Mune’s neck.
Mune instinctively noticed.
This cannot be stopped.
Mune closed her eyes.
“···········?”
I waited for the pain of the cold ice that pierced my throat, but nothing happened.
Mune opened her eyes.
The icicle stopped right before my eyes.
The sharpness of the tip of the icicle was crushed and flowed down, and the liquid made of water and aura eventually evaporated and disappeared with the light sunlight of autumn.
Tigris put one hand on his chest and bowed his head slightly to Mune.
“I learned a lot today.”
Tigris’ gratitude came from the heart.
If I had not met Mune, I would not have been able to create such a perfect swordsmanship.
Of course, the difficulty is very difficult, but Charlotte will be able to master it enough.
Mune was also instantly taken aback by Tigris, who suddenly spoke respectfully, but I could feel that he was very polite and greeted.
Mune was also polite in the manner of the elves and expressed her gratitude to the opponent.
Mune put her hands on her heart and bowed her head slightly.
“Your mother must have been happy.”
Mune’s mind became complicated.
* * *
The elves cleared the vacant lot that had been messed with icicles, and Mune took Tigris and headed somewhere.
“Are your legs okay?”
“I had emergency medicine, so I got well soon.”
Mune’s limbs were full of icicle punctures and cuts, but Tigris took care of it so as not to injure his muscles or bones, so he wasn’t seriously hurt.
Mune said while looking at Tigris’ body.
“But, strangely, you weren’t hurt at all, were you? Why?”
On the other hand, Tigris’ clothes had holes in them, but not a drop of blood came out.
Tigris raised his finger and pulled out the auror.
“When the icicle shards flew in, I immediately pulled out the auror and blocked it. It would be convenient to think of it as a kind of barrier.”
“Is that even possible?”
“If you become a Sword Master, it is also possible to cover your entire body with a sword.”
Mune laughed as if it was ridiculous.
“It’s amazing that such a thing is possible.”
Mune said, feeling the breeze.
“Thanks to you, I think I can see how much our elves have been living like the mists of the well. Humans have lived fiercely and developed technology, but elves couldn’t.”
I wanted to tell him that he was unique, but Tigris was silent.
“It’s important to take care of the trees, but I think it’s important to grow the power of the elves quickly.”
Mune felt as if she had dropped something.
To be honest, does it feel like you lost to someone you deserve?
I thought that it wouldn’t be strange to lose if it was a genius like Tigris.
“So I would like to make a suggestion to you. Do you have any intention of becoming a swordsman for the elves?”
“…a swordsman master?”
“okay. You are human, but I think you are a great genius. Elves and humans are said to have different physical structures, but I can teach you to some extent. Maybe I can invent a sword that can be used by humans and elves at the same time.”
Mune stopped and looked into Tigris’ eyes and said.
“I will not force you to live as an elf. But 20 years… No, I’ve been working for the elves for the first time in 30 years. It would be better to settle in.”
Tigris looked directly into Mune’s eyes.
Mune was lying.
“That’s a lie.”
“·················ogue.”
“You don’t want me to become a swordsman, do you? It’s just that I’m afraid to return to the human kingdom.”
At Tigris’ words, Mune grinned.
“I didn’t expect this to be so easy.”
As Tigris said, Mune was a little afraid to return to the Male Kingdom.
Due to the nature of Tigris, it is not expected that he will attack the elves, but he does not know how this will change over time.
Mune did not want Tigris to become an enemy of the elves.
“What will you do if you refuse?”
“You are stronger than I thought. I feel like I don’t know what kind of blessings will come if I let you go.”
“Can’t you believe me?”
“Human promises are too futile to break. At that time, I even made an oath to keep it, but no one was able to keep it. Except for Pereira.”
Tigris stopped at Mune’s cold voice.
It was full of elves around.
They were all excellent warriors, not ordinary elves.
“Are you going to stop me even by killing me?”
“If you don’t leave, it’s going to have to happen.”
Mune said, putting her hand on the hilt of the sword.
“I know you are not a bad person. Your sword contains life, but it also contains consideration and respect. I never want to cut down a human like you with my own hands.”
For the first time, his true feelings were revealed in Mune’s wooden face.
it was sad
“So please don’t. Do not go.”
Tigris can lie.
Anyway, the time you can stay in the dungeon of the constellation is about two weeks at most.
You can live with the elves after telling them not to worry because they won’t leave.
After learning the swordsmanship of the elves by clashing swords with Mune and the other elves, it was to return to reality.
“Don’t refuse.”
But Tigris refused.
I couldn’t tell you the exact reason why.
Because it was just an emotion.
And because this was Tigris.
“It seemed like it was somehow.”
Mune didn’t know much about Tigris, but he had a premonition that he would give an answer like this.
Mune drew her sword.
The surrounding elves also summoned spirits and began to create magic.
Mune grabbed the sword to break it.
“sorry.”
When Mune was about to lower her sword towards Tigris, the ground suddenly vibrated.
Woo-woo-woo-woo!
The source was the World Tree.
The World Tree spewed out a golden light as bright as the sun, and spoke to the elves and Tigris with a warm mother-like voice.
[Guide.]
The Elves, including Mune, were so startled by the message of the World Tree that they all dropped their weapons.