049 – Revenge(3)
Irene’s dreams always started happily.
Farmers planting seeds on the soft black soil like baby’s buttocks greeted them warmly, the village woman gave Irene a taste of finding raspberries, and the Knights of Changchun, who were proud to be knights of the Welf family who cut down dragons, gave Irene a wonderful courtesy. expressed
But Irene couldn’t laugh.
A blood ghost with a red great sword was slowly walking towards Irene in the distance.
‘Run away!’
Irene cried out with her voice, but it didn’t reach them.
Irene hurriedly ran towards the farmers, their wives, and the Knights of Changcheon.
But instead of getting closer, they just moved away.
The red brush that ruined the beautiful canvas moved.
The smiling farmer’s body was shattered and scattered everywhere.
A red solid line was drawn again.
The smiling faces of the wives and knights disappeared, and the bodies that had lost their bodies fell to the floor.
Irene slumped down.
A blood ghost dragging a red great sword slowly approached Irene.
His breath emanated a terrible bloody smell.
Irene held her breath and crouched down.
I prayed and prayed that the red bayonet would not come near me.
However, a red blood ghost approached Irene and whispered in her ear.
– Next is you…
A feeling of fear and despair heavily bound Irene’s body.
He couldn’t lift a single finger as if he had been pressed by scissors.
You will suffer until you are choked and suffocate, and then you will rise out of your sweat-soaked bed.
‘no.’
Irene clenched her fists.
At some point, Irene held a black dragon in her hand.
Irene’s nightmare was changing.
His head was lifted up in fear.
Irene used the Black Dragon as her staff to raise her body crouched in despair.
And he lifted the black dragon over his head. Irene’s eyes filled with life.
‘This time I’ll find you.’
Irene’s greatsword filled with flesh cut vertically as if it were cutting through the sky.
Zeng-!
Irene’s great sword and Roy’s sword collided.
Roy swallowed a sigh.
Both knees almost broke in an instant, but I managed to let it go.
Ded Ded Dude!
Roy was pushed back.
The place where Roy was pushed out left a long trace as if two pickaxes had passed.
The audience was astonished.
– That power comes from that small body?
– How about Roy who stopped that?
‘···This is dragon slicing.’
A great sword made to break the hard scales of dragons such as wyverns and basilisks.
As soon as they put their swords together, it was immediately clear that Roy was not strong enough to handle it.
Roy bit his lip.
As Roy knew, Irene had only been holding the sword for three years.
On the other hand, Roy has been wielding a sword for nearly 15 years.
Still, I was very upset that I was inferior to Irene.
Even though I knew it was the difference between a genius and a criminal, it was not easily recognized.
But even that genius will be defeated by the Vinsmoke family’s swordsmanship.
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Just like when the Welf family went extinct three years ago.Roy lowered his posture and raised his sword above his head.
It was a ready posture for recoil swordsmanship.
There is no swordsmanship that changes the sword along the way, like the swordsmanship of the Red Hound of the Vinsmoke family.
Lucas noticed that Dragon Cleave was very monotonous instead of gaining incredible destructive power and speed, and found a way to use that power against the spring.
The key to recoil swordsmanship was to evenly distribute the power of the greatsword coming from above or from the side like a spring, and then strike it at once.
No matter how powerful an attack, if the damage was evenly distributed throughout the body, unless the sword was broken, there was no way that both knees would be broken first.
And since you can use the opponent’s power to push them back and create a big gap, there would be no better swordsmanship than this, limited to great swordsmanship such as dragon slicing.
However, recoil swordsmanship also had its drawbacks.
It was said that recoil swordsmanship was a high-level swordsmanship that no one could learn.
Since the body sensitive to external stimuli and detailed Auror operation are important swordsmanship, it is very difficult to learn unless you have a natural talent.
However, Lucas obtained a drug from Levis that would allow even knights without natural talent to use this swordsmanship.
It was a drug called ‘a fleeting moment’.
It was a stimulant that rapidly increased the sensitivity of the whole body, including the reflexes, and had an excellent effect in suppressing pain.
Of course, there was a side effect of suffering from severe depression when the effect of the drug was over, but if you periodically take a brief moment, it gets better, so you can tie useful knights to the Vinsmoke family based on this drug.
Roy took that ‘simple moment’ to a near lethal dose.
There were some that Roy had not yet mastered the recoil swordsmanship perfectly, and Lucas forcibly injected it to defeat Irene for sure.
‘It will be recognized.’
Roy hated himself because he was born as the ugliest of Lucas’ sons.
If Irene, a disciple of Tigris and the orthodox heir of the Welf family, is crippled this time, he will be able to get his father’s attention again.
Irene’s sword touched Roy’s sword.
‘ね!’
A torrent of immense power began to flow through Roy’s arms.
The key to recoil swordsmanship was not to let the torrent of ignorant power flow, but to evenly distribute even one little toe without wasting a single stroke of power.
Roy eventually succeeded in distributing Irene’s power evenly throughout her body using the Auror.
If I hadn’t been able to take ‘a fleeting moment’, I might have failed.
Now, all I needed to do was to raise this force with the strength of my knees and back.
Roy recoiled and tried to hit it up.
But Roy’s plan could not be put into action.
thud!
Suddenly, the ground shook violently up and down, left and right, and the body was completely out of balance.
‘uh···?!’
It was as if the ground suddenly shook just before the spring bounced upwards.
The source of the vibration was Irene’s right foot.
Irene performed the ‘ground pounding’ with her feet on the ground.
If it was the biggest drawback of recoil swordsmanship, it took time to send out the torrent of power to the sole of the foot and then hit it with recoil.
The more skilled he became, the faster he could hit it, but since Louis was only a two-star knight, it took about 0.2 to 0.3 seconds.
What Irene had to do was to quickly pull out one auror ring within 0.2 to 0.3 seconds and perform the basic auror operation technique, ‘earth pounding’.
It’s easy to say, it was a technique that no one could imitate except for Irene’s level of talent.
The ground shook violently, and he set out to find a place to let the power accumulated in Roy’s body go.
Originally, it would have been possible to send it to any place once, but Roy was too embarrassed to use this accumulated power.
puck-!
Eventually, the back of Roy’s thighs burst.
It was similar to the principle that the side of a rubber ball bursts under excessive pressure.
As the magical circuits, including the ligaments in both legs, were twisted and broken, both legs were strangely twisted.
All the spectators who saw it jumped up in surprise.
Surprisingly, Irene was the same.
‘…so easy?’
In fact, Irene was preparing for the counterattack that would follow.
Irene was also almost defenseless after using the ground pounding, so she had to come out defensively.
However, Irene and Tigris overestimated Roy’s level.
Tigris was thinking of the skills of Roy, who was a 4-star knight before returning, and Irene was wary of Roy’s reaction speed to avoid his surprise.
However, Roy was still only a novice knight who had no experience in fighting a life-and-death battle.
My head was about to explode because I was already using high-level swordsmanship, but when an unexpected variable suddenly hit me, the accident stopped.
Irene wasn’t a doctor, but she knew what had happened to Roy’s legs.
Even if he receives treatment right now, there is a high possibility that Roy will not be able to use both legs for the rest of his life.
But Roy didn’t scream.
He did not feel pain because of the drug.
“shit! shit! shit!”
Roy kept trying to get up, but his legs wouldn’t listen.
Roy looked at Lucas reflexively.
Lucas looked at Roy with pitiful eyes.
There was despair in Roy’s eyes.
“Ahhh!”
Roy swung his sword while lying down.
He even tried to cut off Irene’s ankle by surprise, but Irene lightly avoided it by stepping back.
“die! Die!”
Roy’s condition was not normal at first glance.
Even though both legs were already broken, they crawled to kill Irene.
The blood flowing from both legs drew a picture using the training ground as a drawing paper.
No one in the audience was able to open their mouths to the horrific sight.
Eventually, Irene opened her mouth.
“stop. Roy. Admit defeat.”
“You must die! If you die, I will…! I live! I! I···!”
Irene looked at the Rain Rover at the sight she couldn’t see with her eyes open.
The duel could not proceed.
Lucas said as Rain Rover raised his wand to stop the duel.
“My Majesty the Princess. Roy can still fight.”
Rain Rover trembled at Lucas’ cruelty.
“…do you think Roy’s condition can still fight?”
“Yes. That’s right. majesty. Roy has not been defeated yet.”
Lucas looked at Roy and said.
“right? Roy?”
Roy’s lips turned blue.
“Answer me. Roy. Say you can fight and win!”
Roy trembled.
It wasn’t because of the pain, but Lucas’s eyes were trembling in fear.
Roy knew how terrifying Lucas was.
In the Black Soil Zone, countless wars have occurred in the Black Soil Zone to the extent that it is said that it is faster to count the days without a war than the days on which a war occurred during thousands of years of history.
However, as Lucas became the hegemon of the Black Soil, there was no war in the Black Soil for the past two years.
It was often said that the reason was the blood ghost incident, but Roy knew why.
It was because Lucas completely destroyed the Welf family and united the nobles of the Black Land with fear, violence and blood.
It was a coercive and violent method that would be condemned by the public, but ironically, peace came to the black soil.
The permanent residents no longer have to lose their sons and fathers in war, and by putting the wizards used in battle into farming, the Black Soil region has experienced unprecedented abundance in a row for the past two years.
All the permanent residents praised Lucas for bringing peace to the Black Land.
He praised the Vinsmoke family for safely crossing the Barley Pass in the spring.
This was the reason the Empire could not touch the Vinsmokes.
Protecting the Vinsmoke family was not a fortress-like wall, nor was it the knights who were heavily armed with black iron.
It was because the hearts of the people all turned to Lucas.
There was no peace in the Black Land without the Vinsmokes, no Lucas.
Lucas put a strap around his neck.
“hurry!!!”
Roy said urgently.
“I can fight! Princess. I can fight!”
Roy knew what fear was worse than death.
He knew that if he lost this duel, he would experience it.
Rain Rover shot Lucas.
I don’t know what he did to Roy, but he said he could fight, but he couldn’t stop the duel.
But any further duels were meaningless.
Irene and Roy looked into each other’s eyes.
Irene shouldn’t have thought like this, but Roy felt sorry for her.
Roy bit his lip hard and crawled towards Irene.
Roy’s eyes were so desperate.
Irene didn’t want a duel like this.
He tried to win by defeating Roy perfectly with honor, but it was impossible.
“Ahhh!”
Roy swung his sword pathetic.
Irene’s black dragon flashed.
Roy’s wrist was completely broken, and Roy missed the sword.
Hung-Hung-
Roy’s black flew high in the sky and landed in front of Lucas.
The winner of the duel was decided.
Rain Rover decided the winner and loser with a bitter expression.
“The winner Irene de Welf.”
tooth
The winner was announced, but there was no cheers.
Of all the duels that exist in the world, there has never been such a quiet and unpleasant victory.
When victory or defeat was decided, Lucas walked to the training ground.
Lucas and Irene stood facing each other.
Irene did not avoid Lucas’ gaze.
Lucas didn’t really like Irene’s cheeky gaze.
I thought it had been uprooted, but the Welf family name kept bothering Lucas like weeds.
Lucas whispered softly.
“I should have killed you and your mother then.”
Irene almost immediately came out with a swear word.
However, the big, warm hand that grabbed Irene’s shoulder closed her mouth.
“This duel should not have ended like this. Count Vinsmoke.”
“There is no duel in the world that everyone is happy with. But everyone has an unfortunate duel.”
At Lucas’s boneless horse, Rain Rover glared at Lucas.
Rain Rover had a lot to say, but he endured it.
More to say, only the mouth was dirty.
“Are you the one who taught me how to break the recoil sword?”
“As it was an improvised swordsmanship, there were a lot of weak points.”
Blood came up in Lucas’s hand as he was holding the staff.
Lucas wanted to hit the necks of the two men in front of him right away.
The thing he wanted to kill the most was Roy.
If it wasn’t for the princess, I would have hit Roy’s head right away.
The princess looked at Irene and said.
“Irene. What would you like to do?”
It was asking whether or not to enforce the victor’s right now.
However, given Roy’s physical condition now, he couldn’t even bend his knees, let alone stand.
Irene said as she glanced at Roy, who had bled so much that she eventually passed out.
“It would be disrespectful to have a winner’s right now. After the wounds are healed, I will receive the winner’s rights properly.”
“It is a wise choice.”
The princess looked at Lucas and said.
“Count Vinsmoke. We’ve confirmed that Roy’s condition is abnormal during the duel, so we’ll call the doctors to treat him, and then investigate Roy. Are you okay?”
Lucas clenched his staff sword.
“Yes. Okay. Her Majesty the Princess.”
A fleeting moment leaves no trace on the body after taking it.
Of course, the Inquisitor, who will be watching from somewhere, will notice that Roy’s condition is infused with a fleeting moment, but since there are no traces left on his body, there will be no evidence to be found.
Even if Roy said it, there were a lot of disposable items to cover up Lucas’ sins.
“Then I will leave. See you at the Imperial Palace in two days.”
Lucas bowed briefly and withdrew.
Tigris glanced at Irene.
Irene’s eyes were red and bloodshot.
He wanted to cut and kill Lucas right away, but he knew he was lacking both in skill and in every way.
But Irene did not shed any tears.
Tigris put his hand on Irene’s shoulder and said.
“Good job. Irene.”
Irene unconsciously rested her head on Tigris’ body.
“···Thank you.”
It was as if he had leaned on his older brother back in the day.
* * *
That night, in the hospital room of the Imperial University.
The pale moonlight shone into the room.
Roy was able to heal both legs thanks to eminent doctors and therapists.
But the doctor said he could only walk forward, but not run.
Those words were the same as saying that the knight’s life was over.
“I’m… finished.”
For Roy, the sword was his lifelong companion.
Now, my whole body trembled with frustration that I was no longer able to wield a sword again.
The most difficult thing to bear was that he had been abandoned by his father.
The Vinsmoke family had no place for Roy.
“Let’s die.”
Lucas would never want the image of him kneeling and apologizing to the Welf family woman on the media.
He had probably tried to kill Roy somehow before that.
I would rather die for myself than wait for death.
There were no tools for suicide in the hospital room.
Not a single common cutlery was missing, but Roy found a vase by the table.
Roy rolled the vase around the blanket to prevent the nurse waiting outside the room from hearing it and then carefully smashed it.
He picked a sharp fragment from among the dogs and put it on his wrist.
The arteries in the wrist are deeper than you think.
If you didn’t dig in and draw at once, it would only be painful.
After taking a deep breath, Roy tried to insert a piece of sailing pottery into his wrist.
Drooling-
Then, a man opened the door to the hospital room.
It was Tigris.
“You···.”
Tigris closed the door and entered.
“It seems that the aftereffects of the moment are certainly serious. You want to commit suicide in less than six hours.”
“…how do you know a fleeting moment?”
“The Inquisitor knows more than you think. We already know that many of the Vinsmokes’ knights are regularly supplied with the drug. But he never thought he would have injected it into his son.”
Roy clenched his fists.
Blood was oozing out from being stabbed by a sharp shard of pottery.
But Roy felt no pain.
“So you came to sympathize with me? No, he must have come for interrogation. But I know very little. I’m the ugliest of my father’s sons. So the only thing the Earl entrusted to me was to quarrel with Irene. If you rob me…”
“You talk a lot.”
Tigris pulled something out of his briefcase.
I was a fan of Lenny’s cast iron.
“Let’s get started and get started.”
Tigris took the iron pan and slowly approached Roy.
“What are you talking about… ah ah ah ah!”
When Jane suddenly jumped out of the cast iron pan, Roy fell out of bed in shock.
“Hmm, there is definitely something strange attached to my soul.”
“Is treatment possible?”
“I think it’s possible because we just have to take it off? I will do it.”
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Jane put her hand on Roy’s shoulder, trembling in surprise.and pulled out something.
Flap-Flap-Flap-
Then one of the cut index fingers protruded out.
It wasn’t a real index finger, it was a index finger made with a soul.
good-!
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Jane crushed the index finger with her palm.“Well! it’s solved It’s not made with a complicated technique, it’s just a low-level spirit technique that sticks to the soul and annoys the soul, so it’s easy to solve.”
Roy looked at his body.
“What is this now…”
Roy felt as if his mind was awake.
And I felt a burning pain as if my right hand was on fire.
Roy removed a piece of pottery stuck in the palm of his right hand.
Tigris brought a chair and sat down.
“Looks like I’m ready now. If you do what I do from now on, I will spare your life.”
“Life…?”
“Why do you want to die?”
Roy thought for a moment without saying a word.
I wanted to die a while ago, so I even broke the pottery, but when that strange finger came off, I had a different thought.
“···no.”
Roy didn’t want to die.
Roy was too young to die.
Even so, I hated being killed by my father even more.
“Sir Tigris. Can you protect me?”
“There is one misunderstanding. I have no obligation to protect you.”
“···What? Then why negotiate?”
Tigris exhaled life.
“It is a threat, not a negotiation. You are the dishonorable and ugly one who defiled Irene’s duel. That means it doesn’t matter if I kill you right now.”
Roy was in a cold sweat.
“The thing I said would save my life…”
Roy saw the silver aura rising from the iron pan that Tigris was holding.
“I am not as merciful as Irene. I also want you to know that I am not very patient.”
Roy swallowed his saliva.