How to Survive at the Academy chapter 188

Ed Subjugation (11)

About the time the raindrops that had bounced off the blade hit the muddy floor, Tailly hit the floor once more.

It’s a speed that’s hard to even follow with your eyes. Mud splashes once, and it feels as if the world has stopped.

In Taylor’s eyes, who were wearing the swordsman’s oath, the world seemed to slow down one beat.

The truth is, the world isn’t slowing down, but Taylor’s senses are sharpened. That fact can only be known by those who have faced such Taylor.

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

– Kaga Gak!

Ed Roth-Taylor rolled back and spread tech supplies on the floor.

As soon as he saw the three or four tech gadgets in his hand lying on the floor, Taylor made fun of the sword again and cut them all down.

With that large bayonet, he accurately aimed at those small tech gadgets and cut them down. Not even once, two or three times.

The speed was so fast that when Ed Roth Taylor, who leapt backwards, regained his posture, all of the magic equipment he had sprayed had been neutralized.

The method of adjusting the battlefield using magic equipment has already been sufficiently dealt with through Elvira on the first floor.

Above all, don’t give your opponent a chance to place his magic equipment on the battlefield as intended. Taylor, who has already realized how to deal with it experientially, is an infinitely difficult opponent from Ed’s point of view.

“Where is Isla?!”

In the pouring rain, Taylor asks.

Ed swung his sleeves to shake off the mud, smiling slyly.

“Well.”

Just before Tailly arrived, he suppressed it and put it inside the wooden shelter, blocking the entrance.

Could it be that the timing wasn’t right, so Taylor didn’t see it?

If I had witnessed Ayla being restrained using the Aspect Magic, it would have only excited me, so I’m more than happy.

As he squinted at the wooden shelter with a tightly closed entrance, Ed gripped his dagger.

“You have to find it yourself.”

“…You too have gone completely crazy about studying Aspect Magic.”

Taylor picked up the bayonet again and looked at Ed with blazing eyes.

“I know Ayla is very sensitive to such special magic, but… there is no need to study in such an extreme way!”

“The more extreme the method, the greater the progress of the research.”

“…I must have been badly influenced by Professor Glast.”

Grinding his teeth, Taylor ran to Ed again.

There is a time constraint on the body strengthened by the extinction period. The time allowed for Taylor is now scarce.

“I should have cut you down in the groundwater then.”

It is Taylor who shows greater potential in a desperate moment. However, it cannot be stopped that the promised end is striding towards the end.

What you need is a quick fix.

If you don’t tell Ayla’s location to the end, you have to subdue the kidnapper, Ed Roth Taylor.

Then, even if Taylor herself loses consciousness here, Ayla’s safety can be guaranteed immediately.

So it was concluded. The most important thing is to defeat that blonde nobleman in front of you.

He also had the power to do so. No matter how strong Ed Roth-Taylor gets to the top of the senior year, in the end, the protagonist of the world is Taylor McLaure.

Even if the destination is the same, the path is different. The world is laughing at Taylor McLaugh. There is no spotlight to shine on the supporting actor.

Ed Roth Taylor took another tech gadget out of his pocket and tossed it on the floor.

At the same time, a fairly large amount of smoke began to rise throughout the camp.

– Aww!

“Wow!”

A means of temporarily obscuring the view. It was a ‘smoke generator’.

However, the effect is greatly halved due to the drizzling weather conditions. The smoke that was completely removed in one hit of Taylor’s sword… didn’t draw enough time.

– Pak, Pak!

However, there was enough time to pick up the bow that Ed Roth-Taylor had stored in the corner of the camp.

A couple of arrows flew through the smoke in an instant, but…

“Ugh-! ha-!”

After Taylor took a deep breath, she let out a cry full of magic power, and all of her blunt, self-made arrows were deflected.

The power was not even worth wielding a sword. Rather, Ed exposed his position. It was on the way to the hut.

Taylor kicked the floor and quickly closed the distance towards Ed. Taylor reached the other side of the bonfire and tried to grab Ed by the neck.

However, the hand cannot reach Ed.

-Poo-wook

The moment his hand reached Ed’s face, Taylor’s feet sank into the mud.

“Wow!”

The moment he lost his center of gravity, Ed just lifted his foot and kicked Taylor’s thigh.

Taylor felt the same pain and rolled into the mud.

This is Ed’s Cottage Camp.

Where and where the muddy puddles form when it rains, and what tools are in place, was completely in Ed’s mind.

As it was, Ed kicked Taylor’s greatsword and blew it away.

– Kaang!

And the moment he turned his back on the dagger and headed in that direction with Taylor’s shoulder…

The sword strike expressed with magical power blows away Ed’s dagger.

And the next magical swordsmanship that followed, went straight to Ed’s body.

– Taang!

Although it was Ed who showed off the basic defense law with difficulty, his power was not even half of his usual power.

– Kaah! Kaga Gaga!

Even though it was a sword attack that appeared immediately in the midst of a rush, Ed Roth Taylor’s magical power could not stop the shock.

After being bounced off by Taylor’s sword, Ed rolled several times along the muddy floor and fell to the side of the hut.

Ed also looks like a wet mouse from the pouring rain. In addition, it rolled over the muddy floor several times, which made it even worse.

Even so, casually, he got up while wiping the mud off his face.

Taylor also stood up in the mud, clutching her sore right calf.

“Heh heh, heh heh…”

The body is already suffering. Soon he will lose consciousness.

That clear sense of fear ran through Taylor’s body.

However, it is a questionable point that I have heard before.

‘Aren’t you using…?’

That blond noble boy standing side by side in the rain had been using his magic power to a minimum for a while.

The power of Taylor’s swordsmanship was not so great as it was also hastily implemented. However, even that could not be stopped with defensive magic… For a wizard who had risen to the top of the 3rd year, he looked so poor.

Also, the same goes for shooting a bow. Ed Roth-Taylor doesn’t have to use such crude arrows. He has already raised the level of magic sensitivity a lot, so he is a magician who can realize magic arrows at all.

Even… he doesn’t even use Elemental Magic. One of his core powers, the elemental spirits, do not even show their appearance.

Seeing how strangely he was conserving his magical power, Taylor narrowed his brow.

‘I am saving my strength…’

Would it be possible to subdue Taylor without using magical powers?

To be seen as a sign of such arrogance, Ed is a very cautious person. Something seemed strange.

The magician doesn’t use his magic properly. It’s the same as going beyond your handicap and fighting without using your hands and feet at all.

Taily gritted his teeth again and glared at Ed.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking… I can’t afford to take care of that!”

The power of swordsmanship emanating from his body once again enveloped Taylor.

It’s a daunting task for Ed, who has to do his best to implement even the most basic defensive magic.

But Ed Roth-Taylor… mutters in a relaxed manner.

“Swordsmanship…”

This is the sword Taylor had learned and just used.

As if reciting a checklist, there is no sense of fear at all when he quietly whispers to himself.

It must have been the first skill that Ed Roth Taylor had experienced, but as if he had experienced it dozens of times or hundreds of times… he naturally accepts it.

At Ed’s relaxed look, Taylor felt impatient.

I don’t know why, but Ed Rothtailer uses very little magic power.

If that is the case, it is only now that the power of the swordsmanship has risen to the extreme, he is much more advantageous.

Still, Ed shows no sign of panic or fear.

Rather, like someone with a lot of things left to check… he urges Taylor.

“Come on, do more.”

It’s like being an examiner testing Taylor.

It may be thought that, under normal circumstances, it was bluffing, or turned away from fear.

But the opponent is Ed Roth Taylor.

There is a very high chance that there may be a real hidden number or a conspiracy. Taylor was confused for a moment, but all he can do now is to somehow subdue Ed before he loses consciousness and collapses.

If so, you shouldn’t let it go.

You must do your best to defeat him. Whether he is hiding his power, or the situation where he can’t use it.

It doesn’t matter at all.

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Magic power rises again on Taylor’s body. You never know when the bottom will go down.

Now that’s the limit. Completely finished. As if to be confirmed over and over again, Taylor was lying on the cold floor, but seeing her get up again and again is now to the point of getting fed up.

The great sword is already far away. However, a true swordsman doesn’t need the form of a sword.

It’s good to have a sword, but you can cut without a sword. As Luden McLaugher said it, so did Taylor McLaure.

– Kagak! Kaga, go, go!

It sounded like scraping iron. It’s not a sound that can fly as the magical power rises.

The magical power that scraped from the floor to the bottom was now far beyond the normal category.

Swordsmanship – space cutting.

If you bite, you will surely die. Before the body is cut off, it perishes as existence itself.

Although it boasts of its power to the extent that it almost reaches the extreme of the swordsmanship ceremony, the recoil it gives to the body cannot be easily taken into account.

Teslin McLaugh, a disciple of the Great Sage Sylvania, lost the sensation of her right arm due to the recoil of this space cutting while in a crippled state.

Depending on what you cut, the burden on your body is different. It’s not a skill that can be shot casually.

However, Taylor McLaure is one of the most powerful descendants of the McLaughs family.

Even the recoil of the swordsmanship ceremony was overcome by his will, and he swung his sword towards Ed.

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Only the aftermath of that magical power bounced off the raindrops.

The magic that moves forward along with the sound of a clenched fist cuts through the entire area, leaving dark red twisted traces.

It cannot be stopped by any means. It was such a confident moment.

-grasp!

-According to that conviction… Ed’s body was also cut in two.

The moment he saw Ed’s neatly shredded body, Taylor’s confidence and anxiety arose at the same time.

At the same time as the guilt of having committed the murder, a sense of relief that Ed had ended. The conviction that there is no one who can extend magical powers to Ayla.

The moment you feel it and lose consciousness…

– Hwaah

Ed’s body became such an illusion and disappeared.

“…?!”

I didn’t notice it because it was raining, the smoke screen blocked my vision, and the mental state that was concentrated to the limit overlapped.

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Magical Engineering Supplies ‘Welcome Disc’. The functioning device was rolling down the floor.

Ed already had a history of perfectly mastering the structure of the magic equipment during the freshman class assignment test.

At this point in time when his magical engineering skills had risen to a high level, it was not difficult to imitate the structure.

The fact that he had just temporarily blocked his view through a smoke screen was not to make room for shooting arrows.

This is because, after confirming that Taylor McLaugh was conscious of the magic equipment and cut them all, he decided that he should not be caught installing the equipment.

So, the moment the illusion disc was installed, the smoke screen completely obscured the view.

While fighting Elvira, Taylor has already learned the lesson not to leave tech gadgets unattended.

In the moment he saw Taylor’s Thatcher, Ed had a design in his mind as to how he was going to take his next move.

In addition to that, it was the swiftness of his tongue that he had no choice but to stick his tongue out that smoothly led to the action of hiding even the purpose of the smoke screen by shooting crude arrows.

Ed Roth Taylor is a master of improvisation.

I knew that, but I didn’t think I’d be out of luck by coming to the very end.

Even the defensive magic that had just stopped Taylor’s bluffing was to protect this illusion. It’s only if you really stop the illusion that Taylor will mistake it for a real body.

If so, where is the body?

– Kwaang!

Before those thoughts could be finished, the door to the wooden warehouse next to it opened like it was breaking. A cigar was rushed and kicked out.

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Muddy Ed stumbles through the raindrops. It was a small amount of magical power, but just by using that much, it looked as if it had already gained strength.

However, the same goes for Taylor, who overworked her body to the limit.

Taylor lost her center of gravity. Edgar grabs the back of the neck and throws Taily on the muddy floor.

– Whoa!

“Wow!”

Rainwater seeps into the corners of Taylor’s mouth, screaming in pain. Ed Roth-Taylor trampled on Taylor’s reputation.

“Heo Eok, Heo Eok… Even cutting the space… To write… You’ve eaten a lot…”

Ed’s voice, uttering with satisfaction, is the last black curtain on the climax stage.

Whether the emotion hidden in that subtle expression is satisfaction or the pleasure of victory… From Taylor’s point of view, there is no way to know.

“Ahhh…”

Is it really the limit now? I can’t shake the feet of Ed who is trampling on my reputation.

I clench my fists in the mud, but I can’t even lift my forearms.

“Yeah, you should do that.”

Ed Roth Taylor also looks very tired. At this point, Taylor was convinced.

It’s not that Ed Roth Taylor doesn’t use magic, it’s that he can’t use it.

──A wizard who can’t use magic. what a funny word

Still, there’s something that Ed Roth-Taylor doesn’t have. It is agility, situation judgment ability, and skill.

The calmness that alone can overpower Taylor… creates a gap between him and Taylor. With a body that does not receive magical powers, it is only him that can overcome Tailly who is in a state of exhaustion.

“Ed… Roth Taylor…! Why… why are you doing this?!”

Not even having time to wipe the falling raindrops, Taylor clenched her teeth.

“This way… this way… You don’t have to sacrifice Ayla…!”

“Tailey McLaugh. I know your story very well.”

Unlike Taylor, who burns like fiery, the glacial-cold Ed Roth-Taylor tone is overlaid.

“But what can I do?”

Taylor’s wide-eyed eyes turned to the blonde boy who looked down at him with the rain clouds in the background.

“There is no one in the world without a story. I also have my own story.”

At Ed Roth Taylor’s expressionless expression, Taylor McLaugh’s eyes tremble.

What Ed Roth-Taylor was carrying on his shoulder, Taylor McLauer had no idea.

Unlike the game world where the distinction between good and evil is clear… The problems in reality are full of gray areas.

As with all fights, in the end, it’s just a confrontation between beliefs and beliefs.

“It was hard to get here.”

This is the final stage prepared by Ed Roth Taylor. After this there is nowhere to go further.

Now let’s finish up.

It was the moment when he raised the dagger with those words.

Taylor clenched her teeth again…

– Kwaang!

The magical energy that surged up like an explosion bloomed once again.

Tailly’s groaning pattern that keeps popping out no matter how hard it is… from the opponent’s point of view, it’s almost disgusting.

As if he had lost his temper, poison filled Taylor’s eyes. At the same time, magical energy rises again from the surroundings, and the form changes into various weapons.

From small daggers, long swords, broad swords, two-handed swords, to giant swords… Mana-armed swords of various shapes covered the area.

Still, seeing Taylor’s growing stronger by reconciling the blood she shed with magic…

It has absorbed all of Clevius’ blood sword technique and Ziggs’ mana armament and transformed it in my own way.

The world will not allow him to lose. It’s like he’s talking like that.

I have no choice but to stick my tongue out now as I get stronger and stronger the more I am driven into a corner.

– Get it!

Ed Roth Taylor, who was pushed by the surge of magic, went out and fell. After rolling a few times in the mud… it made a squeak and got up again.

– Whoa, whoa!

– Bang! Quang!

Swordsmanship – The terminal horse is now on the verge of being disarmed.

Literally, it’s just a rant now. All that remains is Taylor McLaugh’s random sword attack, who can’t even properly recognize the direction.

With the sword raised, Taylor sat still in the mud. Now even his vision is blurred and he can’t see where Ed Roth Taylor is.

“Heh heh heh heh heh…!”

He bows his head and somehow pushes the floor up to correct his posture… but the intuition comes.

The final swordsmanship ceremony, the terminal horse, is now over. Now it’s really over. This final blow must put an end to Ed Roth-Taylor.

So, Taylor closed her eyes tightly and clenched her teeth.

The first sword lord, Luden McLaure, called the flow of that technique the heart sword.

The swordsmanship that was once seen and engraved in the heart is the ultimate meaning that can be taken out at any time… It led to a library accessible only to those who have reached the ultimate in swordsmanship.

The memories of the many powerful men he met while wandering around Cohelton’s Lawless Zone are engraved on his body.

And with blood, those memories are passed on and piled up on Taylor’s body.

Descendants of the sword castle are talking about those who are born with that blood.

“I can not see….”

blurred vision You can’t see where Ed Rothtailer is supposed to be cut.

Because of the sound of the pouring rain, it is impossible to judge by hearing.

When the flurry ends soon, you can no longer fight to protect Ayla.

If that’s the case, then the entire area will be cut down.

There is little chance that Ed Roth-Taylor will get hit with a random sword strike.

He will have already finished judging the situation. There is no need to block Taylor’s sword attack, and there is no need to deal with him.

If you take shelter at a distance, Taylor McLaugh will self-destruct.

However, Taylor cannot stand still. If even the slightest chance remains, he will do everything he can to subdue Ed Roth Taylor.

Power enters the hand holding the sword. He gripped it tightly and fired a sword attack.

It cuts everything around indiscriminately. At the end is Ed Roth Taylor.

– Wrath! Kaak!

succession of swordsmanship. Bey has no sensation. Only the surrounding workbenches and wooden tools are cut.

Still, Taylor clenched her teeth and attacked.

Even though he knew that there was no way that Ed Roth-Taylor would suffer from this indiscriminate attack, he clenched his teeth tightly and continued the sword attack.

At least once, if the heavens help… If a god is watching.

If you’ve been watching my miserable life.

Please, let the attack reach Ed Roth-Taylor.

As I prayed like that, just before the end of the flu…

– Whoa!

– Kaang!

Even the blurred vision was on the verge of darkening.

Eventually, did God answer that wish?

When he suddenly looked up, the tip of his greatsword was being pushed into Ed’s shoulder.

– Fu-shun, fu-wook.

Blood splattered, and a few drops flew into Taylor’s face.

“Ugh, heh heh… Whoo…”

Although he is supporting the great sword with a small dagger, it is not a blow that can be prevented with that small sword.

Naturally, Taylor’s greatsword, which had been pushed in, was firmly placed in the vicinity of Ed Roth Taylor’s shoulder. The trembling dagger was only blocking the deeper wounds.

Did God really help Taylor?

However, things in the world are not going to be so convenient.

“Hey, Taylor McLaugh.”

Ed Roth-Taylor’s posture that suddenly caught my eye… No matter what anyone said, it was like he was running into Taylor’s range.

If you get out of the crossroads and quietly watch Taylor destroy herself, isn’t it a natural position to win?

Nevertheless, Ed Roth Taylor dared to enter the range of the Greatsword.

“If you want to play a sword, you must know what you are cutting and wield it. You stupid bastard.”

what else is that Grabbing the tight consciousness and tightening your sight again… Ed Roth-Taylor’s back is visible.

—It is a wooden shelter with the entrance firmly blocked.

I don’t know what’s inside, but Ed rushed into range to protect it.

– Kaang!

“Ugh… Whoo…”

Ed Rothtailer pushed the bayonet away and his upper body drooped.

– That’s right, Tang!

And his dagger rolled to the floor. Blood dripping from his shoulders was already soaking the floor.

“okay. You must have suffered a bit too.”

Ed Roth-Taylor clenched his teeth and swung his arms out wide to raise him up. It was as if he was announcing that I was here.

Whether it was already difficult to even stand with his legs crossed, Ed slowly spoke with his body difficult.

“What I intended has already been accomplished. Now, if I can give you a single sword… I can do it for you.”

Did you say that the villain must be clean even when he leaves?

He doesn’t have a hobby of taking a position of loss, but at least Ed understood Taylor’s position.

So, cleanly cut it once.

After all, Taylor can’t kill anyone if he puts a plate on it. In the first place, the force that was cornered in the corner could not even be able to cut it properly. It would be difficult to leave a deep wound, let alone life.

Even the terminal, the last swordsmanship ceremony, is turned off. Taylor’s hand holding the sword’s handle trembled as if it were about to be released at any moment.

Still, there is no reason not to feel pain. Being cut by a greatsword is a dangerous act, no matter how crippled the opponent is.

However, in order to finish Taylor’s journey neatly, it makes sense for her to leave here as well.

A worthwhile supporting life is knowing when to leave.

When your role is over, move on to the back of the stage.

If that could provide a foundation for me to get my diploma and find my own life…

Ed Roth-Taylor closes his eyes and mutters quietly.

So now, let’s end it here.

Go the main character’s way.

I go backstage as a supporting actor.

Passengers are sitting and waiting in the prepared audience seats. They are the supporting actors who have completed their roles. Familiar faces here and there.

With only Ed Roth Taylor’s seat empty. The supporting actors who came down first are sitting and chatting with each other.

Originally, Ed Roth-Taylor was supposed to come down and sit down, but things got messed up and it was delayed.

Still, since I came back to my place… there was no reason to complain.

“Ed Roth Taylor! You… you’re done…!”

– Whoa!

– Whoa!

– Push!

A final blow with a hand that runs out of strength and clenched its teeth.

from the left shoulder to the right waist. Ed’s blood spurted out.

It wasn’t a deep wound, but just looking at the bleeding, it was almost okay even if it was life-threatening.

pouring rain. and blood.

Slowly, Ed Roth-Taylor’s legs relaxed.

– Iron Puddle.

A night with rain pouring down.

Ed took a few steps backwards… and leaned back against the entrance to the wooden shelter, clutching a bloody wound.

So slowly… his body slid down the wall.

“Ahhh… yes…”

Ed closed his eyes and spoke again.

“Good work….”

And so, the final boss of Act 5… Ed Roth Taylor is defeated.

A drop of rain ran down his chin and fell on his school uniform shirt full of blood.

As he fell and leaned against the entrance of the wooden shelter, he quietly lowered his eyes and his face…

No matter how many times he rolled in the mud, it was neatly organized.

*- shoot

So the stage came to an end.

The ordeal swordsman, Taylor McLaure, overcame all the ordeal, and in the end rescued Isla McLaure.

Like the last verse in a traditional fairy tale, I didn’t expect the story to end with such a happy ending.

Because things don’t always go as planned. However, I only hoped that even the overall direction would match.

Taylor is in a position to not know Ed’s heart.

When I see Ed lying asleep, leaning against the entrance of the wooden shelter… I wonder what kind of weight he was carrying.

However, more important than that was the safety of Ayla in the end.

Taylor gritted her teeth, barely keeping her mind.

I wanted to find out where Ayla was while she was even a little conscious.

“Uh… heh heh heh heh…”

Anyway, all the ordeals are over. I thought it would be impossible to get over it, but Geary Tailly reached Ed’s place and overcame them all.

It was a tough road, but I got to the end. That is the life of the protagonist.

After everything is finished, we will be able to talk. Why the hell did Ed Roth Taylor do that? You may even find out about the actual situation later.

But the most important thing right now is to find Isla.

“Then… Isle… Lar… somehow…”

It was a moment to rest the weight on the sword again and give strength to both legs.

– Bang!

The world turned upside down.

For a moment, Taylor couldn’t even determine what had happened.

Nausea rose due to the rapidly changing vision. It was only after I stopped breathing and felt the back of my head scratching the floor. He realized he had been thrown into the mud again.

That’s weird. No matter how hard I try to breathe, I can’t breathe.

Eventually, after breathing again in the rain, I realized that someone had cut my knee in the middle of my stomach.

“Oh my gosh! medic! Call the medic, quickly!”

“Hey, I’m going to ask the bachelor’s side to apply!”

Only then did he reach his sight, a magnificent convoy that seemed to have just arrived.

The escorts who entered the forest with their wagons parked at the edge of the entrance to the northern forest… even the third princess of the Chloel Empire, Fenia, were mixed.

As her voice reverberated through the rain, Taylor’s eyes narrowly turned to the one holding me down.

In the mud, a girl with her knees stuck in Taylor’s chin and holding her by the collar.

His face is not clearly visible because of the shadow of the witch’s hat, but the two eyes that twinkle in the dark are clearly visible.

Beyond goosebumps, it is a feeling of fear that makes your body harden just by making eye contact.

It must have been a girl with a dwarf body and no sense of intimidation.

Taylor forgot to breathe again.

– Shoot it

– Coogong, thump.

Lucy Meryl hates rainy days. Because I don’t have many good memories.

As he trampled on Taylor’s majesty, even his ears were flowing in those clearly opened eyes.

“you…”

The words that followed were drowned in the sound of rain and could not be heard.