Episode 110. Consideration of the strong (4)
Keter told Luke before going to the mercenaries.
“You will be withdrawn from my training from today.”
“What did I do wrong, assistant?”
“It’s over calling you a teaching assistant, kid. now you know how to live You are free.”
“Why suddenly? Please tell me why.”
“Tsk, the next training is a mock match for multi-person and group matches. Sephira didn’t have a swordsman, so we hired mercenaries. Do you understand why you have to get out?”
“Is it because the number of mercenaries is not enough? Or is it because I don’t participate in competitions, so I don’t need to know?”
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bean!
Keter hit Luke on the forehead.
If you wanted to avoid it, you could have avoided it enough, but Luke did not avoid it because he knew full well that avoiding it would be an act of suicide.
“Are you still a kid? Even if you pretend not to, you can see that your emotions are wavering. Are you upset? You know how stupid that is, even after you said it, right?”
“… sorry. Is it because of my ability?”
“okay. Of course, Zyro has a heavy mouth, so he won’t talk about it. But not mercenaries. You can’t stop talking about it unless you kill it. I wonder if you can control your abilities.”
“I tried, but… It seems that my reflexes don’t follow my will. Or am I just not sure how?”
“That’s certainly true for me too, no, I can’t tell you. But from my gut, it’s probably an ability you can’t control the way you feel.”
There is no ‘invincible’ ability in this world.
The same goes for reflection. There are definitely loopholes.
In the case of the person with the reflex ability that Keter saw in the liqueur, the reflex ability was activated only when the eyes were closed, and the reflected attack was emitted in the form of a shock wave centered on the body.
It was very easy to catch him. The range of his shock wave did not exceed 3 meters. From outside that distance, he continued to attack with his sword.
This ability is not infinitely activated. It consumes the user’s physical and mental power.
In the end, the person with the ability who lost all his stamina passed out from exhaustion, and Maran took care of his eyes.
“How much do you know about your abilities? Can you say you know everything?”
“I’ve experimented quite a bit with liqueur… Still, there seems to be a lot we don’t know. For example, do my reflexes only transfer damage to humans? Will it be passed on to animals, insects, and monsters? Magic bullets were reflected in the red comet, but… I don’t think you can ever know for sure.”
“Besides that, there are many weaknesses in your reflexes. It does not respond to non-strike joints or choking techniques. Dokdo is the same. After I fed it, it worked even if there were other people around.”
“When did you eat… . Oh, could it be that you had an upset stomach then?”
“Going over. As with all techniques, the more the opponent doesn’t know, the better. Especially with this ability. The less information you have, the more you can use it. Of course, you can’t hide it forever. However, in the case of reflexes, if used well, it can create an opportunity to kill even a 6-star grandmaster. Do you see what I mean?”
Luke’s eyes trembled.
You can kill a grandmaster? I?
“If it goes safely, it could be used to kill the Master right now. The point is, even if you get caught, write it out loud and get caught.”
“Before that, I’ll have to hide the fact that I have reflexes.”
“It would be difficult as a prosecutor. But if you are an archer, nothing is impossible. Or show your ability, but eliminate all witnesses.”
“Ugh. So what am I supposed to do now?”
“Are you talking to yourself or asking a question? Be sure.”
“Question. I know I depend on you too. Still, I’d definitely like to hear your advice. I don’t want to miss this moment just because of my pride.”
“I’m being honest, so I’ll tell you last. Get off my side now. That is what you must do.”
Be a partner and don’t stick around.
Luke’s body trembled at Keter’s words.
‘Are you going back? Back to where I was… … .’
Returning to Luke Blender, belonging to the 97th Sacred Knights, 1st Squad of Sacred Knights.
The time with Keter was only about two months. But those two months were the most difficult, meaningful, and heartbreaking days in Luke’s entire life.
Should I go back to being a holy knight of the days when I was called a coward, boring and without tension? Fear, like an instinct, took the lead.
But Luke laughed.
no. He is not the cowardly Luke he used to be. overcame the curse no longer a coward and got stronger
thanks to the lord The care of the head of the family who partnered with Keter made Luke what he is today.
Keter was young, but experienced and skilled. He generously shared his skills and experiences with himself.
‘It must be greed to want to be by your side all the time. stupid greed. Besides, I… I want to leave Sephira.’
As a knight of Sephira, he swore allegiance. Now I know that it makes no sense to come and break your oath and leave.
But even so, Luke wanted to leave. I wanted to unlock the secret of my birth. I wanted to meet my family.
He had no intention of leaving Sephira blindly. He still lacked experience and skills, and he had no intention of leaving unless the head of the family allowed it.
Luke took a deep breath.
Then, he reached out his hand to Keter.
“So far, thank you so much. really… Without you, I wouldn’t have changed.”
match!
Keter didn’t take Luke’s hand, but slapped his hand and said,
“I just need to know.”
“I’ll go.”
“good.”
It’s not like we’ll be separated forever, but Luke felt like he was about to burst into tears.
Keter also shed some tears.
“Huh, I’m getting sleepy now too.”
Keter, who hadn’t slept for over 40 days, wiped away tears as she yawned.
* * *
“I graduated once.”
“ah… … .”
Tarragon didn’t ask. I know enough now that Keter isn’t the type to tell me that I’m inquiring.
Keter pointed to the floor.
“Can you see the line on the floor? It is 200 meters in size. I’ll call this ‘the stage’. From now on, do not leave this stage and fight.”
I don’t even ask what will happen if I get over it. Knowing that punishment awaits, I promise not to cross it unconditionally.
“The rest of them watch from offstage, and when it’s their turn, go inside. It’s break time and nothing. The confrontation begins the moment you enter the stage. Trainee number 2 starts first. One team per squad.”
One squad, consisting of three platinum mercenaries, was put in. They were holding swords, but their expressions were trembling.
It is also true that the opponent is Sephira’s direct blood relative. Keter said it was okay, but I hesitated, wondering if it was because I attacked first and incurred resentment.
But Anise did not hesitate. As soon as the mercenaries entered the stage, they shot arrows with all their might.
Fighting! hooked!
“Ahh!”
Flesh and screams pierced the ears of the mercenaries who were loose. The arrow was properly lodged in the mercenary’s shoulder blade.
Keter shouted at the mercenaries.
“Leave the stage only when you cannot hold a sword or have an injury that prevents you from standing up. But be aware I’ll treat you guys myself, and if you’ve been mean to me, I’ll make it not so bad.”
“… … !”
The mercenary who was hit in the shoulder did not let go of the sword. It was painful, but it was possible to fight.
“Sir, I shot first!”
Finally, the three mercenaries rushed towards Anis.
Anis also fired an arrow without hesitation.
The distance to the mercenaries was about 50 meters. The mercenaries who knew how to use aura quickly closed the distance.
Tung! Ting! Tung! puck! Ting!
The sound of shooting the bow, bouncing the arrow, and not being able to block the arrow made a continuous sound of being stuck in the body.
“Haya!”
Two mercenaries rushed in and were knocked down by arrows, and only one approached Anis and swung his sword vigorously.
However, the aura on the sword was weak. It was because he had already spent a lot of aura on evading and deflecting arrows as he approached.
Anise, who did not back down, injected an aura into her bow and let the sword slide from the front.
In response, the mercenary responded like a mercenary. He kicked the ground with his foot and sprinkled dust into Anise’s eyes.
No one said cowardly. Anis also silently stepped back and avoided the dust.
The mercenary seized the opportunity and sprayed Anis with a sword strike. It wasn’t a refined swordsmanship, it was a swordsmanship filled with ferocity like the claws of a beast.
Anise opened her eyes wide and dodged each one of the sword attacks. Then, aiming for the end of the mercenary’s sword attack, he struck the back of the mercenary’s hand with a bow.
“Ugh!”
A mercenary who lost his sword in his hand while screaming in agony. He tried to pull out the dagger from his waist, but before that, Anise’s arrow was aimed at his neck.
And that was Anis’ complacency.
wickedness!
The mercenary drew his dagger and cut Anise’s chest. The fabric was torn and blood was seeping out.
Anis shouted as she stepped back.
“There’s a match, so why attack?”
The mercenary, holding the dagger in reverse, relaxed his stance as if he was dumbfounded and said,
“You think you’re going to give up just because you got a knife in your throat? Prince Keter told me to fight until I am incapable of fighting.”
“… My mistake.”
thudung!
Anise fired two arrows in an instant. The mercenary dodged the first shot, but the second arrow pierced the palm of his right hand holding the sword.
“This definitely has to end.”
Anise’s first multiplayer match is over.
Anise laughed spontaneously. He subdued three Platinum mercenaries equivalent to 2-star knights at once. In the past, this would have never been possible.
The results of the hellish training were visible. The speed of the arrow increased dramatically. It was thanks to the increase in strength, but the ability to use auras and the ability to grant multiple auras were largely thanks to it.
But it was too early to rejoice. Joe still had a long way to go.
In the next order, Team 2 entered the stage.
They saw that 1 trillion, who ran recklessly, was defeated, and set up a different strategy. I was slowly pressing on Anis without running. It was an operation to knock out all the flying arrows.
As a result, it wasn’t a good choice. Anise carefully fed the mercenaries with lions.
“omg!”
It’s not the strong and slow Sagittarius like before. It’s not quite as strong as Keter, but it’s a powerful yet fast lion sign.
The mercenaries injected as much aura into their swords as possible to block the lion’s palace, but the sword split along with the aura.
As the mercenary, still intact with his sword broken, tried to leave the stage, Keter shouted.
“Are you crazy? If you don’t have a sword, fight with your fists; if you don’t have a fist, bite with your teeth. Do you think I paid five times the commission fee for you guys to tour archery?”
At Keter’s bluff, the mercenaries picked up their broken swords and continued the fight, but it didn’t mean much. Team 2 couldn’t even go near Anise and lost.
The three groups that were then put in rushed, but each of them scattered and rushed.
Ride on!
Running in zigzags, I induced the aiming time to be long so that aiming was as difficult as possible.
No matter how zigzag you run, if you predict the speed and direction and shoot, the arrow will hit. However, even the world’s anise needed time to calculate.
The first two or three arrows missed greatly, the fourth arrow passed by, and only the fifth arrow was able to hit the mercenary.
However, Anis allowed access to two mercenaries. Anise hit the mercenaries attacking from left and right with her bow and kicked them.
Push!
As befits a mercenary skilled in melee, the mercenary cut off Anise’s leg as it stretched out for a kick. The cut wasn’t deep, but Anis’ eyebrows furrowed as she didn’t think her feet would be attacked.
Holding the arrow in her left hand, Anis caught the sword aiming for her thigh with an arrow, and raised the stab into her shoulder with her bow.
close range. In conjunction with the two movements, Anise immediately hooked the arrow on the string, drew it briefly, and released it.
A mercenary who was hit in the abdomen by an arrow shot right in front of him collapses.
Blood flowed from Anise’s side as well. The mercenary’s sword narrowly brushed past.
Wow!
Even though she cut her leg once with a kick, Anis hit the mercenary’s head with another kick. This time, he entered properly, and the mercenary stumbled greatly.
puck!
The top of the head of a mercenary who is alive despite being hit by a kick is cut off with the tip of the bow.
Blood gushed from the mercenary’s crown.
“Uh, that… … ?’”
The 4 groups of mercenaries who were waiting for their next order chattered. The reaction was that he was dead.
Anis said, clutching at her sore side.
“The power was controlled. But I need to take some.”
The mercenary who was struck in the head fainted, so the mercenaries watching the match took care of it.
On one side of the stage, Keter was tending wounded mercenaries with her own hands.
Burgundy, who watched the treatment from the side, was impressed.
‘He’s a top-notch medicine man. Suture the destroyed tissue using mana, and heal rapidly with elixir… . It brings out the highest efficiency with the least amount of elixir.’
The more I watched, the more Keter was an amazing man. In addition to having a blessed body capable of possessing both aura and mana, he was also equipped with top-notch medical skills.
‘I can’t believe Sephira was hiding a monster like this.’
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Burgundy thought that the reason why Sephira had been silently insisting on defense until now was probably because she was waiting for Keter to grow.
‘Besides, what a cold training method this is. Let alone healing wounds, making them fight continuously without rest.’
Anis was able to rest after dealing with 15 mercenaries and 5 groups.
Then it was Tarragon’s turn. Tarragon also fought 15 people in a row.
However, it took 30 minutes longer than Anise, due to the high proportion of close combat.
“next. 2 squad 1 team, come out.”
Anise goes on stage again and the 2nd squad re-enters. Unlike the first squad, it consisted of two platinum and one diamond class.
A diamond class equivalent to a 3-star knight. Furthermore, since they had watched the first squad fight earlier, they did not underestimate the archery skills of Anise and Sephira.
As if they had already finished talking among themselves, they immediately formed a formation. It was a formation in the shape of the character Poom (品).
The leader is a diamond class mercenary. he said confidently.
“Just follow me well. I will deflect all the arrows.”
That wasn’t what he said to the platinum mercenary behind him. It was a provocation against her opponent, Anis.
Anise silently hung an arrow on the protest.
Suddenly, I remembered the past days when I fought Gyro.
An arrow that was so helplessly blocked. Even the most powerful Sagittarius he believed was easily blocked. A sense of despair that his arrows did not work against a 3-star knight had overtaken him.
But to them?
His arrows worked well enough for the Platinum class. But, will it work for the diamond class?
‘It goes through. certainly.’
Ting.
The arrow containing Anise’s faith was quietly shot.