349. Now is the time to stand alone (complete)
The sense of humor was the third eye and radar.
‘…Crank is eating bread again.’
You can see what the person behind you is doing without having to look back.
‘Orphell’s breathing is strangely rough. ‘Did I catch a cold last night?’
You can know the other person’s physical condition without having to undergo a medical examination.
‘It seems like Yuri is still wondering whether or not she should consult.’
You can recognize the gaze and intentions of the person sitting next to you without having to turn your head.
Like this, Gigam is so versatile that it is used for a variety of things, whether we know it or not.
It hurts to even say more about the value of information obtained through intuition. It is not only useful in battle, but also plays a significant role in building relationships with people.
Maybe that’s why, even though I can see clearly ahead, I can’t imagine a life without a sense of spirit.
However, there was one person who was not caught on this radar.
This is Kaen.
Right now, I still don’t know what she’s doing.
He’s probably going to rest his chin and listen to Edward’s extremely boring class with one ear and let it go out of the other.
I glanced back as naturally as possible while scratching my head, and soon my eyes met Kaen, who was staring at me intently.
Wrong.
She was glaring at me.
I don’t know what intention is hidden in those clear eyes that seem to capture the clear sky without a single cloud.
One thing is certain: this entire situation is due to the unidentified ‘stealth technique’ she learned a few days ago.
Even so, I discussed this with Zeppeti last night.
‘Jepeti, I can’t sense Kaen’s presence.’
‘What are you talking about? ‘I can’t feel any presence.’
‘It’s literally like that. Even if you scatter her energy, you can’t tell where Kaen is or what she’s doing.’
Jepeti’s eyes narrowed at my answer and asked me to explain in more detail.
Gi-gam was not all-powerful.
In the end, it is nothing more than a skill that organizes information obtained through ‘excellent senses.’
Kaen’s smell and scent have become fainter than before, and no sound can be heard from her body.
I couldn’t even hear the heartbeat, which a human should be able to hear.
I almost thought it was a corpse.
If I had actually become a living corpse, I wouldn’t have had to worry about this. If that’s the case, at least it’s going to stink.
While hanging out the laundry, Petty suddenly became distressed and asked me that while he was resting on his chin.
‘How about raising your skill level?’
Certainly that could also be a solution.
As the level of energy increases, the range of energy and the amount of information obtained increase.
If there is one problem…
‘I have no skill points…?’
…It turns out that all of the skill points I had recently were consumed by ‘surging power’.
Coincidentally, it was also because of ‘Kaen’.
To be more precise, it should be said that it is due to ‘whitewashing’.
Already, after raising the surging power skill level, a ‘side effect’ occurred, causing a headache, but thanks to this, the order was completely messed up.
‘Should we at least install a heat sensor?’
‘What if that breaks through too?’
‘I might as well stand guard.’
‘Jepeti… Would you like to sleep together…?’
There were a total of three rooms in the dormitory.
One was my room, currently occupied by Misty and Volk, and the other was Zepeti and Ray’s room.
The remaining one was being used as a storage room, and since Volk and Misty moved in, I have been sleeping in the storage room or taking a nap on the sofa in the living room.
I didn’t really think much about it since I didn’t have much time to stay in the dormitory unless it was a special Sabbath day.
‘…Are you serious?’
[ My disciple… ]
I still can’t forget the disdainful looks in Zepeti and Sierra’s eyes.
In the end, last night, I squeezed in between Zeppeti and Ray and tried to sleep. I fell asleep holding Zepeti like a talisman as if I were a child.
Because I was scared.
‘Cadet Zeto, you look quite happy with Miss Eisel?’
You never know when Kaen might come and put a sword to my throat. She is Baekdohwa and Baekdohwa is Kaen. It wasn’t strange if things like that happened as often as possible.
Anyway, thanks to this, I learned that Ray tends to talk a lot in his sleep. While she was sleeping, she suddenly received an uppercut from Ray.
As soon as I fainted, memories of Mikhail suddenly flowed into my head.
From what I could see, Ray in his previous life also seemed to have a tendency to sleep talk a lot.
It was quite impressive to see Mikhail, who was sleeping in a tent, being hit in the abdomen by Ray, the warrior sleeping next to him, and injecting a wound into his body.
‘Write… But I’m glad it’s me. ‘Right?’
Ray, who was completely asleep and coughing up blood, was muttering something to himself that couldn’t be heard, and I felt sorry for him as I watched him.
Anyway, I asked Zeppeti, who woke up in the morning after staying up all night like that, how he was coping with Ray’s sleep talking, and he said that he would be fine if he turned on the ‘Great Hero Defense System’.
I don’t know exactly what the anti-hero defense system is, but I had to come up with a new program that didn’t even exist in my head, so it must have happened once or twice.
I somehow got lost in the middle of the conversation, but the point is that from now on, it won’t be strange for Kaen to visit me at any time.
Even if I don’t appear in front of her, the scary thing is that she can secretly stalk me whenever she wants.
Even so, the psychological pressure was no joke as my senses were occasionally blurred, perhaps due to a loss of concentration due to the ‘side effects’.
It was a side effect that appeared as the surging power skill level increased.
As I understood it, the principle of surging power was simple. It may be a bit of a vulgar expression, but it doesn’t say that the size of the ‘object’ changes depending on the skill level.
Literally power.
So, you can say that your ‘physical strength’ has improved.
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However, a problem arises here, and since the power is too much to handle, the desire to ‘resolve’ naturally arises.
Because I couldn’t resolve it, it piled up and my concentration began to crack.
[ The sword rises higher than usual. ]
For the first time in my life, I was criticized by Sierra, so there is nothing more to say.
“……”
Not being able to sense Kaen’s presence was a very serious matter in many ways.
Much more than what Edward was explaining in the middle of the classroom.
I was in the middle of a serious worry when Edward suddenly called out to me.
“…Then shall Cadet Zeto answer this question?”
“……”
Questions always came up when I wasn’t concentrating in class. No, rather than that, it would be like asking a question to someone who you see not concentrating in class.
“I was explaining siege warfare. What should the attacking side of a siege do first?”
Fortunately, it was a question I already knew the answer to.
“The first thing the attacking side of a siege must do is break the barrier surrounding the castle.”
In a siege war in a world without magic, the castle walls themselves would have played a role in preventing enemy invasions, but in this world where sword-wielding supermen and magic run rampant, castle walls alone are difficult to prevent enemy invasions.
That’s because there are so many people who can easily climb over the castle wall without even a ladder.
The core of the siege was ultimately the barrier.
The castle wall is limited to preventing the invasion of monsters.
“Then who plays the most important role in breaking the barrier?”
“It would be easy to talk about if there were an excellent wizard who could cast a large-scale dispel, but if not, fire-type wizards or earth-type wizards, whose destructive power is far superior to that of other spells, would constantly pour out magic to destroy the barrier. “You have to pour it in until the magic stone, which is the energy source of the barrier, breaks down.”
“That’s great. However, if the human castle has been taken over by demons, the story is a little different. Why is that? Is there a cadet who can answer?”
Edward smiled sinisterly at my concise answer, raised his finger, and asked the cadets another question.
From his questions, I begin to get a little sense of the scenario that will be conducted as a public exam.
“”……””
The cadets were unable to raise their hands easily, perhaps because the siege war itself against the demons felt unfamiliar.
“Do you happen to know Cadet Yuri?”
Edward looks for Yuri as the cadets continue to remain silent.
Yuri, who seemed to be thinking a lot about this and that, was unable to withstand the pressure and finally opened his mouth.
“This is because the demons can use the lives of citizens inside the castle as an energy source for the barrier. Every time the barrier is struck, citizens lose their lives, so it is a vicious barrier from the humans’ standpoint, but very efficient from the demons’ standpoint. You can build it.”
“That’s right. To prevent such a situation from happening, the humans used to evacuate all the citizens of castles that were likely to be under siege. There was only one time something terrible like that happened.”
“…Siege of Rechelia.”
Yuri muttered softly.
“I guess you already know Cadet Yuri?”
And Edward does not miss her murmurs.
“I heard that the instructors were very active.”
Siege of Rechelia.
It was a legendary siege battle in which the three black-blooded men took action at the end of the war and were eventually reborn as war heroes.
“If you want to enter the special class, I recommend that you look through the records at least once. The main stage of the special class exam will be the Siege of Rechelia.”
Edward smiles in satisfaction at the sighs of the cadets that immediately come out.
I thought the hurdle was too high, but there seemed to be a reason why they chose the Siege of Rechelia among the many battlefields they had experienced.
‘He asked if he wanted to become the main character… He was very determined to take me under his wing.’
The Siege of Rechelia, also called a miraculous siege that will never happen again in history, begins with a large-scale dispelling by the young wizard ‘Reina’, who was only 22 years old at the time.
We want to show it to those who ignored the Innocence Academy.
The sight of cutting down the huge barrier of Rechelia Castle with a single sword.