Episode 14 – Unity (1)
14. Unity (1)
Leon and his group came out after the interview with Daniel.
Now that I’m out.
Leon neatly decided to skip the morning class and start the afternoon class.
I didn’t want to take the theory class in the morning anyway because it seemed so boring.
“That’s a good idea.”
“I agree.”
Carotene and Celia nodded willingly.
“I’ll go. If you miss class once, it will be difficult later… “I guess I’m a wizard…”
Liana, a wizard, missed theory classes because they were important, unlike martial arts.
In fact, even though she is not a particularly model student, it is normal for her to go to class.
“Who says what? “Go quickly.”
“Yes…”
Liana, who had become strangely wrinkled, headed to the classroom with a pout.
She was still concerned that she had let her branch burn the previous day by not immediately blocking her retreat.
– Tsk, do I really need to say this?
Leon didn’t know, but Liana clearly heard what he muttered at that time.
These were words that are still stuck in a corner of her heart.
I can’t believe it’s such a terrible feeling to let someone down.
‘Next time… for sure!’
Liana quietly made up her mind.
“······.”
As soon as Liana left, the three people made eye contact at the same time.
They naturally went to the back of the building without anyone saying anything.
We killed some time by burning cigarettes, ate lunch together, and then went to class in the afternoon.
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Afternoon, El Prime Academy 1st training hall.
All of the Class A cadets who had lunch and Instructor Cheren were gathered here.
The eyes of the cadets who came after changing into their sportswear were shining brightly.
Everyone is looking forward to what their first lesson from Ice Sword will be like.
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Cheren had an exceptional beauty.
Her pointed eyes and stern expression created a cold image.
As she quietly cast a cold gaze, the cadets felt intimidated.
After looking around at the cadets without any particular intention, her mouth fell open.
“Gentlemen, what do you think are the basics of unmanned warfare?”
One cadet answered in a voice full of spirit.
“It’s physical strength!”
Cheren nodded her head once and spoke as if she had been waiting.
“That is the correct answer. From now on, she runs on the training ground in two rows, with Leon and Carotene in the lead. Practice.”
Are you guessing this correctly?
The cadets tilted their heads and stood behind Leon and Carotene.
‘Ah, sh*t.’
After seeing Cheren’s expression, Leon cursed under his breath.
For some reason, I had a strong feeling that today I would only do physical training.
Originally, the national rule is to start with high spirits on the first day.
“Carotene. “Get your mind straight.”
“······I guess I’m feeling bad again. “I understand.”
Leon’s bad premonition comes true without fail.
* · * *
1 Hour later.
“Faster!”
‘f*ck you!’
At Cheren’s shout coming from behind her, Leon increased his running speed even further.
“Huh…! “Huh…!”
A dizzying sound of breathing is heard from next to me.
Carotene’s face had now turned into that of a rabid dog.
“Wet, wet! Whoo, whoo!”
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Leon has good physical strength, enough to deliver a series of attacks that embarrass Esabel.
Even he was barely able to maintain 2:2 breathing and was holding on to his fading mind.
With these two like this, there is no need to mention the cadets following behind them.
“Gasp, pant, mother…!”
“Hi! Wow! “Wow!”
“Wooweeek!”
There were countless cadets who cried out to their parents and God, lost their breath, rolled their eyes, and retched.
Cheren constantly increases his speed periodically.
Leon was confident that he had now completed over 100 laps of the training ground.
‘Should I call the devil of physical strength?’
Cheren’s training was vicious enough to cause her such concerns.
“Kiana! Mana, don’t move!”
If you try to use even a little bit of mana, they catch you like a ghost.
“Theron! Good job, come out!”
She accurately understands the limitations of the cadets and uses up her stamina to the limit before finally getting rid of them.
“uuuh…”
The cadets who escaped were passed out like corpses right next to the track, without the strength to go get a drink of water.
I don’t even have the strength to lift a finger.
Now, only about 5 people remain on the track, including Leon and Carotene.
“Faster!”
Tap-tap-tap-tap!
Leon now began to run at a speed close to a full sprint.
It goes without saying.
No matter how much mana is not used, the running of an expert driver is so fast that it is embarrassing to compare it to that of an ordinary person.
If I were to run 100 meters at my current speed, wouldn’t I easily reach 6 seconds?
Tadadadadak!
Leon’s legs spun around to the point that an afterimage was left, and the new model stretched out.
“Ugh… Leon…!”
“Go slowly…!”
Thanks to this, the top-ranked cadets of Class A who had barely followed behind Leon began to fall behind.
Then Cheren pulled out his sword and stabbed them in the back.
“You can still run further! “Don’t give up!”
How do you know that!
“Evil!”
“Billion, billion!”
The dissatisfied cadets were frightened by the stinging sensation in their backs and stamped their feet.
If you stop, it will really sting.
If you didn’t want to get a hole in your back, you had to run.
After 10 minutes.
“Carotene! “Come out!”
Carotene, who stayed by Leon’s side until the end, also falls behind.
Now, the only thing left on the track was Leon.
“Wet, wet! Instructor! Whoo, whoo! Me too now! Wet, wet! Seems like a limit! Whoo, whoo!”
“I see you still have the energy to talk, so there’s still a long way to go. “Run.”
‘Flame!’
Leon was shocked by Cheren’s firm answer.
My heart is racing so hard that my entire chest hurts as if it will tear, and my thighs and calves are hot as if on fire.
I’ve lost feeling in my feet for a long time, and it’s hard to even open my eyes because of the sweat that keeps flowing.
Has there ever been a time when someone pushed me this far?
Leon, who trained 8 hours a day, also felt like he was facing his limits again.
‘I was confident in my physical strength.’
Leon’s vision became increasingly blurry.
His body lost strength and his balance collapsed.
The thought of just lying down and resting like this kept tempting me.
Cheren’s sharp words poured into his eardrums.
“It’s pathetic. Are you giving up?”
“But are you still a warrior?”
“Is your leg broken? Did my lung burst? “Is your muscle torn?”
“If not, why on earth are you giving up?”
Why?
Don’t you give up?
Why do I feel Cheren’s words sharper than the feeling of the tip of the sword touching my back?
My stomach was boiling.
Instead of the thought, ‘I want to quit,’ a new emotion came rushing in.
All the pain I felt in my body felt miserable for an instant.
‘Okay… Let’s see who wins!’
If you want to be the main character, shouldn’t you do this?
A red light flashed in Leon’s eyes.
* · * *
There are teachers who encourage, care for, and guide their students.
There are also teachers who whip and push others.
Cheren Asonia was clearly a teacher who fell into the latter category.
Also, some people shrink and become discouraged when they are whipped.
On the contrary, there are people who fight back with anger.
Leon Crusif in the original work belonged to the former.
What he needed was not a sharp remark, but a warm word of encouragement.
On the other hand, the current Leon belonged to the latter.
The more you press, the stronger the human resistance.
No matter what criticism and pain is inflicted, a person is more stimulated by it.
“Stop.”
Clap!
As soon as Cheren’s words fell, Leon’s body collapsed like a doll whose strings had been cut.
He was breathing as if he were dead, but his eyes were clearly alive.
“······.”
Cheren looked down at him in silence for a moment and then opened her mouth again.
“Everyone wake up.”
The cadets who were lying down lifted their heads helplessly.
“Raise your sword. From now on, perform 100 downward strikes.”
The cadets could not believe their ears.
Did I hear it wrong?
I don’t think I can even stand up on my own two feet, so you want me to raise my sword and strike?
“Yeh?!”
“No, instructor…”
“How do I do that…!”
The cadets’ complaints broke out here and there.
The voices of nobles who had been raised well were the loudest.
“No matter how important physical strength is, isn’t that too much?”
“Is this ignorant method really helpful?”
At that time, one by one, remarks that crossed the line were made.
“I will protest to the Academy.”
The cadets’ barking stopped all at once.
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“······.”
The entire area was filled with an eerie silence, as if cold water had been poured on it.
Sigh.
By a man who quietly raises his body.
Leon ran the longest and could not rest at all compared to the cadets who were left behind.
“······.”
He silently stood up, holding his trembling body.
The two legs shaking like crazy looked dangerous, like a lamp in the wind.
“Whoa…”
A thin breath, two shiny eyes.
Grumbling.
He quietly drew his sword with his twitching arm.
“””··········.”””
Everyone looked at him, forgetting even to breathe.
Gulp.
The sound of someone wiping dry needles rang out loud like thunder.
“That…”
Cheren firmly raised her hand and silenced her cadet’s mouth as he tried to say something.
“······.”
Leon quietly closed his eyes.
The feeling has long since disappeared.
I can’t even feel how her muscles move.
The only thing that moves my body right now is my mental power.
The body pushed to its limits heightened his spirit to the limit.
‘Unsheath your sword and take your stance.’
Seueuugh.
Leon’s body changes according to his will.
Leon awakened the mana that had been sleeping in the Danjeon.
Wooow!
Mana trembled with joy at her master’s call.
Perhaps it was because I had no sense in my body, but I felt my mana more clearly than ever.
Gooooo!
Leon slowly spread her mana into the circuits of her entire body.
Pulsating mana is ready to change according to his will.
‘Punch down.’
Basic movements that can be performed with a sword.
This is the basic of the basics that any prosecutor would have done thousands or tens of thousands of times.
‘Get down, hit.’
In order to go down, you had to go up first.
Seueuugh-
His sword is slowly lifted.
Even though the movements were frustratingly slow, everyone’s eyes did not leave the tip of the sword as if they were mesmerized.
Concentration that is close to survival.
The momentum coming from Leon, who was in a trance, dominated the entire area.
Cheoeok.
Leon’s sword soon reached its peak.
‘Get down, hit.’
According to his will, Mana and her body united and moved simultaneously.
Sleep.
Neat as falling dew.
Gently like the setting sun.
Simple, yet beautiful.
A line connecting heaven and earth.
The sword cut through space, drawing a beautiful trajectory.
Spooky!
An exhilarating shiver ran through the minds of the cadets who saw him hit.
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The corners of Cheren’s mouth rose slightly.
“Haa…”
A huge sense of elation came over Leon as he opened his eyes.
I felt like my perspective broadened and the world became clearer.
As the Danjeon vessel grew, I could feel the mana flowing through the circuit, one by one.
Leon has been stagnant in the lower to middle expert level for a long time.
With his recent realization, he was finally able to leap to expert intermediate level.