Episode 53 – Celia, Celia.
53. Celia, Celia.
In the white waves covered with thick smoke.
“What…What!”
“Where are you?”
“Everyone, come to your senses!”
“You rat!”
Dozens of drones roamed the space at close intervals.
To find just one enemy.
In the middle of such a cruel scene.
“······.”
Leon was bowing his body close to the ground.
There are countless jumping bridges moving around next to you.
A sharp energy continued to spread out, trying to sense his presence.
The gap is so narrow that even a child cannot escape.
The power to find even a single flying insect.
However.
No one could find him.
It could not be detected or caught.
—Suddenly!
Once again, a silver trail is drawn briefly on the nape of the neck.
Sharp!
Someone’s new model has collapsed again.
“””······!”””
The cadets next to me opened their eyes wide.
All you can see is pure white fog.
All I could see was the vain eyes of a colleague who was disappearing, engulfed in magic.
* · * *
Leon, he was hiding and assassinating.
What is needed for perfect hiding?
The first thing to hide is the sound of footsteps.
This can be solved with complementary methods.
Cheondunbo (天遁步) is said to be able to hide even from the sky above its head.
This is a technique that Leon has been training for a long time.
If you only consider the time spent using this, it is on a similar level to Cheonryeongbo.
Moreover, he had outstanding talent in stealth.
In such a noisy situation, it was no problem to hide even the sound of one’s footsteps.
The second is breathing.
A skilled drone can easily pick up the sound of the other person’s breathing.
Karazu-style breathing method.
This is the skill of Karaz, an assassin who was famous throughout the continent in the distant past.
Leon obtained the secret document, which was barely kept by the Duke Crusif, by tricking Duke Locke.
There is a rumor going around that if you are skilled, you can spend an entire day just breathing.
Leon wasn’t that bad, though.
I was able to fool everyone here.
Slow and long.
Thin, light.
Weak, faint.
Repeat inhaling and exhaling.
All of the cadets here are experts or higher.
Their five senses are dozens of times greater than those of the criminal.
My hearing had become much more sensitive since I was in the middle of a battle.
He didn’t hear a single breath until Leon walked right behind him and cut his neck with his sword.
Also.
With this breath, the things that need to be hidden next are resolved one after another.
Mana.
Reading the flow of mana is something that anyone can do if they handle mana, regardless of whether they are a warrior or a wizard.
If you have a little bit of skill, you can understand to some extent the mana your opponent is moving.
Karazu-style breathing method solves this problem.
If you continue to breathe in the way you learned.
Change began spontaneously.
The nature of the mana flowing through the circuit changes.
Unlike usual, it hits like a tsunami or a storm.
It becomes softer and calmer.
Like a cat hiding its claws.
At first glance, the pieces of mana that were leaking out of the body were stored inside.
Muscles and joints become infinitely flexible.
No matter how dynamically I moved my body, there was no noise like the sound of bones.
The heartbeat loses strength.
Boom! Thud! Thud!
Thump, thump, thump, thump.
Heart pounding, pounding, pounding pounding-
It is small and moves quickly, like the heartbeat of a rat.
The muscle organ that used to pulsate vigorously and spurt blood changed its properties to speed instead of force.
The heart sound decreased that much.
It’s so loud that even Leon, the person involved, can’t hear it.
The presence was hidden by itself.
It felt as if my existence had faded and turned into a thin breeze.
I even feel the freedom of becoming an invisible person.
However, it is not over yet.
Hides life.
This is easy.
You’re not actually trying to kill the cadets here right now.
They only subdue you.
I approach thinking that I am cutting down a log, not a person.
I completely erase the thought of ‘kill’ from my mind.
This is the last time.
Hides even the metal energy of the blade.
By putting the dagger held backwards into the sleeve.
It is enough to take out the blade at the last moment before cutting the throat.
The moment when the other person’s mouth and body are already tightly held, and it is useless to notice.
Shut up!
Concise and neat.
Split the part where the vocal cords are attached.
There is no need for excessive force that would cut off the head.
Damage above a certain amount, enough to cause instant death.
That is enough to be judged as being eliminated.
All you have to do is put down the hardened enemy’s body and move on to the next target.
With such a perfectly hidden presence.
Leon continued to comb through his fog.
The enemy cannot see him, hear him, or feel him.
Now this was his playground.
It was no different from a wildcat in a chicken coop.
But it wasn’t like they were just killing whatever it looked like.
There were priorities.
“First, set your formation…!”
—Suddenly!
“Everyone must stick together!”
—Suddenly!
“Let’s get out of here for now!”
—Suddenly!
A guy who wants to lead his troops, a guy who doesn’t lose his composure, and a guy who’s quick-witted.
If you want to say something plausible, they immediately slit your throat.
Keep the enemies as confused as possible.
We had to wait as long as possible before they got out of here.
In that sense, we also kill those who try to escape.
Tadadat-!
—Suddenly!
“Oh, wow?!”
When a colleague who was running in front of him suddenly fell over, the cadet jumped up and put the brakes on his legs.
I felt it instinctively.
If you take a few more steps, you will die.
When this situation was repeated several times, the movement to leave clearly decreased.
Sparkling in the east, flashing in the west.
Leon continued to move.
I was running around like crazy.
I had no choice as I was trying to cover a wide area by myself.
I was so violently changing the direction of my stretching that it put a strain on my ankle and knee joints.
At least a little while ago, I gained a new understanding of footwork and felt much more comfortable.
I was able to achieve greater speed and efficiency than usual.
But, he is also human.
No matter how good his physical strength was, there was bound to be a limit.
Throb!
“······!”
Leon stopped in his tracks for a moment due to the pain that suddenly rose from his danjeon.
‘Chew······.’
It is a recoil caused by excessive use of mana and overuse of the body.
Of course, if you rest a little, you will recover quickly.
With the cadets’ eyes on fire, even a brief pause was dangerous.
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‘f*ck.’
It was then that Leon licked his dry lips.
Chaeng! Chachaechaeng! Chiing!
The sound of swords clashing.
“Enemy attack!”
“Class C! “It’s class C!”
“Damn, what happened all of a sudden!”
“Each person takes charge of one person!”
As if someone had turned the volume dial to the right.
An incomparably loud roar erupted.
“There is also class F!”
“Crazy! Class A has also arrived!”
“No, when on earth did we unite like this…!”
While Leon was wasting time, the Class A cadets arrived.
It wasn’t that he was hiding nearby in advance.
It would have been impossible for the entire Class A to sneak all the way here, even if it was just Leon.
Because of this, Leon infiltrates the very center and shoots luminous arrows to attract attention.
Let the classes in the level 1 area flock there.
Class A, who had been waiting outside, followed them at some distance.
And they arrive while Leon is fighting a delayed battle in the fog.
They entered right away and attacked.
This plan was useful.
Although the clothes of class I and class J cadets were used for different weapons, they could not be used.
Class A, Class C, Class F.
The mere fact that the three groups were united was enough to instill fear in the enemies.
The confusion that had already been growing because of Leon exploded completely due to the current attack.
The battlefield became cluttered and chaotic.
It was important to be in a smoke screen where visibility was blurred.
And since he was wearing a mask, it was even harder to see his appearance.
Being a Class A cadet with a change of clothes is something I never dreamed of.
And there.
Class A is divided into small groups and attacks.
In their situation, it is impossible to know how many enemies there are.
Thanks for blocking Leon from forming a formation in advance.
Not knowing who was next to me, I had no choice but to swing my sword in the confusion.
On the other hand.
Class A, which came with thorough planning and seating arrangements in advance, pushed forward at a furious pace.
They were initially checked by other classes because of their skills.
I was able to easily wipe out enemies whose momentum was completely disrupted.
The market has turned into a mess.
Swearing, shouting, and the sound of weapons clashing are all mixed together.
It became so loud that even if I shouted with all my might, I was immediately drowned out.
The excitement and heat that erupted heated up the air.
Bewilderment and anxiety spread like a fire burning dry firewood.
The enemies are being cut down by the sword one by one.
The situation tilted steeply toward Class A.
‘Okay.’
Leon has recovered some of his stamina.
He began looking for his next target with shining eyes.
What he should aim for in the current situation.
The most threatening enemy here right now.
An outstanding talent with the potential to turn around the collapsing momentum.
‘Yes, something like that.’
Wheeeing! Whoa!
The spear being swung by the rushing wind was caught in the field of vision.
Upright and unstoppable.
A powerful spear strike that made my eyes widen was created from her fingertips.
Above, purple bobbed hair flutters.
Purple eye lights roamed through her fog like her will-o’-the-wisps.
“Celia, Celia…”
Taaat!
Lin Leon grinned and fired her new type.