50 – broken heart
I will destroy Black Yodo.
As Ed uttered that shocking statement, Gracia’s eyes stayed on Ed.
At the same time, silence flowed inside the noisy classroom.
Everyone who heard his remarks doubted their ears.
To destroy the black yodo that symbolizes the Siegmund family.
Does that mean that it doesn’t sound like a word?
[Edgar Fix, don’t step out. you are my student I have a duty to protect you.]
However, what was more important to Gracia was the student’s safety rather than the authenticity of the statement.
He had already made the mistake of letting Max end up like that, and he couldn’t hurt his student any more.
[But Professor. At this rate, isn’t there any other way than killing that guy?]
[·······.]
However, what Ed said next was the truth.
Even Gracia, a sword master, could not ‘suppress’ a guy who had become a ‘madman’ with a 17cm stick like this, and even a guy with an obsidian sword, which was Sigmund itself.
Of course, it was possible to kill her at any time if she wanted to, but due to Gracia’s personality, she couldn’t bear to kill her own students.
[Down!]
While talking for a while like that.
Max’s black magic pierced Ed and Gracia.
Gracia, however, still fixed her eyes on Ed, completely canceling the black magic power with just a rough swing of the 17cm stick.
[Khehehehe! hehehe! hehehe!!]
Then Max laughed like a beast and started cutting himself with his sharp nails.
It was to increase his strength by injuring himself.
Seeing Max like that, Gracia let out a sigh.
[…there is no way.]
Max has already entered the stage of a complete madman.
I couldn’t subdue him in the usual way.
I had no choice but to accept Ed’s offer with a feeling of grabbing at least a straw.
[…Ed, I accept your plan. Instead-]
But even with the plan, Ed’s safety came first.
Gracia emphasized this point.
[—If I order to retreat, retreat unconditionally. And I will not accept any operation that would put you in danger.]
[···Sure.]
And Ed readily accepted it.
Gracia then asked Ed to explain the strategy, and Ed began to explain the strategy he had conceived.
Eventually, after hearing all the explanations, Gracia nodded and confirmed the contents.
[So if I get Max’s black yodo and hold on, you’re going to attack and destroy it?]
[Yes.]
[Keuk. It’s a crazy operation.]
crazy operation.
There was no other way to describe this operation.
With a mere 17 cm long wooden stick, he could withstand the black yodo that absorbed the madman’s power.
[Are you sure you can destroy Black Yodo?]
However, Gracia did not dispute this.
Because it is actually possible.
He is one of only four sword masters in the empire.
Already he was one of the absolute strongmen who transcended the type of weapon.
[Yes. Because I am the blacksmith.]
And Ed was also a gifted boy on his way to the pinnacle of blacksmithing.
Just as Gracia took the black yodo with a 17cm wooden stick, Ed was also able to destroy the black yodo through engineering analysis.
[Then let’s begin.]
Quaang!
As soon as Gracia finished speaking, Max, who had finished the transformation, attacked them.
At the same time, a huge amount of black magic emanating from the Obsidian Island pursued them as they retreated.
[Ugh!]
In response, Ed activated the plasma mana shield to block them.
Gracia was also a skilled staff member, and shed most of her magical energy, and some of her magical energy was knocked out with a wooden stick wrapped in strong air.
– Dig!
However, Gracia did not stop there.
Rather, it was dug into Max.
To do what Ed ordered.
“Brigade commander! I found the location of the arena!”
At the same time, the adjutant, who had known the location of the arena, informed Allerina of the news.
However, Allerina muttered something while keeping her eyes fixed on the screen in front of her.
“I think something… will happen…”
“Yes?”
“I think the two of us will solve it. That pretty-looking guy can be hidden.”
Can you hide it?
The adjutant turned his gaze to the screen.
The video transmission magic sphere that managed to survive was broadcasting Gracia and Max live.
[Koooooo!!!]
Max was swinging his sword madly, pouring out his rage.
When Gracia mocked him as if he was playing with a child with only a wooden stick, the shameful guy became enraged.
[Chwaaa!!]
As a result, the enormously increased black magic rushed towards Gracia.
The black magic power in the form of a sharp awl split into hundreds and penetrated Gracia’s body.
“As expected, Sword Master…”
Just like the muttered words of an unknown cadet, Gracia evaded the attack with the subtle movements of a sword master.
Then, as soon as the medicine rose, Max began to increase his strength by injuring himself again.
Gracia gave Max a disillusioned look and said in a cold voice.
[You will be remembered as the worst prosecutor in history. All I know how to do is resort to drugs and hurt myself.]
[Koooooooooooooooooo!!!]
With Max’s roar filled with anger, a red haze exploded.
The obsidian trembled strangely, and began sucking up all the red haze that spread through the air like a vacuum cleaner.
With the further strengthened black sword, Max lowered it and aimed at the top of Gracia’s head.
[·······.]
However, at that moment, Gracia wrote ‘Secret’.
While all objects moved like slow motion, only Gracia’s time seemed to flow differently, his body free.
It felt like splitting a fleeting moment into thousands of frames.
‘You hid well.’
And Gricia confirmed Ed’s location in this static space.
Hiding in Max’s blind spot, Ed’s plan to destroy the Obsidian requires location and timing to succeed. And that’s because the aggro has to fit.
‘Don’t leave the back to you.’
And now was the time.
A blue haze erupted from Gracia’s body, overwhelming Max’s red haze.
– Dig!
And, the stopped time passed again.
The huge obsidian that Max lowered fell vertically toward Gracia at high speed.
[-Quaang!!]
However, Gracia blocked it with only a wooden stick.
A blue strong qi extending from a 17cm wooden stick replaced the sword body.
It reminded me of a lightsaber.
[Soooooo!!!]
But it didn’t end here.
The black yodo started to recover the black magic that was spread all over the place.
As a result, the power of the black yodo that suppressed Gracia grew stronger, and cracks began to grow in his expression.
[-Taat!]
But at that moment.
Ed, who was lying in ambush on the ceiling, activated the propellant and charged at Max.
Gracia had done her job, so now it was his turn.
***
When Max tries to hit Gracia with the enhanced obsidian sword.
I could confirm that Gracia’s gaze stayed on me for a split second.
And at that moment, I felt that my turn had come.
It’s because he confirmed my location before taking Max’s obsidian sword.
-Charrr!
So I immediately transformed the gauntlet into form.
Since the only way to break Obsidian is with a high-temperature plasma blade, it has been transformed into a gauntlet that can implement that technology.
Boooaaang!
Eventually, super-high-temperature plasma blades spewed out of the gauntlet that had completed the form transformation.
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Like a Zealot’s psionic lightsaber, this ultra-high-temperature plasma blade was able to maintain its shape without even transferring a temperature of 1 to me because it was surrounded by a strong magnetic field generated from a conductor.
– Kwaaang!
Before long, Max’s obsidian sword and Gracia’s wooden stick collided.
At first glance, it looks like Max is overpowering Gracia, like a cat’s front paws crushing a mouse, but Gracia is not a mouse.
It’s just a criminal who can’t show his front paws.
-Soooooooooo!
So I waited for the right time.
Until Obsidian retrieves all his black magic power and concentrates his attacks.
I slowly aimed at the timing until a situation was created in which Max, who had completely opened the door, was helpless in my surprise attack.
‘Now!’
And, finally, the time has come.
Max’s obsidian sword absorbed all of his mana and converted it into an attack, and Gracia began to be pushed back slowly.
– Dig!
I bent my legs as much as I could to press a spring, and then kicked off the wall and sent my body into Max’s obsidian sword.
At the same time, the propellant was activated to add acceleration to the surprise attack.
– Huung!
such a fleeting moment.
I came to the black yodo right in front of me.
All that was left was to smash his obsidian sword with a super-high-temperature plasma blade.
‘Can I do it?’
However, it was not an easy task to destroy an artifact that received the title of ‘artisan’.
In order for this to happen, a lot of conditions have to be met.
The first is that all of Black Yodo’s black magic must be converted into attacks.
However, this was resolved thanks to Gracia pulling aggro well.
And secondly, Max must not notice my surprise at all.
If you notice a surprise attack, you can turn your black magic into defense.
The third is that in order to melt obsidian, which has an incredibly high melting point (the temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid), an attack must be applied at an extremely high temperature.
However, this seems possible because my plasma blade is extremely hot, exceeding 6,000 degrees.
‘can do!’
All of these tough conditions have been met.
Convinced, I swung the plasma blade at Max without hesitation.
At the same time, I partially released the magnetic field surrounding the ultra-high-temperature plasma before the plasma blade touched the obsidian.
It was to expose the super-high temperature of over 6,000 degrees to the guy’s black yodo.
– Cheee!
And it worked.
The black yodo, which was using all the mana contained in its sword body to move black magic, was distorted as it was without being able to send mana to the ‘strengthening ceremony’ in an unexpected surprise attack.
– P-Quit! Fast!
Cracks and gaps created by the instant melting of the sword body.
I passed the plasma blade deep into the gap, and finally, one of the four notorious demonic swords, the Black Yodo…
───Paaang!!
It was shattered into pieces.
The sword body was melted and broken in a momentary surprise without even protecting the sword body by transferring mana to the emerald mana stones embedded in various parts of the sword body.
“…?”
And this was nonsense.
Even Max, who had become a madman, looked at his broken sword with a blank face as if he couldn’t believe it.
“professor.”
“yes. finish it.”
But there was still work to be done.
To subdue Max, who became a madman.
As long as Black Yodo is gone, he has no choice but to become our food.
– Dig!
The new type of Gracia quickly dispersed.
It burrowed into Max’s blind spot, severing his Achilles’ tendon in an instant.
“Koooooooooooo!!”
Then Max, who was very angry, swung his fist.
However, Gracia had already disappeared from that spot a long time ago.
Before he knew it, he appeared in front of Max and swung a strong weapon at the guy’s wrist.
-Fuhuaaa!!!
Then the guy’s wrist was cut, and a huge amount of blood gushed out.
Of course, Max became stronger the more he got hurt and angry, but even if a cadet drank the potion of madness, he was not a threat to Gracia.
“Kurrure… Krrr…”
It must have been about 30 minutes since Gracia tied up Max with the black sap and cooked him.
Max, who had poured out an enormous amount of blood, was losing his madman mode.
The wide potion melted into the bloodstream is drained and it returns to its original form.
“Ooh, ooh, our heirloom… Oh, the black yodo that my father gave me…”
Max, who had begun to regain his sanity, finally grasped the whole situation and began to weep.
At this, Gracia let out a small sigh, removed the strong energy from the wooden stick, and patted me on the shoulder to tell me that I had worked hard.
“Thanks to Edgar Fix, I was able to subdue him safely. You always surprise me.”
“…”
Gracia left those words and approached Max.
Then, looking at the guy who was frantically collecting fragments of the black yodo, he said in a cold voice.
“Max. why did you do that You have crossed a line that shouldn’t be crossed.”
However, Max muttered to himself, ignoring Gracia’s scolding.
the lord will kill me
i’m done now
my father will kick me out
Fuck, it’s all because of that commoner bastard, and so on.
Several words were poured out in rapid fire.
“I knew you were a dangerous child.”
Gracia calmly continued.
Max, who was talking to himself like a madman, looked up at Gracia, probably because his voice had magical energy.
“If you had asked me for help instead of relying on that madman’s power, I would have helped you anytime.”
“…”
“Max Zygmunt. You just lost that last chance. Are you trying to kill your brother-in-law by touching a taboo potion out of private feelings?”
“Ha, ha, but if I don’t win this match… the family lord will take me…”
“Earl Zigmund is also my father. Think of what you’ve done in the past. Even by scaring you like that, I tried to put your evil inner side to rest.”
“Kuuu000uuu… Oh, my father always didn’t approve of me… Ha, always… fuck, he only trains me like shit…”
“You fool, look at that black yodo that was broken because of your stupidity.”
“…?”
“That sword is your father’s heart itself. I entrusted you with the sword that symbolizes the Siegmund family.”
“…”
“I know Count Zigmund. I am not one to be harsh for no reason.”
Saying that, Gracia knelt down and met Max’s gaze.
However, there was still anger in Gracia’s eyes.
“The crime of killing a servant who has been loyal to the family for a long time, driven by emotion. The crime of bringing embarrassment to the family by touching Grand Duchess Cruell without knowing her subject matter. Other than that, the little evil things you did.”
“…”
“Earl Sigmund covered all of those sins and sent you here. I hope you will change, and I entrusted you with the family sword.”
“Ah… ah… ah…”
“Nevertheless, you tried to play a joke by buying a collateral branch of the family during the first evaluation match. Did you think Count Zigmund wouldn’t know that?”
“Go, go, the family lord…”
“…To not tarnish the family name. Winning isn’t the only answer. It is to keep the responsibility and dignity that come with the name.”
Gracia said that and healed Max.
Still, the anger in his eyes did not go away.
“But now you have no honor left to defend. In the end, everything is your own fault. Because of your sins, Count Sigmund will shed bloody tears.”
Gracia said that and stood up.
At the same time, Alerina’s adjutant and the team she brought began to enter the arena.
Max sobbed for a long time as he embraced the broken obsidian.
***
Ultimately, Max was expelled.
In addition, Count Zygmunt’s family was also subjected to extensive investigation, but nothing suspicious was found.
Max, who had been hanging out with a poor bully since childhood, only found a potion of madness through a broker.
When the case was over, the topic now became ‘Black Yodo’ instead of ‘Max’.
What should I do with the artifact that Edgar Fix broke?
In the end, the right to decide rested with Count Sigmund, the owner of Black Yodo.
The Earl wanted complete repair of the Black Yodo, and sent a letter to the blacksmith of the Empire and the United Kingdom of Dwarves to search for it.
However, there was no blacksmith in the empire who could repair the black yoda, which was the concentration of Dwarven technology, and the Dwarven United Kingdom refused, saying they did not want to see or even see such a cursed sword.
“…”
At this, Count Sigmund fell silent.
This is because there is only one person in this world who can be entrusted with repairing the demonic sword.
It was the man his son tried to kill.