181 – Stage of a Smile (2)
“Duel! It’s a universal and wonderful means of demonstrating honor! Captain of the Knights of Rebringer, Argon, the sword of ashes. I will challenge you to a duel!”
“… Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Argon laughed as hard as he could.
His short gray hair swayed, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.
“The bastard!!!”
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He let out a furious roar.
“You don’t know the subject! Harasin’s dog!”
Kualin of the Ice Prison made a hint at the figure that seemed to be on fire.
“Argon. I’m sure you’re not going to accept that offer.”
“What do you think Kualin sees me as?”
“Also-“
“Do you think I will be defeated by that Assassin of Harassin!?”
“… “
Kualin calmly closed her eyes.
Yes. This little guy had such a personality.
“Argon. Do you really need a duel with them in this situation?”
“Taran! Are you doubting my skills!?”
Tar An shook his head, letting go of his wild laugh.
Argon was a man with absolute confidence in his honor and skills.
In other words, I would be stubborn.
“No way! Who would doubt Lord Argon’s skills?”
Tar’an let out a big laugh.
“However, it is somewhat stirred. Right now, this situation seems to be going the way he intended.”
“You overestimate Harassin’s dog.”
“As you said, I just hope that it will be mine.”
Kualin and Taran were completely aware of Argon’s personality, and the smiling face that seemed to induce him to act felt uneasy.
Nevertheless, not actively dissuading Argon.
Because I know Argon will never lose in a duel.
Rebringer Knight Commander Ash Sword Argon Rebringer.
He was a swordsman in the 8th grade.
Even within Rebringer, the continent’s strongest swordsmanship family, he is a superhuman with no rival except for the family head in the 9-star realm.
The chances of him being defeated by Harasin’s direct lineage masters have converged to zero.
First of all.
Power has always been justice and the correct answer.
If Argon gets a landslide victory against Smiley Face in the finals, the atmosphere favoring Smiley Face will be completely destroyed.
“If I am defeated, I will take off my mask and surrender as you demand. We fully comply with your request.”
“It’s Harasin’s dog! I’ll personally check how much of the virtue called honor is left in you!”
“Conversely, if I win. Please acknowledge the achievements of our true God Hara today. You must accept our chieftain as a member of the Great Council.”
“… !”
Astonishment appeared on the faces of everyone present.
What did he just say?
“That is a joke, of course. It is enough to arrange a meeting place with the head of the great family. How is it. Compared to the previous proposal, doesn’t it sound extremely reasonable? It’s called a four-in-the-morning, three-in-the-night strategy.”
The Great Congress. Grand gate. House owner. How dare you waste their names on farmland.
The atmosphere has changed completely.
“Come on, Harasin’s dog. I swear to you You and your chieftain will face the will of the Conclave.”
“Mmm! The oath of the leader of the Rebringer Knights!”
The smiley face artificially spread its arms and shouted.
“Could there be a more reliable notarization than this! The duel has been established! It’s a classic combination. Clowns and Knights! All audience members please take a seat! The second act of the play has begun.”
While the commander of the Knights of the Rebringer is preparing for battle and radiating ferocity, he is playing an actor on the stage.
At this point, I no longer felt childish or funny.
“Please enjoy.”
The smiley face greeted her handsomely, with one hand behind her back and the other gently beckoning.
At the same time. He unlocked his hidden power.
“… !”
The expression of the dean and the three knight commanders stood in astonishment.
That superhuman momentum. The smiling face was definitely a superman who had stepped into the eight-star stage.
That, too, is an 8-star midfielder who has established a decent level, not just the tip of the foot.
Calling himself a direct master, he was a strong man on the same level as the leader of the Rebringer Knights.
‘The true Harasin… !’
It was only then that the name was imprinted in their minds.
“Pull out your weapon!!!”
The smiley face drew out the sword it had just taken from the instructor and hung from his waist.
As expected, it was an exaggerated motion that had nothing to do with it.
Like a hero in a play trying to punish a villain.
“The bastard!!!”
Argon’s body, his will- and vomited mana imbued with the fire energy unique to Rebringer’s sword.
“Ouch!”
“My God… !”
The cadets flinched and stepped back.
A huge pillar of fire rose from the argon to engulf an entire building.
Everything around him turned to ashes. The only thing left was the target the tip of his sword was aiming for, a smiling face.
Boom!
It was a single kick.
As the pillar of fire grew larger, Argon’s body flew away like a cannonball.
The sight of them advancing while scattering flames was like a fire consuming a mountain.
The distance between the two narrowed in an instant.
“!!!”
Argon’s sword turned its back against the owner’s spirit and rushed toward a smiling face.
At the same time, the fire demon responded to the will and attacked the smiling face. It was a wave of fire.
“… “
With that catastrophe in front of her eyes, her smile was just calm.
I couldn’t see her expression because she was wearing a mask, but for some reason, it seemed like she had the same expression as the mask even under the mask.
I was sick of it. Do I have to say that I am strong?
The smiley face swung the sword with the same artificial motion this time as well. I hit Argon’s sword that was attacking me from above with a wave of flame.
Compared to the master swordsman, Argon, it was a shameful and pitiful blow.
But-
Rest.
“… !”
A wave of flame, its momentum unnaturally fades.
As if blocked by a wall.
And it was clearly visible in Argon’s eyes.
The energy of negativity that collides with waves of flame.
“!!!”
I can’t admit it. Argon brought out all the power he had with his spirit.
Hwa-yeo’s waves are getting bigger and stronger.
However, it cannot cross the wall of denial.
And in the end they get eaten.
The fire gradually fades.
“Nonsense-“
Is this assassination?
No. This wasn’t assassination.
It was power. A power in the name of negation.
The remnants of assassination were just remnants of clumsily imitating them.
Rebringer’s sword, the continent’s strongest swordsmanship, was not much different.
The sameness of the realm was colorless.
It will not be long before the flames are completely consumed by waves of negativity.
Rebringer’s sword is broken.
Argon couldn’t accept that.
Argon’s body trembled as it was swallowed up by waves of negativity.
“Aagh!!!”
Argon broke through the oppression of denial with explosive mana and created a sword that aimed at a smiling face.
However, his swordsmanship, which was dominated by negative arts, was too pathetic to be that of a master.
The smiley face easily dodged the sword, then dug in and aimed the sword at Argon’s neck.
No, putting it on would be more accurate.
“It was a great finale.”
Injustice entangled in Argon’s hands.
In the hand of the smiley face, there was an Argon sword.
A smiley face raised its arms and showed two swords to the audience.
Then, with one hand on his back and the other hand waving, he greeted like an actor on stage announcing a curtain call.
“… “
“… “
“… “
There was no cheers or applause for the actor’s passionate performance.
That power is dangerous.
It was the moment when Endiagon, who finished his judgment first, was about to spread his magic toward a smiling face.
The lips of the smiling face moved inside the mask.
“… !”
At the same time, Endiagon’s body stood tall and stopped.
“That’s not good.”
“My God, what is this-“
Kualin and Taran, who finished their judgment one beat too slowly, tried to act.
“Stop!”
Endiagon stopped them.
“What we are going to do now. It is an insult to Lord Argon’s honor.”
“Is that important now!?”
“Obviously important… I guess. sh*t. We may not know, but Lord Argon must think so.”
Tar’an let out a deep sigh after making a cool decision.
As the leader of the Knights of Leolian, if I had to make a judgment, it would be the right thing to somehow subdue the smiling face here and now.
However, Argon notarized the duel in his name before engaging in the duel.
If you don’t respect the outcome of this duel, it will disrespect Argon.
In front of Ain Academy’s cadets and faculty.
I mean his face, representing the Knights of the Rebringer.
This situation is-
Argon had to deal with it with his own hands, not anyone else.
“Argon, what the hell… !”
Kualin buried his face in his palms as if his head hurt.
But he shook his head.
This wasn’t Argon’s fault.
Who would have imagined that a mere Harasin direct master would have such out-of-standard powers.
The catastrophe was averted by Endiagon who intervened after hearing a certain voice, but-
That was a story from the point of view of a smiling face.
“Jin… going to be? A sword of ashes?”
“What did I just see… ?”
The cadets muttered in dismay.
“… “
“… “
“… “
“… “
Three young girls-
No, five young ladies were looking at smiling faces with expressions as if possessed by something.
“My God… “
“That… “
“… “
The true members of Harasin expressed surprise in their own way at the results that exceeded expectations.
Finally, Argon.
“… !”
A smiling face reached out to him.
Argon gritted his teeth as he looked at the hand.
“Harasin… !”
The smile on Argon’s attitude seemed like he would get up and see the end at any moment. Mm, mm, mm.
He snarled and waved his index finger.
“True.”
“… “
“Really, Harassin. Either way, it’s curtain call time.”
A smiley face shouted at the crowd.
“Everyone! The curtain is coming down! We will greet you at this point and leave. I hope you had a good time. Until now, he has been a true Harasin!”
He tossed the coat that was draped over his shoulder, which hadn’t even been slightly scorched in the fire.
Flutter! With a screaming sound.
The smiling face disappeared.
The dark red sky cleared up and passed through the darkness and was moving towards morning before I knew it.
The faint light of dawn illuminated the place.
A few hours later.
The time has come for the world to wake up.
A few hours later.
The world went into an uproar.
The true Harassin.
Now the world knows them.
Damn, sik!