36 – Archabug – 36
Today’s first period was swordsmanship.
The students seemed to be very much looking forward to Marvas’ first class, but the first thing he instructed was to run.
“Let’s run.”
Because it was the first class in the morning, it was the reason that I had to warm up by running.
And as a result, most of the students were running hard on the playground from the morning, and some of the summoned beasts were sitting on benches and watching.
Most of them were spirits or flying summons that did not need to run.
“… … But why aren’t you running?”
Marvas approached me while I was sitting blankly and asked with a puzzled expression.
“I am not feeling well.”
“what? There’s no way you’re not feeling well.”
“not good.”
“… … under. do whatever you want.”
In the end, Marvas shook his head and returned.
Running 10 laps around the playground in the morning. For me, it was an act that was tantamount to inefficiency.
It was because even if I ran 10 laps around the playground with this body, I couldn’t warm up, and even without doing that, my body was sufficiently relaxed.
Marvas probably knew that too and left it alone.
As I was looking at Rosé, who was running silently on the playground again, a spirit cautiously approached me.
“Are you the summoned beast that fought with Ifrit the other day?”
I turned my head and saw a mischievous-looking girl grinning.
“… … Is it a sylph?”
“hehehe, right!”
I knew it at once because it was similar to the appearance I saw in the game.
Short stature, bare legs without shoes, and short light green hair.
It was a characteristic of common sylphs.
“It seems like this is the first time, have you ever met me?”
“hmm? I wasn’t summoned at the time, but I saw well that our summoner was beaten.”
Among the guys running right now, the summoner who got hit by me?
“Is it Elena?”
“That’s correct~”
It seemed that he was a summoned beast of Kamp who had sparred for the first time as soon as he was summoned.
“Looks like you were able to summon a sylph besides the Undine.”
“huh! Recently, you can summon Undine and me together! I guess losing to you was a big stimulus! I came to say thank you for that!”
It seemed that he was quite resentful of being horribly hurt by Rosé, who had been ignored until now, and by me, the summoned beast.
Enlarging the operation slot enough to summon a sylph in such a short period of time was impossible with mediocre efforts.
“I’m glad you said that.”
No matter how bad it is, the students of the academy will eventually have to defeat the disaster together.
The news that she had grown up wasn’t too bad news. Rather good news.
“hehehe, you won’t be beaten next time, so expect it?”
Sylph stood up with a mischievous smile. Soon after, she ran out, waving her hand at Kamp and Elena, who were returning from her run.
“Huh… … . I think I will die… … . I need a cigarette… … .”
Rosé, who was in tatters, walked in after him and sat on the bench as if collapsing.
I returned the water bottle that Rose had left with me before running.
“Thank you… … .”
As soon as she received the water bottle, Rose took a deep breath. He drank so quickly that water trickled down the side of his mouth and wet his clothes.
“Puha! I think I will live! Now, if you put on a cigarette right here—”
“All the students who have finished running, gather together.”
“Ugh… … ”
Rosé trudges toward Marvas with a sullen expression as soon as she hears the word “money.”
He smiled at the sight and followed suit.
After gathering all the students, Marvas looked over them all and opened his mouth.
“Someone saw me yesterday. Some people may not understand why the old man who appeared as a summoner showed up today as a swordsmanship instructor and told me to run.”
He probably followed what Marvas said because he saw that overwhelming advantage yesterday.
And that would be of great help to Marvas in his academy life as an instructor.
“Let me introduce myself properly. My name is Marvas G Ray. As you saw yesterday, he’s a swordsman, a demon, and a pet of Rosé over there. now… … I am teaching classes as a swordsmanship instructor.”
At his words, the eyes of the students were focused on Rosé. It was a fact that most people knew about yesterday’s sparring, but attention was drawn to the mention of the name.
“lol… … .”
And Rose, who blushes and scratches her head, as if embarrassed by the attention.
Again, the eyes of the students are focused on Marvas.
“Of course, I will not discriminate against you as my summoner. I swear to give you a fair evaluation.”
No student doubted Marvas’ words.
Yesterday, I saw a scene that split the sky, but who would say don’t lie?
“Okay, then I’ll explain the class method from now on. Dalian in pairs of two people. I do it by looking at the process and letting you know what I lack or need to fix. Any questions?”
None of the students opened their mouths.
“Okay, then let’s pair up and start sparring.”
At the same time Barbas clapped his hands, the students began to move busily. It was about finding a partner that matched your skills the most.
“Gregory. Shall we do it together?”
Rose, who was standing next to me, asked. Certainly, there was a training method in which the summoner and the summoner sparred with each other, but I didn’t want to attack Rose.
My swordsmanship skills were also lacking compared to Rosé.
“I’m going to look for another Dalian opponent. Rosé, take this opportunity to show the other guys your skills.”
“yes! all right.”
Rose, who clenched her fists, walked among the students.
then… … . Who should I fight against? when you’re thinking like that.
“Gregory Jones?”
Someone behind me called my name.
“I want to fight with you, will you accept it?”
It was a plate armor article I had seen several times during the class. A guy I’ve never seen before in the game.
I thought it would probably be a knight who made a name for himself in another dimension.
“Why? Are you talking about me?”
Even though he’s a knight, if he’s summoned here as a summoned beast, he must be a guy who can use his sword quite a bit.
Judging from the fact that I applied for sparring because I had never used a sword in sparring so far, it seemed that they were aiming for me.
“I am curious about your skills. Could you please teach me a lesson?”
A smile that was obviously ridiculed.
Do you know how to win in a sword fight?
It was not manners to not accept such an open provocation.
“Does not matter. Let’s do it over there in an empty place.”
Saying that, I picked up a wooden sword I had kept for use in sparring.
It was a wooden sword that was not heavy for its size and had a good grip.
“Would it be a sword like that? You look weak.”
The guy holding the black wooden sword smiled and asked.
“For Gregory-style swordsmanship, the durability of the sword is irrelevant.”
Because my swordsmanship was like that.
“… Gregory style swordsmanship? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him use a sword, but do you know how to use a sword?”
He puts up sparring and speaks shamelessly. I’ve never seen him use a sword, so you’re saying he bet on sparring.
“You’ll know when you see it.”
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Glancing at Rosé, Rosé seemed to be having a sparring match with Elena.
I don’t know what Elena’s skill level is, but I thought that if it was Rosé, I would have chosen it reasonably well.
Plate armor and I kept our distance and raised our swords.
We thought it was a confrontation between the two, but Marvas, who was looking after the other students, approached us.
“I will referee you.”
Interrupting this all of a sudden?
Perhaps reading my mood, Marvas spoke in a voice that only I could hear.
“Because it’s you, I’m going to judge you.”
I was told not to do anything stupid.
I sighed and said.
“… … take care of it.”
Standing between the two of us, Marvas looked back and forth between me and Plate Armor’s face.
And soon after, Marvas raised his hand and lowered his right arm.
It was an action that signaled the start of the Dalian.
“Kyaaa!”
Even though he was wearing plate armor, he was attacking me with unbelievable speed.
He quickly shouted “transformation” and after transforming, he picked up the sword with his left upper arm.
“I’ll finish it in one shot!”
Maybe he has a lot of experience, but he doesn’t get scared when he sees me and he runs as hard as he can.
A knight who casts a horizontal slash with all his might.
The air trembles.
[Skill: Explosive Speed]
I read the air and quickly ducked, and the sword passed over me.
“Uracha!”
The knight uses the momentum to attack again by turning it around with his wrist.
It was a movement similar to the Claymore I saw on YouTube in the past.
A wooden sword that gets accelerated and comes closer. It seemed that if I blocked it with the wooden sword I was holding, the wooden sword would break in an instant.
It seemed to work just fine right from the start.
[Skill: Explosive Speed]
[Skill: Spread Wings]
I jumped off the ground as hard as I could with both legs.
It’s like doing a sergeant jump.
It spreads its wings at the same time and soars faster into the sky.
“what!”
The guy who is taken aback by my sudden flight.
It wasn’t until he flew up that he could see that a red aura was rising around his body.
That effect [Skill: Brave Heart] was a skill that suppressed fear and improved physical abilities during battle.
Are you not affected by that?
If the appearance didn’t work, he just had to show it with his swordsmanship skills.
“——Gregory style.”
While flying in the air, hold the sword with both arms.
As he held the sword with the grip he had learned while attending Hapkido and Haedonggumdo as a child, he spat out the name of the technique in a low voice.
“Cockroach kick.”
I become a single sword flash and pierce the enemy.
“You crazy worm!”
A knight who quickly raises his sword and blocks my sword.
Maybe it was because he wasn’t a bad guy, it seemed like the cockroach kick, which was affected by the Karma value, didn’t work properly.
The guy who kicked me off shuddered and glared at me.
His left arm was trembling, as if he had succeeded in inflicting some damage.
“That’s not swordsmanship!”
“Aren’t you holding a sword?”
If you fight with a sword, that’s swordsmanship.
“Swordsmanship is literally the art of subduing an opponent using a sword! A kick like that is not a swordsmanship!”
… … Calling my cockroach kick a kick like that.
Somehow I felt bad.
“My body is made of swords.”
“… … what?”
The guy who looked at me like he didn’t understand. However, I didn’t want him to understand.
“A true swordsman must treat his body like a sword. In other words, since my body is a sword, all of my attacks are no different from swordsmanship.”
In other words, I am now the last lunar eclipse.
“You think that nonsense will work? Instructor! Are you going to admit that bullsh*t?”
A knight shouting at Marvas, who is watching the referee.
In response, Marvas, who had been standing silently with his head lowered, opened his mouth.
“Certainly, I think it’s ridiculous to be behaving like that in swordsmanship class.”
“Is that right?!”
“——but. I can fully agree with the saying that a true swordsman should handle his body like a sword. Certainly, a true swordsman must treat his body like a sword.”
Having said that, Marvas spoke to the knight as if he were passing a sentence.
“If it’s a Gregory style that uses the body as a sword, there doesn’t seem to be a problem.”
“This, this, these damn demons!!!”
A knight howling in anger.
Coincidentally, Marvas and I answered at the same time.
““Are we demons?”
Now, happy Gregorian time.