147. Clique Formation (3)
“May the good fortune of the world tree be with you on your journey.”
“thank you. Elder Elkenia.”
At the beginning of the elven grove, Ackerman bowed his head to an elf. It was a clear night sky without a single cloud.
It’s been almost a month since Ackerman entered the great forest for training.
During that short and long time, Akerman walked the path of asceticism with the sealing sword Acheron.
Ackerman’s eyes became sharper compared to a month ago, and the muscles of his body were also swollen.
More than anything else, he has grown tremendously mentally. It was because he had learned how to control his mind according to the teachings of the elves and maintain his composure even in times of crisis.
After helping a young elf who was badly injured while hunting, Ackerman received many things from the elves.
Ackerman was a completely different person than he was a month ago.
The bandage he wrapped around his hand was the one the princess told him not to get hurt before locking himself in the Great Forest. However, it was all worn out and barely maintained its shape. The bandages were a sure sign of how much Ackerman had suffered.
-Good job. warrior
“It’s too early to call him a warrior.”
-haha. Are you saying you’ll become a warrior someday?
“Isn’t there anything that can’t be done?”
power surges
Now it seemed that whoever appeared could win. Grounded confidence wrapped around Ackerman’s fist.
-Don’t be arrogant. A warrior must always be humble.
“I will keep that in mind.”
Ackerman bowed his head to the Mother Nature of the Great Forest with respect for the last time. It was the end of a long ordeal.
Ackerman slowly made his way back to his hometown. What he did right away was to imbue his long-dormant communication orb with magic.
He activated the contact orb with some anticipation.
belt ring –
Contact beads that work with clear tones. There was only one message on the screen.
“Have you only received one message in a month? Hey.”
Ackerman checked the message with a look of disappointment.
―My Love Princess: If you see this message, please contact me.
Ackerman Breed, whose lips are drawn to his ears as soon as he sees a message as sweet as a strawberry.
friend? don’t need all Children with no sense of loyalty! The world would be beautiful if only the princess was there.
Thinking so, Ackerman carefully entered the message.
– Princess, how have you been? I finally came out of training.
In his heart, he wanted to tremble in mischief, but Ackerman was conscious of how much of a man he had become.
It was a blunt yet manly tone, perhaps benchmarking Fonte.
The reply arrived right away.
―I’m almost at Ackerman’s house, so welcome.
“Home? whose house is… … ?”
As soon as Ackerman came out, he felt like he was struck by lightning.
“Aagh!”
There were many things in his house that were embarrassing to show others, such as novels for adults collected at the academy.
――!
Ackerman was strengthened with mana and ran at full speed. It was as fast as the wind. The results of training were clear.
but… … It was a little funny to use that power to keep an adult novel after hard training.
* * *
Summer vacation passed quickly.
The passage of time was very clear.
Seeing the vines growing up on the wide walls of the new-style Blackfire Mansion.
This vacation went peacefully and monotonously as I wished.
Wake up in the morning and drink a glass of milk with honey.
When Annie knocks on the door and tells her to eat breakfast, she changes into her clothes and goes down to the dining room to eat breakfast. Occasionally, Siana comes early and has a meal together, and when that happens, the gloomy mansion becomes bright as if the curtains were pulled open.
After breakfast, go up to your room, take a warm bath, and change into a haze suit.
After that, he focused on raising his holy sword proficiency until lunchtime. When Shiana is around, she fights without a break with her familiar, and when she isn’t there, it’s a form of practicing sword imagery and sword dance.
Time flies quickly when you focus on training.
By the time sweat drenches your underwear, it’s already lunchtime.
Then I go up to my room, take a light cold shower, and have a simple brunch.
During the tea time that follows, I usually listen to Siana chatter or listen to the news brought by Dalglish. Even when playing the game, there are so many incidents that I didn’t know about.
After tea time, it’s time to take care of your backlog as a lord.
He resolves disputes among the people, listens to grievances, and helps those in need.
There are still many young people who are reluctant because of the name Blackfire, but things have improved a lot these days, perhaps thanks to their steady efforts.
The Blackfire estate is developing day by day.
After taking care of Yeongji for about two hours, the time for training comes again.
This time, instead of swordsmanship, he was only confronting Shiana with black magic or spruce.
This training is very difficult.
In the first place, black magic is not suitable for real-time battles, so I mainly fight Cyana with spruce, but thanks to hard work, spruce’s grade reached advanced a week ago.
Now, the firepower of the spruce machine ‘Blackfire’ has reached the level of swallowing a mountain in an instant. Even Cyana admired that if it wasn’t for Meteor, she wouldn’t be able to produce this firepower either.
After shedding blood and practicing black magic, it was time for dinner.
Dinner is prepared relatively splendidly compared to breakfast and lunch.
Because of my earnest request, ‘meat’ is always included in one meal a day and in the evening. It is also the time of the day I look forward to the most.
After a nice evening, I sometimes go for a walk in the garden with Sianna.
Every time that happens, an awkward current flows.
―Oh, no!? I don’t remember!? What happened! Drunk, drunk, I don’t remember a thing!
-not really! not really!?
When I took a chance and asked about what happened at that time, I denied it, saying I couldn’t remember it clumsily. It’s very powerful too.
Shiana is also a monster.
After all, Lily’s friend seems to be the cause. I’ll have to check it out when it opens.
After a walk, it’s time to end a tiring day.
It’s time to thoroughly wash your body and read [Necrotula] with warm honey milk by your side.
Necrotula is so extensive, I don’t think I’ll be able to read it all until I die.
My day during vacation ends with reading a book of black magic under the moonlight.
It was not a very bad day.
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“Areen. Are you ready?”
Ciana asked while sitting at the gymnasium and mending her shoelaces.
She puts her chin on my shoulder and smiles mischievously. Every time that happens, her breath tickles my ears and nose, so it’s not unusually difficult.
These days, Siana’s mischief is getting worse day by day.
“yes. it’s over. I wish you well today.”
I bowed my head as if facing my teacher. The teacher wasn’t so wrong. Shiana must be busy herself, but she must be giving me time while tricking me into saying that it’s okay.
Siana was my mentor and benefactor.
“yes! Then I wish you well too! Aren’s disciple!”
In a light atmosphere, I drew the holy sword. If you use divine power, the horn part will itch and you will go crazy.
She had dealt with Siana’s familiar only with swordsmanship.
And today my opponent… … .
“Can’t you summon me?”
“yes. I’m going to face you today! Today is the last day!”
It was the final boss.
Dealing with a single familiar is a completely different story than dealing directly with the spellcaster in charge of the familiar.
Unlike Familiars, who have limited magical power and have limitations in walking magic and skills,
Name: Cyana Plaen
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Personality: [Loveliness] [Cheerfulness] [Embarrassment] [Jealousy] [Obsession] [Dependency] [Effort] [Overcome]
Specialty: [Out of Heaven] [Great Magic] [Great Mage] [Mastery]
Stats: [Strength: 5] [Agility: 4] [Stamina: 14] [Luck: 3]
mana: [5,000/5,000]
Cyana was virtually infinite.
This is because her magical power is a terrible number that has been taken to the limit of what can be taken in the world of ＜Warriors Kingdom＞.
Considering that the elder dragon’s magic power was around 3,000, she truly transcended the human race.
I remember that even the final boss, Thanatos, had a magical power level of 4,500. Thinking back on it, that’s an unbelievable number. As far as I know, Ciana is the strongest in the world in terms of magical power.
… … This monster girl is my opponent today. what did i do wrong
“then. I’ll go?”
Today, that comment feels so scary.
Siana put her left hand on her waist and raised her right hand, and only one index finger.
Jing-!
Then, extremely condensed mana shoots from the fingertips. An attack that took place before I even knew what it was.
I immediately focused on the tip of the blade and fell into the image of the sword.
It is a skill that was honed during the vacation.
Simply grab the sword and focus, slowing perceived objects throughout the fight. That means my concentration has deepened and my body speed has increased.
Swings the holy sword precisely. The purifier accurately split the mana rays.
Intense beams of light split from the holy sword roughly scratched the floor of the gymnasium.
The trajectory through which the ray passed was scorched black. It seemed that Siana really had no intention of acknowledging it.
I’m going a little more serious.
Dig!
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Kick the floor and close the distance. There is no chance for me to win in a long-distance fight.
A circle forms from the bottom. that’s a circle
With my developed insight, I immediately figured out that it was ice-type magic. accelerate the brain
In a very short moment, he reads the circle’s structure, operating principle, and the amount of magical power granted.
‘Ice Pillar.’
Magic that simultaneously protects and obstructs one’s path. An ice wall is built around that circle.
Then my choice is… … .
Dig-!
Bend your knees and stretch the muscles in your thighs. I jumped into the air as if trampling on an ice pillar that had risen in an instant.
Down there, I see Cyana. She smiles leisurely and looks up at me. Silver magic light flashed in his eyes.
“ah.”
The moment you see it, you realize that something is wrong. A circle has already been summoned somewhere.
Reacting at such a fast and flawless speed, and continuing counterattacks, Shiana always sees one step ahead.
The back of the head is hot.
As I twisted my body in the air, a blazing circle pattern came into view.
There is nothing to analyze about this.
fireball. It’s a simple flame attribute magic, but it’s the best in terms of power and cost-effectiveness.
After creating a pillar of ice, Cyana created another circle in less than half a second. It was an absurd casting speed, as if there were even two brains.
Admiration is a luxury. The fireballs that Circle spewed out were shot like cannonballs.
I am floating in the air now. I can’t even step, I can’t fix my posture anymore. You have to slash the fireball in this unstable position as you fall.
However, with this pattern, you will be lethargic again.
If it were Shiana, she would have already looked ahead and calculated her next attack.
I don’t want to be beaten so easily.
I look two moves ahead.
After leaping, let’s fight with a powerful blow beyond Siana’s expectations!
If I could give just one shot to that genius magical girl, I would really have no wish.
why? Because I’ve never been successful in a game.
But now somehow… … !
I made up my mind and poured mana into the sword.
It’s not just about making a sword.
Controls the magic flowing through the sword with a high degree of concentration.
Changes the intangible form that flows like a haze into a more powerful form like a blade.
The sword, which shimmered like a flame, became a sword in the form of a sword. Not perfect.
However, for just one moment… … A magical blade powerful enough to pierce Cyana’s defensive magic came into my hand.
don’t use a lot of force
The magical blade refined with extreme concentration grinds away all ordinary magic and cuts it even if it touches it.
Fireballs dispersed in the air.
land on the floor All of this in a matter of seconds.
The magic light started to shine in Siana’s eyes. Is there a gap of about 0.5 seconds before casting?
With one hand still on her waist, she leaped toward the relaxed magical girl.
A little dust rose from where I was. The target is behind Siana.
Gather all the strength I can and attack Shiana from behind!
Shiana hurriedly turned around. The eyes are shaking. That’s obviously bewildered.
At this rate, my victory… … .
“I won——!”
Quagga Gaga River!
In an instant, 7 magic barriers appeared in front of Siana’s eyes.
My sword steel broke through 7 of the 7 defense walls. At the last moment, on the threshold of victory, I stumbled.
A chain that I don’t know when it appeared came out from the floor, grabbed me, and pulled me down.
bang.
I fell to the floor as it was, and the match was over.
“ah. I almost won.”
Also. Because it doesn’t work for Siana.
I regretted it.
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‘Jin, it was really dangerous… … !’
Siana calmed her shocked heart.
I was really about to get hit.
Although he was using only one hand, he was not vigilant. Rather, I always dealt with Aren with all my heart, hoping that he would become stronger.
However, Aren’s blow was too powerful.
‘That’s a sword river… … ?’
As far as she knows, it is a skill that can only be seen by at least a royal knight. I was astonished that Aren imitated something like that.
Geomgang was completely unexpected, so he urgently created a seven-sided barrier. It was a strong defensive magic that was used against demons.
Aren breaks even that as easily as a glass window, and in the end… … .
‘I used both hands.’
It made me use even the hands that were leisurely on my waist.
‘It’s the first time I’ve ever had anything like this.’
The fight just got so urgent that Shiana was taken aback. Her left hand, which was still slightly shaking, proved this.
“Aren. great job! What a surprise!”
And Aren, who became strong enough to embarrass himself, was very happy and proud.
“yes. Siana you too. Thank you so much. But what is so great about it?”
“Ugh. just! I think I’ve gotten really strong!”
“really?”
“Yeah, really!”
Most of all, I was happy that Sianna herself helped Aren grow.
“Thank you. Siana. It’s all thanks to you.”
Aren strokes Sianna’s hair. Even if I don’t bother anymore, I do that sometimes.
Whenever that happens, Siana laughs innocently, but her heart beats like crazy.
Siana thought summer vacation was very short.
* * *
Now it’s opening day.
Act 4 takes place at the same time as the semester progresses.
In other words, the great festival continues in the middle of the semester.
There are 3 stages in total.
The first of these starts the day before school starts.
aka ‘find the key’.
Students participating in the Grand Festival receive a mission message three days before the start of the semester.
belt ring.
―The first mission! Find the golden key.
Of course, there are students who haven’t arrived at the academy yet. However, the mission has started in advance, and some participants will be running in haste.
Guy Ackerman was also one of the cadets penalized for being lazy.
I tried to make the 4th Act Great Festival event really boring.
It is possible to memorize what will happen in a certain event, where the key is, and who is guarding it even while sleeping.
My goal is to find a key the main characters won’t touch.
Of course you already know everything.
So I arrived 3 days before the start of the semester, and I was following this person until the message arrived.
I called the cadet with the key as soon as the mission message arrived.
“hey!”
“… … Yes? Did you call me?”
“Come on. knowing everything.”