7. Jealousy is my strength (53)
I thought for a second.
Could it be that the swordsman is not worthy of his age and is playing a joke?
However, that solemn hypothesis was soon abandoned. It was because the swordsman’s face was very calm when he said that.
On the contrary, I seemed more urgent after hearing the puzzling question.
In fact, a frustrating mind came ahead of me.
However, he was in a position where he had no place to lean on except for the swordsman. I had to squeeze in the emotions that made me cry, and I had to come up with a language.
“Of course you can! Didn’t the elder show it to you!”
“No, it is impossible.”
It was a sudden assertion.
For a moment, I couldn’t understand the words and left me stunned, and the swordsman made a sad expression.
“Are you kidding me, cutting through the sky with a single sword? There’s no way something like that is possible.”
“But, the elder must be… … !”
“That is the image.”
It was an immediate answer.
As if she already had my objections in mind, the girl continued.
“It’s impossible in the real world, but it’s different in the mental world. It’s like dreams are not bound by the laws of physics… So, even the sun can pass through the eye of a needle.”
It was one of the clearest explanations I’ve ever heard.
So I couldn’t even open my mouth. There seemed to be no clearer explanation than this, but I still couldn’t get a feel for it.
In the end, I had no choice but to ask another question.
“… … how?”
“You have to believe.”
As the swordsman said that, he silently looked at me.
My eyes naturally turned to her waist. A sword and a hatchet were hanging there.
It’s called ‘needle hole’.
I inadvertently held the sword in my hand. I myself couldn’t figure out why.
“What is the sun?”
“I do not know.”
“Then what about the needle hole?”
“… … That too, well.”
Then the swordsman burst into laughter as if he knew.
“Of course not! If you can’t think of the sun, how can you think of a needle hole? You still don’t know you very well.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Look closely, kid.”
Saying that, the swordsman quietly placed his hand on my back.
the very next moment.
Kuk, I had no choice but to let out a muffled breath and widen my eyes. Fierce magical energy swirled and permeated the bloodstream endlessly.
It was the first sheep I had ever seen in my life.
Should I say ‘torrent’ or ‘tsunami’?
I felt like screaming right now.
There was a limit to the amount of mana that could be moved at once. This was because there was a limit to blood flow.
If it was this amount, it was a level where you had to worry about your life beyond hurting your blood vessels.
But before I even refuted.
“… … This is ‘the sun’.”
With that one word, I stopped breathing for an instant.
My bewildered eyes scanned my limbs. Even though magic power that exceeded the limit was circulating through the bloodstream, there was still no abnormality in my body.
It was a question.
How come I can stand without any problems?
“This is ‘you’, Ian Perkus… The morning star of the continent, the only disciple who will inherit the Sword Spirit!”
There was something I suddenly realized.
Looking back, I have been paying attention only to the special power of ‘image’. That’s why I was able to move in the stopped time, so anyone would have done that.
But that didn’t work.
The flow of arrogant magical power flowing through the bloodstream soon became full power and spread through each capillary. It was right after that that the blade was stained with a brilliant silver color.
With a brighter light than ever before.
Compared to the endless magic flowing through my body, this sword is so thin and insignificant.
It was like a needle.
“How are you, kid? … .”
The swordsman patted my back a couple of times as if it were the last time, and slowly stepped back.
“Hasn’t the needle soaked up the sun?”
Only then did I put on a bitter smile.
Indeed, it was understandable why the Archwitch sent the swordsmith to me.
He preferred the teaching of blindly hitting the body. On the other hand, the archwitch’s vision was more complex and delicate.
You put the sun in a needle?
It didn’t end there.
Power went into the hand holding the handle of the sword. I could clearly feel the countless solid lines of magical power passing through my bloodstream and leading to the sword.
So I tightened the solid lines.
“… … Whoa.”
With the girl’s soft exclamation, the silvery aura that had been shining from my sword began to consolidate. Smaller, smaller, and sharper.
The aura that had been condensed to the limit seemed as hard as a solid.
And I realized
The high swordsman pointed towards the sky. The halo of light imbued with the blade was eager to get out of my control at any moment.
But not yet.
just a little bit more
That’s how I was convinced that I had reached my limit.
One Island, the trajectory of a straight line connecting the sky and the earth is engraved.
What he imagined was a magnificent view of cutting the sky with a single sword. Although it fell short of the miracle that cut the world in half, I was content with the fact that I managed to recreate even a little bit of the scene.
It was because the space was splitting along the silver border.
The swordsman opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn’t believe my success.
“… … did it happen?”
I had to catch my breath to even answer that question.
The seething mana was still coming and going throughout the blood road. As I was pouring out all my strength at once, I couldn’t help but strain my blood vessels.
In the end, it was only after a few seconds that a voice came out of my mouth.
“I do not know… … ?”
That was my honest impression.
It was the first technique I had ever used in my life. Of course, there was no way to gauge success or failure.
However, unlike me who was just dazed, the swordsman was jumping and making a fuss in place.
“Well, I guess? kid, you really… Swordsman is beyond imagination! I never imagined that I could do it all at once. It’s as if you’ve reproduced a skill you already knew… … !”
Right then.
The space was shattered around the solid silver line. An empty, cool sound resounded, and before long a figure appeared tearing through the gap.
I could tell just by looking at his short stature and cone-shaped hat.
It was around the time I muttered the name to myself, ‘Senior Elsie’.
“Everybody stop!”
It was a cry filled with desperate emotions that made you want to be sad.
In Elsie-senpai’s blue eyes, there was a rare look of nervousness. To the extent that the fear that can not be hidden comes out from the look on my face that glances at me.
Did that cry work?
The noise stopped at the point where the vampire and the archwitch collided. Without missing the bird, Elsie continued her urgent appeal.
“All right now… We need to get out of here right now! Outside, assailants… … !”
Elsie’s words couldn’t even continue.
thump, and
There was a shock as if the whole world was tilting.
Bewildered eyes turned to the sky. The bloody moon, which should have been there more, was shaking precariously with a crack.
The swordsman, who witnessed this, immediately burst into shouting.
“Get out of here right now! Come on, kid!”
The space was already divided in front of us.
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Just as senior Elsie came inside from the outside, it was enough for us to go outside from the inside too.
Even so, the reason I hesitated and couldn’t get out.
It was because of the woman caught at the end of my gaze.
The Archwitch was looking up at the sky in silence. I couldn’t even read the emotions that floated in those eyes that were covered by the hat.
I wasn’t a swordsman who didn’t know my heart.
“It’s too late! The rate of decay is too fast!”
Then, the girl grabbed the nape of my neck with a violent hand. And after throwing the two of us away with Elsie-senpai, he was about to hit the ground.
If only the space in front of us hadn’t collapsed before that.
It was a strange sight.
There was nothing in the air, but transparent pieces were falling and the scenery of all kinds of places was getting mixed up.
burning forest.
Two women confronting each other.
As my eyesight became colored by the scenery, I realized something I hadn’t known before.
The appearance of the two women was familiar.
I didn’t realize it when I entered the barrier.
The swordsman’s judgment was quick.
“Oh shit… Can not help it! Even us right now… … !”
The moment the swordsman shouted, he stepped on the other side.
“… … No!”
A girl who had been quietly lying down jumped up.
Senior Elsie ran hurriedly with a bewildered gaze. What are you doing, before I ask.
The tiny hand began to pass through the collapsing space.
My eyes instantly turned to the swordsman. The swordsman, who was already on the way to the border beyond, desperately stretched out his arms.
“Little boy, please… … !”
I’m trying to hold that hand
I inadvertently put Elsie-senpai, who was left behind, into my field of vision.
that’s the end
The momentary hesitation ended with a blackened vision.
“……The idiot does all sorts of things.”
Along with a man’s sigh that just passed by his ear.