While the preliminary round is underway, the Ribery headquarter located in the capital of the empire.
What Frank had done couldn’t have simply been done by a student within the Nightray.
The family head of Ribery summoned the twins who made this public opinion, including Frank himself, to the head family.
Theodore Ribery was the current head of Ribery, that is, the father of the twins.
Theodore welcomed the twins in a state where he did not know whether to be happy to meet his two daughters after a long time or to be angry at the unfortunate meeting.
“So, not only Frank, but everyone else didn’t study for what they were told to do, and were just joining in nonsense, right?”
“We worked hard, oh… … .”
“If you are a descendant of the main family, it is your duty to lead all the families under the influence of Ribéry, including collaterals. It seems to me that you have neglected your duty in the same way.”
“Hey.”
Rogelia tried to protest something more, but was forced to shut her mouth by Linaria’s intense stabbing in the side.
In the meantime, Linaria made a small intangible sword and stabbed it between Rogelia’s clothes and skin to avoid being noticed by Theodore.
It would have been invisible to others, but it was obvious to Theodore’s eyes.
‘The use of the intangible sword has definitely increased.’
Even though he neglected his duties as a descendant, it seemed that he was really diligent in his swordsmanship studies.
Seeing that, Theodore felt satisfied inside.
‘Because Rosé and Lina were so brilliant from a young age, they couldn’t properly teach them the weight of the name Ribery. If I can change my mindset with this incident, it’s a good enough profit.’
It was such a big deal that the family’s honor was tarnished, but it was okay.
Rogelia and Linaria were evaluated as having the greatest talent in the history of Ribéry.
The grown-ups of the family expected that the two would grow up and lead Ribéry to a new heyday.
A genius who might be able to break the current 8th family structure.
If the growth of these two people had been brought about, Frank’s ugliness was not so important.
“We couldn’t even have been invited to watch the tryouts.”
“Rosé!”
It was a place to meet as a family head and a member of the family, not as father and daughter.
Although Linaria cautioned Roselia’s grumbling, Theodore was surprisingly interested in something else.
“Noah. You mean the guy who defeated Frank?”
“huh. When I peeked at Frank before, there was also a flame pattern on the Holy Spirit Sword. It seems like only we noticed because it’s black, but it’s clear that it can also use property conversion.”
“hmm?”
Aura attribute transformation was a technique that was often not used even among active knights.
The reason why the 15 immovable Night Rays were able to harden so firmly was because they were the only ones who could use attribute conversion.
Even from the 8th generation, it was not easy to rise to the level of property transformation at that age.
By the way, a freshman who just entered school?
I just finished the selection process, so of course I didn’t learn it at school.
‘That means I already had the same skills as him before entering school.’
Excluding the 8th generation, there were only a few places that could foster such talented people.
“You mean you even had a holy sword?”
“Ah, but it was from Veronica.”
“Veronica-sama didn’t seem to know the man’s background.”
Even the princess doesn’t know.
Theodore showed interest in the words.
‘It’s not like there isn’t a place where you can secretly raise such a talented person. But there’s no place to secretly grow them and reveal them like this?’
If he had been gifted the Seongnyeon Sword, it was clear that the imperial family would have investigated his background.
If he really couldn’t find his origin, the emperor wouldn’t have allowed it.
The permission was given because the emperor saw the results and judged that it was okay.
‘But I didn’t teach the princess anything?’
It was a fact that even the princess would not teach.
This was bound to intrigue me.
“Now that the investigations you need have been completed, you may return to the Nightray. I won’t punish you.”
“Oh yeah! Dad is the best!”
“Instead, find out about that boy named Noah. If possible… … I’d rather be friendly. If you’re going to insist on being from the countryside until the end, wouldn’t it be okay to accept you as a member of Ribéry?”
If he had such outstanding qualities, he could choose a suitable mate from among the daughters of his family and bring him to his son-in-law.
I don’t know who raised it, but if you can eat it all over the place, no one in the family will object.
“It’s been fun.”
Theodore laughed sinisterly,
“I want to hang out with Noah soon. How strong will it be?”
Roselia laughed innocently,
“Ugh.”
Linaria let out a sigh at the sight.
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same time.
“Hmm.”
Entering the labyrinth, Noah gave up moving forward and slowly looked around.
The first to finish the first test was the first to start the second.
It was Noah who was moving forward quickly to make the most of this time gain, but it was the same place no matter how many times he turned around.
“I thought it was a simple labyrinth because it was called a labyrinth. Was it true?”
If you stick to one wall in the maze and keep following the wall, you will arrive at the end one day.
However, despite moving in that way, Noah ended up returning to his original place.
In this case, it meant that the wall was moving or that his senses were confused.
“There was no such thing as the vibration of the wall moving, so it’s probably the latter. This is bothering me.”
It looked like it was finished quickly.
“The other guys will be in the same condition, so let’s stay calm. First of all, it is to correct the senses.”
When you’re in the middle of the day, what you see isn’t everything, and what you can touch may not be real.
It’s absurd to do anything in this state.
The first thing to do was to separate reality from fantasy.
Noah stood still, closed his eyes, and focused on his aura.
‘It means I’ve already reached the point of escaping the camp.’
Noah’s grandfather used to secretly set up camps at the corner of the road when he felt like he was getting used to the way he went hunting.
The road he traveled every day was, of course, bound to be traversed without tension or boundaries.
It was hard to even realize that you were caught in a trap when you were completely unexpected.
After being locked up in the camp for days like that, I had no choice but to get used to realizing that I was caught in the camp and destroying it.
Noah had asked why he had to do this, but every time his grandfather said that the time would come when he would need it all.
At the time, I wondered where the hell would need something like this, but actually now.
That knowledge was helpful.
‘No matter how real it is, as long as it’s a fantasy, there is bound to be a difference from the real reality. Finding that part is the priority.’
Turning rigid body to maximum, he seeks the ideal of his five senses.
If the sensitivity of the five senses changes, the sense of feeling the object should also change.
Existing objects are felt with a different sense, but there is a time lag in illusions being reflected.
‘This wall is fake.’
If you are aware of the illusion, the next step is Fafe.
‘The easiest thing would be to destroy everything… … .’
There may be other participants nearby.
Noah raised his arm and pointed his index finger at the wall in front of him.
Concentrate the aura on your fingertips.
Then the index fingernail turned black.
Step 1 inspection.
Every night, new skills learned while sparring with Shiva unfolded at Noah’s fingertips.
‘One more step.’
Sword energy extended forward from the tips of the nails.
blacksmith.
Even though he was originally a swordsman who had risen to this level, Noah succeeded in covering his fingernails with sword skills in just one month.
Since he has not learned the iron sword technique, he cannot use it as efficiently as Shiva.
However, if it was simply to sever the target in front of your eyes, it was enough to simply cover the sword.
Saaak!
The curtain split with the sensation of cutting the paper.
After breaking out of the camp, Noah walked out into a changed landscape.
“It wasn’t a very big room.”
A small waiting room attached to the stadium where the first test was held.
The place where the second test was taking place was in a very small room.
Outside of the camp, there was a door that looked straight to the exit.
Noah stopped just as he was about to grab the doorknob.
Then he spoke to the empty back.
“What is this?”
At first glance, the doorknob appeared to be in place without any problems.
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However, Noah could see that a transparent blade was sticking out of the doorknob.
intangible sword.
The reason why the 3rd stage geomgi is called an intangible sword is because it can change the shape of the geomgi freely away from the sword.
However, the sword sword in front of his eyes was a truly transparent, literally intangible sword.
“The name is… … Did you say Mia?”
“You remember. thank you.”
Mia appeared behind Noah’s back.
Noah had already noticed that Veronica’s maid, Veronica, was in the room.
I was always hiding, so I tried to pretend I didn’t know this time, but I couldn’t just ignore it when I was facing the sword like this.
“The second test is to get out of the labyrinth. And you didn’t get out of the labyrinth until you opened that door and left.”
“so?”
“You look strong enough to not be ashamed of being ranked 844th, but that alone doesn’t make you suitable for Veronica.”
Mia took out a string like a hair tie and tied up her cumbersome sleeves.
“So let me test you.”
She saw the scene where Noah beat Frank, but she didn’t see him using attribute conversion during Hell Week.
As she misunderstood that Veronica liked Noah, she needed to make sure that Noah’s skills suited her as the 11th ranked Veronica’s opponent.
Of course, Noah was dumbfounded.
“Why do you have to do it in a place like this?”
“I also participated. If it’s a competition between participants, there’s no problem, right?”
Those words made Noah nervous.
Obviously, he was the first to pass the first test and enter this place.
However, when he came out of the camp, Mia was already here.
It means that the opponent broke the line much faster than that.
‘Since I’m serving Veronica, I thought it would be pretty strong, but… … .’
Mia said looking at Noah like that.
“Don’t be too surprised. For the convenience of the owner, our maids prioritize their skills over the knights.”
“Is this because it’s like the Dark Knight?”
Mia, like Kuina, was also an ambu knight.
“Yes, but.”
At the same time, eight daggers made of intangible swords rose in the air.
Mia picked up two of them and divided them between her hands.
It was a method of using only intangible swords without the original dagger.
‘Is it an intangible sword in a dagger technique using two swords?’
“Imperial maids cannot possess hideous weapons. Therefore, it is necessary to reach the level of ‘at least an intangible sword’ in order to protect the owner.”
Her job is to serve Veronica.
However, the minimum condition to have for that service was skillful use of an intangible sword.
“What is that. Aren’t the apprentices there stronger than the students here?”
“It can’t be.”
Mia denied it, but her expression showed undeniable pride.
Certainly, according to that word, the maid of the imperial family was a skilled person equivalent to that of a knight.
“If you can’t defeat me, you’ll have to decline the princess’ offer. If you beat me instead… … .”
“What if I win?”
“I will dedicate myself to you.”