“I know about a man named Schiff. As someone who only targets students, I thought that in the worst case scenario, he might be able to target the princess.”
After a while, Mia returned to the main topic.
“There’s no way I’ll ever get tired of a person like that.”
“As a result, it may be, but he may be using a cowardly move that no one has figured out.”
“So you’re saying you’ve investigated it separately? how was it?”
“I wasn’t one who used cowardly numbers. Rather, it can be said that he is the type to lose money in a game.”
“hmm?”
“Does Noah know about the biggest difference between Jeong Do and Apostle students?”
Rather, Mia asked Noah a question.
Several answers came to mind, but it was difficult to read the intention of the question.
When Noah couldn’t easily come up with an answer, Mia brought out the correct answer first.
“The biggest difference between Jeong Do and Sado students. That is the attitude towards one’s own swordsmanship.”
“Attitude towards swordsmanship? Is it like a theory of psychology?”
“no. I mean the more realistic part.”
Mia began to explain slowly so that Veronica and Noah could understand.
“Students of Jeong Do learn swordsmanship that has been modified and developed by countless ancestors. They just need to follow the given teachings without any doubts or concerns about their swordsmanship.”
It was a swordsmanship created by numerous geniuses born into families over a long period of time.
Even if you are a genius, it will take you a long time to master it.
They need only follow the path without questioning the answers given.
“Apostolic students, on the other hand, are different. Their relatively young swordsmanship is often unfinished.”
The swordsmanship of the apostle students was the opposite.
The swordsmanship they were learning was often an incomplete swordsmanship.
There were even cases where students who were learning swordsmanship had more outstanding talent than the ancestors who invented swordsmanship.
They should not simply follow the path.
He had to fix his swordsmanship and complete it himself.
“You mean the degree is advantageous?”
“It’s not really that kind of story. Just as even students who are learning the same swordsmanship differ in their individual skills, there are many times when who is learning the swordsmanship is more important than the swordsmanship itself.”
“then?”
“It means that there are students who prioritize the perfection of swordsmanship over their own perfection.”
With that said, Noah could give an example.
‘Tiu Wen.’
His classmate who met from the entrance exam and is still in the same dormitory.
She entered the Night Ray to restore her family’s swordsmanship.
“Sif-nim was more like a martial artist who studied swordsmanship than a knight.”
“Is this not a genius of swordsmanship, but a genius of swordsmanship development?”
“yes. In other words, it could be said that it is the same existence as a blacksmith.”
Excellent knights are usually also excellent ignorant scholars.
If you don’t understand your skills, you won’t reach the level of a master.
However, among the excellent scholars, there were many who were not knights.
Making swordsmanship and spreading it were completely different talents.
“He uses a different swordsmanship to suit the opponent before entering the ranking match. You create new swordsmanship every time.”
“The swordsmanship is remade every time… … ?”
“I’m sorry, but Sif-sama’s swordsmanship skills were so close that passing the entrance exam was just a matter of time. He is fighting a ranking match purely based on his swordsmanship.”
“You mean you’ve risen to number 2,112 only with your talent for making swordsmanship?”
“Recently, it seemed that he was trying various things to test his ultimate swordsmanship. That’s probably the reason why I deliberately only look for weak opponents.”
“huh? Didn’t you say you stopped investigating before? How do you know the latest information?”
“A man who is inquisitive like that is not popular.”
Mia was speechless and Veronica’s eyes lit up.
For some reason, Noah didn’t bother to ask more because he felt like a spectacle.
“Anyway, Noah, with your skills, you’re an opponent you can easily defeat. Try to win fast and come up. I will be waiting for you in the finals.”
* * *
qualifying round finals.
1st round.
All 32 players who made it to the finals competed on the same day and at the same time.
“I guess the other guys are preparing at their respective stadiums as well.”
All students in the school were free to watch the final match.
However, the stadium where Noah was seated was quiet.
It was because most of the students went to see Veronica’s Great War.
I came first and waited, and when the time came, Sif appeared.
“Is it a pity that there is no audience? You seem to be quite a fighter.”
“Are you senior Sif?”
Noah asked, looking at the person who came up against him.
He had a bigger body than Noah, who was over 180 years old, but unusually, his arms were strangely thick and long.
An unusually long reach for a relatively large body.
It was quite an advantageous physical condition for swordsmanship.
‘Looks like you have good swordsmanship skills. Are you saying that the talent of practicing swordsmanship is not good?’
In fact, even if it’s not much, it’s not really a big deal.
Just entering Nightray and reaching 2,112th place was enough to make ordinary people hear the voice of a genius.
The reason Mia said Sif’s skills were inferior was probably because her talent as a scholar was overwhelming.
“Nice to meet you, Noah. I have heard about your performance before.”
“Do you know about me?”
“Can you not know? You’re the first to rise to the top of the ranks before getting the next jockey. Of course, it’s because I have the right to challenge, but I can’t not know anyway.”
Sif seemed quite happy to meet Noah.
“It is a pleasure to see such outstanding juniors. Even if Sado hardly cares about senior-junior relationships. I am even more so.”
“I heard that you enjoy making swords rather than honing them.”
“I guess you heard something about me. Ever since I was little, I’ve had a good eye for swordsmanship. So you found out early. How inefficient it is for me to learn on my own.”
There is a saying that you see as much as you know.
And there was a saying that not knowing is medicine.
“Is it because you objectively know how much talent you have?”
“It’s wrong to say that you can’t make an effort. I just realized that there are different things I can do. Because swimmers don’t envy runners.”
Schiff was more interested in what he could do well.
So, the reason why he came to Nightray was that he wanted to learn more about swordsmanship rather than becoming a great knight.
“I know very well that you are not someone who would simply be called a rookie hunter. However, this is a selection contest to select a person to compete in the Top Sword. The next conversation will be with the sword.”
Noah drew his sword.
“Is it a holy sword… … good night. Let me show you my ultimate swordsmanship.”
Sif also drew his sword.
Caang!
A super-fast attack that locks you in in an instant.
Sif lightly blocked the attack.
Noah then went into a power struggle with his opponent sword to sword.
The aura travels throughout the body and improves physical abilities.
Every muscle in his body awoke and screamed.
I’m going to go to the middle of the day!
The floor of the gymnasium screamed as the two superhumans with the same strength as a chariot competed in strength.
Sif was dumbfounded.
‘Pushed out in a power struggle?’
Even if there is a difference in swordsmanship skills, Aurors tend to follow the age difference.
Even more so, unless you grew up eating elixirs to make your stomach explode because you are the latter of the 8th generation family.
It was unusual for Sif to be defeated by Noah, who was younger than him.
‘As expected, he is in optimal physical condition, befitting a rumored freshman. But I have experience.’
You can directly feel the change in power when swords are facing each other.
How the opponent is going to move, where they are going to aim. Everything is painted like a picture.
Easy to read for the less experienced.
In every situation, they always choose an advantageous or unfavorable move, and find a way to use their strengths.
‘How about this?’
The moment Noah tries to put all his strength into pushing Sif out.
Sif’s movements changed.
He relaxed and pulled Noah rather.
Noah, who had positioned his feet to push in, was sucked in.
A close-quarters battle that took place in an instant.
Noah’s body reacted reflexively.
A close-up slash performed with a short-handled sword by changing the gripping method in an instant.
It must have been improvised, but the bitterness was alive as if he had decided to enter.
that sense.
‘Even if I trained all my life, I wouldn’t get that feeling.’
Geniuses tend to find the best move casually.
It was natural for them.
Even if the speed of polishing a skill is slow, it can be followed.
If you can’t do it once, you have to learn it over and over again dozens, hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times.
However, that sense of instinctively finding the right answer was a fundamental difference that was established from birth.
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‘But it’s not that I can’t follow.’
experience.
Even without God-given talents, human beings can find their best through experience.
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Super close combat with nowhere to escape. Countless workshops came and went.
On the one hand, there are tens of thousands of patterns prepared through experience and research.
On the one hand, extreme numbers are read every moment with wild instincts and innate senses.
They were two people fighting in completely different ways.
Surprisingly, however, the swords did not touch each other, as if they were conspiring together.
The only thing that brings in is the sound of fluttering clothes.
A total of 140 counts.
The 140 battles in less than 10 seconds were so high that even the recorder who was watching the referee was surprised.
The concentration raised to the limit reads the opponent’s breathing, eye blinking, and even heartbeat.
A sense of unity as if the two opposites were forming a single sword dance.
‘Yes… … !’
‘This… … !’
extreme moment. The consciousness of the two melted into one.
At the same time, both realized the end of this sword dance.
40 counts after that.
“Huh, huh… … .”
Noah looked down at the fallen Sif.
“Senior, what the hell are you doing?”
“That is what I want to ask. What the hell is your swordsmanship… … .”
The match was decided, but both sides couldn’t get away from the afterglow of the workshop.
It was the first time that Noah had such a deep connection with another person through swordsmanship.
However, what surprised me was Schiff.
“Ultimate swordsmanship.”
“yes?”
“Your swordsmanship is close to the ultimate swordsmanship I was looking for.”
“What do you mean?”
Sif jumped up from her seat and approached Noah.
“There is no perfect swordsmanship. why? All human beings have different physical and mental conditions. Each person has their own most effective swordsmanship, so there is no single perfect swordsmanship.”
“… … ?”
“Even if a perfect knight creates a swordsmanship just for himself. As time goes on, the knight will grow old, and then the swordsmanship will have to be modified. The ultimate swordsmanship I pursue is a swordsmanship created with such modifications in mind.”
Sif started talking about her thoughts to herself.
“Your swordsmanship may be the closest to the ultimate swordsmanship I desire.”
“Actually, I don’t even know the origins of this swordsmanship.”
Noah explained that he had recently been studying swordsmanship with his seniors.
“Then I guess I can be of some help. Won’t you join me too?”
“Any help?”
“It is possible to change attributes right now, but the intangible sword is impossible, right?”
“… … !”
Noah felt goosebumps at the words.
Noah’s condition was unusual, and it was the first time that even Aslan, Rosé, and Rina twins had seen it.
Of course, it was not something that could be guessed at.
‘I don’t think I’ve heard it anywhere. There’s no reason for the dormitory people to talk about it.’
If so, it means that Sif accurately diagnosed his condition right here and now.
“Maybe I can help you with that.”
* * *
“To think all four freshmen won the first round. Is this a good start?”
After winning against Sif, Noah then looked up the results of his classmates’ matches.
The result is a win.
All four freshmen succeeded in advancing to the round of 16.
“And I like this sauna too.”
“You can come and write whenever you want.”
Naturally, there was talk of having a dinner party to commemorate the victory among the classmates.
However, before that, the prevailing opinion was that they wanted to wash their bodies first.
So, Noah, Felix, Tiu, and Miho visited the sauna owned by the Mayer family.
“The on-campus public bathhouse has good facilities, but there are too many people, so it is inconvenient. There is also a time limit. I wish I had something like this in my dorm.”
“If you are a high ranker, you can use your private bath in your free time, right?”
“But it’s too far from the dormitory.”
Since Night Ray was a school that only gathered special talents in the sports world, shower facilities were located everywhere.
Of course, the Black Moon Dormitory, which fell alone, had to give up most of the amenities.
“By the way, Felix, you’re quite relaxed, aren’t you? My next opponent is Veronica.”
“I was interrupted in my fight with you, but that won’t happen in the selection round. If you go to the game, you will definitely win. That is the spirit of Mayer.”
“That is good. i like it too… … hmm?”
Conversing with Felix, Noah soon sensed that someone was entering the bath.
Felix also recognized the opponent immediately after that.
“older brother?”
“Brother?”
There is only one person in the world that Felix calls brother.
2nd place in the nightray ranking.
Heir to the Meyer family.
“There were guests. It looks like you’ve made friends, Felix.”
Allen Meyer.
A man who stood at the peak of the degree appeared naked.