“Hmm.”
Guanghuije looked back at the place for a while, feeling the energy from outside.
A distant place beyond the walls of the imperial palace that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Emperor Guanghui felt as if he was right beside him watching Noah unfold a new secret.
“You have achieved the completion of Ki.”
The Guanghui Emperor closed the book he was reading and stood up.
An anonymous book of swordsmanship with no title or author’s name written on it.
The only book not kept in the Purple Sector despite being the Imperial Master Knight’s swordsmanship book.
It was more like a diary than a swordsmanship book, but the concept of winning and ending in this book had more important value than any other material in the Purple Sector.
That would be the case, because the Unknown Swordsman was the only one in the world, the memoir of someone who had reached the horizon.
If it was that precious, it would be more appropriate to keep it safely in the Purple Sector, but it was difficult to do so for practical reasons.
State historian Vincent Lichtenauer kept it for research and returned it this time through a contact person.
The letter enclosed with the anonymous swordsmanship had only two sentences written on it.
[The study is over. Noah will complete everything.]
“Don’t be bound by the teachings of others, just trust your own senses. Your swordsmanship was made for you from the beginning.”
It was a concept created for Noah, and Noah was the standard.
Heukcheon was not a skill written in Vincent’s personal Ouiji Unknown Swordsmanship.
However, Noah’s newly created technique based on Heukcheon is a secret weapon that corresponds to the spirit of victory and victory.
Inventing such a ritual meant that Noah had mastered qi.
“Master just didn’t pass on the martial arts to avoid having his swordsmanship smudged. You have already learned everything about the Unknown Swordsmanship.”
All that remains is to realize.
In that sense, it was of great help that Theodore awakened Noah’s senses.
Noah’s senses are innate.
Once he got it right, it was clear that from then on he would be able to find his way on his own.
“Then I must do my job now.”
The emperor’s job is to rule the empire.
Emperor Guanghui summoned the ministers in charge of state affairs.
It was time to resume the human work that had been put off with the witches.
* * *
Ricardo, who used the thunderbolt, was so fast that Noah couldn’t keep up.
But it was slower than expected.
In Noah’s eyes, Ricardo should have been faster than that.
‘I can’t perfectly control the speed.’
If Noah excelled at the sensory level compared to the physical level, Ricardo did the opposite.
Ricardo, who used the thunderbolt, couldn’t keep up with his speed.
Thanks to this, the movement was cut off in a way of moving, checking, moving, checking.
Of course, for a player like Ricardo, the interval between them was extremely short, but it was clear anyway.
A section that falls at a speed that Noah can catch up with.
Fain!
Ricardo’s kick lifts his body into the air.
Noah was even more convinced of the attack.
At that speed, it was normal to be able to finish Noah in one blow.
The reason why he kicked was because Noah was only guarding vital points.
Skipping defense and not trying to attack means maintaining speed and not being able to make complex movements.
It also meant that Ricardo noticed that he would get hurt if he slowed down in front of Noah.
‘I’m not comfortable.’
Noah looked at Ricardo, who was jumping towards him.
If he wanted to win, he should have run towards the imperial palace as soon as he used the thunderbolt.
Veronica would have stopped him, but he should have tried.
Because you won’t even try to attack yourself.
Noah swung his sword at Ricardo, who jumped up.
aaang!
Swords collided with swords, and there was an explosion.
An explosion occurred as the sword wrapped around Noah’s sword collided with the sword wrapped around Ricardo’s body.
The impact threw Ricardo back, but so did Noah.
At the same time, if the posture is disturbed, Ricardo’s next move after activating the lightning is much faster.
“I won… … !”
“No, I won.”
At the same time, swords of flame soared from all over the ground.
“What?”
“Sword transfer is a residual skill, but if you combine it with concealment, you can use it like this.”
Once Ricardo has his thunderbolt on, he cannot control his speed until he reaches his destination.
It was like being driven into Noah’s flame sword at high speed.
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Ricardo hurriedly created an intangible sword and tried to jump again, but Noah’s sword was faster.
Boo-wook!
The lightning that had wrapped around his body split like leather tore.
Noah’s black child flowed endlessly along the sword, grinding his brain like a saw blade.
The power to lightly slash even the swordsmanship created by attribute conversion.
Lightning that loses control dies as it is.
Ricardo, who lost a large amount of aura in an instant, was shocked and delayed in responding.
“Checkmate.”
The sword struck with all its power came to a stop above Ricardo’s head.
A topsword is always a sport.
There was no need to really cut down the opponent.
Tiu, who was below, made an intangible sword and caught the falling Noah and Ricardo.
“Noah! What is that sword skill you just had? You just split the brain!”
“A new technology… … I won, but I think I’m more like a swordsman?”
“… … Is that just a swordsman? Did you change the attribute as well?”
The geomgi merchant said that the geomgi is a two-stage geomgi that protrudes to the outside.
Heukah was as strong as heukcheon, but in terms of principle, it was not much different from the 2nd stage sword.
To be precise, it would be close to a swordsman who used it in the right way, just like a steel sword.
Since it was an improvised technology, it still needed verification.
“I lost without any excuse.”
Ricardo let out a small sigh as he listened to the winner’s conversation.
“You, isn’t the way you fight too emotional compared to your skills? I heard it’s a strategic style. If I tried to break through to the imperial palace at that speed, I didn’t know if I could break through Veronica.”
“No, it’s a speed that can’t be controlled. It happened to you too, but there’s no way the monster princess would miss it. This is right.”
“huh?”
Ricardo said that and pointed in the direction of the imperial palace.
Noah fought by pushing Ricardo out of the palace as much as possible to stop him.
Thanks to that, the distance from the imperial palace was quite far.
This is also true for others.
Veronica was also in a state of coming forward, helping the weak first.
“I lost the match, but what I was aiming for in the first place was to win the match.”
-The Sacrifices have been pierced! These bastards, the east is strong!
“… … !”
The operation of the siege side was a surprise attack by the airborne troops after Seongdong Gyeokseo.
Naturally, the Mercury side thought that it would be advantageous if the personnel who went out to the east returned and joined them.
However, the news I heard was that the eastern side had been pierced.
“In the first place, if I didn’t show up, you guys would have been vigilant until the end. Showing failure once in a while can make the opponent more vigilant.”
“There was one more left!”
“Most of the people who went to the east were quick-footed guys. It’s too late to go after him.”
Since Veronica was encamped in the imperial palace, it was essential to bring her out.
In the end, what Ricardo was aiming for was the opponent’s carelessness from the beginning.
It’s good to finish with the operation prepared earlier.
But there’s a high chance it won’t.
If so, you can constantly plant the threatening element in double or triple.
It was the moment when such a goal was hit.
“I got hit… … !”
Even if there were strong guys in the east, he didn’t doubt it.
In the first place, for Seongdonggyeokseo, the east had to be clearly threatening.
What if they are all specialized in fast feet?
“You mean all this?”
“I didn’t make everything from one to ten. I just took advantage of the situation. They are the first ones to attack. Of course, they must be confident in their skills.”
What Ricardo did was just open a road to the east.
With that alone, the participants on the siege side knew how to move.
“You can use any natural phenomenon. Thanks to you, weren’t you relieved that I didn’t intervene there?”
-The final line of defense has been breached!
-Who’s not there? Stop someone!
– I’m coming.
The situation where the vanguard of the siege side is right in front of the imperial palace.
The last person to stop them was Felix.
“That’s right, Felix stayed! If it’s Felix, I’m sure he’ll do something… … !”
“No, it’s impossible.”
Most of Suseong, including Thiu, cheered at Felix’s appearance, but Noah did not.
“That guy has already used up most of his aura. I don’t know if it’s just fighting, so if the opponent just avoids it, I can’t stop it.”
“I can’t… … Are you going to come all the way here?”
In fact, while a few made up their minds and bit Felix, the last one ran past him.
A situation where even the last bastion was thought to have been breached.
When everyone gave up and accepted defeat, something wrapped around the ankle of the leader of the siege and tripped him.
“The great hero, Miho, has arrived!”
That word, which he shouted out loud while making a V with his hand, made the front page of the newspaper the next day.
* * *
“The great hero, Miho!”
“The great hero, Miho!”
“The great hero, Miho!”
“Very good, everybody hold me up a little more.”
As soon as the time limit was over and the end of the match was announced, a large number of people gathered around Miho.
There were various performances throughout the game, but Miho’s performance was by far the best.
Ricardo muttered despondently as he looked at it.
“Now that it’s come to this, I don’t even feel unfair anymore.”
In the situation where the ‘great hero’ appeared, Nightray, excluding Veronica, was a one-on-one marking of Madeira.
Just as Noah and Tiu defeated Ricardo, there were plenty of places where the game was divided on the other side.
Surprisingly, in the midst of this, Miho thought of returning to the imperial palace as soon as she defeated her opponent.
“How could you have thought of that in that situation?”
“When I asked earlier, he said it was because the back of his head was itching for some reason.”
“oh my god.”
At Noah’s explanation, Ricardo sighed and wiped his face.
Miho’s sensitivity may have had its own basis, like Noah’s intuition.
However, choosing to return to the imperial palace because of such a feeling was a variable that Ricardo could not have predicted.
“Damn, to come all this way and get knocked out in the first round.”
The first round of Top Sword ended with the victory of Suseong.
As a result, all the characters who belonged to the siege side were eliminated.
There was no respawn match in this tournament, so Ricardo’s challenge ended here.
“Then are you going back to Madeira?”
“no. In the case of Top Sword, even the eliminated players can participate as helpers until the final round. It’s not polite to go back immediately after losing, so you should stay until the end.”
Top Sword’s motto was a contest to select the best knight.
So there is no respawn game. Because the winner must be a person who has never been defeated.
However, it was not something that should be ruthlessly abandoned just because we lost in an international competition that combines friendship and publicity.
That’s why it’s the helper system.
There were rules such as those who were eliminated and helping the surviving participants.
“I lost the match and I lost the match. Since you defeated me, I will be your helper for the remaining rounds. It might not be very helpful since you don’t know what kind of game it will be, but I’ve decided it so you know.”
“I have no reason to refuse to help you.”
Noah took Ricardo’s outstretched hand and shook it.
Even though they won, it was only the two of them with Tiu.
If it was Ricardo’s level of skill, I wanted to try again and again.
“If you win, I can say that I was eliminated by the winner. Be sure to win.”
“He’s a guy who recovers quickly.”
He said so, but Noah knew that this was a windfall.
There was no law that prevented another game like this one where you couldn’t win if you did well alone.
In that sense, having Ricardo as an assistant was quite reassuring.
“Uh ha ha ha! This body is a great hero!”
“… … But how long has he been like that?”
“At most it will go for a few days. Are you going to keep doing that with your own mouth?”
Exactly 2 years gone.