124 – Academy Transfer – 5
‘A swordsman with a weapon.’
It was a wooden sword and not a proper weapon, but I was honestly curious. What is the power of the swordsman holding the sword? And to what extent is the Demon King who destroyed the Sword Saint from the front?
Astaroth, who was said to have robbed the Demon King of his power, was quite a tough opponent. Even though I was using Mana Breathing and Body Strengthening in combination, my bones were crunching with each attack, so I had to use healing magic to fight.
In other words, without healing magic, I would not have been able to guarantee victory. If I were actually faced with such a situation, I would have avoided confrontation as much as possible and turned to aiming for one shot.
‘There was a feeling that it wasn’t enough to destroy the Sword Saint from the front.’
It may be that the powers of Astaroth and Elisier as demon kings were different, but that is not something to worry about now. It’s something I’ll have to think about later while talking slowly with the other three people.
I took out the dagger given to me by the chairman from my waist and held it. Since I received this item, I will try to use it.
As soon as I thought about increasing its size, the entire sword grew to a size similar to that of an eternity. Geomseong immediately reacted to the weapon, which had a color combination completely opposite to that of Yeongwon and was seen for the first time.
“Oh my. It’s a sword made from dragon scales. “It looks like the chairman made it, right?”
“Yes. “How did you know?”
“I heard a story that the chairman robbed the imperial palace’s treasury to repay a favor, and the energy on the sword is unusual. “It’s probably because there’s a lot of dragon’s breath in it.”
“If it’s the dragon’s breath… ….”
“I’m talking about breath. Look. The sword itself is already being transformed to fit the child’s hand. “It would be impossible naturally without the power contained in the breath.”
Just as I said, I felt the handle moving slightly and changing to fit my hand. It was almost as if I was assimilating with the handle rather than holding it.
“Seeing that he is already adjusting to the child, it seems that he has recognized him as the owner. Now, if it is completely tamed, it will grow into a sword so great that no one but a child will be able to touch it. Since it is made from the scales and fangs of a dragon, it is generally called the Dragon Sword, but the child can give it a different name if he/she wants.”
“How do you know so well?”
“Because my sword was like that. It’s been quite a while since I caught it…….”
Geomseong smiled bitterly. Come to think of it, did you say that the image of Geomseong holding a real sword was not shown properly until the end?
“Okay, the explanation ends here. “Now it is time to begin what we came here for.”
Geomsung clapped his hands. It was like that. I wasn’t the only person in the gym.
Not only Leona and Aria, but also Priscilla, who was with them in the first sparring, Elisiere, whom the Sword Master had specially instructed to bring, as well as Laura and her immediate disciple Karna, who joined the battle because they said they were bored alone.
Except for Rosaria, who was sitting in the audience watching leisurely as she had no fighting ability at all, almost all of the people near me who were capable of fighting were mobilized.
Except for Io Brante. That student…… It’s ambiguous to say, and anyway, he doesn’t have a relationship that would be worthy of being included here.
‘What are you doing now?’
I haven’t heard any news since the last time I said thank you, and I thought that since he had earned enough, he was going to completely quit mercenary work and focus on taking care of his younger siblings.
“…… “I had to deal with other students.”
“If the Sword Saint called me, there wouldn’t be anyone who wouldn’t understand. “Be quiet.”
Beside Elisiere, who was complaining that the Sword Saint was trying to turn him into a liar, Laura raised her staff as if to hold on to her worries. It was an object that served as both a staff and a sword.
If I teach Laura her magic swordsmanship, I wonder if it will be effective for her.
“Fight with all your might. “I will adjust accordingly.”
“Really? I have become very strong now. Gap- kkeek?!”
Before Leona, who was confidently emitting golden light from her holy sword, could finish her sentence, she was thrown into the wall opposite her training hall. Shards of the broken wall fell down on her long blue hair.
At some point, Geomsung returned to his original position. Everyone looked at the scene in bewilderment.
“Did you just see it?”
“…… “If you saw it, it wouldn’t look like this.”
Those two couldn’t see it, and if Leona had allowed the attack, the other three would have been obvious. The only possibility that exists is Karna.
‘I saw it first, but… ….’
I did see it. The entire scene includes the scene where the swordsman rushes at Leona, avoids her vital spot, stabs her in the abdomen, and returns to its original position as if time was rewinding.
It’s really because all you see is what you see.
“Ugh, it hurts…… ! “Did you seriously hit me?!”
“If I had seriously hit the child, he would have exploded without any form left. “I’ve adjusted my strength to just the point where it hurts, so try to get up without shaking.”
“Ugh…… ! We’ll see, really!”
Although Leona was shaking her head, she gritted her teeth and pulled herself up. Geomseong, who was looking at the figure with a happy smile, slowly turned his head. It seemed like the next target would be me.
“Oh my. Personally, I am very grateful to my child.”
“Yes?”
Despite my question, Geomseong silently stroked the wooden sword in his right hand with affectionate eyes. I felt like I knew why he was grateful even if he didn’t say it.
“It may not be enough to repay you, but… ….”
Wow, that rough wooden blade was filled with mana. Karna’s expression turned pale as he watched from next to her.
“Watch carefully and learn. “It is the first teaching.”
With those words, the Sword Saint disappeared. I reflexively raised my dragon sword towards the direction where the afterimage would arrive. As soon as he did that, the blade trembled. Sigh, his feet were pushed back a few inches.
‘I couldn’t see it.’
Just now, blocking came first. Geomseong hit the spot where I blocked.
In other words, it could be said that he was deliberately aiming for a blocked position. If you can move at that speed, why can’t you change one thing with a sword?
“What kind of swordsmanship did you just hear?”
ㅡKwagwagwagwang!
Just as I was about to ask what kind of sword technique was used, a strange sound was heard from the lower right. I checked under his feet.
The floor right next to it was completely collapsing as if some kind of meteor had fallen on it.
It was clear that the dragon sword didn’t receive that much of a shock, but I was surprised to see the floor collapsing as if it had been hit by a huge slash. I wondered what happened to the technology.
“This is what swordsmanship is like. Did you see it, child?”
In fact, Geomseong was calm as if it was no big deal.
“What do you mean? “The sword saint’s appearance, or his sword skills?”
“I would be grateful if you both answer.”
“I could only see the Sword Saint’s appearance as an afterimage, and I have no idea what swordsmanship is.”
“As expected, the child is amazing. I can’t believe I saw myself on my first challenge. “It took my first student over there several months just to recognize movement.”
The Sword Saint looked at Karna and smiled. Karna looked embarrassed and avoided her gaze. Well, first of all, shouldn’t we be proud of the fact that we were able to recognize it through effort?
She said, “You said you followed her movements, so now I should teach you about swordsmanship. “It’s a very simple principle.”
The swordsman tapped the opposite side blade of the dragon sword with her wooden sword. This time, the training ground to his lower left collapsed tens of meters closer with a loud noise.
“Ignoring the defensive magic, armor, or shield used by the enemy and striking the body directly. That can be said to be the essence of this swordsmanship. If it were me now, I could just cut it down as a concept, but…… “The child hasn’t reached that level yet, right?”
“I don’t think I’ll be able to reach it in my lifetime.”
Bethany the concept, how can I understand such an abstract swordsmanship?
In the last world, I heard a few times that when learning magic, you should feel it with your heart rather than trying to understand it, but understanding the concept is a completely different problem.
But Geomseong must have thought what I said was a joke, so he laughed and moved on to the next explanation.
To summarize the explanation that followed, it was to swing the sword one step ahead of the following shock wave to set a sword path and make the shock wave flow along the sword path.
“If you just direct the direction in which the shock wave flows, you can cut in a completely different area like I just did, or you can attack the fingertips and explode the head. Do you understand, child?”
“…… How do you send the sword beyond defensive magic or armor?”
“I will teach you that too. “Don’t worry.”
The explanation continued after that, but to be honest, I only understood about 50% of the concepts. All I could think was that everything else was like that.
The bewilderment on his face seemed to be evident, but Geomseong smiled brightly and comforted me.
“It’s okay, let’s try again.” The child seems to have a tendency to gain enlightenment through practice rather than theory. At a time like this, it would be better to clash swords one more time. Now, before that…… “You shouldn’t neglect other children too much.”
As the only remaining light blue pupil looked around, the others who had been listening to the explanation with blank expressions came to their senses and grabbed their weapons. Parbat, the appearance of the Sword Saint has disappeared.
I was the only one who could see what happened afterwards. The swordsman who first brought the wooden sword to Karna’s forehead, then to Priscilla’s thigh, to Laura’s arm, and to Elisiere’s side returned to its original position.
“It’s so bad!”
“Kyaa?!”
“Keuuu?!”
“Wow!”
With various groans, the four people each held onto the spot where they had been hit and flew away, rolling on the floor. It really happened in an instant.
While Leona, who was just taking her stance, was dumbfounded, Sword Saint stood in front of Aria a beat later and lightly hit her on the head with the hand that was not holding her wooden sword.
Aria, who was looking very nervous with her eyes tightly closed, cowered like a mole in her game of whack-a-mole. Leona cried out in frustration.
“Why can’t you just look at Aria?”
“That kid wasn’t even ready to fight yet. The other four were ready to fight. “That’s why.”
“Evil!”
After being hit on the forehead again, Leona sat down on the floor, clutching her forehead. In a matter of seconds, Geomseong, who had subdued the remaining six people except me, returned to his original position and looked him in the eye.
“It’s amazing, kid. I moved a little faster on purpose, but my eyes were following my movements. “It’s great.”
“…… “Have you even seen that?”
“No problem. I guess I couldn’t check that. On the other hand, the rest of the children didn’t move their eyes at all. “I’ll need a little more time.”
There was only one left, but the sky blue eyes, which had maintained their vivid color, sparkled.
“So, I guess I should focus on my child right now.”
Smile, and accelerate. It was a behavior he had shown several times until now. The body disappeared from its place at some point.
I followed the movement with my eyes. Geomseong was approaching in a straight line. Her arms, legs, and wooden sword were in perfect stabbing posture. But even though the eyes and head responded, the body still did not move.
It meant that it was still not enough to properly keep up with that speed.
I thought I might be able to respond if I used the mana breathing method and body strengthening together, but for some reason I also thought that I shouldn’t. I had a feeling that there might be some other way.
‘It’s a different way.’
I fell into trouble as I watched Geomseong narrow the distance as if in slow motion. The Sword Saint looked slow, but my body was moving even slower than that, to the point where I couldn’t even lift a finger.
‘…… ‘What is the reason it can move so quickly?’
I decided to look back at the fundamental question. The reason why the Sword Saint can move at such a fast speed. There were too many questions to explain simply because he was strong.
There must be a limit to the power that that body can produce. So why?
‘… ….’
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to me. In the past, I would have waved my hands saying it was nonsense, but now, is it worth a try? A possibility that makes you think.
Even at this very moment when I was worrying over and over again, the distance between me and the Sword Saint was shrinking by the minute. The tip of the wooden sword moved back a little further. It was just before allowing the first strike.
‘It might be worth a try.’
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It’s not a real game anyway. It’s good if it works, but even if it doesn’t, there are plenty of opportunities. I exhaled as if using the Mana Breathing technique and then recalled a memory.
It is not a memory of this world. It was a memory from a very long time ago, when I was randomly exploring magic to increase my chances of winning.
I changed my perspective based on memory. Instead of the blue light that is commonly known as the color of mana, each and every tiny particle began to come into view.
The Sword Saint accepts mana grains one by one and accelerates.
‘Is that it?’
I laughed to myself. I already knew that concept. It wasn’t just magic, it was a very simple problem that just needed to be applied to swordsmanship.
Rather than spitting out hundreds of magic circles per second through the mana breathing method, all you had to do was change them one at a time.
Now that I knew the principle, it was time to demonstrate it myself. It didn’t matter how Geomseong realized this concept. The top priority was to strike down the wooden sword that was right in front of me.
I accepted two mana grains. No matter how hard I tried, my frozen body began to keep up with the faster time. The Yongah Sword was clearly brought into the path of the wooden sword at a faster speed than the Sword Saint.
ㅡTooooo!
With a ringing sound in my ears, time that had slowed down returned to its original state.
“…… Oh my god.”
Geomseong let out a low exclamation. With his only remaining eye, he looked back and forth between the wooden sword blocked by the dragon sword and at me, and then made an expression of complete disbelief.
“What on earth… just now?” … Han, are you a gun?”
“You know, right?”
I also know this.