102 Tue, pass the 3rd test (1)
“You will receive a certificate of completion, Ernas.”
“Thank you, Professor Valentiano.”
I received a certificate of completion in the advisory room of the Valentiano class.
With this, I secured 4 certificates and qualified to take the 3rd exam.
“Are you going to take the 3rd exam right away?”
“Yes, I think so.”
Unlike the 1st and 2nd exams, you can take the 3rd exam at any time you want as long as you qualify.
There was no reason to postpone it until later, so I decided to take the exam right away.
“Ernas, just in case I ask… After passing the 3rd test, do you have any plans to come to the Valentiano class?”
“I’m sorry, Professor.”
If you pass the 3rd test, you can become a ‘major student’ exclusive to a specific class.
Valentiano wants to make me a major student of the Valentiano class and nurture him as his successor… I didn’t mean to.
“Then what class do you plan to attend?”
“that… … .”
“No, you don’t have to tell me.”
Valentiano sighed with regret.
“You all have ideas. He is aiming for the position of Archduke Lichtenauer.”
“… … .”
“Don’t get me wrong. Because I am sincerely supporting you. but… I can’t help but regret it.”
With a bitter smile, Valentiano reached out to me.
“I wish you good luck, Ernas.”
“thank you. I will never forget what you have taught me.”
Thanks to the teachings of Valentiano, the master of Eastern swordsmanship, I was able to understand swordsmanship in a deeper way.
I bowed my head with sincerity as I took the hand of the teacher who gave me a great lesson.
* * *
Upon returning to the dormitory after receiving the certificate of completion, I saw several students gathering and fighting a nerve war.
‘Is it the Rufus faction or the Heinrich faction?’
There seemed to be a fight over the use of the outdoor training ground.
In the Rufus faction, Rufus is raising his voice himself, and in the Heinrich faction, Camillo, who is usually in charge of the work, is in the lead.
‘I think the number of conflicts has increased since the last incident.’
As the Waldfeld family collapsed and Gort left the academy, the atmosphere inside the academy became bloody.
In the meantime, heirs of prestigious families had been competing in a healthy way at the Academy, but it was unknown when the fight to the death and death would begin.
‘There is no possibility that Heinrich, Rufus and Berrys Rize will lose their temper at the academy and run rampant… … .’
Compared to Leicester and Gort, who have already been sent off, Heinrich, Rufus, and Berithrize have relatively good toughness.
However, there is a possibility that the lower ones will move freely.
‘for example… Heinrich doesn’t care much about faction quarrels, but Camillo under him is not.’
Camilo may be in favor of Heinrich and may move a faction to bloodshed.
That’s what happened in the novel as well.
‘But, I don’t think I need to take care of that. Shall we talk to Serine and Chloe?’
With that in mind, I walked towards the entrance to the dormitory.
“… … !”
The students who noticed my approach turned back in surprise.
Even Rufus, who had never bent down on me, and Camillo, who was always aggressive, was the same.
‘I saw that even Mikhail Waldfeld was defeated… Now I have come to realize.’
If you attack me recklessly, you could lose your life.
Since I realized that, I am now afraid of even coming into contact with me.
‘It’s a little lonely.’
He smiled bitterly as he passed between them.
As I entered the dormitory and tried to climb the stairs, I heard a voice above my head.
“Ernas.”
A blonde girl with a gorgeous appearance.
She was looking at me with cold eyes.
“Berrysrize, what’s going on?”
“I think I got a certificate of completion from the Valentiano class.”
I just got it, where did the information come from?
“Then I will be taking the third exam now.”
“right.”
“huh… It’s good because it’s so fast.”
Berrys Rize ruffled her hair and smirked.
Unlike Rufus just before, Veris Rize treated me with the same attitude as before.
“Tell me, I recently received my third certificate of completion. Soon I will be eligible to take the 3rd exam, so I will catch up to you soon.”
“Yeah, work hard.”
“ね… … .”
Unsatisfied with my reaction, Berrys Rize bit her lip.
In fact, even Berrysri would know.
The gap has already widened so much that it is impossible to catch up with me on my own.
Knowing that, to declare in front of me like this… It will be her own fault.
“Come to think of it… Berrys Rize, how is your father?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Klauwice-sama. Suddenly, I was curious.”
“… … .”
Berrys Rize had a questionable expression on her face.
“When you say that, I think you have other intentions.”
“I have no other intentions.”
“Well, thinking of Henry Lancaster and Mikhail Waldfeld makes me a little shy.”
The persimmon of Berrys Rize was sharp.
“Don’t think you can get my father’s information out of me. At first, I didn’t even know what my father was doing these days.”
“is it?”
“Yes, you are a secret person.”
“… … .”
Berries Rize isn’t really lying.
This is because Veris Rize rarely communicates with her father.
In some cases, such as the Ignias, the headmaster and the heir have a close relationship, but more often than not.
‘Because to Klauwice, Verisrize is nothing more than a piece of chess.’
Brantley of the Agrippa family is cold-hearted toward Heinrich, but deep down in her heart, she trusts him.
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Mikhail of the Waldfeld family also tried to kill me for Gort’s future.But Klauwice does not have this aspect.
Berrysrise is just a tool for gaining power.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Did you get anything on my face?”
“No, nothing.”
“huh… If you want to know how my father is doing, you can come and see it in person.”
“Yeah, I guess it should be.”
“… Are you kidding me?”
I shrugged and passed by Berriesrize.
Berrys Rize looked at me behind my back, but I just ignored it and went back to my dorm room.
Before taking the 3rd test, I wanted to focus on my magic practice while taking the elixir I received this time.
* * *
The quality of elixir improves in order of blue, red, yellow, green, white, and black.
The best elixir I have ever received was green, but this time I received a white elixir.
It was awarded for his achievements in the battle with the Waldfeld family, and it is said that it is the first time that a white elixir is given to a student who has not passed the 3rd exam.
‘Since the black elixir is awarded directly by the imperial family, it can be said that it is the most prestigious elixir received from the academy.’
I don’t know what kind of discussion at the upper levels of the academy decided to give me a white elixir.
But I knew it was a decision that empowered me.
After winning the battle against the Waldfeld family, the academy began to emerge as a ‘force’ with a presence more than a master swordsman.
If you highlight the existence of the Candidate for the Archduke Lichtenauer here, the Academy’s presence will become even greater.
‘The Lichtenauer Swordsmanship Academy has an Archduke Lichtenauer who will serve the Emperor in the future… It will be more effective if you emphasize it like this.’
However, the entire upper part of the academy probably did not agree to fully support me.
Because I haven’t been confirmed as Archduke Lichtenauer yet.
Above all, one of the advisors, Calleon, is the head of the Ignias family.
He probably hasn’t given up on his dream of making Rufus Grand Duke of Lichtenauer yet, so he’ll try to contain me somehow.
‘There must be professors who support Heinrich more than me, but nothing has been decided yet.’
Heinrich was nowhere to be seen in the dorm room.
It was because he went to subjugate the remnants of the Waldfeld family that remained in various parts of the West.
Heinrich had not yet given up and was trying desperately.
‘What I’m going to do at this point is… Growing stronger.’
I drank the milky liquid and sat cross-legged.
And instead of using the Eastern-style magic training method, he started absorbing magic power using the Black Heaven Magic Bridge’s Black Heaven Magic Method.
This is because the Eastern-style magic training method is only A-rank, but the Black Heaven magic training method was obtained from the Archbishop of Heukcheon-Magyo, so it was SS-rank.
‘Gain up your strength to the fullest and pass the 3rd test… It moves.’
I closed my eyes and circulated the magical energy of the White Elixir in my veins.
I could feel the mana heart of the higher grade Graduate getting stronger.
* * *
And finally, it was the day to challenge the 3rd test.
I left the dormitory with my close friends seeing me off.
The place where the 3rd test was held was close to the island where the punishment building used to be.
“Welcome, Ernas.”
“Professor Yols?”
When I arrived at the rocky island, Yols was waiting for me.
“Is your professor overseeing this exam?”
“No, only today.”
Yols looked at my face and said in a calm voice.
“I wanted to see your face before the third test.”
“professor… … .”
“Ernas, as you may know, the 3rd exam is much more dangerous than the 1st or 2nd exam.”
The first test was just playing tag with the instructors.
The second test was a practical form, but the risk was still not very high.
But the third test was different.
“A cave deeper and wider than Jeonbeol-dong… Passing the Iron Blood Copper (鐵血洞) is the third test.”
iron blood.
It is a huge facility located under this rocky mountain.
When the Lichtenauer Swordsmanship Academy was first established, it was made by the Iron Blood Swordsman himself.
“The second test was to evaluate whether it was a grade that could be put into practice. But the third test is a test that evaluates whether you can overcome all kinds of adversity as a graduate.”
“… … .”
“There are all kinds of dangers inside. I can’t tell you the details, but… The ancient relic ‘Golem’ is also installed.”
Golems are automatically moving stone statues.
Originally, it was a kind of guard guarding the ruins of the ancients, but later people brought it and used it in places like this.
“There are quite a few deaths in every rider. That’s why the academy blocks students who think they’re not good enough to take the 3rd exam yet.”
Saying that, Yoles smiled bitterly.
“Of course, if it’s your skill, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“professor… … .”
“I believe you will be able to pass the 3rd test easily.”
Yoles reached out and grabbed my shoulder.
“Let’s pass the test and meet again with a better image.”
“Yes, I will go, Professor.”
With Yols seeing off, I entered the entrance to the Iron Blood Cave.
As we went down the black stairs, the cave began in earnest.
‘It’s dark.’
There was no light, but by using magic power, he was able to distinguish objects.
Although there were artificial facilities here and there, it was basically a natural cave.
I couldn’t hear anything except the sound of my footsteps, so it felt strange.
“… … .”
As we continued down the downhill road, there was an existence blocking the way ahead.
A stone statue about twice as tall as me… It was a golem.
There was a mark on the floor in front of it, meaning that if you cross the mark, the golem will attack.
‘There are many ways to get through here.’
There is also a way to pass without fighting directly.
Whether it’s passing between the legs of a golem with spiritual magic, or jumping up to the ceiling and falling over the golem’s head.
It takes time, but you can find a detour and go there.
‘The golem does not leave its position, so there is no need to fight.’
Originally, the academy didn’t expect students to defeat this guy, either.
Because this golem is so hard, it is difficult to destroy even with the swordsmanship of the Academy Professors.
Fight or not fight, just jump over there.
However, I had no intention of breaking through this golem like that.
“… … .”
I drew the sword from my waist.
And slowly walked towards the golem.
The golem did not react at first, but as I approached over the marker, it began to move.
“Woo woo… … .”
A strange start sound was made, and the golem moved his arm.
It seemed that getting hit by that big fist would cause more damage than being hit by Mikhail’s fist.
Observing the fist, I muttered briefly.
“It’s been a lot of hard work.”
This golem has guarded this place for a thousand years.
Originally, the place this golem had to protect was the remains of the ancients, but it was forcibly brought to the wrong place.
If the golem had a personality, it would be a very bitter thing.
“Now rest.”
Without any understanding of what I was saying to myself, the golem raised a large fist towards me.
But I took the pose without any regard for it.
And the moment the golem’s fist fell towards my body.
“… … !”
Quang!
A dazzling golden black color flashed.
The German swordsmanship obtained from Mikhail Waldfeld, the ultimate grader… It was the sword technique of Waldfeld’s Golden Swordsmanship.
The golem that was about to tap my body stopped moving… After a while, two pieces came and were destroyed.
‘It’s perfect for trying out Waldfeld’s Golden Swordsmanship.’
It’s good to have mastered the Waldfeld Golden Swordsmanship, but there was no one to test it with.
The golems placed here have higher durability than ordinary Graduate, so it’s perfect for practicing Waldfeld’s Golden Swordsmanship.
‘And the golem is not the only one.’
I don’t know how many golems there are in front of me.
Still, there will be enough numbers to practice.
‘I think I can practice combining it with Changree Gumgang.’
Harmonizing the swordsmanship of Waldfeld’s Golden Swordsmanship and the swordsmanship of Callesius Spearsword.
That is the new realm I am pursuing at this point.
By the time you finish this exam, you will be able to complete it.
‘then… Let’s go ahead.’
In this cave, not only golems but also traps and all kinds of difficulties exist.
I plan to break through them all from the front.
With the belief that I could reach my goal, I began to walk through the Iron Blood without hesitation.