Chapter 129 To the climax (3)
The academy’s forces departed from the south and entered the east without difficulty.
The southern and eastern border areas were where the influence of the Agrippa family was strong, but there was little resistance because the Agrippa family decided to remain neutral.
“Thank you for coming to the East, Professor Valentiano.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Oleana.”
It was Oleana Clarion, the head of the Clarion family, who welcomed the academy that entered the East.
The Clarion family, like the Bastian family, is a marquess family right below the 6th great swordsman family, and they gave strength to Aernas at the last 6 swords meeting.
Originally, because he had a close relationship with the Landstein family, he was currently playing a pivotal role in the anti-Ignias forces in the East.
“As I said beforehand, we, the Clarion family, don’t have that many troops. It is not easy to protect the territory… I am not in good health anymore.”
Oleana is an advanced graduate, but she is too old and has put down her sword.
“All we can help with is supply and rear support.”
“That is enough, Miss Oleana.”
“I will ask other prestigious families to give their strength to the academy. There are many families who are dissatisfied with the Agnias family.”
Saying that, Oleana glanced around.
“By the way, is Aernas-sama not here?”
“Ernas started out elsewhere. They will arrive later than us.”
“okay.”
Oleana nodded and smiled.
“I heard that Aernas-nim defeated Claubice Schreier. Maybe he will become the youngest and highest level prosecutor ever.”
“me too… I think so.”
“I wonder what kind of expression Mr. Perfectio would make if he knew this.”
“… … .”
Perfectio Landstein.
The head of the Landstein family and the father of Aernas.
He is now confined to the Iron-Blooded Emperor’s mausoleum with his aides.
The private soldiers of the Landstein family are also silent in their estate at the edge of the East.
“Oleana-sama, can’t we get the Landstein family’s cooperation?”
“It will be difficult. It seems to be a non-intervention policy.”
“… … .”
Among the six great swordsmanship families, only the Landstein family remains silent.
Instead, Ernas Landstein was actively moving, but it was true that it was a rather strange situation.
It can be said that it is unavoidable because the memorial service for the iron blood sword is being held under the emperor’s order, but… … .
“I can’t help it. We don’t expect anything from the Landstein family, but with our own strength… … .”
“Lady Oleana!”
At that time, someone from the Clarion family came running urgently.
“This is just the news! It is said that the Bastian family’s nature has been captured!”
“It turned out that way, after all.”
Oleana nodded with a calm expression.
The Bastian family was under attack from the Ignias family. It held out for quite some time, but it was still impossible to stop the onslaught of the Ignias family.
“Is there any news from Youst?”
“It looks like you ran away with your entourage. They say the Ignias family is tracking them.”
“I’m glad.”
Several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Just Bastian, the head of the Bastian family, is more influential in the East than Oleana.
From the perspective of the Ignias family, they must have wanted to defeat Justus.
“Professor Valentiano, I think you should send troops to Justus.”
“Yes, it should be.”
Valentiano nodded.
“Then I will entrust this task to Professor Yoles.”
“Professor Yoles, who was given the title of ‘dragon sword’ by His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes, Celine from the Bastian family is also under Professor Yoles.”
Saying that, Valentiano looked at the map.
“For now, Professor Yols’s detached unit will keep the Ignias family in check while searching for Youst, and I and Professor Angela’s main force will attack the Ignias family from the front.”
“If you attack from the front… … .”
“Yes, maybe in the plains of Plation… … .”
Valentiano frowned as he stared at the map.
“I will clash with the Sword King, Gardius Plation.”
* * *
The Plateion Plain is a large land located in the middle of the eastern part.
It has been managed by the family of Count Plation for generations.
It’s normally a peaceful area, but now Ignias Family’s soldiers were deployed.
Whether coming from the East or the South, there is a high probability that the Academy’s troops will pass through this plain.
“Raticle-sama, it seems that the academy’s forces from the south have come in contact with the Clarion family.”
“Hmm, I see.”
The red-haired man with a sturdy physique nodded.
He was a high-ranking graduate swordsman named Raticle Ignias, and was in charge of the Plation Plain under the command of his cousin Carleon.
“Professor Valentiano and Professor Angela are said to be coming up here with troops.”
“I will be arriving this way soon. Prepare thoroughly.”
“All right.”
“I will meet Gardius-nim.”
Raticle left the barracks and crossed the plain.
The destination was the mansion of the Plation family.
“This is Raticle Ignias. Is Gardius-sama in your seat?”
“Yes, come in.”
Guided by the butler, we entered the mansion.
However, I started to smell blood somewhere.
“What happened today?”
“I think you’d better check it yourself.”
“… … ?”
Right after entering the door opened by the butler, Raticle doubted his eyes.
Because there was a corpse with a blown head lying in the room.
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“Go, Lord Gardius!”
“Why are you making such a fuss?”
The old man, who was sitting in a large chair, replied in a cold voice.
He was a gray-haired old man full of wrinkles, but his physique was stronger than a laticle.
This old man is… It was the ‘Sword King’ Gardius Plation, the head of the Plation family.
“Hey, who is this?”
“He is the one from the Blood Sword Elders.”
“Did the Blood Sword Elders send an assassin to Lord Gardius?”
Raticle was dumbfounded.
How could he assassinate the ‘sword king’ Gardius?
“They asked me to cooperate.”
“Tongue, did you say a request for cooperation?”
“He said to join hands to annihilate Ernas Landstein.”
“… … !”
“If I went to your Ignias family, it would be obvious they wouldn’t deal with you, so it looks like they came to me.”
Certainly, the Ignias family does not hold hands with bastards like the Blood Sword Elders.
That’s why you’re looking for Gardius… … .
“There were too many requirements, so I just killed them.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Gardius is not a particularly violent person.
Rather, he was known for his mild personality in normal times.
but… It’s different when you’re facing a fight with a rival.
“Professor Valentiano, to bother Gardius who is about to fight with Professor Angela… He doesn’t know how precious his life is.”
“What are you talking about, Raticle.”
“yes?”
“Such small pups are no match for me.”
“… … !”
“I competed against Valentiano more than ten years ago and I won. I’ve never fought with Angela, but… There’s no way I’m going to lose to a woman who just runs around.”
Absolute confidence that even ignored Valentiano and Angela, the top graduates.
This was the ‘sword king’ Gardius.
“Then Gardius-sama… … .”
“The one I’m waiting for is Ernas Landstein.”
“… … !”
“I heard that a guy who only became a graduate for about a year defeated Claubice Schreier and Salvatore Atillion by himself.”
Gardius’ cloudy eyes burned.
“He is a promising player who has been around for a long time. I want to fight a guy with unknown skills.”
“Ha, but, Gardius-sama.”
Raticle said cautiously.
“Aernas will probably arrive a little late. Professor Valentiano or Professor Angela will arrive first, so you have to fight them first… … .”
“That is not my business.”
“yes?”
“I am only interested in fighting Aernas.”
“Oh no, Lord Gardius!”
Hearing the unexpected words, Raticle hurriedly raised his voice.
“You can’t do this! Isn’t that different from the original story!”
The reason why the head of the house, Caleon Ignias, had a hard time recruiting Gardius was to stop the best professors in the academy.
If Gardius comes out like this, the operation will be entangled.
“Isn’t the part already discussed with our family head!”
“Well, I don’t know.”
“Gardius-sama… … !”
Raticle felt sweat pouring down his back.
‘Yeah, I couldn’t make a big impact because of this kind of personality… … .’
Although he possessed enough skills to be called the Sword King, people did not follow him because of his eccentric personality.
He did not have as many disciples as Salvatore, who ran a swordsmanship studio in the South.
A solitary general who reigns alone in the plains of Plation… This was the ‘sword king’ Gardius.
“Hey, please listen to me for now.”
Laticle desperately persuaded Gardius while sweating profusely.
If I can’t somehow bring Gardius to the battlefield, the plains of Plation will be breached before Aernas arrives.
* * *
Since when have you been losing your mind?
“here is… … .”
I looked around.
I must have been sitting in a specially designed carriage.
After taking Amrita that Ferdinand made, I was sitting cross-legged and using my magic… … .
“Is this my mental world?”
Now I was standing alone in a pure white space.
I was able to recognize it right away because I had described a similar space in a novel.
So I wasn’t too upset.
“Looks like it worked.”
In the novel, Archandel, the main character, experienced this kind of space when he reached his peak.
So my being here meant things were going smoothly.
“Magic power… It seems to be slowly settling in me.”
Right now I am trapped in the mental world, but I could vaguely feel what the physical body was like in reality.
The immense energy of Amrita was circulating in my blood vessels and gradually integrating into my body.
“I don’t know when it will end, but it won’t be a problem.”
It is set that it will take 15 days to absorb all of Amrita’s energy.
Like Elixir, it was not an elixir applied with modern technology, so it could not be helped.
However, since I do not know how much time has passed, I do not know how much longer I will have to wait.
“Is there anything special going on outside?”
Outside now, Professor Ferdinand, Schmitz, and the viola will be watching over me.
However, if a fierce battle ensues, you don’t know what will happen.
“I don’t think the Blood Sword Elders would attack me when there are so many people around me… … .”
The problem is when you enter the East and fight the Ignias family.
The Sword King, Swordsman, and Carleon Ignias… Can we finish it before we collide with those guys?
“It’s not like absorbing all the mana and storing it in the mana heart.”
It is not enough to store Amrita’s magical power in Mana Heart.
You must use that magical power to enter the climax of the graduate level.
It would be dangerous to use this enormous amount of mana without reaching its peak.
Because there is a high possibility of becoming a disabled person because of the runaway magical power.
“In this spirit world, you must gain enlightenment to reach the pinnacle.”
It was like that in the novel too.
The main character, Arkandel, struggled desperately in this mental world to gain enlightenment, and returned to the real world as a graduate.
At that time, Arkandel… I gained enlightenment through fighting with myself.
“Then I… Should I gain enlightenment through fighting Ernas Landstein?”
I waited with my arms crossed while thinking about that.
OK… At some point, a presence began to be felt from behind.
“Tsk, something like this.”
When I turned around, there was someone else standing there, not Aernas.
Something I’ve never met in this world… It was the main character of the novel, Arkandel.
“Yes, transcending oneself was important to Arkandel, but… The existence I have to transcend is not Aernas.”
I’ve never thought about transcending myself.
The idea of transcending Aernas in the novel is the same.
However, I thought a lot about surpassing Arkandel.
“I have to transcend you so that I can become a true protagonist.”
In fact, I couldn’t see Arkandel’s face very well.
It was blurry, so I couldn’t tell the difference between the features.
Still, he instinctively knew that Arkandel was right.
He has been with me for a long time… Because he was the protagonist of the novel.
“Okay, Arkandel.”
When I moved my hand, a sword appeared in my hand.
Arkandel was also posing with a sword.
“Beat you… I will reach a level where I can defeat the Sword King, Swordsman, and Carleon Ignias.”
Of course, that doesn’t end there.
You have to reach a level that has never been described in fiction.
“Because I have to reach beyond the climax.”
surpass the novels I wrote.
By surpassing the main character I created.
I will reach a level that only I can reach.
As the newly born Ernas Landstein, I will rise to the pinnacle of this world.