Chapter 141 Sword of Hundred Flowers (1)
burning forest.
Landing there, I looked around.
Heinrich, Serine, and Chloe were injured, but fortunately they didn’t seem to be in a serious situation.
The problem was Yoles, who was losing his mind, and appeared to be seriously injured.
“Aernas… … .”
Heinrich glared at me and opened his mouth.
“Why are you here? Wasn’t it moving with the main unit in a far away place?”
“I guess I’ll have to come running myself.”
“what?”
“Because there was a possibility that Carleon Ignias would defeat the detached unit individually.”
Originally, individual breaking was a strategy we liked to use.
The academy, which lacked troops, had no choice but to defeat the enemies individually with a strong graduate.
However, Carleon had been a professor at the academy for a while, and throughout the eastern part of this place, he suffered greatly from the academy’s individual defeat tactics.
Carleon may also try individual defeat tactics… With that in mind, I came running here.
“Actually, I wasn’t sure. It was like a gamble, but luckily it worked out.”
“Aernas, you… … .”
Heinrich looked at me as if he was dumbfounded.
But I didn’t respond and turned my gaze to Celine and Chloe.
“Cerine, Chloe, can you stand up?”
“Yes, Ernas… … .”
“are you okay.”
Serine and Chloe stood up, using swords as staffs.
After checking their physical condition once again, I spoke in a calm voice.
“There are many things I want to say, but I don’t have much time right now.”
Saying that, I turned my gaze to Yoles.
“Take Professor Yoles with you.”
“Aernas, but… … .”
“Please.”
“… … .”
Serene bit her lip.
Seeing that, Chloe pulled Serine’s arm.
“Serine, let’s go.”
“Chloe… … .”
“At this point, this is about all we can do for Aernas-sama.”
“all right.”
Eventually, Chloe hugged Yols, and Serine left, guarding her side with her sword in hand.
“Be careful, Aernas.”
Before leaving, Serene looked at me and left a desperate voice.
All in all, he would have wanted to fight alongside me.
“It’s a good decision, Aernas.”
Looking at the backs of the girls, Heinrich opened his mouth.
“They would only get in the way if they were there.”
“Don’t get me wrong, Heinrich.”
“what?”
“If I thought you would listen to me, I would have told you to run away from here too.”
“You guys… … !”
If I had told Heinrich to run away from here, he wouldn’t have listened.
“You are really cheeky, Aernas! A guy like you is really… … !”
“Tell me later. Because now is not the time for that.”
“Aernas!”
As they were arguing like that, Carleon, who had been watching, opened his mouth.
“You get along well, Aernas and Heinrich.”
“It isn’t.”
“It’s a misunderstanding!”
Carleon let out a sigh as he saw Heinrich and I rebelling.
“Looking at you guys, I feel like I went back to my days as an academy professor.”
“Carleon.”
“There was a time when I watched you guys grow up with a complicated feeling. I even stayed awake at night worrying about how I could make Rufus catch up with you guys.”
Saying that, Carleon put on a bitter expression.
“It was so peaceful back then. I never imagined things would turn out like this.”
“… … .”
“If I had known this was going to happen, I would have gotten rid of you at all costs then.”
If Carleon had used his hand at that time, there would have been no way to counter it.
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Like me and Heinrich, it was because I was still immature.
“You were not one of those people, Carleon Ignias.”
I looked at Carleon and said.
“As the head of the Ignias family and the academy’s advisor, you tried to do everything as squarely as possible. There was no cowardly way of trying to win, and no trickery without admitting defeat.”
Because of that, I was able to live relatively comfortably at the academy.
If Carleon, the academy’s advisor, was a person who did sly things without hesitation… I would have been neurotic, afraid of not knowing when I would be attacked.
“When the Lancaster family did something cowardly to me, they were seriously angry and actively responded. I liked the way you looked.”
“I didn’t expect to hear you say that.”
Carleon said with a surprised expression.
“but… Judging from how you say it in the past tense, it means it’s not now.”
“Yes, Caleon Ignias.”
I nodded.
“If you had meekly admitted that Rufus was not up to Heinrich and me and stayed at the academy and fulfilled your duty, I would have continued to acknowledge you.”
“… … .”
“It looks like his son won’t win the competition, so he’s breaking the board and trying to win by force. Now you… I have become a man no different from Claubice.”
Of course, there are aspects that are unavoidable.
It was because the heads of other families started to break the table before Carleon did.
“You are now degenerated into an ordinary man greedy for power. It is not worthy of respect.”
“I admit it, Aernas… … .”
Carleon put on a bitter expression.
“As you said, I abandoned the principles I had been following. You turned everything upside down to gain power.”
“… … .”
“but… I am the head of the Ignias family.”
Saying that, Carleon glared at me.
“You have to do your best for the prosperity of your family. For that sake, I can throw away any amount of personal pride.”
To lead the Ignias family to victory.
Carleon has abandoned even the pride he has kept and is now here.
“Is that why you took the magical power of the keel you were planning to give to Rufus?”
“Did you see through that? Great.”
Carleon smiled bitterly.
“Yes, the Ignias family is in dire need of victory. Even if I had to steal the elixir I prepared for my son, I had to defeat you all.”
“… … .”
“so… Aernas.”
Glaring at me, Carleon raised his sword.
“It’s nice to see you come running like this. Because I wanted to get rid of you before my mana ran out.”
“Aernas… … !”
Next to me, Heinrich urgently shouted.
“Carleon uses flame sword techniques like dragon breath with enormous magical power! In addition, an artifact that recovers mana… … .”
“I know, so you don’t have to explain, Heinrich.”
right after that.
Intense flames erupted from Carleon’s sword.
Heinrich and I evaded the attack by scattering in both directions.
‘As expected, Heinrich moves fast. Anyone else would have been consumed by the flames.’
Heinrich had reached the advanced level of the graduate.
Even so, Heinrich had been excellent enough to match an opponent of a higher level in terms of speed from before.
If you focus only on avoidance, you will be able to respond sufficiently to Carleon’s flames.
‘But that’s all.’
Carleon is showing power that transcends the level of the graduate level.
Heinrich’s skills, which have not yet reached the peak, cannot fight properly.
If you keep running away, your physical strength and magic power will be exhausted and you will collapse.
‘Because Carleon is using a nipple guard.’
Artifact ‘Nipple Gadir’.
Caleon’s ancestor, Prince Yeomok… An artifact used by the first Duke of Ignias.
Because it has the ability to reabsorb surrounding mana, Carleon can freely spew high-powered flames.
So even if you dragged the time while running away, you couldn’t drain Carleon’s magical power.
‘but… … .’
I approached Heinrich while avoiding Carleon’s attack.
And while organizing his thoughts, he spoke to Heinrich.
“Heinrich, I have a favor to ask you.”
“ask?”
Heinrich, who was desperately dodging the attack, opened his eyes wide.
“I want you to take your time.”
“Time… … ?”
“If you give me time, I can counterattack Carleon.”
“… … !”
In the meantime, I’ve been preparing a means to defeat Carleon.
This is because the current Carleon is a monster that cannot be defeated by ordinary fighting.
But time was running out.
Because it’s not 100% complete yet… Someone needed time.
“Please, Heinrich.”
“… … .”
Hearing my voice, I saw Heinrich biting his lip.
* * *
“i get it.”
After answering briefly, Heinrich flew forward.
Fierce flames attacked, but he swung his sword and dug into the gap.
‘It’s frustrating, but… Now I have no choice but to rely on you.’
I was able to understand more clearly when I met him in person.
Aernas has reached a much higher level than the current self.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I’ll give up on catching up with Aernas… I had to admit that Aernas was stronger now.
‘I need your strength to defeat Carleon Ignias.’
Heinrich is a proud personality.
That’s why I didn’t want to play the role of buying time for Aernas.
However, now Heinrich is standing in front of a mighty enemy called Carleon.
As long as you realize that defeating Carleon on your own is impossible… I have no choice but to rely on Aernas.
‘Aernas, so… Show me.’
With all his might, he raises his mana and breaks through the blazing flames.
As he approached Carleon, Heinrich raised his sword.
‘I want you to show me in front of me that you are a person who can become my milestone!’
coo kung!
The flames that grazed his arm set the self-defense device on fire.
Feeling the pain of burning his skin, Heinrich roared.
“Caleon Ignias! I will deal with you!”
“You don’t know how precious your life is!”
Carleon raised his sword with a huge flame spreading around him.
While holding back Aernas, who was somewhere, with flames, he tried to directly cut down Heinrich, who was approaching, with his sword.
“You still haven’t figured out the subject!”
“Ugh… … !”
cooong!
The moment swords collided, Heinrich was pushed back.
“Even with your capabilities as a pure swordsman, you are not up to me!”
“… … !”
Quaang!
Carleon’s sharp sword attack attacked Heinrich.
I managed to block it, but the impact was too great.
The pain in my wrist was so severe that I almost missed the sword in an instant.
“Don’t underestimate… … !”
Raising his voice, he attacked Carleon again.
As the flames grazed, there were burns all over the skin. However, he didn’t care at all and launched a series of attacks.
“Haaa… … !”
Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwam!
The crux, the super-fast 4 consecutive attacks that represent Agrippa’s cutting technique, unfolded.
However, unlike before, it was completely blocked by Carleon.
“I have already completely understood your technique!”
“Kuh… … !”
Chew!
The blade that had pierced through the self-defense machine, dug into Heinrich’s left shoulder.
Heinrich felt excruciating pain as his skin was torn and his flesh burned.
but… He held on by biting his lips.
“… … ?!”
Carleon was taken aback by Heinrich’s refusal to withdraw.
Feeling the blood flowing from his bitten lips, Heinrich fired a counterattack with all his might.
A final blow enveloped in blue lightning.
“This… … !”
It was the sword skill of the Calesius Spear Sword, which he had recently acquired through Professor Yols.
It was still unfamiliar, but it was enough to catch Carleon off guard.
Realizing that the sword force of blue lightning was aiming at his neck, Carleon twisted his body in a hurry.
“Ugh… … !”
Dig!
The blade of Calesius’ lightning sword stroked Caleon’s forehead.
The wound wasn’t deep, but blood flowed out and soaked half of Carleon’s face.
“Keugh… … .”
After all, with my current skills, it would be impossible to properly injure Carleon.
Feeling helpless, Heinrich knelt down on one knee.
Heinrich had already reached his limit.
“Heinrich, you bastard… … .”
Carleon opened his eyes wide and looked down at Heinrich.
He was surprised by Heinrich who exceeded his expectations.
Heinrich felt satisfied with that response.
‘This is all I can do, Aernas… … .’
In his fading consciousness, Heinrich spoke to Aernas in his heart.
‘I’ve endured this much… Are you ready now?’
Heinrich turned his head in front of Carleon, who raised his sword to suffocate.
And finally saw
“… … !”
coo kung!
The flames that covered the forest split in half.
Surprised, Carleon raised his head and shouted.
“What… … !”
A white thing was surging through the flames.
It was like a white dragon, and it was also like a snake.
But when I looked closely… It was an assembly of small blades like scales.
Blades of cold ice cut through the flames as they danced like the blades of a sword.
“Aernas, what the hell… … !”
Carleon was embarrassed and raised his voice.
“Is it Cervest’s white fire swordsmanship? No, even Professor Ferdinand couldn’t use this technique! what the hell is this… … !”
“No, this is Cervest’s white fire swordsmanship.”
Aernas’s cold voice came from beyond the ice sword that cut through the flames.
“But Professor Ferdinand can’t write… It’s a technology I created myself.”
“What, what?”
The flame was roaring, but it could not melt the ice blade.
Rather, the magic that makes up the flame is frozen in the cold… It was becoming part of the blade.
“Cervest, a cutting-edge swordsmanship… Are you saying that we have pioneered a new realm?!”
“Yes, Caleon Ignias.”
Heinrich felt satisfied as he heard Carleon’s flustered voice.
After all, Ernas… He is a true swordsman genius, enough to make him a milestone.
“This is it… It’s White Flower Sword Lin.”
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Please take care of the back work, Aernas.
While muttering that in his heart, Heinrich lost consciousness.
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