Chapter 179 Academy Incident (5)
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Lichtenauer Swordsmanship Academy is a place where swordsmen can be made to defeat the enemies of the Empire in accordance with the iron-blooded sword system.
President Aldbaut has always thought so.
If the Iron Blood Sword Emperor had not ordered the establishment of an academy, swordsmanship would have been taught only as an apprentice within a certain group.
However, with the establishment of the academy, swordsmanship from all over the country was gathered in one place, and various swordsmanships could be learned more efficiently.
It is also the policy of the Iron Blood Sword System to administer elixir to students so that they can grow into graduates.
That’s why the growth of academy students into graduates who do their part could be said to be entirely the grace of the iron-blooded sword system.
So, if you are an academy student, it is normal to obey the will of the iron and blood sword system.
It was enough for the iron-blooded sword to become a single sword that could defeat the enemies of the empire as desired.
If you reject it… He was an ungrateful man who abandoned the grace of the Iron Blood Sword Emperor.
“Aernas Landstein, a traitor who does not understand the will of His Majesty the Iron-Blooded Sword Emperor… … !”
Aldbaut burned his hatred for Aernas.
In the meantime, Aldbaut had been thinking that Aernas would become the Grand Duke of Lichtenauer and contribute to the stability of the empire.
However, Aernas showed an excessively chauvinistic move, mercilessly eliminating his rivals and neutralizing even the Iron Blood Knights.
He even defeated the Patriarch of the Black Heaven Demonic Cult and became the absolute strongest in this world.
I couldn’t just leave something like that alone.
“If you had shown true loyalty, I would not have gone this far… … !”
Aernas made no attempt to prove his loyalty.
He quickly flew to the academy and appeared in front of Aldbaut.
Just as he saw through that Aldbaut was trying to persuade Ferdinand and Yoles.
Aernas, who appeared like that, showed an arrogant attitude even in front of Aldbaut’s questioning.
It seemed that he had no intention of giving allegiance to the Empire and the Iron Blooded Sword Emperor.
A guy like that… can’t keep it alive
“I will kill you, Ernas Landstein!”
Aldbaut raised his sword again.
Aldbaut just spurted blood at Aernas’ attack.
But now, all injuries have healed.
It was because he used the imprint of a sword demon passed down by Alessi of the Landstein family.
“Ohhh… … !”
coo kung!
I could see that mana was gushing out of his whole body.
Right now, Aldbaut is generating fierce mana from his entire body, just like the Elder Dragon.
Originally, graduates only used the magic stored in their mana hearts, but now Aldbaut was producing additional magic from the skeleton of his whole body.
Right now, Aldbaut’s bones were generating enormous magical power like a keel.
“This is the swordsman who fights for His Majesty the Iron and Blood Sword System… It is the power of a sword demon!”
Cuckoo coo!
The moment he swung the sword, a huge shockwave was generated.
He just swung his sword into the air, and that alone caused the president’s office to collapse.
As Aernas escaped through the collapsed ceiling, Aldbaut also threw himself in pursuit.
“Ernas Landstein! I didn’t know that you got the speed of the mental world!”
Aldbaut shouted as he pursued Aernas.
“But I get it! Did you get that speed and defeat the Patriarch!’
In order to overcome the finiteness of the material world, the state of realizing the infinity of the spiritual world.
The attack that Aernas had just before had reached that level.
That’s why Aldbaut couldn’t detect Aernas’ attack at all.
The attack came faster than the blink of an eye, and Aldbaut was mortally wounded.
“He must be planning to use that power to ascend to the top of the empire and usurp the throne. however… … !”
Aldbaut soared through the air and shouted.
“The ability to enter the spirit world… Don’t think you’re the only one!”
A thousand years ago, the iron-blooded sword emperor destroyed two races, demons and elder dragons.
Demons were a race that pursued the limits of the body… The Elder Dragon pursued the extremes of the spirit.
The Elder Dragons have long struggled to overcome the limitations of the material world, and finally succeeded in bringing the speed of the spirit world to the material world.
It was developed by the subordinates of the Iron Blood Sword Emperor using their know-how… straight up black
“Die, Ernas Landstein… … !”
That moment.
The space surrounding Aldbaut stopped.
Aernas running away, the collapsing building, and Ferdinand and Yoles watching from a distance, everything came to a standstill.
Of course, time does not actually stand still.
This phenomenon occurred because Aldbaut’s consciousness was adjusted to the speed of the spiritual world, not the speed of the material world.
Now Aldbaut can move in this space where time seems to have stopped.
“Haaa!”
Wow!
Lichtenau’s Celestial Swordsmanship unfolded with white swordsmanship.
Lichtenau’s Tenrang swordsmanship is the academy’s strongest swordsmanship, which was completed by studying all swordsmanships in the east, west, south, and north.
This white sword looks like soft smoke on the outside, but in reality it has the power to neutralize the opponent’s sword and self-defense and inflict fatal wounds.
Aldbaut intended to kill Aernas with a white sword at the speed of the spirit world.
“It’s no use.”
“… … ?!”
Cuckoo!
A shockwave that seemed to collapse space spread around.
Aldbaut, whose concentration was broken by the shock, returned to the material world.
In the space where time began to flow again, I saw Aernas floating in the air intact.
“My attack… Did you completely block it?”
“Aldbaut, you are misunderstanding something.”
“Are you mistaken?”
“I think you know what a great thing it is to be a Sword Demon, but it’s not like that at all.”
Aernas spoke in a calm voice.
“Sword Demons were developed as consumables by the subordinates of the Iron Blood Sword System.”
“Expendables… … ?”
“Yeah, it’s because the Iron Blood Sword Emperor and the 6 Dukes aren’t enough. We also need guys to play the role of low-level soldiers below.”
Saying that, Aernas put on a bitter expression.
“They wanted a soldier who could embody the speed of the spirit world. But it’s impossible for normal graduates. That’s why I made a technique to forcibly enter the spirit world by using the corpse of an elder dragon specialized in mental power.”
“… … .”
“As a side effect of that, the Sword Demon gradually loses his sanity. Even now you… You must be less judgmental than before.”
Hearing those words, Aldbaut held his breath.
It was true that he was more excited than usual.
“Aldbaut, you weren’t originally a character with such an emotional personality. It’s a side effect of the sword naturalization.”
“… … .”
“Take a look at yourself. you really… Are you on the right path as a prosecutor?”
Am I on the right path as a prosecutor?
That question filled my mind.
However, Aldbaut immediately shook his head vigorously.
“Shut up, Ernas Landstein!”
“Aldbaut… … .”
“I am the Imperial Sword! Iron Blood Sword Emperor’s Sword! I will not be seduced by the words of a traitor like you… … !”
No need to think any more.
There is no need to be swayed by the words of such an ungrateful traitor.
Brainwashing himself like that, Aldbaut raised his mana.
“Die, Aernas… … !”
In order to kill Aernas, Aldbaut unleashed the final technique of Lichtenau’s Celestial Sword.
* * *
‘I feel a little sympathy.’
Watching Aldbaut, I felt a bittersweet feeling.
Right now, Aldbaut must be engulfed in pride that he is the swordsman chosen by the Iron Blood Emperor.
However, that is not the case at all.
If you look at that figure with the scales sprouting with the elements of the Elder Dragon applied, the Iron-Blooded Sword Emperor and his aides will frown and despise him.
‘Sword Demons are improvised consumables. It’s not the iron blood test system.’
Changing the body was originally the method of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult.
The iron-blood sword system does not touch the body at all.
They did not remodel their bodies at all, but only pursued to become transcendent beings by rising to a high level mentally.
Nevertheless, the reason why the iron-blooded sword system developed the sword demon was because they knew that only a few people could reach that level.
In order to make usable soldiers in a short period of time, there is no choice but to remodel the body like the Black Heaven Demonic Cult.
‘It’s a consumable item that will be used for a while anyway… It’s okay to be a monster without any aesthetics.’
Aldbaut has the pride of fighting for the iron-blooded sword system… The Iron and Blood Swordsman side did not respect such pride in the slightest.
It was a sad story.
‘so… I’ll knock it down here.’
Right now, Aldbaut was about to unleash the ‘Sirius Fang’, the final stage of Lichtenau’s Celestial Swordsmanship.
Sirius Fang is a technique that unleashes enormous magical energy with sword blades. At first it looks like a single attack, but in reality, 10 sword blades are overlapped.
The moment you think you’ve blocked the attack, it’s a technique that rips the opponent apart as the 10 blades unfold in a complex trajectory.
‘As long as they are beings who can realize the speed of the spirit world, the match will be decided depending on which one is at a higher level.’
Even in the spiritual world, there is a superiority and inferiority in speed.
But I’m still a beginner at the sword level.
With this ability… You cannot win against Iron Blood Sword Emperor or 6 Dukes.
‘but… Aldbaut, who became a sword demon and forcibly entered the spiritual world, is on the same level as me.’
Aldbaut must be defeated.
And based on that experience, you have to climb to a higher level.
Otherwise, I will be killed by the Sangvis Sword Emperor or the 6th Duke.
‘so… Here, I will kill Aldbaut with the Black Sky Sword.’
Right now, I have the Black Sky Sword I brought from the headquarters of the Dark Heaven Demonic Cult.
This isn’t just a magic sword, it’s an artifact like Yusrecht or Niflgadir.
I focused my mind while holding the Black Sky Sword.
‘The original function of the Black Sky Sword is… space sensing.’
In the novel, the Black Sky Sword was an artifact with a function called ‘space sensing’.
As an effect that maximizes space perception, you can automatically detect how enemies are moving within the effective range.
In the novel, it is described as being able to understand the enemy’s movements as if looking down from the sky.
However, since I am a writer of novels, I can understand the detailed settings of the artifacts.
So, as in the case of Usrecht and Niflgadir, he was able to unlock his potential.
[Tries to ‘understand space’ within the effective range.]
[There is no element that interferes with ‘understanding the space’ within the effective range.]
[Understand all movements within the effective range.]
That moment.
I can understand what is going on in this space without seeing it with my own eyes.
‘Spatial sensing’ was described as the feeling of looking down from above, but ‘spatial understanding’ is the feeling of real-time three-dimensional data being input into my head.
“… … !”
Aldbaut cast Sirius Fang on me at the speed of the spirit world.
The moment I tried to hit the sword that seemed to be one, the sword split into 10 and attacked me with a complicated trajectory.
A complex swordsmanship that can never be countered by looking at it with the naked eye, and is extremely sophisticated.
However, I was able to fully understand the trajectory through ‘space understanding’.
‘Accept… … !’
In the meantime, I’ve been using lightning strikes and lightning strikes for high-speed continuous attacks.
It is my own technique that I created by myself, which did not even appear in the novel.
Now is the time to develop it further.
‘Thunderbolt sword type!’
The lightning sword was fast, but lacking in power.
The Jaggeroe Sword was powerful, but lacking in sophistication.
The lightning sword type is a skill that launches elaborately calculated continuous attacks based on the spatial perception of the Black Sky Sword.
An attack with a complex and sophisticated orbit like Sirius Fang… You can accept it all.
“… … !”
Wow!
Thoroughly calculated movements destroyed all ten blades of swordsmanship.
I could see Aldbaut’s dismay, but it was already too late.
The purple sword that had spread while completely destroying Sirius Fang was piercing Aldbaut’s chest.
“ah… … .”
According to the setting, the sword demon’s weak point is the sternum of the chest.
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Just like the elder dragon, the mana is concentrated in the sternum.
Destroying the sternum by the sword demon is like destroying the heart and mana heart at the same time.
“Aernas… … .”
With a grievous voice, Aldbaut crashed into the lake.