47 Second Test with Promotion (3)
“Heh heh… … !”
While bursting into laughter, Carlyle swung her sword strongly.
Red magic was concentrated on the wooden sword, forming a much larger sword than before.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!”
thud!
As the sword and sword collided, a roar was generated.
And I felt my body pushed back.
“Ernas… … !”
“Go away!”
The students were astonished to see me being pushed out of the workshop.
Even Heinrich, who was watching from afar, frowned.
‘The power of swordsmanship is different.’
Taking the attack, I coldly analyzed Carlyle’s capabilities.
‘Is this an intermediate grade grade?’
Yes.
Carlyle is not an entry-level or low-level grader.
As a ‘High Priest’ one step above the general combat priest, he has the power of an intermediate grade.
‘Originally, this test was supposed to take only the entry-level grade of combat priests.’
The beginning of Graduate, weakened by captivity.
If that’s the case, even students who have no practical experience are worth the challenge.
The reason Heinrich had killed his opponent in an instant just before was because his opponent was only that much.
‘But, this guy is different.’
For some reason, Carlyle with intermediate grade power was mixed in.
And, apparently, when I took the test, I went out against it.
What does this mean?
‘It’s something someone intended.’
There are people trying to fuck me on the second exam.
He put Carlyle in it, making it my test.
Expecting Carlyle to injure me or take my life altogether.
‘Who it is, I already know.’
However, identifying the culprit is not important.
The important thing now is to defeat this guy in front of you.
There is no need to inform the instructor that he has intermediate level of strength.
‘Because I can knock it down.’
Asking to change the test partner would only look ugly.
I’m going to drop it here.
“… … !”
thud! Koo!
Carlyle launched a series of heavy attacks in succession.
I was able to block every attack, but my posture was slowly collapsing.
“Ernas… … !”
“Damn, isn’t your opponent too strong?!”
Serine and Schmidt’s voices could be heard from the black class 6 side.
It would be difficult for them to accept a situation where I was pushed like this.
When I looked back for a moment, Rufus and Berrys Rize also had expressions of bewilderment on their faces.
‘Then slowly… Shall we try a counterattack?’
I could feel it as I kept hitting it.
As a graduate, Carlyle is one step ahead.
But swordsmanship wasn’t like that.
‘It’s because I didn’t receive a systematic swordsmanship training.’
I countered with the Partizan Judgment Swordsmanship I got from Annerize.
Because of his S-Rank proficiency, he was able to respond sufficiently to Carlyle’s wild and promiscuous swordsmanship.
‘Now.’
After letting Carlyle’s attack flow, he aimed at the gap.
At Carlyle’s defenseless upper body, the sword penetrated.
“This guy… … !”
Carlyle barely avoided it.
But the attack doesn’t end there.
Already, I was anticipating Carlyle’s evasive action to launch the next attack.
“… … !”
thud!
It made a sound similar to when the sword and the sword collided.
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My wooden sword hit Carlyle’s shoulder with precision.However… Carlyle didn’t shed a drop of blood.
“Heh heh… … !”
With a relaxed laugh, Carlyle raised her sword towards me.
* * *
‘Baby boy, it’s already too late!’
Carlyle laughed at Ernas in her heart.
How did you find a hole in Carlyle and hit the attack… The attack didn’t work at all.
‘Do you think a kid like you can pierce my self-defense?’
self-defense.
It is a technique that protects the body with magic.
Since it has to tightly compress the horsepower, it can only be used at the intermediate grade of Graduate.
Carlyle was able to block Ernas’ attack with this self-defense device.
‘At the most, it must be at the beginning or lower level of Graduation… You can’t break through my self-defense with your sword!’
Unlike swordsmanship, self-defense is difficult to notice unless you look closely.
Professors and students around him would not have noticed the fact that Carlyle was doing a self-defense.
The battle must be finished before they feel uncomfortable.
‘I’ll blow your head off! That’s why I’m here!’
A few days ago, a person came to Carlyle while she was being transported as a prisoner of war.
He asked me to go to the academy and kill a person in order to get my freedom back.
In the end, Carlyle came to the academy with her true abilities hidden, and this was how she faced Ernas.
‘I told you that if you do your job well, you will be given a separate reward… I must kill you for sure!’
Of course, you can go back later and change your words.
You should also consider the possibility of trying to kill Carlyle for silence.
But Carlyle was confident that she would survive.
Getting out of captivity is the first priority.
“Ha-a-ap!”
Giving up the defense, Carlyle launched an onslaught.
Ernas counterattacked, but didn’t care.
‘My self-defense doesn’t even give up on attacks like that!’
Ernas is unprepared to be a kid, and he shows off his defensive skills.
Just pierce it and blow your neck.
With that in mind, Carlyle launched a heavy attack while ignoring the defense.
“Is that so?”
“… … ?”
As if reading Carlyle’s heart, Ernas said something strange.
Shortly thereafter, Carlyle realized.
That Ernas’ attitude had changed from what it had been before.
‘This… … ?’
I felt an instinctive sense of vigilance.
That didn’t mean I went back.
Carlyle believed in her own skills, especially the self-defense that was protecting her body.
There was no reason to step backwards because of fear of this kid.
“… … !”
And right after that.
Ernas’s sword, which came out like lightning, pierced Carlyle’s shoulder.
“Aww!”
It was unbelievable.
Ernas had attacked a similar place earlier, but at that time, he could not break through the self-defense.
But now Ernas’s sword… He was tearing apart his self-defense and cutting off Carlyle’s shoulder.
‘It must be the beginning or the lower level of Graduate… How do you get this power… … !’
Feeling one arm fall off, Carlyle screamed.
* * *
One of Carlyle’s arms fell off.
This was possible because he momentarily strengthened his sword skills using the principle of Callesius Spear Swordsmanship while practicing the Balahail Heavy Swordsmanship with all his might.
By raising the power of the attack to the limit like this, he was able to tear apart even the intermediate grade self-defense.
“Ugh, my arm, my arm… … !”
Carlyle moaned as she grabbed her shoulders.
He stared at me with reddish eyes, revealing his intentions to live.
“I’m going to kill you motherfucker… … !”
At that moment, red magic flowed out of Carlyle’s whole body.
Even the students who were watching were surprisingly violent.
“It’s impossible for you, Carlyle.”
“Aww!”
The second attack mutilated Carlyle’s other arm.
However, even after losing both arms, Carlyle tried to run at me.
As if he was trying to swallow me up with the magic of his whole body.
“Uh… … !”
But Carlyle could no longer run at me.
This was because the instructor’s sword, which ran from behind, pierced the center of Carlyle’s torso.
“Oh, my dog… … .”
“Ugh!”
The instructor swung his sword once more.
Carlyle collapsed, bleeding from her neck, never to get back up again.
“Congratulations on passing the second test of Ernas Landsstein! And even though the victory or defeat was decided, the demonic cultists who continued to fight were summarily disposed of!”
“Oh oh… … !”
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Many students admired the instructor’s voice.The black class 6 students sighed in relief and applauded me.
“for a moment.”
That was then.
Among the professors who were watching the second exam, an old professor with a beard opened his mouth.
The leader of the Valentiano class was ‘Knight’s Sword’ Valentiano.
“Looks like that mage just did something strange.”
“Yeah, maybe the magistrates are using magic tricks… … .”
“No, before that.”
While interrupting the instructor’s words, Valentiano said.
“It was like using a self-defense device. What happened?”
“… … !”
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Many people held their breath at Valentiano’s point.“Yeah, I didn’t get hurt even by Ernas’ swordsmanship. What happened?”
“Isn’t the attack going wrong? It was so fast I couldn’t see it very well.”
“Isn’t the self-defense machine something that can be used from the intermediate grade to grade?”
The dance hall became noisy as the students started talking.
In the midst of the commotion, Valentiano spoke again.
“Ernas.”
“Yes, Professor Valentiano.”
“You knew my name.”
“It is impossible not to recognize the supreme swordsman who was awarded the title of ‘Knight’s Sword’ by His Majesty the Emperor.”
Valentiano smiled contentedly.
However, he immediately opened his mouth again with a serious expression.
“How did you see it? Did he use self-defense?”
“I’ve never fought an opponent who uses self-defense, so I don’t know for sure.”
I answered in a cold voice.
“However, despite the direct hit of my sword, I was not hurt. I felt like I was protecting my body with some kind of power.”
“Then why didn’t you say anything? You must have sensed something was wrong.”
“I felt uncomfortable, but I didn’t think it was time to stop the exam.”
Saying that, he turned his gaze to Aldbout.
“Because I’ve never heard that only the lower grades and lower grades will come out for the test.”
“… … !”
“Graduate Intermediate is out, something is wrong, so please change the test partner… If I stop the test while claiming this and get disqualified, it’s only me that loses.”
When I said that, several professors made expressions of admiration.
President Aldbout was also looking at me with interest.
“Ernas, then you kept fighting even though you knew you were an intermediate grade grade.”
“Yes, Professor Valentiano.”
At Valentiano’s confirmation, I nodded and said.
“I did not give up and wielded my sword with all my might, and in the end I was able to break through the self-defense. Perhaps it was difficult to maintain self-defense because he was weakened by his captivity.”
“Hmm… Things like that happen, too.”
“and… … .”
I looked at Carlyle’s corpse lying on the floor.
“I also thought something was strange, so I cut off both arms to neutralize them. This is because I thought that if this was not a normal test, we would investigate the circumstances later.”
“Heh heh, didn’t you deliberately take your life with that in mind?”
“Yes, but… … .”
He shook his head, sighing a little.
“The instructor who was watching from the side rushed in very quickly and took this man’s life.”
“Well, what… … !”
The instructor, who had just stopped breathing in Carlyle, flinched.
“You saved your life at the best, but you took your life so suddenly… I wondered what else he was thinking.”
“… … !”
Receiving the gaze of countless people, the instructor distorted his facial expression.