Judgment Day(1)
The living sacrifices that Chris handed over to Elgar did their job well.
Players with the status window were very helpful in recovering the power of the demon king because their vitality and magic were quick to recover.
Of course, no matter how hard the players are, if they are overworked, they can weaken… As an excellent necromancer, Elgar was able to penetrate the human body.
Thanks to this, Chris was able to receive her reward before long.
The training room door, which had been firmly closed, opened without a sound, and heavy footsteps approached from behind.
Chris hurriedly turned to greet the unexpected visitor.
His training ground is treated as a kind of sanctuary, so the vassals of the territory do not open the door.
If he did, he would have nothing to say even if his throat fell for trying to steal the technology.
Elesis, who plays the hostess, didn’t care about that and just came in, but the situation was a little different with this visitor.
It was because he was a person who had no problem stealing Chris’ skills.
What could even Chris say to the teacher who passed on his skills?
He greeted Gearic with a very welcome expression.
“Master! See you soon. I thought you would rest a little longer… … .”
“Thanks to you, I was able to move again. You did much better than I expected. The ending was a little rough, but… … .”
Chris, who had heard a very rare compliment, swallowed a saliva at the words that followed.
Gearrick is rather embarrassed to see him lost.
“Didn’t your lord tell you? no. Forget what you just did.”
“I’ve already heard it, how can I forget it… What happened?”
Chris shows no signs of backing down.
Gearick, who hesitated at the sight of him, eventually confessed the truth.
“It’s not a big deal, the disturbance group that was supposed to attract the attention of the undead in the last fight tried to hit you. The maid and I stopped the Breton guys from launching a surprise attack as soon as the fight was over.”
“ah… It must have been thanks to Master that they were invisible.”
I roughly noticed that the Bretons had betrayed me, but I never thought Gearic and the Maid would have stopped it.
Chris swallowed his exclamation at the unexpected fact.
In fact, this makes sense, but Elgar didn’t mention it, so I thought there was another circumstance.
He decided to solve all his curiosity while he was in the middle of the day.
“But why didn’t Elgar say anything?”
“Perhaps the pride of the lord would not allow it.”
Gearrick replied briefly and then kept quiet.
However, it was not difficult to understand because it was an answer that penetrated the truth in its own way.
Elgar, who had reunited with Chris, had lost most of his powers and came to Vector to trust him.
If they had talked about the activities of Gearic and the head maid there, they would have seemed condescending. If that happens, it will not be an equal cooperation relationship as it is now, but it will be like Chris showing mercy to pay off his debt to Elgar.
Chris isn’t the kind of person who cares too much about that, but it must have been an important issue to her.
‘Because you’re the real royal family… … .’
Chris ignored it and thanked Gearrick again.
Gearrick, who smiled happily at the student’s greeting, delivered Elgar’s gift.
When the leather map he was holding spreads wide, you can see the markers located here and there.
“This is the result of interrogating the players you captured. These are the locations where the ruins of the bust are hidden.”
“Oh oh… … .”
Two trembling hands carefully received the leather map.
The number of ruins shown on the map is eight.
This is a number even though only the northwest region where Vector is located is revealed, not the entire continent.
It seems that the remains elsewhere were not delivered to the captives due to security concerns.
Gearick also told Chris all the information he had obtained from the captives.
Thanks to that, Chris, who was able to hear about the internal circumstances of the Breton Empire, smiled as if it was a headache.
It’s good that I got information about the Prime Minister, but I didn’t like that he got the Epic class. Even the ability of that epic class is even more irritating.
“The ability to manipulate others at will. Anyway, it seems like a scam… … .”
Gearrick, who had overheard the miserable self-talk, began to explain.
“From what I’ve heard, it doesn’t seem that it’s very all-round. It seems the capacity limit is tighter than we thought.”
“Even though you can comfortably control 20 ordinary people, the capacity limit is severe?”
“It is said that its capacity is greatly influenced by the amount of magic power of the opponent. Even if you gather the magic power of 20 ordinary people, it is not enough for one player, so it should be seen as an ability to manipulate the many weak, not the few strong.”
“ah… … .”
Chris let out a sigh of relief.
If the Prime Minister had been able to manipulate even the strongest of the six kings, the answer would not have come out.
After all, it couldn’t be easy to manipulate such talented people.
Gearrick, who enjoyed watching Chris fidget, finished sharing information and pulled out his sword and shield.
The gracious master seemed intent on giving instructions even if the disciple did not say anything.
Of course, Chris didn’t mind it.
If it was the teachings of a warrior of the level of Gearrick, he wanted to get it even if he had to pay money.
The two fully armed men soon prepare for sparring according to the shield knight’s training method.
Gearrick and other shield knights used to mix their swords every morning to gauge their past achievements. It is said that it was not easy to be lazy because it would be like checking each other’s skills every day.
Raising his shield of faith and black stone sword, Chris looked at Gearrick across from him and felt a little strange.
Perhaps because of the lack of achievements, the master’s defense did not look as solid as before.
He tried to gauge breathing by blowing a checker first, but he was embarrassed by the opponent’s exit.
Gearic’s first move is an incoming thrust with the shield lowered.
It was a similar attack earlier when Chris first got his teaching.
It’s a bit more aggressive than then, but it’s still an arrogant choice.
Is the respected teacher still unreliable in his disciple’s skills?
Chris tried to cut the sharp edge of the knife, feeling both suspicious and coming at the same time.
‘Strengthen the shield, strike the shield!’
Unlike the time when he simply followed the skill in the status window, it was a defensive technique that distorted the opponent’s breath.
Trust in your strong shield and take a step forward. Deflects the hit point of an attack.
Having perfectly reproduced his teacher’s teachings, he was rolling on the ground the next moment.
An unbelievable shock hit his left arm, creating a more devastating scene than in the first class.
“Uh huh? What was that?”
Chris, waking up with the dust, opened his eyes and asked in despair with a feeling of being cheated.
I’m sure I did as my teacher taught me, but to be thrown back with a single blow.
At this point, it’s more than surprising, it’s unfair.
Gearic recreated the attack from earlier without hesitation.
“This is how it was done.”
The respected master prepared the stab in perfect form.
And the very next moment, it stabs into the air.
The air hit by his blows scattered in all directions with a terrifying scream.
The stone floor of the training room trembled slightly, and the heavy gate creaked strongly.
Chris knew very well the technology that could create this aftermath.
Although the scale was a bit small, this was definitely the roar of the shield that Gearrick had taught him.
Chris, who witnessed the magic trick properly, was not relieved of his doubts, but his resentment intensified.
Should I say that I decided to play rock-paper-scissors, but my opponent threw away his lighter?
In the end, Chris, who couldn’t overcome his passion, asked the sky-like teacher as if arguing.
“It’s a counterattack. I haven’t even hit one, so what if I use a counterattack? No, is that possible in the first place?”
“The lady-in-waiting who sparred with you will laugh when she hears it. It’s the same thing that he didn’t hit him at all.”
Chris’ face turned red when Gearrick laughed off his apprentice’s complaint.
It’s true that he used a berserker’s skill to activate a counterattack, but… Gearrick showed no signs of that.
If he had harmed himself, it would have been evident in some way.
The master, unable to see the disciple’s crying, finally adds a commentary.
“This is my own modification of the Arcane skill Shield Roar. It doesn’t resonate the accumulated damage like the original, but it resonates the magic within the body from the beginning to increase the power of the attack. After all, the core of technology is resonance and amplification.”
“I can’t find any trace of the original.”
A stunned Chris responds sarcastically, and Gearick laughs again.
“This is not very omnipotent either. It’s slightly less powerful than the original, and it’s difficult to use if your proficiency is low. It’s not about using the opponent’s power against you, so you can’t use anything else while preparing the technique.”
Chris couldn’t quite understand what he was saying.
It seemed that Gearic’s secret skill contained a level of martial law that was difficult for him to understand.
In the end, he tried to understand it the way criminals do.
I don’t know the detailed principle, but his teacher seems to be able to fire an attack that is a little lower than the roar of a shield like a normal hit.
‘Well, at this level, I must have been able to capture the Sword King.’
Considering the skill the Sword King showed in his fight against the Demon King, there might be other hidden numbers.
Chris regretted his arrogance and arrogance and set himself up to learn again.
There was still much to learn from Gearrick.
“Can I learn it at my level?”
“I’ll teach you the best, but shouldn’t you give it a try?”
“Yeah, that’s right. But what is the name of this technique?”
When a question with high expectations flew in, Gearic replied proudly.
“It’s not a skill worth naming, but… I call this the Resonating Strike.”
“uh… hmm… That, is it?”
It’s a name that gives me a strange sense of deja vu.
Chris decided to quietly learn.
Gearrick, the greatest genius in the history of the Knights of Shield, began to explain the techniques to Chris in detail.
Unlike the Roar of the Shield, which had a proper education system, this was his unique skill, so it was quite old-fashioned.
However, Chris diligently followed the class, displaying all his talents he lacked.
The sun slowly went down after six hours, as if the blind man was trying to catch a floating cloud, not enough by groping for an elephant’s leg.
In the end, Chris, who was about to leave the training ground without much success, noticed Gearick belatedly and stiffened his body.
“Oh, but how did you get here?”
“Have you already forgotten?”
Gearrick spoke weakly, as if rebuking him, and hid into the sound dimension as he had shown before.
It was an act that accelerated the consumption of magical power for him, not the ghost-type undead, but now it seemed that the amount of consumption was leisurely.
Chris, who activated all his senses to the limit, could vaguely sense Gearic’s presence.
Although he had almost no knowledge of black magic, it was possible thanks to his experience with the ghost horse.
despite the sun setting. In the training ground used by the gnostic soldiers, a harsh sound of spirit could be heard. Chris, the lord, is devoted to training all day long, but there is no way the soldiers under his command can play like a tangerine.
Gearrick, who was watching the training of the Gnostic Soldiers with interest, saw the knights Jack and Hulin and said a word.
“They have pretty good qualities. Even in my era, a physique like that was rare.”
“ah… What about my knights? Yes.”
It was not unusual for a man from a commoner to be appointed as a knight.
Now that players have taken over the battlefield, it is difficult for knights from nobles to maintain their positions.
Jack and Hulin’s skills are still unreliable, but their talent is certain.
If he didn’t have that kind of quality, he wouldn’t have been appointed as a knight in the first place.
Gearrick of the music dimension couldn’t take his eyes off Zack and Hulin and licked his lips strangely.
Chris, who didn’t want to look like he was talking to a ghost, quickly returned to the lord’s castle.