Journey (3)
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Zeppelin pulled the back of his neck.
He gave me an expensive sword to say he was doing me a favor.
By the way, this damn bastard was blatantly sarcastic about the quality, saying it was free.
Where in the world do you sell swords and perform such craftsmanship?
Zeppelin clenched her teeth and looked at Rey.
“Aren’t you selling and talking nonsense? If my sword has been on sale near the Earl of Phillips in the past few years, I’ll definitely hold you accountable.”
“Aww, how would I lie to Zeppelin that I have such a strong feeling?”
Ray, waving his hand, smiled and continued.
“Of course, the sword I bought for ’12 thousand gold’ and the sword I received as a service were smashed without being able to wield it a few times, but I am not a petty person enough to blame Zeppelin-sama for that, haha.”
“Hey, this guy…!”
Zeppelin, who had been blind for a moment due to the soaring blood pressure, grabbed Rey’s collar.
“Give me the sword now…! I’ll have to see with my own two eyes how it’s broken.”
Zeppelin is a renowned craftsman.
He was able to read the past just by scanning the scratches on the weapon.
It was easy to determine whether it was really damaged by battle, or whether it was damaged by mistake or intentionally.
However, Ray shook her head briefly.
“What do you do with a broken sword. It has already been disposed of.”
“Ugh…!”
“Well, don’t worry about it too much. I’m not indifferent enough to request after-sales service for the sword you gave me as a service.”
“I gave the madman the sword!!”
Zeppelin grabbed Rey by the neck and shook it.
Rey was worried as she felt the area around her neck getting tighter and tighter.
‘How do we deal with this situation?’
I provoked Zeppelin with the feeling that he was aiming for everything or everything, because even if he sold the X series to someone else or left it in the Countess’ warehouse, he would only lose interest in Zeppelin and cut off his relationship.
However, I couldn’t come up with a good idea on how to finish off Zeppelin’s guts.
‘I think I made a mistake, sir.’
In fact, the provoking of Zeppelin was very impulsive.
I was tired from the long trip, and my personality came out of nowhere as stress was piling up due to the continued neglect of people.
Anyway, it was already spilled water.
Ray decided to keep pushing the concept.
“Zeppelin, there is a genius girl in our group who reached the level of an expert before she turned 18. But she hasn’t come up with a good sword yet.”
“Are you asking for another free sword that I made?”
“Haha, that’s not it. If there is a great craftsman that Zeppelin-sama knows, could you introduce me to it…”
I’m not sure about your weapon, so I can’t use it, so I was asking someone else to introduce me.
While Ray continues his provocations and Zeppelin rolls his eyes.
Johanna asked Mohammed who Zeppelin was.
Mohammed explained that Zeppelin was a renowned wizard and craftsman, and that he was the one who made the sword you were given as a gift.
After hearing the explanation, Johana was startled and ran to the carriage.
After looking around the corner of the luggage compartment, Yohana came back with something.
“Hey, wizard! Hello!! Ho, maybe this…!!”
Everyone turned their heads at Johana’s cry.
Rey, Mohammed, Jenkins, and Zeppelin’s eyes turned to the shattered sword in Johana’s arms.
The true nature of the sword was the melted Zeppelin’s X series.
“?!”
Ray, Mohammed, and Jenkinson were greatly embarrassed.
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None of the party knew that Yohana had brought that sword all the way here.
Yohana asked Zeppelin with a look of anticipation.
“Could you please fix this?”
Yohana knew that her sword had been severely damaged and could not be restored.
However, it was a special sword given to me as a gift from Rey, so I secretly brought it with me to see if I could restore its appearance.
However, the timing was bad.
Rey urgently gave Johana a signal to step back, but Zeppelin was one step ahead.
Shoo!
Zeppelin used magic to pull Johanna’s sword and seize it.
The sword, which had lost its function because it had melted poorly, was reflected in Zeppelin’s eyes.
Even for the X series, the essence is just a lump of metal.
Even if you put a good sword in the furnace and take it out, it will be similar to this.
However, if you look closely at the traces left on the sword, you can see that it was not simply melted by high heat.
‘The sword melted and swelled from the inside out.’
If the user’s mana is excessively injected and the magic accompanying the high fever is offset, this is roughly the case.
‘The sword…? not.’
The swords were slightly inflated along the twisted trajectory as if they were entwining each other.
This is a trace of a sword, not a sword.
Zeppelin narrowed her eyes.
A blade with a sword blade is a powerful weapon and shield in itself.
Since there is no damage to any magic, it is preferred to use a strategy that accumulates damage by simultaneously attacking from multiple angles when dealing with Graduate.
‘But if it’s enough to cut the sword from the front with firepower and melt the sword…’
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No matter how low
It must be at the level of annihilation magic of 7 circles or higher.
‘What the hell…’
Considering the degree to which the broken sword has been oxidized, it has not been long since it has become like this.
The moment Zeppelin’s eyes full of doubt turned to Rey.
Mohammed stepped forward.
“actually.”
“…?”
“I borrowed that sword. Recently, there was an accident while testing this and that to check the performance.”
“You stole the Sword of the Seed? Isn’t that a disgrace?”
“I don’t have enough training yet to give a seed such a famous sword. I hope you understand.”
“…”
Zeppelin looked at the handle of the sword.
The blood-dried handle also had slight dents.
At the crossroads of life and death, the will to chew and swallow fear and move forward was contained there.
Mohammed, who was huge in appearance, and Rey, who had a relatively average build, had quite different hand sizes.
Zeppelin grinned and narrowed the distance to Rey’s nose.
Zeppelin, who stared intently into Rey’s eyes, opened her mouth slowly.
“Army is a law that is perfected on the battlefield.”
Zeppelin lit up her eyes with her philosophy that will never change.
“There is no weapon that gets a name without eating blood. If there is, it’s just an illusion.”
“…”
“I don’t care where you are or what you’re doing. I don’t care what you wield your sword for. But if you’re willing to engrave my name on my sword, I’m also willing to give you one more ‘service’. have.”
“…it’s such an honor.”
“After urgent work, come to my atelier in the Imperial Capital.”
Ray tilted her head and sighed.
Being caught by an expert, the bottom line was ripped off in an instant.
She couldn’t believe Zeppelin’s words, but Rey had no choice but to nod, as it would have been much more difficult if she had just run away.
“But is there any weapon that can be stored in a subspace in Zeppelin-sama’s workshop?”
Laughing at the ridiculous question, Zeppelin returned the melted sword and turned away.
“I’ll be waiting.”
“…”
Ray, Mohammed, and Jenkinson screamed in pain as they saw Zeppelin moving away.
Yohana, who was paying attention to the unusual atmosphere, asked carefully.
“I… did I do something wrong…?”
“I made things a nuisance. Don’t show this in front of other people in the future. Okay?”
Rey handed the melted sword and ruffled Yohana’s hair here and there.
“We’ll talk more about it later, and let’s get a dorm first.”
I had a headache, but being annoyed didn’t mean there was a solution.
Rey got on the horse with a tired face.
Yohana looked at the melted sword with a complicated heart, stroking her messy hair.
*
We took the last lodging before entering the capital.
There were a lot of eyes to see and maintenance was required, so I had no choice but to find a pretty luxurious accommodation.
The rest of the money was ripped off, so I would have to sell even a horse on the way home, but anyway, the accommodation itself was great.
Alesia cleaned her body properly after a long time and finished her makeup with the help of the users.
Alessia, who had regained her lost confidence, raised her chin to Ray, whom she met in the hallway, and asked.
“How about it? My knight!”
“I think I’ll be able to barely escape being kicked out of the dessert shop now.”
“My knight!”
Rey raised the corners of her mouth toward Alesia, who was blushing.
“If you go out on the street, you will look like a ‘common’.”
“Ray! Stop teasing me!”
Rey giggled and pointed to the end of the stairs.
“You’re going to the market, so go downstairs and eat first.”
“Ugh… it’s gloomy…”
Ray went down to the first floor with the other children, along with Alesia, who frowned.
The day was already dark.
Since it was time for dinner, many of the guests were enjoying a meal on the first floor of the hostel where the luminescent artifact was hung.
But among those who ate, there were a lot of knights.
Most of them were visiting to get acquainted with Mohammed.
There were knights who were preparing to meet in advance, but there were also many who came to visit spontaneously when they heard that the former Mohammed had developed a sword on the street.
The knights have taken turns greeting Mohammed by revealing the names of their families and the nobles they serve.
Mohammed could not even eat and was greeted frantically.
Ray sat them down and looked around, pounding the table with a fork.
The knights of other families who visited the dormitory were openly showing their momentum as if they were not paying attention.
‘Among them, only eleven graduates…’
It is a power that is hard to see even on a large-scale battlefield, but since it is a city in contact with the ecliptic, an unbelievable scene was produced in the outskirts.
“It’s nice to meet you like this.”
The knights who came to the hostel were polite to Mohammed in their own way.
Count Phillips, located on the outskirts, had no reason to quarrel with Mohammed, as the knights had no reason to quarrel with Mohammed because there was no quarrel with other families for interests or antagonism.
Of course, the friendly atmosphere did not last.
The pressure that it would not be fun to go to a certain family began to creep in.
Then, the knights of the bad families got into a fight and gave off a vicious momentum.
“I don’t know if Count Lebulu’s gambling wall has gotten any better.
“I hope that the accident that the second Confucius inflicted is resolved.
As the war between the knights continued, Alessia, who was eating the soup, put down her spoon.
If I continued to eat in this atmosphere, I was sure to turn my stomach.
While Johana and the other children were tired of their complexions, only Luna was calm.
Unable to see, Mohammed coughed in vain.
“The Earl of Phillips has also come with me.”
Alessia, who received the attention of those around her, forcibly squeezed her confidence and got up from her seat.
“Nice to meet you!”
“…”
The knights looked at each other for a while, then finished greeting Alesia roughly, and then continued a war of nerves between them again.
To them, Alesia was just a villager who came out to see the zodiac. It wasn’t really a bad decision either.
Alesia, who had been half-ignored, turned softly and sat down.
Meanwhile, the knight, who had had a few drinks beforehand, raised his voice towards Mohammed.
“Honestly, I have a lot of respect for Sir Mohammed. He didn’t rise to the top at a very early age, but…”
The knight felt the attention around him and continued to smile happily.
“You can tell just by looking at that cheap armor how poor the support was. But it’s amazing that you’ve achieved something like this. If you receive support worthy of your honour’s skill from the person you’re going to meet, I’m sure you’ll get good results sooner rather than later. Five.”
The other knights nodded and agreed with the drunken knight.
To be honest, that was an honest compliment. Even the drunken knight didn’t mean to say it with malice.
However, the problem was that Alessia was in the same place.
Alessia stirred the soup silently with a droopy face.
Mohammed had a hard time managing his facial expressions, but he couldn’t get in the way.
The actual power of the Graduate, who served the central nobility, was stronger than that of the nobility in the periphery, who was scheduled to inherit the title.
Ray also knew that, so he prepared to escape.
Rey put down the piece of meat he had poked with his fork, beckoning Alessia to stop.
But, at that moment.
A foul energy that I had never experienced in my life came over my head.
As vivid life attacked him that his neck would be cut off at any moment, Rey reflexively reached out to the hilt of his sword.
‘…!’
Ray wanted to be late.
The reaction was too quick.
It was too agile for the reaction that a seed who had just reached the level of an expert would see.
When he realized that, he was already holding the hilt of the sword in his hand.
The next moment, swords were pulled out from all sides.
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The knights who reached the level of Graduate believed in their own instincts and expressed their swordsmanship without hesitation.
As black rivers spread out from all directions, the dark inside of the store became as bright as broad daylight.
There are only twelve Graduites, who are considered to be able to destroy the Legion alone.
All of them were focused on one person.
“…”
Sitting in the corner of the dining room, an old man with a dwarf physique wearing a black robe stood up slowly.
Dozens of knights pointed their swords at that one person.
A force that could make even any knight faint swept over the old man.
However, the old man dressed in a black robe resolutely dug into the thicket of swords and rivers that would rip off human skin.
It was a strange sight.
The brave knights dared not block the old man’s steps as if frightened.
The knights could not even wield the sword even once, even if their grip was torn.
in the suffocating silence.
The old man walked in a straight line towards someone.
walking step by step.
The old man who finally arrived in front of someone smiled curiously.
“you.”
“…”
“It was the fastest.”
Ray realized he had been f*cked properly .
