Journey (4)
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Ray put down the hand that was slowly moving to the fork.
Rey, with the old man beside him, seemed calm at first glance, but he didn’t even breathe in, and only blinked his eyes.
Ray pondered whether the old man standing next to him was the one he had envisioned.
Rei hoped that he had been mistaken, but instinct had already confirmed the answer.
“…”
As the silence went down and the confrontation time increased, the tension around them also soared.
One knight, holding the sword so tightly that his hands were torn apart, finally drew courage and took a step toward the old man.
That moment.
A change occurred.
su su suk!
A stream of blue mana that bloomed around the old man began to spread like wildfire.
The intangible mana that was in full bloom all over the world takes shape and raises its head.
The earth, grass, wood, bricks, and mana, which had been dormant in the human body, responded to the will of the old man and lit up by itself.
darkness goes away
The air of mana that covered all things flowed and colored the outside scenery blue.
“Gagging…!”
One Graduate vomited blood.
The mana of the core, which had to conform to the original owner, stretched out his waist and began to beckon to someone else.
Everyone looked back at who their mana was pointing to.
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Now I knew.
There are probably hundreds of titles to describe the dwarf old man. However, it was all in vain.
All tributes to the old man were summed up in one word.
The Sword Master of the Empire.
The pinnacle of the existing human race and the one who achieved transcendence with a human body.
Ernst Frieslan.
thud!
The knights, who recognized the old man’s identity, plunged their swords into the floor and knelt down.
After the sound of armor rubbing in my ears, silence came again.
“…”
Rei barely swallowed the blood that was rising from inside.
The mana of the core keeps twisting. It was only then that Ray clearly realized what kind of space he was in.
absolute realm.
A transcendence that only those who have reached the level of a master can realize.
Within the realm of the absolute realm, the Master exercises overwhelming control over mana.
Overwhelming dominance enough to disturb the mana inherent in the core of others.
“…”
Ray couldn’t decide what to do in this situation.
The existence of a Master he encountered for the first time in his life was stronger than he had imagined and out of the way.
I was suddenly worried.
Even if things turn out to be the worst, even if I have to fight the Sword Master.
If you are in an extreme situation where you can only survive by defeating the Sword Master.
‘Can you save your life…?’
Ray was never weak.
Techniques such as space sword, moros, and overdrive synergized with each other, allowing them to use a much more powerful force than ordinary Graduate.
If it was a pure knight power that did not have a combination, one Graduate squad was needed to bring Rey down.
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Nevertheless, Rei had a gut feeling that he would never be able to overcome the old man in front of him.
Even if he used most of the means he had and all sorts of luck followed, the result was sure to be a defeat.
Rather, if the opponent was the 9th Circle Archmage, I would expect a win with a weak probability at close range like now, but in front of the Sword Master, all his actions were meaningless.
‘This is a true road class…’
There were a few people who were said to be close to the Lord class. They were clearly stronger than common sense.
However, the real road class was different.
The opponent was a monster, and Rey was helpless.
Rey asked herself in anguish.
‘…if you use the last resort.’
Can we die together?
It is possible.
If you use it, you can kill even the Sword Master.
However, I couldn’t predict. There is a 30% chance of being killed alone.
Ray’s eyes darkened.
Even though there are only two Sword Masters in the Empire, the difference in price was too great.
Ray felt what he had to fight and what to prepare for, and pondered the skepticism that popped into his mind.
Meanwhile, interest in Ernst’s lips grew.
Ernst realized with a transcendental sense that his opponent was reassessing him.
How many people in the Empire would do such crazy things in front of the Sword Master?
Ernst adjusted the flow of mana to scan Rey’s whole body.
Rey’s wrist bracelet was an artifact, but now it’s not working, and Rey’s face has no signs of being physically deformed or decorated.
In the end, it meant that the face you see now is the real face.
Ernst, who had not completely abandoned his doubts, sharpened the current of mana floating in the air and pressed Rey.
Tsuzuzu!
Scratch begins to be etched all over Rey’s body.
If you stay still like this, your whole body will become an egg.
Rey activated her core, realizing that if she kept her mouth shut, Ernst wouldn’t stop pressing.
Dude!
Rey’s mana spread all over the place, pushing Ernst’s pressure away.
Ernst looked carefully at Rey’s flowing mana.
It was extremely refined, and it was also mana with strong repulsion.
There was no sense of cynicism at all.
If you had raised your status in an unusual way, such as a contract with the devil, you could never have mana of this nature.
After stopping the pressure, Ernst took a step closer to Rey.
“You are an incomprehensible being.”
“…”
Ray was still silent.
Ernst looked at Rey and watched the reactions of Mohammed and Jenkinson, knights of the Earl of Phillips.
The two knights were at a loss as to how to deal with the current situation.
However, he did not understand Ernst’s sudden action and did not show any doubts.
In other words, the two knights were also aware of Rey’s achievements to some extent.
“It’s really interesting.”
Ernst reclaimed the power he had taken over.
The wave of blue mana that was swaying finds its place and sinks.
The absolute realm was peeled off, and the pushed darkness descended again on the landscape outside.
There was a brief suffocation of breathing everywhere.
Ray also took a short breath that he had been holding back.
Ernst’s wrinkled eyes curled to the side.
“What’s your name?”
Rei was silent for a moment, but realizing that there was no way to avoid answering, she opened her mouth.
“…My name is Ray. I don’t have a surname. Sir Jenkinson, a knight who swore allegiance to Count Phillips, is his master.”
Upon hearing the answer, Ernst looked at Rey’s features.
Considering the developmental level of the body and the state of features, it was at most the age of the contract.
The corners of Ernst’s lips were torn long.
Ernst handed Rey a proposal that expressed his intentions very implicitly.
“Are you planning to marry my great-granddaughter?”
The shoulders of the knights who were kneeling trembled.
According to the genealogy, there were several people who corresponded to Ernst’s great-granddaughter, but there was only one person Ernst called ‘great-grandaughter’ by his own mouth.
This was a really absurd proposal, so the knights who only looked down at the floor opened their eyes wide.
at that moment
Alesia, whose face turned white, slammed her chair and stood up.
My God, you’re engaged to the Swordmaster’s great-granddaughter.
It was incomparably better than Daryl’s son-in-law of Count Phillips.
If Rey accepted the offer, Alesia would be abandoned like a devoted partner on the street.
If the head of the Frislan family is his opponent, he can’t even complain about losing a man.
Alessia, who remembered the dark future where she was locked up in her closet and shed tears, exclaimed with the courage of her life.
“Hey, that’s not going to be- Oops!”
Rey immediately grabbed Alesia’s chin and put her back in her seat.
The courage close to the courage that Alesia showed was great, but now it was not a place where I could save my neck by going out of my way.
“Eup…!”
‘Sit quietly!’
Rey, who shook Alesia’s chin, sighed deeply.
It was a bit chilly for a moment, but thanks to Alesia, the tension was relieved a little.
Ray, as usual, tried to regain his composure.
It didn’t go as well as I thought it would, but my mouth fell better than before.
Ray forced a smile to his lips.
“Thanks for the offer, but because there are four people I’ve already promised to marry.”
what does that mean
If there is a person who promised to be married, shouldn’t it be expelled?
Everyone thought so, but Ray continued to speak.
“If you marry an old man’s great-granddaughter, you’ll have to take your great-grandaughter as your fifth wife, are you okay?”
The knights who were on their knees shook their shoulders once again.
Who the hell is that crazy guy talking about?
It would not be strange if the angry Swordmaster immediately decapitated him, but Ernst’s reaction was very generous.
“It’s the fifth. Can you see my face and advance the order a bit?”
Rey glanced at Yohana lightly.
After thinking about it, I think I could definitely have some flexibility.
“Um… I think the fourth is possible. More than that is impossible.”
For some reason, Yohana felt bad.
The knights on their knees continued to tremble as they listened to their conversation.
That madman was playing puns with Ernst.
“It’s the fourth…”
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No matter how other people reacted, Ernst and Ray laughed softly at each other.
It looked peaceful on the outside. However, the overflowing tension moistened Rei’s body.
Ernst thought for a moment.
He reached that level at an age that was not even close to the contract, and his momentum was also polished as rough and sharp as a sword that swept the battlefield.
Rey was difficult for Ernst to understand as well, and it was something he had to get rid of no matter what his past was.
Even if Rey was a murderer who killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people, Ernst could cover it up.
Except for the felony of treason in front of the Empire, Ernst could erase all of Rey’s faults.
Marriage to a great-granddaughter was a proposal with such a meaning.
However, Ray rejected Ernst’s offer.
What is the reason?
He said he had an incomprehensible talent, but after all, he was a village boy, so he couldn’t make sense of it?
Or did you lose your soul out of bewilderment at the sudden rush of situations?
Or is it that he has some flaws that are difficult to show?
Whatever the reason, there was no need to rush to find the answer here.
“I’ll watch.”
The ecliptic and its neighboring cities were within Ernst’s grasp.
Rey’s location and every move of Rey will be reported to Ernst in real time.
Ray couldn’t escape.
Realizing that, Rei hardened her expression.
Jerk!
After the unilateral notification, Ernst turned his back without further comment.
Just as when he first appeared, an old man with a dwarf stature, clad in a black robe, slowly left the building.
The knights did not dare raise their heads and knelt until the momentum of the old man who remained in the space disappeared .
