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Ernst stood on one of the dozens of golden towers in the ecliptic and looked down.
It was easy to capture a place far away from the senses beyond human limits, but soon a barrier opened and blocked the eyes of the surrounding area.
Ernst quietly closed his eyes and then opened them.
A red circle was drawn over the white, as if confining the golden eyes.
“That kid is acting stupid.”
Ernst muttered as he looked in the direction Spera was standing.
Spera was gifted with a talent that made him confident that he could succeed Ernst, but that didn’t make him a match for Rey.
Ernst was interested in how much Ray would treat him, but Ray put the girl who was accompanying him first.
“Hmm…”
Maybe he was the one who taught himself.
The girl looked similar in age to Rey, but considering Rey’s talent, there was no question at all that she had taught her peers directly.
If that girl were indeed Ray’s chosen disciple, the girl’s talent would not be ordinary.
“Look forward.”
Ernst had a faint smile on his lips.
*
“It’s a 4th place match.”
“…”
Yohana stared at Rei.
4th place playoff.
Yohana pondered over and over again the subtle discomfort of the unfamiliar word.
Yohana seriously contemplated whether this bastard uttered the 4th place with a ‘meaning’ like that.
“…”
The more I thought about it, the more unpleasant feelings soared.
Yohana swung her fist with Rei’s side for a moment.
puck!
“100 million!”
Rey immediately took a defensive stance, but there was no sign of embarrassment, and she showed a prepared reaction as if she knew Yohana was coming.
The strength of Johana’s fists, which had hardened her heart, began to enter.
At first, his fists, which had stayed at the level of ‘Puck Puck’, soon spit out a hitting sound that was close to ‘Puck Puk Buk Buk’.
Ray put an iron plate on his face and suddenly said, “Why are you doing this?”
Yohana thought that it would only make him ugly if he made fun of his mouth, so he ignored Rey’s words and clenched his fists as hard as he could.
Seeing that, Spera shook her head slightly and held out her hand to the side.
Shay, the bodyguard, pulled out a huge sword resembling claymore, which he had tied around his waist, and handed it to Spera.
Spera grabbed a sword as long as her height with both hands and hung it sideways.
“I’m tired of playing with pranks.”
Spera started walking towards Rey.
At first, the center of gravity was shaken by the sword and staggered, but then she straightened her back and accelerated forward.
Tsuzui!
Mana swirled over the great sword blade of the great sword, and it burned blue in an instant.
Without any hesitation, Spera swung her great sword as if it would cut Rei and Yohana at the same time.
Kagak!!!
“…Oh.”
Spera pretended to be startled.
Johana’s sword pulled out of its scabbard was blocking Spera’s greatsword in place.
Spera looked at Johana with an interesting expression.
Although the strike of the moment was swung without strength, there was a sword in the greatsword.
In other words, it was said that the sword of Johana, who had blocked the attack, also had a sword.
Spera took five steps back, as if to lean on Johanna until she was ready.
Johanna stared at Rei with an annoyed expression on her face, and then pointed her sword at Spera.
It looked like she had found her composure on the outside, but inside she was boiling.
“…”
Ray’s jokes were so offensive. No, was I joking?
If you were sincere, what did you mean by saying that?
Was it a warning that if I couldn’t beat him, I would become worthless to you?
If not, was it a cheering that the Imperial Swordmaster would give me priority over my beloved great-granddaughter if I could defeat that guy?
Whatever it was, it was difficult for Yohana to accept it happily.
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Nod!
Yohana held the hilt of the sword firmly.
Rather than worrying about a problem that could not be answered, I wanted to relieve the rising irritation first.
At that moment, a suitable opponent was in front of me.
A little girl with a sword that doesn’t suit her.
Johanna stepped closer to Spera.
👌👌👌👌👌
As soon as Johana approached, Spera swung her great sword sharply.
Yohana, who had been paying close attention to the range of the greatsword in advance, easily avoided Spera’s blow and dug inside.
Considering the time it takes to retrieve the wielded greatsword, it was possible to swing the sword twice in Spera’s arms.
However, Spera’s greatsword was bent and fell much faster than Johana had expected.
“?!”
Quang!
Yohana evaded the great sword with only a few shots.
As the dirt hit by the bayonet was scattering in all directions, Spera quickly accelerated while bowing.
As the sword was swung along with the instantaneous acceleration, Johana’s defense was a little delayed.
Wow!!!
“み…!!”
Johana, who was pushed away as if flying, stopped while scratching the ground.
Ray looked at the two of them from a distance and muttered.
“The Swordmaster of the Empire deserves to be pampered.”
The combination of a 16-year-old girl with a small stature and a huge bayonet was definitely a deformity.
From the outside, he wondered if he would be able to hold the sword properly, but Spera easily handled the great sword and put pressure on Johana.
‘You can get that kind of superpower from that body.’
This meant that the performance of the muscles itself was very good and the efficiency of strengthening the muscles using mana was extremely high.
Of course, strength alone was not enough to handle a huge weapon like Spera.
In order to wield such a great sword to control the posture and hold the center of gravity, the overall physical sense, including the sense of balance, had to be incredibly excellent.
Kaga!!
The clash began in earnest.
Johanna faced Spera and swung her sword, trying to dig into the loophole, but it didn’t work.
Spera blocked the gap by actively using the cross-guard of the greatsword covered with the mana barrier.
Failing to counterattack, Yohana was pushed back one after another.
Apparently Johanna was thirteen.
‘There’s a difference in the basics.’
Spera was one of the most advanced swordsmen in the Empire, and whenever she wanted it, she was exposed and taught.
If a mediocre genius acted like Spera, he would have lost his way while wandering around, but Spera was quite successfully embodying and refining numerous swordsmanships, paving his way.
The total amount of mana he had in his body was enormous, as well as what he ate.
Ray sighed.
Spera had everything Rey couldn’t do to Johanna.
Compared to the famous swordsmanship instructors and the new-style education of the Empire who would have raised Spera, the training that Yohana received would have been more like a worn-out, old-fashioned bridge.
Johanna was sucking on her fingers while Spera consumed a plethora of medicinals that would help her build mana and strengthen her core.
The environmental gap between Spera and Johanna was too great.
So Rei felt sorry for Johana.
“still…”
Although it does not reach the support Spera received.
Ray did her best to help Yohana blossom in her own way.
He took the hand of a child who might have froze to death while walking around the street and dragged him here.
“You can do it.”
It was lacking compared to Spera, but Yohana had already experienced the highest level of swordsmanship in the Empire.
Even with the disgusting and difficult training of inserting the head into the intestines of an animal, Yohana persevered.
First of all, Johanna was two years older than Spera.
This was a huge advantage as much as the difference in the environment in which they lived.
“So stop and show me your skills, Yohana.”
Even if the outstanding strengths were different, if the overall talent level was similar, Yohana could definitely win.
Ray exclaimed loudly with all her heart.
“Johana, if you lose here, you will be relegated!”
“…”
The impression of Johana, who had been pushed out one-sidedly, was crumpled.
Kakagak!
Yohana, who had not been able to deliver the shock properly and rolled over the ground again, grinded her teeth.
“damn…”
Yohana was embarrassed to be pushed in a power showdown by a two-year-old opponent.
So, I tried to beat Spura in a power battle from the front, but it was a nonsensical attempt from the beginning.
“Huh…”
Yohana, who had already been pushed close to the boundary of the barrier that Diorica had spread, picked her breath.
It is a practice to attack the opponent who has the upper hand in power.
I was annoyed that I had to use it on a two-year-old or younger, but I couldn’t lose by being stubborn.
Johanna’s momentum changed once again.
tok tok
Johanna, who lightly hit the ground twice, rushed in a direction that slightly missed Spera.
👌👌👌👌👌
The moment the great sword is swung.
Johana put her sword against the great sword, and using the sword as a support, she flew away and took Spera’s back in an instant.
Spera immediately pushed her hind legs to the side, bent her back, and swung her sword backwards.
However, Yohana quickly rolled into Spera’s square.
Spera attached the crossguard close to her body as a ghastly anticipation rose from below her waist.
Black!!
Crossguard twists Johana’s stab.
As soon as the attack was blocked, Johanna kicked the ground again.
Lightly and freely, Johanna was constantly playing with her feet, occupying all directions, digging holes, and piercing a blow.
Spera raised the weakened tension and swung her sword one after another.
Kaga Gaga!!
Still, Spera’s defense was solid, and the destructive power of the sword strike was strong.
However, the aspect of the battle became much more complicated than when fighting a power battle from the front, and Spera had to twist her body by constantly changing the direction of her stepping feet in accordance with Johana’s movements.
For Spera, who wields a heavy sword, such a dynamic movement was a considerable burden.
In the end, a clear gap was briefly revealed to Spera.
Johanna’s momentum, who had been walking around wildly in all directions, was put in place in an instant.
wedge!!
Johanna’s sword flew past Spera’s greatsword and was thrown out.
Spera was clearly aware of Johana’s strike, which pierced like a snake, but she didn’t care and thrust the sword into Johana.
Spera had no doubts that each other would rip off each other’s flesh in this workshop.
👌👌👌👌👌
The sword was swung, and Spera, who was cut below the collarbone, took a step back and stared at Johana.
Johanna was unharmed.
Yohana succeeded in evading Spera’s counterattack with a difference in hair thickness.
Realizing that he had suffered a one-sided loss, Spera’s expression changed for the first time.
“It’s fun.”
A bright smile appeared on Spera’s face.
*
The rivalry between expert-level knights could be seen as many times as they could in the zodiac.
However, everyone would be terrified to find out that both sides of the match are only 16 or 18 years old.
Diorica lost her mind when the girl she didn’t care about began to share the sword on an equal footing with Spera.
I thought it would be possible, at most, of Rey who had Ernst’s approval, but my expectations were completely wrong.
Diorica looked at Rey standing in the distance, but Rey only focused on the two girls.
👌👌👌👌👌
In the end, the blood splattered properly.
Jenkinson, who was watching the 4th place match, trembled.
I didn’t worry too much about Sferana Yohana getting injured in this duel, but it was very annoying to see Johanna’s ability completely exposed to the outside.
“Is this okay?”
Rey nodded at Jenkinson’s question with many implications.
“Yeah, well… Yohana has nothing to do with it .”
