42. Genius (2)
─12 Years ago.
Alas, life is fleeting.
Eight years old.
Bell thought so when he first held the sword.
Of course, Belle, now in her twenties, was aware that those thoughts were truly those of a spoiled child.
‘Why on earth are you swinging around so meaninglessly, Brother Haven?’
Eight-year-old Belle thought so as she watched a boy practice on the back of a rock.
The twelve-year-old boy was sweating profusely.
He was the eldest brother named Haven.
‘Brother Haven said he had been learning the sword since he was five years old.’
Why?
But why is Geomro like that?
I’m not swinging it like that.
Geomro (劍路).
I could see it in Belle’s eyes.
Once you grab the sword, how to swing it and how to throw it out.
With the one sword he had just wielded for the first time.
I was instinctively convinced that the sword stroke was more extraordinary than the five consecutive strikes Haven had just unleashed.
The four seasons flow countless times.
But in the world of the midnight sun, there was only winter.
White, and white. Only winter time passes by.
Bell could only perceive the flow of the four seasons only as the changes in the birds gliding across the sky.
So, from a young age, Belle’s hobby was to lie down on the ground and stare blankly at the sky.
Luke, Belle’s father and the head of the Byakuya clan, did not know about Belle until the year she turned sixteen.
Perhaps because in the history of the Byakuya clan so far, genius has never been revealed in a girl, Luke did not even care about her daughters, including Belle.
Belle did not want to go out and reveal her genius to Luke. She did not want to be the recipient of the expectations of the entire clan.
So, Bell seemed a little sorry for Haven.
Because Haven was the person who was supposed to become the next head of the family, and as the eldest son in the direct line, he had to train constantly.
Her Belle’s second hobby was secretly watching her Haven’s training.
Bell has been training in Haven ever since he first picked up a sword at the age of eight. She watched Haven’s sword journey from hiding.
Needle liquid─
A sharp sound echoed through the air.
Twenty-year-old Haven even though the back of his hand swelled and burst. Even though her grip was torn, she continued to swing her sword.
Foolish and terrible.
‘Geomro was wrong again.’
Haven swung his sword hundreds of times. And among those sword attacks, there were only one or two sword attacks that struck Bell.
It was in the winter of that year that my father and Haven learned about Belle’s talent.
A huge orc carrying a huge ax appeared on the ridge of the midnight sun.
And behind that huge orc was an army of thirty-four orcs.
The spirit of predators flowed from the entire bodies of the Orcs who invaded the Land of the Midnight Sun.
King of the orcs.
Oak Road.
It was natural that a legion led by a king of a race would be a legion selected only from the best of the race.
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A clear auror blade flowed from the ax holding the Orc Lord.
It looked like a red flame.
Haven was not afraid even when faced with the army of the Orc Lord, encompassing one race.
He was also a member of the great midnight sun.
They were a cursed clan who could never leave this castle of midnight sun, but they were also a clan of warriors who sacrificed themselves to save the world.
Haven is in front of Orcs who are raising red energy. He created a pure white flame unique to the Byakuya clan.
The waist was cut with a sword.
The Sword of the Crescent Moon.
The snow collided with Geomro and scattered like fragments. Snow fragments and crystals spread widely through the air.
And two orcs with their upper bodies tilted diagonally.
The orcs’ bodies fell neatly into the white snow field. It was embroidered with red blood.
But, it’s not enough.
Bell thought so.
She was frustrated.
The sword can only be used like that.
The fundamental approach is wrong. She thought so.
‘You don’t have to approach the enemy with the intention of killing them one by one.’
I felt very frustrated with Haven trying to attack every orc in sight.
‘All you have to do is cut down the space itself.’
Then all monsters in that gap die.
Since last year, Bell has had many enemies who have annihilated monsters that invaded at night without the clan’s knowledge.
Belle, who had been crouching on a huge tree branch and quietly looking down on the situation, threw her body down.
Thump─
Thick snow dust rose up.
The eyes of about 20 midnight sun clan warriors, including Luke and Belle, all focused on Belle.
“… Bell?”
The warriors of the Byakuya clan could not help but be shocked when the sixteen-year-old girl suddenly fell from the tree.
Although I saw Belle running around and playing occasionally, I never saw her hold a sword in her hand.
“Woman, what are you doing here! Bell! Quickly go back to the safe area… !”
The middle-aged warrior who shouted like that remained silent, his mouth open in a daze.
This was because the sword held by Bell embroidered the air with a brilliant pure white sword energy.
It was a brilliant sword that could not even be compared to the sword that had just been unleashed from Haven’s hand.
“Brother.”
Bell spoke quietly and stood next to Haven.
“If you target each opponent individually and extend your sword, it is too ineffective in this one-on-one situation.”
Belle stepped on the snowy ground with his right foot.
“We have to cut down the space.”
Bell swung his sword.
Cho──────Evil!
The white light revealed its bright presence even in the pure white night.
Sugeeokeuk!!
The cruel sound of destruction rang out loudly. The orcs’ arms, upper bodies, and heads rose into the air.
Seven.
With a single sword, the life lights of seven orcs were extinguished.
Red blood was splattered on the pure white snow field.
“Like this.”
Bell turned his head back and looked at Haven, who was standing blankly behind him.
Haven had his eyes wide open and couldn’t even think of opening his mouth.
And it was the same for Luke next to him.
I thought he was just a child who liked to think alone. But he could tell just from the blow he had just shown. That was an overwhelming talent.
Luke’s dry mouth slowly opened.
“… “Since when did you pick up a sword?”
“Eight years old.”
8 Years.
Luke swallowed his dry saliva.
Before my eyes was a genius who had picked up a sword and had reached the level of an advanced sword expert in just eight years.
“Then why did you show your power only now?”
“Now, I was thinking that I should join my father and help subdue the giant Ades. And….”
Bell’s gaze trailed off and stopped at the young man standing at the very back among the 20 warriors.
There was a warrior, Seiyan, who turned 19 this year.
From the moment I faced the Orc army, my whole body was shaking violently.
The warrior of the midnight sun did not shiver from the cold, so it was clear that it was due to fear.
“The family is shaking. “That’s why I did it.”
Bell took another step.
Bell’s weapon had suddenly changed into a rapier that was easy to stab.
White light erupted once more.
Stab.
A single flash of light stretched out as if it would push away the world.
Thump-
Space is distorted.
Quung-
Six orcs were compressed at once as if they had been skewered and thrown into the distance.
The white flash advanced without stopping.
Wow!!
The King of Orcs blocked the sharp sword’s thrust with the broad side of the huge axe.
But not even a moment’s hesitation permeated Bell’s movements.
His feet kept moving.
Kwajik─!
The ax came down.
What was in the area where the ax containing the flame-like aura was taken was only an afterimage of Bell.
Bell dug into the right side of the Oak Road.
Whoosh!
In an instant, Bell pulled back his right hand that was holding his sword.
And he stepped forward and stretched out his arms.
Blah blah blah!
Four clusters of light struck sharply and directly at the side of the Orc Lord.
Kwooooo!!
The king’s screams rang out.
Buuung!
The enraged king awakened the muscles of his entire body and swung his arms.
A huge ax cut through the air like a sword. But Bell’s new model was once again only an afterimage. The bell suddenly moved from right to left.
Bell swung the rapier again.
A white haze flowed over the three swords and Bell’s entire bodies.
‘Quickly.’
Belle stretched out his arms.
Blah blah blah!
Eight pagongeum.
And then eight slashes rose in the air.
The black energy of frost, reminiscent of a flower, stayed in the air for a long time and then disappeared.
The shape of the sword energy was a flower, but the result of that flower was infinitely sharp.
The body of the Orc Lord, with eight holes in his entire body, was tilted to the floor.
Cow!!
Bell’s movement did not stop.
Bell, who had killed more than twenty of the remaining animals, then turned towards the Byakuya clan, who were staring at him.
On the pure white snow.
A girl with her back turned to the corpses of numerous orcs.
Luke clearly felt that his daughter, Belle, was very foreign.
“… “Is that technique ?”
“Yes.”
“Who told you this?”
In response to Luke’s question, Belle slowly shook her head.
“No one told me.”
Bell’s gaze turned to Haven.
“I learned it from secretly watching her father teach it to Brother Haven.”
Luke’s brow furrowed.
“… Get?”
This was because every word Belle said was unusual.
“See with your own eyes. “You mean she woke up just by that?”
“Yes.”
The furrow between Luke’s eyebrows deepened.
However, I couldn’t bear to call him arrogant.
‘The frost flower has been transformed more completely.’
Genius.
He is a genius beyond himself.
Just look at martial arts with your own eyes and see through everything about it.
A genius who creates technology that is more perfect than the original.
Belle was dumbfounded and she thrust her pretty face towards Luke who was looking at her.
“I won’t do it.”
Bell stared at Haven again.
“Chief. Because being the head of the household is Haven Brother’s responsibility.”
Bel approached Haven.
“… Bell.”
In a daze, Haven called the name of his youngest sister, with whom he often played when he was young.
“Yes, brother.”
“… If your skills are the same as just now, wouldn’t it be right for you to be the head of the house?”
“No, brother.”
Belle shook her head slowly.
“I will become your brother’s sword. “It’s your older brother who takes care of the house.”
Belle swung her sword across the floor once, shaking off the orcs’ blood and flesh.
“I will participate in the subjugation of Ades starting tomorrow.”
No one could ignore Belle as a 16-year-old lump of blood.
Anyone could see that he had achieved the advanced level of Sword Expert.
Luke swallowed his dry saliva.
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‘It will be soon.’
It would be quick to reach the level of master.
If you have that level of talent.
Belle walked into the castle of midnight alone.
Belle was just a little worried.
Haben might have fallen into despair.
Wouldn’t she put down her sword?
And it only took her one day to realize that it was a completely useless worry.
Wedge─
Booung─
Haben began swinging his sword again.
Belle looked at that figure blankly. A prosecutor who does not despair in the face of talent.
Bel stood next to Haven.
And she began swinging her sword side by side.
It’s called effort.
The thing called training.
She is only now beginning to realize that feeling.
Bell and Haven stood side by side and swung their swords.
Bell learned the wonder of effort.
I was able to shake off the arrogant thought that Haven’s actions were in vain.
The siblings created countless sword paths in the midnight sun.
Four seasons have passed.
It was three four seasons.
Even if the strong Bell and Luke worked together, they couldn’t break through the Giant King’s regenerative power.
It was hopeless. Bell maybe really. I even thought that I might be stuck in this cage of midnight sun for the rest of my life, never being able to get out.
However, thanks to Haven, who did not collapse even in the face of even greater despair, I was able to relieve that feeling of helplessness.
Winter has come again.
Geniuses who learned the value of hard work achieved growth very quickly.
“…Uh, that’s it.”
A brilliant white sword energy rose. It was a dazzling white sword, like a jade bead, unlike any sword I had seen before.
Proof of the Sword Master, Auror Blade.
A pure white star bloomed on the sword.
“Congratulations.”
Haben smiled and congratulated Belle on her achievement.
It was the year Belle turned nineteen.
***
Twenty-year-old Belle felt Yuma’s gaze. She
She And she also felt the gaze of Clone, the wizard behind Yuma. She felt an unidentified resonance reverberating in her head.
‘What is it?’
She narrowed her eyes, and after a while, the unidentified wave that was ringing in her head stopped.
What was important now was not the resonance sound I just heard.
The most important thing was to deal with Ades, the king of the giants below the cliff.
Boom!
Belle landed in front of the giant Ades, emitting white energy from her entire body.
“Bell.”
Luke’s firm voice was heard.
“What are you doing? “You’re not coming.”
Belle moved forward.
She immediately relieved her doubts about Yuma and Clone.
What’s important now is. Because it was not about dealing with the authors, but with Ades, the king of the giants in front of us.
The white light extending from Belle’s waist and the white light extending from Luke’s hand simultaneously shot across the ground towards Ades.
