Chapter 381 – 108. End of Semester 1 (3)
The audience in the Colosseum was buzzing.
After the fight between the two is over. The name of the winner called by the professor in charge of refereeing. It was Chloe.
“Lady Chloe…”
Fabian’s party, who were watching the couple’s sparring, couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
It was a fierce fight that literally shook the Colosseum. However, the one who stood on the stage of the Colosseum without collapsing was Chloe.
‘That’s the difference between a sheet of paper.’
Both of them are geniuses representing both sects. As such, it was unbelievable that it was a cadet-level match, so a high-level battle took place.
A rosette that skillfully uses the power of the Spirit King. She trained in the battle of Mayeonjeon and in the primeval forest. And in the short period of time until the fierce battle in the imperial palace, she had accumulated a lot of practical experience.
‘It’s not that Chloe doesn’t have any practical experience, either. Still, Rosette has gone through more battles.’
So the winner I expected was Rosette. However, in real life, Chloe was Rosette’s match.
Although there is no blessing of lineage like Rosette, a true blood witch. Instead, Chloe was the successor to Aitern, the highest trading company on the continent.
‘Perhaps he generously used rare minerals.’
So today’s Chloe used a fighting method that only she could.
It was a method of injecting a large amount of expensive research materials that would be wasteful for a normal wizard or alchemist to deal with once in a lifetime.
‘Even the special alchemy ingredients that react more violently to Magi.’
In her later years, when she got her hands on the ancient dragon’s wrath, Chloe took all the other by-products.
The remains of ancient dragons are very precious material itself, enough to be the foundation of Siertia. Chloe must have been concentrating materials such as the remains of an ancient dragon for several months in preparation for a day like this.
‘Of course, the fact that Chloe, who is so busy every day, even did that work at the same time…’
It means that even as Chloe, she has been working extremely hard. And the alchemist’s victory by using the materials and minerals that fit his purpose is worthy of praise.
So, to Rosette, who is so talented in many ways and doesn’t push herself to the limit. It will be a defeat that will be a new trigger.
“Rosette seems quite resentful too.”
Like Fabian said. Rosette, who had collapsed after sparring, got back on her feet with the treatment of a medical professor.
Rosette, who had admitted defeat, was crying loudly, and Chloe was staring at her with great triumph.
‘Well, I can’t let Chloe get too arrogant.’
In this way, the presentation of the cadet representatives of the two schools and the award ceremony followed.
“It is now the end of the closing ceremony.”
Said Fabian. Like he said The first semester of Pantheon comes to an end with the couplets at the end of the battle.
Sophia’s words echoed throughout the Colosseum.
“There will be a final test match for the best cadets of the 2nd year of the Combat Corps!”
The atmosphere in the Colosseum, which had been temporarily subdued by her words, heated up again. Rosette and Chloe’s sparring earlier was great, but the flower of sparring was, of course, a confrontation between swordsmen.
Then, on the large screen of the Colosseum, the profiles of the cadets and their ranks within the order appeared.
The 5 people gathered here are the top 5 of the combat faction. It was also a confrontation between me, who gained great fame for suppressing the rebellion of Grius, and the other four.
I glanced at Lucia. Even Rosette and Chloe’s sparring, Lucia was not watching properly, meditating with her eyes closed.
She opened her eyes again at Sophia’s words. And at that moment our eyes met.
‘It’s a completely different look than usual.’
To be precise, it is the same as the usual eyes. A female swordsman with a cold expression with raised eyebrows. Lucia’s expression and eyes at the end of the battle were always like a sharp sword.
However, those eyes that become round and gentle only when they look at me. It wasn’t so scary now.
‘As expected of Lucia.’
Since I asked her to do her best. More than my request. Lucia was the kind of person who would wholeheartedly take on anything.
Soon, the five members of the combat team stood on the center stage of the Colosseum.
***
After President Sofia explained the rules of sparring. Finally, the sparring of the battle ends began.
All five of them on the stage are outstanding swordsmen who are more than enough to enter the 3rd Imperial Order.
[Yulian should be nervous too. Lucia-san has progressed a step further from the sparring in the underground temple.]
And the two of them sat together in the stands of the Colosseum. Eirin and Cecilia were listening to Erti.
The holy sword, Siertia, held in Cecilia’s arms. Erti, the will of the holy sword, continued to speak.
[And the cadets named Fabian, Leaf, and Eric who are with me over there are also very good at basic skills. All three of them seem to be the type to grow through real-life battles. If you look at the skills of the first year and the second year now, it’s surprising that I’ve improved a lot.]
To that, Cecilia replied.
“1 Grade? Oh, Erti-sama said that he was sealed in the underground temple of Loia Hall. Is that why you watched the cadets of the combat order?”
[Of course. Since I am a holy sword, watching the swordsman wield it is like… Heh heh. It’s just as enjoyable as stealing sexual love.]
At those words, Cecilia almost panicked for a moment. Erti already knew that her head was a strange holy sword, so she dismissed it as nothing special.
“The confrontation has begun!”
Although Dalian had already started a little while ago. The four people surrounding Yulian did not move.
Although Cecilia is unfamiliar with her swordsmanship. Without a doubt, those five people must be very busy conducting a search battle.
And at the end of the search battle, the three cadets moved at the same time.
“It’s dangerous!”
Eirin shouted. Like she said Three swordsmen, including Fabian, thrust their swords at Yulian.
‘It’s like very sophisticated swordsmanship.’
Even if she didn’t learn swordsmanship, Cecilia is a dragon. She is, and she is a master of weaponry. She thinks about how the weapon should move the most, and she manufactures it.
All three are good at handling the new imperial sword forged by her smelting method.
Even though it was a newly made sword, it was as if he had been using it for a long time. With a skillful swordsman, he didn’t give Yulian a chance.
[Your ability to create auras is also good. If you were a swordsman at that age, you would hear that you are talented just by giving off an aura. Everyone has actual combat experience, so they don’t get swayed by the aura.]
Like Erti said. The radiation of the aura created by the three of them was aiming at Yulian without rest.
It is an imperial sword that has already been mixed with special minerals such as mana light. Because of that influence, it keeps the aura stable. Its cutting power is enough to lightly cut through huge boulders.
A fierce battle ensued.
Even if three people use their swords at the same time, the sword strikes might get tangled. The three of them kept working together like flowing water, as if one swordsman was attacking.
[And the rest of the people are making up for the short-lived weakness. All three know each other’s movements very well.]
Cecilia felt the same way. And those three were using the rules of this sparring well.
‘Because Yulian-sama can’t use Aura…’
No matter how good the swordsman is. The Aura Sword, which is not even a Mana Sword, cannot be pared down with a normal sword that lacks the slightest energy.
I don’t know if it’s a holy sword like Siertia. What Yulian is holding now is an ordinary imperial sword. And due to the rules of Dalian, it is an iron sword that is not even mixed with special minerals.
So, Yulian was seldom on the defensive and could not launch a counterattack. It seemed that there was no gap to break through those three consecutive attacks.
However, that was also only part of Yulian’s disadvantage. Julian’s enemies were not three, but four.
“What’s more dangerous than those three consecutive attacks…”
For a moment, Cecilia’s words were cut off. It was because Ei-rin shouted next to her.
“I can’t see Miss Lucia!”
Erin was right. Unlike the three of them who were swinging their swords without rest. From a certain point on, Lucia was not visible from the stage.
But Cecilia knew. Lucia is still on stage.
However, the movement was so fast that normal human dynamic vision could not follow it.
[Hmm. If this happens, Julian will suffer. Lucia seems to be faster than the last time I saw her.]
And even Erti noticed the movement. He didn’t seem to be optimistic about Yulian’s victory.
‘No. Brother! If we lose like this…’
In that urgency. Cecilia clasped her hands together and watched the five of them fight.
***
The confrontation with the four was fierce as expected.
‘Everyone prepared properly.’
Even though it was Fabian who had been telling jokes beside me until the sparring started. As soon as the match started, the eyes and momentum changed completely.
It was the same with Riff and Eric. The three were prosecutors with their own strengths.
As befits a Southern swordsman, Fabian had a speed sword and a transfiguration sword. And Leaf is an excellent swordsman who can perform the imperial swordsmanship in the most classic way.
And Eric, from the north, from Essenmund. He is a swordsman who knows how to deliver powerful blows like a northerner.
So the three of them were constantly moving and supplementing their own strengths and weaknesses.
A gap unique to the speed sword and the change sword. Fabian’s gap was filled by Leaf’s sword, which was easy to use. Then, the two strikes created a gap for me, and Eric stabbed the Aura’s strong attack between them.
‘You are strong. All three of them have surpassed the cadet level.’
Of course, there are more loopholes than the High Knights of the Royal Guard that I dealt with. However, unlike the sparring at that time, those three are using auras.
Auror is the energy that has been refined extremely sharply for purely offensive use of mana. That’s why even I had to be prepared for part of my body to be cut off if I was vigilant.
On the other hand, I can’t use auras. There is no way to target the gaps of those who have eliminated gaps through joint work. Even the weapon is an ordinary iron sword. If I run into that Aura, my Imperial Sword will be destroyed.
‘It’s impossible to deal with those three with bare fists unless I release all of the dragon’s power.’
And in the middle of this Colosseum filled with priests of the six under his command, he could not openly use magic. A quandary in many ways.
However, I was able to withstand the attacks of the three people well. In fact, I have experienced this kind of unfavorable battle in real life.
‘In the fight against the Witchbeast.’
Battle with the witch. In particular, battles in dungeons are many-to-one fights, unless it’s a boss battle in the first place. Even in boss battles, there are subordinate monsters.
Roia’s ordeal. Mayeonjeon, and even a fight in the imperial palace. The combat method of coping with multiple attacks and aiming for the only gap. It was already imprinted in my bones.
Basic evasion action. I took two or three more moves in anticipation of the next stabbing attack.
‘For now, we just need to avoid this. It’ll just buy me time anyway.’
So, the combat method I chose in Dalian this time is earth war.
Aura consumes a lot of mana as its cutting power is different from normal mana. It’s not easy to avoid the three-person joint effort. If only you can survive without getting hit. Clearly, time is on my side.
‘I’m sorry for those three. Because my mana heart is a dragon heart.’
That’s why there is no choice but to have a big difference in endurance from those who haven’t even reached the 6th tier yet. Even my dragon heart’s 6th tier is on a different level from the 6th tier of high-ranking swordsmen.
So while my body naturally avoided the attacks of those three. All my attention was actually on Lucia.
‘If I show even the slightest gap, Lucia’s stab will fly.’
It was like that too.
Shuuk-
A very sophisticated quicksword that aimed only at one point. It was completely different from Fabian’s undersword, which was based on a transfiguration sword. Lucia’s quicksword was a quicksword and at the same time a strong sword filled with the will to end it with a single sword.
‘The explosive power is completely different from before.’
Right after the start of the sparring, Lucia’s location was difficult to determine in real time. I was busy stepping on the sword path, mainly my blind spot.
Lucia’s reaction speed and mobility right now. It was probably the result of strengthening her body through magic.
‘He must be benefiting from sparring with Erti in the underground temple… And from massage.’
Her sword is already flying at my vital point. If I can’t handle this sword, my defeat is certain.
‘But Lucia. You’re not the only one who knows how to use magic.’
The center of Divine Academy. And even if there were so many priests in the Colosseum, they couldn’t openly use magic. There were plenty of ways to apply that magic.
A 6th tier shell that temporarily became a vacuum of mana while trying to stop the three people from joining forces.
Magic began to concentrate in that dragon heart.
