Chapter 448 – 128. Proof of Lion Heart Sword (2)
The White Lion Palace’s gymnasium.
Essenmund is home to countless swordsmen and swordsmanship guilds. So, it was common to find gymnasiums in any territory.
The gymnasium of the White Lion Palace was on a different level.
The site of the spacious White Lion Palace. A place located as a separate building, not an external parade ground.
The gymnasium was wide enough to train hundreds of soldiers. All necessary facilities for sparring or individual training were also provided.
And, surprisingly, all these facilities were prepared for only one person.
‘I’m sure he said that this gymnasium was built for Yulian-sama.’
That is why the nickname of the gymnasium is Yulian Hall.
In the center of the gymnasium, the people of the palace of the white lion gathered.
Not only the ministers, but also the guards of the White Lion Palace. And even the knights of the Midnight Sun who were visiting here were together.
Right now, the main forces of the White Night Knights are all fighting in the permafrost.
Still, the owner, Wilhelm, briefly returned to the palace of the white lion. There were also high nights to escort him.
Among them, the second-in-command of the White Night Knights. Vice-captain Pavel Mihait was also there.
Her ministers gathered around her. Said Charlotte, who had been watching her.
“You seem to be observing today’s sparring, Vice-captain.”
At those words, Lucia froze.
Although he has a personal relationship with Julian, the white man of the future. She was now a member of the Midnight Sun.
Lucia looked at her vice-captain’s face, and she briefly recalled yesterday’s events.
Immediately after entering the palace of the white lion with Yulian’s carriage.
She is Uriel and Charlotte. Together with those two knights, I went to visit their superiors.
“Lord Lott gave you permission to join?”
White lion’s womb. There, a separate office was prepared for the midnight knights staying in the mansion.
A beautiful woman sitting at a table in the office with her legs crossed.
Although her appearance looks like she’s in her early 30s. She was actually a female knight well over 40 years old.
Although she covered her piercing eyes with her glasses. Her Lucia intuition told her that she was by no means an ordinary swordsman.
“Yeah! That’s right. Vice-captain!”
And Charlotte saluted the woman as the head of her party.
It was. The 30-year-old female knight is none other than Pavel Miheit, the vice-captain of the Midnight Sun Knights.
The second-in-command of the Midnight Sun right after Captain Michael.
And as a former lieutenant of Marshal Wilhelm, he was a master-class knight who played an active part in all kinds of wars, including the Great War.
In front of her, not only Charlotte, but also Yuriel had very nervous expressions.
Vice-captain Pavel was reading the letter of recommendation Lucia brought with her cigarette in her mouth. She said as she let out her smoke.
“And Count Julian’s recommendation. Looking at the letter of recommendation, you are from the same Pantheon classmate as Count Julian.”
Pavel’s sharp eyes scanned Lucia’s body. Lucia’s body stiffened as it was.
‘It’s strong. Even when she confronted Lamiar, although the pressure was huge for her. She is different from Rami Ar.’
She put on a look lost in thought for a moment. She put out her cigarette in the ashtray.
“Just in time, two weeks ago, on the recommendation of Count Julian, three new knights joined the White Night. Well, her skills seem to be decent enough… Though she turned right into a dungeon near the permafrost as soon as she joined. Perhaps the Count’s eyes are not bad. Would you like that too?”
Saying that, he looked at Lucia again. Pavel’s eyes stabbed her Lucia fiercely.
Lucia stiffened for a moment.
It wasn’t just that Yuriel and Charlotte were frozen in front of that vice-captain.
‘He said that he’s definitely capable enough to handle even a type 1 monster alone.’
She didn’t just glance at her.
Although she didn’t create an aura. Pavel radiated an anticipation that was close to murder, characteristic of an outstanding swordsman.
“Hmm. Well, I guess it’s not just the looks and body that are good. You.”
Fortunately, Pavel did not object to Lucia’s entry.
Of course, it was because Lucia had endured the intense murder in those eyes. But Lucia was dizzy.
‘If you attacked me as I live. I’ve probably died over 10 times.’
Even with her movements. Even with her quicksword, her odds of winning were nowhere to be seen. However, Pavel, who was the person in charge of her, was adamant.
Pavel put her letter of recommendation into the road envelope.
“Did you say Lucia May? I have quite a temper. Well, actually, I don’t need a recommendation like this. What matters is my eyes. Uriel here too. Charlotte is also an article I discovered myself. Even so, one eye is still useful.”
“That word…”
“Yes. Sir Charlotte. With this, one more person has been added here in the midnight sun.”
“Then… Sir Lucia has now officially become a Knight of the Midnight Sun!”
Charlotte and Yuriel’s expressions brightened.
That’s how Pavel approved her to join.
“However, women in the north are not as soft as women in other empires. Since you also joined the midnight sun. You will live as a northern woman, not a southern woman. So if you want something, get it with your sword. Anything. Except for the change-back position.”
At those words, Lucia finally put her mind at ease.
And she was the word Lucia wanted more than any other words.
‘Woman of the North…’
Lucia always wanted to be a Northerner, not a Southerner. She is the one who wants to stay by Julian’s side, who will become the ruler of the North.
Uriel and Charlotte had heard a lot about Vice-captain Pavel.
As a knight, Pavel’s nickname is Lion Grand Duke’s Eye. Literally as a knight, Pavel had the sharpest eyes of any man.
She had been told that her terribly cool and precise eyes had saved the elite of Essenmund countless times.
‘Because I was recognized by that vice-captain Pavel. I feel like I’m one step closer to Julian.’
And Lucia’s short flashback stopped there.
The dance floor was buzzing.
Vice-captain Pavel’s voice was heard.
“Then, I, Pavel Mihait, will rise as an inductee and referee for this sparring.”
Vice-captain Pavel stood in the middle of the arena.
And two Reinhardts stood side by side on either side of her.
Belhelm von Reinhardt and Julian von Reinhardt.
As the two faced each other, silence fell over the gymnasium.
***
I faced my maternal grandfather.
Wilhelm von Reinhardt.
A hero representing the Empire. And a swordsman of transcendence who has risen to the top of the empire.
The great swordsman nicknamed Lion Grand Duke was standing right in front of my eyes.
“Dalian time is 1 minute. It is a formal match without any restrictions.”
Then, the voice of Vice-Captain Pavel, the referee for this match, was heard.
At those words, everyone gathered in the gymnasium murmured.
“Even though Count Yulian has recently made a big contribution and proved his skills. Still, doesn’t it make sense to have a formal sparring against Your Highness?”
“Doesn’t that mean that Your Highness’ will is firm?”
“The will to never send a special envoy from the Demon Kingdom. I guess so too.”
What they said was right.
Anyway, I was already thinking of having my maternal grandfather evaluate my swordsmanship that I had accumulated over the years.
However, it became a public confrontation like this.
It was an expression of intention to completely break my will to go as a special envoy to the Demon Kingdom.
‘As expected, he sees me as a child.’
Of course, the Demon Kingdom is never a safe place.
A place full of hatred for the imperial people. And no matter how much I say that I am the child of Lucifer, the cold-blooded demon lord.
Right now, Ustina holds all the power in the Demon Kingdom. So there was no way to welcome me, the stone that rolled in.
So the Dalian now had a great meaning to me as well. If the opponent is the first person in the empire. Because he was the best opponent to check my skills more than anyone else.
In front of the people in the palace of the white lion. It was the moment to show my changed lion heart.
“Then let’s start sparring!”
Cacan-
In the air, the two lightly collided their swords.
Before Dalian. Courtesy shown to each other. My Black Siertia. And the sword of his maternal grandfather was a famous sword made of cryolite that he favored.
‘I guess he really doesn’t want to look at me.’
That too was what I wanted. My maternal grandfather hasn’t said a word to me since he came to the gymnasium.
But now, the sword that my grandfather pulled out. It gave me a stronger will than any other words.
– I can never send you to the Demon Kingdom!
Of course, as his grandson. I was thinking of making trouble properly.
I am a mana heart of the 7th rank. Mana was rotated to the maximum level to the veins of that Mana Heart.
The Lucian method of practice.
A special technique created using only the strengths of the Reinhards and Orheas. As a result, the mana concentrated in my mana heart began to accelerate beyond human limits.
And refined auras began to form on the surface of Siertia.
Woo woo woo woo-
In an instant, exclamations erupted from the audience.
“How can you get an aura of that level at such a young age!!”
“Could it be that Count Yulian has already reached the level of a master!”
“Have you already crossed the 7th level? That is nonsense…”
Burning over the sword body as if it were rampaging wildly. It wasn’t a normal aura sword.
An extremely refined, refined golden aura. That aura was slowly emitting light from the blade.
“Such a muffled resonant aura… It’s definitely an aura that can only be created when you reach the pinnacle of the Lion Heart Sword…”
A resonant sound began to spread through the voices of the ministers.
Woo woo woo woo-
The 1.5m long aura flowing through the sword made a huge resonance. And so did the opponent.
“His Highness Belhelm’s Aura Sword is the same color! No, it creates a louder resonance!”
Instead, what he said was correct.
My maternal grandfather also made the same Auror Sword as I did.
Lion Grand Duke Wilhelm. My maternal grandfather has long since reached the level of the 7th rank.
The 7th hierarchy is the hierarchical limit that humans can reach. The level of the 8th rank is a level that only demigods like the devil grand duke can do.
But I instinctively felt it.
‘It’s definitely not an aura emitted from the 7th level.’
I was convinced that the level that the Lion Grand Duke had reached really transcended humans. It was not for nothing that my maternal grandfather was called the Grand Master.
The state of the maternal grandfather was undoubtedly the eighth rank. Not only that.
The golden aura that the two of them just created.
It was Chapter 2 of the Lion Heart Sword. Even in the form of the true Lion Heart Sword, it is a compressed form of the greatest power.
The older brother of extreme waves.
Although it is the pre-stage of Sun-oh and the polar night. Rather, it is the sword type most effectively used in numerous battles.
Therefore, it means that he is the older brother of the Lion Heart Sword, who can clearly see his skills more than any other swordsmanship.
That’s how the two of them created the final form of Chapter 2 of the Lion Heart Sword at the same time. It felt like the resonating sound was tearing the entire air in the gymnasium.
‘Is this the Lion Grand Duke’s Aura Sword? It seems like the same thing as me, but it’s completely different.’
A feeling of oppression, as if a huge lion had lifted its paws, was transmitted through his body.
Undoubtedly, old man. But it was not the shabby body of a wounded, aged beast.
Because he was the strongest lion, he was the strongest proof that he had survived until his old age and reigned at the top of the food chain. That is the sword of the Marquis.
My whole body trembled with an honest feeling.
It wasn’t fear. It was the excitement of the crazy anticipation of clashing swords with such a strong swordsman soon.
Reinhardt’s blood. Seeing that Reinhardt’s owner, he was boiling.
“Come first, Yulian.”
I squeezed Siertia’s handle tightly. Then, he kicked off the floor of the gymnasium and rushed toward his maternal grandfather.
***
Pavel Miheit, vice-captain of the Midnight Sun Knights.
The second person in the white night. And the knight of the midnight sun, whose eyes as a swordsman are said to surpass Michael’s.
But Pavel couldn’t help but doubt her eyes now.
‘Now… What am I watching?’
Extreme brother.
It is the final sword form of Chapter 2 of the Lion Heart Sword. It was generally the last stage that Knights of the Midnight Sun learn.
If you have properly learned the extreme form.
Common soldiers. No, it was enough to single-handedly defeat even a type 2 monster, a strong enemy that is not easy even for knights.
Of course, there are Seon Ohui and Oh Ui next to the older brother of the extreme school.
That stage was too far for even the knights of the midnight sun, the best in the empire. Even in the Knights of the Midnight Sun, the supreme night was the highest level that only Mikhail and Pavel could achieve.
However, the color of the aura rising from the Lion Grand Duke’s sword was unmistakably jet-black.
Sunoh’s extreme night.
The older brother of the extreme wave, a jet-black aura that says you can only reach it if you go beyond that limit.
To the extent that even Pavel, who was already over 40, had barely reached it not too long ago. It was the polar night that was said to be difficult for a knight of the midnight sun to reach even if he devoted his entire life to the sword.
‘His Highness Wilhelm. Said he only brought out Seonoh’s pole night during sparring?’
The swords of the two have already been mixed once.
The clash between the older brother of the extreme wave and the older brother of the extreme wave. At that moment, a shock wave was created so strong that the gymnasium vibrated.
Surprisingly, Yulian was fine.
And right after that. Without any hesitation, Wilhelm refined the aura in the form of the polar night.
“I must have looked down on you, Yulian.”
The jet-black aura that Wilhelm created aimed at Yulian. And the reason Pavel was surprised was not because of Wilhelm’s polar night.
Wilhelm spoke again.
“I didn’t even think that you, Julian, would have reached the stage of the polar night.”
It was. Pavel was watching another polar night right in front of his eyes. She cried inside.
‘Agnes. I guess your son. I think he’s even more of a genius than your father!’
And the two Reinhardt’s swords collided again.
