Chapter 273 – 273. The Two Disciples (6)
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As Leticia crossed the trail through the maple forest, she saw the falling maple leaves and felt as if it was autumn.
It must still be summer,
Looking at the maple leaves fluttering in the cool breeze, she felt as if autumn had arrived.
The red-haired high elf lady arrived at the clearing with a determined expression on her face. And beyond, a brown-haired woman in light leather armor, like a mercenary, was waiting with her rapier dangling.
“For me to judge the daughter of the famous Santander family…. Should I call it an honor?”
The elf woman asked.
In response, Leticia took her steps to the center of her clearing,
She opened her mouth politely taking her example.
“My name is Leticia Santander, a prospective graduate of Bria Academy. I just want a fair, flawless, impartial review. So, please, look at her as a challenger, not as the daughter of the Santander family.”
As expected, it is worthy of the daughter of the Santander family, which is famous for its noble character and dignity.
She seemed to have her lofty self-esteem as an aristocrat all over her body.
“Uh, yes…. As expected of a noble lady, she only uses difficult words. I didn’t understand half of it.”
After the elf woman said that,
She took an example as she chuckled and raised her rapier, sharp and sharp, to her chest.
“My name is Kurevas. He is the squad leader of the Rangers who travel through the Aquitaine Mountains.”
After introducing himself like that, the Ranger’s vice-captain glanced at Yushin, who was observing the test from over there.
It’s not a first impression.
Because I’ve seen it once.
Of course, only he knows, and he doesn’t know about the demon lord slayer.
When the delegation from the kingdom of Valois came to the kingdom of Aquitaine, her blue-haired heroine clearly remembered the image of her who caused her madness and the image of her demon lord slayer who stopped her.
‘I never thought the Demon King Slayer would be with me as an observer. This is a bit tense. To think that all the swordsmen on the continent would fight in front of the demon lord killer they long for as their dream and goal.’
Although he was the leader of the Ranger Squad who mercilessly disqualified numerous academy students who challenged the graduation exam, he showed a somewhat nervous appearance in front of the Demon King Slayer.
But within
She let out a deep sigh, clearing her mind.
He himself is currently dispatched as an examiner for the academy graduation exam.
Even for the Ranger’s honor.
And even for Bria Academy.
As the bold lady of the Santander family said, she had to perfectly fulfill her role of giving fair and flawless test evaluations.
“Then shall we begin now?”
“Yes.”
Kurevas asked.
At that, Leticia, who had her sword drawn and assumed her stance, nodded her head.
We greeted each other,
Now was the time to focus on each other’s duties and roles.
Kurebas, who was asked for her fairness and integrity by Lecitia, raised the sharp tip of her rapier high while paying tribute to her integrity.
‘It’s going to be fun… ! A disciple of the Demon King Slayer, he must be different from other students.’
Is it that the spirit of victory as a Ranger has begun to boil?
Kurevas revealed this.
As he extended the tip of his rapier sword forward, he launched a quick and sharp attack.
“Quit!”
In response, Leticia dodged his first thrust by tilting her head to the side.
Swing her sword and take her second stab,
Then she swung her sword again, interrupting her third stab.
Leticia skillfully coped with the rapier’s swift attack. She did not panic, calmly judged the situation, and blocked the attack.
‘Did you block all three attacks? I’m not good at reflexes…. Did you notice it in advance through your intuition?’
Seeing that, Kurevas expressed admiration.
It must have been unexpected that the academy student could dodge and block all three consecutive stabs from the rapier.
It felt like dealing with a prosecutor with a lot of practical experience. She looked surprised at her skillful handling of not appearing to be an academy student.
“I never thought a rapier would take me against it.”
Alone stuck her head out.
Standing next to Yushin,
Alone, who had been watching from a distance so as not to get in the way of Leticia fighting her examiner, opened her mouth.
The high elf girl responded with wonder.
A rapier that catches sharp thrusts as an attack ark.
It was a weapon that was light and capable of quick attacks compared to other weapons,
Because it was a weapon that was difficult to handle and required long proficiency, there were only a handful of swordsmen who used the rapier as their main weapon.
“But Leticia will be able to win.”
Allone said.
At the words of the high elf girl cheering for Leticia, Yushin’s gaze was directed.
“Mu, of course, if it were me, I would have finished it with the first blow!”
On the outside, she looks blunt, but on the inside, she must have been desperately hoping for Leticia to win.
Alone watched with her fists clenched as Leticia battled fiercely with her judges and her back.
A nasty criminal, but
She always had a tendency to be smug,
Because we were friends though.
She said that Leticia couldn’t think of her nerd like herself as her friend, but she at least thought of Leticia as her friend.
Therefore,
I hope she wins.
She passed the graduation exam, and she hoped that she would continue to show off her brash nerd side as she had always done.
That’s it,
It’s Leticia Santander.
“Go a little faster.”
The Ranger Squad Leader warned.
The sword speed was faster than before.
The rapier flew in, punching a hole in the fallen leaves that were flying in the wind.
The faster the speed of the sword, the sharper the sharpness of the rapier that pierces the air must also have become sharper. Leticia dodged and blocked all of her attacks with her eyes wide open.
“Big!”
Leticia gritted her teeth.
The fierce slash she wielded with both hands,
She was attacked by a flying rapier and struck a blow at the ranger squad leader while wielding a mana blade along with spittle.
Hard!!!
Of course, Kurevas quickly responded to Lesitia’s sudden blow, but
She looked a bit surprised.
He didn’t seem to think that the high elf girl, who was only focused on defense and evasion, would switch to attack in an instant and wield his sword.
‘Your swordsmanship is very sophisticated. Like a perfectly established mathematical formula…. It’s flawless and perfect.’
Leticia, who finally switched to attack, seemed to return the attacks she had suffered so far,
It came crashing in from all directions without hesitation.
For that, Kurevas had to go through a hard time.
Individual attacks aren’t terribly threatening.
However,
All of those attacks came together to form a perfect body, becoming a noose that completely entangled the opponent.
“Ugh!”
Kurevas raised his rapier and blocked the longsword’s sharp thrust.
A metallic sound rang out along with a caang.
I aimed precisely at one of the vital points, the nape of the neck. It was a sharp thrust using perfect strength and posture without a bit of extravagance.
‘They say you’re a disciple of the Demon King Slayer, are you really an academy student?! You know all too well how to push your opponent. He probably has a lot of experience mixing swords with opponents who are equal to or better than him.’
Academy student,
Graduation exam prospective students with little practical experience,
Did he push the ranger, who was selected only by elite knights, to this extent against himself, the squad leader who was recognized as outstanding among the rangers?
Fly on a precise trajectory,
A sword strike that was pierced without the slightest error.
Each time the attack by the daughter of the Santander family continued, Kurevas had to take a step backwards to increase the distance.
Kurevas tried to take the lead in the attack somehow, but Leticia, who had started entangling the opponent like a noose, never intended to give up the initiative she had seized.
‘Until now, no student has withstood my attack more than once! That’s why I was going to declare that I was accepted right away if I could evade or block my attacks ten or more times with tricks!’
Kurevas was the judge who treated the pre-graduation students more harshly and strictly than the elf knight who tested Alone at Test Site 10.
The 8th test site she is in charge of,
Incomparable to her other exam halls, she quickly knocked down students and gave notice of disqualification.
None of the students could withstand the sharp rapier rush.
How do you deal with it
Against a speedy sword that is sharper and faster than the wind.
It was close to impossible for the students, who had no choice but to lag far behind the trained rangers, to withstand the sharp attacks of the ranger squad leader.
But,
“Kuheugh!!”
The rapier, which could not completely block the fierce attack, was shaking dangerously.
I couldn’t let go of the attack.
An excruciating pain radiated from the grip that gripped her hilt.
The hilt of the sword trembled as if it would escape its grasp at any moment. It must have been that the shock transmitted by the blade was transmitted to the hilt.
Not only the hilt, but also the sharpened blade of the rapier was dangerous.
‘Aiming for the characteristics of a rapier with a relatively long reach, I deliberately engaged in close combat…. To say that she is proficient in theory as well as in practice, she is like the daughter of the Santander family, who is also called the greatest talent! What is she not good at!!’
The daughter of the Santander family had already passed the passing standard.
As well as dodging and blocking her own attacks,
He even showed the spirit of overturning an unfavorable charter by switching to an attack.
Who would have predicted that an academy student would be able to parry a rapier that was sharp enough to catch even fallen leaves on the ground? Kurevas felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of Lecitia calmly responding to the rush of rapiers.
“Whoa… ! Whoa… !!”
Leticia’s breathing began to become rough.
The longer the fight
The limits of her physical strength were palpable.
It was the same reason as Alone. Compared to the talented people who participated as judges, her limits in terms of physical strength were very clear, so she was bound to get tired quickly.
‘You look tired. After all, you’ve probably never fought for hours and days and nights like those of us who were selected as judges.’
On the other hand,
Despite being constantly exposed to Leticia’s wild offensive, the Ranger squad leader was relatively unharmed.
She faced a few precarious situations, but in terms of her stamina, of course, Kurevas prevailed.
If it continued like this, it would surely end with her victory.
“But it’s too cool.”
The chance has come to return the attacks that have been permitted so far to the daughter of the Santander family, who has reached her physical limit.
But she didn’t.
Because the rangers who protect the Aquitaine Mountains couldn’t commit the atrocities of trampling on the buds that would someday be reborn as great talents in order to vent their anger.
Above all….
It hurts honor and pride.
“I lost. It’s a girl’s victory I didn’t know it would last this long. Among the rangers, there are only a handful of swordsmen who have held my sword for so long.”
Suddenly holding the rapier in his hand in reverse,
Leticia must have been greatly surprised by Kurevas’s gesture of declaring her defeat with her arms stretched out high.
What are you talking about?
It took a moment for Leticia to understand the Ranger squad leader’s words.
“Yes? Why… ? No, why? If you continued to fight like this, you would almost certainly… No, I would have won for sure!”
Maybe she thought she was being treated appropriately because she was the daughter of the Santander family?
Leticia protested, turning on her twin wicks.
Stubborn and inflexible
Even though it was her own victory, Leticia’s fierce resistance to her objection made Kurevas’ stubborn character clear.
“Fight again!”
“No, I don’t want to fight anymore. I need to go home and see my husband.”
“Just because I’m from the Santander family, I’m deliberately trying to look after you! It’s an insult! Talk to your father and make him pay for this insult!”
“… Right now, you’re attacking with your family teeth to your heart’s content.”
“Let’s fight again quickly!”
Leticia let out her displeasure as she swung the longsword in her hand into the air.
Kurevas refused.
As if to prove that she had no intention of fighting, even the rapier in her hand was leaded to the scabbard.
“It may be my mistake, but… , Does the Lady of Santander have a demon lord slayer in her heart?”
“Well, what does that have to do with the exam… !”
The ranger squad leader glanced at Yushin, who was watching her from a distance, and asked Leticia without hesitation.
To that, Leticia
She never said no, and as she blushed, she vented her emotions mixed with her shame in full force.
“Because my husband is also a human.”
“Human husband… , What?”
“Well, unlike the young lady, it was a case where I arbitrarily kidnapped her on the battlefield and made her my husband. I ate it straight from the battlefield. I am living well after kidnapping all of my parents-in-law.”
“…….”
It was as if I had heard something I should never have heard.
It’s a kidnapping marriage.
It is a very barbaric and uncivilized act.
Most of the elf women were already seeking companions in a similar way, but it was just a barbaric and obscene act for the high elf lady who valued elegance and dignity.
“Anyway, it’s a pass… ?”
“That’s right! There’s no way the Ranger of the Aquitaine Mountains will play a trick against the academy novice!”
Kurevas distorted her face at Leticia’s persistent doubts and doubts.
