Chapter 398 – 398. Sibling Fight (1)
In the vast official training ground where knights subordinate to the Duke of Armitas’ family train, the two swords clashing in sparring caused intense noise and shook the training ground.
Caang!
It resonated so strongly that even those who were continuing individual training shook their shoulders and covered their ears with both hands.
In the meantime, the two beings who were the main sources of noise, who were attracting everyone’s attention, were staring at each other regardless of the gazes around them.
Erin, a young adventurer in the golden world, holding a slender rapier and aiming at the other person, and Elvin, who has recently started to make a name for himself among adventurers with the nickname ‘The Black Knight’.
Clap! Clap!
Every time I took a step, the irons of my armor clashed and rattled.
And black shadows that rise and sway like flames all over the body.
Red eyes staring at the opponent through the helmet of the full plate mail surrounding the whole body.
“And… I-I really feel like peeing.”
A new knight who had recently joined the team saw Alvin’s figure and swallowed her saliva.
Seeing such a rookie, the senior knights giggled.
“Really don’t get bored. Because dogs are sold.”
The opponent Erin faced after clashing her swords, Elvin, is no different from the black knight who appears as a mid-boss in the forces of evil if you look only at the visuals.
The visuals that were first introduced were so overwhelming and naked, considering that there was a commotion even when they first visited the adventurer’s guild to start their adventurer work, the expressions of the new knights in front of them were nothing but medicine.
Even then she was able to get through because of Illyana, Eleanor’s identity endorsement, so far she has been able to get on with her life without much trouble.
Without the help of the two, Erwin, the visual of an unknown and wicked man, could not even use her ability as a spirit in this territory, and she would have had to live only in human form.
Although the newcomer who joined earlier this year was intimidated by the appearance and majesty of the black knight, she shifted her gaze to Erin, who was confronting him.
The woman who has just turned 20 has a youthful appearance, not much different in age from her new knight.
However, unlike her, Erin is an unmistakable gold-tier adventurer, and her achievements and skills accumulated here are of a higher rank than her new knight.
Whoops!
“Ha!”
Erin, who gained repulsive power by releasing her amplified mana at once, threw herself at Alvin with her spirits.
The blade, which had strengthened her power by infusing her magical power into her sharp rapier, rushed to pierce Elvin’s shoulder.
Caang!
She bounced off the full plate mail made of shadows without being able to penetrate.
“… Ah-oh!”
Erin was annoyed that she wasn’t doing any damage.
“It’s a real scam! The shadow!”
The fighting styles between the two were distinctly different.
She moves her body in a splendid way, shows off acrobatic skills that impress many people, and unleashes fast and powerful attacks.
Even though she received all of her powerful attacks, she didn’t budge and delivered a slow but powerful blow.
The two brothers and sisters were at a level that could not be imitated by knights.
“It’s awesome…”
“Awesome. That girl seems to be growing up day by day? It’s only natural that he won the title of gold-tier adventurer.”
The knights who were admiring the fight between the two siblings were usually divided into two categories: new and senior knights.
In the case of the new knights, the majesty of Alvin, who did not care no matter how powerful and sophisticated the attack was, and continued to attack with honesty.
In the case of the senior knights, it is the essence of the skill expressed in Erinn’s elaborate movements that he has accumulated over a long period of time.
“It’s just a mock battle. Why do you heat up?”
“Still!”
Based on the taijutsu and experience she had learned rigorously from Eunhyeon, she continued to gain the upper hand while avoiding many attacks, but it broke Erin’s heart that there was no way to break through that physical defense without using the power of the divine beast. Made it frustrating
No matter how menacing the attack, Alvin’s attack was very monotonous and easy to grasp.
It is said that Erwin is also learning various martial arts including dagger and archery from Derkin, but the original Elvin was a magician and it was not long before he began to study physical movements in earnest.
If I took out the Shinsoo’s dense magical power and put it in her rapier, I could create extreme penetrating power that could break even Elvin’s shadow armor.
She didn’t want to bring out her nine-tailed fox power in such a public setting.
Erin was unable to unleash her full power unwillingly.
In the first place, unless she was a Levantine that Eun-hyeon had created, she could not withstand the magical power of the Shinsoo and her rapier would break in many cases.
In a place where many people can see, the power of the divine beast was not suitable for many reasons in simulated sparring with an ordinary rapier.
Simply put, breaking that shadow armor that boasts extreme defense is not an easy task for other knights besides Erin.
Kaaang!
Alvin’s counterattack, which had been defending against a series of stabbing attacks, began.
Elvin’s current weapon is a two-handed weapon made from her shadow, a blunt blunt and a sharp long sword.
Once again, she blocked the rapier aiming at her shoulder with her sword, and swung her shadow blunt weapon to deliver a guaranteed blow to Erin’s side, which showed her gap.
“Where!”
However, Erin’s experience was not small enough that she was able to withstand the obvious target.
Erin’s body, which jumped into the air as if her spring was bouncing, managed to avoid Alvin’s blunt weapon.
As she stayed in the air, her body rotated, and her powerful kick landed a direct hit on the right nape of Alvin’s neck.
Caang!
“… Tooth.”
Erin, who was good at her light weight and agile movement, was able to perform brilliant acrobatics and accurate blows, but Elvin didn’t even budge, so Erin clicked her tongue.
Retrieving her leg from her kick and landing on the floor, her shadow sword flew towards her own head.
Twisting her chest to her side, she raised her slender rapier at an angle and twisted the trajectory of her sword as it was about to slam it down in front of her.
Caang!
“Ugh… Eww!”
Erin’s hands and arms trembled as she felt her immense power through her rapier, with the added power of her heavy mass.
Erin bit her teeth and twisted the trajectory of her shadow sword at the strong impact that would have broken her rapier if it wasn’t for the magical power surrounding her.
The moment her shadow sword shattered the floor and was stuck, she quickly raised her body and dug into Alvin’s arms.
[Juhyeonseong Polar Plain]
[Hwajeopbalgyeong (胡蝶發勁)]
A technique that inflicts heavy blows on the opponent with a powerful shockwave generated by releasing the condensed magic power in the center of the palm.
Erwin’s foot mirror, which dug into the gap created by Elvin’s shadow swords crossing, landed a direct hit on Elvin’s abdomen.
Kaaang!
At the same time as there was a strong sound of metal hitting, Alvin’s body was thrown backwards, and his body was blown against the wall of the training ground.
Wow!
“Ah.”
Erin’s complexion hardened as she stared at the wall collapsing with a loud noise.
‘What if… ? I was annoyed without even realizing it, so I seriously hit him… Are you going to get scolded by Miss Eleanor… ?’
No one understood the psychology of the eccentric Erin, who was worried about the wall that was broken while colliding with her brother, rather than worrying about her brother who hit her slightly with her sincerity.
Reaching out from among the piles of stones in her training ground, she reached out and cleared them away, raising the upper body of her heavy plate mail, and Erwin’s red eyes stared at her.
“I think I did a little too much.”
“Uh… Sorry. Brother. Are you sick?”
“No. I’m fine. What I said was about the walls of this training ground.”
“…”
Erin hardened her complexion as she calmly pointed her finger at the crumbling wall behind her.
It was her car that she herself had similar thoughts about, but what made her feel more upset was the fact that her own foot, hit with her right hand, didn’t work at all.
Originally, if you were an ordinary human, your intestines would shake and even rupture just by being hit in the abdomen with this attack. It is the very essence of technology that combines magic and biology.
Armor is also armor, but unless that body is also a normal human body, it is unavoidable that the power of the foot mirror, which was created to directly hit the human body, is reduced by half.
‘… It looks like it’s slightly hollowed out on the inside.’
Alvin didn’t take her eyes off her sister, who had hardened her complexion, but she studied the condition of her stomach, where she had been beaten.
Still, Elvin was a little nervous about the fact that the body of the homunculus was slightly dented, as if she hadn’t been hit at all.
But she didn’t bother to reveal it to Erin.
It was her stubbornness and bravado as her brother who would not show her weak side to her sister.
‘It’s a really useless feeling.’
Even though she thought so rationally, her true heart of Alvin forcibly hid her childishness by evading it.
Eventually, Erin, her pride hurt, pouted her mouth and glared at her own brother.
“It’s really mean! The shadow!”
Erin lunged at Elvin once again, clutching her rapier.
The new knights who watched the couple’s fight that started again sent various gazes such as surprise, tension, and fear.
And the senior knights who lead them showed reactions such as admiration and disgust.
Among the senior knights, Merdin sighed lightly.
“How crazy are those siblings going to go?”
The increasingly violent fight between the two siblings has now gone beyond the realm of Dalian.
And it wasn’t just the two of them that were overworked by the fight.
“Things are getting bigger!?”
“I’ll bet two gold coins that you win!”
“Then I’ll bet three coins on the side that the black knight wins!”
As the scale of the fight suddenly began to grow, the betting board spread heat to the Knights of Armitas who were watching.
“What happened to your eyes? Of course, the lady side will win!”
“Hey! Didn’t you see that armor was filthy hard!? I don’t know if it’s magic or an artifact, but even the swift and precise lady’s attacks can’t even hit that armor!”
As bets and money were staked, the atmosphere became increasingly overheated as a debate broke out about who would win.
“Stop! You Mi-X bastards!”
As the knights’ training ground became noisy at once, Merdin shouted while watching the knights, but his cry was buried in the clamor of many knights.
“Seniors! Which side would you bet on, senior!? The newcomers were excluded from the bet, and everyone bet except for the seniors!”
Even the eyes of many fellow senior knights were focused on Merdin, as if they were curious about Merdin’s choice.
“… Four gold coins on the side of the black knight.”
“Joe! I believed! Merdin!”
When there was a super strong player who bet his entire month’s salary on ‘Elvin wins’, the knights who bet on Elvin’s side cheered for the black knight with a triumphant look on their faces.
“…”
In the end, Merdin, who was swept away by the atmosphere and joined the bet, quietly closed his eyes.
Then, as if she had made up her mind, she left the training ground where her brother and sister were fighting and headed for her mansion.
In order to bring in someone who can stop the fight between the siblings before it heats up even more, I moved my steps.
