6. Duel – 01

The day of the showdown has arrived.

The gymnasium dedicated to Class A, which Jin and Altina used to use alone, was now full of people.

This is because today is the day when the duel evaluation between Erekaya del Pendragon and Altina von Rudel Serias, which is not an exaggeration to say that they are the most famous people in Nineveh, will be evaluated.

Erekaya del Pendragon, who is called the greatest genius and masterpiece in history, born of the Pendragon family.

Altina von Rudel Serias, who learned all of the Celias Count family’s unique fighting technique, ‘Song of the Sky’, at a young age.

It’s not just a high school freshman, it’s a confrontation between two people who might be the strongest in Nineveh, except for the chairman, who is located at the top of the continent.

It was something he would regret forever if he missed this duel of the century, so he had come to see the duel between the two not just in class A, but somewhere else.

Well, there were not a few people who came here in a hurry to hear the news that they were interested in ashes rather than Buddhist chanting, and not a duel between the two, but just two beautiful girls fighting swords.

Of course, everyone was not very interested in the duel between Jin and Hugo, which was to take place before the duel between Erekaya and Altina.

There aren’t many people with a unique taste for wanting to see two black men drenched in sweat on the gymnasium.

But that didn’t mean he wasn’t interested in the evaluation of the duel between Jin and Hugo today.

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More precisely, he was interested in how thoroughly Hugo Bright would trample that commoner called Jean.

Discrimination based on social status is basically prohibited in Nineveh and you have to use short language with each other, but aristocratic students do not really think of themselves as ‘equal’ to commoner students.

Just as they avoid poop not because they are afraid of it, but because it is dirty, commoner students also minimize contact with aristocratic students because they do not want to quarrel with them or look at each other like cows and chickens, but that guy named Jin was truly exceptional.

According to rumors, on the very day he entered Nineveh, that guy called Jean beat Hugo in the face.

At first, there were rumors that there was something behind her, or that she was hiding great abilities, but soon everyone found out that it was just a rumor.

If it was a guy hiding his power, there was no way he would have been beaten and laid in a hospital room at least by an orc or something.

While Jin was a braggart, Hugo was the heir to the Viscount Bright, a renowned military family in the southern part of the Empire.

As befits the successor of a samurai family, he was very large, and his supernatural ability, rigid body, was also an ability that boasted considerable compatibility with his body.

Jin, who has a power that is not even close to that of an orc, and Hugo, who is evaluated as having a skill that is within the top five among first-year students.

No one really considered the duel between the two to be a ‘duel’.

This is just one-sided violence and public execution at the same time.

There was no chance at all that a commoner named Jin would beat Hugo.

… Yes, at least one.

Turbuck.

Two people walk into the gymnasium lined with translucent magic barriers. Those two were Jin and Hugo, the protagonists of today’s duel.

He had a huge height and body that approached Hugo’s two meters. Standing in front of Jin, who has the average height and physique of a Korean, it feels like an ordinary human and an African elephant are facing each other.

“Hey, Cheonmin.”

Wooddeuk-

With a fishy smile on his lips, Hugo noisily loosened his joints.

“You managed to show up here to fight a duel with me. I thought you were afraid and knew where to run away.”

“I don’t think there’s any reason to run away because you’re scared.”

When Jin responded in a nonchalant way, Hugo burst out laughing.

“You bastard, you don’t think you can defeat me, do you? It’s a fact that all the students in Nineveh already know that you’re a big-mouthed bastard. You’re saying you’re going to beat me after being beaten by an orc and becoming a half asshole?”

“I don’t know about anything else, but it seems certain that the quads look more disgusting than the orcs.”

“Big!”

At Jin’s words, a sound resounded from somewhere in the audience, as if he was desperately suppressing laughter. Certainly, Hugo’s face was not so handsome.

Of course, Hugo’s expression distorted at Jin’s words. His face, which was already savage, is even distorted, so it becomes doubly savage.

“A guy with only a living snout behaves disrespectfully.”

Even though Hugo growled at Jin like an animal, today’s referee and observer, Mr. Ethan Raven, said nothing to him. I just open my mouth to them in a businesslike voice.

“Then it seems you’re both ready, let’s start the duel.”

“The rules of the duel are simple. In my judgment, if one of the two becomes incapacitated, or in any way indicates an intention to give up the duel, at that point the duel is over.”

“Did you hear? It’s not too late now, so why don’t you pray that you made a mistake and surrender? Or should I give you a handyman because I have an advantage if we fight like this?”

Hugo smiled and said that, but Jin didn’t respond. No, I didn’t feel the value of answering.

It was because there was no reason to bother using your tongue when there was a fist nearby.

“Then I will judge that both of you are willing to continue the duel. let the countdown begin three.”

At the same time as the countdown, Hugo focuses on strengthening the body by raising the mana of the whole body. The tendons that spread throughout Hugo’s body rise and give him explosive power.

“two.”

That’s not the end. His supernatural ability, rigid body, is activated. A supernatural ability that makes one’s body harder and stronger than adamantine in exchange for mana.

Of course, when used together with body strengthening using magic, the consumption of magic increases exponentially, but Hugo had no intention of prolonging the duel that long in the first place.

The duel will be over in 10 seconds. In 10 seconds, it would be possible to crush that mouthful worm limb from limb.

“one.”

The distance between the two is about 20 meters. If you say far, it’s far, but for Hugo, it’s a distance that can be narrowed in 3 seconds at most.

Concentrate all of your body’s strength on your legs. The strategy is simple. At the same time as the duel starts, he rushes at that lowly person, picks up his face and slams it into the ground.

I had no intention of killing him. However, shouldn’t we be able to pay the price for scorning the aristocracy in spite of the common people?

“start!”

As soon as the words are out, Hugo starts to run towards Jin like a cannonball. The speed was so fast that few people were aware of Hugo’s movements.

A fierce gust of wind rages. Hugo, who narrowed the distance of 20 meters in the blink of an eye, punches Jin with all his might without mercy.

And-

“… uh?”

When he came to his senses, Hugo couldn’t understand why he had his head upside down. Why is it that heaven and earth are upside down? And why is he putting his head on the ground?

“once.”

Jin’s voice in my ears.

Only then did I realize The fact that just before, Jin was not able to dodge his own attack, so he did some trick.

“This, you son of a bitch!”

Hugo hurriedly rose from his seat. However, Jin just watched and took no action until Hugo straightened his posture.

And Jin’s behavior made Hugo even more angry. Doesn’t that make it look like the lowly people are watching over him?

Hugo charged again like a wild beast and punched Jin in succession. However, Jin avoided Hugo’s fist by a single piece of paper.

No, he didn’t just dodge it, he even put his fist into the empty stomach.

bang!

“Heuk!”

The moment Jin’s fist pierced Hugo’s stomach, Hugo felt short of breath and choking pain.

From the outside, it’s a small fist that hasn’t been trained at all. But why did that fist hurt so much?

Hugo endures the pain and pours fists and kicks at Jin. Each blow had the power to shatter even a huge rock.

“Hmm.”

Jin dodges the attack with a very relaxed expression. No, it wasn’t just dodging, he even received his fist with his own hand.

“twice.”

In the next moment, Jin’s hand, which was receiving Hugo’s fist, turned very slightly to the side.

“Ah!”

And at the same time, Hugo’s huge body rotated awkwardly in the air in sync with the movement of Jin’s hand. It was an acrobatics that I couldn’t believe even though I was watching it with my own two eyes.

“third time.”

Jin thrust his fist into Hugo’s defenseless body in the air.

aaang!

Hugo’s body bounces back and forth like a water swallow with a sound that sounds like a shell exploding.

“Four times.”

Jin stopped moving for a moment and stared at Hugo, who was sprawled on the floor.

“You know, right? I gave you four chances and you blew them four times. Your head isn’t very nice, but you get what I’m talking about, right?”

Jin said so without a single breath. And Jin’s coolness drives Hugo even more crazy.

It’s nonsense. can not understand. Wasn’t that celestial being weaker than himself? Wasn’t it that he was inferior to himself?

But why the hell is this happening? In terms of strength, speed, power, and all aspects, he overwhelms that lowly people, so why can’t he beat him? why?

“It’s not that simple. With both eyes open, there’s no way you’ll be hit by such a slow attack, right?”

“… What?”

“It doesn’t matter if your physical strength is tripled or tenfold. If you swing your fist with such a big loophole, you won’t be able to even brush my collar if you try hard every day. Well, if I had known that earlier, I wouldn’t have swung my fist like that.”

There was a mocking laugh at him in Jin’s voice as he patted and patted his head. And that provocation quickly ran out of Hugo’s already short patience.

“Quaaa!”

In Hugo’s mind, all the random thoughts about the duel flew out at once.

Terrible mana is concentrated in his whole body. The crossed magical powers eventually begin to cause terrifying ripples, and the ripples converge into a huge destructive force in response to the leylines of the earth.

It was a secret technique that made the Viscount Bright famous in the southern part of the Empire.

His teacher, who had passed on the secret technique, had warned people not to use it carelessly, but such advice was not in his mind at the moment.

He had only one thought on his mind: the desire to shatter that lowly people.

– Fury of the Earth!

When Hugo hit the ground with his fist, a huge shock wave spread in all directions.

In the aftermath, the entire gym floor collapses around Hugo, and seismic waves shake a wide area as if it would collapse at any moment.

Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwa Kwam!

Even in the scene of desperate despair, where the ground around him shook as if it would collapse at any moment, and a huge shock wave rushed towards him, Jin did not change his face color.

He had gone through too many things for his complexion to change at the very least of the secret techniques used by a kid.

“Sick.”

Throwing away a sneer, Jin focused his mana on the tips of his toes and shot them like an arrow toward the oncoming shockwave using the pure motion method. He acted like he really wanted to die!

However, the result was enough to astonish everyone gathered here.

“What?”

Surprisingly, Jin was not affected in any way by the huge shockwave that rushed towards him.

No, rather, as if riding a wave on the beach, he did not go against the flow and rushed towards Hugo.

“Nonsense!”

And when Hugo saw Jin’s appearance, he let out a horrified scream. In the shockwave caused by the fury of the earth, it wasn’t enough to be unaffected by anything, but rather to ride and run on top of it!

That is impossible.

The shock wave caused by Hugo due to the fury of the earth is shaking his mana, and the moment the opponent is swept away by this wave, the whole body must be torn apart in the torrent to be normal!

But how? What did he do to not be affected in any way by ‘The Fury of the Earth’?

Is it because the rain is broken? He was so shocked that all of Hugo’s movements stopped.

It was only a moment, but it was too big a gap for Jin.

Riding the shockwave, Jin reached Hugo in an instant and grabbed the front of his face out of nowhere. And whispers in Hugo’s ear in a small voice that others won’t hear.

“I heard everything you said. This baby. what? Breaking one of your limbs? Are you going to slap your face down on the ground?”

This is why early education is so important for children. On the day we first met, if I had trampled on my own shadow so that I couldn’t even hear it, I wouldn’t have climbed like today.

Jin felt a little self-reflection and made up his mind.

Yes, what should I do if I regret the past? Wouldn’t it be a true duty as an educator to prevent the same thing from happening again, rather than to regret the past?

“Bite your teeth tight. If you don’t want to eat only porridge tomorrow.”

Kwaaang!

After giving such a kind warning, Jin grabbed Hugo’s head and slammed him to the ground.