6. Duel – 04

take a step

In the center of the gymnasium, Erekaya, who had a nonchalant expression on her face, reigned with her sword hanging down.

Her opponent is Erekaya Del Pendragon.

A monster who reached the level of master at the age of no more than his mid-teens, and the greatest masterpiece created by the Pendragon family.

It’s not that he’s showing his fighting spirit toward Altina. It’s not even causing death.

She just stood there quietly, as if indifferent.

But even so, Altina couldn’t take a step inside her gap.

It was because Altina had a strong intuition that if she made a hasty move, and stepped into her range without thinking, she would be defeated unconditionally.

… Yes, let’s admit it. Altina von Rudel Serias is nowhere close to Erekaya Del Pendragon.

Altina and Erekaya are the same age, but Altina has never surpassed Erekaya. No, they never even stood on the same line in the first place.

Always chasing after her back, I just tried my best to surpass her on this side.

In order to win over her and eventually overcome her, this side must pay the corresponding price.

In other words, it meant that Altina von Rudel Serias had to use all of its power.

Erekaya was by no means an easy opponent to the point where she could win even if she was conscious of the gazes of the people around her or fighting while hiding her strength.

Having made up her mind, Altina put her left hand, which was not holding the sword, into the inside pocket of her uniform.

“gun?”

It was. What Altina took out from her bosom was a gun with strong perception that it was at best a self-defense weapon for wealthy nobles and girls rather than a warrior’s weapon.

The gun is easy to use. It is easy to carry, and if you learn how to operate it, even a child can kill an adult man.

But at the same time, the weapon of a gun is also clear in its limitations.

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Most existing guns are powered by gunpowder rather than mana. And at the very least, the speed of bullets fired using gunpowder is so slow that superhumans using magical powers laugh.

There was no need to mention even those who had reached the level of masters. At the level of the cadets attending Nineveh, it would be possible to see through the bullet’s trajectory through the angle of the muzzle and the direction of the barrel.

Of course, there was no such rule as not to use a gun in a duel. Everyone was just bewildered.

The opponent was that Erekaya. What was the need to use an ‘ineffective’ weapon like a gun when it wasn’t enough to deal with her with all your might?

However, Erekaya, who is actually confronting Altina, hardens her face as soon as she sees the gun she pulled out.

As far as Erekaya knew, there was no weapon more powerful than that gun held in Altina’s hand on the present continent.

“… That’s right, that’s what you’re really trying to do with me today. Altina.”

“Please don’t think of it as foul play. I just thought that if I didn’t do this, I would never be able to surpass you.”

The magic bullet, Desperado.

A long time ago, the age of myth. Some of the seven sacred gods bestowed on this land by the Goddess. A divine object that proves that the goddess has blessed this land.

In the past, it was one of the most powerful weapons that the Seven Heroes used to defeat the evil dragon.

As far as Erekaya knew, the property that Desperado’s bullets contained was none other than perm.

It has a strong ability to resist magical power, and it is a truly tricky attribute that restores what is being established by magical power to its ‘pre-existence state’.

If Erekaya were to get hit by Desperado’s bullet, the aura barrier she was wearing would shatter like glass and her body would be shattered.

… Of course, it’s a story under the assumption that the bullet hits.

It was beyond Erekaya’s expectations that Altina would engage in a duel with a Desperado, but that didn’t change what she had to do today.

Considering the power difference between her and Altina, this wouldn’t even be a handicap.

pounding-

Raises mana from the whole body. The aura and mana that had enveloped her whole body until now began to fuse and accelerate with terrifying momentum.

Against him, Altina also crosses her sword and gun. It was the unique posture of Serias’ fighting technique, ‘Song of the Sky’.

It was a moment when they looked at each other silently without saying anything.

Before long, the swords crossed each other at a speed that was invisible to the others.

It was the beginning of a duel.

****

Wow!

An explosion that was so huge that it could not be considered just a sword colliding with another sword resounded, and at the same time, a formidable shock wave shook the heavens and the earth in all directions.

“Keugh!”

“What, what?”

And the students outside the gymnasium could not overcome the shock wave and lost their balance or fell to the ground in an unsightly manner.

However, in the confusion, Erekaya and Altina only cared about each other’s position and movement.

This place is already a battlefield. In this moment when they are busy keeping an eye on the other person, there is no time for them to care about the reaction of the people around them.

Kaaang!

Swords imbued with aura collide with each other. Already at the level of students, they accelerated their bodies beyond recognition and crossed each other’s swords dozens of times in one breath.

On the surface, the swordsmanship between the two was close. However, Altina, who was actually pointing her sword at Erekaya, bit her lip.

Each other’s blows are equal. It is difficult to distinguish between superiority and inferiority in strength, speed, and technology.

But still something is lacking. There is a gap between her sword and Erekaya’s sword that cannot be bridged.

“Kuk!”

Eventually, the balance between them starts to break down. Altina’s sword, which receives Erekaya’s sword, begins to become disheveled.

don’t miss a break Erekaya kicked off the air, twisted her body twice in the air, and then thrust her sword towards the gap Altina had exposed.

Even though there were no scaffolding in the air, it boasted tremendous precision enough to pierce Erekaya’s black needle hole.

And-

Shuk!

Erekaya hurriedly lowered her head in the same state as she had raised her sword in the air. A flash of light pierced the place where her head had been a second before.

aaang!

The hemispherical barrier surrounding the gymnasium was melted like butter and shattered by the flash of light that Altina fired.

Needless to say, it was a blow from Desperado that Altina fired.

Judging by its power, if it had been hit from the front, it would have been clear that if it didn’t die, it would have suffered serious injuries that would have forced it to lie down in a hospital room for at least a few weeks.

right!

Erekaya, who reversed herself in the air, kicked her with that momentum. And Altina, unable to relieve the shock, was pushed backwards.

‘I’ll have to be careful.’

Altina’s sword isn’t that scary, but Desperado’s power isn’t something to belittle, even for Erekaya.

That’s why fighting at close range is not very desirable. If, like before, they were splitting swords at close range and they couldn’t grasp Desperado’s trajectory, the duel would end at that point.

‘Then the answer is simple.’

No matter how great a weapon is, it loses its meaning if the user does not use it properly.

At that moment, Erekaya’s movements changed. From a movement that seemed to crush the opponent in a straight line, to a fluid movement like flowing water.

Kaaang!

Erekaya’s sword embroidered the air. Her movement is like a splendid flower, which naturally evokes sighs in the viewer.

However, Altina, who received Erekaya’s sword from the front, was under enormous pressure.

In a head-to-head match, sword-to-sword alone, Erekaya had little chance of winning. That’s why I tried to use Desperado irregularly to somehow win, but-

Kaaang!

Erekaya did not block the movement of Altina’s left hand in advance, or did not place herself at the angle of Desperado’s muzzle.

No, to be precise, Erekaya was forcing Altina to be ‘inconvenient’.

Pendragon’s Synesthesia and ‘Dragon Dance’ imitate the dragon’s senses and amplify the caster’s senses dozens of times.

In front of Erekaya, who can even calculate the opponent’s heartbeat at a certain distance, reading the numbers is meaningless.

Because Erekaya already knew everything about what ‘Altina 1 second later’ was trying to do.

In front of those who look into the future, those who remain in the present are no match.

“Keugh!”

A movement as if reading one’s inner thoughts, and a sword strike at an unexpected timing.

I can’t even use a sword or a gun the way I want. Such inconvenience caused Altina to become impatient.

Eventually it starts to slip. Seeing Altina’s hands and feet getting dizzy as she slowly began to go on the defensive, Erekaya let out a sigh.

‘This far.’

No matter how much she reached the level of a master, she was still a girl in her late teens. Wasn’t Pil-gyeong nothing more than a child?

Disappointing. To be honest, Erekaya had very little expectations for this duel.

Jin, even though he was trained with a sword by a man who inherited Pendragon’s noble lineage and might be even stronger than her, is he still only at this level?

pathetic. I still haven’t been able to talk to him properly, haven’t built any relationship with him, I can’t help but peek at the sword he wields from afar-

… You, even though you received the sword directly from him, you are still at this pitiful level.

If it had been me, if I had stood in your place, I could have given him a sure victory!

Angry. There was nothing more to watch. grab the sword The end is the dragon dance that only the true successor of Pendragon can perform!

– Dragon’s Wrath!

It was a blow imitating the dragon’s breath.

There is nothing in the world that the dragon’s breath cannot burn. And the same goes for ‘Wrath of the Dragon’, which imitated him.

A vortex of aura resembling flames began to rotate around Erekaya’s sword. In a fleeting moment, an aura that rotates at supersonic speed that ordinary people cannot even acknowledge is trampling everything in front of their eyes!

aaang!

With an explosion reminiscent of thunder, the space in front of Erekaya was torn apart. Even if the opponent is a strong man who has reached the master’s level, if he is hit directly by the ‘dragon’s wrath’, his life cannot be guaranteed!

Pooh!

Blood splatters. The floor of the gymnasium was covered with red blood in an instant.

“… under?”

However, contrary to everyone’s expectations, it’s just that the owner of the fresh blood wasn’t Altina.

It was none other than Erekaya, with blood gushing out of her body as if it were about to explode.

“Cuck!”

In the end, Erekaya couldn’t stand it and got down on one knee. I unknowingly vomited blood.

why? What on earth just happened?

From the start of the duel until now, Erekaya had never lost sight of Altina’s movements.

The ‘dragon’s fury’ that Erekaya fired at Altina earlier was an attack that Altina could never avoid, regardless of the angle or timing.

but got stuck No, it didn’t just end with being blocked, he even left a fatal wound on his body.

How? How on earth was he able to counterattack by tricking even his ‘synesthesia’ without having deceived himself?

“hahahaha-“

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Meanwhile, Altina, like her, was kneeling on one knee and gasping for breath, as if she had not been able to shed all of Erekaya’s attacks.

She wasn’t without injuries, either, but compared to Erekaya, it was as if she were unscathed.

And after Erekaya stared at Altina like that, she soon got an ‘answer’.

I didn’t even have to guess. Synesthesia had mobilized her knowledge and all five senses to derive a definitive answer as to what had just happened.

“… Did you interfere with time?”

Altina managed to avoid a direct hit. Erekaya was struck by an attack that had no way of lifting her.

And the synesthesia that I couldn’t even recognize the whole situation.

Only one conclusion can be drawn from this.

Altina von Rudel Serias has some kind of power that can interfere with time.