How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 156

Creffin subjugation (7)

– Valid! bang!

The sword rolled across the floor.

Ross Taylor Hall on the 3rd floor of the Ross Taylor Mansion Annex.

Ed stands upright amid all the lavish decorations. She doesn’t have a strong physique yet, and her behavior is clumsy.

It hasn’t been long since the baptism ceremony, so it’s still a fledgling time. Even so, as a member of the Roth Taylor family, the way he manages his body to show a strong figure is as commendable.

This Ross Taylor Hall, which is also used as a venue for events and as a training ground between nobles in peacetime, is also a place where many famous duels have been fought historically.

In this space where many famous warriors fought duels, young Arwen and Ed used to practice sparring.

By facing swords, exchanging sums, and sweating profusely, he was able to shake off the stress from the weight of the heir.

However, their levels are quite different.

― ‘It’s also my sister.’

Looking at the fallen sword, the Ed in my memory smiles shyly.

Arwen swung his sword in the air once and kept it.

And tell Ed. He said his skills improved a lot. After a while, I think I’ll get my posture right.

― ‘Well, I don’t seem to have any talent for swordsmanship. Magic is also very bad, so the mood is very complicated… I have a lot of worries.’

Arwen encourages him as he organizes the greatsword.

We still have a lot of time left.

And we were born into the blessed status of descending from the Roth Taylors.

There is fertile nourishment, so if you put in the right amount of effort, you will surely see results.

When Arwen said that with a benevolent face, Ed laughed as he picked up a knife and put it away.

― ‘Thank you for saying that.’

Arwen and Ed look at each other and smile.

The Ross Taylor estate has a peaceful and beautiful atmosphere as if it has been blessed by God.

Even the annex of the mansion there, Roth Taylor Hall, was warmly illuminated by sunlight.

In the midst of the warmth of broad daylight, I see Ed deep in thought, holding a sword and swinging it around.

Arwen closed his eyes and felt the warmth of peaceful early spring for a while.

Almost all of the outer walls of Ross Taylor Hall were blown away, and it could no longer be called a ‘hall’. It’s like a terrace.

Strange flesh is wriggling and covering the ruins of the building, and the sky is filled with Mebula and Lucy’s magic circle.

The sound of battles between gremlins and spirits filled the grounds of the mansion, and occasionally the screams of people being attacked by the gremlins’ blades could also be heard.

And, Ed Roth Taylor is standing in front of Arwen who has opened his eyes.

A tailcoat covered in blood and a dagger gripped in reverse, a bat spirit and a lion spirit standing around him, an incomparably greater amount of mana than ever before, a body that has changed noticeably and a cool look.

The momentum flowing from his body was enough for Arwen to realize.

Ed has no intention of going back.

It is a mountain that will be broken through. That’s why Arwen also took a combat stance.

-grasp!

Ed kicked off the floor and took off. They had narrowed the distance in a straight line toward Arwen.

Arwen uses close combat with two great swords. Arwen, who did not think he would come close, quickly raised the ‘condemnation’ in his left hand.

However, right before entering the intersection… Ed slipped on the floor and came to a sudden stop. Just right, the range of the sword was out of reach.

Then, naturally, he dropped the magic marbles he had placed in his arms as if they were spilling on the floor. Arwen reacted quickly and tried to distance himself, but the orb was not a means of attack.

-Woe!

‘Magic engineering?!’

‘Rake’.

It was a magical engineering item that could temporarily pull objects around it towards itself.

Although there was a limit to its output, it was a good tool to confuse opponents in close combat due to its fast activation speed.

Magical power emanated from the beads, and the ‘condemnation’ that Arwen was holding began to be dragged away.

As Arwen’s posture collapsed, even his body was dragged in the direction of Ed.

However, closing the distance is something Arwen is also thankful for. As it is, Arwen’s auxiliary magic begins to exert its power in an instant.

A greatsword the size of his body, ‘Day of Dawn’, was enchanted with lightweight. Arwen picked up his greatsword and, following the inertia of being dragged by a pitchfork, slammed the sword into Ed’s place.

―Quaang!

A level where you can freely turn off and on the lightweight magic while wielding a greatsword. Arwen’s mana management had already risen to a considerable level.

As soon as I canceled the weight reduction magic and hit the floor with the weight, dust rose and instantly covered my vision.

However, Arwen, who swung the sword, could tell. Ed is already out of range. He caught the moment he was swinging and made a big jump backwards.

Then why did you narrow the distance in the first place? The moment that question arose, a dagger stuck in the ground caught my eye through the dust.

A ceremonial dagger used in the Ross Taylor Mansion. On the surface of the very sword Ed had been using ever since the day he was kicked out of the House of Ophelis… It was imprinted with the spirit formula in neat handwriting.

‘This… .’

-bang!

Before he could decipher the spirit ceremony, a huge explosion occurred first.

He quickly manifested the defense magic imprinted on the ‘Day of Dawn’ and succeeded in protecting himself, but… .

―Quaang!

Then, the fire magic ‘single point explosion’ was hit in Arwen’s stomach.

Arwen, who was hit directly and fell off, stuck his greatsword into the ground and barely supported himself. A drop of his blood flowed out.

When the smoke clears, Ed stands still, covered in blood.

“You’ve become a lot… more experienced…”

Arwen stood up again, supporting the weight of his body with his greatsword.

It would be suicide for a mage to close the distance to a warrior as soon as the war broke out. However, Ed casually narrowed the distance to embarrass the opponent, brought them back into the area, and then widened the distance again.

While thoroughly violating the sense of distance that common warriors have, it was the appearance of an expert leading the battle at his own pace.

With just one sum, Arwen recognized that Ed had grown incomparably to what he had before.

Ed, who was practicing swordsmanship at Ross Taylor Hall, is no longer there.

-grasp!

This time, Arwen kicked off the floor and took off.

The momentarily manifested lightening magic removed the weight of the greatsword. As it was, Arwen kicked under the handle of the sword of ‘Condemn’ and threw it into the sky.

He then picks up the ‘Day of Dawn’ with both hands and rushes at it, cutting a large cross horizontally and removing the lightening magic.

A female warrior with a great sword who freely handles the weight of the sword. Watching that battle is like watching a dancer dragged by the weight of a greatsword.

-Woe!

Ed narrowly jumped backwards to avoid it, but Arwen was guided by the weight of the sword’s horizontally moving sword, and it turned around and kicked the floor.

Arwen narrowed the distance once more, and this time, he lowered his greatsword vertically. Ed tried to express basic defense magic and receive it, but ‘Day of Dawn’ was imprinted with penetrating magic, which had an advantage over all defense magic.

-Kaang!

-Chaeng-Geurang!

In an instant, Ed’s defense magic was broken and the blade fell upon him. He narrowly avoided the blade, but the tip of the blade grazed the side of his shoulder, and blood splattered.

Ed let out a small moan and narrowed his brows. However, it is important that it is not fatal.

―Quaak!

Ed stepped on the greatsword stuck in the ground with his foot. Arwen’s pupils widened for an instant.

Arwen’s muscular strength is not strong enough to freely handle such a large sword.

Arwen’s swordsmanship eventually focuses on lifting the greatsword using lightweight magic, swinging it, and using the inertia of weight that occurs when canceling magic in the middle. That is why each movement seems to be dancing under the weight of the sword.

Rather than increasing the strength itself, these are motions with a developed sense of grasping the center point of the already generated power and twisting and breaking it.

It allows you to use much greater destructive power compared to the strength you have, but there is a blind spot in that method.

A great sword in an unlightened state is heavy and difficult to handle.

A greatsword in a lightweight state is more affected by external forces as much as it is lighter.

In other words, if the greatsword itself is crushed by external pressure, the sword cannot be lifted even with the use of lightweight magic. Then, with Arwen’s power, he would not be able to handle the sword.

‘In just two sums… ?’

It’s a fatal blind spot, but it’s not easy to see through it.

This is because the great sword itself looks infinitely heavy and obtuse. Humans are affected by visual information more than expected.

When you see such a large and heavy sword, you think of avoiding it or blocking it somehow… It was unthinkable to press the sword itself with its weight. Usually, it takes a long time to realize the breaking law, or you don’t realize it until the end until your neck falls off.

However, after exchanging only two sums, Ed quickly figured out the law of destruction.

While Ed is trampling on ‘Dawn of Dawn’, Arwen cannot use the sword.

‘It’s amazing quickness, but… !’

However, it is not that Arwen did not assume this situation. Arwen let go of the handle of his greatsword and swung his body around to escape to his side.

The hem of the frayed skirt spreads out, and it looks like a flower is blooming. In Arwen’s hand, which spun one round, another sword, ‘Condemn’, was held.

It is easy to press one sword with its own weight, but it is difficult to subdue two at the same time. This is why Arwen uses two swords.

In preparation for such an occasion, he had just thrown a sword into the sky. Arwen’s body movement, which neatly received the sword, was almost like a feat.

As it is, without stopping the rotation of the body, this time, using the weight of the ‘condemnation’, it slashes horizontally once. As Ed leans back to evade the sword, he leaps forward again… Kick up the free ‘Day of Dawn’ with your feet.

The moment Arwen’s ‘Dawning Day’ kicked up and spun several times in the air with its weight removed, Arwen’s next attack was already flying towards Ed. A clean and sure sword strike aimed at Ed’s shoulder.

When the sword, which had been cut diagonally, was blown away using the ‘Wind Blade’, Arwen was once again drawn by the weight of the sword and turned round and round. I picked up the ‘Day of Dawn’ that I had just kicked up empty-handed, and while maintaining the inertia of spinning, I lowered the next attack.

-evil!

Ed re-manifested the wind blade and succeeded in deflecting the ‘Day of Dawn’, but the recoil knocked him down.

―Kwadangtang!

“As soon as you knew that defensive magic didn’t work, you started defending by mobilizing elemental magic.”

Seeing Ed fall out, Arwen brushed off the blade of his greatsword once.

“It’s a really great agility, but you can’t stop the physical force itself.”

Ed caught his breath and stood up again. Her eyes are still intense.

Arwen swallowed dry saliva at those eyes.

Ed Rosteiler’s battles were always based on ‘prior information’.

No matter who he was dealing with, if it was a character from <Sylvania’s Failed Sword Master>, it seemed good in his eyes how he would fight.

However, Arwen Rosteiler is a character completely out of the scenario.

There is no prior information, you have to hit everything first.

That’s why, he opens his eyes wide and imprints the opponent’s information in his head.

From trivial body movements, magic principles, and behavioral habits… Get all the information in no time.

In just the first match, he embarrassed Arwen with free distance control, in the second match, he identified and penetrated the blind spot of lightweight magic, and in the third match, he realized the attribute of ignoring the defense imprinted in ‘Day of Dawn’ and even coped with it.

Beyond the speed of adaptation, it seems like I’m becoming a different person one by one.

Arwen saw that and… I felt it all over again.

He barely got up from falling out and observed Arwen with his eyes wide open while still covered in blood.

The opponent is a master of improvisation.

If you drag it into a long-term battle, you will surely lose.

If all of Arwen’s combat methods were established, he would quickly come up with a perfect way to deal with them.

“Ed.”

When Arwen quietly calls the name, Ed responds.

“Come now, do you have anything else to say?”

“Can’t you just quit now?”

“Whoa…”

Ed slowly straightened his body as it was, grabbed his dagger again, and gathered his mana.

I didn’t want to summon a high-level spirit. Because he still has battles left.

High-ranking spirits consume an unbelievable amount of mana just by summoning them. Although it has reached a level that can be handled only now, the fact that it is in fact a means that is no different from a decisive battle weapon does not change.

Nevertheless, Arwen is more picky than I thought.

Greatswords are heavy and slow instead of strong destructive power.

How absurd it is to break that obvious principle and quickly pour down attacks with the destructive power of a greatsword like a dagger… I feel it all over again.

If necessary, even the high-ranking spirits had to be brought out.

“Maybe we won’t understand each other… until we die.”

Seeing Ed no longer respecting him, Arwen lowered his head.

“Then we have no choice but to put our swords together.”

What do you mean by family? In the end, Ed just goes to finish the crepe to survive.

Whether she became a wife who could not sever her family ties even after being beaten by her drunken husband, a filial child who did her duty to the end even under parents who treated her children like bugs, or a person who devoted her life to supporting someone who didn’t even look like a child. whether you are a parent

Ed has lived a few steps away from him.

It’s already too far to bind him with the string of blood.

Ever since the day they parted on the terrace, all Ed’s reverence for the Ross-Taylor family has been burned away.

Now, the only thing left is a wizard who is covered in blood and goes to catch Crepin.

There is nothing good about long dragging. This should be the final sum.

Arwen was so sure, he raised his sword. Ed was already in the state of running at him, spurring his seat.

The passage of time is slow.

The image of Ed closing the distance with a roar is imprinted in Arwen’s eyes.

The same goes for the sight reflected in Ed’s eyes.

There was no more hesitation left in the image of Arwen, who held up a great sword and made the final sum.

A bat flies behind Ed, who slowly closes the distance. It spews fire before Arwen can react.

The slowly flying flames were directed straight at Arwen.

Arwen lowers his stance, avoids fire, and casts light weight magic on ‘Day of Dawn’.

However, at that moment, the lioness Lacia snatches Arwen’s sword and throws it away.

Hyeon-hyeon, the spirit he cherished and treasured until the end.

It was a last resort, a method he hadn’t used before to catch her off guard.

Arwen’s key weakness is that the sword becomes too light the moment it is lightened.

The sword was light enough to bounce off with only weak physical force, so with one kick from Lacia, the sword could be thrown away.

However, there is still one bag left.

‘Condemn’ used by Luden, the first swordsman. The sword bestowed by the imperial family as the heir to the glorious Ross Taylor begins to shine.

The sword strike from Arwen’s hand goes straight to Ed’s body. If it was stabbed at the shortest distance, the speed would be much faster than Ed’s attack.

However, Ed knows.

Arwen Roth Taylor… You can’t ‘stab’.

Due to her fighting style, which draws destructive power by relying on the weight of the sword, stabbing, which requires her to withstand the weight of the sword with her own strength, is a technique that cannot be used.

The skills that were led by the weight of the sword and only lead to large slashing movements were completely neutralized when they dug deep.

However, Arwen is not unaware of that fact either. That’s why she manifests the last magic imprinted on the ‘condemnation’ she holds in her hand.

‘Accelerate’ magic. That power that instantaneously speeds up body movements was not included in Ed’s calculations. It was an ability that Arwen also hid until the end.

Fast enough to defy the laws of physics. The moment he tries to strike Ed in the chest, Arwen is taken aback by Ed’s response.

―Ed just closed his eyes tightly.

Have you given up on everything? Not like that.

At that moment, the wind flowing near Ed’s body winds around him.

One last move left to each other, but… In the number fight, Ed had slightly more hidden numbers.

The ‘Blessing of the Storm’ that completely neutralizes attacks that are not perceived.

As it is, the wind rises and throws away Arwen’s sword, and Arwen, who has been lifted up as it is, becomes incapacitated.

The moment Ed grabs the dagger in an instant and tries to pierce the gap, Arwen also quickly responds optimally.

Grinding my teeth as if they would break, I tightly gripped the hand holding the handle of the greatsword.

Using the weight of the greatsword whose weight reduction magic has been canceled, he pulls down the handle and somehow manages to block Ed’s blow. With this, the last sum that catches each other off guard returns to a completely halved state.

Let’s finish it now. It feels like such a conversation has come and gone.

It was the moment when they had regained their stability in the air, and each had dealt the final blow.

one-on-one combat.

A variable that destroyed all the major premises struck the two.

―Quaaaaaang!

―Hwaaaaaagh!

the wind blows again.

There is a girl who somehow manages to catch the unstable wind magic and lands between the two.

The blonde hair that flutters against the background of the night sky is infinitely similar to Arwen’s color, and the sharp eyes resemble Ed’s.

The girl who landed from the central spire to Roth Taylor Hall with a broken ceiling at once is a variable neither Arwen nor Ed could have assumed.

I can see Tanya’s expression in the slow time.

He looks like he’s crying, he’s angry, he’s embarrassed.

There is too much information rushing through the girl’s head.

Ross Taylor Yeongji suddenly goes wild. Broken Mansion Annex. Arwen is alive with a grotesque appearance. Ed, covered in blood, climbs the annex. and a battle between the two.

In an urgent situation where nothing is known and no one knows how to judge, her hand, which appears between the two exchanging the last sum, still has some magical power.

Only once, weak but surely able to implement wind magic.

Arwen and Ed. A single hit from both would destroy all defenses.

Between the two, Tanya’s eyes… She turns to Arwen, who has always cared for her self.

The image of an older sister whom I cannot help but love comes into my eyes.

――I remember the night I was held on the terrace.

Ed, who had been telling him to come this way in the dark, Tanya just let go.

I just couldn’t understand why and was scared, so I cried in Arwen’s arms.

Separated between the two, Tanya followed Arwen’s path.

That’s how Ed left Terrace, headed for Aken Island, and survived in solitude. Tanya didn’t stand by him.

On the day Ed left the mansion, I hid in the curtains behind the window and watched his lone figure from a distance.

What kind of thorny road he has walked since that day, now Tanya Rosteiler knows.

―Hwaaaaaagh!

I don’t know the reason for the situation or the whole story.

In a situation where even a hundredth of a second was wasted, Tanya blew wind magic toward Arwen’s hand.

―Hwaaaaaagh!

—Kagang

The last ‘condemnation’ that was in Arwen’s hand ricocheted out of it.

The moment Arwen tries to quickly open the distance…

―Quaak!

Arwen’s shoulder was pierced by a dagger by Ed who had dug in.