423.
Luke’s eyes quickly followed the trajectory of Aina’s sword.
Cheaeng-!
Luke hastily struck away the sword aimed at his neck.
‘fast.’
1st grade representative.
Aina’s sword was faster and sharper than Luke had imagined.
That wasn’t all.
visor!
The sword and sword crossed, emitting a sharp metal sound.
‘It’s not just that.’
The speed at which golden flashes decorated the air became faster and faster.
The sword, honed solely to cut down opponents, sent a chill through Luke’s stomach.
visor! Cheaeng! Tang! Teuung-!
It wasn’t just fast and sharp.
As the sword strike continued, the weight of Aina’s sword also increased.
And that weight became a heavy destructive force.
Kwaang-!
“Tsk!”
Luke’s sword bounced off the sword Aina swung.
Aina snuggled into the arms of Luke, who was momentarily defenseless.
Luke raised his auror, corrected the trajectory of the bounced sword, and swung it towards Aina.
Sgak-!
As a silver flash flashed, Aina took the Auror step and avoided Luke’s sword strike.
Luke’s sword narrowly missed.
In an instant, Aina’s center of gravity collapsed.
‘It’s your chance to strike back!’
Luke, who had been busy defending against Aina’s incredible speed, had the opportunity to take the lead in the attack for the first time.
The moment he was about to close the gap, Luke made eye contact with Aina.
Cold eyes as usual.
The moment Luke saw the eyes, which in some ways felt peaceful, he felt goosebumps rising all over his body.
Luke quickly distanced himself from Aina.
“what?”
“Wasn’t this a chance to fight back?”
The first years muttered with puzzled expressions as they watched Luke give up the initiative in the attack that he had barely managed to seize.
“what a waste!”
Illyana screamed, holding her head.
Chelsea looked at Illyana as if she were pitiful.
“what? what?”
Leah, unable to understand the situation, asked with a puzzled face.
“If Luke had attacked a moment ago, the match would have ended just like that.”
Eiran kindly explained the situation to Leah.
Luke wiped the cold sweat running down his chin.
‘I broke my posture. But my attack intervals were read perfectly.’
Close combat between knights and knights is a battle of spacing.
All kinds of fancy techniques or powerful attacks become useless the moment the attack range is detected by the opponent.
Of course, it is never easy to figure out the opponent’s gap.
This is because the interval continues to change depending on the attack pattern throughout the battle.
However, Aina accurately calculated the gap during the short battle with Luke.
Even if my posture was broken, I would have avoided an attack.
‘If they attacked, I would be the one to attack.’
The reason I narrowly avoided it was because it was a trap meant to draw me deeper into it.
Luke took a deep breath and tightened his grip on his sword again.
Aina pointed her sword at Luke.
As Aina took a step, her figure disappeared.
Luke hurriedly swung his sword towards the right.
Kwaang-!
Luke managed to block the attack with incredible power, but he was unable to withstand all of his strength and was pushed back, rolling around on the floor.
“Tsk!”
Luke quickly got up and straightened his posture.
Meanwhile, Aina, who had come close to Luke, swung her sword.
‘You shouldn’t take it head on.’
My palms were tingling and my wrists were sore.
If you continue to receive shocks like this, it is as obvious as if you would self-destruct in an instant.
I had to somehow minimize the impact of the attack.
Boom!
Sword and sword clashed once again and Luke was thrown away.
‘I can’t lessen the shock!’
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What made Aina the class representative during the first semester of first grade was the overwhelming speed and power of her sword.
But that is not Aina’s true nature.
Just swordsmanship.
As the great-granddaughter of a swordsman, Aina’s swordsmanship, having sharpened her sword since she was young, is overwhelming.
Even if Luke tried to somehow let go of the attack, Aina’s skill blocked it.
Strength, speed, and even technique.
Aina was a knight who had everything perfect.
‘What should I do?’
Luke gritted his teeth.
If you continue like this, you will suffer.
I opened my eyes straight and looked at Aina, who was closing the distance at incredible speed.
‘If you wait until it comes or step back, you will only fall under Mr. Aina’s sword.’
Luke lowered his posture.
‘then.’
Paaa-!
Luke kicked off the ground and charged at Aina.
At that moment, Aina opened her eyes wide.
Luke, who approached Aina in a flash of silver, swung his sword first.
Kwaang-!
‘I attack first… … .’
“Huh?”
The moment the sword collided, Luke was thrown out and fell to the floor.
Laughter erupted from the first-year students who called themselves the Aina clique.
“To be ignorant. Do you know what will happen if you rush in first?”
“That’s disgusting!”
“If you’re lucky enough to make it to the semifinals, your bottom line will be revealed.”
They called themselves the Aina faction and were the highest honors students in the first year, but they could not understand the strange behavior of Luke, who was last in the grade.
However, unlike their reactions, Aina’s eyes were slightly trembling as she faced Luke.
Luke was smiling.
‘What about this kid?’
***
Celia made a dumbfounded expression.
“Are you ignorant? Or do you have good judgment?”
“Probably both.”
Celia gave an expression of understanding to Leo’s answer.
“but.”
Some of the first graders didn’t understand Luke’s reckless assault on Aina, but not the other grades.
They clearly saw that Luke had reduced the power of Aina’s sword.
“To think of charging in and blocking the attack before it unfolds in such a short period of time. “It’s pretty good.”
“Because my eyes were good from the beginning.”
Leo said while looking at the game.
“He was also excellent at constantly observing others and absorbing what he needed.”
In a split second, he instinctively figured out a way to confront Aina.
“It would be embarrassing for Aina.”
Leo chuckled.
“At this very moment, Luke is getting closer to Aina little by little.”
***
Kwaang-! bang!
A sword covered in golden aura was aimed at Luke.
Luke’s silver aura countered Aina’s aura.
‘It’s getting faster.’
Aina’s eyes wavered as she looked at Luke, who was beginning to respond to her attack.
‘Even at this moment, I’m getting stronger.’
Aina gritted her teeth.
This final exam was the worst for Aina.
I stuck with Juen from the first match.
It was a match that I thought would be an easy win, but Aina barely won.
No, I didn’t think I could win.
The thought that I could never be accepted by Leo like this kept creeping on me, and my wandering got worse while I was taking the final exam.
I kept thinking that Juen, Harvey Den, and Sasha, who I thought were one step below me, might overtake me and go far away.
Meanwhile, Aina also learned why she had ignored and avoided Luke since entering school.
‘I was afraid of Luke Eldar.’
The day when he was not recognized by Leo Plov and Luke was recognized.
Aina realized Luke’s great potential.
It was then that I realized that it would catch up with me in the not too distant future.
And now Luke is trying to stand next to him.
At that fact, Aina felt an indescribable emotion.
A feeling arose in Aina’s mind, where nothing existed but revenge.
‘I don’t want to lose.’
I don’t know why this feeling rears its head.
But Aina didn’t want to lose to Luke now.
Woe!
A golden glow flashed in Aina’s eyes.
Gooooo-!
The golden aura that rose from Aina’s body soared into the sky like a pillar.
The overflowing auras gathered at the tip of the sword.
-Oooooh! This!
Runba, who was watching the commentary, shouted with excitement.
Mel, who was commentating next to me, muttered.
-It is the sword of the Sword Saint.
A great hero who carried an era and dominated it.
A strike with the meaning of justice, symbolizing a just and noble knight who took up the sword for what is right.
“Justitia.”
Aina dealt with Luke with as much attack as she could.
‘Please stop chasing me!’
I gritted my teeth and swung my sword, shouting inwardly.
Luke felt goosebumps all over his body as he saw the golden sword flying towards him.
‘Amazing.’
There were only great people in Lumern.
People who are so amazing that I can chase them endlessly.
‘Can I chase after people like that?’
My heart is pounding.
My heart trembles.
‘I chase after you… … ‘Can we stand on the same stage?’
I can not know.
However, there is one thing I learned while being Leo’s mentee.
‘I despaired and reached my limits countless times. Even if I get frustrated and bow my head countless times.’
A silver flash rose from Luke’s body.
‘If you don’t give up, go beyond your limits and hold your head high.’
Silver eyes flashed.
‘There was a better me!’
Mana is amplified and magic energy boils.
Luke cast his own magic.
‘transcendence!’
In an instant.
Magic that takes you one step beyond your limits and into the area you want to go.
With that magical power, Luke.
“Haaaaaaaap!”
Flash!
For an instant, I succeeded in standing in the same place as Aina.
The silver sword cut the golden sword in two.
Coo coo coo coo coo!
The area around Luke, who had received Aina’s attack, was devastated.
A thick cloud of dust rose.
Among them, Luke gritted his teeth.
“Big?!”
The arm screamed in return for wielding such enormous power that it was not permitted to do so.
‘Not yet! ‘I can still do more!’
But I forced myself to endure the pain.
‘The Aina I know wouldn’t fall down like this. I’ll definitely come back one more time!’
The moment Luke prepared for Aina’s attack.
Beyond the dust, I could see Aina dangling her sword.
“I think you win, Luke Eldar.”
For a moment, Luke had a blank expression.
“The strike a little while ago was an attack with all my might. “Because it was blocked, I lost.”
Luke’s eyes trembled as he looked at Aina speaking in a weak voice.
“why… … . “Why are you giving up?”
“what?”
“You can still fight more.”
Luke looked like he couldn’t understand.
“I told you, I’m at my limit.”
“You still have the strength to swing the sword. But why is it a limit?”
Luke frowned.
Looking at Luke like that, Aina said in a self-deprecating voice.
“The result is obvious anyway. “It wouldn’t be worth it to beat someone like me.”
Luke spoke in response to Aina’s despairing and broken heart.
“Something like Aina?”
Luke gritted his teeth.
Leo told Luke to become the class representative.
Is there value in being a class representative in this way?
‘doesn’t exist.’
Luke clenched his hands.
“Aina is a great person. That’s why Juen is trying his best to beat Aina.”
“I’m not as great of a person as you think.”
Nevertheless, Aina smiled self-deprecatingly.
“And I’m already at my limit. So you win… … .”
“Then go beyond your limits! “What do you think about the person who gritted his teeth and chased after you with you as his goal!”
Aina is startled by Luke’s cry.
“I want to chase after him because he’s such an amazing person! I want to win because he’s such a great person! If you say that, what happens to my past days of striving and aiming for you! “If you’re going to give up so easily, give up after making up for my hard work!”
Luke’s eyes roll back as he sees Aina blaming herself, and he exclaims! he screamed.
Looking at Luke like that, Aina looked scared.
“Uh, how can I compensate you…” … .”
“There’s no way I can compensate you!”
‘W-I’m scared.’
Aina took a step back without realizing it as she saw Luke’s eyes turning away as his resentment for the hardships of the past day exploded because of Aina.
The dust cleared.
Luke said while looking at Aina.
“If you’re going to run away, at least do your best for me and then run away.”
Luke adjusted his sword and held it.
Looking at Luke like that, Aina looked down at her sword.
‘Has your grandfather ever wanted to run away?’
‘There were a lot.’
Grinning, Sword Saint Calian stroked his great-granddaughter’s head.
‘It was a lot, but you overcame it all, right? Because my grandfather is a sword saint.’
‘no. He ran away several times.’
Calian, who had mercilessly destroyed his great-granddaughter’s childishness, just smiled like a snake while stroking his beard.
Aina looked up at Calian with a shocked expression.
‘but’
Calian grinned.
‘He didn’t just run away. After doing the best I can and challenging my limits again and again. If that didn’t work, I ran away.’
Kalian said, holding his great-granddaughter’s hand.
‘Aina. After you’ve done your best, you can run away. Then you can try again.’
Aina grabbed the sword, recalling the past.
‘grandfather.’
***
‘The atmosphere has changed.’
Leo, who was watching the two people sparring, his eyes lit up.
‘any… … . ‘You’ve got the eyes of a hero candidate, that’s right.’
The expression on Leo’s face, who was laughing at Aina’s appearance, disappeared for a moment and then came back.
Leo stood up.
“Where?”
Celia gave a puzzled look.
Leo smiled and said to Celia.
“I’ll be back for a bit.”
With those words, he left the audience.
I felt a familiar energy not far away.
Leo’s red eyes flashed.
Very weak strength.
However, Leo clearly remembered the owner of this power.
‘Death King.’
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