375. Acea
Why is Acea here?
Encred was able to recall a few facts the moment he encountered it. These were things that came to mind without him having to think about them.
‘The peace officer.’
Why did he come to me?
Jealousy was the reason, but it was also because I saw it as an appropriate opportunity. He decided that he was guilty.
The crime that could be considered was the killing of Viscount Bantra, but Associate Knight Acea was able to serve as a witness to that crime. It was something that might not have happened if she had prevented it.
But then it happened.
‘Asia did not stop it.’
It was the Marquis’ intervention that allowed Acea to come to him.
So whose side is the Marquis of Okto on?
No, have the knights turned around?
Could it be?
A knight corps without knights. Acea said there were a few semi-knights left in the capital, right?
Several complicated thoughts came to mind one after another and were tangled haphazardly like a skein of thread played by children.
Encred boldly cut it into pieces. He can’t be like Kreis himself. He didn’t have to.
The person who would answer was right in front of me, so all I had to do was ask.
“why?”
Encred’s mouth opened. It was a short but bold question.
Acea raised her sword. The thin, straight sword body stood at the border between darkness and light. she answered.
“I said this is it. “Go back.”
There is no emotion in the eyes. It felt like a sword was standing in front of me.
The sounds of metal clashing and shouting from outside become distant. It seemed like two actors encountered each other on a stage called a hallway.
Encred also chose Silver.
Slurp.
The sound of a sword being pulled out of a scabbard with an iron rim on the end was eerily clear. The silver long sword showed off its body.
Encred held the sword grip with both hands and took a deep breath.
Sunlight streams in from the window on the left for me and on the right for Asia. The light seeping in between the two passed through the window and created a long line that separated Encred and Acea.
“Go away.”
Acea spoke again.
Please.
It sounded like that.
“Why?”
I asked and thought. Of course, there was no answer. I don’t know too much to find out anything. Acea didn’t seem like she would give an answer.
Without even a smile, I just looked at him.
Acea showed no killing intent or anger. She just stood there like an inanimate object.
On one side of the hallway, there was rare ceramics that were said to be found only in the South. Her appearance seemed no different from that kind of porcelain. She looked like a still life.
Encred adjusted his sword again.
Acea said after seeing that.
“You’re drinking beeju.”
“It’s a hobby.”
Encred responded as a habit.
Even with those words, Acea’s expression did not break. On the contrary, the momentum has changed. It’s intimidating. It is at the same time that the momentum changes.
In Encred’s eyes, it seemed like he could see a wall blocking his path, centered around Acea.
It’s not just that they have the will to cut off their heads when they face a form of coercion. She was now determined to never back down, showing her intimidation.
It is an infinitely solid wall.
A wall that has no end in sight to overcome, but is as strong as steel to break down.
However, Encred was a person who enjoyed jumping over or punching through walls.
Ting.
Encred raised his sword sideways and measured the distance from the wall.
The tip of the silver hit the wall on the right. He retrieved the sword grip with both hands and raised it above his head.
Although the left and right widths were short, the height was not lacking.
If the fight continues like this, paintings on the walls, Southern-style pottery, and expensive vases will be smashed.
But it wasn’t the time to worry about that.
Encred took a deep breath again.
The other person was reading his or her breathing.
Neither Acea nor Encrid swung their swords first.
The two read each other’s breathing and measured the timing.
It’s something I’ve done countless times before. We’ve sparred more than 20 times.
The line of light crossing between the two was getting longer.
Three crossed swords were hanging on the center right wall, centered around Acea and Encred.
It was decorated with a false sword with a shield imitating the shape of the sun tree above it.
The sword located in the exact center of the three swords was attached perpendicular to the ground, so the tip of the sword was closest to the ground.
As the line of light stretched, naturally the light that passed through the window reached the tip of the central blade. Although it was not sharp, the well-polished blade reflected the light.
The moment there was a flash of light, Encred kicked the ground.
pop!
I couldn’t save my strength, I didn’t have the time to do so.
He explosively rushed forward with all his might and lowered his sword.
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The moment Encred approached, Acea also reacted.
Her sword extended forward. It stabs faster than any other arrow.
Encred lowered his sword. Acea’s blade and Encred’s silver met.
Kang! Crackle!
Encred tried to break the wall by slamming down with force, and Acea twisted her wrist to change Silver’s trajectory.
The fully ripe shedding shed Encred’s power.
Since he couldn’t be defeated just like that, Encred took his foot back and left some energy to spare. Instead, I just let the sword flow.
I was prepared to attack it with renewed strength at any time.
As a result, a long line was drawn under the left window.
Even though it was a strike that resembled a thunderbolt, it was thrown away.
Acea immediately lifted the stabbed sword. Afterwards, she slowly stepped forward and aimed at En Creed.
Aim the tip of your sword.
Her specialty and talent.
But it was also different from what Encred knew.
Didn’t Rem already say that?
“I’m sure that’s not all.”
I know it by feeling.
No, countless practical skills and talents allow us to see different pieces of what the opponent has.
Encred is an area that cannot be seen.
So will it be a problem?
‘at all.’
The tip of the sword is aimed at yourself. Only the tip of the sword and yourself are left in the world. That’s where Acia aims the tip of her sword.
It is a fantastic sword, a sword that deceives.
Encred already knew the answer to defeating that sword.
It was only natural that Ragnar, Rem, and Saxony showed me the answer several times in front of me.
Rem fought with an ax covering the tip of the sword aimed at him.
Ragna ignored the tip of his sword. Whatever was in her way, she cut down and destroyed it with her will.
Saxony continued to strike his sword before starting to point the tip of his sword.
All three are correct, but not all three are stories that apply to Encred himself.
I felt it from the moment I put a part of Will into my body.
‘I have to solve it for it to have meaning.’
To move forward, you have to walk properly. You have to step on the path and walk. You can’t walk if you put your feet in the air. You don’t move forward by taking your steps from the same place.
You can move forward properly by making even the process your own. That is the path of stepping on the road, stepping on the dirt, and wading through the sand.
If Rem, Ragnar, and Saxony had their own way, Encred also had to find his own way.
I didn’t think this would all happen at once.
He is not a genius. I know better now.
“You are a genius.”
The words the mercenary said when I was young no longer remain in my heart.
Instead, a sword remained. The dream remains. What was it that healed the torn dreams?
It’s a sword.
Even when Encred was sad that Acia left, he thought that he wanted to spar with her about two hundred more times.
Why did Acea block his path? I do not know.
I’m on my way to save Krang, so I shouldn’t waste time? know.
But Encred didn’t feel any impatience.
If I had been shaken by each of these things, I wouldn’t have been able to hold on to the sword until now.
So I decided to do what I had to do now. No, I am completely immersed in the present.
If you block it, you will overcome it. If you try to get in my way, I will destroy it.
For a brief moment, Encred thought about it and organized it, and after coming to a conclusion, he took out the knife called Method.
There was something I wanted to do if I had to face Acia one more time.
It’s your own way.
Encred closed his eyes.
If seeing is the problem, what if you don’t see?
“… … “It’s really crazy.”
Something similar to emotion flowed from Asia’s voice, which had become like a still life.
I couldn’t help but be surprised to see this.
I was able to withstand punishment and being told it was a hobby, but it was difficult to withstand this.
‘Close your eyes?’
I’m going to close my eyes and attack you. Is this really something a normal human being can do?
Acea won even when she fought with her eyes open. Whether it was risking half a life or not, the outcome of sparring was always constant.
But do you close your eyes because the tip of the sword blocks your vision?
“Are you looking down on me? Or did you have separate training?”
Acea spoke one after another.
From those words, Encred got the feeling that she wasn’t here because she wanted to.
If he was here because he really wanted to, he would have swung his sword first, not his words.
That’s what my sparring with her has been like so far.
Of course it was none of my business. Encred enjoyed the moment. I enjoyed this moment. Therefore, he smiled as he was excited about dealing with Asia.
Close your eyes and listen as is. Use your ears instead of your eyes.
“If you sharpen your sense skills, you will see things even without looking.”
This is what Saxony has said countless times.
In fact, members of my unit used to show such talent.
I would understand the movements of the person standing behind me without even looking.
Audin said that he could feel waves in the air.
“I know it by feeling.”
Rem said it was all about the sixth sense.
Ragna asked if he really needed to know what he was doing behind the scenes.
They say that just swinging the sword and cutting is enough.
It was like Ragna.
There was no need to mention Saxony.
“We hear air waves with our sense of touch, and we hear sounds with our ears.”
Distinguishing and understanding subtle sounds was the foundation of sensory skills.
They were all similar, but the way they spoke and the way they learned things was different.
Encred has also developed a sixth sense called the sense of evasion.
Based on that, Encred moved with his eyes closed.
To sum it up, it was like the guy who closed his eyes and smiled attacked first.
“You crazy bastard.”
Acea chewed and spat it out. The tone contained some respect rather than criticism.
Encred relied on memory for the first blow.
I remembered where Acea stood and heard her speak.
I activated Instant Will as is.
Boom!
The ground under my feet tears and explodes. Stone dust exploded under the carpet.
Encred swung his sword with all his might. He never lost his strength just because the other person was someone he knew.
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Acea was unable to send Encred. There is one biggest reason.
‘If you cross me, you’ll die.’
Even if you let him go, Encred won’t be able to survive.
So stop here.
Whether you came here because you wanted to, because you were threatened, or because you were forced to do so.
‘That’s for later.’
There was an opponent in front of me, fighting with all my might, with all my heart.
I close my eyes, split the moment, and shorten the distance. Encred’s sword swung down without hesitation.
Acea responded with the same speed. Without even killing the intimidation.
For some reason, it feels like my stomach is moving faster than when I opened my eyes.
Hold the thin sword horizontally and strike upward. Twist your ankle and dissipate your strength. The power contained in the opponent’s sword was channeled into the thin rapier blade as before. It will be too late if you accept it. So, capture the moment of collision and twist it to distract it.
Acea did just that.
The rapier moved like a flowing cloth.
Tiririririn.
The sound was incongruously soft compared to the force of the strike. Encred’s sword fell to the side. Eisia relaxed her grip on her sword and then gave it again.
At that moment, the arm muscles inside the leather toss wrapped around the forearm tighten and gain strength. I gathered all my strength and thrust forward.
Hung.
The air, not the sword, touched it first. Momentum and pressure first make the whole body fluff stand.
Encred had no time to recover from the sword he struck.
Instead, it is. Encred was suddenly holding the silver with his left hand, and the sword on his right waist with his right hand.
Hold it upside down and pull it out to block it. The gladius blocked the tip of Eisia’s sword.
earth!
The rapier’s stabbing power was transmitted through a medium called the gladius through an accurate combination of hit and force.
Encred’s feet flew backwards for a moment.
‘The opponent has the upper hand in strength.’
This is a fact that Acea also knows. Encred’s strength is scary. Even if a single blow fails, the damage will be severe.
But there is no failure. There is no way to get hit by such a dull blade.
Moreover, he lacks delicacy because he closes his eyes.
Encred stepped back and opened his eyes. Acea aimed her sword again.
She could fight like this all day.
Fighting without stopping was one of the knights’ advanced training.
Of course she completed the training.
And Encred.
“Once more.”
I laughed.
fantasy,
