Episode 246
I opened my eyes wide.
Did I hear that wrong?
Are you lonely?
“I?”
“Yes, you are lonely enough now.”
I turned my head slightly and looked at the teacher sitting on my shoulder.
I wanted to ask if I looked lonely, but I couldn’t.
Tem-Samit slowly began to gain energy.
Kukukuku-!
In that situation where the ground was shaking, Samit continued his story calmly.
“The loneliness of the strong. That gaze looking down from above. How could a 14-year-old child, and someone with only 5 circles, create such an atmosphere? How could someone with that much power put the continent’s strongest swordsman to bed? It’s fun and interesting. It’s enough to make you want to compete.”
Toouk-
With a light stomping sound, Tem-Samit’s body disappeared from the spot.
Next I.
I slowly turned my head back.
Samit was standing behind me, holding a huge sword as big as himself, just as he had been in front of me.
The distance is exactly 20 cm.
“I couldn’t tell if the meat was going into my mouth or my ears. Can you feel it? My body is shaking?”
In fact, Samit’s body was trembling slightly.
It’s not a shiver based on fear, but it’s definitely more like an emotion called ecstasy.
“I felt uncomfortable when I first saw you, and I felt intimidated when we sat down to eat together.”
Everyone has their own talents.
Just as Thanos constantly pushed himself and developed his talent through hard work, Ishmael in front of us would have also developed similarly to Thanos.
It’s not a talent for hard work, but it’s the ability to catch external stimuli faster than anyone else and to instinctively notice them.
Like the instinct of a beast.
No, the instinct of the beast is a bit vague, so let’s call it extrasensory sense.
“It’s not the intimidating feeling of being a wolf among rabbits. It’s the gaze of a truly strong person looking down on a monster among monsters. Hehehe.”
Just like the guy, a smile slowly forms on my lips.
“so?”
Tem-Samit said no more.
At the same time his shoulders shook, I lowered my head.
Phew-!
I clearly avoided it.
Crunch! The sound of the air splitting apart resonates.
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I glanced over and saw a few strands of my hair fluttering in the air.
I never thought there would be such a thing as post-meal exercise, but this is it.
Yeah, the food was delicious, so let’s hang out for a bit.
He kicked the seat with a smile on his face.
* * *
I wasn’t sure from the beginning.
Just a feeling of discomfort.
From academy students to those who are called instructors.
Among those instructors, there was even a master named Benedict who practiced archery.
but.
Among them, this little boy was shining alone.
That’s why I was sure.
This kid is the man who took over a country in an instant and took all the talented people under his wing, starting with the Duke of Gwangju… …
As I said before, I wasn’t sure from the beginning.
Because there was virtually no information about this man.
The Valantier family.
Even though he was a marquis, what are the chances that the world would care about the youngest of that family?
Who would want to know about a kid who was rumored to be mentally retarded and extremely reluctant to interact with people?
That’s why there was almost no information about Jack, and the few portraits that existed were only one or two, and even until the very last moment when the Teslan Kingdom was swallowed up by someone behind the scenes, very few people in other kingdoms knew Jack’s face.
In fact, even within the Kingdom of Teslan, what Jack did is considered unrealistic, so how many people would accept it as fact?
Tem-Samit was the same.
Tem-Samit, one of those who didn’t know Jack’s face, was just curious because it seemed so unrealistic, and he wanted to meet him and get to know him.
That was it.
And now, Tem-Samit could add more certainty to his certainty.
This guy, no, this man is a monster.
The reason I held the Academy Games in Ishmael and put all my swords on the line was because I wanted to meet Jack Valantier in person.
When I actually met him, it was beyond my imagination.
So I invited him to dinner and we had a little deeper conversation than we had in the morning.
At every moment of their conversation, Tem-Samit’s senses were constantly on alert.
Should I say it was a huge sense of discomfort?
Although he looks like a 14-year-old, that’s only his appearance.
It felt like there was a master of the same level, or even greater, before my eyes.
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At first I thought it had something to do with the doll on his shoulder, but it didn’t.
The doll felt just as uncomfortable as the man named Jack, but not as much as Jack.
He clearly existed alone.
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The conversation continued, and as it continued, Tem-Samit felt.
This isn’t a feeling of discomfort, it’s a feeling of oppression.
And even in this situation of ‘exercising after eating’, the smile never left my lips.
Strong self-esteem.
The kingdom of Ishmael worships the strong.
Tem-Samit was fun.
Because there was a real strong person right in front of me.
Appearances were meaningless.
He tried to dodge, but Jack dodged.
There was nothing new.
If my intuition is telling me otherwise, then this Jack man in front of me is no ordinary person.
I felt Jack’s body lean forward, and he naturally lifted his knees.
Overly flexible movements that cannot come from strong muscles.
Ishmael attempted a second attack like that.
Bam-
Jack’s body disappeared from the spot with a light kicking sound.
At that moment, Tem-Samit felt it instinctively.
I have to bow my head.
My body moved faster than I realized.
Ppaang-!!
Jack’s foot passes over the spot where Ishmael’s head had been just a moment ago.
‘Hoo… … .’
When did you move back?
Blink, the 4th circle magic?
no.
This is not magic.
Ishmael’s eyes, which had briefly turned away, scanned the spot where Jack had been standing just a moment ago.
A lightly dug floor.
‘You caught him from behind with a simple kick?’
Easier said than done.
The moment a body strikes a spot, kinetic force is applied to that body.
The distance Jack moved was at most 1 meter.
However, the force applied to the body while moving was clearly not at an ordinary level.
‘It was so fast that it fooled my eyes, the Red Master… … .’
This was not a movement that a mere 5-circle mana user could show.
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Was the 5th circle just an illusion?
And that body.
A split wound was visible on the slightly exposed nape of her neck.
Burst flesh?
Split flesh?
It won’t be a weight control issue.
Tem-Samit was convinced as soon as he saw it.
This is a technique that the body cannot withstand.
‘Body strengthening technique… …?’
Using unheard of techniques at such a young age?
I couldn’t help but laugh.
Even as he thought about it, Tem-Samit continued his movements.
Let’s swing the great sword we were holding.
Bam-
Just like before, Jack’s body disappears from that spot.
Let your body turn sideways naturally.
Paaang-!!
Jack’s fist was extended right in front of my nose.
‘Look at this… … ?’
Tem-Samit’s smile deepened.
Because I felt that Jack’s attack had become more destructive than before.
‘Let’s do this properly. Is this it?’
I no longer cared how this was possible at that age.
Tem-Samit’s eyes become serious.
This was enough for the exploration.
After that, Tem-Samit did two things.
First, he threw down the large sword he was holding.
Kuung-!
A huge sword weighing tens of kilograms was thrown into a distant land.
Jack tilted his head slightly.
Tem-Samit, who threw the great sword, draws all the mana in his body into full power.
This series of events took place almost in a split second.
Kwakwakwakwang-!!
The ground is torn apart and gusts of wind are howling.
Power boiling up from my whole body.
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Ten circles spinning furiously, all adding up to physical abilities.
Tem-Samit, whose entire body was dyed red.
This was a real master.
Beginner Master, Intermediate Master.
They are all just a piece of paper apart, but things are different for the higher levels, namely the Red Master.
They are superhumans above superhumans.
Because they are monsters that cross the boundary before going to the transcendent.
Tem-Samit’s fist, dyed in red, extends towards Jack.
There was still no sound.
Because it was faster than sound.
The moment that fist touched Jack’s arm.
Ss …
Pfft …
The sound of the air being torn and the huge sound of a leather drum bursting rang out simultaneously, but with a time difference.
Tem-Samit thought.
This attack, it is said, went straight into the target.
* * *
Pfft …
At that huge roar, the four knights guarding the palace raised their heads.
In the nation of Ishmael, the king’s command is absolute.
Even if the order is to abandon the country, the subjects follow it absolutely.
The reason is simple.
The Ishmaelite nation’s belief and founding ideology is self-reliance.
Only the strong can become the supreme ruler of a country, and the commands of the supreme ruler must be unconditionally obeyed.
If you do not keep it, you will be punished for treason regardless of the severity of the crime.
That is the nation of Ishmael.
Also, the current king, Tem-Samit, was the youngest Master in the history of Ishmael, and is currently the Red Master.
In other words, he is the true and true supreme ruler of the Ishmael nation.
Is that all?
Five years ago, Beckerman and Tem-Samit had a 1:1 match.
The result was simple.
Beckerman lost his entire right arm, and Tem-Samit had his chin pierced.
People of the world say.
That match was one that had the potential to end in a draw.
But Beckerman and Tem-Samit were not.
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By the difference of a single sheet of paper.
They both knew who won and who lost.
Tem-Samit was a man who knew how to admit defeat.
Because Samit clearly realized that if Beckerman’s sword had tilted even slightly to the side, his heart would have burst.
But the onlookers saw it differently.
Because to anyone who looked at it, it looked like a draw.
So it was known to the world as a draw.
In the Tulcan Empire, Beckerman is now said to be the strongest mana user on the continent, and in the Kingdom of Ishmael, the strongest mana user has not even been decided yet, so why are you talking nonsense?
There have been arguments like that.
but.
It was clear that the match between the two was a draw.
So then why is Heynckes Beckermann called ‘the continent’s strongest prosecutor’?
The reason is simple.
Because Tem-Samit wasn’t a prosecutor.
The world’s nickname for Tem-Samit is ‘The Strongest Warrior on the Continent’.
A man whose main weapon is his fists, but who occasionally wields a sword, a mace, or even a staff as a blunt weapon.
Dun-Siel, the captain of the first guard of the Kingdom of Ishmael, who had been watching over the man since he was young, could feel it.
‘The Supreme Being is competing with someone with all his might.’
Dun-Ciel entered the castle with the three men around him.
Each and every one of them has reached the level of master.
Three intermediate, one beginner.
In order, the 1st Guard Captain, the 2nd Guard Captain, the 3rd Guard Captain, and the 4th Guard Captain.
They all moved.
The sound was heard from the training ground behind the palace.
The four guards who arrived in an instant were unable to do anything.
Because what they saw was very shocking.
A man who dyed his whole body black.
Because he was standing there, like a monster looking down on the world, holding a man by the neck.
That guy.
It was clearly covered in blood, but it was definitely Tem-Samit Ishmael, the supreme being of Ishmael.
……oh my god.
