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Sihan lifted the two-handed sword and lightly tapped Zeno on the shoulder. With that, the ceremony was over. Zeno officially became a knight of Sihan.
Zenon said with an excited face as he took the sword and put it back on his back.
“I will be loyal to you, Shihan. You will never be disappointed.”
Shihan repeated what he had said to Alita.
“Don’t call me Sir. Just call me Shihan.”
“Huh? No, how dare I… … .”
“It is an order.”
“Oh, I understand, Hier Sihan.”
This isn’t the first time Sung Si-han has taken on knights.
Even when he was active as the leader of the revolutionary army, many sword-hirers offered him their swords.
Even then, Shihan never allowed honorifics. It seems that Korean sensibilities still remained.
Oh, it’s not like there’s any lofty reason like breaking down class consciousness… … .
‘Sihan, when you say Sihan, it feels like we met on the internet.’
Thanks to this, there were strange rumors that the savior of the other world, Seong Si-han, was very humble and treated everyone equally, but this is an irrelevant story.
“Aren’t you curious as to why I am hostile to Lilstein, Zenon?”
“I believe that when my loyalty is proven, you will surely let me know.”
“What a model answer worthy of a knight.”
“You are too kind.”
Anyway, at this point, I think it’s safe to say that Xenon is trustworthy. Shihan snickered.
“It’s funny when you say it like that, but if it weren’t for those panties, I wouldn’t have believed it this much.”
“That’s why I brought it here on purpose.”
Zeno also smiled back. He felt proud that his precious treasure(?) had found its use. He pretended to roll up his arms and made a fuss.
“I have been recognized for my skills in the Kingdom of Lisstein. I will prove my abilities right away, Higher Sihan!”
Alita muttered with a sullen expression.
“How are you going to prove it? Are you going to spar or something?”
She had a sullen look on her face the whole time, as if she was not happy with the situation.
Unlike Shihan, Zenon is a human in this world, a potential enemy. From Alita’s perspective, he is still an opponent she cannot relax with.
Zenon looked at Alita.
“Girl.”
“Alita.”
“Okay, Hier Alita.”
Zenon lowered his eyes as he called her name. His tone was slightly dismissive.
“With your skills, I don’t think His Majesty the Higher can be at ease. But I can definitely handle someone like the Ignis Wolf Leader!”
“… … Tsk.”
Alita turned her head, pouting.
I wanted to say something in rebuttal, but I had nothing to say since I had just passed out and was floating around when I was rescued by Shihan.
Zenon looked back at the time with a winner’s smile.
“So don’t worry. From now on, I’ll handle it myself.”
Shihan and Alita’s expressions became strange. Shihan asked.
“Huh? What are you going to do from now on?”
“Yes? You mean the leader of the demons who have settled in this forest?”
“What are you talking about? Can’t you see that dead thing over there?”
“Yes, so from now on I’ll deal with it alone… … .
Shihan, Alita, and Zenon looked at each other and blinked. Something was off with the conversation. Zenon tilted his head and pointed to the decapitated corpse of Ignis Wolf.
“You left that here as bait, didn’t you? To lure the leader of this forest.”
“……bait?”
“Yes, so you are leaving the male corpse behind to attract the female?”
“for a moment!”
Alita asked Zenon in surprise.
“There’s another female in this forest right now?”
“It was twice as big as that guy. I couldn’t see it clearly because I saw it from far away… … .”
That was when.
As if waiting, a loud howling echoed from far away in the forest.
Awww!
***
The wolf’s roar echoed through the dark forest. Alita muttered absentmindedly.
“Your timing is perfect.”
The energy felt from the crying was even greater than that of the male Ignis Wolf I saw earlier. It was definitely a boss-level demon. Shihan scratched his head.
“Oh, now that I think about it, that’s true. Why did I forget?”
Ignis wolves usually have a male and female together. Of course, the leader level would also have two males and females. Alita asked, not understanding.
“How could someone as experienced as Shi-Ti miss something so basic?”
“That might be true. Do you think that old judges and prosecutors can solve calculus? They forget as time goes by.”
Besides, Shihan had been away from Terranor for a full ten years. She nodded and asked again.
“But what is calculus?”
“Sorry, Korean nonsense. No, does Terranor have calculus?”
It was a conversation pattern that had been repeated several times already. Alita thought, trying to ignore it.
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‘I guess Shihan originally had a personality that enjoyed talking nonsense.’
Meanwhile, the female Ignis Wolf was quickly approaching. She was circling around Shihan and his party, gradually closing the distance. Zenon got excited and pulled out the sword on his back.
“Let me handle it alone! I’ll show you what I can do, Hire Shihan!”
“Oh, whatever.”
Shihan was slightly flustered because Zeno’s attitude was so passionate.
‘Why do you have to do it like that?’
In fact, it was a desperate situation for Zenon. He had met the hero he had longed for, and had even been given the honor of offering up his sword. But all he had seen in front of that hero was…
‘I’ve only been thrown into the ground twice!’
This is the opportunity to show off your true skills and gain Shihan’s favor. Zenon burst into flames while holding his sword.
“Taaaaat!”
A gust of wind blew around him, and the leaves swirled in a magnificent manner. Alita was amazed by the sight.
‘Oh my, what a speculation!’
It was a much stronger aura than hers. It really felt like a Sword Hier of a higher level. Well, Shihan was dumbfounded.
‘Why is he overreacting?’
Finally, the devil showed up.
It has a body twice as large as the male, and its fur is much darker, almost dark red. A red light emanates from its two eyes in an eerie way.
Ignis Wolf, who had been glaring at the Shihan party, saw the decapitated wolf corpse beyond them and let out a desperate cry.
“Awww!”
The wolf’s fur stood on end in anger. It was a display of determination. An incredible pressure weighed down on the shoulders of the group.
Zenon aimed his sword and let out a fighting cry.
“You evil devil who torments good people, it is time for you to pay the price!”
For a moment, Shihan’s face distorted.
“What the heck! What kind of line is that?”
“Oh my? Wasn’t that what Shihan said?”
“I never said anything like that.”
“Isn’t that strange? I heard that it happened every time you defeated the monsters of the mines. I read it in a book.”
“What kind of guy wrote a book like that? Just meet him… … But you saw it in a book, Alita, are you also collecting books about me?”
“I’ve only seen it a few times. I’m not a pervert who keeps men’s underwear like that guy!”
“Hey, I’m going to cry if I hear Zenon… … .”
Even while the two were meowing, Zenon was still looking at the demon with seriousness. The feud between the demon and the human was growing stronger. At one point, Zenon let out a loud roar and flew up.
“Hey, up!”
***
A giant demon and a giant human clashed in the air.
The battle was completely different from what Alita had seen.
Unlike Alita, who was attacking the surrounding demons at high speed, Zenon stood firm as a mountain and swung his greatsword.
He never backs down, never gets pushed back, and instead pushes back with force even those several times larger than himself.
Zenon let out a hearty laugh as he deflected the wolf’s paw with his sword.
“No way! Hahahaha!”
Alita stuck out her tongue as she watched the battle.
“That guy is really strong… … .”
He even thought that he had managed to hold out against such a monster. It seemed that Zenon had been very lenient. Shihan muttered in admiration.
“Alita, you’re strong for your age, but that guy is quite something. He’s quite talented.”
“… … Is that really some kind of talent?”
Alita was shocked. If he had become a knight-level swordsman at the age of 22, he would truly be an incredibly talented person. Just look at Ted Barkelon, who is still a fighter at 34.
At that level, you’ll be called a genius wherever you go.
But the reaction was, “Why is that happening?”
“That’s because in the past, there were only true geniuses around me… … .”
At that time, the Seven Heroes of the Revolution were mostly in their 20s or 30s. The oldest, Higher Theorant, was in his late 30s.
However, he had already reached the level of a superhuman swordsman, surpassing the level of a master.
It was to that extent that he was able to lead the revolutionary army and bring down the empire.
“Is it because I only look at the geniuses from all over the country, but when it comes to regional districts, there’s nothing special… …?”
Alita glared at Shihan, sulking.
When I hear it, it’s really unlucky. After all, wasn’t Shihan himself an unlucky genius who went from being an ordinary person on Earth with no powers to a god-level swordsman and 9th floor master in just 3 years?
“Well, in Shihan’s eyes, they’re all the same. Hehe!”
“Hey, the reason I was able to make progress so quickly back then wasn’t because I was a genius. It was because I was just an Earthling.”
“… … ?”
Alita tilted her head. But Shihan didn’t explain. Instead, he made a strangely regretful expression.
“The real genius was Levina… … .”
At that time, Levina was 19 years old, only one year older than Sihan.
That means she was around the same age as Alita now. And yet, she had already entered the stage of superhuman swordsmanship.
Among the Seven Heroes of the Revolution, he was the weakest, but considering his age, it would be safe to say that he was the most talented.
However, no one recognized her talent because there was a swordsman of the same age, Seong Si-han, who was a god-level swordsman.
‘So Levina betrayed me? Out of pride?’
Shihan’s face darkened. So Alita didn’t ask any more questions. Instead, she turned her head and looked at the battle.
Zenon was still fighting the demon with the upper hand.
“Hahaha!”
He bursts out laughing and swings his sword. Every time his sword tears the air, blood spurts from the demon’s hide. The wolf roars in pain and opens its mouth to spit out red flames.
Kwaaaaah!
A huge pillar of fire engulfed Zeno’s entire body. He did not dodge. Instead, he raised his sword high and swung it down, splitting the flames left and right.
With a loud bang, the heat wave scattered in all directions and disappeared into embers. Zenon shouted triumphantly.
“How can such a fire harm my body?”
It was a truly manly and bold shout, so much so that Shihan trembled in fear.
“… … Surely there wasn’t a line like that in that book?”
“That looks like Mr. Zenon’s original.”
“thank god.”
As even the flames he had believed in became useless, the demon began to gasp for breath. He was quite exhausted. Zenon confidently approached the demon and said.
“Then I will cut off your head just like this!”
A two-meter-tall giant leaped up from the ground. A huge double-edged sword was swung down, aiming for the wolf’s neck. At that moment, Shihan and Alita blinked.
“uh?”
“That… … .”
It was a familiar sight. Wasn’t that the position Alita was in when she was dealing with the male leader earlier?
As expected… … .
Phage crackle!
“Eugyagyaak!”
The blue lightning struck Zenon in midair. Zenon was thrown back with a strange scream. The fly looked like it had been swept cleanly by a fly swatter, and it was a familiar sight.
Shihan muttered absentmindedly.
“Oh, deja vu.”
Alita blushed.
‘Are you saying I went out looking like that?’
Zenon, who had fallen, rolled around on the floor. His hands and feet were shaking and his teeth were gnashing as if he still had residual electricity left.
“Ahhh! What is this? Why is Ignis Wolf sending lightning… .”
It seemed that he wasn’t paralyzed to the point where he couldn’t speak, since he was at a higher level than Alita. Still, it would be difficult to resume the fight right away. Alita put her hand on her sword.
“This time, I’ll handle it!”
“No, that’s fine. I’ll finish it.”
Shihan stepped forward to stop her. The female was much stronger than the male. Even for Alita, who was a fighter, she was not an easy opponent.
He approached the demon while drawing the iron sword he bought for a small amount of money in Kagon City. The wolf, seeing the time limit, began to growl in alarm. Then, it opened its mouth and breathed fire.
Kwaaaaah!
Shihan just stared at the approaching flames. His way of dealing with it was completely different from Zenon or Alita.
Just, did nothing.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t get through to you.”
The flames split on their own and went off in the wrong direction. It was as if they had avoided the time limit on their own.
Alita clapped her hands as if she realized something. She remembered reading it in a book.
“Ah! I see!”
***
The reason why the monster army of the mad master Rustanad was so feared was not only because the monsters themselves were powerful, but also because they were beings from another world.
The laws of Terranor do not apply to beings from other worlds. As long as they are allowed to exist, normal laws such as physical force and gravity will apply, but magic, the result of distorted laws, will never apply.
That is why no matter how powerful the Magi were, they were no different from ordinary people in front of other world beings.
And it was the same for Seong Si-han, a human from another world.
“When I first met this guy, if I didn’t have this ability, I would have been eaten right away.”
Shihan smiled as he recalled more than ten years ago.
At the time, he was powerless and was threatened with death by a single Ignis Wolf that had strayed from the pack, and he came very close to death.
However, the reason I managed to survive was thanks to this ability of ‘absolutely nullifying magic.’
The demons of Terranor are beings who instinctively use magic and speculation. In other words, the flames of Ignis Wolf are fundamentally no different from magic.
“Krrrr?”
The panicked demon spit out flames a few more times.
The result was the same.
The timer did nothing, and the flames avoided him on their own.
“When I was with the punitive force, I pretended to avoid them because they were watching me closely, but now I don’t have to worry about it.”
Shihan drew his sword and flew at the male. He intended to cut off his head as easily as he had done when he defeated the male. Sure enough, the female wolf counterattacked with the same blue lightning.
Phage crackle!
Ignoring the time limit, Shihan stabbed the sword in.
“I’m sorry, it didn’t work… … .”
In an instant, a blue lightning bolt struck his entire body.
“Eugyagyaak!”
With a scream, Shihan was thrown backwards. Alita, who was watching, muttered blankly.
“Oh, deja vu.”
“… … Don’t follow me!”
Shihan stood up with his teeth chattering. Unlike Zenon or Alita, he was able to stand up bravely by wrapping his whole body in fighting spirit the moment he was struck by lightning. His long experience had allowed him to reflexively defend himself.
The wolf started to rush forward, crackling with lightning. After having some fun, he started to really attack with lightning. He frowned and rushed towards Shihan.
“Well, you got hurt because you let your guard down. You could have avoided it in the first place, right?”
He dodges the lightning that flies in and rushes right in front of the wolf’s nose. Shihan deploys his throwing sword.
“Dragonfly!”
Just then, Shihan raised his sword and drew it. There was a flash of light, and the demon’s head flew into the air, blood gushing out. A desperate scream filled the forest.
“Kuaaaah!”
After dealing with the demon in one blow, Shihan frowned.
“What? Why does magic work on me?”
