Sword Emperor Reincarnated as a Sword Master Chapter 17

Geomje reincarnated as a swordsmith (17)

In Cardenas, a famous sword family that protected the Arcadian Empire, there were as many as seven knightly orders responsible for executing military force.

Their unique characteristic was that they had dragons, which were said to have existed in ancient times, engraved on their flags and capes.

Golden Dragon Knights.

Red Dragon Knights.

Blue Dragon Knights.

Black Dragon Knights.

White Dragon Knights.

Green Dragon Knights.

Young Dragon Knights.

Each of them was powerful enough to single-handedly trample on small and medium-sized countries, and they were a military group that prioritized protecting the safety of an empire that had become so large and vast.

Excluding the Golden Dragon Knights, which only the swordsmen of the time could wield, the activities of the remaining six knights were so incredible that they cannot be left out in the history of the empire. Wouldn’t you kill a demon that suddenly appeared, or annihilate a wave of monsters? Without that activity, the empire would not have been as good a place to live as it is now.

“Is it already time for them to come again this year?”

Bruno muttered as he looked out the window.

In Cárdenas, in addition to the seven knights representing its glory, there was one more knightly order that was not publicly announced.

Knights of Infant Dragon.

Just as they named the newly born dragons, they were a group whose sole purpose was to nurture the descendants of Cardenas.

Medicines essential for are provided by air, and trainees are classified according to their qualifications and provided with an optimized training course.

“Last time, was it Banneret from Salamander Knight? “I don’t know who else to send for this season.”

Although the position itself was not much different from Bruno, he was a strong person who was on par with or stronger than him to the extent of becoming a bannerette (senior knight) in the Dragon Knights.

If someone with a personality that is difficult to deal with is dispatched, the response becomes difficult in many ways.

It would be nice if someone I knew even a little bit would come.

“Hmm, I’m sorry I betrayed your expectations. Sir Bruno.”

It was that moment.

The voice that came from behind Bruno, who was standing looking at the window, gave him goosebumps as he did not feel like he was popular at all.

If you are attacked at this interval, you will die without even being able to draw your sword.

Convinced of this even though he was well past his prime, Bruno immediately turned around and fired.

Kiiiiing—… .

A blue flash flashed.

A clear Sword-Aura shoots out, piercing the person standing in front of it like a sheet of paper.

No, it looked like it had been pierced.

“It’s okay. “It looks like he hasn’t neglected his sword training.”

The middle-aged man who praised the other person smiled happily while holding the sword with which Bruno saved his life with two fingers.

Only then did Bruno recognize him and his complexion turned pale.

“Wait, Sir Fabian!?”

Fabian.

The man called by that name took a step from the shadows.

Even though he is over 190cm tall, there is not even a sound of his collar rubbing against him. He laughed at the sight of Bruno frozen in place and sat down on the empty chair.

“It seems like you know my face. “I couldn’t attend your inauguration ceremony, so I was wondering what I should do if he keeps attacking me even after I’ve blocked him.”

“… “You’re joking too much.”

Bruno said, sighing half relieved and half nervous.

“I didn’t know that the knight commander would come to visit.”

Fabian, leader of the Dragon Knights.

Unlike the 7th Knights, it is only a training corps of children, but being the head of a group had to prove its skills.

And he was the one who achieved this qualification.

Sword Master.

Because he was a strong man who reached the level called Hwa-hwa-gyeong in the martial arts world.

“It’s as if your report called me. This is almost the first time I have seen a jockey write so many rave reviews. furthermore.”

Fabian took out a stack of papers from his chest and placed them on the table.

It was a document summarizing the contents of this event.

“Number 1, William knew it well. He is his eldest son, and his natural strength is also special and powerful. He also had a very good attitude of not neglecting martial arts. But number 25, you lost the number 1 spot by losing to a kid named Leonard? “I came because I felt like I had to judge it with my own eyes.”

Bruno nodded as if he agreed with those words.

“understand. “If it’s number 25, it’s worth it.”

“Seeing you say that in front of me, I guess I can look forward to it. “If I made you do something in vain, it would be the first time in a long time that you have the discipline of a training camp.”

“Ha ha ha ha ha… .”

Bruno, barely able to hold the corner of his mouth at what Fabian said, trembled involuntarily.

It was because I had a intuition that it was not a joke.

Fabian giggled again at his reaction and took out the item he had brought with him. Bruno’s face immediately became serious when he saw that.

“Is this this year’s quantity?”

“That’s right. 505 people, measured so that not a single drop was too much or too little.”

It is an essential item to carry out the .

As its existence itself was classified as a top secret even within the family, only high-ranking figures within the family knew about it, except for the senior instructors of this training center and the Banneret level of the Dragon Knights.

.

An elixir that awakens the potential inherent in the bodies of family members and creates organs that should not exist in the human body.

Yes.

The blood of dragons flows in Cardenas’ bloodline.

* * *

Leonard muttered vaguely.

“It’s called Mana-Core… .”

After skipping morning training and eating, the instructors gathered the children in the main auditorium and finally taught them the details about the .

Descendants of Cardenas can awaken the power contained in their bloodline and form an organ that accumulates and amplifies mana.

They are called , and their number and properties are determined innately and their grades are also classified into several levels.

‘It resembles the inner altar that spirit creatures carry within their bodies.’

Among the inner gongsim methods, there was a type that formed Dan in the body when the level was very high, but the created when just entering the inner gong was far beyond that level.

Not only Leonard but the other children were lost in thought.

Until yesterday, the children were called numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.

This is because the progress of was in the reverse order of the training numbers.

“I must be single core.”

Number 1 was William, who looked confident as always.

Number 2 frowned at those words, and Belita shot back.

“You have a big dream. “I heard that single core products only come out once every 10 years.”

“Then that one would be this body.”

“What if I take that position?”

William looked at her with pitiful eyes.

“It can’t be like that. “Because you lack dignity.”

“… “What’s wrong, what’s wrong?!”

I thought we had become closer due to yesterday’s experience, but number 4 smiled crookedly when he saw that we were still snapping.

“Well, regardless of the number of cores, their mere existence allows them to grow several times faster than an average person. Excessive greed is prohibited.”

Leonard thought about what they said.

‘The number of mana cores represents the innate intelligence of each individual. If there is one, it is Honwon (混元), if there are five, it is the Five Elements (Five Elements). The fact that five is the maximum probably means that, as the Heavenly Demon said, the limit a living human can embrace is five.’

If you look at the logic from a non-academic perspective, a small number is not necessarily a good thing, and a large number is not necessarily a bad thing.

If that were the case, Geomje Yeon Moohyeok would have been inferior to Taegeuk Geomseon.

However, the Cardenas family seemed to recognize that a small number was good, and a large number was not good. If everything the instructors explained was correct, it wasn’t completely wrong.

‘When the Mana Core is one, it exerts 100% of its power, and the absorption rate of training resources supplied from outside is also 100%. And it was said that as the number increases, performance is divided in proportion to the number.’

Compared to the efficiency of a single core, a dual core requires a whopping 4 times the resources, a triple core requires 9 times, and a quad core requires 16 times. The five said to be the worst, and in the case of penta cores, reached 25 times the number.

Therefore, there was a perception that the greater the number, the inferiority was.

‘More than anything, this Mana Core perfectly controls the natural deception of its own nature without the need to refine natural energy.’

It was a completely different world from the martial arts world where the natural energy itself was turbid, and if it was not purified several times even after going through the earthing process, the internal energy efficiency was greatly reduced.

In that case, it is natural that a single attribute is advantageous as there is no need to classify the properties of the element and there is no need to worry about conflict.

A pentacore requires effort to accept the energy of the five attributes and separate and control them so that they do not mix, but a single core could receive and emit power like breathing.

-Dylan, please come in.

A voice calling number 4 was heard beyond the door of the room where the was taking place.

This meant that the remaining trainees had already completed the and only their turn was left.

Number 4, Dylan stood up looking a little nervous.

“Let’s go in first. “See you again soon.”

And as he disappeared beyond the door, the children, realizing that their turn had come, became quiet.

Number 1, who was confident, also looked a little nervous.

He said he had relaxed a bit during the fight with Leonard, but as he continued to prove his strength and excellence, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy about , which had to leave that evaluation to luck.

It was then.

“I am.”

The three people’s eyes turned to Leonard.

No one knew what he was trying to say in this situation.

“Probably Pentacore.”

“… what?”

“what are you talking about.”

“Leonard?”

To the children who blinked in confusion, he smiled and offered his own encouragement.

“Is the number of cores so important? If the efficiency is poor, shouldn’t it be enough to acquire more training resources? “I don’t know what you guys are afraid of when you have the talent and ability to do that.”

The children’s eyes widened as if they were surprised at those words, but then they smiled like they normally do.

William, whose smile was fainter than that of Heather or Belita, but whose smile was clearly evident, let out a huff of laughter.

“It’s definitely true. The distinctions made by criminals cannot judge me. “If single core doesn’t choose me, just make me regret it.”

The corners of Belita’s mouth, which had been a bit stiff, softened again.

“What, really? “Since when did I care about such things?”

“I didn’t know Leonard had that much faith in me! “No matter how many cores I have, I will definitely live up to those expectations!”

Heather, who responded to the words by jumping around more vigorously than the two people, soon ran into the room with tears in her eyes.

He was honest about his emotions and had an outspoken personality.

‘Your mouth has become a little lighter.’

I don’t know if it’s because their bodies are younger, or if I like these kids more than that.

While I was trying to control myself, the other two people were also called in for the .

Even if I concentrated on my hearing, I couldn’t hear any sounds in the room.

Since the ceremony was treated as confidential even within the family, it seemed to be structured so that it was impossible to eavesdrop on it from the outside.

A few minutes passed since then.

-Leonard, come in.

He got up at the sound of a voice calling him, and forcefully opened the tightly closed door.

The inside of the room was several times larger than he thought.

At least a hundred steps away, he makes eye contact with the man looking at him through the table.

A body so large that you can see it even when sitting, a presence that is strange to those who don’t feel intimidated, and even waves of spirit flowing out from around the body.

‘Jo Hwa-kyung, no, is it the Master?’

In his past life, he was a warrior so well trained that he would have drawn his sword on the spot and asked for life or death.

However, the person who existed in this room was Leonard.

It’s not Geomje Yeon Mu-hyeok.

Suppressing the passion that was boiling inside his body, he moved forward without flinching from the gazes directed at him.

“It’s Leonard.”

Leonard finally spoke, standing in the very center of the room.

Senior instructor Bruno was also sitting at one of the tables arranged in a circle around him.

However, the person who could speak first here was a person who possessed a higher status and more power than anyone else.

Fabian, commander of the Dragon Knights.

His eyes vibrated as if struck by lightning.

“… 14 years old? this?”

He couldn’t take his eyes off Leonard from the moment he entered the room, and then he raised his right hand.

and.

humming!

I dodge the sword slowly coming down from above my head by taking exactly half a step back.

People who saw it looked puzzled.

Because the child who was supposed to stand still suddenly stepped back.

Only Fabian was truly amazed.

“You mean I can see it at that age? really? “Are you saying that you can hold a sword with your heart even though you haven’t become an Auror?”

Leonard had to smile bitterly.

If it weren’t for the memories of his past life, no matter how great a genius he was, he wouldn’t have been able to see the strength of his heart at this age.

Still, I was able to point out the mistakes in what Fabian said.

“Martial arts is built with the mind and forged with the body. “It doesn’t really matter whether there are Aurors or not.”

This time, the room became quiet.

Who would have thought that trainee Naburangi would dare to speak as if he was giving instructions to a sword master?

Even if Fabian, with both eyes rolled back, cut Leonard in two, no one would object.

Nevertheless, that fantasy never became a reality.

“You said you had something to learn while teaching your students, but I didn’t know that you would learn it from the child you saw for the first time today!”

Fabian closed his eyes for a moment, savored what Leonard said, and then stood up from his seat.

He knew he was impulsive, but this time he couldn’t hold back any longer.

“I promise. No matter what the outcome of your is, I will guarantee you first-class treatment. “This is the oath that Fabian, commander of the Dragon Knights, swore on his oath.”

Only Leonard remained calm in the face of an unimaginable situation.

“thank you.”

It was time for his to begin.

fantasy,