Chapter 175 – Intangibles

#175.

It’s been a week since I came to the Duke’s family in France.

“Haaaaap!”

Kaga River!

As usual, I was engaged in sparring with Lucas—no, I was continuing the one-sided fight.

“I guess I overestimated you. Nothing has changed from a week ago!”

Caang!

“It usually is!”

You cannot attain enlightenment by taking some advice and instruction.
Even such an obvious fact started to make me angry at the way he was arguing.
After all, geniuses do not understand the minds of ordinary people.

Shush shush—!

Dozens of streams fly in.

“Huh..!”

Aaaaa!!

As soon as I hit the first strong wind, there was a roar like a bomb exploding.

Due to the technique of coercion, the strong force, which had a terrible force, caused a vibration in the forearm.
The moment it was stopped by the strong repulsive force, a flash followed.

Caang!

Somehow shed the repulsive force and hit the strong ki with the trick of the good island.

“Keugh..!”

Next comes a sharp strong wind that seems to rip apart everything in the world, and even Yoo-soo, who makes a terrifying counterattack by spilling out any attack.
They dance in the pouring sword attack at a speed that is difficult to capture.

Kaga gaga gagan—!

Split the breath
I accelerated my body against the rain of swords attacking me in the short time that divided one second countless times.
His lungs spewed out pain as his breath filled up as if it would cut off at any moment, but he held it in and did not lose focus.

‘Swordsmanship…Swordsmanship…Swordsmanship!’

What is swordsmanship
An abstract question is thrown to oneself, but no answer is forthcoming.
Every time one or two wounds increase, only questions are added and nothing gets better.

Even though I bit my lip in nervousness, I was still helpless.
The wall in front of me felt like I could never get over it, and standing in front of it, I was small.
It was small, and it was so small that I felt like I couldn’t protect anything, so I keenly felt my weakness.

“Lie. You are weak Do you know?”
“I know!”

I’m not kidding anyone, do I really need to ask this?
A backlash followed, but this was also a strategy to reveal gaps. Biting his lip, Lucas smiled.

“Okay. That’s it. Everything starts with that.”

There was laughter, but I felt that it wasn’t because I was really happy.
I hesitated at the expression of sadness and regret.

And..

“It’s a gap!”

Piing-!

The sword strikes again.

‘Fuck!’ He spat out his final words, frantically kicking, spilling, and dodging.

‘I am weak.’

And no talent

So, I, who is weak and have no talent, have no choice but to struggle in my own way.
It’s impossible to awaken a new swordsmanship or gain a special understanding, so in the end it’s best to do something with what you have.

As I have done so far, I combine all the skills I have and jump over the wall in front of me with improvisation.

‘What’s there?’

When I recalled the swordsmanship I possessed, there was nothing special.
Only one Frencia style swordsmanship. I didn’t even try to get anything because I thought that was enough.

I looked through all of the 1st to 7th swords, but these are all swordsmanships that have already been completed.
No matter how I tried, I couldn’t do it, and it couldn’t be better.

‘What the hell?’

“The mind is sold elsewhere! Move the sword right now!”

Also, while I was lost in thought for a while, the wounds increased all over my body.

Kwak-! Pee-ing! Chiririling!

Again, the attack with the technique from the 1st sword to the 4th sword continues.
Fortunately, 5 or 6 swords are not used.
But then what do you do? This alone has reached its limit.

‘If only I had reached the 8 star level…!’

My sword is only one. It was difficult to respond to such continuous swordsmanship.
Since you can only use one swordsmanship at a time, you have no choice but to be on the defensive.

If I could use multiple swordsmanships at once, I’d be able to give them a shot!!
When that thought crossed my mind, I was shocked to see the world turn upside down.

‘Spelling out multiple swordsmanships at once…?’

Why couldn’t I have thought of that?
Was it because the skills of the French style swordsmanship were so great that I didn’t feel the need to do so?

If one swordsmanship isn’t enough, you can mix the two.
If that’s not enough, three or four.
If you combine all swordsmanship into one… Wouldn’t that be another intangible meaning?

“Ah..!”

Enlightenment came suddenly, and the floating words in my head were split into words, and then they slowly began to be reassembled.
Each movement of swordsmanship passed through his mind like a film, leaving an afterimage.

The afterimages piled up one by one, and eventually a new, but no different swordsmanship was born.
It’s contradictory, but I couldn’t express it that way.

At the same time, the aura rotates fiercely.
There was even a kind of pleasure in the aura that was swept away as if cleaning the mana load of the whole body.
My body trembled with a kind of catharsis that was different and incomparable to sex.

The aura, which rotated at almost the same speed as when using Overdrive, returned to the lower half after circling everywhere except for the middle or upper half that had not yet been opened.

“Whoa..”
“Have you realized it now? We are still far away.”

At the same time as the aura was cleared, he opened his closed eyes and saw Lucas’s face.
His words weren’t too harsh, but the corners of his smiling mouth showed a bit of satisfaction.

“Thanks, I think I know a little bit. I will do it again.”
“Hmm… That’s cheeky. Are you trying to become arrogant again after reaching 8 stars?”

8 stars.

A state that can only be reached after pioneering the whole body veins.

Almost all of the mana rods have been exploited, so it shows a different efficiency than before.
When the aura was rotated once, it rotated twice as fast as before, providing formidable force.
Of course, even this much couldn’t compare to Lucas, but I still wanted to try it, and my body tickled.

As soon as he raised his sword, feeling a kind of sense of triumph, strong energy gushed out.
Moreover, it didn’t stop there, and like Lucas, it was divided into dozens of lines and occupied all sides.

“You’d better be careful.”
“I made a mistake. After all, you must be thoroughly trampled on to come to your senses.”

Seeing him exude bloody energy at my provocation, I felt regret, wondering if it was for nothing.
As if my whole body would be torn apart right away, I rushed at it with a smile on my face.

“Huh!”

Pan-!

I just lightly kicked the ground, but my body reached in front of Lucas in an instant at the same time as a strong shock wave.

Shiririririk—!

It is attacked by dozens of rivers at once.
The strong fighters occupying all sides aimed at the blind spot and stabbed it.

Of course..

“Be impertinent!”

Quung! Cagan! Chaeeng-!

As if Lucas was thoroughly adjusting to my level, he parried my attack at almost twice as fast as before.
It was so fast that I wondered if I could barely see the afterimage before, but now it was clear to my eyes.

‘If I’m not careful, my nose will be seriously hurt!’

I thought to myself that if I provoked more, I would be beaten really badly, so I showed the realization I had gained this time.
It wasn’t something very great.

Just..

“Suck!”

I just realized how to combine the tricks of swordsmanship into one.

Pew-!

The blow, a combination of coercion and exhilaration, hit Lucas with a strong shockwave that even exceeded the speed of sound.

“Ohh.. Was it like this? After all, you are not a genius.”

If I were a genius, I would have awakened to a skill that the viewer would naturally admire, but I was just at the level of using what I had.

But even this is enough.

─Chiriririring!

Right before colliding with Lucas’ Kangi, Kangi, which had been moving at the speed of a phoneme, took a wriggling motion like a snake, and then cleverly shed the shock and dug in.

This is water.
There was no reason or need for me to confront Lucas head-on.

Riding on Lucas’ river, salmon approaches as if climbing up a waterfall.
But I couldn’t leave it alone.

“It’s fun!”

Lucas immediately used his slash and tried to cut my strong spirit with tremendous cutting power, as if he would cut through space.

‘Aura Explosion!’

Before he was cut, he released the will he had planted in advance and caused an explosion of strong energy.

Kwaaaaang—!

With an intense roar, fragments of strong wind tore through the air.
Due to the magic embedded in each fragment, it flew around at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye and possessed tremendous force.

Even those who have reached the level of 8 stars are powerful enough to take their lives at once, but Lucas is an 11-star knight.
I can’t die for something like this

Since I already had that conviction, I immediately moved on top of it through space jump.

‘Also..’

Looking down, I could see the crown of Lucas standing tall with a strong wind wrapped around his whole body calmly.
I thrust my sword down at the top of its head.

Kwagwagwagwang─!!

As it was, Lucas, who easily blocked the crown without splitting, turned his head and smiled, then withdrew his sword.

“Well, let’s get over this for now. Instead, keep in mind My prediction is that within 3 years there will be a great war on the continent. So, you must reach at least 10 stars before then. Then I will go.”

Pars-!

Lucas took a step with such a warning, but then disappeared as if he had washed it.
It uses space jump.

“You can write too..”

I didn’t think that Lucas wouldn’t be able to use Space Leap, but I feel bad that he strangely NTRed the technique.

“Whoa… But for now, I’m satisfied.”

Thanks to that, I was able to raise my level to the next level, so I was a little thankful to Lucas.
Thinking of the blood shed so far, I wonder if I can fill a large playground, but anyway.

“Turn it off..! Shall we go now?”

The training ended here, and my body was sticky with sweat, so I left the gym and headed to my room.

***

“Eutcha! Shall we contact you now?”

After taking a bath and eating, while feeling a pleasant drowsiness, I immediately took out my communicator and injected an aura into my glowing face.

─Ugh…

The communicator, dyed black, tried to spread the signal several times, and then a voice was delivered to the ear.

-Young master..-
“Nia. It’s me. I’m thinking of leaving right away tomorrow morning. It will probably take less than an hour, so don’t worry too much.”
-It’s not like that…-
“Huh?”

The deep, sunken voice gave the impression that something was wrong.
When I asked her about her anxiety, Nia told me about her situation in a voice full of apologetics.

-Young master. I-I’m sorry, but I’m coming to another territory for work with the upper ranks. I think we should meet in about two weeks.-

“Ah.. How is it? Then I’ll go there. Where are you?”

-Yes? That, that’s… I’m so sorry, but after two weeks…

Of course, if I said I was going to visit him, he would be embarrassed and happy, but Nia’s reaction was quite subtle.

No, rather, I felt like I didn’t want him to come, and my mood instantly hardened.

“Where are you?”

-…I’m Viscount Tianu, famous for its iron mines. But it’s too far. It must be hard…

“No. I’m going to see you, but that doesn’t matter. Then see you tomorrow.”

Before I could hear Nia’s opinion, I disconnected her, got out of bed, and headed for the window.

“What? Why… Are you avoiding it?”

Really, just in case, did he even have another man?

There is no guarantee that it will be, but if not, I didn’t understand why they would try to push me away.
That voice and way of speaking were not just push-and-pull, but sincerity that could not be hidden even though they tried hard not to be caught.

“First… Let’s see.”

If I go there and Nia is doing something with someone from the Viscount Tianu… I don’t know what I’ll do myself.

“Whoa.. Let’s calm down.”

Please don’t let me kill anyone there.
I didn’t want to make Nia sad.

I left the room after calming down my emotions for a while using Myungkyongjisu.
Nia’s work didn’t make her feel like that, but since it was her last day, she had to focus on Eris.