Chapter 33. The speed of light is a muscle
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Xaviel furrowed his eyebrows.
his eyes looking this way.
He was full of disbelief about what nonsense he was talking about.
“I don’t understand a little bit. Can I be honest with you?”
“to be honest?”
“yes.”
“Is that something? Are you trying to hit me with facts without filtering again?”
“I repeat, I have never assaulted Lloyd-sama.”
“there is?”
“When?”
“In the anthill. Have you ever hit my stomach with your fist?”
“That of course….”
“Ah, after that, I slapped him 3 consecutive times to wake up. right?”
“It was two. The third stopped just before hitting. Lord Lloyd came to his senses.”
“Aha, did you feel sorry for that?”
“Of course…No no.”
“….”
“Anyway, to get back to the point and to be honest with you, I’ve never heard of a sword doing anything like that.”
“doesn’t exist?”
“yes. Even if you are a sword master.”
“okay?”
“yes.”
It was true.
To cut a hole several meters deep in a rock with nothing but a sword.
Even blasting rocks through that hole.
I’d never heard of such a thing.
It was the same even when looking at the anecdotes of many sword masters left in history books.
‘Because it was impossible even for the founding king, Sir Michael, who developed later than others but was called the strongest of all time in his later years. The recorded sword aura of Sir Michael was about 1 meter. Even if I added an aura to the length of the sword, I could only cut or destroy a range of a little over 2 meters.’
Sword aura.
A technique that overlays the sword with high-density concentrated mana.
It was a skill that could be the symbol of a sword master.
However, even that destructive technology had limitations.
It was that he could not attack an enemy at a distance beyond the range of his aura.
‘After all, the sword is a close-range weapon.’
No matter how powerful the attack, you have to approach it directly and cut and stab it.
You can’t attack enemies from a distance like a magician using magic.
That was the sword master’s characteristic and weakness.
“But Lord Lloyd is ignoring such common sense. You are professing to teach me imaginary art that will not even exist. It’s like….”
“Do you think I sound crazy?”
“yes.”
Xaviel nodded coldly.
“Obviously, yes. It would be an outrageous statement made by someone who is crazy or crazy or out of his mind.”
“Hey, it’s too obvious that you hit a dildo while you’ve got the number of cases?”
“What is the deal?”
“Whoops. Anyway-”
Lloyd chuckled.
“What would you do if I taught you that skill?”
“Do you really think it is possible?”
“Is that so? Start by answering.”
“If Lord Lloyd’s boast is true-”
Xaviel said with a serious look.
“At that time, I will gladly follow Lloyd-sama’s will.”
“really? Will you do what I tell you to do?”
“of course.”
Xaviel nodded.
If what Lloyd said was true, there was nothing to lose.
At the same time he thought
That offer would be a bluff.
There’s no way such a foolish thing would be possible.
“good. it was agreed So from now on-”
Lloyd held out his hand.
I tapped on Xaviel’s shoulder.
And he said it as if it didn’t matter.
“Would you like to pull out your sword, increase the rotation of the mana circle to maximum, and forcibly overlap the two circles in that state?”
“…yes?”
“Ah, in the process, the rest of the circle shouldn’t be involved in the conflict. I need to protect my heart. Otherwise, your heart will be paralyzed while doing the triple axel in shock. Crossing the Jordan River in one queue.”
“What are you saying now….”
“Try it once.”
“You mean here and now?”
“uh.”
Lloyd nodded.
Xaviel felt perplexed.
‘Is that possible?’
It felt like common sense was being destroyed.
It was a shady mental method like a part of the body.
Even so, this attempt was unfamiliar to him.
It was an attempt in a way I had never thought of before.
No, I never even thought it would be possible.
It was natural.
Each mana circle rotates faster as its output increases.
The faster it rotates, the more it has a kind of repulsive force.
Like magnets of the same pole, they repel each other.
But to force it to collide?
“are you okay. As long as the rest of the circles protect your heart, you won’t die.”
“….”
Lloyd’s words were too casual.
So, more trust was lost.
Of course, Xaviel hadn’t even dreamed of it.
Another self in a space and time different from this place.
That he, in the novel Iron Blooded Knight, had invented this technique.
The fact that this technique was one of the techniques that made him the strongest knight in the history of the Laurasia continent.
‘Of course, that was supposed to happen a long time from now.’
Lloyd suddenly remembered the contents of the novel.
Confined blasting.
At the time of developing this technique, Xaviel had reached the level of God Sword Master.
In addition, a fourth circle was also installed.
Combination of Sword Master and Quadra Circle.
That alone was a combination that could rise to the ranks of the strongest knights of all time.
However, even with such power in his hands, he encounters the limits of his power.
Barrier of Namaran.
It was a castle wall with an evil and powerful defense magic.
Behind those walls were thousands of refugees he had to rescue.
Even with an aura-covered sword, the quadra circle’s mana amplification couldn’t break the barrier.
Time passed in vain in that state.
The date avowed by the evil sorcerer has arrived.
At this rate, thousands of refugees would become victims of the magician’s ritual.
And finally, the bright fateful day.
Struggling to break through the barrier, Xaviel attempts a final attack.
After a desperate attempt, he unknowingly collides two circles.
It was the first time he used blasting, a technique he had never even imagined.
It was also the moment when the walls of Namaran collapsed at once with its unimaginable power.
‘After that, blasting became Xaviel’s main weapon.’
Literally, it has established itself as a technique representing iron-blooded knights along with the dark mind method.
But to think that the current self is teaching this guy.
At the same time, I also felt strange.
‘I must learn it when I become a triple circle later.’
Even if he wanted to learn it now, it was impossible.
Two circles to collide.
Besides that, it was because he absolutely needed a circle to protect his heart.
In other words, blasting was a skill that could be learned only after reaching at least the level of the triple circle.
‘Of course, it’s not easy just because it’s a triple circle.’
It would be the same for Xaviel.
Thinking so, Lloyd laughed.
“Well, I’m still hesitating. Don’t you believe what I’m saying?”
“….”
“Are you afraid?”
“Of course not. Just-”
“Just?”
“You must make me a promise.”
“Umm, a promise?”
“That new technique Lloyd-sama told you about.”
“huh.”
“If it’s a lie or some nasty prank to fool me….”
“What if it was a joke?”
“Please extend the lullaby service free of charge in the future.”
“Hurrel.”
It was a bolder proposal than I thought.
At the same time, it was also a suggestion that made it clear what he thought of the lullaby service.
“Looking at you now-”
Lloyd’s eyes curled into a sinister smile.
“Aren’t you a body that can’t live without the lullaby service?”
flinch.
Xaviel’s shoulders twitched very faintly.
Lloyd’s words continued.
“What are you doing? Are you sure?”
“That’s an overestimation.”
“Uh huh. Can you look me in the eye and say?”
“I have never avoided Lloyd-sama’s gaze.”
“Did my eyes go up my nostrils?”
“….”
“It’s done. I’ll promise.”
“Are you sure?”
“uh. If what I said was false or I was trying to fool you, it’s an infinite refill for the lullaby service. Even for free.”
“You promised.”
“Okay, so let’s try it. Didn’t you forget the method I told you about earlier?”
“yes.”
Sureureung.
Xaviel drew his longsword.
Lloyd took a few steps back.
‘It’s my first try, so I’m a little worried…If it’s Xaviel, there won’t be anything wrong with practicing this.’
It was Xaviel who was several steps ahead of me in terms of the dark mind.
He had a triple circle.
The control of each mana circle was also excellent.
He had reached the level of skill and refinement like an artisan.
Even though it was an attempt at the first concept, I believed that it would not hurt my heart because of it.
‘Of course, I’ll have to suffer a lot for at least a few days.’
It was a technique to collide the mana circles rotating at high speed in the body and near the heart.
Of course, a tremendous shock and burden will be applied to the body.
Even if you are a swordsman genius, it will take a while to get used to it.
‘So a week at the earliest? It may take more than a fortnight. Then you should think that the quarrying work will start from then and schedule the construction….’
Knock!
“It worked.”
“….”
Something unbelievable happened.
Lloyd opened his mouth blankly.
I looked at Xaviel, who was a few steps ahead.
And I cast my gaze a little farther away.
On the ground there were traces that hadn’t been there before.
“It is not as difficult as I feared.”
“….”
A whopping 10 meters long furrow was dug.
It wasn’t just scratch marks.
A long hole in the ground.
It was a trace of an explosion coming from inside and turning the surface of the ground into a straight line.
“Hey Xaviel?”
“Yes Lloyd.”
“Are you a monster?”
“no. I am human, of course.”
“….”
looks like a monster
Or a mother’s friend’s son, an imaginary creature thought to exist only in legends.
Lloyd looked at Xaviel with an absurd feeling.
Xaviel smiled gracefully with only one lip.
“Thank you, Lloyd. You weren’t kidding me.”
“Did you know that now?”
“yes.”
“Hurrel. Look how shameless.”
“I couldn’t help it. It was a concept I had never thought of.”
“Then do you understand now?”
“yes. Just-”
“Just? What else?”
“I wonder how Lloyd-sama came up with such an exquisite technique.”
“why? Can’t I think of something like this?”
“Of course not, but….”
Xaviel muttered something behind his back.
Lloyd stiffened his neck.
“It’s done. keep your promise You know I’m not kidding you now, right?”
“yes.”
“Then are you obediently doing what I tell you to do?”
“I am willing to do anything.”
Even if it’s cold, he’s a guy who does it for sure.
Xaviel nodded.
At that moment, a message appeared in front of my eyes.
Ding dong.
[Xaviel Asrahan is grateful for your teaching.]
[Xaviel Asrahan’s affinity for you has increased by +3.]
[Current relationship with Xaviel Asrahan: -11]
[Slightly improved relationships with key characters. Acquired 54 RP.]
[Current RP: 561]
‘Good.’
I was convinced that he had accepted this matter with his heart.
Now was the time to test its performance (?) for full-scale quarrying work.
♣
“From now on, you will play the role of human dynamite.”
The next morning was bright.
A long way west of the Orc settlement.
Lloyd raised a large brush in the granite area exposed at the foot of the mountain range.
Then he dipped it into the jar he was holding in his arms.
snap.
The red paint he had received from the orcs seeped into his brush.
Lloyd held up a brush dipped in red paint.
I took a picture of the floor at regular intervals.
“here. And here. here again.”
Fluffy!
A red dot the size of a fist was engraved on the floor.
“See the places I mark?”
“yes. Is it okay if I stick a sword in there?”
“okay. You’re smart Stab and mana circle collides with a bang. know?”
“All right. But is there a set depth?”
“huh. 10 meters.”
“10 meters?”
“It’s the deepest hole you can make at your current level. yes?”
“yes.”
“Poke it consistently to that depth. And explode. with power.”
Lloyd clenched his fists, then spread them open.
“In the first place, it calculates what it will explode at that depth and marks the spot to stab. Instead, after detonating them, should I run away quickly to where I am? Otherwise, you will be crushed by a collapsing rock and have to sigh. Understand?”
“…All right.”
Xaviel nodded.
Lloyd retreated several tens of meters from the planned bombing site.
I raised my arms high towards Xaviel.
“three! two! one! Fire in the Hole!”
cried out loud
A second later, Xaviel was seen raising his sword.
Soon after, the figure of the boy disappeared. no it’s blurry Moving at the speed of a ghost, he poked his sword into the rock.
Seeing that, Lloyd clenched his fists.
‘Please succeed.’
Success will greatly ease the quarrying operation.
Just as Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel revolutionized the quarry thanks to the invention of dynamite. Just like a primitive chisel and hammer lever that took dozens of people a year to dig out in just a few days.
If Xaviel plays the role of ANFO or neumite, which is an explosive used in modern blasting, the ice storage facility could be completed within this month.
‘That’s why I taught you how to blast. Please pay for the meal!’
Lloyd prayed.
and witnessed
Flash!
“…!”
Flashes of light soared from all over the huge granite bedrock.
Right after that, Xaviel came running towards me like a gale.
Arrived in an instant and stopped right in front.
“I’m home.”
clap.
The guy kept the longsword in the scabbard.
At that moment –
Tuhwahahak!
Furious shockwaves and gusts of wind rushed from the granite fields.
The entire huge bedrock was split into dozens of pieces.
It collapsed like a giant fell.
Kururureung…!
An overwhelming roar that shook the earth and ran.
Lloyd involuntarily clenched his fists. I was sure.
“it’s okay.”
Finally, everything was ready for construction.
Now it was time to start the actual construction.
