Chapter 164 Open Ranking Match (3)
A showdown between Fernando and Roman Dmitri.
People flocked.
In the meantime, all the top 30 players refused to play in the rankings, so expectations were high about what kind of confrontation Fernando, who is called the 30th place gatekeeper, would show.
“I wonder if Fernando can last for one minute.”
“It seems impossible to me. Fernando showed a very weak appearance against swordsmen with a 4-star or higher aura. If Roman Dmitri actively expresses his aura, he won’t be able to last even 10 seconds.
“I think the same. I don’t know about Fernando, but his solid basics and swordsmanship tend to be acknowledged.”
People’s expectations were negative.
Fernando.
People called him ‘The Limit of Effort’.
Clearly, reaching the 4-star mark is great, but the innate talent has shown itself to be in place over the years.
It was frustrating for the people watching.
Obviously, swordsmanship overwhelms the top-ranked players, but the power of the aura was not supported, so I always had to be content with 30th place.
1 year ago.
The confrontation with Vertov was an example of Fernando’s limits.
Vertov, who was ranked 99th at the time, succeeded in defeating Fernando even though he was completely overwhelmed in terms of swordsmanship and skill.
Aura Explosion. A powerful blow completely changed the composition of the confrontation.
It was the same even now.
People showed somewhat regretful eyes at Fernando’s appearance to deal with Roman Dmitri.
Tak-
went on stage.
Fernando took a deep breath and looked at his opponent.
‘… The world is so unfair.’
The taste was bitter.
Roman appearance.
too young
Just looking at his appearance, you could believe he was in his early twenties, but that man was Roman Dmitri, who was causing a stir in the Cairo Kingdom rankings.
Starting from 99th to 30th.
The monster that appeared in front of him after only a week was showing the realm of age-defying talent.
An inferiority complex arose.
I was genuinely envious.
people didn’t know
Every day I open my eyes and until I close them, I work hard as if I’m going to die, but every time the sun changes, the people behind me get ahead of me.
Fernando was 30th in 10 years.
Whenever I was simply blocked by a wall of talent and collapsed, I was seething with an inferiority complex towards people like Roman Dmitri.
It was good even if it was a pathetic feeling.
If it wasn’t for the miasma stemming from an inferiority complex, Fernando would have collapsed right away.
‘Roman Dmitry. Make me your scapegoat. Instead, so that I can take even one step forward. Show me the world you live in with this showdown.’
closely.
I grabbed my sword.
There was no thought of being careless.
He is obviously weak.
I let go of my arrogance and faced reality.
Fluttering –
The flag fluttered in the wind.
That moment.
Qurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Fernando’s aura created a powerful explosion.
* * *
We did our best from the start.
Fernando raised his aura and exploded it on both legs to maximize his speed.
Tadadak –
‘Starting head-on’
The last confrontation.
I studied Roman’s method.
Roman Dmitri was a very arrogant prosecutor.
No matter what kind of attack the opponent launched, there was no case of retreating more than three steps.
hook.
stabbed the sword
The wind whipped around the sword that swayed with an aura, and Roman avoided Fernando’s attack with his hair fluttering on his face.
It was as expected.
Roman Dmitri only took a step back and Fernando launched a series attack he had prepared.
Pung-
A side of the sword.
Aura exploded.
The direction of the attack was forcibly changed, and the sword, which was moving in a straight line, bent to the side and aimed at Roman’s neck.
It was an irregular attack.
At the same time, Fernando raised his aura in preparation for his opponent to avoid it.
hook.
Roman leaned back.
It was an astonishingly fluid move, and Fernando suppressed his surprise and immediately slammed Roman’s body down.
It was a common sense situation that was difficult to avoid.
Roman Dmitri’s movements reached the limit in the series of attacks, and it was impossible to avoid the sword that struck him down with his body fully bent.
Even so.
slap.
I turned my head.
Looking straight at Fernando, he let out an attack this time as if nothing happened.
And then.
hit right up
Like a spring, Roman defied the force of gravity and attacked Fernando.
Quaang-
Arm bounced off.
Aura Clash.
Again, there was a difference in strength.
Strangely enough, Roman Dmitri did not attempt a finishing attack when Fernando clenched his teeth for a follow-up attack.
Tak-
tak- step back.
The look of widening the distance.
People cheered for the thrilling confrontation, but Fernando knew that his opponent didn’t finish him on purpose.
‘why?’
My stomach was boiling.
Fernando was intent on winning from the beginning, and he launched a series of attacks while boldly digging into the opponent’s distance.
Roman Dmitri’s move against him was perfect.
It would have been difficult to avoid if he tried to attack the moment his arm opened, but it was safe to say that it was Roman’s intention not to attack it.
mistake?
Absolutely not.
Judging from the previous moves alone, Roman Dmitri is not a person to make such a mistake.
‘Is it because I’m easygoing?’
fast.
gritted it
Roman’s actions.
Always finished off opponents quickly.
Considering that even the 40th-ranked player couldn’t last 30 seconds, it seemed that he didn’t intentionally end the match against himself.
Why? Because the gatekeeper of the 30th rank?
Now, in the process of going beyond the 30th place in earnest, is Roman Dmitri intending to send a clear message to the top players?
Whatever it was.
My pride was hurt.
I wanted to put an end to this confrontation, but Fernando had something more important than that.
‘It’s okay to trample on my pride. Please show me the way I can develop, even if it’s just a ray of hope.’
10,000 years, remaining in the 30th.
I had long since given up my pride.
Fernando strikes again.
The aura exploded and the attempted attack was systematic and threatening.
When it came to simply looking at swordsmanship, it was the most overwhelming swordsman he had ever dealt with, but the power of the aura did not properly support his swordsmanship.
I knew it too.
The fact that people laughed at the confrontation as it progressed.
Fernando covered his ears and chose his best to defeat Roman Dmitri.
Quaang!
Again, the attack was blocked.
The timing was good.
It’s an attack that should have worked in common sense, but it couldn’t break through Roman Dmitri’s defense because the aura wasn’t strong enough.
I was crying.
I was annoyed and angry.
But then.
[From now on, move mana as I say. Then it will be much more comfortable.]
A voice pierced his ears.
The fact that the opponent was Roman Dmitri made Fernando widen his eyes and looked at the man in front of him.
* * *
My head was complicated.
What the hell kind of trick is this?
His head told him to ignore that bullshit, but Fernando stopped the attack without realizing it.
[Fernando, a four-star aura swordsman. The reason you’re weak compared to your skills is probably because your aura doesn’t erupt smoothly. An aura is a force that exerts destructive power through powerful eruptions. Even if you know your physical limitations, if you stick to the same way, you will never be able to develop.]
My eyes trembled.
Roman hit and came in.
Clearly, he couldn’t understand how he could talk to himself without moving his lips at all.
Kaang –
Kakakakan!
We exchanged airspace.
Fernando was pushed aside and listened to Roman’s words.
[The eruption of a general aura refers to accepting mana and exploding mana through the passage that has been erupting. However, there is not only one passage of mana. The swordsmen of the Salamander Continent all follow a standardized system and use the same mana passage, but in reality it means that it is not all. If the passage of mana you use has been cramped since birth. Why didn’t you think of opening another passage?]
Mana simbeop.
The skills he had honed from a young age formed a suitable passage for the eruption of aura as time passed.
The mana spread throughout the body moved along a certain path, so swordsmen at high levels were able to exert powerful auras and explosive power due to the solid and wide passage.
Fernando was just like everyone else.
Forming a passage through the commonly known system, he saw a weakly erupting aura and thought he had no talent.
that.
It was different from the truth.
The system the world spoke of stifled Fernando’s creativity.
[It’s already been a long time since it’s hard to open a new passage. But it’s worth a try.]
Those were sweet words.
Totally bewitched.
people’s eyes?
your own honor?
It didn’t matter.
Fernando focused on Roman’s words and didn’t care at all even if he was unilaterally being made fun of.
Ready to accept new changes.
Despite ten years of hard work following the existing system, it collapsed like a sand castle at the words of Roman, whom he did not know well.
It was so earnest.
I’m not sure I can trust Roman, but my instincts tell me to follow Roman’s words.
It was from then.
Map sparring has begun.
Roman pushed Fernando and told him how to do it, and Fernando operated his mana accordingly.
one-sided match.
The confrontation, which seemed to end in one minute, reached 10 minutes.
By the time people express their boredom.
Sure –
Mana rose.
Fernando’s eyes widened at the feeling of moving little by little toward the new passage.
‘… Was it really possible?’
It’s just a bit of a change.
I hadn’t quite reached the stage of the Aura eruption yet, but I knew how difficult it was to start changing.
food.
Roman laughed.
That moment.
[Let’s finish this.]
Flash.
A sword that fills the field of view.
Fernando raised his sword to block it, but a powerful shock shook his head.
Puck-
* * *
How fainted he must have been.
After coming to his senses, Fernando blankly looked up at the sky.
‘Why didn’t I think of opening another passage?’
It was stupid.
There was room for improvement, but I didn’t recognize it, so I made the same mistake over and over again for decades.
In fact, it was a natural result.
It was difficult to deviate from common sense, and I did not know what the cost of mana would be if I mishandled it with the infancy of fire.
It is a dangerous challenge. So people had no choice but to follow the existing system, and Fernando naturally thought that birth was a problem rather than a problem of method.
I couldn’t think of blaming the method if everyone else was doing well in the same way and I was the only one having problems.
furthermore.
In the first place, the existing system was also born after a lot of trial and error.
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk, it’s broken miserably.”
“They said he was the 30th-ranked gatekeeper. It’s like proving how great Roman is.”
“Roman Dmitri is definitely a monster. Still, I’m a ranker in 30th place, so how can I show you how to fool around for 10 minutes? Fernando was completely pushed one-sidedly like a child. I’ve seen him lose his aura’s explosive power, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a helpless Fernando.”
“That’s the difference between classes.”
People whispered.
Around Fernando.
There were spectators who had not yet left.
Hearing their words, Fernando instantly came to his senses.
‘Roman Dmitry… … !’
People’s ridicule didn’t matter.
A being who showed me a new path.
In order to make use of new possibilities somehow, I had to follow Roman Dmitri.
Jump up.
got up from the seat
Roman did not go far.
while surrounded by crowds.
Roman Dmitry was moving his steps.
People looked at Fernando pushing them, wondering what was going on.
“Lord Roman!”
dump.
I fell flat on the floor.
Seeing Roman’s gaze looking down at him, Fernando shouted with a blood clot in his neck.
“Thank you so much for teaching me! I will never forget the grace of this Fernando Roman Dmitri!”
buzz buzz.
“What is this?”
“Teaching?”
People were perplexed.
A confrontation between Roman and Fernando.
It was a one-sided match.
I thought Fernando looked unsightly, but what the hell is this all about?
Roman stopped walking.
When I turned my head, I saw Fernando lying on his stomach.
‘The gatekeeper of the 30th rank.’
I didn’t panic.
this situation.
May Fernando come find him.
Roman Dmitry has been waiting since the beginning.
