Episode 179 Seungmu Festival
If you look around, there are quite a few young people.
The reason for this is because Seungmuje is called the ‘place of opportunity’.
If you win in this Seungmu Festival, you have a chance to receive a prize directly from the emperor.
Furthermore, since a government position could be given down or if done well, the prestige of the family could be raised by blowing up the name, so there were not a few young aristocrats who participated.
As a result, the capital, Bearcelonier, was kicked by escort knights and troops escorting them.
Of course, they were also being escorted by knights under the direct control of the imperial family.
While walking down the street, I often saw fights break out due to disputes, but Celia explained that it was a fight between the central nobles and the local nobles.
I could feel that the country was going very well.
Seeing how the imperial family fights and the nobles fight, it’s clear that this isn’t an empire, it’s a battlefield.
Of course, not only nobles participated in the seungmu festival.
The Empire has had a close relationship with the mercenaries since the past.
It is between money and money, but unlike other countries, there was a friendship made with money between the empire and the mercenary corps.
Even if the same place made the request, if the request was received at the same time, the Empire would be on the side.
As such, retired knights and apprentice knights, including mercenaries, also attended the imperial seungmuje.
Even now, the preliminaries are in full swing in front of the competition hall.
Ray sat in the VIP seat with Princess Celia and watched the match.
There was a gymnasium where a monstrous man boasting a tremendous physique and a young man with a normal physique fought each other.
The difference in physique was quite significant, so it attracted attention at once.
The two were attacking each other like mad.
Ray looked at the tall man and shook his head.
‘You have a lot of power in your hands. It won’t be long before you get tired first.’
Caan- Caan-!
The force exerted on the sword was not small enough to resonate even in the VIP seats.
Sure enough, as he expected, the big man gasped for breath shortly after.
“Heh-uh-huh-huh-huh!”
Compared to him, the young man on the opposite side is not disturbed at all.
“Give up. No matter how much you fight like this, you will only lose. I want to avoid pointless fights as much as possible.”
“Keuugh… This bastard…!”
A sword aura rose from his sword.
It was so crude that it was unreasonable to see it as an Auror, but an Auror user was an Auror user nonetheless.
Ordinary people’s swords will be cut off at once.
But soon after, an aura rose from the young man’s sword.
It wasn’t a terrible thing like a man’s aura.
Even at a glance, it is well-refined, to the point where you might wonder if it has risen to the intermediate level of Auror users.
From then on, it became a mana battle with each other.
A battle between the density and amount of mana and how to control it.
Naturally, the man with a good build was immediately pushed aside.
There is a clear difference in terms of density.
There was no way that the aura that was unrefined and recklessly inserted into the sword could defeat the young man’s.
They only exchanged swords, but the man’s aura was shattered without looking good.
“Cuck!”
The aura he was controlling was broken alive, so the burden on his body was no joke.
While the man coughed up blood, he immediately turned his body to avoid the young man’s flat slash.
“Hoo. You managed to dodge well in that state.”
He spoke and stabbed his sword.
The man looked at him and made a quick decision.
It won’t be a simple stab.
I don’t know why, but his intuition, having lived as a mercenary, warned him.
Instead of stepping back, you should instead strike forward and hit the side.
He relied on his own intuition.
When the man didn’t back down but rather moved forward, the embarrassed young man pushed his core with his body.
If the center is disturbed, of course, you will not be able to stand.
Aiming at that moment, the young man stabbed his sword again.
Seeing the shaking of the tip of the sword, if you carelessly try to avoid it, the sword will follow and pierce you.
The man about to fall gritted his teeth.
When I was in a situation where one foot was already powerless, it became really difficult.
“Aagh!”
He recklessly poured mana into his remaining right foot.
Then, the body that was about to fall stands upright for a while.
Naturally, the sword of the young man who stabbed his sword by predicting the trajectory of the falling man returned to the imaginary figure.
Wedge-!
The sound of cutting through the empty air resounded sadly, and the man’s sword was pointed at the young man’s throat.
“Heo-eok… hee-eok…”
“I lost…”
An unbelievable thing happened.
Even Ray didn’t expect it.
With only one desire to win, the beginner Auror user has overcome the intermediate level.
Cheers poured out from the audience.
“Whoa!”
“It was the best match I’ve ever seen!”
Princess Celia involuntarily clapped.
“I can’t believe it… it’s amazing.”
It’s definitely unbelievable.
No matter how much it is in the form of a martial arts, not a real battle, the beginners beat the intermediates.
It was a match that deserved an award.
Ray looked at the man carefully.
“You’re young, but… come on, you’re a beginner user.”
It’s definitely a dazzling achievement compared to his age group.
However, this was the site of the Seungmu festival.
No matter how preliminaries it is, if you are a beginner Aura user in this place where all the talented people who jump and jump are likely to fail before advancing to the finals.
He must have thought so before seeing the match the man in front of him showed.
But after watching the game, I changed my mind.
If the desire to win is so strong, maybe we can see it in the finals.
It was a fight that made me realize once again how important the will to do is.
As the sun slowly set and the sunset began to illuminate the stadium, it was announced that the preliminaries of the day had ended.
It felt like it would be a much more fun tournament than I expected.
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Ray, who was walking around with the princess, found a small fountain.
“Are you a minstrel? Would you like to go see the saint?”
“There is still time before dinner, is that so?”
The fountain was placed right in the center of the square.
The square surrounded by pretty buildings became a painting in itself.
As the sunset went down and it became dark, the festival lanterns lit up the surroundings one by one.
Indeed, it was a place that could be called the capital of an empire. Wherever you go, there is no place that does not leave you in awe, so there is no better country to travel to than this.
Beside the fountain, a few minstrels are making good tunes.
Ray looked at it for a moment and muttered in amazement.
“huh? It looks like a violin.”
Not only the appearance, but also the number of strings is the same.
It seemed to be a little different in size, but it was quite similar to a violin.
Celia asked as she stared at the bard playing.
“Do you know that instrument?”
“I thought of a similar instrument. Seeing this makes me feel new.”
It’s a good sound indeed.
Even though it was starting to get dark and it was getting dark, there were many people gathered at the fountain.
Unlike the nearby streets, this square with few lanterns is darker than the surroundings.
However, those who were immersed in the bard’s performance did not know how to leave.
Uplifted by the good music, Ray gave them a present.
“Light.”
Along with his brother-in-law, beautiful lights embroidered around the fountain were embroidered.
Then, a truly delightful sight unfolded.
The light magic that shines a soft light created an atmosphere in line with the bards’ melodies.
The previously good sound sounds so good that you will be ecstatic.
A small admiration of the surroundings.
“Wow ….”
“… It’s so beautiful ….”
The people who gathered as if the lights of the play were moving around Asrai quickly were assimilated to him.
Even Princess Celia couldn’t help but praise.
“…It’s a simple 1-circle magic, but being able to change the atmosphere like this… It’s amazing…”
Hana Ray’s magic didn’t end here.
The magic previously seen in the Principality of Silos was manifested in his hands again.
“Light. Explosion. Sparkle.”
The three magics merged together to create a change.
When light magic rises into the sky, a small explosion explodes and starlight pours down like a meteor shower.
Phuong-Puuong-
Paaang-
Is the scene where the starlights are shattering like this?
It was to the point where I forgot even the bard was playing at the heart-pounding scene that could not be expressed in words, and quietly watched the scene.
No one could open their mouths for fear of breaking this pleasant silence.
The magic explodes right in front of you, but no one leaves.
At the return of the meteor showers beautifully embroidering the night sky, not only those around the fountain but also those who were preparing for the Seungmu Festival stopped what they were doing for a while and looked up at the sky.
It was the same with the escort knights.
They were fascinated by the dazzling scenery they had never seen in their lives to the extent that they even forgot their mission as escort for a moment.
It seemed that not only the mind but also the body were being eaten by the unbelievable appearance of the night sky.
Princess Celia gazed at the sky with her mouth slightly open.
“…”
No words came out. Magic is such a beautiful thing.
There wasn’t much to feel.
The bard, who had been lost for a moment, began to play the melody slowly again.
The hearts of the listeners swelled with each note struck from her hand.
A cluster of lights shimmered down from the sky and a mesmerizing tone resonated from the fountain, so I was not envious of anyone at this point.
The melody, which had been ringing for a while, calmly stopped, and along with it, Ray also gradually stopped the magic.
When the splendid joint work of the two stopped, only the endless afterglow struck the surroundings.
Only a grievous groan echoed in the fountain.
“Ah ….”
“Um ….”
“….”
The song is over and the meteor is only stopped.
The bard, who had been standing in a daze for a moment, belatedly came to his senses and approached Ray.
Then, the imperial knights who came to their senses with him stopped her.
“Back off.”
“I don’t want to treat someone who gave me a good performance harshly. back away.”
They were stopped by Princess Celia.
“it’s okay.”
“…All right.”
As the escort knights retreated, the princess asked with a smile.
“Do you have any business with us?”
It was rare to see a princess talking so kindly to a bard who looked like a commoner.
The bard wearing a robe hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Hey… I have business with you, not you.”
