Episode 132
Episode 55. Cramming training (2)
“Let’s see how well your successor does.”
Duran stood next to Zishka and said.
There was no group in the world where duels took place as frequently as the Worgs. Fights broke out several times a day between the members of the lower ranks.
Still, there was nothing more fun than watching a fight. Members have already gathered in a circle to appreciate the match between Yuma and Marlon.
“Marlon Stormtrooper! Press the bridge of the empire and throw it away!”
“If you lose, you won’t be able to eat for a while!”
In particular, Yuma and Marlon were a topic that often went up and down in the conversations of the Black Wolf members. It is clear that both of them are geniuses from fishing villages at the tip of the empire, but if they match properly, who will win?
The members were well aware of how great Malone’s swordsmanship was. Among the members, it was harder to find someone who hadn’t had a fight with Marlon.
Mostly because he jumped at Malone, who first introduced himself as the assault leader. It was only natural that Songi, who was only 18 years old, could not accept that he was the assault leader of the Black Wolves.
Of course, none of the members who looked down on Malone and attacked him became his opponent.
There were many members who were more experienced and had higher commanding abilities than Malone, but there were only a handful of people in the Black Wolf Order who were superior in personal strength.
“Even that Yuma wasn’t easy. He said he hit Yugir-senpai’s iron arrow casually. Who do you think will win?”
“Still, Marlon is the assault commander. I saw with my own eyes two years ago that Captain Marlon beat Yuma.”
He was the gatekeeper on duty when Yuma first came to the Black Wolf Headquarters. The gatekeeper announced that Marlon had defeated Yuma every time Yuma became a topic of discussion in the Worgs.
At that time, neither the gatekeeper nor Marlon knew that Yuma had lost on purpose.
“Are you all laughing now?”
Marlon’s sword began to glow brightly. Yuma also took the distance and drew Ascalon. Ascalon emitted blue light from the moment it was pulled out of the sheath.
“This one was kind of funny, Marlon.”
A head-to-head confrontation between two geniuses who are now starting to break out of their boyhood. It had been about two years since the two drew their swords at each other. They are now more developed than they were two years ago.
Both of them had risen to a position where they could occupy the upper ranks of the advanced sword masters. at the age of only eighteen. In other words, Yuma and Malone are the best prospects in the world.
Two years after Yuma returned, a great change took place in their lives.
Yuma made use of his experience and talents before returning to become the most influential commoner in the empire, and Marlon became the assault leader of the Black Wolves.
Each of them was leading a life with a feeling of fullness that they had not enjoyed in their lives before Yuma returned. In their previous lives, at the age of 18, they wanted to die every day or were exposed to the threat of death.
“It’s the most fun hanging out with you, but I haven’t had too many opportunities over the past few years.”
The first ball was played by Malone.
In the end, Marlon couldn’t master Yuma’s speed. Instead, it gained explosive speed comparable to that.
It was difficult for ordinary members to follow Malone’s eyes as he rushed toward Yuma with his center of gravity lowered to the limit.
Caang!
Marlon’s first blow was an uplift. Yurix climbed under Yuma’s chin, leaving a half-moon-shaped trail. Taking the sword down in the same direction or cutting it to the side was an appropriate response.
However, Yuma chose to stab. It was no ordinary stab.
Swinging Ascalon like a hammer, he accurately struck Yurix’s sword body with a pom-mel, and stabbed the recoil as it was.
Marlon wasn’t too bad. The moment his blade bounced off Ascalon’s pommel, he twisted his center of gravity and rolled forward as if he were falling.
“I agree.”
Marlon did a somersault and landed on the ground with one hand without falling to the ground.
confrontation situation again. Among the members, those with less ability did not understand the battle between the two at all. However, members above the master level exclaimed in admiration.
“Hmm Hugo. Did you teach swordsmanship yourself? Your weapon won’t be a sword.”
Malone’s skills were expected to some extent, but Duran also judged that the two’s workshop was nothing more or less hot.
“I teach fights and battles.”
“That’s a funny answer.”
This time it was Yuma’s turn.
Yuma decided not to use the swift. Competing with speed was meaningless to Marlon.
Its reaction speed and animalistic senses could not be pierced by swift deception.
It was necessary to adjust the speed of the attack and defense and use the swift speed at the critical moment to prevent Malone from reacting.
You don’t have to lose like you did when you first came to the Black Wolves. It was an opportunity to show off my skills.
Whoa!
Twelve aura spheres began to rotate all over Yuma’s body.
Marlon had seen with his own eyes what kind of destructive power that sphere possessed.
“Hey wait! That’s cheating…
“Wouldn’t it be fine if we didn’t just kill each other or maim each other?”
smile.
The moment an aura orb was fired, Marlon could see the corners of Yuma’s mouth go up. Marlon felt terrified and hurriedly put a new aura on top of Urix.
That was an attack that even superhumans like Hugo and Duran could hit with their bare bodies. Marlon fired Aura Blades one after another, distorting the sphere’s trajectory.
An explosion sounded once.
The aura sphere fell to the floor and overturned the dirt floor on one side of the training ground. Dust rose and obscured Marlon’s vision.
“nice!”
And his friend who appears like a ghost through the dust.
Yuma was leaping like a pinwheel with Ascalon pulled out behind his shoulder.
Huh! As Calon’s blade rotated clockwise, dust was removed like a whirlpool. The place Yuma was aiming for was Marlon’s instep.
Ascalon falling at a 45 degree angle to his instep. Couldn’t stop it. Marlon lost his center of gravity and staggered for a while as he hurriedly pulled his foot out.
Yuma’s body floating in the air crashed into Marlon. The attack aimed at Malone’s instep was imaginary from the start. The original plan was to knock Malone over with his body.
Fuck! Yuma’s shoulder hit Marlon’s collarbone. As soon as Marlon fell, he swung his left black blade with only his strength and hit Yuma’s nape.
There was no leak to cover the aura. Hana Malone was also the owner of considerable fists. Yuma couldn’t get on top of the fallen Marlon as he intended.
The two men stood up again, correcting their posture, and the battle continued. Whenever Ascalon and Yurix, shining in blue, collided, auras flew in all directions as if their skins were peeling off.
From the outside, it looked like they were trying to kill each other, but the two were swinging their swords very happily.
It had to be. From the moment they first grabbed the sword, the two of them sparred on the beach in Ferrol several times a day.
Until then, Ferrol was more like a refugee camp than a village.
The only game in that barren village was to point swords at each other and talk about the results.
Before the age of 14, Marlon was ahead, and after the age of 14, Yuma was slightly ahead. After 100 battles, the win/loss ratio was about fifty-five to forty-five.
The two continued their sparring, remembering Ferrol after a long time.
In the training ground, only the rupture of the two famous swords could be heard.
“haha.”
“Huh…
The hot sunlight was hitting the two boys. Marlon wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at his friend in front of him.
‘What’s so tight!?’
It was strange. Clearly, a fierce battle was taking place. Yuma was also unable to dig into the loose gap in the fierceness, and neither was Marlon.
Her breathing was rough, and Yuma’s breathing was also rough. It was only natural that all nerves were on edge while using extremely accurate quick swords.
But Marlon was feeling strangely pushed. Even though there is obviously an equal battle going on.
Even when fighting against Kagor, who uses a spear, he had never felt this tight. No, among the people who used the same ‘sword’, there was no one who gave Marlon this feeling.
It was as if the tightness that never seemed to disappear no matter how long we split sword strikes. It was as if they were fighting against objects rather than people.
However, there was a strong urge to continue this tightness forever.
Around that time, the eyes of Duran and Hugo also stood out. Because even their eyes could see what Marlon was feeling.
It was a strange realm. Duran was a human who had nothing more to learn, especially in swordsmanship. Even in Duran’s eyes, something that Yuma was spreading now came as a fresh breeze.
It was a state that Yuma had obtained by building a mountain with the corpse of Amanzo in the form of Evan in the wreckage of the underworld.
Yuma was just now realizing it, too. That his swordsmanship had reached a new realm.
“Your heir…is one of the top five swordsman geniuses I’ve ever seen. Including my teachers. It would be better to stop this sparring.”
Hugo didn’t answer, but seemed to agree.
The eyes of the two boys were shining terribly. It was a different kind of horror from primary emotions such as murderous intent or hostility.
Only each other’s swordsmanship and natural tenacity toward that world.
It is as if artists are on the verge of being buried in madness for a single meaningful result. If the sparring continues, there is a high probability that one of the two will be crippled or lose their life.
“You will take over your successor.”
It meant that I would go out and dry it myself.
Yuma and Malone were now like fish with hooks stuck in their snouts. If Eoyeongbuyeong was tore off, he would surely get hurt. You won’t even hear other people’s voices.
“i get it.”
Yuma and Malone rushed at each other at the same time. At that moment, Hugo and Duran also bounced like a storm and approached their respective heirs.
“100 million!”
“Oops?”
Duran slashed Ascalon with the blade of his hand, and Hugo deflected Yurix with his fist. Bullfighting! There was a deep and magnificent rupture, and Yuma and Marlon fell to the ground.
The boys widened their eyes and looked at their respective teachers.
“You cute bastards… that’s enough! I will end the sparring.”
Silence hung over the onlookers for a moment. Someone said, ‘Wolf’s way’ never ends like this!
He could shout, but no one could. This is because Director Hugo himself stood up to stop it.
In addition, the sparring between Yuma and Marlon had already lit a fire in the hearts of the magicians. It was the best spectacle in recent times.
The onlookers applauded instead of arguing. Those who cheered and stretched their fists toward the sky also seemed uninterested. It was a reward for a great confrontation.
Duran held out his left hand to raise Yuma. Yuma and Marlon stood up, fist-fisted, and spat out friendly swear words.
In the heightened atmosphere, Duran glanced at his right hand. It was the hand that struck Ascalon.
“Ho-oh…
There was a slight cut near the blade of the hand, and blood was flowing. It was the scar left by Yuma. Even though I blocked it with the blade of my hand thickly wrapped in aura, it was cut.
Duran happily patted his apprentice on the shoulder.
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