Episode 202 After that day.
Logan, who did not want to be noticed by the emperor any longer, did not leave the villa.
Logan, who was concentrating on training in the villa hoping that the festival would end soon, realized that even he had reached his limit at some point and let out a hollow laugh.
It’s not exactly a limit…
“It’s a good thing, it’s definitely a good thing. Ha…”
A deep sigh burst from the mouth of Logan, who was standing alone in the middle of the training hall of the villa.
Ugh.
The force core of the heart was flowing more violently than usual, and the golden auspicious light blooming in the hand clearly revealed the desire to go beyond the critical point and advance to a new level right away.
My body trembled with joy as I foresaw the moment of breaking away from my new birth.
It was as Luther Kyle expected.
The moment Logan fully understood Aurors, he instinctively realized that if he applied them to his body, he would become a superhuman.
This is a completely different situation from ordinary superhumans who unintentionally awaken during training.
But even though he learned that he could control the moment of arousal, Logan had no choice but to give up that desire.
‘no. The moment you become a superman in the imperial capital, you are truly held back.’
Even in his current state, he is already attracting excessive attention from the emperor, and if it becomes known that he has become a superhuman, the emperor might try to capture him even at the risk of diplomatic difficulties.
Logan, recalling the Emperor’s eyes sparkling with subtle brilliance, suppressed the surging desire to evolve.
Ugh.
The force core in his heart vibrated as if protesting this unreasonable suppression, but Logan carefully calmed the force.
‘At least after leaving Aserian! not now! never!’
Ugh.
As I forcibly gathered up my strength by soothing the 4-star force core that was vibrating as if it was complaining, the force that I had been looking forward to for a new birth spread throughout my body, leaving a feeling of regret.
And at that moment, Logan realized that this situation was not just unfortunate.
‘This… is actually a good thing.’
Just by experiencing a brief moment of awakening, he clearly recognized his state of evolving beyond human limitations and the power he would gain as a result.
I also had an intuition that if I had some kind of preparation time to refine and achieve it in detail, I would be able to evolve more completely at the time of true awakening.
‘It’s never too late. ‘It’s preparation for a bigger leap.’
It was as if the concept of awakening design, which Luther Kyle had dreamily talked about, had appeared before my eyes in a concrete form.
With perfect substance, not a vague wish.
‘After preparing for the remaining time and leaving the ecliptic…’
Make the dream a reality.
Logan’s fists trembled.
As I left the training center after completing the training in such a good mood, Victor, who was waiting outside, quickly approached me.
Not a very good look.
“What’s going on?”
“…A guest has arrived.”
“Customer? I told you to just ignore me.”
“That couldn’t have been it.”
“what?”
Logan asked back with puzzled eyes, and soon after hearing Viktor’s answer, he let out a long sigh and became convinced.
“Okay, let’s go.”
After the last party, the pile of gifts in the corner of the villa was getting bigger and bigger.
Among the lower-ranking nobles, there were some who came and went twice a day looking for Logan, and nobles above the earl level who had not previously thought of moving directly began knocking on the door of the villa one by one.
A count that Logan reluctantly met said as the situation became too complicated.
– You have caught the eye of His Majesty the Emperor, and you will one day become the highest-ranking noble in the Empire. I have never seen a talented person that he is so greedy for. That’s why I want to make a kite in advance.
It was a shocking sound.
In short, he was saying that everyone took it for granted that he would become a naturalized member of the empire.
This was the reason why Logan only trained without showing his face outside the villa.
But I couldn’t ignore this guest.
Not only was he not someone who could be persuaded by the party, but he was also someone who the imperial troops guarding the villa could not do anything to.
I’m sorry.
When the door opened, an old knight with white hair and a white beard came into view.
An old man who, despite being a superhuman, gives the feeling that he is reaching the end of the time he has been given.
The current continental first sword, Tris Hornsby.
He was dismissed from his position as commander of the Imperial Knights due to an incident that occurred in a confrontation with Jerome not long ago.
“This is my first time greeting you formally. My name is Logan McLane.”
“Tris Hornsby. Jerome’s teacher.”
Noh Knight’s introduction was simple, but his eyes showed complex emotions.
Logan, who had read that emotion, asked directly.
“Are you here for revenge?”
Eat.
“Revenge… I wonder if such a feeling is warranted since His Majesty has forgiven him.”
The old knight’s expression actually changed to calm.
“Then what brought you to me?”
Wouldn’t I have felt more at ease if I had said that I had come for revenge?
Logan’s face hardened involuntarily, and the old knight waved his hand.
“Don’t be so nervous. Your Majesty’s orders are solemn, so I will not cause any harm to you, His Majesty’s guest.”
“then…?”
“It’s just that His Majesty was worried about you. He said you kept coming out of the door and wouldn’t come out, so he personally ordered you to show him another ‘wide world’.”
“yes?”
“Actually, I was worried that you beat Jerome Hana and thought that the empire had no talent, so I volunteered willingly.”
“What is that…?”
Before Logan could even finish speaking, a spark-like force arose throughout Tris Hornsby’s body.
A force that ‘looks’ like a literal flame, not a metaphorical expression.
“It’s a typification of momentum. There are only five people in the empire who can achieve this level, so it will be a good experience.”
For the first time, Logan realized that it was possible to make simple energy waves visible and tangible.
I just stare blankly at this miracle with eyes widened in shock.
“If you don’t come to your senses, your soul might be ruined.”
Along with the old knight’s calm voice, the flames oppressed his entire body.
‘Ugh!’
In an instant, everything around disappeared and everywhere was engulfed in flames.
It felt like I had jumped into flames without realizing it.
I felt a burning pain throughout my body, along with tremendous pressure that restrained my body so that I could not move.
The excruciating pain was so real that it didn’t even feel real.
‘Ugh! What is this?!’
Is this really possible with momentum alone?
A knight who is not a wizard puts you in trouble without even touching the wall of superhumans right in front of you?
Even in all my experience in life, this is a situation I have never heard of.
‘This is ridiculous!’
Rather, the energy brought on by that intense shock made me endure the pain that felt like my whole body was on fire.
Wooooow.
Soon, the power emitted from the force core located in the heart began to circulate throughout the body and resist the fierce force.
However, the pressure and burning pain that was constricting my entire body still did not go away.
“Ugh.”
A body that cannot be controlled as intended, despite the force flowing through every corner, a pressure that cannot be withstood.
The reason why Logan was able to not lose his mind was because his physical condition remained unchanged despite such pain.
‘It’s not an attack with physical substance. But then how?’
It wasn’t a low-level trick like hallucination magic.
At his current level, there was no way he would have been fooled by any trick using magic.
then.
‘A tactic that directly attacks the soul? A knight?’
It was a method I never thought possible, but the moment I figured out what it was, a solution also came to mind.
‘Splitting flames.’
Soon, a golden line began to be drawn from Logan’s head.
A power that allows the aurors to withstand, breaks the barrier, and even makes holy power impermeable to the wounds that are deliberately created.
This vision, which cuts out all abilities, has now matured to the point where it can be applied just as a concept.
The golden force that arose according to Logan’s will split the ‘unknown supernatural power’ that was binding the soul.
Wow.
A red space that is cut off in an instant.
‘done!’
The space around me, which had been burning red, returned to normal, and the surprised face of the old knight standing in front of me came into view.
“under…?!”
How dare you do this?
Logan was about to smile leisurely, looking at his face that showed all his emotions, but the old knight, with his eyes slightly frowning, raised his right index finger and aimed it at him.
The simple act of simply pointing at something.
But the moment the fingertip falls from above in the air.
Ugh.
I heard a sound as if the world was splitting apart, and at the same time, I saw the world split in half along that line.
And the sight of one’s own body touching that line also being split vertically.
‘no!!’
The scream that couldn’t escape lingered inside, and my consciousness collapsed along with the shattering world.
‘This is how you die?’
An unexpected death.
That painful awareness erodes the soul.
no.
I can’t end it like this.
never!!
The anger and anger seething from deep within my heart, pulling my soul up from the bottomless pit with no end in sight.
OK.
“Ouch!”
As the sensation suddenly returned, my vision became dizzy.
As if the broken world was finding its own form again.
The dizziness was so intense that even when I sat down, I kept vomiting.
“Wow!”
“Confucius!”
“My lord!”
“How dare he!”
A strange sense of disconnect.
It was hard to understand that the furniture and buildings around him were still intact, and it was also strange that the knights came running only after he had collapsed.
Logan raised one hand to stop the running men, forced his eyes to open straight, and looked at the face of the old knight standing in front of him.
Because the main culprit that caused this whole situation was that old man.
“What is this…?”
Due to the aftereffects, I couldn’t even speak properly.
As I forced my head up to look at him, with tears and snot pouring down my face, a voice that was calmer than I expected penetrated my ears.
“Soul Blade. It is a sword that cuts through the soul. It is a vision that an Auror user acquires when he or she approaches the ultimate level.”
“soul…?”
“That’s right. This is the ‘wide world’ that the peak of the empire shows you. You can make it your pride for the rest of your life.”
Damn.
Attacking someone so suddenly and making him like this!
All he wanted to say was swearing, but his physical condition was so bad that even he couldn’t spit it out easily.
Looking at him like that, the current best swordsman on the continent calmly said, He turned his back.
“If you want to learn, come to the Empire.”
He left behind only those words that felt so arrogant.
* * * A shadow fell in front of Tris, who was walking deep in thought.
“Did your trip go well?”
Nod. As he lifted it, the face of a disciple who was one head taller than himself came into view.
The face of a disciple who had lost an eye in an unfortunate incident.
“Jerome…”
“You don’t look good.”
He had simply lost an eye. It wasn’t at the same level.
The disciple’s strength, which was felt to be close to power, was reduced by half.
However, even though it had only been a few days since he had experienced such a tragedy, the disciple’s voice was calm.
‘He definitely has a lot of courage.’
A broad-minded person who chose to overcome and become stronger rather than sink in trials.
That was the student in front of me.
But…
“…he also withstood the typification of momentum. “He’s not even an Auror user.”
“As expected. “Only at that level is it worth dealing with.”
The guy smiles as if he is satisfied with the strength of the opponent who took one of his eyes.
The guy’s steadfastness was pleasing, but compared to the impression that Logan left when we saw him a while ago, even that is not enough. It was just visible.
‘He withstood the Soul Blade. That guy…’
A tactic he had not originally intended to use. The fact that he
overcame the type of momentum so easily was a shame for his face, so he took out an excessive move, and it would not be surprising if he ended up being a half-ruined person. He withstood the technique with flying colors.
“He is definitely a genius worthy of His Majesty’s attention.”
He surpasses you.
‘If he really comes to the empire, he will be able to create something real before the end of this life.’
Swallowing the words he couldn’t bear to say to his student,
Tris Hornsby just sighed.
A guy who could hold on to the Soul Blade with his bare mind would never break his will.
So he continued to think and think. He said,
‘If you can’t catch His Majesty, you will have to kill him.’
Should I tell this to the monarch and kill him, or should I hold my breath for a moment in anticipation of the history that his brilliant talent will create as a senior knight?
