chapter 25
11. Why is Xia Song so serious? (One)
time just a little while ago.
When Song Si-a and Lee Jun-woo are looking at each other as they prepare for a fight.
Seong Jun-hyeok, the head instructor of the Holy Knight Faculty.
He briefly reviewed the papers of the two men.
‘These two. The skill gap is too great. Of course, the highest and lowest ranks.’
It sounds ridiculous to discuss the strength of an awakened person with only papers.
Still, if you’re at the level of a freshman who just graduated from high school, it won’t be much different from that grade.
I saw a picture of the life record.
A girl with a pretty face but a cold expression.
The silver-haired red eyes, which did not look human, could only guess what kind of blood was flowing.
‘It’s a half-blood vampire.’
Of course, it’s not even that distant medieval era of witch hunting.
There is not much discrimination against vampires who are sub-species. Even he, a paladin, had no resentment.
In addition, Song Shia had heard the name a lot from Seong Jun-hyeok, Theia’s chief instructor.
A member of Aegis, famous for its high school hero parties.
Above all, if you are a Hunter, no, if you are an Awakener, you are the daughter of Song Yu-Hwan, whose name you will not know.
‘Apostle of Valhalla. There’s nothing more to say if she’s the daughter of the guild leader.’
The grades are the best regardless of theory and practice. And even though he is a freshman, he is an elite among elites who has already completed his second awakening.
Above all, Marian, the female professor at the Faculty of Magic to which Xia Song belongs.
The professor, who was sitting here with him, came here with him and talked about Song Shia to the point of getting bored.
‘Well, the Faculty of Magic has no choice but to treat that cadet Song Shia very special.’
On the other hand, a cadet named Lee Jun-woo.
He is an ordinary Awakener who graduated from Theia High School’s Holy Knight Department.
‘no. His grades are far below average to be normal.’
Although his theoretical grades, which are ahead of Song Xia, are impressive.
Nevertheless, attendance and performance evaluation scores were at the bottom to the extent that it was difficult to compare them.
It’s all about completing the 1st awakening of the paladin class.
He was a cadet who had nothing special about his skills.
‘The records in the life record book aren’t very good either.’
Somehow, it has changed to a clean face now, but the picture in the life record book was bad.
You can’t judge everything by that picture.
The attendance record is not very good. Lateness and class absences made me feel like eating. It was a bit difficult to say that I was a sincere student.
‘A paladin is a noble sword that follows the will of the goddess. It’s a special class that nurtures that strength from the usual sacred mindset.’
Of course, that’s an ideal.
The current paladin, like other awakened people, only pursues money and fame.
Of course, to become famous, you need to be active as a hunter.
It’s not just against the will of the goddess.
Still, Professor Seong Joon-hyeok was quite strict, so he was a classic paladin.
‘And people can always change.’
Today, the cadet Lee Jun-woo’s clothes were clean and tidy.
Like the photo in the life record book, Yangachi is nowhere to be found.
No, even though he was standing opposite Song Xia, his appearance was outstanding. Besides, he had very good eyes.
‘The goddess likes her shepherds who are reformed.’
Seong Joon-hyeok was also quite a hot-blooded man when he was young.
A student who repented would rather sincerely follow the will of the goddess.
If it was a cadet who had a career in hero activities in the first place.
I honestly wouldn’t have thought of going down a bad road.
‘I’ll have to check it myself.’
In the first place, it’s a ridiculous sparring opponent.
The rule for that evaluation is abbreviated sparring. It’s sparring like boxing, where you don’t seriously attack your opponent.
Of course, with such an overwhelming difference, even sparring would not be easy for a cadet named Lee Jun-woo.
Junhyeok Sung said.
“Abbreviated sparring is one minute. It’s a place to show each other’s mastery of power and skill rather than deciding whether to win or lose. I want you to focus on showing yourself.”
At that, Professor Marian helped out.
“Hmm. No need to force yourself! It’s also a virtue of an awakened person to calmly know one’s fraction… no, one’s skills. If it’s Miss Xia, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. Even if you give up from the start.”
snap-
At that moment, I had to force myself to manage my expression. I felt sick to my stomach.
‘You’re making me speechless. After all, wizards are so arrogant.’
I am Junwoo Lee.
After clearing up her immature past, she stood in a neat cadet uniform like that.
The determination of a young paladin. no matter how incompetent he is.
Of course, he was a cadet who would enter Seong Jun-hyeok’s undergraduate school.
‘Even the current unfavorable evaluation would be an ordeal for that cadet. That is also the way to approach the will of the goddess.’
So, in fact, I was rooting for Lee Jun-woo inside.
There won’t be anything like that. I wanted Songxia to show the indomitable spirit of a paladin.
‘A paladin must not lose to a vampire.’
So, when I tried to leave a comment to Professor Marian, who openly ignored Lee Jun-woo.
Another evaluator said quietly.
“Is it really so?”
At those words, Sung Jun-hyeok turned his head.
A young instructor named Lee Soo-yeon. He is also a professor at the new department, the Department of Free Majors.
‘That instructor…’
I remember that name well.
Although my time as a Hunter doesn’t overlap much.
I remember the name Weapon Master Lee Soo-yeon clearly.
Even though he is still in his early 30s, he is not an A-class hunter for nothing.
‘I don’t agree with the usefulness of that free major…’
Seong Jun-hyeok looked at the report card again at Lee Soo-yeon’s words.
And on the very back page of Lee Jun-woo’s document. The results of the entrance examination were recorded.
‘Hmm? First place in the retest?’
Of course, the cadets who went on to the re-examination couldn’t get a high evaluation.
Still, being ranked first in the retest is an unexpected result. It’s an impossible result based on the index of the life record.
Instructor Lee Soo-yeon might have seen something from that Lee Jun-woo.
“Isn’t that what the battle of the Awoken is like? You have to stick with it to know. In the last retest, I, Junwoo Lee, was quite good.”
“oh. Instructor Lee Soo-yeon is not cool. Even so, you can’t hit a rock with an egg! A cadet who only takes re-exams…”
“Stop talking nonsense. Professor Marianne. Let’s start the evaluation.”
I wanted to say one more thing, not to carelessly ignore the cadets.
Now, the evaluation of the cadets came first rather than the debate.
Above all, if that outstanding Instructor Lee Soo-yeon felt something from that Lee Jun-woo.
I also wanted to check out Lee Jun-woo right here.
I saw the holy knight sword he was holding in his hand.
‘If only once, if Lee Jun-woo could feed Song-sia an effective blow…’
Then the start notification sounded.
Beep-
Finally, the two of them moved.
***
Goo Goo Goo Goo-
‘crazy. Why are you so sincere?’
At the same time as the match started, a crack appeared on the floor of the test site.
I quickly pulled back.
‘You have to be tight. Even if you brush the wrong way, you lose your balance.’
Of course, if you enter that area of rock destruction with a straight hit, you’re down.
Dark black mana swirled around Song Xia’s body.
The real-time earthquake made me feel sick.
‘The problem is that this is just the beginning.’
From the start, it seems that he has no intention of watching it, and he is being given all his might.
Xia Song’s main stat, intelligence, was already over 75.
But my main stat, my strength, is 20. Next, my intellect is 18. My speed stat is 10, which is atrocious.
‘Honestly, I’m not someone to jump on.’
It was not a spell that I could react to with my body.
Only through my Aegis activities.
It’s possible because I know all of Song Xia’s attack patterns.
‘It’s a style to take the initiative from the beginning.’
As a wizard, it was natural.
If you give up the initiative and allow the enemy to approach, the wizard will be much more at a disadvantage.
“There would be no access at all. If it ends like this, I don’t think it will matter.”
I heard the voice of the Faculty of Magic professor.
Well, that wouldn’t be wrong.
‘If it was the old me.’
It’s a pity, but I have to go to the middle class. So I’m going to eat one.
Kwazijik-
Once again, a crater appeared on the floor one step ahead.
Again, he narrowly escaped the place.
‘The casting speed is faster than I remembered. Dalian is for one minute, so it’s over pace from the beginning.’
Probably, if you cast a higher order spell here, it would be impossible to avoid it like now.
Now her second power. You’re using only the power of that rock attribute.
‘Has it been about 15 seconds now? The main skill will be released soon.’
Although this spell alone is intimidating.
The true danger of that half-vampire has yet to be revealed.
Song Xia’s primary power of darkness.
‘Ominous blood bondage.’
It is a sorcery that freely uses the vampire’s blood.
And a signature skill created by combining that power with the secondary power of the rock attribute.
Genocide Field.
Gripping weave- Gripping weave-
Song Xia’s bloody eyes grew redder.
The shimmering pitch-black mana was soaked in blood. No, it was actually vampire blood.
‘I can’t avoid it in any way.’
Faster than I perceived, a huge crack was created in the floor.
And the cursed blood permeated through the cracks, creating a huge cursed magic circle.
It means you have already entered her territory.
In an instant, her eyes met.
“Don’t run away from me. Lee Jun-woo.”
He was making a face he had never seen before.
Song Xia, whose lips were red in crimson, was smiling at me.
‘You’re really a vampire.’
A look as if he already sensed victory. However, it was the first time I had seen Song Xia smile like that during a battle.
‘Are you happy to win against me like that?’
In fact, like me before, I’m the type to not care at all about incompetent people. I was surprised.
But I have prepared in advance. All numbers are assumed.
Because it’s the academy’s first sparring. Even the worst possible move against me. Song Xia now is that strong.
‘Now.’
So when this genocide field came over me.
Rather, I decided to aim for a single counterattack timing.
‘Summon multiple mirrors.’
Papa pat-
At the same time as using the skill, three mirrors were summoned into the air.
Chiyiyiik-
Cursed blood flowed back from the cracked floor.
3m radius. Everywhere I went, the chilly smell of blood was choking me down my spine.
Although the light attribute mirror temporarily reflected the curse.
Of course, it is not enough to cover all parts of the body. At this rate, the blood gushing out like that fountain was on the verge of clinging to the whole body like leeches.
But I didn’t just summon that shiny mirror without thinking.
‘ignition!’
The prepared skill worked.
[skill]——-
* Multiple Mirror Summon (lv.2) / Modifier 「Bomb」
: Summons multiple mirrors in the air to expand your field of vision. (Three)
: Blasts the mirror through attribute. Explosion time can be adjusted.
——-
Adjusted detonation time is 1 second.
The moment when the cursed blood flowed back into the air and attacked me all at once. It’s exactly the same timing.
“fire.”
At the same time as the trigger signal, the mirror exploded.
***
got the timing
Although it was still only about a minute and a half of Dalian time.
Xia Song was confident of victory.
‘Haa… more… maximize the strength of the spell…’
Even in heroic activities, the genocide field was not used with such intensity.
But now Song Xia.
She was attacking Lee Jun-woo with all her might.
‘You can’t send Lee Jun-woo up to the middle class.’
just yesterday
I overheard those words in the health room at Theia Academy.
Because of being expelled from the Aegis, that Lee Jun-woo developed a panic disorder.
‘Lee Jun-woo… did you like An Yu-min that much?’
All of Lee Jun-woo’s Aegis activities are because of An Yu-min.
It’s more certain now. to the point of having a panic attack. To say that being rejected by An Yu-min was a big shock.
Perhaps, Lee Jun-woo didn’t just like it, he loved it. Ahn Yoo-min.
maybe even now
The expression of An Yu-min, who ran out of the health room, was also pale.
‘okay. I’m sure An Yu-min is like that too.’
Although Xia Song cannot fully understand that feeling.
If it was shocking that Lee Jun-woo was hurt.
I, An Yu-min, must have good feelings or bad feelings.
It means that Lee Jun-woo remains in that heart.
Song Xia came to that conclusion herself.
Her heart was cold enough to surprise her.
So, I decided to keep Ahn Yoo-min and Lee Jun-woo as far apart as possible. Decided.
‘No middle class. Because there are a lot of joint training with the high class.’
I couldn’t allow even one possibility in ten thousand.
‘I can’t watch it.’
The confusion that fills my head right now.
I didn’t even know what the emotion I felt when I thought of Lee Jun-woo.
But right now, the vampiric urge to boil all over my body.
I was screaming that it should be done.
Lee Jun-woo, don’t look at An Yu-min. I want you to look at yourself.
‘So Lee Jun-woo has to go to the low class.’
I also saw it this morning. That An Yu-min approached Lee Jun-woo.
I didn’t want to feel the unpleasant sensation I felt then again.
Chiyiyiik-
Genocide Field. Blood was flowing backwards in that cursed realm.
I wanted to completely imprison Lee Jun-woo in that realm of blood. I wanted to drink his blood.
‘I can’t do that. Enough to retire like this…’
I held back that vampiric desire, and accelerated the mana of the dark attribute.
Papa pat-
Soon after, Lee Jun-woo summoned the mirror of light. It was useless.
‘It’s not like that. Even if it’s the light that’s compatible.’
For a moment, I wondered how his mirrors had increased to three. Even if there are 10 of those mirrors now. All gaps cannot be closed.
“Oops, it’s over!”
The female professor’s voice sounded like her throat was covered in oil.
Professor of Magic Faculty. It was already disgusting to pretend to be friendly.
As the professor said, it was his own victory.
“fire.”
But just then.
Lee Jun-woo’s mirror exploded.