chapter 22
22 – Key—eeeing!
Fifteen minutes ago, the main auditorium of Building 7 of the Basic Tactics Department.
The cadets gathered there were looking at the screen with somewhat skeptical eyes.
It’s not because the outcome of the match between the two teams was too obvious.
The victory of the Bona Manamax team.
Max, who inherited the lineage of the Zygmunt family, was not a very easygoing guy.
Everyone predicted that Max’s team would win, and Ed’s team would face a crushing defeat.
“…”
But that mood quickly turned upside down.
Marx’s team fell into Ed’s trap, and the tide of battle was completely reversed.
The inside of the auditorium, which had been noisy, sank as if cold water had been poured on it.
Only the screams of Max’s team flowed through the sound amplification device.
“It’s quite right.”
Isabella’s eyes widened at this.
After all, I thought it was a little strange to see Ed struggling against an idiot like Max, but he hid such a secret number.
[Please stop.]
I especially liked the way he was relentless towards his enemies.
He repeats ‘stop it’ with a grave face.
Isabella’s heart was drawn to the tone of her voice and eyes as she uttered those words.
It was because I felt that I was not just a righteous and upright person.
‘I knew it. I thought it was the same class as me.’
He pretends to be kind and shows kindness to everyone, but he is more cruel than anyone else to his enemies.
Isabella saw herself in the contrast.
When you have to achieve the desired purpose, it is the true appearance that is finally revealed.
Isabella saw exactly what Ed looked like now.
It was unstoppable, unrelenting, and did not put acknowledgment or circumstances.
It was the appearance of mechanically suppressing Max’s team only for ‘victory’.
‘I felt that way from the entrance ceremony speech. You are of my kind.’
Entrance Ceremony Speech.
As Isabella listened to the speech, she felt a strong attraction to Ed.
Because he noticed that he exploits people’s desires.
The vanity of the nobles.
Ed praised each noble family and filled that vanity.
He lowers himself and raises the nobles infinitely.
He picked out only the words that the aristocrats liked to hear.
As a result, he was able to achieve what he wanted.
Receiving the favor and recognition of nobles, he entered the academy as a commoner.
In a word, Ed was a clever man.
I knew how to look into people’s desires, and I knew how to use them.
He was someone who could be so cruel in order to achieve what he wanted.
It was proof that he had a clear goal of his own.
So all the more, Isabella wanted Ed by her side.
Because no matter how much you exploit him, he is a person who will never be broken.
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Like the three idiots who still consider themselves friends, he will take care of himself.
“To turn over those thirteen.”
However, Enya was focusing on the other side of Ed.
I was amazed at how he overcame his inferiority.
Not to mention, all of Ed’s team members are scions from lousy families.
Bonfire Tyler, Gardener Charlotte, Backstreet Pio.
Those ragtags were all.
However, Ed came up with a brilliant idea by using only their strengths, and then turned the situation upside down.
It was a reversal of a fight that everyone thought would be lost.
It was like watching a cartoon baldojae.
‘Spirit that does not yield…’
Even when everyone looked down on him, he quietly walked his own path.
And at the end of the manga, he conquered the world of warriors with a single sword.
The appearance of the baldojae that resonated strongly in his heart overlapped with Ed.
His image of not blaming the environment, not blaming his teammates, and doing his best with what he was given was the same as that of Baldojae at the beginning of the cartoon.
“Edgar Fix, is this a thing?”
And the judges were amazed at Ed’s strategy as well.
This is because this is the first time in a game that the team members’ abilities and terrain features were fully utilized.
“The difference in grades was huge, but you turned this upside down. Look at this.”
And one examiner said so and handed out the analysis report to his colleague.
After a while, a colleague who looked at the analysis report burst out laughing as if it was absurd.
This is because the expected combat power of Max’s team was ‘C+’, and the expected combat power of Ed’s team was ‘E-‘.
It was an incredible power difference.
“As you can see, the power difference is so big that I wonder if it was manipulation. But that was overturned with only strategic tactics.”
“… that’s amazing.”
“You made good use of your opponent’s psychological loophole. You made me careless with 2 or 3. The failure of the vine trap, the ridiculous escape, and the loss of the battle in front of the cave were all intentional. To lure Max’s team into the cave.”
“It’s a true gem. The standard of inducement using psychological loopholes.”
Jeongseok.
The judges judged that Ed’s strategy was the standard of inducement.
It is a great example to the point of saying, ‘Look at the confrontation between Ed Tim and Marx Tim’ when teaching someone a lure.
[Quaaang!]
But the game wasn’t over yet.
Max appears as the side of the cave is destroyed.
Although in a mess from inhaling a large amount of smoke, there was room for a counterattack once they came out.
He inherited the lineage of the Siegmund family.
[I will finish and come back.]
But at that moment, Ed stepped forward confidently.
He came out naked to Max, who was holding the Zygmund family’s treasured sword, the ‘Black Yodo’.
However, some cadets in the auditorium who were watching this said that Ed was reckless.
No matter how much Max has become like that, he is holding the Zigmund family’s treasured sword, the ‘Black Yodo’.
-This is dangerous at this point.
– Does Lord Fix not know about the black yodo? It was made by a Dwarven blacksmith who received the title of ‘artisan’.
-If you knew, you wouldn’t be so defenseless.
black yogi too.
One of the four great demonic swords of the empire that raised the Siegmund family to their current status.
This demonic sword gained notoriety especially during the Great War seven years ago.
The fact that the Zygmunt family, a family of only one count, has grown to the point where they can stand shoulder to shoulder with the marques, is all thanks to this black yodo.
That’s why everyone looked at Ed in a cold sweat.
It was because it was obvious what would happen if he approached him defenselessly like that.
It was almost certain that he would be sucked into the magic of that sword in an instant and slaughter mercilessly.
[-Paaah!]
It was a moment that made everyone feel sleepy.
A crack that suddenly appears in the air.
And a bracelet began to appear through the crack.
Ed, who was walking leisurely with his hand pierced, snatched the bracelet that appeared in the air with his left hand and immediately put it on his right wrist.
Then-
[Geeeing…]
The mana stone embedded in the center of the bracelet began to glow and transform.
The metal began to extend from the bracelet and wrap around Ed’s wrist and hand.
[Charrr. clap. Clap.]
Pleasant noise created by the delicate meshing of each alloy.
Eventually, the gauntlet was completed in an instant and was completely seated in Ed’s hand.
Everyone in the auditorium was watching the scene with their eyes wide open.
What the heck is that?
[Key—Heee woman
Then, Ed stretched out his gauntlet-clad hand.
His palm was pointing at the staggering Max.
A round, white flash of light was shining on the straightened palm.
The white flash gradually increased the size of the light, generating a high-frequency sound called ‘Ki-Ei-ing’.
Key-eeeing—–!
And as time passed, the bandwidth of the high-frequency sound gradually increased.
Everyone’s tension rose.
That was the moment.
[Puuong!]
It was a moment.
A white flash of light shot from the gauntlet.
The white flash was shot directly at Max’s abdomen, and his body was bent in the shape of ‘⊂’ and flew away somewhere far away.
It evaporated in an instant, leaving only black yodo.
And, that was all.
Ed immediately turned his back.
Without even having to check the results, he started to return to where his party was.
[Claps… claps…]
And at the same time, the gauntlet began to be retrieved.
As if the wearing process from earlier was replayed in reverse, the metal covering Ed’s hand was absorbed into the bracelet.
[ping!]
When all the metal was retrieved, the bracelet was released from Ed’s wrist as if it had a will.
For a split second the bracelet stayed in the air.
[Pajijik!]
Just before falling to the floor, a crack in the air swallowed the bracelet again.
The mysterious weapon that blew up Max disappeared in an instant.
Everyone in the auditorium stared blankly at the scene with their mouths open.
“…”
And, no one could speak first.
It was as if I was under group hypnosis.
What the hell did you just see?
It was a weapon from a completely different dimension.
“······under.”
And the shock was the same for Archmage Elena.
She was staring blankly at the screen and finally came to her senses.
She already knew that her student’s talent was extraordinary, but she did not know that she was talented enough to bring about such innovation.
[Me, supervisor?]
However, the person concerned was unconcerned.
With such an innocent face, I asked the supervisor not to finish the game quickly.
It was he who urged whether the wounded should be treated.
[That’s right.]
The supervisor, who came to his senses belatedly, nodded.
Susut- His new form was scattered and disappeared.
Before long, Max, who had passed out in the cave, and Max, who had a big stomach wound, lay side by side on the floor.
After restoring all of them to heel, the supervisor announced the result of this match with a trembling expression.
[Max Zygmunt, Kruga Benden, Peter Collins, Cain Morgan, Bendang Truga. power out.]
“…”
[Edgar Fixes, Charlotte Verdian, Tyler Martin, Pio Bailey. All pass.]
The supervisor ended the game with that declaration.
Then, the teleportation magic sphere in the arena lit up and began to move the Ed team and the Max team.
So they returned to the auditorium.
“…”
However, the atmosphere in the auditorium after returning was somehow strange.
A strangely quiet auditorium.
Everyone was staring blankly at Ed.
Ed felt burdened by the numerous gazes on him, so he looked around and scratched the back of his head.
“Boo, why is the atmosphere like this?”