NOVEL NEXT chapter 37
37 – Relocation Test (5)
[Scoreboard]
[1. Zernia von Adelbein: 900 points]
[2. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 606 points]
[…] … ]
[Current number of eliminated candidates: 827]
The situation is not good.
“Soon, we too have to hunt golems… ….”
“Why are they running away?”
All the golems that encountered us were busy running away.
If you find something, it jumps out, and if you discover it, it jumps out again.
Even the speed at which it ran away was so fast that it was not easy to chase it even with Rustilla’s walking pace.
If things continued like this, the exam would end with just playing tag.
“Oh, can’t we just collect ether instead of golems?”
“Little brother.”
“Why?”
“Do you want to see Rustilla not be able to join our class?”
“…… Ha.”
Seti wiped her face.
“I know. I know. Even if it’s hard, you have to do it. But that… Even if it’s fast, it’s too fast.”
“What about ambushing and catching them?”
“You don’t know how long it will take.”
[1. Zernia von Adelbein: 1200]
“Can’t you see that b*tch is running wild?”
Other students also rose by 300 points from time to time, but it was Zernia who was the most problematic.
If I don’t score three times as many points as Zernia, I’m done.
Even for Lou Still, her situation is not easy. She should at least let her take home her 300 points when the points are divided into thirds.
“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help you….”
Lu Stilla lowered her head and said. It was a creeping voice.
“The only thing I know how to do is a sword, and even that right now….”
“… “What is the cause?”
I cut off Rustilla’s horse waist. It was rude, but it was better for now.
It was then that good news occurred.
A scorpion-like figure protruded from Rustilla’s back, that is, from her corner.
“Damage!”
The words and body went out at the same time. I pushed Seti away and pulled Rustilla.
Wow, a fresh flower scent blew in.
There was no time to think.
I wrapped her rustila and rolled it across her ground and through her weeds. It’s because she lost her balance. I felt her hard and soft touch alternating between them.
It was the next moment. The golem’s poisonous stinger ripped through the ground where Lu Stila was.
“What are you two doing? Wake up quickly!”
Seti pulled us both to our feet in less than a second. She pulled out her sword at the same time.
“Don’t make a show, prepare for battle…” ! What?”
Seti’s gaze hovers over the edge of empty space.
“Where did it go…?” ?”
“He ran away.”
“Running away?”
I said, shaking off the dirt on my back.
“It’s a golem modeled after a B-class monster, Pandinus. “For the main body, ambushes and surprise attacks are our specialty.”
“Ah, I know what it is. “Aren’t you saying you’re good at hitting and running?”
“Yes, but…” I’m not good at falling out. Whether it’s a monster or a golem, if a surprise attack fails, they immediately take their stance and engage in a two-dimensional battle. In fact, that is the standard that separates Class B from Class A.”
“Then what is that?”
Seti pointing to the direction the Pandinus Golem fled.
When I checked the tablet, I saw that the golem had disappeared into the distance.
“I’ll think about it for a moment.”
Let’s look back.
First of all, golems can be tracked using ether waveforms. And currently, I am unable to use ether.
Therefore, there is no reason for the golem to detect my ether.
If we combine the information that machine golems are more sensitive to detection than humans….
“… Hey little brother. “Do foreign media also affect machines?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Foreign news related to machines! Maxwell, Descartes. You’re famous, right? But why is that?”
“That’s enough.”
I figured it out.
The reason why I haven’t had many encounters with golems until now. The reason why golems ran away first even when encountered.
The reason why Class B, which does not usually use hit-and-run strategies, disappears after one attack.
The culprit was nearby.
“Seti, Rustilla. “From now on, act a little further away from me.”
“Why… I want to ask that, but, okay, I get it. “I don’t have much time right now.”
Seti nodded her head as if it was no big deal.
“Come on, Rustilla too.”
“… ….”
“… Rustilla?”
Lou Stilla was lowering her head.
I snapped my fingers at her a few times, but there was no response.
Did he really die while standing?
Of course, that can’t be possible. I lowered my head and forced eye contact with Rustilla.
“Ugh!”
Lu Stilla raised her head and screamed. Her yellow bangs were parted to the side and then returned to their original state.
The girl’s lips were trembling, and her cheeks were as flushed as peaches.
Aquamarine eyes have ripples. He looked like he was going to cry at any moment.
“What’s wrong?”
“Oh, no… Nothing. So what?”
“Let’s act apart for a moment.”
“Ah.”
“Why?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. Rather, why?”
I answered by tapping the tablet.
“I have to hunt golems.”
***
Rustilla lived her whole life without knowing a man.
You shouldn’t date this guy. There’s a problem with him, so don’t talk to him.
Those words still float in my head like clouds.
An unfree life where it was impossible to even choose, experience, or go through trial and error in human relationships.
That doesn’t mean that I dislike men of the same age.
…… At least, that’s what I thought until recently.
‘We’ve reached it.’
Lu Stila shook her arms and pulled out her sword.
In front of her was a golem that had just appeared.
‘Clearly, her entire body was touched….’
Although I may have lived a constrained life, I was not an idiot enough to give meaning to everything.
So, I was able to have a normal conversation with Idel, support her on her back normally, and eat with her normally.
‘But maybe this is going too far… ?’
I thought so too.
Her head touched the chest of her child and her feet touched the feet of her child. And she rolled on her floor at the same time. It was a firm but warm embrace.
“Ugh…… !”
Lu Stilla shook her head desperately.
‘Now is not the time… !’
She poured ether into the general-purpose plasma sword she was given at school. Flames flickered and the plasma sword emitted a discharge sound.
A perfectly charged sword of steel. Lu Stilla found it difficult to shake off her distracting thoughts as she adjusted her posture.
[— ‘The God of Purity and Concentration’ asks you to focus.]
I am currently holding a sword. You have to concentrate, concentrate.
It was then.
Pababak! A scorpion came running, making fun of its thin legs.
Rustilla, who confronted this, also kicked the ground.
[300 Points added!]
And he cut them down in one fell swoop. The scorpion let out a mechanical sound and crumbled to pieces. Where the sword strike passed, only melted iron and thick fog remained.
Anyway, it is just an object imitated by humans. Rustilla had seen a real monster and a real incarnation. Compared to those, the current one was nothing special.
However, still.
‘It was completely covered. I’ve never hugged her mom or her dad like that….’
I was unable to focus my mind.
The Pandinus Golem caught me off guard. And Eidel tried to protect herself from the golem.
The memories of what happened just a few minutes ago pass by like a flash of light.
It was a shameful memory.
“Sister, you’re amazing! Look at this. “You got the right score!”
Seti was excited and tapped her shoulder, but she didn’t even move.
One more was coming from behind.
Rustila sharpened her senses. She twisted her new model to the side and back. The ionized ether tore through her rock golem, leaving scars.
[2. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 1158 points]
“Wow, it’s crazy. It’s crazy.”
Seti looked around at her son-in-law in admiration.
There are no other golems visible. Idel said she would act separately for a while and she had left somewhere.
“Okay. She said let’s keep moving. “This is how we regain first place.”
“… ….”
“Hey, sister?”
“Huh? Huh?”
Seti attacked Lu Stila from behind. To be more precise, she was hanging as if she were not going to be carried.
This level of skinship was common among girls. I felt no emotion about this other than friendliness.
“What’s wrong?”
Seti asked.
“No. Nothing…. Let’s move faster than that.”
So Rustila and Seti went in search of the golem.
I thought while moving. I remembered.
“Ugh….”
To the extent of touching swords, pushing back, or grabbing wrists… It was okay.
However, this was the first time in her life that she experienced full body contact with the opposite s*x.
I feel ashamed, shy, and on the other hand….
“Sister, over there!”
“… ….”
“Two, six, ten… …. And. “They’re coming in droves?”
Lustila cut off her thoughts and pulled out her sword.
The only way to erase distracting thoughts is through swordsmanship training.
Bend her knees, her arms forward. To be able to reliably dispatch countless golems running towards you with one strike.
Match the direction of applying force to the sword and the direction of the plasma pulse.
“Seti, stay back.”
“Are you sure you’ll be okay alone?”
“…… “It’s much better that way.”
If you lose concentration, Seti may get hurt.
“Whoa.”
Lu Stila took her breath.
[— 3000 Coins paid.]
I exhaled again.
[— Class A conversion: Commination]
***
“What?”
Zernia made a stupid face.
[1. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 2406 points]
[2. Zernia von Adelbein: 1500 points]
[3. Matus Vitling: 1278 points]
[4. Christine Herset / Mezlen Hüritia: 1272 points]
[5. Welton Eusford: 1266 points]
It didn’t really matter whether 3rd, 4th, or 5th place were following closely behind.
After all, you are just a weed below you.
The important thing is to burst the bubbles above you.
But.
But that is.
[1. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 3306 points]
The growth rate of #1 is not a joke….
[1. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 4506 points]
What does this mean?
[1. Eidel von Rhineland / Seti von Rhineland / Rustilla Kersil: 5712 points]
“It’s a masterpiece. “It’s clear that it’s a masterpiece.”
Zernya, who was staring blankly at her screen, muttered that without realizing it.
It was then that a boy jumped out of the bushes on the right.
“Director, you crazy bastards-!!”
He was a boy with red hair. And behind them, a couple of golems with arms like rocky mountains came out.
‘That red hair…’ Were you in the same class as me?’
My memory is vague.
However, the voice and unique personality vaguely come to mind. We were definitely in the same class.
‘Was his name Matus or Maltese…? I did it.’
Anyway, it was a good thing that the golem came back on its own.
“What kind of B grade is that! As a rule of thumb, it’s grade A! Are you doing this to me on purpose? Uh?”
While the boy was shouting, Zernia pulled out her sword.
After killing the fifth one, I hadn’t seen him for a while, so he was having a hard time.
Besides, it was always fun to take something from someone else.
“Aha.”
Zernya’s body was shot in front of her.