chapter 18
The number of teaching assistants was much higher than last time. Even more than cadets taking classes.
Unlike the last time, it was because the number of Gigant prepared was 10.
A cadet who is not yet familiar with Gigant could have a serious accident while training.
“You understand what I mean?”
“yes?”
Caul said kindly, putting his hand on Abel’s shoulder.
“So that means I don’t have much to do.”
Abel smiled awkwardly.
It was not wrong.
The Gigant training tells you about the overall Gigant operation, but honestly, at the beginning of the play, the teacher in charge, Kaul, doesn’t have much to do.
‘At least everyone should be able to get up and walk around in order to proceed properly.’
Until then, it is the assistant’s responsibility to suffer.
In other words, it was said that there was no way for Abel to escape from the beast of a cow.
Kaul asked Abel, who was laughing awkwardly.
“You don’t seem to like it very much?”
“Could that be? It’s a special training. It is an honour.”
Abel spoke elegantly, as if he had oiled his mouth.
Kaul grinned again and nodded.
“Now, get on first.”
Abel walked toward the core of Lupus as if pushed.
I was a little nervous about being given special training all of a sudden, but I didn’t feel bad at all.
It was because his Gigant was lying in front of me.
‘Yeah well, I won’t make you do anything strange in class.’
Abel decided to think positively.
Kaul had a bit of a stage showman’s temperament, but he was a man with solid skills. Isn’t it one of the best gigant riders?
To receive special training from him was actually a good opportunity, no wonder Abel asked first.
Eventually, Abel arrived in front of Gigant’s cockpit and looked up at his Gigant.
‘Lupus.’
As I repeated the name in my mind, a thrill came up once again.
If it wasn’t for the situation where Kaul was watching from behind, I would have been staring at it for a long time.
Abel calmed down and climbed into the cockpit using the assistive device.
In the case of Gigant, which was used before, the cockpit was opened in advance, but Lupus was not.
It is obviously a personal period, so it is locked separately.
Knowing this, Abel carefully placed his palm on the glove outside the cockpit.
Whoa!
Then, a blue light spread like a wave around that place.
The light that had spread in a circle converged to one point again, and with a low vibrating sound, the armor covering the cockpit opened left and right.
It was opened by recognizing Abel’s unique magic pattern.
Abel entered the cockpit with a slightly flushed face.
“hmm.”
The interior was similar to the Miles I had ridden before.
Unlike the exterior equipped with additional armor, the interior remains the same as the basic specification.
But even so, satisfaction did not diminish at all.
Abel smiled and placed both hands on his inner core.
‘slowly… … .’
As it was a trembling and exciting moment, I needed to be more careful.
It was the first time he imprinted his existence on Gigant.
Woo woo woo woo-.
The magic power drawn from the depths of the body was sucked into the core.
The sucked mana eventually rushed towards the power source inside Gigant.
The mana that Abel breathed into was, so to speak, a priming water.
Priming water to make the sleeping giant’s heart beat again.
The magic power that circled the power source increased and returned to Abel.
And again, Abel breathed magic into it.
again, and again.
An endless cycle formed between Abel and Gigant.
“Ahh… … .”
Abel exclaimed as he felt his senses expand in an instant, while instinctively starting to raise his tune.
thud! thud! thud!
A heartbeat sounded like thunder.
Abel’s spirit escaped from his weak human body and dwelled in a giant made of metal.
Abel called the giant by name.
‘Lupus.’
Whoa!
A green gleam gleamed in Rufus’ empty eyes.
cooong!
Then, Lupus slowly moved his arms to raise himself up.
cooong!
Everyone who turned their heads to the series of vibrations blankly watched the lupus rise.
The quick synchronization and smooth movements were enough to elicit admiration from their mouths once again.
“Whoa.”
Abel let out the breath he had been holding in only after getting Lupus to stand upright.
Even if it was made to standard specifications, it was not completely the same as the Milles I drove last time.
This is because Gigant is basically handmade.
‘But it feels different.’
Even if it wasn’t completely custom-made, the feeling was distinctly different.
Feels much better fit.
Khuong, kung-.
While he was thinking about that with a flushed face, another machine approached him.
It was a featureless machine similar to the one I had used for practice the other day.
But Abel immediately recognized who was riding in it.
It’s because the level was different just by looking at the movement.
-Abel.
Cowl’s voice rang out.
Abel also responded by manipulating Gigant.
-yes.
-The special training you are going to do today is simple.
Kaul spoke to Abel in a pleasant voice.
– It’s fun rolling around until class is over.
The ominous predictions did not go astray.
‘Cowl was the style that valued physical strength the most among many teachers… … .’
In an instant, his own future rolling like crazy passed before Abel’s eyes.
Then Kaul spoke again.
-But wouldn’t it be a bit like just rolling blindly? So give me one chance
-A chance?
-okay. If you somehow hit me once, I’ll skip the special strength training. instead.
Caul said wickedly.
-If you try and fail, you roll twice as much.
It was literally the devil’s temptation.
Unbeknownst to Abel, there were not one or two seniors who succumbed to this temptation and suffered devastating muscle pain.
It was a trick he came up with, as there were many cadets who would react against it if he just blindly rolled it.
First of all, if you try and fail, you can say that it wasn’t your choice.
Caul said to Abel as if he was gently enticing.
-At the same time, don’t you want to check how good your machine is?
That’s right.
It is very difficult to calm down the curiosity and excitement about the newly acquired aircraft and just stand still.
Honestly, it’s like torture.
Of course, Abel knew perfectly well what Caul meant by saying that.
It’s a scene from the game.
-yes. I will challenge you.
Even so, Abel did not hesitate long.
If Kaul hadn’t said it, he might have asked first.
At least once, I thought I wanted to check how much power I had.
Kaul said in a satisfied voice.
-I thought so.
I imagined the cowl smiling like a gorilla even though he was clearly riding on the aircraft.
-Come over here first.
The place where the Gigant training was held was very large, so there was no need to move to another place.
In the first place, it is natural that the teacher in charge cannot leave the seat at all.
After just keeping a reasonable distance from other Gigant, the two faced each other with a certain distance.
Kaul opened his mouth again.
-If you show outstanding skills, you will be able to learn and experience more things, and gain a lot of things.
-yes.
– I will stand still in this place. Let’s go lightly at first. Don’t use extra armor.
Kaul stretched both arms down.
– Try attacking.
* * *
Kaul was a Gigant Rider who was active during the latter part of the Great War.
At the height of his active duty, he drove the Militum class, which was the pride of the empire, and still possessed the Centurio class even as he retired from the front line and served as a teacher.
‘That’s just Milles for training.’
However, the current cowl was only a training aircraft.
Perhaps the performance or output of the aircraft itself is below average.
but… … .
The sense of intimidation he felt from him even though he was standing defenseless in such a body was not normal.
It was like looking at a huge wall.
There was no room for an attack.
“Whoa.”
Abel let out a long breath.
I had no intention of denying the burden.
It’s only natural to feel pressure from Kaul.
No matter how talented, this was only the second time Abel had driven a Miles class.
Kaul, on the other hand, was truly a veteran. So the overwhelming difference in skills would be natural.
The important thing is to accept the difference and never break it.
It is enough to have the mindset to keep moving forward with the promise that someday, not too long ago, you will jump over that wall.
Abel moved the aircraft slowly.
As if stretching, I took a posture after carefully checking the condition of the aircraft.
Even if the difference was big, I didn’t mean to do it roughly.
Whoa!
As I pushed all the mana into the core, Lupus vibrated finely.
After Abel pushed his mana to the limit, he started moving without any warning.
Kwaaang-!
The aircraft was shot forward with an intense noise.
Explosive speed and output using a different level of synchronism were his main weapons.
In addition, using the Shadow Step, the distance was shortened in an instant.
Abel tightly gripped Lupus, who was trying to get out of his control, and punched him.
There was a cowl’s body in front of me.
Whoa!
The moment I thought maybe the attack might work.
Caang!
Kaul’s arm snapped off Abel’s.
It was an unbelievably fast and concise movement. Abel hurriedly took a defensive posture.
-not bad.
However, instead of attacking Abel’s gap, Kaul spoke in a calm voice.
– Try using an additional armament this time. You can use more, but it will be difficult to use several at once anyway.
This was not a disrespect to Abel, it was natural advice.
It’s common knowledge that even seasoned Gigant riders need time to adapt to new weapons.
-… … yes.
After Abel answered, he took a slight step back.
I expected it, but I couldn’t help but feel resentful when the attack was blocked so easily.
Even if I couldn’t give you a shot, I wanted to at least surprise you.
However, if he had known Kaul’s intentions, his thoughts would have changed.
‘It’s no joke.’
Kaul was surprised enough.
What he tried to teach Abel was humility.
There have been countless cases where people of exceptional talent have been eaten by arrogance and conceit.
Besides, didn’t Abel become famous even before he entered school, saying that he was chosen by the hero Alon?
It was necessary to suffocate it for sure.
So, after avoiding it by simply moving my upper body, I thought to say, ‘That’s terrible.’
However, Abel’s attacks were faster and more threatening than he had first seen.
It has grown so much in just one week.
‘Let’s calm down.’
Kaul took up his posture again, recalling his original educational purpose.
You have to be alert to give that boy a proper lesson.
Caul said in a more relaxed voice to hide his surprise, determined.
-If you succeed in attacking even once, I will grant you one wish in addition to exemption from physical training.
-yes.
Abel nodded and checked the additional parts.
Scarlet trio sets are all excellent combat auxiliary weapons.
As long as you write well.
“Hueup.”
Abel sighed and concentrated.
The posture was lower than before. It focused on maintaining stability rather than speed.
If you do it wrong, you may fall.
All the eyes of the cadets and assistants in the same room were looking this way, but Abel’s attention was focused on the cowl in front of him.
‘Just one room.’
The important thing now was not something like a wish.
huge wall? A huge skill gap that can’t be crossed? don’t need all
No matter how many thoughts you have, your body just slows down.
so go simple
‘Somehow hit me in the face.’
Give the gorilla a shot at any cost. That was all.
cooong!
As soon as Abel made up his mind, he kicked the ground.
It was just like before here. No, it was rather slow because of the posture. But when the opposite foot touches the floor.
Woo woo woo woo!
The additional armament ‘Blessing of the Wind’ attached to the back of the foot exerted a powerful thrust and pushed Lupus forward.
Armed with a risk of losing balance, there was no great difficulty because he had already lowered his stance in preparation for it.
Now, if you add the Shadow Step, you will be able to attack twice as fast as before.
However, simply by speeding up, it is impossible to give Caul a shot.
That’s why he used the overflow skill and the second armament at the same time.
Whoops!
Head parts ‘Coffin of the Sage’.
Like antennae on both sides of the head, it maximizes the performance of the sensory organs.
Even if you see the same thing, you can see it better and further predict where to attack and where the attack will fly.
When the effect of the overflow and the crown of the sage were combined, it felt like time was passing slowly for a moment.
As much as that, the load on his body became stronger, and blood trickled down from his nose, but Abel didn’t care.
Because Kaul’s aircraft was right in front of him.
Woo woo woo woo!
As Abel’s fist extended forward, the cowl reacted almost instantaneously.
He stretched out his arm to block Abel’s fist.
Absolutely amazing reaction speed. If it continues like this, it is obvious that it will be blocked.
In just a moment of time, Abel made the next move.
He repeated to himself as he punched without stopping.
‘Double attack.’
Just before my right fist was blocked, my left arm bounced off like a spring.
Kaul, who had already moved to block the right fist, turned his body in a hurry.
bang!
He couldn’t avoid Abel’s fist striking his chin.
The accident, which had accelerated with the sound of impact, suddenly returned to its original position, and Abel was greeted with a crushing headache and sticky fatigue.
The magic power remaining in the body is zero.
I just poured everything into one room.
Abel put up with the desire to lie down immediately and spoke to Kaul, who lowered his head slowly.
-now… … Can I tell you my wish?