I Became a Time-Limited Swordsmanship Genius at the Academy

31. Grave of the Dead

“This is… Where is it?”

It is very dark.

The class time was during the day.

But it was so dark that there was no light here.

Subuck.

When I stepped on the ground, I stepped on crumbly mud.

A tree without a single leaf. A space where life does not exist.

I already knew where this place was.

‘It’s the tomb of the dead, right?’

It is a polluted land where demons have stayed for a long time.

If you live here, your body will be taken away by Magi, and if you die, you will become a zombie.

It has become a favorite land of monsters and demons.

‘Where is the return door?’

I tried to go back, but the door to ‘Twisted Space’ was nowhere to be found.

It is very likely that they are far away.

I looked around, but only the wind full of demonic energy was blowing.

– Wasn’t my prediction wrong? But I never imagined that it would appear so unstoppably.

Grandel appeared while examining the ground with a magnifying glass.

“Do you know what the situation is?”

– As I said before, your soul mate is stagnant. That’s also unusual. As much as your body reached the sky, you should have grown faster than your swordsmanship. So, I have two hypotheses.

Grandel stretched out two of his fingers.

– One. That there is no talent to go beyond 2 stars. But if you think about it for a moment, you’ll quickly realize that this isn’t the case.

I folded one.

– So the last and most compelling hypothesis… Is that someone is interfering.

“My growth is being hindered?”

Is that possible?

I couldn’t believe it, but Grendel’s expression was already full of confidence.

– It is possible enough. Although I have been in your body for a long time, I can say that no one else has ever touched your soul directly. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any means that can’t get in the way. There was a case like this even among the druids.

Grandel pinched my chest.

– It is possible only when similar souls coexist.

“Similar soul…”

As if I got a hint, a light bulb went on in my head.

I’ve heard of it.

If you set the play character’s race as a druid and learn ‘marriage’, sometimes your growth will be extremely slow.

It’s not like I don’t have talent.

On the contrary, it can be said that it is very good. It’s slow nonetheless.

‘But it’s only about druids. I’ve tried it hundreds of times as a human, but I’ve never had a slow growth.’

I didn’t understand. Did something happen when it turned into reality?

“Is there any workaround?”

– Don’t panic. Because hypotheses are just hypotheses. However, if the solution is to be considered… The only option is to kill the coexisting soul.

“……”

– In our race of druids, we choose to live in peace or fight to the death of one. I’ve never heard of a human example, so I don’t know. I wish I could live as peacefully as possible…

“I guess I’ve already fallen for them.”

Grandel nodded his head.

‘There is a force targeting me. Who the hell is that?’

The reason they called this place must be to kill them for sure.

Besides, the tomb of the dead is where the outlaws live.

I will never be a quality guy.

– Concentrate. You must have seen the portal go black before crossing over here. Didn’t you have similar friends before?

“A fellow like… Ah, Theo!”

I realized who I was talking about.

I found Theo around where I had fallen and moved his feet.

I soon found it not far away.

Huge size and tiny human.

Boom!!

The ground shuddered loudly, and a deafening sound was heard.

– Cooooo!!!!

“Oops!”

Theo had been playing with someone for a while.

The Minotaur.

That’s no ordinary Minotaur either.

It was a Minotaur that ate plenty of magic and turned its skin black.

Not only does his strength, stamina, and agility greatly increase, but one punch causes an earthquake.

– Kuwooooo!!!!!

Quagagak!

He scratches the ground with his arm in anger.

Riding the fierce wind, Theo narrowly jumped over his arm.

Kang!

“Blood, skin!”

I cut the black skin with my sword, but it didn’t even scratch.

‘It’s still too early for Theo.’

I took out the frosted bracelet I received from Professor Durahan.

– Meow!

Sensing signs of a battle, a cat came down from his shoulder.

Stimulates and moves the yin energy in the body.

The blood veins created by the polar negative limbs respond and the cold air leaks out.

Damn it!

The extreme sound that freezes the graves of the dead takes the form of a spear.

“Come out!”

“L?!”

Theo looked at L in surprise.

El had enough spears behind him. The spear, shining with ice, looked very sharp.

– Chur uh uh!!

Papapak!

The spear lightly pierces the skin that was not even scratched.

The spear of ice freezes the inner flesh and inflicts great pain.

The Minotaur’s body gradually became dull.

‘The first expression of the frost sword.’

I put my upper body forward.

An attack stance suitable for stabbing enemies.

I put as much power into the heel as possible.

Boom!

The soil made a hollow and jumped.

– Chur uh uh…!!

Using human strength, I try to force her arms up, but there is no way.

The pitch of the palatal artery is not that light.

The entire body freezes if exposed even for a moment.

Leatis had only experienced a taste of the oral syllable.

Suddenly!

– Keouk!

In the end, the Minotaur, whose limbs were blocked, easily gave up its weaknesses.

The sword that pierced the forehead. Black blood gushed out.

Koo Goo Goong…

Unable to endure the pain, the Minotaur passed out.

I barely passed out.

‘I don’t like the sword very much. It’s too early to come here yet.’

“This, how did this happen? How were you so strong?! Uh, how could that Minotaur…”

“Follow me. You have to go to a safe place.”

The zombies who smelled the blood rushed in.

Especially those guys.

‘When demons who are crazy about battle come, they will be annihilated.’

“Ughhh!”

I took Theo’s hand and ran away.

***

“What happened. Where is this? Who am I? Who are you??”

Theo’s eyes went round and round.

‘If you come this far, you’ll be safe.’

A huge cave. Nothing else existed, but just covering the ceiling was very reassuring.

“Do you remember when Professor Dwarf put you in the portal in ‘Twisted Space’?”

“Professor Dwarf? It was a few minutes ago, of course I remember!”

“Wasn’t the color of the portal strange then?”

“Uh… My vision went black for a moment. Other than that, there was nothing special.”

“That’s the problem.”

“Is that a problem?”

Theo tilted his head, not knowing what the problem was.

It’s like an idiot who only knows swords.

“I have to go back to that portal anyway? Do you remember where you came from?”

“Remember…Remember? Uh… I will! I think I will!”

Theo laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of his head.

It’s ruined.

At a glance, it was evident that he had forgotten everything.

A situation completely lost.

‘I have no choice but to find it.’

I took out the statue of Ganelle from the foam.

‘There is nothing to eat in the land of the dead. Let’s call Ganelle thinking that he will stay for a long time.’

As long as it’s money, he’s a swindler who comes everywhere, so that’s fine.

As he pulled his big nose down, the statue opened its eyes.

I glanced around and it was out of his grasp.

Pop pip pip…

I started running hard on my two short legs.

“Uh… What is that?”

“Maybe it’s a means to save us. Let’s go out soon. Seeing how quiet it is outside, the zombies seem to be gone.”

It was a moment of careful exit.

Kagagak!

Koo-goo-gu-gung!

“What, what! What’s up!”

There was a tremendous noise from above.

“El! The stones are falling!!”

Theo hastily drew his sword.

Kagagak!

Suddenly slashes a falling stone with a sword without panicking.

After cutting down all the huge ones, a dull light came in from the cave.

All the stones that blocked the sky are gone.

‘A raid.’

I understood the situation without difficulty.

The reason I was kidnapped here in the first place was to kill me.

A raid was to be expected.

I didn’t expect it to come so soon.

“Khehehehe! You bastard, you bastard! I finally found it.”

I raised my head.

A despicable voice.

That’s the voice I heard when I first became possessed.

Gallihad Millium.

I didn’t know why he was here, but his mouth was torn from ear to ear and eyes full of murderous intent were burning with revenge.

But Galihad didn’t care at all.

‘Couldn’t it be that he’s targeting me?’

Someone next to him.

I didn’t show myself, but the figure of someone who turned his back to the shadow was not human.

I could tell at a glance that it was a demon from the huge black wings spread behind it.

“Galihad! Here you are! Are you here to rescue us?”

Theo didn’t know that and smiled brightly at Gallihad.

“…Theo Artos. Come to think of it, you have the same talent as L. But it will be different now.”

Galihad’s skin was very blue when he looked up and his neck was sore.

As if it had been soaked in water for a long time.

“Mine…”

Muttered softly.

A demon who is born with demonic energy.

A human possessing demonic powers is a demon.

Galihad’s blue skin was definitely a demon.

‘Hasn’t it been accepted for a long time yet? I don’t have dark skin.’

It takes a long time to become a perfect Mine. The blue ones were evidence of under-ripening.

‘And that demon next to me must be the one who turned Galihad into a demon.’

I haven’t said anything yet, but it was like a huge wall to me.

– It is better to run away if possible. L.

Grandel was also aware of this, revealing himself and being wary.

“It was painful. No matter how hard I tried, I was frustrated as I reached out to the unreachable star. Despair, resignation, adversity and hardship. Those countless tears of blood eventually made me like this.”

Galihad gripped the sword as if unable to control the burning power.

It vibrates finely and resonates. The sword was also a demonic sword suitable for a demon.

“Galihad! What the hell is going on!”

“Shut up! You’re the same. The day I sparred with him, you just laughed at me. If I kill him, I’ll kill you right away. Wipe your head and wait!”

It was at this moment that Galihad lowered his body and tried to go down.

“Child. Who will ignore the master’s words and move alone?”

The demon grabbed Galihad’s hair and pulled it back.

Thanks to that, his hair was pulled out and he complained of his pain, but the demons didn’t care at all.

“Little people. You’d better answer my questions in a nice way.”

As if to say not to think about hiding it, the demons revealed their coveted golden eyes.

“If you don’t want to die.”