chapter 10
entrance exam (4)
Not long after I became the principal, Master ordered me to go to Gangho, hiding my identity.
He said that those who would rule the Protestant religion should realize which world they live in.
Hiding his identity and going through dizzying events, he watched countless people.
Most of Murae’s gangsters were just hypocrites or evil people, but there were definitely a few truly good people among them.
Because it was not even a handful, it failed to change the turbid atmosphere of Moorim.
It is not something that the Muraebae of Murim praise and refer to themselves as, they can be said to be great leaders or righteous people.
Such people fascinated even me who belonged to Protestantism, but most of them did not speak well.
Those with truly noble spirits were often the target of envy and envy from all the lesser people.
If you show even the slightest blemish, the hungry demons rush in and conjure hell to bite off even a single piece of flesh, so there were too many cases in which noble people turned their backs on the world after being engulfed in agony because of their good heart.
And the eyes of such hungry ghosts were always shining with strong conviction.
As if I was just doing the right thing.
With no doubt in his eyes, he cried out that he was doing righteousness and righteousness.
That’s why I don’t like those who act without thinking about it.
In the name of belief, they often tried to suppress others according to their own framework.
without even a moment’s hesitation.
In front of me, there was a being with eyes that seemed to be the incarnation of that conviction.
Warrior Stella.
I heard that he was my opponent in the individual match for the entrance exam, and that he was raised as a hero by the Licht Church from a young age.
Wearing brilliantly shining silver armor and a cape with elaborately drawn patterns of the Licht Church.
A girl with beautiful flowing blonde hair and blue eyes.
She was holding a splendid greatsword surrounded by a white halo from the sword head to the point, and was proudly looking at me.
“As you already know, the precautions are the same as in group battles. Then I’m fine.”
The superintendent with a virtuous look, holding a cane with a jewel on the tip of which condensed energy, withdrew to the outside of the exam hall.
Perhaps considering that I smashed the floor of the gymnasium during the group battle, I felt a stronger energy than the previous test site.
The supervisor who went out of the test center waved a cane and covered the entire test center with a translucent spherical membrane and announced the start of the test.
“Karl von Bernstein.”
At the same time as the supervisor’s start, Stella called me in a clear voice.
“Do you really need a conversation to fight?”
“Can’t you just abstain like this? I don’t want to hurt you.”
As if there was no chance that she would lose, Stella said with a sullen look on her face.
It is extremely rare that a person can be identified by appearance.
I said I hate those who act without question, but in the end, to judge them properly, you need to know what their true thoughts lie deep inside, not on the outside.
The world was overflowing with people who were different from the outside, but it didn’t seem like this person.
How can there be people who look the same inside and outside like this?
“Don’t you think you will lose?”
“I am a warrior. He is the one who acts on behalf of the will of God and executes divine punishment. As long as God is with me, there is no defeat for me.”
Stella replied as if she truly believed that without a single doubt.
“There is no abstention. I don’t know how long the god you believe in can protect you.”
slowly building up momentum.
“The player will yield, so try your best.”
He said calmly in front of him with his hands behind his back.
“…All right.”
As if realizing that further conversation was futile, the energy she felt in Stella’s body began to amplify.
At first, it was clearly barely enough for a first-class chin-up, but soon the air power increased as if it did not know the end.
Looking at the flow of inner energy, it seems that the shining sword has the ability to amplify Stella’s true energy.
If there was such a thing in Murim, it wouldn’t be strange to call it a peerless divine sword.
“going.”
With short words, Stella kicked the ground.
The halo of light surrounding the holy sword grew even thicker, to the point where it looked like a sword river.
In the midst of the starlight-like pure white sword light spreading enough to cover the entire large arena with flashes of light.
It released the momentum it had raised so far.
fire-
The inner energy, like a cool breeze, began to spread in concentric circles around me.
The tangible air waves rolled like clouds and the light faded.
As if food spreads in clean water, black stains spread little by little and ate up the light.
The Heavenly Demon God is superior to all energies and greedily covets other energies.
Even the light was no exception, and when the brilliant light of the holy sword was swallowed up by the spirit of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Spirit, a black mist finally covered all directions.
Stella rushed in front of me like a meteor and swiftly swung her huge greatsword as if it were a light shortsword.
A flash of light pierced the darkness.
Stella’s greatsword struck me in a diagonal line from above, as if it were about to cut me in half.
Jjoong!
The blackened hand collided with the pure white holy sword.
Myeongoksu (冥玉手).
The hand, covered with pitch-black power that felt like it would suck even the soul, grabbed the holy sword as it was.
Airborne white man (empty hand 奪白刃). It was an advanced method of grabbing the opponent’s weapons with bare hands.
“Uh… how?”
Stella’s eyes widened in disbelief and I tried my best to get the holy sword out of my grasp, but the more I tried, the stronger I was gripped.
The brilliant light of the holy sword began to be engulfed in the overflowing darkness.
As if the holy sword was resisting itself, it flickered violently, but soon it gradually lost its light.
“It’s amazing to play a piece of equipment. Raising one’s first-class internal skills to the level of superficiality? Certainly, at this level, it can be called a divine object rather than a simple object. Besides, this…”
I disassembled and analyzed the energy emanating from the sword held in my hand in real time.
An aura different from the usual inner energy.
If Princess Riena’s yogi was cloudy and sticky, this aura felt soft and warm.
“It’s definitely different from pure internal energy. Can we call it holy power?”
It was devoured by Myeongoksu’s strong ki, but it has superior power over ordinary swordsmanship.
Now I understand why Stella was so confident.
It would be hard to find an opponent in the same age if you handle sword skills made of holy power, which are superior to normal sword skills, with super-fine inner skills.
It was clear that even Princess Riena, who had been run over by Yogi, would not be Stella’s opponent.
However, it was not superior to strong forces.
I don’t know what material it’s made of, but it was a bit strange that it was a sword that couldn’t be scratched, but that’s all.
Even among Murim’s recruits, there was a sword that could withstand the strong wind.
That was enough.
I’ve seen everything to see
that buck
As soon as I took a step forward, I took the holy sword with my will.
The Holy Sword, which had fallen from Stella’s hand, was in my hand as it lost its light and was stained dark.
Because the pure white blade was immersed in jet black, its appearance reminded me of a demonic sword rather than a holy sword.
“Uh… how did this happen?”
Perhaps it was because the Holy Sword was taken away, Stella stopped in place like a rocking stone.
“What are you going to do now? Would you pray to the god you believe in? Didn’t you say God was with you?”
“Don’t blaspheme! This is only the result of my vices.”
When I brought up the subject of God, Stella exclaimed in a huff.
“That is correct. Certainly, this divine object deserves to be called a miracle of God. however.”
If you can make a mere first-class inner skill to a level of transcendence in an instant, you can definitely believe it’s a miracle from God.
“No matter how great a new recruit is, the only one who uses it is a human made of cloth, so rather than relying on weapons, self-discipline is the most important law in the end.”
“The Holy Sword is not just a weapon. This is a symbol representing God, and proof that God exists.”
“stop. I have no intention of arguing with you about the religious doctrines you believe in. It is just a matter of course that the moment you rely on unmanned soldiers excessively because they are new recruits, your life as an unmanned person is no different from the end.”
Weapons are just limbs, but the moment you rely on them, going to a higher level becomes a long way off.
Rather, the greater the recruit, the more so it is because it is easy to depend on the nature of human beings.
“So, what are you going to do now? Anything else to do?”
As if the situation of the Holy Sword being taken away was not expected at all, he said while looking at Stella, who had a clear expression of bewilderment on her face.
“…I lost. Carl von Bernstein. I will remember that name.”
Stella, who drooped her shoulders, answered with a miserable expression.
“Do whatever you want. Bring the sword.”
The energy that had engulfed the holy sword was saved again and handed over to Stella.
After returning the sword, Stella, who took the sword lightly, silently went downstairs.
“S… the winner, Karl von Bernstein!”
The overseer, who was watching it from below, shouted my victory with a shocked expression and a trembling voice.
I thought as I slowly made my way down the gymnasium.
Princess Riena.
Warrior Stella.
The energy these two deal with is at the level of transcendental level, but strictly speaking, the actual combat power was much lower than that of an unmanned person in the level of transcendental level.
If my father, Margrave Heinrich, who is in the state of transcendence right now, and those two stick together, they won’t be opponents at all.
If Margrave Heinrich was determined, he wouldn’t be able to survive even a few seconds.
Of course, it’s not the same level because it’s transcendence, and the higher the level goes up, the greater the gap even within the same level is incomparable.
In the case of Margrave Heinrich, he is on the high side even within the realm of transcendence… Even if he is a warrior who has just reached the peak of transcendence, he will be much stronger than the two of them.
However, transcendence originally meant that he had formed a family as a military man, so it was not something that could be taken lightly.
It was absolutely unusual to be compared to such a state at the age of Princess Riena or Stella.
Such a case was never common in Murim.
Besides, are those two really the strongest in this academy?
Looking at the same freshman right now, except for the research department that is close to a scholar, all the people I met must be the engineering department.
I don’t know what about those who use magic or spirits.
How much more so if we go beyond the academy and discuss the world as a whole?
I don’t know if it’s because of the energy that is richer than Moorim’s, or because it’s a world where divine objects like the holy sword exist, but now I’ve only taken the entrance exam.
I knew right away the breadth of the world as I went back and forth between different worlds, but once again my head was clear and a thunderbolt-like shock pierced my brain.
open eyes.
Because I realized the wideness of the world with my heart, not my head.
Needless to say, the immensity of martial arts.
I took one step after another in a trance.
When I finally stopped after taking seven steps.
Naturally, I realized that I had reached the extreme end again.