How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Chapter 108

The stadium was not particularly different from the finals. First, the same forest field as in the second game.

Xian was given the same black flag as in the first game, and a pillar of red, blue, and white light could be seen in the distance.

“Is it the same this time?”

“huh.”

Looking up at the sky, I see a red pillar standing still. Blue and white were moving towards each other.

It’s a good decision to attack either the blue or white team, but Xi’an chose to intercept the enemy team that was still defending.

I thought that the winning rate was higher if I took one team at a time rather than intruding between the blue team and the white team.

For that reason, I was on my way to the red pillar that was still.

-thud! Koo Goo Goo!

The ground shook and the sound of crackling trees could be heard. Xian frowned at the approaching vibration and roar.

It was running furiously towards us from the direction of the red pillar.

“Aman Balzac.”

The pole was the same, but only the guy came out of the forest.

The guy who came running like an angry beast swung his sword with that momentum.

A blazing aura rushed towards Xian’s chest.

-Kaang!

Xian raised his sword and blocked his sword. Xian’s sword was, of course, covered with an aura.

“As expected, he is the son of the Sword King!”

Looking at Xian’s aura, Aman’s eyes lit up.

I did watch over the screen when Xian was playing. But when I saw it in person, I was amazed.

To think that a guy two years younger than himself was already using an aura that had been perfected to this extent.

Aman who swung his sword several times in an instant. Xian took all of those blows and let them go.

In the meantime, the ice of Yuseol was falling behind him.

“Suck!”

Fain!

By releasing an aura, the guy deflected all of the rumor magic.

Xian let out a laugh.

Not to dodge or parry, but to deflect magic with just an aura. He’s a pretty tough guy.

“Did you come alone?”

“then?”

Taking the guy’s sword and spilling it, Xian quickly looked around.

Aman appeared with a strong presence, but apart from that, there was no pretending to be popular.

The red pillar is also located far away.

‘The red flag is over there, so Damian will definitely be there.’

As a rule, the leader cannot remove the flag from his body. It meant that Damian was still there.

And Julio is not the type to leave Damian alone.

“Erge, rumor. Go to the place where the red pillar is.”

At Xian’s words, the two people who were about to hit Aman’s back immediately flinched.

Perhaps having read Xian’s will, Ahman withdrew his sword for a moment and retreated.

Yuseol asked.

“… … Are you okay alone?”

Her eyes turned to the white number one ring on Aman’s hand.

It’s not that she doesn’t know what that means.

She knows that Xian is strong, but wouldn’t it be dangerous to deal with Aman alone?

“No problem.”

However, Xi’an’s answer was firm.

The two of them seemed to have not gone away yet, but Xian was the leader. Following the leader’s order, the two headed to where Damian was.

After the two disappeared, Aman lifted his sword while untangling the nape of his neck.

“You seem to already know, but let’s introduce ourselves first. Aman Balzac. He is the son of the strong Balzac family, who have defended the empire with a sword and shield since ancient times.”

Balzac was a family of noble knights who had dedicated themselves to the military service of the Empire for generations.

grandson of the general. A student who has completed numerous requests for three years and has already been awarded the title of knight in recognition of numerous achievements at this age.

“Is it the lineage of the general?”

“He is my grandfather.”

“Anything like that, you seem to have a pretty close relationship with Damian.”

“Political issues are within the Empire, and here we are just alumni studying at the same school.”

So there’s nothing strange about being close, Aman said.

It made sense, but it was difficult to understand.

Bondi power is a law without blood or tears.

This is not to express the cruelty of power, but to mean that power is a cold thing that doesn’t even care about the same blood.

Static inside the empire, but outside, it wasn’t an issue that could be easily divided, such as alumni.

“Anyway, Prince Damian is the son of the Imperial Duke. Isn’t it natural to be polite?”

Saying that, he raised his sword. Riding the sword body, an aura full of fighting spirit blazed up.

“Will you provide some for the Marquis’ son as well?”

Xian aimed the black sword.

Unlike Aman’s Aura, which glowed and clumped onto the sword, Xian’s Aura dyed his son-in-law black.

Seeing this, Aman’s eyes lit up.

“Let’s consider it.”

He kicked the ground and ran.

* * *

Yuseol and Erze went straight to the place where the red pillar was as Xian instructed.

And it was not difficult to find Damian.

Sitting on a large rock in the clearing and fiddling with a jeweled staff.

He seemed to have no intention of hiding.

“Has the half-fairy come? It’s an unlucky day.”

“… … .”

When a stare of contempt flew in, Yu Seol twitched his eyebrows.

The unfortunate thing was this one. Damian’s tyranny was a famous story regardless of grade.

She fired an ice arrow as a means of containment and search.

However, the arrow shattered and disintegrated in the air before it even reached Damian.

It wasn’t magic.

“It’s a thread.”

Erze, who was standing behind her as if hiding, spoke to her.

I used to think it was suspicious to stay still without hiding, but it seems that I was waiting for a trap.

‘Although it’s easy to freeze it entirely.’

The problem is that in the meantime, Damian won’t stay still.

The black No. 1 ring worn on Damian’s hand made the speculation discreet.

“Actually, I’ll take care of it. Please take the flag side.”

“you? Are you okay?”

“huh. As long as it’s like this, it’s fine.”

Erze nodded, and Damian’s eyebrows twitched.

“Huh, if our Julio heard it, he would be really sad. I’m not the kind of person who would listen to such words from a junior who is only ranked 300th.”

No matter what Damian said, there was no change in Erze’s eyes.

She was just making a promise.

‘Never lose.’

It’s an event where I team up with Xian for the first time in a while, and I didn’t want to end it with a loss.

Yu-seol and Damian begin to control each other by spewing mana.

Leaving the two behind, Erze quietly disappeared into the black line.

Seeing her suddenly disappear in front of his eyes, Damian opened his eyes wide.

However, due to confrontation with Yoo Seol, he was unable to find Ergé.

‘… … line.’

Ergé, hiding in the lines, came into the forest and inspected the threads everywhere.

Cutting them off one by one, or skipping over them, she found Julio’s location.

Clues abounded.

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Julio’s threads installed here and there in the forest. Each one of them was a clue to find Julio’s location.

‘The tension is different.’

Some threads remain constant, while others have slightly varying tension. As if the thread breathes.

‘The former was just installed, and the latter is related to alcohol.’

If you trace back this, you can find Julio’s location.

She burrowed into the depths of the forest, her eyes shining.

* * *

Ahman swung his shining sword in the night space in the middle of the forest.

His sword blazed like the sun, trying to tear apart Xian’s open night.

however.

‘… … Why?’

Seeing that things weren’t going as well as he thought, he sighed.

It was strange. Xi’an’s aura is clearly of a high degree of perfection. It was quite a high level for someone who had only been enrolled for half a year.

But I was still confident.

Although Xian is the son of the Sword King, he is also the grandson of the proud general.

His grandfather was also a knight who had reached the level of a high master like Berped Agrid, and his father was also a knight who had reached the level of master.

Having received that lineage to the fullest, he himself has also overcome numerous geniuses since he was a child.

That’s why he thought that even if he was the son of the Sword King, it would not work for him.

However, the result is the exact opposite.

They are definitely clashing swords, and sometimes sword strikes come and go and the sum is aligned.

But Aman couldn’t erase the feeling of being drowned in an endless swamp.

“You seem to be having trouble concentrating, Aman Balzac.”

“Kuk!”

At Xian’s point, Aman grabbed hold of his distracted mind.

Then, with all his strength, he swung his sword to disperse Xian’s night aura.

However, even if it could be dispersed for an instant with a single sword strike, it was immediately restored.

‘Why is there so much mana!’

Aman screamed inwardly.

Even occupying such a large space with an aura of this density would be a considerable task, and no matter how torn it was, it would be restored without any problems.

He was only covering his sword with an aura of the same density, but the opponent was covering the battle space itself.

He himself had been working hard since he was young, such as taking elixirs or training in areas rich in mana, but he felt a gap that he couldn’t catch up with.

Aman even had the feeling that he would never be able to get out of this place.

‘His skills are good.’

Meanwhile, unlike Aman, Xian was leaking steam a little.

Aman Balzac. grandson of the general. Everweil’s No. 1 student.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t expecting it. To him, who always thirsted for strength and longed for a fight with a strong man, Aman was also one of those he wanted to compete with someday.

However, when I actually bumped into it, it fell short of my expectations.

‘Did I raise my eyes too high?’

If it had been before the fight with Hector, or before the encounter with the Demon Dragon King, he might have fought with a little more excitement.

From that experience, Xian felt that the wall had been broken.

To the point where I couldn’t possibly be ranked first among the students.

‘Now, there’s not much I want from the real academy.’

Except for the instructors and the president, further stimulation has disappeared. The absence of stimulation means that growth has stopped.

It is no longer possible to expect growth through school events where students collide with each other.

I don’t know if there’s an event like sparring with the president.

“It’s not over yet!”

Soon Ahman gritted his teeth and drew his sword. The flames blazing on the sword began to burn explosively.

For an instant, his sword fell on Xi’an, emitting a light strong enough to shake off all night.

Xian’s eyes narrowed.

[ Heavenly Sword – True ]

He quietly crossed his sword.

At the same time, the night that seemed to have been scattered came back to life and wrapped up all the light that Aman had spread out.

The light that should have brightened the night was rather consumed by the night.

Eventually, when Aman’s sword reached Xian.

There was not even a single ray of light left there.

Aman’s face contorted.

-Kaang!

in the stillness of silence.

With the clear sound of the knife breaking, the half-cut sword body spun around and landed on the floor.