Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 217



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Season 3: Episode 25

When he was eight years old, Balkan suddenly had a younger sister who was two years younger than him.

Unlike his younger brother who resembled his mother, he resembled his father more than his younger brother, so they looked more like real siblings.

Unlike his younger brother, who was weak like his mother and could not use a sword well, he was a healthy and energetic boy.

That was so good.

His father and mother despised and ignored him, but they were just happy to have a younger brother with whom they could swing a sword and talk about swords.

Of course, all this was before the Balkans committed their original sin.

Jigeomje (Earth Sword Festival), A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (9)

“Pick it up. I’ll smash it.”

The referee was not stopping the situation.

The eyes of the head of the Belchester family, Ophelia Belchester, widened.

Edinen Berzen, who had just recovered from a coma, also blinked in bewilderment.

‘No, bro, why on earth?’

That is evidence that the other party is recognized as an equal.

How could a nobleman challenge a commoner to a duel? He could just cut him down.

Balkan put on his sword again and looked straight at Camilla.

“Then let’s begin.”

Balkan Belchester took up the jockey’s position first.

Brain Sword Type 2, Telegraph.

The Belchester family’s Brain Sword was renowned for its elegance, from its armament to its stance.

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you in person. The one-handed sword and gauntlet that are the symbols of Belchester… … .’

Camilla also took a jockey stance in opposition to him. The first form of the ten-letter sign, a circle.

Their heartbeats intersect.

Their lives resonate with each other.

And then, in the next moment, without a doubt, a foot strikes the ground and the sound of metal echoes.

“Is this a battle between swordsmanship and sorcery that uses the magic attribute as electricity?”

The judge at the round table spoke with a cheerful expression. The other judges smiled as well.

“It’s a fight between Belchester members, and at the same time, it’s a fight of similar yet different swordsmanship.”

While the judges were talking like that, it was Camilla who gained the upper hand in the clash of the five basic techniques.

“It’s beautiful.”

This was the evaluation of the first-class disciple of the Yanlong Sword Sect.

When his rival was praised, Olier nodded, feeling strangely pleased.

The leader of the Yanlong Sword Sect also groaned and said, “Um.”

“You can see a lot from just one basic posture. Just from that one posture that has been practiced hundreds or thousands of times, you can get a glimpse into the mindset of a swordsman.”

But… … In an instant, in the next instant, the situation changed as a flash of thunder overwhelmed the crowd.

“The upper class of the Brain Sword!”

When the Balkan onslaught began, Floret Alter Tasalpo whistled.

This is no ordinary one-handed sword.

A style of sword called a heavy sword, whose dimensions lie between those of a broadsword and a longsword.

“At that age, he’s already swinging a long sword with one hand and aiming precisely at vital points. He’s quite skilled.”

Sharon, who was sitting next to me in the waiting room, smiled brightly.

“Wouldn’t Camilla be able to swing a large weapon with one hand as well?”

“… … .”

“Master?”

“Hehehe, where did Eun go?”

“Hehehe, isn’t it the same?”

“I almost said, ‘I’ll tell you.’ You need to learn to think for yourself, you punk. Later on, you’re going to ask me to feed you too?”

Just then, in the waiting room across the street, Yohan was asking Laminea a similar question. Laminea answered.

“Strictly speaking, they are different. It’s a difference between men and women, but men have higher average and absolute strength and magical power than women. You know that among the great magicians of all time, there are far more men than women, right?”

“It is generally accepted that men are slightly superior to women in terms of magical aptitude. However, women can use their magical power more precisely and sharply, right? That is why they have an advantage in swordsmanship.”

“Yes, because of that difference, male and female prosecutors differ in their choice of weapons.”

Tars Alter-Surpin, who had come to the stands with his new disciple, Page Roberis Loradi, was giving a similar explanation.

“Camilla’s stance is certainly large, but it has three holes in its blade. This is to reduce its weight. However, the blade is sharp.”

The longswords and greatswords used by women generally have the characteristic of becoming sharper towards the end, like a rapier.

But men’s weapons are different.

It is designed to be large and heavy to maximize the advantage of strength and absolute horsepower.

“If women’s swords are developed for cutting and stabbing, men’s swords tend to be blunt. Is it to increase the power of striking?”

Roberis’ eyebrows twitched quietly as he watched Camilla struggling to block Vulcan’s sword strike.

“Even though the speed is slow, each blow has greater power.”

In the stands over there, a single warrior expressed his anger.

“But, Commander! Isn’t the slaughter not fast? Rather, it’s rather slow? Why is our cute Kamikami always getting hit?”

Griffvern’s eyes, which had been quietly watching the match, narrowed.

“I can’t explain the magical powers that I don’t know much about, but I think it’s probably because of those gauntlets.”

“… … ?”

“No matter how much the world says that the sword and the mind are one, in the end, they are just tools. Hands, which are the original body, are much faster, more natural, and can use stronger force.”

The uses for the gauntlet were truly endless.

First, by supporting the blade or the back of a sword, you could strengthen your defensive stance or catch your opponent’s blade.

When going on the offensive, it was possible to strike the enemy with a fist strike at the weak points that appeared between the swings of the heavy sword.

That’s why, from the standpoint of dealing with Belchester, that gauntlet couldn’t help but feel very tricky.

If you misstep while attacking, you risk having your sword snatched away, and if you try to find an opening and exploit an opening, you’ll get hit by the gauntlet.

“The compatibility was bad from the beginning.”

It was Laminaria’s evaluation.

“The swordsmanship of the Shipjajado is said to be able to control both offense and defense with the scabbard, but with the Brain Sword, there is a risk that the scabbard may be taken away if you are not careful.”

If the scabbard is taken away, the sword technique of the Shipjajado will be completely blocked.

“It may look easy, but swinging that heavy sword and throwing punches at the same time is not something that just anyone can do.”

“The head of the Belchester family, Ophelia Belchester, said with a satisfied smile.

“Kanniya, do you remember what two techniques I said uphold our family’s swordsmanship?”

The girl sitting next to him, under the protection of the troupe, answered.

“One is a gauntlet, and the other is a magic confusion.”

“Yes, it’s a magic confusion. It’s a magical flow that flows electric magic into the opponent you’re clashing swords with. Most of the human body is controlled by electrical signals.”

The power to strangely manipulate the movements of the opponent’s muscles and magical power with the current of magical power, the power that made the Belchester family into one of the three great swordsmen.

“Watch carefully. How your brother uses it to take down ‘that thing.’”

The girl with a sickly look nodded reluctantly. She clasped her hands together as if praying and bit her lower lip.

‘Brother Balkan, Sister Camilla… … .’

A vision of my childhood is added to the sword fights taking place in that square, with blood and sparks flying.

At that time, the girl was the referee.

Standing between the younger brother and sister, holding bamboo swords, he raises his hand to signal the start of the match… … .

… … Chaeaeaaeng!

A sharp sound shattered the illusion. Balkan, who was locked in a sword fight with Camilla at the center of the battle, spoke.

“I’m trying to block it quite well, but you know very well that it’s just a meaningless struggle.”

When receiving a blow from the Brain Sword, a similar phenomenon of electrical conduction occurs.

The electric attribute magical power contained in the blade flows to the target, but this does not end with simply paralyzing the muscles or the flow of magical power.

Accumulated, accumulated, and accumulated magic power is like a bomb. A bomb waiting for the detonation signal.

What does this mean?

There is no need for any difficult explanation here.

When a sword fight becomes a long one, you only need to check the official winning percentage of the Belchester family.

Brain Sword, Type 6.

A purple electric train.

The moment the next fatal blow collided, crackle, crackle, crackle… … an explosion of magical power occurred in a lightning bolt that seemed to burn out the retina.

This is an unstoppable attack.

Even if you block the attack, the electrons that have accumulated so far will explode inside your body. This will lead directly to fatal injury.

“… … Tremendous power!”

“… …Is this how it ends?”

“… … Camilla!”

John opened his eyes wide and shouted at the explosion of light that occurred in the center of the square.

“Sharon, are you watching?”

Floret said.

Without any trace of his usual smile.

Sharon answered too, without letting out her signature sly laugh.

“Yes. It’s the same sixth form. The ten characters are also very similar.”

The Balkans felt uncomfortable.

In this banquet of light, the hand holding the sword trembles… … Is this not a feeling of discomfort, but fear?

At that moment, there was a sword strike that kicked up a lightning explosion. The sound of the sword sweeping through the entire arena.

—Oh my god!

Balkan’s actions in blocking the sword strike were almost a miracle.

Even though I held the long sword vertically and held the blade with my gauntlet, I couldn’t withstand the force and my body was thrown to the edge of the square.

If he hadn’t stuck the knife into the floor to apply the brakes, he might have been thrown out of the ring.

“Oh, oh, ohhhhhhhhhhh?!”

“What is it, what happened?!”

“I don’t know! It just seems so amazing!”

The audience cheered wildly even though they had no idea what had just happened.

That would be the case, because the girl who was clearly thought to have fallen was posing beautifully.

Although there were burns from the electric current explosion on the blade, scabbard, and both arms, the body appeared to be in a shockingly perfect condition.

“You, what kind of luck have you got… … .”

Rather, it was Balkan Belchester, who had been leading the offensive up until now, who was late in adjusting their posture and whose blades were shaking.

“What the heck? I just borrowed some of my brother’s magic power.”

Just before the explosion, he transferred all the magical power he had accumulated into the scabbard and sealed it with the blade. In order to use that power to activate the Island Strike.

“Huh, controlling electromagnetic magic is no easy task for this genius. In fact, it’s much easier than attributeless magic.”

No, that would have been a very difficult problem.

If I hadn’t received magical training from Jabal Ludwig and Roberis… … .

I never thought that the magical power inside my body that gave me electromagnetic energy would help me in this way.

‘Thank you for pushing my back here too.’

Why is that?

It feels like two people are putting their hands on each other’s shoulders…

A longing smile naturally appears on my face.

“I’m a genius, but I’m not yet able to use the advanced swordsmanship technique like my brother. I just haven’t had time to do that.”

“!”

“But if I knew the basics of the Brain Sword and applied the Ten Characters to the limit… … I thought I could use enough strength to stand up to my brother.”

Camilla winked as haughtily as she could, draping the back of her sword over her shoulder.

“In short, oppa, your magic is amazing?”

Waaaaaaaa… … In that place where excited cheers echoed, Laminea’s emotions were not surprising at all.

‘The type of sword and magic power is what primarily determines the individuality of a swordsmanship.’

In that respect, the Shipjamundo and the Noeryeonggeom have many surprising similarities.

1. Must be ambidextrous.

2. The fact that it uses brain attribute magic power.

Of course, it was the same lightning attribute, but the direction of the power sought from that attribute was completely different.

“The reason the Ten-Character Sword adopted the brain attribute magic power is to increase speed and power. On the other hand, the Brain Sword focuses on internal and external destruction through conduction and confusion.”

Roberis nodded slightly at Tars’ explanation.

“But Camilla, you understand both uses. You were originally from the Belchester family. Is that why you were able to do that?”

Sharon had just asked her Master a similar question. Floret let out a dumbfounded laugh.

“No matter what, this is the first time I’ve seen someone use their feet so well. Who knows, maybe that kid’s hands will develop the Ten-Character Skills to an incredible degree.”