Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 244



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Season 3: Episode 52

Second Step, Accompanying the Leading Payquerier (7)

“Camilla, you’re late with your direction!”

“Don’t just look at the compass! Move where you hear the sound!”

“It’s a diversionary maneuver! We need to get down!”

I have to keep learning.

Learning doesn’t end there.

It’s meaningless if I don’t make it mine.

“Horseback riding techniques are broadly divided into two categories: those done with the feet and those done with the body.”

When there was no fighting, I learned a lot from Ashir by asking him questions.

The technique was practiced while the members took turns sleeping in the net beds installed under the saddles. When they had any remaining magical power, they practiced creating magical platforms in the air.

It’s similar to when you learn the 7th form, Jinnoryong. It’s the feeling of drawing out magical power, or the power within your body, from outside your body.

“Enemies appear at 9 o’clock! There are quite a few!”

The shorter the retention time, the better. The magical power pulled out of the body is more volatile and weaker than when it was inside the body.

The best is to create it as you jump and then destroy it right away. Then, you should immediately form a foothold at the landing point.

You’ll also have to use swordsmanship on enemies on the orbit that reaches that point, and you’ll be able to engage in what’s called ‘air combat’.

‘I’m glad I learned how to maintain magical power from three people. I can apply it like this.’

Well, the principle is somewhat similar… … .

A burst attack is a transformation of explosive force into braking force.

Also, Seommucham is to calm and concentrate the power that was running wild, and Jinnoeryong is to draw magical power out of the body.

“Camilla, it’s our turn! Follow me!”

Sudden attack, sharp blade, and thunder dragon.

If you think about using these three herbs at the same time… … .

No, what if you think about writing at half-beat intervals?

“Camilla, the guy you were supposed to deal with is still alive!”

Yeah, this is it!

I just had a feeling it was going to happen!

“Sorry, I’ll do it right away!”

“In 10 seconds!”

Yeah, that’s it. ‘Air Combat’ is when you can do all three of those moves at once.

You have to learn this method.

You should be able to write as naturally as breathing. Was this why Vinessa asked how far I had learned the ten-character alphabet?

“3rd Platoon, 5th Platoon, support at 11 o’clock. Asher, 2nd Platoon, please come with me.”

“Yes! Camilla, let’s go!”

“Yeah, I’m going!”

He brought you here because he coolly judged that you could do it.

We have to live up to those expectations.

I thought the first pay querier could do it, so it doesn’t make sense for me, a mere trainee, to give up and say I can’t do it.

“Do it right! Do you know that Jinyoung was in danger because of you this time?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Shapell!”

“Every second you are late causes a rift in the camp.”

Faster.

More skillfully than yesterday.

More experienced than before.

“Shapel, I would like to ask you some tips on circulating magical power.”

“Do I have time to ask you questions? I have to go to the place where the sound grenade is sounding right now to make up for the flaws in the camp that you caused… .”

“Will you answer me when I get back from there?”

“You? Ha, how ridiculous. If you can, try it. If you ask for help, I’ll grab your head until you cry.”

My teacher taught me the courage to make mistakes. He said that failure is not the end, and that getting up again is also an experience.

“Contact from the exploration team, the enemy from the 7 o’clock direction was a small number and has been destroyed! No changes to the camp direction!”

“!”

“Do you have some time to answer now?”

It’s the same at this very moment.

It’s the same these days.

If you don’t look to the side or behind, but only forward, nothing will come as despair. It will only serve as hope that things can get better.

“Sister, I’m sorry… … .”

“Shapelle, when it comes to the timing of forming a magic platform, when magicians use something like this… … .”

“Sister, if you swing the blade at this angle before touching the foothold, … … .”

Vinessa didn’t say anything, but quietly watched the whole process.

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 5.

And so, each day piled up. The next day became more hectic and more difficult.

“Sir, we will soon reach the Fallen Zone.”

“They may have noticed our target. Everyone, stay alert.”

“Captain! Enemies appeared simultaneously at 8 o’clock and 11 o’clock!”

“Second Squad?”

“Already engaged somewhere else!”

“Master, Camilla and I will go at 11 o’clock. Camilla and I have enough skills.”

But even as the enemy’s offensive became more serious, everyone felt the same level of fatigue as before.

No, it seemed to be getting better than before.

It was thanks to the activities of the independent squads of Eshir and Camilla that the camps began to be properly supported from both sides.

“Master, we’ll go there. Let’s go, Camilla!”

“Report to Master that we are on our way to deal with the sound grenade that occurred at 8 o’clock. Follow me, Camilla!”

“Tell the Exploration Team to leave this place to us two and focus on the other side. Camilla, are you ready?”

I can’t believe it… … All the members of the response team were amazed.

‘Eshir… … .’

‘That Eshir, who is called the genius of the century… ‘

‘You’ve been helping me perfectly all of a sudden… … .’

That little kid from the Red Lotus Corps, in just five days, has grown to the point where he can play his part in the corps. He has made every experience he gets from this operation into a foundation for his growth.

One day like that.

One day, one day, one day again.

One battle, the next, and the battle beyond.

“Emergency call from the search team! Sand serpent appears at 2 o’clock! Approaching quickly!”

“Where is the 1st squad?”

“Already in combat with the 2nd platoon in the 10 o’clock direction!”

“Ashir.”

“We are engaging with the 4th and 5th squads! No squads can move!”

“Sir, there is an enemy pursuit force at 12 o’clock, directly to the north!”

An air of bewilderment spreads through the Blood Demon Corps. Why, at this moment, when there are no troops capable of fighting among the response team?

“I am capable of carrying out the mission.”

It was a girl who said that back then.

She was given a separate mission with Asher, but she had already completed it… …she was a young prosecutor.

Until recently, she was considered a plaything of the corps, but now it is safe to say that her status has completely changed… … Camilla.

“If you don’t have amnesia, you probably remember the sand snake catching method I showed you back then, right? I’ll order the exploration team to enhance the cutting power of their weapons, so it’ll be a little easier.”

“yes.”

“Okay. I’ll be there at 12 o’clock. I’ll leave the sand snake subjugation mission to you. Isn’t a girl who just escaped from the bugs the perfect person for catching bugs?”

Vinesa doesn’t give missions to just anyone because the situation is urgent. It might be different if she changes the arrangement of the entire camp.

That’s why… … .

My heart is pounding… … .

Being assigned a solo mission goes beyond simple interests. It’s proof that you’ve been trusted by the lead pay querier.

“yes!”

Camilla wasn’t so foolish as not to know that… …but she wasn’t mature enough to suppress the excitement and emotion that welled up inside her from the depths of her heart.

“I will do my best to complete the mission you have given me!”

* * *

A sand serpent was seen advancing, its majestic body tearing at the axis of the earth.

The whole world trembles… … .

No, is it my hand that’s shaking…?

With a self-deprecating smile, he takes his feet out of the stirrups and squats down on the saddle.

‘The fourth form of the ten-letter alphabet is ‘bal (?).’

In the firing state, let the mana heart go berserk. When the hilt of the sword begins to shake, slightly pull out the blade and let the magical energy flow.

Use that current as a springboard.

Focus your power on the foot that steps on the vertical platform and rapidly push your body forward. This is called ‘shooting fast’.

At the same time, cast the 5th form, Sudden Strike.

In short, this is no different from adding an intermediate step of foothold formation to the link between the beginning and the deepening of the first step.

Shukak… … !

A sand snake opens its mouth and flicks its long tongue, then suddenly strikes one of its six eyeballs and deeply cuts it out.

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The magical power contained in the sudden attack, the magical power fluctuating in the blade, is condensed in the air before it disperses into the air current.

So, let’s use it as a stepping stone.

If you can secure a foothold, there isn’t much difference in what you need to do when performing a crosshair combo on the ground.

‘Okay, thanks to the Exploration Team’s strengthening technique, the cutting power has increased significantly… … Next!’

Avoid the sand snake’s counterattack, which roars and shakes its snout, by kicking off the platform and jumping.

And again forming a foothold.

This platform is a platform for attacking, a platform for shooting out concentrated magical power with each stroke.

Shukak!

The sand serpent’s mouth splits open sideways, and its painful cry shakes the desert. A thrilling shiver resonates through my body.

‘It’s happening! It’s happening! Just as I thought, just as I trained!’

Again, again, again!

Until I knock you down, again!

Chaeng, chaeng, chae chae chae chae chae… … !

Ah, no… … The Master said that you should never feel happy when cutting down a living being, so why is it so thrilling?

‘No, no.’

This wasn’t the thrill of cutting something down. It was a celebratory joy at finally being able to engage in aerial combat using magical power.

How many times did I cut it like that?

After repeating more than twenty slaughters in an instant while in a state of excitement, a crisis came along with the limits of his magical power.

“!”

The moment he was about to deliver the next blow, he was unable to react to the unexpected strength and speed displayed by the sand snake.

“Hey! Use your last bit of magic to create a foothold and fall back as far as you can!”

It was thanks to the lightning that struck the sand snake’s head that he was able to avoid that moment of crisis. A figure wearing a bamboo hat was visible in the distance.

The Osarius School is a group of people who follow the teachings of Archmage Rin, a master of brain magic.

As a battle mage, he was sad to be second to none, and he had reached a level where he could compete with the Rivendell School, the best combat school among the Eight Great Schools.

There, Shapell is a GLaDOS (4 star) level magician, one of only 10, and a magician belonging to the Blood Horse Corps. Even if he wants to be weak, he cannot be weak.

“That guy won’t be able to see for a while! He won’t be able to move! There’s no need to bother trying to subdue him!”

“yes!”

“Don’t be so dazed, get on your horse quickly! Rejoin the main force quickly before you get left behind!”

When we returned to our base after following Chapel through the ash storm, the commotion that had come so suddenly seemed to have subsided.

I’m back… … .

I’m back, alive… … .

After returning from another, much more intense and harsh mission, Asher caused a ruckus.

“Camilla! You solved the sand snake mission all by yourself?! Oh my god! That’s the kind of monster that gold-rank adventurers form parties to hunt!”

“No, I didn’t do much. Many wizards and witches came to support me… … and even Lady Shapell came at the end.”

“Everyone was praising you, so what! How was it, Shapell?”

Shapelle, who was under Asher’s gaze, reluctantly shrugged his shoulders.

“Well… … it was enough to grab the sand snake’s ankle.”

“So now you’re saying that instead of grabbing our ankles, you’re grabbing the sand serpent’s ankles?”

“Stop praising me. You’ve worked hard to establish military discipline, so what if you keep acting like this and become arrogant again?”

In the past, when I had just won the Prosecutor’s Cup, I would never have thought of taking on the Sand Snake.

but…….

After the Primitive Curse and the injection of the Dragon Blood Serum, I feel like my absolute strength and magical power have increased by at least three to four times. The knowledge I desperately learned from Asher and Shapell supported that power.

“That’s why I was able to do it. Thank you, Sister. Thank you, Mr. Shapell.”

At Camilla’s honest feelings, Eshir smiled brightly, and Chapelle coughed uncomfortably.

“I just told you so that the camp wouldn’t collapse if you were useful. There’s no need to thank me.”

“Then I will take back my thanks. Please return it to me. With interest.”

“What, Inma?”

“Ahahahahahahahaha! Camilla, being cute is cheating, but what if it becomes this fun! The balance of the world will collapse!”

Yeah, I could have… … .

Amidst Asher’s laughter, Camilla began to run away from the staff that Chappelle was swinging wildly.

Looking at that figure, at the girl’s back, Vinessa thought.

‘It’s only natural that you can do it. You are the disciple that my friend Mijari personally selected and raised, the one chosen by Laminea.’

However, the problem was that the innocent Laminea grew up receiving such precious care that she would show her teeth to me… … .

You just hatched from an egg.

While other guys are wriggling inside their eggs or in their mother’s arms, they come out into the world several times faster.

– Master, I just met one of Laminea’s disciples!

– I saw it too. She was nothing special.

– No! She may look like that because she’s so cute, but she actually has a great desire to improve herself. She wasn’t even afraid and even danced with me in swordsmanship!

– That girl?

– Yes! Well, he said he would be like me! So I promised! We’ll dance together later, with Renault and Aradmantel. Oh, I can’t wait.

Like Mijari and Laminea, you have the talent to bring laughter to a battlefield filled with the smell of blood with pure light.

That’s quite a talent.

It’s a talent that a guy like me can’t obtain even if he wants it.

‘Purify that light and grow into a proper adult, a warrior.’

So, walk with me. By your master Laminea’s side.

And someday, in a world where both I and that guy are dead and gone… … .

Walk beside my disciple Ashir, not as a priest or a friend, but as a companion on a mission.

‘Just like how Mijari and I were that kind of existence to each other… … .’

* * *

Even without the help of the Brain Heart Resonance Circle, the Blood Demon Corps was organically connected and formed a single group. Like a single living organism.

‘It’s amazing… … ‘

I was truly impressed.

I thought the Red Lotus Corps was great, but the Blood Demon Corps is even better.

Is this possible because we have always been together on the battlefield and worked together?

“Change horses. Move to the horse escort in the order of the first squad. During the time it takes to change horses, fill the empty positions of the other squads in a clockwise direction.”

It may be that it was precisely because they were a group of that kind that they were able to carry out the extraordinary act of breaking through the ruined zone.

Jinyoung was fine, until the 9th day.

The problem that threatened the very existence of the camp arose from the last 10 days.

“A large enemy appears at 3 o’clock, a Necron primitive army! The expected enemy strength is 100,000! It’s a huge army!”

Even now, I still can’t figure out how, amidst the volcanic ash and sandstorm, the sound of the wind and the noise of horse hooves…

Tick… ??… Tick tock tock tock… … .

Was it because the eerie sound of primitive skeletons clashing so clearly rang in my ears?

“We must defend the center line at all costs. Right flank, prepare for battle.”

As the primordial Necron army poured out of the sandstorm, lightning struck them in blinding lightning.

The Osarius School is a school that focuses on lightning magic, and lightning can be said to be Shapell’s specialty.

As the primitive people crumbled to ashes amidst the loud noise, more skeletons ran forward, trampling over the ashes.

“Camilla, get ready. It’ll only take a moment.”

Asher had already let go of the reins and was in a half-reclined position.

The tension before battle… … .

Camilla also placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, suppressing the tremors of her heart and breathing.

“Okay, sis. I’m ready.”