The Duke’s Madness - The Duke’s Madness chapter 98

Arthur, who was heading to the gymnasium for his swordsmanship test, thought.

‘2 years? 3 years? Is it a rematch?’

It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long, but it felt quite new.

That’s also true, because the self I was then when I crossed swords with Elin Leverkusen and now are completely different.

‘Because I just returned to the past… There were only gnomes and undines.’

Even the gnomes and undines were low-level spirits at the time.

So, when confronting Elin Leverkusen, Arthur used an expedient.

He gave his body and took his head.

‘Of course I didn’t cut my throat… hmm. It was a very ignorant way to think of it.’

Going in to be stabbed by a stabbing wooden sword?

Thinking back on it, it couldn’t have been so crazy.

‘You don’t have to do that crazy thing anymore, do you?’

You will probably win easily.

To be honest, I was confident that I would win against Knowles, a swordsmanship professor, but Elin was no match for me yet.

‘Are you saying that you start by getting one A+?’

It was a time when Arthur, who raised the corner of his mouth, did not hide his anticipation.

A familiar voice came from afar.

“Arthur Bayern!”

When I turned my head, I saw Leon gasping for breath.

Arthur tilted his head and asked.

“What’s going on, Prince?”

“Whatever it is, I came to talk to you.”

“With me? what conversation?”

After catching his breath, Leon’s eyes lit up.

“Hey, what did you do last weekend?”

“Is it the weekend?”

“I told you! Because of you, the back streets aren’t a mess right now! Not only the Seven Emperors and the pirates, all forces are watching you!”

At Leon’s words, Arthur shrugged.

“Did you kill him?”

“… who?”

“The pirates whose names I don’t know, and Barance, the third tree of the Seven Emperors.”

“… … .”

Leon opened his mouth.

Arthur, who was watching, burst into exclamation.

‘oh my god… A person can look so stupid.’

I used to be a stupid person, but now I’m a bit hideous.

At that moment, Leon, who calmed down his expression, muttered, stuttering.

“Pirates aside… Balance, the cedar of the Seven Emperors… Kill?’

“Is that such a surprise?”

“It’s a surprise, man!”

“… ?”

“Chi, the cedar of the seven emperors is a royal magician-level magnate, but you killed him!”

Arthur shrugged.

“I know that too?”

“But you are so carefree!”

“Then what are you surprised about?”

“… … .”

Leon shut his mouth.

After that, I thought deeply and clapped my hands.

“Is that right again?”

“Right? So don’t make too much fuss, Prince. In a way, only one wanted bounty died.”

Arthur’s answer raised Leon’s eyes in genuine surprise.

‘No matter how you look at it… I can’t understand this way of thinking.’

In the meantime, Arthur moved and headed for the gymnasium.

Leon, who came to his senses belatedly, followed suit.

“… uh! Why bother chasing after me!”

“I have to follow you! How many stories I have to hear from you!”

“I won’t!”

“I will listen! I’ll have to listen at all costs this time!”

While we were bickering, we arrived at the gymnasium.

The students who had already gathered blinked their eyes when they found such Leon and Arthur.

“That again… What combination is it?”

“Last and… A failing student?”

“Isn’t that a strange combination?”

Leon Madrid is Arcane University’s most famous dropout.

His seven failures are a staggering number that has not been broken in Arcane University history.

And Arthur Bayern was a failed student in a different sense in the swordsmanship lecture.

It was because Professor Knowles had scored last in a test he had taken.

‘The last student and failing student in our swordsmanship class… .’

‘hmm… Are they playing with each other?’

‘But again, looking at their status, they’re not like that… .’

At that time, Professor Knowles appeared after Arthur Bayern.

“Everybody quiet!”

At his cry, the students shut their mouths, and Arthur and Leon, who had been bickering, also turned their gazes.

In the meantime, Professor Knowles, who was looking around the class, frowned.

“… Are you sleeping there?”

Leon rose boldly from his seat.

“Yes Professor!”

“You’re not even a student in this class, so why are you here?”

“It is for observation.”

“… Observation?”

“yes! If you permit me, I would like to see Dalian!”

It was the moment Professor Knowles, who blinked for a moment, was about to shout something.

Another harsh voice echoed through the classroom.

“… Sorry for the delay, Professor.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to where the voices had come from.

“… uh?”

“Eh, Elin Leverkusen?”

“Is Elin Leverkusen now?”

The students who opened their mouths could not hide their surprise.

That’s also because the appearance of Elin Leverkusen standing at the entrance of the gymnasium was close to a ‘dead man’.

But it wasn’t the appearance that surprised the students.

Whoop-!

A wild aura welled up from her entire body.

Unrefined mana became a sharp spear and stabbed in all directions.

“… !”

The more circles the students took off, the stronger they reacted to the energy.

I couldn’t help but be shocked by that.

‘Do, what the hell did you do?’

‘Circle 3… No, this is the 4th circle, isn’t it?’

‘oh my god… 4th circle at 17?’

genius, genius

There was no shortage of this modifier for today’s Elin Leverkusen.

Professor Knowles was no different.

‘That’s… What kind of state do you mean?’

In the meantime, he taught countless students and produced a 7th circle swordsman, but he has never seen a student as outstanding as Elin Leverkusen.

‘The 4th circle of a 17-year-old… If it grows properly, it’s a growth rate that even a sword master can do.’

Hollan Leverkusen.

It is said that he reached the same level as the most famous lion in the north of the empire.

Because of that, while Professor Knowles did not hide his admiration, Elin looked away.

Arthur, who met that gaze, blinked his eyes for a moment, then smiled.

“… hmm.”

At that smile, Elin also burst out laughing, then went back to the empty seat and sat down.

Leon, who was next to him, watched the scene and whispered.

“… Doesn’t it look easy?”

“yes?”

“It’s the 4th circle! Your stage is the 4th circle!”

Arthur nodded graciously.

“It was. Until three days ago.”

“… What do you mean?”

“There is, something like that.”

After answering, Arthur looked at Professor Knowles.

Just in time, Professor Knowles, who had been looking at Elin, declared.

“I will start the exam right away!”

“… … .”

“The test method is very simple. Do all you can, defeat the opponent in sparring!”

“… !”

“It was announced in advance, so I believe everyone was familiar with it. Then let’s start the test right away!”

Along with his words, the students swallowed dry saliva.

Professor Knowles, who was watching him, brightened his eyes.

“The first sparring was with Elin Leverkusen.”

“… !”

“And Arthur Bayern. Let the two of you come forward.”

Elin got up from her seat and headed toward the middle of the gymnasium without hesitation.

“hmm… be the first nice.”

Arthur also got up from his seat and headed to the middle of the arena.

The two stood facing each other and grabbed the wooden sword that Professor Knowles was handing over.

“… … .”

At that time, when they watched each other for a while and started a search battle, Elin opened her mouth.

“I won’t lose like that time, Arthur.”

Arthur laughed.

“is it so? hmm… I look forward to it, Elin.”

“Are you comfortable?”

“As long as you have a sword, what if you can’t afford it? If you can’t afford it, you mean you’re in danger of dying?”

Elin’s eyes widened slightly.

“… Then I can’t afford it now. Because you will lose.”

Arthur didn’t answer.

Elin didn’t want an answer either, so he took a deep breath.

‘Did I provoke you too much?’

I was worried at the sudden thought, but I immediately shook my head.

‘no… If I don’t do this, I’ll be nervous and I won’t be able to show off my skills.’

The man who gave me the first defeat.

And the man who shocked me.

‘Three years ago yes… I can call it luck.’

The luck brought about by my carelessness and Arthur Bayern’s bold judgment.

could be so dismissed.

‘But what about the blow I saw then?’

The sum of Arthur Bavaria, which was shown during the first test of the swordsmanship lecture.

That sum had not left Elin’s mind ever since the sparring with Arthur Bayern was concluded.

‘That blow… No luck. I can’t strike a blow like that with luck.’

The sharpness drawn in the softness.

That graceful blow is like my grandfather.

It reminded me of Hollan Leverkusen’s swordsmanship.

Because of that, Elin went into closed training.

This is because he could not lose to Arthur Bayern again.

‘We need an overwhelming gap that won’t work even with variables.’

After training like that, she eventually broke the wall and achieved results.

Ugh-!

4th circle over 3rd circle.

He finally reached the verge of being able to use his sword skills.

‘… okay. There’s no way I’ll ever lose at this level.’

Elin put a confident smile on his lips.

‘This is enough… No matter what happens, I will win against Arthur.’

After that, I planned to do what I had been thinking about all along.

‘My heart to Arthur…’

Then Professor Knowles declared.

“Let the test begin!”

Elin raises her wooden sword.

Arthur also raised his wooden sword.

“… … .”

The students swallowed dry saliva at the tension that had settled between the two.

In the meantime, Elin, who was searching for Arthur, brightened her eyes.

‘now!”

With that judgment, Elin’s model was launched.

“… !”

The moment Professor Knowles and the students opened their mouths involuntarily at that tremendous speed, Arthur’s sword also moved.

Elin, who was about to raise the sword, hesitated momentarily.

“… uh?”

With a scream of despair, her world began to go dark.

Through the dim vision that remained, I saw a smiling Arthur Bayern.

It was the last scene that Elin remembered after starting the sparring.

* * *

A heavy silence dwells in the arena.

“… ?”

In that atmosphere, everyone looked at Elin Leverkusen, who collapsed on the floor with his mouth open.

“Elin Leverkusen… lost?”

That, too, was not a defeat at the end of fierce sparring, but a single sum.

Arthur Bayern collapsed to the floor in one match.

“… her?”

“Um, what happened?”

“Is your foot twisted?”

“Is that so? It’s not… My feet are not twisted.”

Amidst the bursting whispers, the wooden sword Elin was holding dropped.

Pajijik-!

Elin Leverkusen’s wooden sword split in two as if he had been waiting for that moment.

The students could not hide their surprise at the sight.

“… … .”

The fact that the wooden sword broke was the fact that this defeat was determined by skill, not luck.

At that moment, a belated exclamation burst out among the students watching the match.

“oh my god… .”

“Mi, crazy!! The real Arthur Bayern won!?”

“and… What’s happening?”

“Has there ever been such an incident in the history of Arcane University? ?”

It was when the battleground suddenly became noisy with shouts.

Professor Knowles muttered with his mouth open.

‘what… You mean?’

Arthur Bayern.

An ordinary student who has gone unnoticed since the beginning of the swordsmanship lecture.

Of course, during the first test, he showed off his bizarre swordsmanship, but he was not at the level of being called a genius.

But now, no matter what happened, he has become a monster beyond common sense.

Elin Leverkusen collapsed with just one shot.

An unbelievable blow that is hard to follow even with my own eyes.

At the same time, even the aura of mana felt implicitly.

When Professor Knowles, genuinely surprised by that, was at a loss for words, Arthur turned his head away.

“Who is the winner of the Dalian, Professor?”

“… !”

Professor Knowles, who came to his senses at the question, looked at Arthur for a moment.

I saw low, sunken eyes that could not be seen as shaking.

‘This victory… Arthur Bayern was sure.’

The moment he realized that fact, Professor Knowles declared.

“Winner Arthur Bayern.”

The corner of Arthur’s mouth went up.

“The winner of the match between Elin Leverkusen and Arthur Bayern is… It is Arthur Bayern.”