The Greatest Man in the World Hides His Power

14 – Defense Battle – 2

At dawn, the dew of the morning wets the manor, and people who feel the coolness get up and head to work.

A place where you go home in the evening after a busy day as usual and greet the end of a happy day with your family.

The place where most people enjoy a monotonous but extremely peaceful life, nothing to be called a deviation, is Starin Yeongji.

There is no sudden fight with sword spirit in a bar, no drawing of a weapon just because of eye contact, no murderer who mercilessly cuts people to test his weapon.

Likely, an ordinary and peaceful place was Starin Yeongji.

That’s why I liked it.

It is a quiet place.

It is a peaceful place that is hard to find in a noisy and busy atmosphere.

I wanted a place like that.

Wake up in the morning, meditate, have breakfast without worries, finish the day’s work, and when work is over, have a drink with your colleagues or drinkers you often see at a bar, and come back to sleep.

I wanted a life that anyone could enjoy without anything special.

That’s why the star Yeongji had no choice but to become a special place for me too.

Although it is not the place where I was born, it has already become a place that can be called the hometown of my heart.

“I can’t forgive monsters who try to disturb the peace of the Stein Territory.”

“That’s a good attitude.”

The only ones in the east of the territory, in the direction of the rising sun, were me and Cecil.

Other troops were waiting inside the territory to prevent a possible diversion while preparing for support from the south and confusion inside the territory.

“High-ranking monster… I think it’s probably Minotaur. Do you know anything about Minotaur?”

“I don’t know much about monsters.”

“It’s a giant monster with a cow’s head. And some of its corpses are used as ingredients.”

“I see.”

“It’s one of the hardest monsters to deal with. Its strength is not average, and once it appears, the damage is not small.”

“Things like that attack the manor. I don’t know if this star manor is great or not.”

“Occasionally, high-ranking monsters appear in the monster forest. They seem to have been defeated in a power struggle…”

Well, considering the huge demon in the center of the monster’s forest, it’s understandable.

The gigantic demon I felt the other day calls for monsters. It is not only low-level monsters like goblins that are attracted to that monster, but also high-level monsters like Minotaur.

If you gather like that, an ecosystem of monsters will be created, and in the process, territorial disputes will inevitably arise.

“I heard that it’s a peaceful place, but unexpectedly it has dangerous parts like this.”

“I told you. It’s not as peaceful as you think. And danger from monsters is everywhere in the world.”

I guess so. It’s not like monsters appear somewhere and don’t appear anywhere.

“I heard that in other countries, there are cases where monsters appear in the capital city. Well, except for that part, I guess you could say it’s a peaceful place in its own way. Ah. Here it comes.”

It was as Cecile said. Dust was visible in the distance. You can see three humanoid monsters several times larger than humans with the head of a cow running madly towards this place.

A demon of that level should be considered to have combat power superior to that of a first-class master when hit with a demonic bridge.

“Begin.”

Cecile took out her staff and quietly chanted. With her spell, dark clouds began to gather in the sky.

– Rumble… Boom!!

That dark cloud summoned a golden dragon. Through weather manipulation, he created dark clouds from the sky and dropped lightning.

– Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!

Hana Minota, who had been running with the cry of a cow, rolled on the floor. The other minotaurs who saw it changed direction and headed towards Cecil, and I lightly stepped on the advance and swung my sword.

– Sudden!!

The second Minotaur’s body is divided into an upper and lower body. The remaining Minotaur hurriedly stopped her steps, as if feeling embarrassed by the body of the Minotaur rolling on the floor with all the force she was running towards. She then turned her body back to the way she had come and tried to run away.

-Quaaa!!

The spear of lightning struck again. Minota’s body was browned by the golden lightning.

The smell of grilling meat is deadly.

“Whoa.”

One weather manipulation, two lightning strikes.

Cecile let out a small sigh after casting a total of three spells.

By the way, this woman is also quite good. Because it was no different than catching a first-class master of the Demonic Cult in one blow. If she was a midfielder, she would have been treated as a master enough to make a name for herself.

“It’s much better than I thought. Is that sword skill?”

“It’s similar. But I didn’t expect you to know swordsmanship.”

“There are people who use similar techniques in the academy. Do you know about the academy?”

“I know roughly. Didn’t you say magic academy?”

“To be precise, the academy is divided into two, the Magic Academy and the Knight Academy. I only belong to the Ministry of Magic… But that doesn’t mean I don’t interact with the Knight Academy. I also know the theoretical part of swordsmanship to some extent. .”

I see. It’s not something I’m particularly interested in, so I didn’t dig deep into it.

“Are you interested in Knight Academy?”

“No.”

Let’s say you entered the knight academy.

Anyway, since it is also an educational institution, there will inevitably be a ranking division, and if I participate in that process, I will definitely go up.

And if you continue to rise, you might rise to the number one position in the world again.

That’s a specification.

“Really?

Sword Saint. A master’s realm that only four exist on the continent.

I heard at a bar that one of the current Sword Saints was tired of being challenged by elves and was fleeing to the elves’ forest.

If you think about that, it seems that there is not much difference between here and Moorim or the unmanned world.

“Because a person of the level of a swordsman must always accept a challenge.”

“It’s annoying. That’s it.”

As expected, let’s not enter the academy.

I made up my mind and turned my attention to Minota’s corpse.

“But what about the expensive ones?”

“Antlers and tendons are often used as materials. Grind bones and spread them in the field to help crops grow.”

“Is leather useless?”

“Not so much. There are many leathers that are stronger. The horn is the most expensive thing among minota corpses. It is used as a material for making good bows. Cheonyoung. Can you cut it?”

“It’s not difficult.”

A large horn was taken from the corpse of two minotaur that were well-done and smelled like grilled beef, and one that had its upper and lower body separated.

After returning with six horns the size of an adult forearm well taken care of, Cecil pulled out tendons from inside the corpse using telekinesis magic. Are there only bones left? While he was thinking of burning it all up with his inner energy, Cecile moved first.

– Hwareuk!!

Black flames created by swinging the cane attached to the corpse. A small fire quickly turned into a large fire that started to burn flesh, hide, and intestines.

Cecile looked at the work to leave only the bones indifferently, looking at me with a sour expression.

“I’m going to have a steak for dinner tonight.”

“That’s fine.”

The smell of grilled beef is so good. I’m going to have beef steak for dinner tonight too.

How long did he have to wait to come back with six minotaur horns, a bag of tendons, and quite a few bones? Elan and Atram returned as if the fighting had ended in the south as well.

Fortunately, neither seems to be seriously injured.

“Wow. Did Minota come out?”

Seeing what we brought, Elan widened her eyes. Toward her, Cecil tapped the horn of her minotaur and spoke indifferently.

“Hmm. Elan. I think I can make a new bow for you with this.”

“That’s nice. If it’s an academy ticket, Gakgung is reliable. How much should I pay?”

“It’s okay. There’s a technician I know, so I’m going to ask you to make it. Since I’ve cleared my debts like this, I’ll make it for you.”

Cecile spoke calmly and wiped her tired-looking face with the palm of her hand several times. Then she left Lucy behind her and went up.

“Her sister seems very tired.”

“Didn’t you use lightning magic twice to manipulate the weather? You must be tired.”

Did you see it from the south too? In fact, if the dark clouds were gathering in the dry sky, it would have been enough to see it from the south.

“Hey, Chunyoung. How are you?”

“Ha ha ha. I caught one too.”

“As expected. That’s great. Catching a minotaur. I’m still too young.”

“Can I teach you something?”

“That’s great!! Then I’ll buy you dinner!”

“Then beef steak, please.”

If Atram becomes stronger, it will be easier to keep the peace in the territory.

It’s not like he’s never taught anyone, and Atram has his own skills, so if he learns a little more, he’ll be able to raise it to a decently usable state.

“Let’s do it on the lawn outside the mansion.”

“Can I?”

“What’s not going to happen? Don’t worry. I won’t roll hard from day one.”

I’m just going to make it simple and simple.

***

On the lawn seen through the window, Atram was being guided by Cheonyoung. Cecile clenched her fists slightly as she stared at Atram, who shouted cheers and swung her sword, and at Chunyoung, who looked after him.

“Ugh…”

The aftereffects of using strong magic in succession are great. Weather manipulation, and lightning strikes. The burden caused by using two advanced magics in a row was not small.

“…Awesome.”

Even he, who had a sage’s degree, used this amount of strength to catch one of the minotaurs. But what about Chunyoung?

It was a single sword. How much effort did it take to catch one Minotaur?

I did listen to Atram.

He never used more than distance when dealing with monsters.

But I can’t believe that’s a story that even applies to high-ranking monsters.

Cecil’s heart was pounding at the fact that Cheonyoung was much stronger than he had thought.

Gently stroking her dizzy head, she walked over to her desk and opened her own study notebook.

Flicking through her densely written notebook, she found what she was looking for and stopped at one page.

“Maybe he can.”

What is written on the page where her hand stopped is an artifact that the academy has been studying for a long time.

It was the ‘magical sword from the other world’.