The Only Swordsman of the Magic Academy

10 – Knight of Virtue, Eden

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[A graceful line dwells on your sword.]

“Is this right..?”

The status window popped up a message, but I wanted to hear the answer from the master who taught me swordsmanship, not from the status window. Master nodded and reached for my head.

Although he couldn’t speak, he seemed to hear his voice.

-Good work.

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It was not a machine-like repetition of the training method embedded in the brain like the Huron training method, but the first achievement achieved through in-depth contemplation, master’s teachings, and hard work.

I was very proud and happy. The first fruit I obtained with my own power in this world was so sweet. Feeling the master’s hand wrapped around my head, I checked the skill information.

[Eden-ryu sword method (Lv1): The basic sword method that the king of knights, Edgar, customized for the seed Eden, who had no talent. The swordsmanship that had been unfolding for so long that the traces of the King of Knights completely disappeared in the world, Edgar’s color was erased and Eden’s color was strongly buried.

The first type of horizontal cutting▽

Cuts the enemy horizontally.

Type 2 Vertical Slash▽

Cuts the enemy vertically.

The 3rd type diagonal cutting▽

Cuts the enemy diagonally.

Type 4 stab ▽

Pokes the enemy.

Fifth formula ???▽

Unopened]

A simple swordsmanship that has already unlocked all four ceremonies even though the proficiency is only 1 level. The name of the sword ceremony was also common. Horizontal cuts, vertical cuts, oblique cuts, stabbing, that’s all.

However, knowing what kind of power these swordsmen with ordinary names possessed, I was able to accept them with pleasure. It was hundreds of times better to have a technology with an ordinary name and practicality than a technology with a flashy name and no value.

-Then let’s go to the next one.

“Yes!”

Eight days remain until the door to this dungeon is reopened and another person can enter. Before that, I had to learn everything I could learn.

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“Doesn’t it seem okay to do it like this here? It’s like this if you take out the power here, and give more power here.”

Booung-

The sword cuts through the wind and makes a sound. Certainly improved swordsmanship to show better power in certain situations than before. Seeing that, Master nodded.

[Your understanding of Eden-ryu swordsmanship greatly increases.]

[The level of Eden-ryu swordsmanship increases.]

Now, beyond simply learning, they were discussing swordsmanship with each other and thinking about how to wield a sword to show better swordsmanship in certain situations.

-You are definitely a descendant of him. The speed at which you get used to swordsmanship is different from mine.

If a character with all kinds of talents is not good enough, there is a problem. Rather, I think Eden’s mental strength, which developed the swordsmanship of the King of Knights to this point alone, even though he has no talent, is even more remarkable.

“It’s because of the great teacher’s teachings. If it wasn’t for the teacher, I wouldn’t have been able to get used to swordsmanship so quickly.”

This is not lip service. Eden, who could not show fancy techniques, practiced daily training at the extreme level of basic skills, and the teaching through those solid basic skills was to the point of being stuck in his head and body even though he could not understand the language.

If someone other than him had been my teacher, none of this would have been possible.

– No. Rather, I learned more. Teaching you gave me an opportunity to look back on myself, and I was able to reach the highest level of sword expert. The Sword Master… Is visible in front of you.

On the 8th day yesterday, Eden’s energy was vividly visible as he only had bones, and light burst out from his danteon, covering his entire body and sharpening his energy, announcing that he had become an expert.

From now on, only one stage is left for the sword master.

“You really don’t want to die anymore?”

Only one step was left in the dreamed state. If he said he didn’t want to die even now, I was even thinking of giving up the secretary of Yeokcheon.

The lack of magical power can be solved by eating the elixir like a hippo. Instead, the main characters will be very weak because they can’t take the elixir, but they will be able to do something.

-Didn’t you know… Even if I reached Sword Master, I would eventually die.

What he meant… I understand.

Aura that became stronger after reaching the highest level of Sword Expert yesterday. The bones containing that huge energy became weaker and weaker and became so fragile that they could break with the slightest shock.

I didn’t know it before, but now it’s obvious.

Originally, the bones receive all the energy that the muscles and flesh should share, so the burden on the bones is getting worse.

-I don’t want to rise to the point of killing more people after living an undeserved life.

The only way to prevent the collapse of the body. It kills people If you kill the same humans and take their lives, the scars on their bones will disappear and they will become harder than before.

The more humans you kill, the more you can escape from the current F-class skeletons and go beyond the skeleton warriors and ghouls, which are higher-level beings, and even reach the death knights, which are S-class monsters.

As a top-notch sword expert, he has the qualifications to become a death knight, obtains a body that is stronger than his human body, and continues training until one day he can reach the level he wanted.

However, Eden, who had not killed a single human so far and sent it back to its original place… Was dying in real time. Just for the reason that the level has risen.

Of course, he is barely holding on, but the moment he reaches the level of sword master he longed for, his bones will completely collapse without enduring the storm of intense energy.

‘This shouldn’t be the case…’

He rejected the fate of monsters and only practiced training after training, but now the fruits of that training are strangling him.

I couldn’t even imagine what Eden was feeling at this moment.

If I were him, he would have already become a death knight, resenting the sky and killing any humans who enter the dungeon.

To see what is at the end of the road I have walked.

‘But you wouldn’t.’

Because he is more noble and upright than anyone else.

– Raise your sword. There is not much time.

“…Yes.”

Even though it would be dangerous if I moved further, Eden is trying to teach me until the end. I raised the sword as he wished. Now I know that knights speak with their swords.

I catch the sword that is reaching towards me and read his will contained in the sword.

-Give some strength to the right thigh.

I took his sword and rightly pointed out the mistake I made.

I keep trying to reduce my mistakes, but since I’ve only been learning swordsmanship properly for 9 days, I’ve been repeating these minor mistakes to some extent, even though I’m good at theory.

Still, if the same point is pointed out 3 times, that part is no longer a mistake. Because I know that, Eden is trying to correct me until the end.

This time, Eden lightly kicks in between sword strikes. The swordsman said that he always had to be careful with his two legs to support the sword, and he would sometimes aim for his legs like this.

Since it was a pattern he had already suffered three times, he immediately bent his knees to block it, and lightly received the sword attack from above with both legs strong.

[Your understanding of Eden-style martial arts will increase.]

It is good to use it in parallel with swordsmanship, but I have learned martial arts so that I can respond without panic even in situations where the space is too small to wield a sword or in close-quarters combat.

The fighting technique was also very crude like Eden’s skill, but it was easy to learn and good to apply while using swordsmanship, so I thought I could use it usefully in the future.

Eden put down his sword when he couldn’t even tell how many hours he had been sparring.

– It’s done. There is nothing more to fix now.

Eden judged that all the minor mistakes I had made had disappeared and declared the end of the training.

“Not yet…”

He thought I couldn’t make any more mistakes, but I tried to dissuade him, thinking that it couldn’t end like this.

-This is the end of what you can learn from your master. I believe you can do well on your own for the rest of the way.

There was sincere trust in his will. How can you trust me that much?

“Because I… Am a descendant of the King of Knights…?”

Because I am his descendant? So are you trusting me?

– No. Because you are my one and only disciple I believe in my disciple, not the descendant of the King of Knights.

It wasn’t a painting just now. His will was transmitted to me through mighty magic. And his body began to disintegrate faster than before.

It was a tremendous burden to convey the words I just said. However, rather, he radiates his will as if he realized something in a situation where his death is approaching.

-hahahaha… You only see it when you’re about to die. Where is the end of my road…

A willingness closer to willingness than collapse.

Even after becoming a monster, the seeker who did not aim to evolve by accumulating morale, but tried to reach the end of the path only through pure training, was finally blooming.

Pass-

Of course, unlike his inner growth, bone powder falls from his body. With each more word of will, his body’s disintegration accelerated.

-I hate the sky. I hated the sky that gave me such a pitiful talent, and I thought I wanted to cut it. It’s absurd, but believing that one day it’s possible.

Eden forcibly holds his collapsing body through magic. He raised his sword towards the sky. His sword contains a storm of magical power.

– Now… I think you can cut it now… So take a good look. This will be my last teaching.

Soon the storm became a stream, embroidering countless stars around his sword.

The aura, the symbol of a sword master, dwells in Eden’s sword. And at the moment when his skull was pulverized, the sword with the stars drew a perfect line from top to bottom…

Eden-ryu sword method 5 – sky slash

The stars form lines and pour down. The dark sky full of dark clouds is split in half by a single line, and the blue sky is visible between them.

Dunjae, who had wielded a sword for a thousand years even though the sky had abandoned him, dared to cut the sky with a star in his sword.

As if acknowledging your efforts, the dazzling sun shines on his body.

With that light, even his skull disappeared and Eden’s body collapsed toward the floor, with only part of the bone remaining. I ran straight to the spot and heard his last will.

-Did I… Cut the sky…?

Master couldn’t see the scene he created because he could no longer see. You told such a master clearly what you had done.

“…Yes. The sky is cut…”

His body completely turned to powder, and the aura of his joy hovered around me.

Cutting down the sky, raising a disciple who will inherit it… As if they are blissful.

The noble knight, Eden, rested here.