Chapter 85 : Chapter 85
Chapter 85 Shallow Trick.
“He wasn’t a crap-for-brains idiot.”
Well, if he had a bad head, he would have already died in the black market.
Fighting risking one’s life is like that. From intelligence to physical ability, one can survive only by pouring out all possessed talents at full power.
“What is he doing?”
Adellian pointed at Piontek.
Piontek, having wiped the blood from his mouth, stared at Samir.
“Let’s end it.”
Samir spun the three-section staff and attempted an attack.
“D, dodge!”
“Piontek!”
“Dodge.”
Michelle’s words at the end are draining, but it cannot be denied that Piontek is in danger.
However, Piontek didn’t try to dodge or block. He just gazed at Samir attacking.
‘Look at the enemy and confirm myself.’
It is a basic attitude when engaging in combat. Piontek has never properly practiced this until now. Because he had fought solely by intuition. Thinking like that, he’s a guy with considerable talent.
“Woah!”
“Kyaaah!”
The moment Samir’s attack was about to reach Piontek, screams and cheers burst out consecutively from the spectator seats.
Piontek closed his eyes. Those with him shouted no. But there is nothing that cannot be. One must die once to be reborn.
“Empty yourself.”
And look closely at the emptied self.
***
Tap.
The three-section staff aiming for Piontek’s head stopped lightly. The spear had pierced the chain connecting the staff parts.
“Huh?”
Samir’s pupils dilated.
Clang!
The chain broke.
“What?”
As the third staff part fell, Samir was greatly flustered. She tried to block Piontek’s counterattack by spinning the remaining two staff parts frantically.
“Let me ask just one thing.”
Piontek said, withdrawing his spear.
“……What?”
“I said let me ask one thing.”
Samir thought it was Piontek’s low-quality trick. So she widened the distance and spun the staff even stronger. She even erected a stone wall using both Mana Circles.
“Doing that is usele…… Never mind. I’ll just ask. Why do you hate me?”
“What are you saying? Crazy bastard.”
“In my view, seems like you are crazy. Is there a reason to hate without reason?”
“Where is a person who hates without reason? I hate you because you act unlucky.”
Rumble!
A stone pillar soared from a place outside Piontek’s vision.
Bang!
The stone pillar broke and Samir’s staff popped out.
Piontek didn’t panic. His spear drew a graceful line and accurately struck the end of the shaking staff.
“How?”
“Because I see the flow.”
Piontek chewed over Maxim’s words to look at himself.
‘Looking at me, I feel the surroundings.’
He had only thought about how the power of mana would manifest. He thought magic that passed through patterns to produce big and strong power was the only best way. However, Maxim pointed to the opposite point. One must look inside. This meant to read the flow of mana.
Zzzzt.
Electricity popped out onto Piontek’s spear.
“Don’t block, dodge.”
He opened his left hand wide and raised the spear tip. And aimed at Samir. The electricity wrapping the spear ran across Piontek’s arm, upper body, and whole body.
Facing this, Samir felt a chill. Just like Piontek’s words, she felt she shouldn’t block. But she didn’t want to dodge. Becoming a foreign village wench by a single word from Piontek, yet dodging that guy’s attack? An impossible thing. Samir vowed not to dodge Piontek’s attack even if she got hurt greatly.
“Flash (Seomgwang).”
The electricity winding around Piontek emitted intense light. His figure turned pure white and became a single dot.
“Rock Castle (Amseong)!”
Samir also piled up stone walls layer by layer with all the strength she could muster.
Boom!
Rumble.
Kaboom!
Bang!
Sharp lightning connected diagonally and brought down the stone walls one after another.
Thwack!
Piontek’s spear touched the end of the broken three-section staff covering Samir’s chest.
Dozens, hundreds of cracks appeared on the three-section staff. Samir’s top was torn here and there by the electricity. Sharp wounds appeared on her swarthy skin.
Pa-ak!
The three-section staff shattered into pieces.
Samir rolled on the floor.
“Huu.”
Piontek, having landed the attack, vomited the breath he had been holding and looked at the fallen Samir.
Samir met Piontek’s eyes with a sad face. She realized her defeat. But she didn’t want to admit it.
“Cadet Piontek wins!”
The referee, reading the situation, announced the end of the match.
Piontek spat out the blood pooled in his mouth and approached Samir. And extended his hand.
“Don’t want it.”
Samir tried to raise her body alone. However, she couldn’t do so easily. Because her top was severely torn, revealing her bare skin explicitly.
“Wear this at least.”
Samir stared at the coat Piontek held out.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
“Why do you hate me, really?”
“Do you not remember?”
“…….”
Cold sweat filled Piontek’s face. He remembered absolutely nothing. But he could tell by a feeling-like feeling.
‘I made a mistake. A big one at that.’
Piontek swallowed a big breath and avoided Samir’s gaze.
“You don’t remember. Bastards who throw stones are all like that. Only the bitch who got hit is the cripple. Unlucky bastard.”
Samir slapped Piontek’s coat away. And she left the stadium in her underwear.
Piontek came down from the stadium with his head bowed. He won, but felt like he lost.
***
“What wrong did you commit?”
I cannot help but ask. The defeated opponent acted emotionally. So I can’t help but be curious.
“He must have spoken carelessly.”
Adellian shook her head with a face saying it was obvious.
At this, Piontek only moved his lips with a face saying he was wrongly accused.
“Or he would have answered no. Seeing him act like that, he looks like he doesn’t know what he said.”
“That is…….”
At Piontek’s reaction, Adellian shook her head.
“I, I remember.”
Everyone looked at Odekerkh.
“During field command co, collective training time…….”
“Ah! Ah…… Is that something so hurtful?”
I frowned at Piontek’s reaction.
Adellian looked at Piontek as if he was pathetic.
“How did you ignore her?”
“No, not ignoring. Just…… asking if there was reason to fight over forests or rivers, saying wouldn’t it be right to just go back and study how to fight in the desert.”
“Oh my, you told her to stop doing useless things and go home.”
“I didn’t mean it that way…….”
Adellian clicked her tongue. And said, ‘Speaking easily, you have to fix that.’
“Next match, Cadet Odekerkh! Cadet Von!”
The stadium, which was a mess, was neatly organized as if it had never been so.
Odekerkh climbed onto the stadium with a resolute face.
Von had a bigger build than Odekerkh. Although he is said to use the power of water, he felt like he would use only strength.
“Among cadets using the power of water, he’s on the trickiest side.”
The evaluation of Adellian, who uses the same power.
She said the attack of making multiple small water droplets and hitting at once is the most fatal.
So I said it’s a favorable board for Odekerkh.
“Why?”
“The wall that guy makes is harder than you think.”
Even when fighting Gwanju, he was active in his own way. Since he’s better now than then…… he must have improved by a speck of dust. So it will be difficult to break the wall with mediocre attacks.
“That would be good though…….”
Adellian and Piontek, who know the school well, made worried eyes. Piontek’s eye texture seems a bit different, but anyway it was so.
Me and Michelle shared the thought that Odekerkh would win and watched the match apathetically.
“Keuak!”
Von fell to Odekerkh’s sword. The referee spoke of Odekerkh’s victory and closed the match.
“Huh? World.”
“He wins that easily?”
The two idiots surprised by Odekerkh’s performance blinked their eyes.
“He’s a guy who fought not just with words of dying resolve but with the actual thought of dying. Growth is natural.”
Overcoming death brings a new realm. That is why Odekerkh’s 2nd Circle is different in quality from others’ 2nd Circles.
“Now the only one left is Maxim? The opponent is…….”
Following Adellian, everyone’s gaze headed to the group standing on the opposite side.
“It’s Jacques Dan.”
Worry was contained in Piontek’s expression and voice. The texture was different from the worry he had for other kids.
“J, Jacques Dan m, must be careful.”
Odekerkh, who had come down from the stadium before anyone knew, looked at Jacques Dan.
So I also looked at the same place. A guy with a scar on his face and drooping mouth corners was looking at me and laughing fishily.
“What needs to be careful?”
“He’s mean.”
“He’s a guy who does all sorts of things to win.”
The reaction of the two from Black Lion Class is intense.
“10-minute break!”
As the referee’s words fell, the spectators vacated their seats one by one. The martial arts tournament participating cadets also began to move. And the mean Jacques Dan who does all sorts of things to win strolled towards where I was. That appearance was exactly like a hyena coming to eat rotten meat.
“Yo! Rumors were rife.”
Jacques Dan stood looking at me. The guy let out a sneer and tapped my arm tap tap as if saying I was decent.
“Really? Who says I’m mean?”
“……What are you saying?”
“Some rumors say so? That you’re mean.”
“…….”
Jacques Dan’s face slowly hardened. Perhaps realizing this fact too, he forcibly moved his facial muscles.
Tap!
Repeated touching. Intentionally intended.
“Wow, it became interesting. It became interesting.”
“Better than boring. Don’t you think?”
“……Living seems to be fun for you. Did you have many enjoyable things while I didn’t see you?”
“There’s always a lot of work. Why? Want to try together? But looking at what you’re doing now. It’s perfect to die.”
Jacques Dan’s eyes narrowed and his brow crumpled heavily. He repeatedly let out snorts.
“Don’t beg to be saved later. Instead, if you’re scared, you can forfeit.”
“Not bad. If scared, forfeit.”
I very kindly said what Jacques Dan should do. But the guy’s reaction is cold beyond measure.
“I’ll make it really interesting, so absolutely do not forfeit.”
Jacques Dan walked out of the stadium emitting a feeling that he was done with his business.
I lightly spat out a breath through my nose and looked at the arm Jacques Dan repeatedly hit. There were several marks of being pricked by something sharp.
“Really doing all sorts of things.”
The pricked area is excessively pitch-black. Without asking what it was, I could know it was poison.
I opened the Mana Heart and circulated mana largely. Especially centering around the pricked area.
“Wh, what?”
Smoke rose from the body.
Seeing this, Odekerkh showed a surprised reaction.
“Burning useless energy.”
“Burning? What? With what?”
To Piontek’s question, I answered very kindly, ‘Impure energy into mana.’
“Two cadets to positions!”
Finally, my turn came.
Jacques Dan, standing on the stadium, stared at me.
“Attack first. I’ll make a big decision and yield to you.”
“Don’t particularly need it.”
“Phew, cripple. Can’t even eat when given. No wait. Since you can’t eat anyway?”
Jacques Dan sneered to the fullest and lowered his sword.
At that moment, I dug into the guy’s embrace.
“Uh? Uh uh?”
Flustered, Jacques Dan moved backward to widen the distance.
“Why? Surprised? You said you made a big decision and yielded. Is the big decision the size of a booger?”
“No! This bastard…… what happened?”
Clang!
Jacques Dan managed to block Dawn striking down with difficulty.
“Why? Did you think poison would do everything?”
“……!”
Thud!
Jacques Dan tripped on a leg and fell.
I drove the sword next to the guy’s face.
A thin cut appeared on Jacques Dan’s cheek. The guy made a sound close to a convulsion, ‘Hiiik!’ He even wet his pants.
“We haven’t even started, what if you’re already like this?”
Because when questioning starts, it will be worse than this.