Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 2

2. A Little Serious Story (2)

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Adessan de Acalucia.

The great general of the empire who reigns over a million armies and the duke of Akalucia.

A hero who saved countless lives by responding quickly to the arrival of the giants.

She was dying right in front of Ronan’s eyes, like a toy that had been bitten by a dog.

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“General Adeshan.”

Ronan frowned. Adeshan’s condition was nothing to behold.

The red uniform was torn and burst, and it had lost its function of covering the body. Blood was still leaking from his severely torn arm.

“Ronan… Corporal.”

Adeshan struggled to raise his upper body and lean against the wall. Gray eyes reminiscent of ashes stared at Ronan.

“How did this happen-”

“Wait, I’ll ask the question first.”

Adeshan took a few deep breaths before opening his mouth.

“What about Ahayute?”

“I killed him.”

“Are you sure?”

“There is a body not far away.”

“……is it.”

Adeshan twitched her lips. A single tear ran down his dirty cheek. She looked up at the ceiling, blinked a few times, and muttered in a low voice.

“Is he dead?”

Adeshan shook her legs and raised herself. Ronan ran quickly and helped her.

“thanks.”

“It was something I had to do.”

“I don’t have time… now. You are a hero. A hero who

saved the world. ”

Ronan, who caught a glimpse of the wound on her arm, cursed in her mouth, white bones exposed through the tattered flesh

. ”

“Yes? You called me on a whole tone. Help me.”

“I only wanted to know if the monster was alive or dead. As I said, I have no time.”

“I have to do my best, though.”

Ronan took off his coat. His well-trained body, like a beast, was full of scars. He began tearing the shirt he had taken off into long pieces. He intended to use it instead of a bandage. “You’re stubborn, too.

”

“I’ll tell you in advance, but it’ll hurt a lot. You might pee or pass out.”

“It doesn’t matter. If you’re going to do it, do it quickly.”

“going.” Ronan began to tightly tie the area that needed to stop the bleeding with a cloth. Each time the cloth tightened

,

the pooled blood tore the wound and spurted out

.

“thank god.”

The two of them were sitting side by side on a rock, and Adeshan’s complexion, covered with cloth, was noticeably improved compared to before

.

“You didn’t become a general just because of your beauty.”

“…You have a better sense of humor than it looks.”

Ronan shook his head as if he was fed up. Is it because he is a human who has developed an aura? The speed of recovery is unusually fast

.

Ronan was half naked except for his pants. Unlike Adeshan, his complexion was deteriorating over time. Adeshan clicked his tongue when he saw him spit blood

. is the number of companions on the road to the underworld.”

“The general might be able to live. As long as the rescue team comes in time.”

“Isn’t that the same for you?”

“No, I can’t live.”

“On what grounds are you jumping to conclusions?”

“I just felt it when I stood up after hearing the General’s telegram. I’m dying.”

A smile hung on Ronan’s lips as he said that, Adeshan asked, puzzled,

“Then why are you laughing? They say you’ll die soon.”

“Well…I almost went really futile…”

Ronan lowered his eyes and looked at his waist. The sword he hadn’t taken off his body since leaving his hometown was nowhere to be seen. I felt empty, but I didn’t feel any more emotion than that

.

“You are a very strange person.”

The two talked about this and that. Adeshan was a person with a much more flexible mind than he thought. Ronan was surprised to learn that she was from a commoner like him. “If you could go back alive, what would you like to do?

”

“Because I die.”

“So you said if.”

“I want to go to the sea with the White Rose Knights. Everyone naked.”

“It’s a pretty good dream. Anything else?”

“Um…I want to go to the academy once.”

“Are you talking about the knight academy?”

“Wherever. I want to learn about Aura, and I want to try magic…” ”

Was the rumor that the Aura didn’t bloom was true? How did you catch Ahayute?”

“It was because sticking together was fucking right, but after cutting off the wings, there was nothing special. Attacks were parried or avoided, and when there was an opening, I opened it.”

“If you had heard the Sword Master, you would have fainted from foaming. You must apologize to all the hard workers.”

“True General.”

Ronan continued talking while making eye contact with Adeshan

.

“Our kids were vulgar, but they were decent guys.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Please take care of the corpses under the authority of the General. Originally, the rule is to throw away the corpses of fallen punitive troops as they are or collect them and burn them, but this time, if it weren’t for those bastards, we really couldn’t have won.”

“Corporal.”

“Please. It would be better if you put up a memorial stone or something.”

Ronan’s eyes were a mysterious scarlet like the sunset. Adeshan looked into his eyes for a long time and nodded belatedly,

“Thank you, General.”

“Hmm, if I make that promise, I’ll have to live somehow.”

“It’s okay to live… even for the sake of the dead… kuck!”

Suddenly, blood gushed out of Ronan’s mouth, no matter how you looked at it, the amount was not normal, and for the first time, confusion appeared on Adeshan’s face

.

“The rescue team…will come tomorrow…until then…”

“Corporal, get up.”

Even if I touched it with my leg, the answer did not come back

.

She looked at Ronan’s profile, the sound of teeth clashing leaking from between his half-open mouth, his long dark eyelashes fluttering like candlelight in the wind

.

“Adeshan turned her head. Blood flowed from her chewed lips. She didn’t have the confidence to watch Ronan die. She thought she had blunted it enough after three lives, but it seemed that she still had human emotions.

” General…”

At that moment, a dreamy voice flowed from Ronan’s mouth. Adeshan smiled and said,

“The corporal is alive.”

“The sound of rain… has stopped.”

“hmm?”

Adeshan closed his mouth and listened. As he said, he could not hear the raindrops pounding on the ceiling incessantly. The rays of light leaking through the cracks in the rocks were drawing scarlet lines. “Yes, the rain seems to have stopped.

”

“Something…strange.”

“What do you mean by strange…”

Kwaaang!

Suddenly, a roaring sound resounded as if the heavens and earth were shaking. An intense group of lights poured over the heads of the two.

“What?”

Adeshan raised her head hurriedly. The rock that served as the ceiling was gone and the sky ablaze with the sunset was revealed.

Her expression contorted as she looked up at the sky. An unbelievable sight was unfolding.

“Damn it.”

Innumerable giants were descending from the blazing sky. It was the fluttering of their wings that stirred up a gale that lifted the clouds and stopped the rain. The wind that blew across the ground raised her hair like fire

. Wasn’t it?”

She looked at the descending giants with empty eyes. Among them, there were giants with as many as six wings, and even eight. Even at a glance, they looked stronger than Ahayute. “Did I fail again this time…

?

” The approaching giant swung his arm. A spear of light rushed straight towards Adeshan. She closed her eyes resignedly. She could not avoid it and did not want to avoid it. Then a shadow passed before her

eyes

. !

The spear of light split in half with a sharp bang.

Adeshan opened her eyes. Ronan stood in front of her. Her sword was clutched in her trembling hand.

“Corporal.”

“Do you know how to use psychokinesis magic or wind magic? Anything…by floating it…

”

“Damn it! Knives can’t reach here!”

Every time Ronan let out a rough breath, there was a terrible smell of blood. Anyone could see that he was far beyond his limit. Even so, he was thinking of swinging his sword at the giants. The sword can’t reach here. That one word is Adeshan

‘s Recovering her senses, she kicked off the ground and threw herself at Ronan, down a steep slope behind her

.

The two tangled and rolled down the slope, and when they reached the level, it looked like Adeshan was sitting on top of Ronan’s chest

.

Ronan’s eyes widened. Adeshan’s lips covered his own. The loose hair tickled his nose and eyes.

Ronan felt something like a cold bead flowing inside with saliva. The taste of unknown blood. Adeshan pushed the marble with his tongue and opened his mouth,

“Swallow.”

Ronan did so without hesitation. He felt the beads travel down his gullet. In the sky, dozens of giants formed a circle in the sky, preparing to throw spears

. What I just swallowed is an orb that turns back time. It’s the secret that I, a tailor’s daughter, became a general. I lived three lives with this.”

“What bullshit are you talking about!”

“Sounds like it. So did I. This treasure can turn back time a total of four times, but I used it all but once. You don’t have to tell me why, do you?” Adeshan raised the tip of his chin

and pointed to the sky. The surrounding light was converging into the hands of the giants, forming the shape of a spear.

Even I couldn’t understand it. I think that’s the key to averting the apocalypse.”

“Shit! Get out of the way!”

“If you want to learn, go to Phileon. It’s a place where talented people like Giraseong gather, so it will definitely help.”

As soon as Adeshan finished speaking, the rain of spears poured down. There were as many spears as there were giants. Even with wings, it was impossible to escape

. ”

“Adeshan!”

The son-in-law turned white. Their eyes met. The last time I saw her, she was neither smiling nor crying, making a strange expression. “I’ve tried everything, but nothing like it.

”

The flying spear pierced both of them at the same

time

.

Ronan rose to his feet, hurriedly looked down at his chest, but there was no hole in his

chest

. was surrounding Beside him lay a long stick used for herding sheep.

At the bottom of the hill was a small village. On the river that winds through the village, children were playing on rafts.

Memories did not take long. Ronan chanted the name of his hometown as if calling a dead person.

“Nimburton.”

It felt like a long dream. Ronan reached out and touched his lips. The sensation of the sudden kiss was still vivid. Adeshan’s words about the treasure that turns back time came to mind.

“Are you really… back?”

He groped all over his body. It was the boy’s body that hadn’t been broken yet. Maybe fifteen at most? After pinching his thighs and doing somersaults, Ronan realized that the current situation was not a dream.

“Hey, you’re really back.”

The flood of memories flooded my head. The food I ate, the song I liked, the star-filled sky I looked up to while wandering, and the people I lost forever. And…

“Sister.”

Suddenly, a person’s face appeared on the surface of the water. Returning to the past also meant that she was still alive. his only family. A kind sister who lost her life at the hands of giants without ever meeting her runaway brother.

“Iril sister.”

After chanting, Ronan picked up a stick. His pace, which had been getting faster and faster, eventually became a full-on run. Soon the house where he lived came into view.

However, as the car had almost come down the hill, an annoying noise stopped him.

“On time! money! What to bring! no!”

“sorry! sorry!”

Under a huge oak tree on a nearby hill, boys about Ronan’s age surrounded and stomped on a boy who looked less than ten years old. Among the giggles were a few faces Ronan knew.

“hmm? Is that guy…?”

One of them was unusually familiar. He was a boy with bright red hair, and he stood out all the more because he was exceptionally short. Is your name Asher? Ronan touched his chin and recalled his past memories.

“…wasn’t it a wizard?”

Ronan, who was worried, turned around. Even if it wasn’t because of Asher, he didn’t like the way the kids beat the kids.

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