Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 212

212. King of the North (6)

#212

A sting shot like a comet pierced Barka’s chest. It was a speedy sword attack that was incomparable to the one seen in Jager’s room. Barca gasped at the intense pain that seemed to set fire to her body.

“Huh…!”

“Take it away.”

Ronan twisted the blade vertically and lifted it up. The red sword body cut through bones and intestines and quickly moved north. If I continued like this, my head would split in half from the bottom. Barca, who displayed superhuman strength, threw herself to the side.

“Ah-evil!”

Chew! A twisted blade ricocheted through his right flank. Responding to this speed was Jaifa’s younger brother. Ronan, who grabbed the knife with a full turn, clicked his tongue.

“Persistence.”

“Do you think I will be treated like this!”

Intestines were leaking from the torn side. Somehow he escaped death, but it must have been fatal enough, but he had great tenacity.

At that moment, the sparkling mana that rose over Barka’s shoulder became even stronger. I hadn’t noticed it until now, but it was almost the same size as the bishops. Barca, who pushed Ronan away with a big swing of his arm, let out an angry roar.

“Kuaaaaa!!”

In an instant, Barca’s physique almost doubled. Ronan raised his eyebrows. It was one of the abilities Ahayute used on the battlefield in the past.

‘Is that the authority he received?’

The wounds on his chest and side were also healing quickly. The swelling robes tore apart, revealing a scar-covered upper body. Barca, now more muscular than Zaifa, swung her claws.

“die!”

It was a much stronger and sharper attack than before. Of course, it didn’t matter if it was or not. Ronan responded by charging head-on without avoiding it. The elegantly turned sword passed through Barca’s left arm. Awesome! A cleanly severed forearm fell onto the deck. Covered in hot blood, Ronan indifferently recited.

“Do you still have money left?”

“Huh! Uh how…!”

Barka, horrified, looked at her severed left arm. The impossible was happening. Is this guy really human?

Something had to be done, but there was no time to plan. Sugak! Ronan’s slash, which flew right away, cut through Barka’s neck.

“Big…billion!”

Barca’s eyes widened as if they would pop out. Fortunately, he was able to avoid being decapitated by leaning back, but about half of his neck was severed. The blood spurted out like a shot drenched the sea.

‘I will die at this rate.’

Consciousness was blurring. Only then did Barca realize that he could not defeat Ronan in hand-to-hand combat. Having made up his mind on something, he slammed the deck with his remaining right arm. Wow! The ship was split in half and smashed. Rising spray covered the sky.

“What the fuck!?”

“Grrruk…!”

Barca sank into the water as it was. Ronan, who had lost his balance, was about to fall. A beluga whale waiting in advance propped up his back with its head. Thanks to this, he was able to ride on the whale’s back without falling into the water. Adeshan’s voice came from behind.

“Ronan! are you okay?!”

Adeshan was approaching on another dolphin. Ronan, who was quick to take action by controlling the mind of the dolphin, was sent first and followed later.

She, too, was like a wet mouse. The pale complexion was evident. After scrubbing his face once, Ronan opened his mouth.

“I’m OK. But the madman suddenly destroyed the boat…”

I couldn’t figure out what he was thinking as he threw himself into the sea water with a fatal wound. Perhaps because of the wreckage that covered the surface, he was nowhere to be seen. Adeshan, who was suddenly looking around, let out an astonishment.

“There!”

“yes?”

Ronan turned his head to look where she pointed. Something was wriggling in the deep water beneath the drift ice about 20 meters away.

It didn’t take long to realize that it was Barca. A white scroll was clutched in his desperately struggling hand. Ugh! Before long, Ronan’s eyes widened at the sight of the portal appearing in front of him.

“Ha ha ha.”

It was only then that Ronan noticed that the child had fallen into the water on purpose. Ronan, who reflexively grabbed the hilt, concentrated. La Mancha’s blade was dyed the color of the sunset.

“Come here.”

Paaa…! A cluster of lights that attracted opponents was shot toward the sea floor. However, there was no change in Barca’s movement. A plump cod that had been brought in instead of him appeared in front of Ronan’s eyes.

“Damn, is that why you went into the water?”

Cod fluttering in the air returned to the water. Ronan twitched his lips. The light was refracted by the water, so the aim was not accurate. It was the car he was about to activate his aura once again. Adeshan, who was next to him, exclaimed urgently.

“I can’t do that, let’s go Ronan!”

“yes?”

It was the moment Ronan turned his head. The dolphins carrying him and Adeshan dived into the water. Because of the sudden entry, I drank some water.

“Fugeouk…!”

It was cold as if his face would be ripped off. I was able to avoid bouncing off thanks to holding onto the fins by a short distance. Adeshan’s electric tone resonated in my head.

[Come over here and grab me!]

Ronan nodded. He seemed to have a plan. Ronan, transported to the Adeshan Dolphin, hugged her from behind. The body of the beluga whale was shot like a bullet. The messenger of the sea, who specialized in swimming, closed the distance between Barca and the two in the blink of an eye.

Barca’s body had already disappeared into the portal, leaving only her legs. Adeshan drew mana into her arms and swung her whip. Charleuk! The fully stretched steel snake coiled around Barca’s left ankle.

“Oooh!”

Confused, Barca struggled with her legs. Aware of Adeshan’s plan, Ronan pulled the handle of his whip together. The difference in physique was so great that the two were drawn to Barca’s side.

[Harder!]

Adeshan shouted again. After removing their hands from their fins, the two of them crossed the water faster than the dolphins. Barka’s figure disappeared into the portal.

Shuak! The dimensional door that swallowed Ronan and Adeshan narrowly closed its mouth. With the sensation of squeezing his stomach, Ronan’s eyes turned black.

****

“Huh uh uh uh!”

vision brightened. Seeing as it could breathe, it didn’t look like it was underwater. Ronan, who came to his senses, raised his body as if he were bouncing. The floor was made of ice, so I almost fell over.

“Oooh…”

When I opened my mouth, the sea water I was holding poured out. Neither Barca nor Adeshan were to be seen. As I hurriedly looked around, I saw Adeshan lying on the floor.

“Damn you old man.”

It seemed that he had lost consciousness as he skipped space. She lay there, her face white, not breathing. Ronan ran right away and administered artificial respiration.

“Huh!”

Their lips met several times, but there was no time for strange thoughts. It was in the midst of repeating about 15 times of blowing in and compressing the chest. Lifting her upper body like a spring, she opened her eyes.

“Cool! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!”

“Fuck… I’m glad.”

Ronan let out a sigh of relief. Adeshan, who was lying on her side, began to vomit the seawater. Fortunately, it seemed that life was not affected. she asked without turning her head.

“Roronan…Uh, what about Barca?”

It was a great tenacity to say such a thing as soon as he died and came back to life. Her right hand still held the handle of the whip. It was something I hadn’t let go of even while I was unconscious. said Ronan.

“I can’t see it right now, but it’s definitely nearby. Wait, that…!”

“huh?”

Ronan’s eyes widened. His gaze stayed on the other end of Adeshan’s whip. Therefore, Adeshan turned her head and breathed in vain. The severed ankle was wrapped around the whip.

“Cutting off the bar’s ankle…!”

“This is a really nasty bastard.”

Ronan laughed incredulously. The cut surface was dirty, so it must have been forcibly ripped off. It seemed that it was cut off while moving through space and fell somewhere different from us. Adeshan, who was looking around, tilted his head.

“Anyway, this is…”

“Yes. I guess I’ve come farther than I thought.”

It was ice everywhere. The irregularly cracked fields of ice reminded me of the scales of a huge fish. The cold, unlike anything he had ever experienced, penetrated deep into his bones.

Under the dark sky, an unknown sound echoed. The eerie ear-cries, hardly believed to be the voices of a living person, gave a sense of where they were now. Ronan, who helped Adeshan up, murmured in a low voice.

“…the sea of ghosts.”

“Has space travel failed? Why are you in a place like this…”

“I don’t think so. What about blood needles?”

“Oh wait.”

Adeshan, who was rummaging through her arms, took out a blood needle. I’m glad I didn’t get lost in the sea. Her eyes widened as she checked the needle.

“Roronan. are you moving now? It is also very close.”

“What is it really?”

“huh. It’s to the point where I don’t need to see the blood needle.”

“I wonder how far a man with his limbs cut off must have gone…”

The reason there were no bloodstains was probably because the wounds were frozen right away. Ronan closed his eyes and concentrated. As she said, Barca’s presence could be felt not far away.

After hurriedly getting ready, the two of them moved on. The wind blew so strong that it was difficult to open my eyes. Adeshan glanced back at Ronan and whispered.

“That’s… thank you.”

“ok? What?”

Ronan asked a question, but Adeshan didn’t answer. She had vivid memories of drinking water and wandering between death and death. Adeshan, who touched his lips once, shook his head.

“…Nothing. Oh look over there!”

At that time, Adeshan found something and extended his index finger forward. A sailboat was lying on the icy sea. The gigantic ship, probably 100m long from bow to tail, looked like the corpse of an ancient whale.

The flag was torn off, so the affiliation could not be confirmed. It looked like a ship used as a battleship, judging from the fact that it had a lot of guns. The needle of the blood gauge was pointing exactly at that sailboat.

The two soon arrived in front of the boat. Seeing it up close, the force felt much greater. Adeshan, who was carefully scanning the ship, nodded.

“Are you sure. It’s in here.”

“great. Let’s finish it quickly.”

The blood gauge needle was also pointing to the front. Suddenly, Ronan tugged at the hilt. He had no intention of getting caught up in Barca’s futility any longer.

“Suck!”

Gathering strength, Ronan swung his sword horizontally. Wow! Swordsmanship poured out like a torrent and hit the deck standing vertically. Before long, the smoke flew away, revealing the dilapidated interior of the ship.

“It’s amazing…”

“I will. I didn’t expect it to be like this either.”

Adeshan opened his mouth in admiration. Ronan also laughed at the power that exceeded expectations. Since I felt a burning pain in my heart a while ago, the power of the overall technique had increased.

Is this the power I originally had? The two of them moved forward along the cave-like interior of the ship. There was a peculiar smell of old wood.

“…looks like a ship that ran aground a long time ago.”

“Where else did you find something like this?”

The tilted inside of the ship was empty. Cross sections on both sides showed empty spaces and cannons with their heads on the floor.

“ok?”

Then Ronan, who found something, stopped in place. I could see the ice exposed under the ripped off floor and the floor door there.

“This…”

The floor door was wide open. Beneath it was a staircase barely wide enough for one Wear Tiger to pass through, leading down to the icy sea.

Unlike the thousand-year-old ship, the bottom door did not look very old. Apparently, the ship was a trick, and this seemed like the entrance to the real hideout.

Barca’s energy was coming from down there. After exchanging glances once, the two headed down the stairs. Tumble. Footsteps echoed with every step. Ronan, who was holding the shining sword as a torch, opened his mouth.

“It won’t be a trap this time.”

“huh. It feels different from then.”

Adeshan answered with conviction. Well, it didn’t look like a trap, even for Ronan.

In the first place, it was felt that Barca had been here a while ago. The claw marks and bloodstains on the walls and floor were evidence of him.

The stairs were over soon. A wide hallway spread out in front of the two of them.

Unlike the fucking ice caves, the stone paving stones were properly laid. Similarly, the neatly finished walls were studded with luminescent stones at regular intervals. Ronan, who was looking around, spat out a curse.

“I have decorated this dog’s house properly.”

“…a disgusting smell.”

Adeshan frowned. As she said, the stagnant air was filled with various stench. Even the smell of poisonous plants and various animals. Could it be the remnants of black magic and necromancy?

The more I walked, the stronger the smell became. The two of them, following Barca’s footsteps, reached a certain room. Ronan tilted his head at the ordinary space that did not match the suspicious place.

“Is this…the office?”

Compared to Wear Tiger’s body, the space was not very wide. The room, about twice the size of Ronan’s dormitory, was furnished with everyday furniture such as a desk, chair and bed. There seemed to be no place for Barca to hide.

“Isn’t it here?”

“huh. We have to go a little further.”

Adeshan shook his head at Ronan’s question. The blood gauge needle also pointed to a door on the opposite wall. Suddenly, Ronan’s gaze landed on the desk while looking around. Some parchments were placed in a pile.

“…what?”

There were quite a few things I was concerned about simply passing it over. The frayed borders and the distinctive handwriting, even from a distance, were especially so.

The handwriting, as if a worm was dancing, was clearly of someone he knew. Ronan, who picked up a sheet of parchment, narrowed his brows.

“This…is Jaifa’s handwriting.”