The Academy’s Weapon Replicator - Chapter 250

Chapter 79: Return

kicking technique.

Now, most people know this as common sense, but Baldo is originally suitable for assassinations or surprise attacks.

Taking advantage of the psychological gap that occurs when the sword is in the sheath, the sword is taken out of the sheath and simultaneously slashed at the opponent.

Doing kicks doesn’t make you faster or stronger. In most cases, it only makes you weaker.

The art of sword fighting is a technique that reduces the gap by recognizing the limitations of sword fighting compared to just swinging a sword, but it is impossible to produce more power than fighting with a sword drawn in the first place.

‘I thought the perception that Baldo was cool was only prevalent in the world I originally came from.’

There are people here who are obsessed with Baldo. Is it true that people’s sensibilities are similar everywhere?

‘So Dier noticed. ‘Because the sword is not sheathed.’

At the time of the skills test, Dier knew that Pielot would ruin the operation. Even if we had predicted it in advance, it would have been difficult to be sure, but it turned out that there was a secret hidden there.

Anyway, I have only one thing to say to Pielot now.

“Then show me.”

“yes yes?”

“If it’s a kick attack technique, you can use simultaneous attacks, right? “I won’t disturb you, so show me.”

It is too dangerous to go through the stages of martial arts during a fight. Pielot knows that, so he didn’t use it during the sparring with me.

However, being able to perform sword strikes with different trajectories at the same time is a huge advantage. It would be a shame not to be able to use it for this reason.

“Oh, I understand.”

Pielot took a breath and took a step back.

Slowly put your sword into its sheath, lower your posture and send your shoulders back.

…To be honest, it’s cool. The entire movement, from sheathing the sword, is clean and it is not a posture that has been done once or twice.

The moment when I lightly touched my toes and the slowly blooming aura wrapped around Pielot and seeped between the scabbard and the sword.

Faaah!

The blade that Pielot pulls out from below is the exact opposite of that, and the vertical aura strikes from top to bottom. The two met and crossed in the air, splitting the air.

“…!”

The moment I saw it, I had an idea in my head. Would I have been able to deal with the attack without knowing about it?

‘…No, it’s a meaningless assumption because the timing comes to me when the sword is sheathed.’

However, if the timing was somehow mixed and Pielot succeeded in unleashing that technique on me, Pierrot’s sword might have landed on me, who had not expected it to take a different trajectory.

I can’t guarantee that Heukcheon’s reaction will be faster than mine.

“How do you feel?”

I nodded to Pielot, who was looking at me with an anxious face.

“That’s a good technique.”

“That’s right?!”

“Unless you need a baldo.”

“That’s right…”

Pielot’s face became sullen.

I smiled with an appropriate mix of happiness and sadness.

‘Pielot was foolish.’

The tendency to overestimate oneself beyond what one really is. The belief that the surrounding environment will support oneself. When I first met Pielot, he had a foolish attitude.

Simply put, it is the expectation that the world will subtly adapt to one’s tastes.

This tendency feels completely opposite to Dier. Because Dier is more self-deprecating than he looks.

It is true that both of them have a desire to improve, but Dier always assumes the worst in practice and is more stable. That’s why Elodie and I think more highly of Dier than Pielot.

‘But if you think that that idiot gave birth to this technology, isn’t it just a matter of blaming him?’

There are still many areas for improvement, but the technology itself is excellent. Since the concept of the technology itself is simple, there are many ways to apply it.

Perhaps the procedure of putting the sword into the sheath has now become like a ‘routine’ to Pielot. It has become like a movement that must be done first in order to use that technique. The need for a routine itself suggests the difficulty of technology.

‘I can’t believe I achieved this much just because I thought it was cool. If Dier had seen it, he would have been devastated.’

This pure talent is worth mentioning among all of Constel.

“You can’t use that technique with the sword out?”

“Yes… I feel like technology starts from sheathing the sword.”

hmm. It is true that a routine has emerged. The action of sheathing the sword is a serious drawback.

But at the same time, there was something strange about it.

In general, some of the disadvantages of foot surgery are not visible.

“First of all, I have a few questions.”

“Yes, yes.”

“Are the sword and sheath intact?”

Baldo is a technique that begins with pulling the sword out of the scabbard. Of course, the scabbard and the blade create tremendous friction. Therefore, it is usually easy for either the blade or the scabbard to break.

“Oh, it’s okay.”

Pielot raised his sword.

“When placed in the sheath, the blade and sheath are protected by an aura, so both are fine.”

“Technology begins with putting that in.”

“That’s right.”

“Then why doesn’t the speed drop?”

In order to use a sword, you must wear the sheath of the sword at your waist. In that case, the trajectory of the stroke must be drawn from bottom to top. Of course, it lacks speed and power compared to hitting down.

However, the downward strike with the aura and the upward strike with the blade intersected exactly in the center. The power seemed to be almost the same.

“I… I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“At first, our timing wasn’t right, but as we continued, it became like this.”

I tilted my head at Pielot’s words.

‘…Could it be that the aura contained in the sword when sheathed helps with acceleration?’

Pielot wanted to make martial arts a technique of direct confrontation rather than a surprise attack. Although it started out for the simple reason of being ‘cool’, Pielot is not stupid.

You may have already noticed the shortcomings that arise in the process of practicing a skill or knew about them from the beginning.

Has the purity of the technology increased in the process of improving it? The scabbard has been transformed into an essential skill?

‘I started out with the desire to kill two birds with one stone, but I missed one, but ended up catching a sparrow as well.’

I said after thinking.

“Let’s develop that skill. “I think it’s worth a try.”

“I thought so too, so I tried practicing without the sheath, but I just couldn’t…”

“No. “Let’s complete it with Baldosul.”

Pielot opened his mouth at my words.

I continued speaking.

“In my view, your technique is meaningful in its sheath. Even if the action of sheathing the sword is unnecessary, it is worth doing.”

Probably the action of the aura occurring within the scabbard that even Pielot himself is not aware of.

If it really can produce more power than a normal slam, I have no reason to stop it.

After hearing what I said, Pielot blinked and raised his eyebrows as if he didn’t understand something.

“…Is that still okay?”

“Isn’t that what you wanted?”

“That’s true, but…”

Pielot, whose voice became quieter, looked somewhere else and said.

“…Everyone, please never do this….”

“Huh?”

“He told me everything else was okay, but he told me to give up on this…”

I listened to that and thought for a moment what he meant.

“…Foot.”

Eventually, laughter broke out.

“Foot puhuh kukkuk.”

“Ooh, don’t laugh!”

“Haha, that technique was the first and last time I was rejected in my life, right?”

“Ugh…”

Pielot had only heard words close to praise and praise from everyone around her.

The only thing that was denied to him as a swordsman was the ‘sword technique’ that he just showed. So, from Pielot’s perspective, it must have felt like a technique that should never be performed.

“…Haha, you are strange.”

“what?”

“You’re being strict about all the things you’ve been praised for so far, but you’re actually asking me to try this technique.”

“Because it looks useful.”

“…You say the same thing as Dier.”

Are you talking about the skill test? Of course Dier would have said that. The kicking technique that Pielot had in order to pass the test at the time must have been just the right technique.

“But how do we make this usable? “Is it possible to retract the sword during combat?”

Pielot said worriedly.

Yes. Even if it actually makes sense to put it in the scabbard, it does not offset the fatal shortcomings of the sword itself.

But I thought a little differently.

“Well, why not try the opposite idea?”

“The opposite?”

“If it is difficult to sheath the sword during battle, start from the beginning—”

When I tried to explain to Pielot.

Cooung—

it was as if I heard that sound.

However, that was an illusion, and the presence of a huge magical power came down heavily.

I immediately checked the location.

──The moment I confirmed that the president’s office was in that direction, I grinned.

“What was that just now?”

I asked Pielot, who felt the same thing and was nervous.

“Pielot, that skill test.”

“Poetry skills test, yes.”

“Do you remember who you met in the last test?”

“of course. How could you forget? That’s the only one who protects level 5. It is confirmed that you will meet Aster Evan when you reach level 5…”

Pielot said it as if it was obvious, and then said,

“…what the hell.”

He quickly changed his expression and muttered.

I smiled at that and asked again.

“Was it Aster Evans?”

“no. No, the last time I met was…”

Pielot looked at me with a frozen voice and an expression that seemed to put fear on his tongue and then spit it out.

Of course, I could look at him with a smile because I knew why.

“…Senior Elodie.”

Pielot probably doesn’t know how long I waited for that simple, short answer.

“Why on earth is Senior Elodie still acting like this…?”

It seems that Pielot is confused. Of course, it would be natural. A person I didn’t even know existed until just now suddenly appeared in my memory.

“are you okay. “Now that I remember, it’s okay.”

“Did you know? “From the beginning?”

My answer to those words was decided.

“That can’t be possible.”

I was used to lies.

* * *

Ospreet is back.

As soon as I confirmed that, the place I headed to was, of course, the president’s office.

Actually, I had to help Dier train after Pielot, but after explaining the situation, I put it off until later.

“I’m sure something won’t go wrong again and we’ll have to fight with the teacher.”

I sigh in front of the president’s office. I don’t want to experience something like that again.

After taking a deep breath, I knocked.

“This is Frontier. “Can I come in?”

I expected to hear Ospreet’s voice, but there was no response.

At that moment, my tension reached its peak.

“I can’t waste time again.”

I grabbed the doorknob of the president’s office and opened the door roughly.

I was prepared for the door to be locked, but surprisingly it opened easily.

“President! “I hope it’s okay.”

That’s how we entered the president’s office.

“…her?”

Teacher Jane was repeatedly bowing to Ospreet.

“How dare I tell you what to do with the position of president…!”

“Hehehe. As expected, you were the one who became president. “I knew it would be you.”

Ospreet was smiling with a kind smile, and Jane was embarrassed in front of him.

‘…Oh, I see.’

Jane had no doubt that she was the original president.

The moment Ospreet returned, he must have realized what he had been doing.

“…Hot Frontier!”

“Oh oh.”

Jane and Ospreet soon found me.

I bowed my head.

“…You’re back, President.”

“Frondier student.”

Ospreet’s expression hardened at my greeting and he approached me.

Then he said

, “I’ve put you through a lot of trouble. “I’m so sorry.”

With those words, he bowed deeply.

The sight of Ospreet lowering his head in apology was not only unfamiliar, it was a sight I had never seen before.

Jane, the teacher next to her, also gaped in surprise.

“I never thought that someone would be in danger with the magic I created. I told you and Miss Elodie to be careful, but I had no idea it would be that serious. “I thought the possibility of being caught up in magic was very slim, but I should have prepared for it.”

Ospreet apologized to me in a sincere voice.

It was not normal for Ospreet, who was in that position to be the president and Zodiac, to bow his head and apologize to a Constel student like me.

…but still.

“If you really want to apologize.”

I’m not ready to honestly accept that apology yet.

“Please apologize to Elodie.”

“Frondier.”

Jane next to me looked at me. But I couldn’t just accept Ospreet’s apology kindly. I’m not that broad-minded.

“Elodie was truly dangerous. “I made a very risky choice to protect myself from the Chancellor’s magic.”

The pitiful image of young Elodie still remains in my mind.

As a result, it is true that I realized Elodie’s long-standing pain and struggled to resolve it due to Ospreet’s magic, but it does not change the fact that Elodie almost disappeared completely.

“If it was even a little late and Elodie disappeared from the world.”

I said, looking straight into Ospreet’s eyes.

“I will be your next enemy, President.”

This declaration was also previously made to Hagley, who was in charge of the center of Mangot.

If there is an enemy that threatens Elodie, it is my enemy. We need her power to save the world, and even without that, we can’t let Elodie die.

“In the eyes of the President, it may not seem that big of a deal to say that I am an enemy.”

“Frondier. Frontier. “That’s not it.”

Jane interrupted me and said,

“yes?”

“Oh no. Rather than saying no, what should I say? “Should I say it’s not necessary or that it’s not even worth talking about like that…?”

“What do you mean?”

I tilted my head to see Jane mumbling something overly vague.

While Jane was rolling her eyes here and there, looking for somewhere to place them.

“…sorry.”

Two people suddenly jumped out from a wall that was obviously empty.

“I was hiding.”

It was Elodie. May was also next to him.

Elodie came out, removing something that looked like a curtain from the empty wall. With a bright red face.

‘…That’s it.’

A spell Jane casted on her to hide herself from Elodie the last time she came here.

I experienced the opposite in the same place. How can you be this stupid?

“Hahaha Frontier student. I already apologized to Miss Elodie. “I was forgiven.”

“….”

Ospreet’s sly words made me realize what I was talking about just now.

“But you have a point. Since you were the one who saved Elodie, I think it is only right for me to apologize to Miss Elodie in front of you. I apologize again. I’m sorry, Miss Elodie. I put you in danger. I promise to pay for that sin for the rest of my life. It’s just that I don’t have much life left. ha ha ha.”

“…no. “I am honored just by saying the words.”

Elodie muttered, her face still red.

Ospreet looked at me this time and said.

“How is it? Will you please stop being my enemy anymore? Frontier.”

“…sorry.”

I covered my eyes with my hands. I felt like my eyes were going dark. It was like that in my heart and it was like that in reality. Like Elodie, I also felt the heat on my face.

For the first time in a while, I felt ashamed.