The Returner Wants Complete Victory

49 – 049. Colony exploration (3)

It goes without saying, but not all knights are strong.

Even though they are called soccer players, there is an incomparable gap between Premier League players and second division league players from some small country.

There is a significant gap between Ardina Karellofin, who defeated Yuiljong at the age of 22 and earned the title of Knight of Radiance, and Eshed Karelofin, who was of a similar age and only earned the title of second-class knight.

And while there are people who use that feeling of inferiority as a driving force for growth, it is also natural that there are idiots who try to overcome it by putting others down.

“Sir Eshed, then what is your nickname? “Are you at least as good as the Knight of the Lantern Light?”

In my view, Eshed Karelopin was clearly the latter.

A knight of about 2nd rank in apprenticeship, or 4th rank or lower as a wizard.

This is a common trend among Proa natives at that level.

Even though they say they are working hard, they just keep going back and forth, but these mercenaries from Earth suddenly become stronger over the years with the blessings of the goddess on their backs.

Your fundamental skills are poor. Trying to become stronger like that is like building a tower on sand.

Even if I don’t masturbate, I can’t bear it.

Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet.

The powerful who knew how to live were the first to sense this change, and those who saw their suddenly changed behavior also kept quiet.

Evan got up from his seat and approached us with a stern expression.

Then, when he saw me and Eshed, he looked slightly troubled and forced a smile.

“hahahaha, Lord Eshed, why did you come here? “If you had told me in advance that you were coming, I would have prepared a table for you!”

“… .”

“under… hahahaha… .”

silence.

Despite his efforts, Eshed was still only glaring at me.

Evan was caught in the middle and looked embarrassed.

This is because internal strife broke out even before departure.

“Can you teach me a lesson?”

These were the words that Eshed, who had been glaring at me for a long time, blurted out.

“I have limited knowledge, so I don’t know how wizards fight. “I want to experience for myself the skills I honed while catching chimeras.”

“Lord Eshed, the expedition is tomorrow, so why bother…” !”

“flaw.”

The moment Evan was about to stop him, a woman’s laughter was suddenly heard.

When I turned my head, Hyril was smiling with his mouth covered.

It was the same smile as the first time, but it had an expression that seemed to be subtly ridiculing.

“Sir Eshed. Wouldn’t it be better not to do anything unnecessary when there are a lot of onlookers? “If you are really curious about the Apostle’s magic, should you invite him to join the Knights?”

It was met with ridicule.

Crackling.

Eshed’s teeth ground together and made a bloody sound.

Hyril’s words actually fanned the black flames that bloomed in Eshed’s heart.

“Then, can I teach you something?”

And I also had no intention of letting the other person go.

From now on, I could clearly see that they would argue about every single thing that team leader Evan said.

This is not uncommon in joint operations when the commander is an Earthling.

In the worst case, he rebels with the soldiers he leads.

This could even lead to a division of command authority.

In that case, it would be better not to take them at all.

Or should I just take it easy in advance so I don’t even have to think about it?

Eshed silently walked towards the sparring hall where the test was in progress.

The examiner and Ellie, who stopped sparring for a moment due to the sudden unexpected situation, quickly retreated out of the sparring room.

“Hey, Eshed! “The leader is looking for—what is it?”

At that time, two knights appeared from afar.

They approached us waving their hands happily, but looked embarrassed by the unusual atmosphere.

“ah. Sir Bess, Lord Rodron.”

Only Hyril beckoned towards them.

They approached Hyril as if they were glad to have found a familiar face.

“Hyril Priest? “Is something going on right now?”

“Oh, that’s it—.”

Hyril’s brief explanation followed.

As they listened to the explanation, their expressions gradually became crumpled, and soon one of them went to the sparring room and roughly grabbed Eshed’s shoulder.

“hey. What are you doing now? Did you forget what the leader said? “He said he was just going to say hello”

widely!

“go away.”

Eshed strongly slapped the knight’s hand that was holding his shoulder.

The knight whose hand was hit took a step back with a bewildered expression.

Eshed slapped the knight’s hand away and spoke provocatively toward me.

“Aren’t you coming up?”

After hearing that, I laughed and walked away.

Eshed looked at me and sneered.

“Do I need to give you time to prepare? Still, since I’m a wizard, can I give you about 3 minutes? Oh, now that I think about it, chimeras don’t usually wait? “Then can we start right away?”

An obvious provocation.

“it’s okay. “I’m not going to use magic.”

“yes?”

Eshed frowned, as if he had not expected such an answer.

“I came up to teach you a lesson, but if you use magic, you won’t learn anything. It will be over in the blink of an eye. “I will deal with this only.”

Crack.

While saying that, I took a few pictures of the evenly packed dirt floor with my spear.

Eshed, who thought I was ignoring him, glared at me as if he were going to kill me, and other people who only knew me as a wizard also made strange expressions.

“great. “Don’t regret it”

Kaang!

“Ugh!”

Eshed managed to block the spear that pierced in an instant.

Eshed, who was attacked while speaking, shouted with an angry expression.

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“What are you doing?”

“Chimeras are not knights, so they do not show courtesy before attacking. “I’ve already learned something.”

Eshed’s expression distorted at those words.

When I asked him to teach me something that is a courtesy when asking for a sparring match, he had a look on his face that said he didn’t know if he was actually going to teach me.

Whick!

Eshed approached in an instant and swung his sword.

Kakang! Kikigeek─

The sword and spear intersect twice.

Eshed pulled out the sword he was stabbing with and twisted his fingertips to try to cut me, and an unpleasant sound of scraping metal rang out from the spear that blocked the attack.

Very fast speed for a second-class knight.

The swordsmanship of the Karelopin family itself stands out because it pursues speed.

Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.

Second class knight.

In terms of stats, it’s around 80 to 90.

My agility and senses are close to 50, and I can increase my stats to around 75 with the overwhelming effectiveness of magical power enhancement.

At that level, there is almost no difference to me, who has always faced enemies with superior stats since the regression.

At least the situation is much better than when dealing with Hyril, who is close to a first-class knight with lower specs than now.

grasp!

Once again, Eshed’s sword swings, spraying magical power.

Quang!

Weapons full of magical power collide with each other, creating an explosion of noise.

Fragments of mana that could not be collected were scattered in the air.

Attack, attack, attack.

As I was superior in magical power, I must have felt the pressure of the clash just now, but Eshed swung his sword one after another as if he could not let go of the flow.

A fluid connection, as if the whole thing was tied together as one technology.

This must be the swordsmanship you mentioned earlier that our ancestors have been refining for hundreds of years.

Swish!

The spear that broke the flow grazed the opponent’s cheek.

Eshed narrowly avoided the attack by twisting his head, folded his sword and retreated completely out of range of the spear.

Shock, embarrassment, jealousy.

It seemed like a lot of emotions could be read on his face.

The astonishment I felt, not because I was competing on equal terms with him, but because I had pierced the pulse of swordsmanship.

Embarrassment that a person from Earth had reached a similar level in terms of not only physical ability but also artistic skills.

And, that kind of jealousy towards me.

I couldn’t help but laugh inside.

It took 7 years for this to happen.

It wasn’t just 7 years of just swinging a spear in the training hall, it was a series of battles where you had to risk your life at every moment.

When I was weak, I was weak, and after I became strong, I became stronger.

Surviving in that mess may be a talent, but it does not mean that you can reach the level with only that.

The spear was fired.

Eshed, who was obviously faster than me and had better senses than me, was unable to properly respond to the blow.

Kagak!

I hurriedly lifted my sword and twisted the orbit, but my posture, which had already collapsed, did not receive any strength.

“Ugh… !”

Eshed gets down on one knee.

“Go forward.”

Eshed, whose face was distorted like a demon from pushing away the pressing window, could not answer that question.

“Don’t go around wasting your energy when it’s pointless.”

At that time, swing your sword one more time in the training hall.

I gave advice with sincerity.

Whoop─

The space around Eshed’s temples shrinks in an instant.

The sound of Hyril clicking his tongue was heard from behind.

Kwaaang!

It was the sound announcing the end of sparring.

*

Eshed was sitting in a corner of the training hall with a distraught look on his face.

Next to him, two knights who came late were crouching down and checking Eshed’s condition.

I was thinking of at least knocking him out.

Hyril quickly intervened and used mana to protect Eshed and took him out, so Flarely was unable to land a hit.

Even though he looked quite shocked just from being hit.

“It was too much.”

Hyril said reproachfully.

“I was safe by protecting myself with magic, but Sir Eshed was not wearing a magic barrier. “If that blow had been hit squarely on the head, he would have died instantly.”

“I would have stopped it before it hit. Sister, you didn’t know about the first blow, but didn’t you avoid it?”

Hyril’s eyebrows furrowed in mockery at my answer.

“I am… Do you seem to be on the same level as Lord Eshed?”

The words were whispered so softly that only I could hear them.

As he was whispering the subject out of concern for Eshed to hear, his expression was full of displeasure, as if he was comparing himself to that bastard.

It’s really quite evil. You are the worst.

At that time, one of the knights who was watching Eshed’s condition came up to me and said hello.

“I am a second-class knight, Rodron Maglos. “It is an honor to meet the famous Archmage.”

I couldn’t figure out what he was going to do, so I stared at him, and Rodron lowered his head with a stiff face and spoke.

“I would like to apologize on behalf of our member for being rude. I obviously came out to say hello to the expedition leader and the wizard… .”

It was worth knowing.

And since there is a usual behavior within the knights, I guess they sent these two just in case.

“Oh, that’s okay. I don’t have any hard feelings. and… .”

I stopped what I was going to say and kept my mouth shut.

So, don’t take the enemy’s word for granted.

This was an excuse for using magic at the end.

You are no different from the people you ignored.

This was a reprimand for giving up responding and completely running out of the street as soon as the connection I had learned was broken.

In the end, you have learned excellent swordsmanship, but you are no different from those who swing at random without any knowledge or knowledge.

But there’s no need to say that in detail.

What is pretty?

I said something different from what I originally meant to say.

“Please change the article.”

I deliberately trailed off and turned my gaze to look at Evan.

In a way, it is no different from an act of exceeding authority.

This may be unpleasant for Evan.

However, when our eyes met, Evan nodded vigorously as if asking us to do so.

“—Please.”

Rodron must have felt that too, as he blushed as if he was embarrassed.

“… yes. “I will make a suggestion to the leader.”