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"You're so flustered you can't even get your stance right. Academy whelp. I don't know how you stumbled upon me, but I'll make you wish you hadn't."
The academy whelp stood there dumbly.
For a moment, Charlie considered pausing his charge to say, "Draw your sword," seeing that the whelp couldn't even react.
But Charlie was a skilled assassin.
Assassins have a rule: never say such things.
"I'll start by putting a knife in your right thigh."
He kept the dagger in his left hand ready for any situation.
Extending his right hand, he plunged the dagger towards the academy whelp's thigh.
Then,
The guy's leg seemed to move with a swish.
Thwack!
A kick landed squarely on Charlie's jaw.
"What, what! What happened! Was there more than one?"
He couldn't even read the movement properly.
He barely managed to see the leg move.
Stunned by the impact, Charlie rolled backward and quickly regained his posture.
"What is it?"
The academy whelp in front of him was still standing in the same spot.
Judging by the change in stance, it seemed he did kick.
"I didn't even see it..."
Charlie shook his head violently.
He felt the shock that had hit his jaw start to fade.
"It must have been luck. I'm going again!"
Thud!
This time, a sharp pain in his abdomen.
Thud!
After a few more kicks, the academy demon stopped attacking.
"You... what's your name?"
"Davian. Davian Naugene."
"Davian Naugene? That name sounds familiar... Ah! Davian Naugene! You're that famous Davian Naugene!"
"I don't know about famous. But I am Davian."
Now it made sense.
'Right. If the opponent is Davian, this is possible. He's supposed to be the greatest genius in continental history or something. Right. There's no way I could have been so mercilessly beaten by some ordinary academy whelp.'
Hearing the name Davian Naugene actually made Charlie feel relieved.
The opponent wasn't just some academy whelp, but the renowned Davian Naugene.
"Kuh. It was an honor. Davian Naugene. Okay, I lost. Now, arrest m—huh?"
As he finished speaking and looked up, Davian had already vanished from sight.
"What? Where did he go?"
Charlie looked around in bewilderment.
"There he is! Found him!"
An academy student could be seen running from not far away.
A female student with her red hair tied back roughly.
The student Charlie had successfully lured north earlier.
Quickly looking around again, Charlie confirmed that Davian was definitely gone.
'Good... I'll repay you for the humiliation I suffered at the hands of Davian Naugene. Red-haired whelp girl.'
Charlie didn't run and instead stood facing the approaching girl.
In both hands, he held the daggers he hadn't let go of even while being beaten by Davian.
"Die!"
Of course, he didn't intend to kill her.
His plan was to break her spirit in one go and stick a dagger in her left shoulder.
As he ran towards the newly appeared academy whelp,
Swish.
The red-haired whelp lightly drew her sword.
"Uh...?"
And,
Before he even knew how she moved,
The tip of her sword was precisely touching Charlie's forehead.
"What is this... what's going on...?"
Two more students could be seen running up behind the red-haired girl.
"Bonita! Did you get him?"
"Yeah! I got him!"
"Oh! We finally caught him!"
The students were excitedly running over.
Charlie asked,
"What was that swordsmanship just now...?"
"What do you mean? It's a stab. Don't you know that? Oh... is it because you're an assassin?"
Even though Charlie hadn't learned systematic swordsmanship,
There was no way he wouldn't know what a stab was.
"What's your name?"
"Bonita. Bonita Portez."
Only now.
Did the assassin Charlie realize that this place.
Wasn't just a place where privileged children with well-off parents gathered for seven years of socializing before being parachuted into key positions throughout the Alkancia Kingdom.
The fact that he was still alive was also due to sheer luck.
It was also the day he realized he needed to be more cautious when taking on assassination missions in the future.
'I need to be a little more careful when taking on assassination missions in the future...'
But there was something the assassin Charlie didn't know.
Other than Davian and Bonita, no matter who else he had encountered,
It wouldn't have been difficult to stick a knife in their thigh and run away.
It wasn't that the assassin Charlie was weak.
It was that Davian and Bonita were too strong.
Ding-dong.
Bellus, who had been resting on the sofa after finishing her weekend cleaning, ran out.
"Who is it?"
"Is this the house of Davian Naugene?"
"Yes, but who are you?"
"I've come to see Davian on business."
Bellus turned around.
Davian, who was coming down from the second floor, nodded.
Click.
The front door lock was released.
The door opened.
The man who had come to Davian's house looked up at Davian, who was descending the stairs.
"You're Davian."
Davian also looked at the visitor, whom he hadn't seen in a while.
Davian's eyes flickered momentarily.
"Bellus, go inside."
"Davian oppa?"
"Go inside."
"Ah... okay."
As Bellus scurried into her room,
"There's no need for that. Let's talk outside, Davian Naugene."
"Wait while I change into something I can wear outside."
"I will. Girl, can I have a glass of water? I'm thirsty after coming a long way."
"Huh? Ah, yes."
West of Elton City forest.
"This place is good enough."
After walking through the dense trees for a while, a fairly large clearing appeared.
The man who stopped walking turned around to look at Davian.
"I know you. Why do I get the feeling that you know me too? Do you know me?"
"I don't."
"But you followed me here so willingly? And I clearly saw your eyes flicker when we first made eye contact."
"I just, I guess I sensed fate."
"Fate?"
Manuel Iger, the branch manager of Base X-4, chuckled.
"Well. Seeing how much you've made a name for yourself in our Empire, you must be no ordinary guy. Then did you also feel the fate that this place would be your grave?"
"No. I don't feel anything like that."
"To come all the way here willingly and not feel that. That's unfortunate."
Swish.
Manuel Iger drew his sword.
Neither long nor short.
Neither thick nor thin.
An extremely ordinary one-handed longsword.
Davian stared intently at his actions.
'He's strong.'
The man standing in front of Davian.
He didn't know his name, but he knew two things.
He was from the Marino Empire.
And he was an incredibly strong swordsman.
3rd playthrough, 5th year.
The day the academy faculty and students went to stop the completion of the passage to the demon realm.
He had seen Manuel Iger before.
While the students took on other people.
The professors of the swordsmanship and magic departments faced Manuel.
But in the end, they couldn't defeat him alone.
The sight of him single-handedly taking on the academy professors with just a sword was still vivid.
In the end, they couldn't stop Manuel Iger, and the passage to the demon realm was completely opened that day.
The academy professors were all figures who had reached a certain peak in their respective fields.
Although Davian now had a physique that was beyond the academy level.
He wasn't at a level where he could withstand multiple professors from each department on his own.
'He's the strongest person I've ever faced.'
The current Davian was someone he could never face.
But.
That was the current Davian.
'Point status.'
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[Mana Points: 926K]
Magic Power: 512K
Inner Force: 536K
Outer Force: 116K
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The current Davian might not be able to face Manuel Iger.
But he still had 926K mana points left that he hadn't allocated.
'Today is the day.'
Davian's gaze lingered on the mana points above the status window.
The number 926K trembled.
Without hesitation, Davian moved the mana points to inner and outer force.
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[Mana Points: 0K]
Magic Power: 512K
Inner Force: 1,136K
Outer Force: 442K
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He allocated 600K to inner force.
And pushed the rest into outer force.
Hoo.
His dantian heated up hotly.
And he felt the muscles all over his body expand.
Manuel, who noticed Davian's change, asked.
"What is it? Your energy has changed a bit?"
"Oh, I'm going to fight properly."
He could call Glacier for help.
Considering the level of the opponent, it was a situation where he could definitely do that.
He knew the opponent was incredibly strong.
'But.'
Manuel Iger.
He was just the commander of those who came to completely open the passage to the demon realm.
If he couldn't handle someone like that alone.
He wouldn't be able to do anything when the Marino Empire began its full-scale invasion in the future.
'Now I have to be able to defeat someone like him.'
7-star magic power.
8-star inner force.
Outer force that was slightly below the 7-star level.
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[Current Skills]
[Passive Skills]
<Advanced> Blessing of Hydra Lv.5
Eye of the Sword Path Lv.59
[Active Skills]
<Advanced> Fire Festival Lv.15
<Rare> Shadow Assimilation Lv.31
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The living flame 'Fire Festival' with a duration of 34 minutes.
And 'Shadow Assimilation,' which doubles movement speed for 80 minutes and makes him invisible inside shadows.
'I can do it.'
Swish.
An ice sword appeared in Davian's right hand.
"I am Manuel Iger of the Marino Empire. I have come to take your life today."
"Well, I don't know if it will go as you planned."
"You're full of spirit. Well, considering your past actions, it's understandable. You've been amazing at such a young age. But your antics end here."
"Whether it ends here or there, let's fight and then re-evaluate."
Tap.
Davian was the one who moved first.
'The strongest opponent I've ever met. No need to measure anything, go all out. Fire Festival.'
Whoosh.
'Shadow Assimilation.'
Sss.
Davian, who was running with a flame in his left hand, disappeared, hidden in the shadow of the tree.
But Manuel Iger still stood holding his sword in an unwavering posture.
Whoosh!
A crimson flame poured out from inside the tree shadow.
Woo.
Manuel, who lightly injected aura into his sword, cut off Davian's fire elemental magic.
Bang!
The magic was cut in two in vain.
But.
Davian's Fire Festival was a living flame.
The flame that had been split in two formed a circle and surrounded Manuel Iger.
In the meantime, the ice sword accurately stabbed Manuel's solar plexus.
"Your tricks are not ordinary."
Clang!
Manuel Iger, who lightly deflected Davian's sword, quickly charged forward.
The fire barrier blocked his way.
But he broke through it as if that level of flame was nothing.
Whoom.
Manuel's sword was swung widely.
A distance that didn't reach Davian, who quickly pulled his body back.
Clang!
Davian urgently raised his ice sword vertically to block Manuel's aura.
The sword was out of range.
But the aura, which had instantly increased in length, cut into Davian.
Even though he had raised his inner and outer force so much.
Davian, who had collided with Manuel's aura, had no choice but to step back a few steps.
He was at a level where he could withstand it if he wanted to without being pushed back.
But if he did that, he would be exposed to the next attack immediately.
'As expected, he's not an ordinary skilled person!'
Davian, who had stepped back, urgently stretched out his left hand.
Crackle, bang!
A lightning bolt stretched out in a straight line towards Manuel's sword and exploded.
"Ho, is that electric magic? I heard there wasn't any on the Pax Continent. The information was wrong."
Even though the lightning bolt had hit properly.
Manuel Iger was just admiring it.
"Now, let's go again. Davian Naugene."
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