Chapter 41

Rare treasures such as ancient artifacts were valuable items that were not easily obtained.

Besides, because of being attacked once, it is in a state of being half-destroyed.

It was obvious to anyone that it would surely break if attacked again.

“Stop that bastard! Protect the artifact!”

“I hide in the night!”

Lee Han chanted the order again.

The assailants gnashed their teeth at the sight of Lee Han disappearing into the darkness with the spell.

It wasn’t like the work that prevented him from trying to defeat the mage earlier, that priest wasn’t usually a nuisance.

“He knows how to fight. It must be the battle priest attached as the wizard’s escort! I will go and deal with it myself!”

After a strange misunderstanding, the leader of the raiders ran towards the artifact.

I thought that if I left it alone, things might go wrong.

“Move!”

As Lee Han ran, he threw the iron ball he received from Professor Boladi.

and cast an order.

Originally, for beginners who had just learned magic, using magic in such an urgent situation was a kind of taboo.

Even excellent wizards can’t overcome the pressure and excitement if they don’t receive proper training and fail in their magic, let alone novice wizards.

It’s fortunate if the magic fails, the mana flows back or hurts oneself.

However, Professor Boladi did not bother to warn Lee Han.

-Every battle mage has to go through, so do we need a warning? It’s something you have to overcome yourself.

…As a result, Lee Han memorized the spell without even knowing that he was taking a risky gamble.

And surprisingly, the gamble paid off.

As Professor Voladi evaluated, Lee Han was a person who displayed his ability to shine more brightly in the face of danger.

Pod!

An iron orb enchanted with low-level control magic floated up.

Originally, the ball was supposed to move slowly and weakly, but the iron ball, endowed with Lee Han’s enormous magical power, moved with power that transcended lower-level manipulation magic.

‘good!’

Along with Lee Han’s will, the iron ball flew like an arrow.

It was not easy to respond to the iron ball that suddenly flew in the dark and invisible state.

With a ‘puck’ sound, the chasing assailant rolled backwards.

“be careful!! He writes memorized words!”

“He is good at fighting! be careful!”

The raiders drew their swords and entered the perimeter.

As Lee Han retrieved the iron ball, he felt as if his brain was on fire.

It was because the body continued to run while the mind was separately manipulating the iron ball.

‘Concentrate… I have to concentrate!’

Although Professor Voladi was a madman, he certainly had a point.

Practice develops people.

…Lee-han felt the meaning of those words with his body.

I felt that my skills would improve much more if I risked my life to manipulate it than if I kept spinning iron marbles in the classroom.

Every time you shoot, grab, spin, and fire a ball, you feel your control increase with each passing moment!

‘!’

Lee Han was surprised to suddenly feel the taste of blood. When I licked my lips, blood was dripping from my nose.

Magic was fine.

It’s overworked the mind.

jump!

The iron orb split and fell with a flash of sword light.

The enemy leader swung his sword at the perfect timing.

“Focus on the footprints! You can find him by looking at his footprints!”

‘shit. I’m here.’

Lee Han felt sorry for the ancient artifact a few meters away.

I thought I could just rush in and destroy it, but the three remaining attackers were firmly blocking the path.

“I smell blood. Chase the smell of blood!”

Lee Han heard that cry and realized that taking more time would put him at a disadvantage.

No matter how much he practiced his swordsmanship, Lee Han’s actual combat experience is incomparable to his opponent.

The advantage now had to attack first.

The sword was swung and blood splattered. One of the assailants who did not know that they would launch a surprise attack first fell down.

“That way!”

Chew!

The assailants took something out of their sleeves and sprayed it. It was a shiny powder. I didn’t know what it was, but I could guess that there would be a problem with invisibility the moment I touched it.

Lee Han rolled his body without hesitation.

“Damn it!”

When the opponent did not appear even after spraying the luminous powder, the assailants spat out curse words. He wasn’t usually a bother.

“Respond calmly. If you’re not careful, you won’t get hit.”

The chief spoke in a wary voice.

No matter how invisible magic was used, there was no choice but to make a sound at the moment of moving and attacking.

If you pay attention, you will notice.

‘Where have you been?’

But there was no sound.

The smell of the enemy’s blood that I had smelled earlier had disappeared.

hooked!

“?!”

“This bastard…!”

Walking close to the downed assailant, another was ambushed and knocked down.

Only then did the boss realize how Lee Han had lied about the smell of blood.

He had pretended to leave and hid next to the blood of the assailant.

The boss forgot the situation and honestly admired it.

Aside from magic, he was really good at fighting. A bad brain couldn’t think like that even after training for 100 days.

“Move!”

“Suck!”

The assailant hurriedly lowered his head at the sound of an incantation in the air. The chief shouted sharply.

“You fool! It is a fake order!”

But it was one step too late. Even the last remaining subordinate fell.

Instead of being angry, the boss smiled strangely and raised his sword.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen someone like you. I call it Garakse.”

Lee Han did not answer. As if he knew that, the leader nodded.

If he had been a guy enough to answer questions like that, he wouldn’t have been able to deal with so many people in the first place.

“You must think you can’t see it. Relying on that nonsensical magic.”

Kang!

“But you are already starting to show.”

The opponent’s words were not bluffing. Lee Han was surprised by the pressure from Garakse, who swung his sword quite accurately.

“Even if you hide the smell, you won’t be able to hold your breath.”

“…!”

Listening to your breath and locating you?

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

I heard that excellent prosecutors show physical abilities beyond human limits, but this was beyond imagination.

No matter how much it is…

Garakse’s sword embroidered the air and gradually began to press.

The opponent’s swordsmanship was close to that of a phantom sword.

Hwan does not mean to deceive, but to scatter!

Each time he swung his sword, the next attack immediately followed, gradually filling the air and limiting Lee Han’s movements.

Lee Han also confronted him by spreading his Byeogam sword, but the opponent’s swordsmanship was one step above.

Every time Garakse and the sword collided, Lee Han felt that he was getting more and more disadvantaged. If it hadn’t been for the invisible magic, they would have been cornered in an instant.

Most of all, the shock that came up every time the opponent collided with the sword was considerable.

‘Is this the swordsman’s technique I heard from Allarron?’

I heard that a skilled swordsman could draw out the body’s mana and put it into the sword, rather than simply swinging the sword with force.

It is to be able to wield power that transcends the power of the body with a sword.

Now, Garakse also seemed to have magical energy in his sword, and every time they bumped into each other, the shock went up.

‘Even forcibly puts magic power!’

Lee Han was determined to do so and drew out his magic.

After opening his eyes to magic, he was much more proficient at infusing or moving mana.

As if casting magic, Lee Han drew mana and blew it into the sword.

Boom!

“!?”

Garakse was surprised by the opponent’s sudden change of attack.

‘What is this guy?’

Lee Han’s swordsmanship was pretty good.

Garakse, who had dealt with and defeated several swordsmen of the empire, was really good enough to evaluate it like this.

In addition, it wasn’t just swordsmanship, but his mindset was quite good as well.

Those who pride themselves on wielding their own swords often encounter an enemy stronger than themselves and attack without grasping the subject and then destroy themselves in an instant, but this was not the case with Lee Han.

He realized right away that he had a strong garakse and threw away his greed and went into defense.

This was not something anyone could do.

In a sword fight where life and death come and go, who can give up the greed to defeat the opponent and just hold on?

Then you can do nothing and collapse.

However, the opponent chose it, and Garakse rated it highly.

But Lee Han lacked strength.

Even if his swordsmanship was quite good, he would be out of power against a swordsman who freely puts mana into his sword like Garakse.

Besides, Lee Han’s swordsmanship is a heavy heavy swordsmanship.

Originally, Lee Han’s swordsmanship, the heavy sword, should overwhelm Garakse’s swordsmanship, the Hwansword, in terms of strength, but there was no chance of victory if he did not win in strength.

…But suddenly the sword began to gain strength.

That’s the power to overwhelm Garakse!

what?

‘Did you hide your power? what? What do you mean? Why force?’

Garakse threw away his relaxed attitude and was embarrassed for the first time.

There was no reason for a swordsman who knew how to put magic into a sword to pretend to be weak.

Suddenly, the opponent I thought I had caught all seemed far away.

‘Is this right?’

Lee Han had doubts even as he poured mana into the sword like crazy.

It was an attack method that was completely opposite to the swordsmanship Lee Han had learned so far.

Originally, swordsmanship was not the end of just swinging, but had to prepare for the opponent’s attack immediately. Because the opponent wasn’t just getting hit.

But now, Lee Han gave up all his stance and focused only on the attack.

Concentrating on pouring mana into the sword made it impossible to perform other complex movements.

‘Is this for real?!’

And Lee Han’s question was actually correct.

This wasn’t normal swordsmanship.

Putting mana into the sword was not about ignorantly pouring it out, but sending the mana into the sword and circulating it throughout the body.

From the body to the sword, from the sword to the body.

Even if you continue to recover mana in this way, the consumption or fatigue applied to your body is not normal, but you do not circulate the mana and just emit it?

It was a self-destruct swordsmanship that would not be strange even if he vomited blood and collapsed.

If Lee Han hadn’t been in a transparent state, he would have known how extreme his posture was in Garakse’s eyes.

Then Garakse might have noticed that Lee Han was doing something strange.

However, Lee Han was invisibility magic, and the invisible enemy shook Garakse’s mind.

I just can’t figure it out!

If he had dealt calmly, he would have had a chance to win, but Garakse was on the defensive as he met the attack without hesitation.

blah-

“?”

Lee Han, who overpowered his opponent again, felt an ominous sound coming from his sword.

I thought I heard it wrong, but I heard it right.

‘…It’s a big deal!’

The sword, unable to withstand the magic, began to break.

‘No, why use such a cheap sword!’

The swords the raiders were using were considered to be of the highest quality even in the empire, but Lee Han did not know.

Without thinking about the amount of magical power he had poured into, he just complained without conscience.

‘Finish before it breaks!’

I couldn’t control it well, but if I reduced my mana here, I could be pushed back by the opponent.

It was better to make a decision and end it.

With the determination to end it all at once, Lee Han frantically began to infuse magic into the sword.

In response, Garakse also gritted his teeth and drew another sword.

It was a sword made of black magnet and had the property of absorbing mana.

It was humiliating to pull out this sword against a swordsman, but I couldn’t lose like this.

‘I won’t overpower you!’

At that moment, there was a ‘pop’ and the sound of something breaking.

Then, the opponent’s transparent sword, which had never been seen before, appeared. The flames of wildly scattering magical power formed the shape of a sword.

A bizarre form of attack that was neither aura nor magic flew in from the air.

bang!!!!

The black magnet sword that absorbs mana was of no use.

The opponent’s attack hit Garakse like a wave.