A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated as a Hero - Chapter 23



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A genius gamer, reincarnated into a famous hero episode 23

Battle for ranking (1)

Because Baekya Castle was located as a fortress to protect the royal capital, places such as reception rooms and VIP rooms were not elaborately designed.

However, since it was also the place where Foldon of the Kaladan clan was active, their private rooms were decorated quite luxuriously, which was a change in line with the times.

“Hey, Paulden from the White Night Castle is living in a place like this these days, right? “The world has become better.”

Pureblood Kaladan, eldest granddaughter Naridel.

She turned 25 this year, and was a genius among geniuses who reached a whopping 6 stars, and was one of the Foldon Knights who are still wandering the world and raising the honor of Kaladan.

The reason she headed to the White Night Castle after receiving her mother’s call was because of none other than her ‘younger brother with the same mother.’

Even if they come from the same family, the friendship between brothers from different mothers is different from that between brothers from the same mother.

Of course, just because they have the same mother doesn’t mean their friendship is particularly deep, but there were cases like now where Foldon Knight came to the White Night Castle to inspect his younger brother at his mother’s order.

“Kyle, my sweet little brother! “You know why I came, right?”

“… … yes.”

I know.

The news that Paul Calladun, that goddamn adopted son, passed Survival in overwhelming first place and will participate in the duel for ranking has already spread widely.

I even saw a messenger from my home family come and harass the instructor several times to confirm the truth of the news that he had hunted the level 4 monster Rampage, all by himself.

It was natural not to believe it.

To be honest, Kyle thought Lauren Chagan was telling a practical joke when she told him about the survival results.

But when I found out it wasn’t a joke… … How much anger was boiling inside you?

‘I caught that monster… … .’

If you invest a little time, you will be able to catch a level 4 monster. I just didn’t do it because it was a waste of time!

Nariel smiled as she looked at Kyle, who was clenching his hand tightly.

“My mother really hates that adopted son. “I don’t understand why the head of the family is devoting time to a child who has no fundamentals.”

“Yes, I know. sister.”

“oh. Look at him? “When I saw you five years ago, you followed me around and called me your sister, but now you’re keeping your distance from me?”

“… … “I am now a trainee.”

“Hehehe, isn’t it because my chest hurts? “I was so young that I thought he hit me hard.”

Kyle did not respond to his sister’s provocation. Her level is still so high that it is difficult for the current Kyle to handle it.

of course… … One day, if her matriarch decides that Kyle has surpassed her talents in pure swordsmanship, she will no longer be able to do anything to herself.

“Even if you have a stupid head, don’t you think your swordsmanship is better than that guy’s? I’m going to change the ranking match bracket to match you, so I’ll crush you. Wouldn’t it be perfect if I completely destroyed the sword to the point where I could never hold it again?”

In fact, it is prohibited to harm the opponent excessively beyond a certain level in a ranking duel… … .

What can we do about accidents that inevitably happen?

Kyle, who became a trainee in the 96th jockey three years before Harang, is now 15 years old and showed off his spirit by reaching 3 stars. It meant that he too was a genius with great talent, but adults’ interest seemed to be cold, perhaps because it was disappointing compared to the talent of his older sister, who was called a genius among geniuses.

Of course, even with this talent… … It wouldn’t be that difficult to destroy a 2-star little swordsman.

I heard that Harang used tricks such as setting fire to trees to hunt Rampage.

In other words, in terms of pure ability, you have an overwhelming advantage anyway.

Any cheating, such as starting a fire, is prohibited during a duel!

“got it? It will be completely destroyed. I adopted him because he only saw swordsmanship, but wouldn’t grandfather’s interest naturally disappear if he loses in a battle for rank in the White Night and becomes unable to hold a sword? “It all depends on you, so you have to work hard~?”

From the beginning, Naridel had completely set aside the assumption that Kyle might lose and was telling him to completely destroy Kyle, saying he would win of course.

The difference between the level of a 2-star prosecutor who has just turned 10 and a 3-star prosecutor who has been trained for a long time is heaven and earth.

The news that Harang became a 2-star at the age of 9 must have been so huge that it had already spread to his family… .

‘If you cut them off before they bloom, no one will know how beautiful they are.’

Naridel smiled and easily stood up. Her process was so smooth and natural that Kyle didn’t even notice her presence.

Leaving behind the leisurely steps of a woman on the verge of becoming a superhuman, Kyle looked at her sword.

‘I was already going to trample it because it was an eyesore, but if it was my sister’s request, it would have worked out better.’

Kyle clenched his fists as he remembered Harang, who led all of the 97 riders and showed unrivaled steps.

With the protection of Naridel, who acts as a Foldon Knight, Kyle’s ‘minor mistakes’ can be forgiven.

Kyle can gain a lot by trampling on the weak that he was planning on destroying anyway, so it is a business in which Kyle has nothing to lose.

He was a genius recognized by the head of the family, and I didn’t like the way he was climbing up… … .

‘You have to cut me off from my line.’

An adopted child that not all other purebloods like anyway. If only he could cut it off with his own hands and monopolize the attention that was being given to the adopted child… … .

The corners of Kyle’s mouth slowly rose. It even felt like a bright pink future was already being pictured.

* * *

At that time, private accommodation.

Harang took a deep breath, held the wizard in his hands, and glared at him.

[Would you like to learn the flame-type magic ‘Flame Walk’?]

After slowly coming to my senses, I pressed the YES button, and in an instant, information about Flame Walk flooded into my head.

“Ugh!”

Although it may seem like the skill can be easily acquired, it was a cold sweat-filled and painful process.

This is a dangerous moment when if you miss even one letter that comes into your head, your magic power will flow backwards and you may fall into a ‘rebound’!

However, with superhuman reaction speed and concentration, Harang caught and captured all the runes, calculation formulas, and interpretations of magic that came into his head one by one.

A moment later, when Harang opened his eyes, the memory of the ‘Flame Walk’ magic was fully established in his mind.

[You have successfully learned the flame-type magic ‘Flame Walk’.]

Of course, you only learn, but your proficiency is not perfect. Using this skillfully is a matter of practice.

“Whew, after doing this for three years, the pain is a little less.”

When I first learned ‘Yongeon’, I thought my head was going to explode.

Did you faint for a day at that time?

Now that I have accumulated a lot of magic knowledge by learning various magic, the side effects are not severe and there is no problem even if I use magic right away.

Grumble!

Harang, who raised a flame on his palm, shed a trickle of sweat.

‘The magic is really good, but it’s inconvenient that you have to use both hands to make a hand sign.’

Use both hands, or stand still and recite the spell.

One of the two had to be done, but in fact, both were impossible for Harang, who fought three-dimensionally with a two-handed sword.

‘I think I need to do a little more research to find out how to use magic in practice.’

In contrast, Yongeon did not require incantations or seals. How easy is this to activate by simply shouting the magic name?

However, Yongeon’s mana consumption was so enormous that even Harang, who had 3-star magical power, was dizzy, which was a major drawback.

After extinguishing the flame, Harang grabbed his real sword. Her ridiculous phrase, ‘Her own sword as if it were her lover’, was installed throughout the training center, and the true sword was never to be separated from the body at any time, anywhere.

Even when I eat and when I sleep.

It was a bit annoying at first, but once it became a habit, it became natural and familiar, as if we had become one.

As I left the dormitory with the real sword on my back, I saw trainees flocking to the training ground.

Only trainees ranked in the top 10 for each jockey were eligible to participate in today’s ranking battle.

It is a format in which two trainees compete at a time to determine the rankings of a total of 30 riders.

‘It’s an unranked ranking match now.’

Before each jockey’s battle for ranking, trainees who were unable to participate in the survival competition or who were eliminated from the survival competition gather together and compete in a 1:1 duel with each rider.

Of course, no one was interested in this. This is because there is a battle of pride between the lower ranks and no graduates have come out here.

Ha! under!

Harang, who was watching the trainees gather in the huge training hall and swing their swords at their opponents, headed to the trainee waiting room.

A waiting room is not a private room. While the 97th jockey trainees were changing their clothes in the waiting room, Harang opened the door and came in, causing them to widen their eyes in surprise.

“Oh, was it Harang?”

“I thought it was the wrong girl.”

“I’m really surprised.”

Harang smoothed his hair.

The past warrior Kaladun, whom I saw through the magic of Terandal, the holy sword, had long hair, and it looked really cool, so I tried to imitate it clumsily, but it seems to only have a negative effect.

‘It will be resolved when it gets bigger.’

Regardless of whether the trainees were surprised or not, Harang went to his cabin, quickly changed into his training clothes, and sat down on a chair and rested his head.

The trainees knew that he meditated and were considerate of him. Harang has already become the de facto leader of the 100 members of the 97th Riders.

He was so lazy that Theon and Cheren took care of all the annoying work.

‘Naras Rune, Demer Kidel geometry, Boild element system thermodynamic theory… .’

All kinds of magical knowledge was floating around in Harang’s mind, which seemed to be in a daze.

While I was drawing an imaginary magic circle in the air and training the image of the fire emission magic I learned today, I turned my head when I heard a loud noise outside.

-Oh, princess! You must not come in here!

-sorry! I didn’t know it turned into a men’s waiting room! In my time, this was the public lounge!

-Anyway, you have to go back!

‘This voice… … ?’

When he heard a familiar woman’s voice, Harang opened the door to the waiting room and went out. Ari Hill, a woman with beautiful eyes and long pink hair, was arguing with her knights with a perplexed expression.

“Sister Arihil?”

As Harang approached and called out, Arihil, who had been fighting, waved his hand with sparkling eyes.

“Oh, harang! I came to see you! hi!”

“Well, let’s leave for now.”

“Oops! sorry!”

When I took her outside, he smiled brightly and took out a small box and handed it to her.

“Now, this is a gift.”

“gift?”

What gift? When Harang took the box and looked at her with doubt, Ari Hill said with a grin.

“It was your birthday recently? “I couldn’t give it to you back then because I couldn’t come into the White Night Castle, but now that I’m here today, I’m giving it to you!”

Sweet! When I opened the box, there was a silver bracelet inside. Even without using system protection, I could tell that this was an expensive artifact.

“It’s a bracelet called ‘Orhan’s Touch.’ If you inject mana in advance, you can deploy a small shield equivalent to a 6-star spell. Isn’t it amazing? “It’s a bit fatal that the reuse time is only one month.”

“Six stars? Is that okay?”

I heard that the magic that can be given to an artifact is limited to 5 stars. Even that cost expensive magic stones and mana crystals, so it was said to be the price of a decent building.

“Hehe, no matter how much I did, I had a hard time getting it. “It’s a legacy from the ancient magic era.”

“Why are you giving me something so precious?” … .”

To be honest, I felt more bewildered than grateful.

“Is there anything you want from me?”

When asked with a puzzled expression, Arihil laughed out loud.

“Aha! “Do you seem a bit childish at times like this?”

“… … I don’t understand. “You made an effort to attract me to your family, and now that I am a member of your family, aren’t we in competition with each other?”

“yes. But you know what? Purebloods don’t all try to kill each other. If that were the case, wouldn’t all the brothers die and only one would be left?”

When Harang looked like he didn’t understand, Arihil bowed and placed her head on his shoulder. Then she made eye contact with Harang and pointed somewhere.

“Hey, this is Kyle Paul Caladorn from the 96 rider. Can you see it?”

Harang nodded and found a woman standing next to Kyle.

Naridel Paul Calladorn. As a genius swordsman who achieved 6 stars at a young age of 20, there would be very few swordsmen in the world who do not know her name.

“Those two are direct purebloods, but they are partners. “If one person supports the other and becomes the head of the family, a reward is given.”

“Compensation?”

“huh. “Our Kaladan blood family is under the ‘curse of stigmata,’ so the moment they let go of the sword, they have nightmares and slowly die, right?”

Harang nodded.

A strange curse that makes you strangely obsessed with the sword, as if someone is trying to force you to never let go of the sword for the rest of your life.

“However, it seems that in the pantheon, there are often times when a person comes out with a heavenly altar called ‘Holy Spirit Altar’, which is created every few decades, and gives it to his blood relatives who support him to remove the curse.”

“The Holy Spirit… … ?”

“The effect is an effect, but it is said to be very effective in curing the curse. It seems to be a trace of our ancestors’ efforts to somehow erase the curse of stigmata… … “They are made every few decades, so not everyone can have them.”

Not everyone can have it.

Isn’t that fact one of the reasons that made Caladun what it is today?

“Ironically, the person who becomes the head of the family overcomes the curse on his own and doesn’t really need the Holy Spirit Order, so it’s common for him to not use it or anything. Well, not everyone can do that. The moment you let go of your sword even for a moment… … “Our curse will quickly wriggle out.”

“… … .”

It was like a scar on the family that wasn’t very pleasant to hear.

“In the end, as a sword, are you trying to save money by attaching yourself to someone who is likely to become the head of Caladern?”

“As expected, you are smart for your age. but! Slightly different. “No matter how strong the support base is, in the end, everything is decided by the sword.”

“Then why…” … .”

“It is to secure power after becoming the head of the family, or to survive when you fail to become the head of the family. If another gem appears and threatens the position of the next head of the family… … “You’ll feel better if you clean it up before your eyes, right?”

When Arihil spoke with a cruel smile, Harang’s heart felt cold, but at the same time, he was convinced.

In the end, wars between blood relatives did not just occur in Kaladun to escape from the curse.

It was a common ‘throne war’ seen in any royal power.

The world’s greatest hero.

The blood relatives sharpen their swords over who will inherit the throne there.

“If you don’t want to die before your talents can blossom, you must develop your own power. Or join another strong force.”

Arihil thought Harang wouldn’t understand so he explained it simply, but with just that simple explanation, he was able to understand how the family worked.

Why is she trying to take care of herself?

“then… … “Are you taking care of hiring me when I become an excellent prosecutor someday?”

“huh. that’s right.”

Arihil was honest.

She had a free-spirited personality, but since she was born as Caladorn, she was destined to be unable to escape the infinite competition.

Moreover, as a swordsman, there was no one in Caladern who did not desire the position of head of the family, which only the strongest swordsman could hold.

“Someday, if I become the head of the family, I want you to be the sword for me. Hehehe, to be honest, I’m not even interested in becoming the head of the family!”

Harang smiled softly and said.

“What if I surpass you and become the head of the family?”

“huh?”

Arihil blinked because he never thought he would be asked such a question.

It was pure worry.

It’s not because he ignores Harang, but because he recognizes his talent, he seriously thinks about becoming the head of the family.

“Well, if that happens.”

She says with a bright smile.

“Will you at least spare my life?”

“… … .”

Harang was slightly shocked by those words. It was even more heartbreaking to know that that answer came with truly pure intentions.

‘How on earth has this family come to be so that things like that come out so casually?’

Arihil’s age this year is 21.

If you were born normally, you would have spent a lot of time decorating yourself, studying, dating, and having a happy time.

However, because he was born in Caladern, he held a sword and jumped into a bloody battle, carving scars and calluses on his beautiful hands.

“… … “If you don’t become the head of the family, will you lose your life?”

When Harang asked carefully, Arihil tilted his head and nodded.

“Hmm, if you’re at my level, you probably won’t die in a power struggle. but… … “If you let go of the sword even for a day or become unable to hold the sword, you will die immediately from the ‘stigmata’.”

In order for me to live, I have to trample on my flesh and blood and move forward.

Because it was taken for granted, I had no choice but to jump into a bloody fight that risked my life even if I didn’t want to.

‘Is this what Garaen and Arihil meant when they brought me?’

She said she simply needed a great swordsman for her power, but the truth was a little different.

She needs someone who will protect her, someone who will not betray her, someone who can protect her.

He needed someone who could give his back.

“What! There’s no need to be serious. Be it me, my brother, or you. If you become the head of the family, you can survive, right? just in case. “Even if you don’t become the head of the family, you might be able to have a limb cut off and still survive.”

Arihil laughed heartily as he casually told a cruel joke to a 10-year-old boy.

“Anyway, I’ll be on the rise, so good luck with today’s ranking battle! “Be sure to show me your best side!”

After saying that, Arihil jumps up and disappears somewhere.

Harang sighed and clenched his fists.

‘I wasn’t interested in being the head of the family, but I’m starting to have more and more reasons to become stronger.’

He had to become strong to protect the person who cared for him. It’s incomparable to now, even more so.