A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated as a Hero - Chapter 75



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A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated in a Heroic Family Episode 75

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The story that Harang Paul Kaladan had passed one of Duke Kal-El’s tests was a reality that could no longer be overlooked.

Up until now, Duke Kal-El Paul Kaladan has never personally given a ‘test’ to 2nd generation purebloods or even 3rd generation purebloods.

Even Hyron, who is said to be first in line of succession because he is the oldest of the three direct purebloods, has never been subjected to this kind of test.

However, when it became known that the adopted son of the collateral line was given a test and that he had even passed it, public opinion that the wings of Harang, who were on a rise in succession, should be broken at least once gained momentum.

‘It’s me, Kyle Paul Callathan! I will challenge Paul Kaladan, who has defamed me and does not treat me with respect as a brother, to a life-or-death duel!’

So, in a way, it may have been natural that Kyle was forced to challenge Harang to a duel.

‘It’s a matter of life and death… … I didn’t intend to make it this big.’

I had planned on giving him a few hits with a club as a moderate duel, but I had no idea that I would be asking him for a duel that would put his life on the line.

If he had requested a duel based solely on his own judgment, it would never have been a matter of life or death.

“Colonel Kyle. It’s in your hands. “The growth of collaterally adopted children is accelerating, and if we don’t stop it at least once, we won’t even be able to catch them one day.”

Kyle looked at the man who came to him with a stiff expression.

8-star Foldon Knight, Ghazan Kaladan.

Known as the Folden Knight, who served the pureblood lineage, he had a reputation so high that he was active as the guardian of the eastern sea, and he was a strongman with such a reputation that even Kyle, who was born in the lineage, could not help but feel very nervous.

Ghazan Kaladan was one of the knights of the faction that followed Naridel’s father, and when he heard that Kyle was going to compete against Harang for rank, he personally came to give him strength.

“Take this sword. In the North, it is called a crushing sword, and it has a saw blade perfect for breaking the opponent’s strong armor.”

Sharp thorns like saw blades were sticking out of the blade of the grinding sword that Ghazan handed me.

“Isn’t this the ‘Special Blade’ known as one of the world’s 20 greatest ghost swords?”

“yes. “It is a very precious sword.”

“but… … .”

Kyle said hesitantly.

“If you start a ranking war with this, it will be difficult to give it back.”

In ranking battles between blood relatives, only ‘equipment that one has personally captured’ can be used.

The concept of borrowing equipment itself is impossible, so if you use this sword against Harang, you cannot return it.

“I know.”

“… … .”

In other words, Kyle’s shoulders became even more heavy because it meant that a great Foldon Knight as great as Ghazan would come and invest one of the 20 ghost swords in him.

It wasn’t even just that.

“This is a gift from Admiral Charis Herrick, commander of the Blue Dragon Fleet.”

“… … !!”

Charis Herrick was the ruler of the sea, known in name and reality as the King of the East Sea. He was known to have sworn allegiance to the Principality of Kaladan after being defeated by Duke Kal-El a long time ago.

But that too was a very long time ago.

Charis Herrick was slowly approaching retirement, and as his children began to take power, he was making moves to hire another master.

In other words, some of Charis Herrick’s children sent gifts to support Kyle Paul Calladan!

Of course, it was a gift to support Naridel, not him, but Kyle had no way of knowing.

“Crest of Adobis… … .”

It was an item that gave one a temporary boost of strength just by holding it against one’s chest, and it was an extremely rare item, one of only a few left in the world.

When used by a knight below 5-star level, the physical strength and auror power increase by almost 1 star, so it was treated as a kind of spare life and was difficult to obtain even if paying 10 million gold.

Although part of the sentence has been removed, it will last less than 5 minutes, but in the meantime, Kyle will be able to gain strength approaching 6 stars.

In other words, a perfect situation was created in which he could not be defeated unless he was defeated by Harang.

“Now, the Summon Mail I was supposed to lend you. “Again, am I lending it?”

The last gift, Summon Mail.

Because Naridel and Kyle were siblings, the owner of the equipment could change at any time.

Therefore, she emphasized that it was a ‘lend’, but in fact, if this fact was discovered, she would also face tremendous disgrace and might be severely punished.

“… … “Yes, thank you, sister.”

An enormous weight presses down on my shoulders. Cold sweat was forming on Kyle’s forehead because he had no idea that the matter would escalate to this level.

‘No, let’s not be nervous…’ … .’

Kyle came to his senses belatedly and clenched his fists.

‘All you have to do is win. If you win. Then there will be no problem.’

Honestly, if I had been alone, I might not have been able to guarantee that I would be able to completely win against Harang.

But how can you lose when you are provided with such excellent equipment? Now, even if I wanted to lose, I couldn’t.

‘This time, I will definitely trample on him.’

His eyes burned like flames.

* * *

Ranking competitions between direct purebloods have not been fought very well in modern times. In recent generations, people have tried to gain rank by driving their opponents into the abyss due to political issues and destroying their family’s standing regardless of their achievements in swordsmanship.

However, Duke Kal-el-Pol Calladun was the first to occupy the throne in a few generations through a pure battle of rankings, and it is said that he also forced a battle of rankings as much as possible on his children instead of dirty political maneuvering and unnecessary bloodshed.

Of course, none of the children listened to anything.

It has been 39 years since the last Kaladan direct ranking battle took place.

It is said that even that ended in vain because it was closer to a martial arts battle that did not use highly lethal herbivore rather than a life-and-death fight with the determination to kill the opponent.

However, the ranking match held today was different.

Calladan’s direct descendant, Pauldon Knight, Kyle Paul, officially challenged Harang to a duel, claiming that Calladorn had insulted his honor!

Since it was even a life-or-death decision, it was only natural that it would become a hot topic in many ways.

‘I have no intention of killing you.’

Harang touched Cheongwolheun with a calm and frail expression.

Life or death.

Kill or live.

It may be misunderstood to mean that, but life and death on the continent of Astera was closer to ‘kill or save.’

Times have changed a lot, and in modern times, it has become an atmosphere in which people do not easily take someone else’s life.

If it were completely medieval, people would often lose their lives during duels, but even on the continent of Astera, such a thing is a story from a very distant history.

Harang had no intention of killing Kyle.

‘If only I could.’

It was an arrogant thought.

It was more difficult to let the other person live than to kill him.

In other words, Harang had to subdue Kyle, who was threatening to kill him, without killing him… … .

‘Kyle is stupid and can’t raise something like this on his own. Perhaps Naridel or someone with a strong personality helped behind the scenes. Do you want to lend me some equipment? Are you trying to dope the elixir? They would do anything to trample on me.’

He never lets down his guard when playing a game. He always thinks of various situations and constantly thinks about variables.

This is because I had the experience of meeting an opponent I had never lost to in the finals, letting my guard down, and losing badly.

The bitter experience at that time soon became a pillar for Harang and made him stronger and stronger.

‘He probably brought something much better than the equipment Kyle was using. I don’t know what it is… … ‘If you react the same way as you’ve dealt with before, you could end up getting hurt.’

Normally, Kyle would take Harang lightly and charge in with his upgraded equipment, but someone will definitely advise him on a strategy.

‘It will not be an easy duel, but… … .’

Does not matter.

“Both of you, I will give you a formal ceremony.”

Harang raises his head at the voice he hears.

In order to hold a ranking battle between blood relatives, a high-ranking knight of 7 stars or higher had to be appointed as a judge.

For the duel between the two, the 3rd training ground was completely emptied, even training was stopped, and all the knights were watching from a distance.

chuck! chuck! Kyle and Harang made eye contact as they bowed to each other.

‘Indeed, has the equipment changed?’

Harang dyed his eyes silver and scanned Kyle’s equipment.

‘Appropriate lightweight armor… … Um, is that a ghost sword or a star sword?’

A starblade known to have the ability to crush a knight’s aura.

It was once a haunted sword used by a demonic knight known as the Knight Slayer, and was now said to lie dormant somewhere in the East.

If Kyle was going to come forward with something like that, it was already an established fact that there were forces supporting him.

‘I also had a lot of sponsors at one time.’

As he was thinking that, the senior knight extended his sword between Kyle and Harang.

“duel-”

After a while, he raised his sword straight up and shouted.

“start!”

Immediately after the command was given, the first thing Harang did was to focus the aura in his eyes and exert his utmost concentration. This is because it was easy to respond to the next attack only if Kyle’s movements were identified.

‘It may still be difficult for me to follow the movements of a 5-star knight, but if I predict it in advance, I can sufficiently respond.’

Harang thought so and predicted the route by dividing Kyle’s movements into countless possibilities.

An abnormality occurred.

Slam! Crunch!

Suddenly, a solid blue line appeared in the air around Kyle’s body and soon began to take shape.

It is the unmistakable shape of armor.

‘Summonmail!’

There were not many different types of Summon Mail in this world, so it was not difficult to figure out its name.

‘Armor of the Red Leap.’

From Harang’s memory, it was definitely one of the summon mails owned by Naridel… … That ability increased the aura eruption ability of the soles of the feet, amplifying the leaping power to a frightening level.

Toosh!!

“… … !!”

In Harang’s simulation, Kyle traced countless trajectories and was divided into numerous branches, but in reality, Kyle completely missed all expectations and rushed straight ahead!

The speed was so incredible that it was impossible to even respond with Harang’s reaction speed!

Kwaang!!

Harang’s body fell backwards with a loud noise that made it hard to believe that swords had collided.

Tung-! Harang, who was pinned against the wall of the training hall, frowned and quickly looked straight ahead.

Whoa! Kyle’s strike comes rushing in like a wild boar again, as if he won’t give him any time to rest! It was impossible to even take a defensive stance against this attack, so Harang quickly escaped from the wall and rolled around.

Wow!! The wall completely collapses and collapses. Harang hurriedly distanced himself from Kyle amid thick smoke and twisted his left wrist.

‘… … It’s a pity that I used Orang’s touch a few days ago.’

Although he was only attacked twice, he could tell that Kyle’s condition was not normal.

‘It must be doping.’

Doping existed in this world as well. Because of the severe side effects, most doping products were illegal, but in rare cases, doping items from ancient times remain and have been passed down to modern times.

‘Kyle’s Auror is calm. If the power has increased to that level without any sign of personality change or mana surge, is it a type of doping from ancient times?’

I don’t know where on earth he got such a precious doping drug, but one thing is certain: its power.

‘… … Probably the only drawback is that it lasts a short time.’

As Harang guesses, Kyle must also be well aware of such shortcomings.

The time it took to make a decision up to this point was 0.7 seconds.

This was more than enough time for Kyle to take his next attack stance.

Tooung-!!

Harang stopped while trying to extend his left hand as he saw Kyle running towards him, easily surpassing the speed of sound, as if a rocket was being launched.

‘… … They’re probably even expecting me to use magic.’

He’s probably wearing one or two artifacts that counteract magic. In that case, if you try to use an ambiguous 2-star level magic in a hurry, you may be knocked out without even being able to properly defend yourself.

‘This is why it becomes annoying when the strategy is exposed.’

Even while Kyle was overwhelming, Harang remained calm.

[The synchronization rate increases.]

Even at this moment, his concentration was steadily increasing, and he was picking up more and more of Kyle’s movements.

‘The speed and power are 6 stars, but the movements are simple.’

The only technique used is to rush and swing without even being able to use the correct sword technique.

‘You can’t control your power properly.’

then.

‘How is it any different from an animal?’

Kyaang-!!

When I placed the blue moon at an angle and placed it on the floor to support its weight, it came into contact with Kyle’s sword and slipped, causing the power to leak out!

“Tsk!”

Kyle turned his body as hard as he could even as he lost his balance.

No matter how stupid one may judge him, he was also a direct descendant of the purebloods Kaladun, so his fighting sense was outstanding.

Whilick!

Kyle turned his body as if he had twisted his body, and swung his sword at Harang’s neck, who was unable to retrieve the sword, in the same position where he had stuck the sword on the floor.

Because he was swinging at a very abnormal angle, it put a strain on his whole body, but since Kyle was doped with the Adobis emblem, the move was quite possible!

Since Harang was still defenseless, Kyle was confident that he would be killed.

Crunch!

At the same time, a mysterious friction sound of metal clashing was heard.

… … Quang-!!

Kyle’s eyes widened in shock when he felt an unfamiliar sensation, not like the sensation of cutting his throat, but as if he were being blocked by extremely hard metal.

“W-what… … ?”

Cheongwolheun was still stuck on the ground, and Harang was holding it with his right hand.

If so, what stopped it?

‘This… … ?!’

Harang’s left hand.

A silver-colored metal glove that covered about half of his forearm completely blocked Kyle’s sword.

The Stardust Sword’s reputation for being able to easily crush not only a knight’s auror but also the shield coating of armor was ridiculously blocked, as it could not even pierce a single armor!

Bye!

While Kyle was panicking, Harang swung his left arm and punched him hard in the face. While Kyle took a few steps back and took his stance, Harang had enough time to rush in, but deliberately did not do so and waited, holding his left hand.

By taking his time, he is making a kind of provocation.

‘No matter what means you use or what help you get, it will be very easy to defeat you.’

‘Anything you can do, I can do too.’

Kyle looked at Harang’s left hand with a truly embarrassed expression.

That thing that didn’t exist until just now, but suddenly appeared, and completely blocked the Starblade’s blow, is definitely Summon Mail!

“You bastard, have you been hiding something like that this whole time?”

“… … .”

It’s not really hidden. Compared to other Summon Mail, it could not be used because its magical power consumption was extreme.

But Kyle would have no way of knowing that.

‘Plus, you don’t summon all the parts, but only the left hand… … !’

A strong burning flame appeared in Kyle’s eyes when he thought that Harang was clearly ignoring him.

“… … “I will make sure you pay for ignoring me.”