A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated as a Hero - Chapter 79



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A genius gamer is reincarnated into a famous hero episode 79

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It took at most a week for Harang, who returned from his mission, to win the life-or-death battle against Kyle Paul Calladhan, and to visit the Holy Sword Terandal and win the duel with his clone.

In other words, it would be safe to say that Harang brought a storm within the Kaladan family in just one week.

“… … Kyle, that idiot lost? “No matter how stupid he is, he has 5-star skills and even received summon mail?”

Tuk! The sound of the teacup being put down vibrated throughout the room, as if echoing from a cave.

The name of the man who can sit arrogantly on the highest terrace of the Red and White Palace, the palace that ranks first in line, is Charem Paul Caladon.

The second son of Duke Kal-El, a knight of eight stars, and the most likely candidate for the next duke, Foldon Knight of the family was completely eliminated from the rankings after an accident that resulted in his right arm being amputated.

Currently, he does not have any power, and his wife, Rachelen, is shaking up the family’s politics, but that does not mean he is not interested in the family’s news.

“yes. “They say it was a complete defeat.”

The 3-year-old, Hiron Paul Calladan, bowed his head in front of him.

Likewise, he is considered the most powerful candidate for the next duke in the current generation, and was on the path to becoming an extraordinary genius by achieving 8 stars in his early 30s.

Everyone will think this way.

‘If you keep quiet like this, Prince Hailon may become the next head of the family!’

But that’s something only idiots who don’t know anything do.

A genius who spreads his wings and flies like Paul Calladun has appeared, so how can Hyron, who lives so calmly, be noticed?

Most of the family’s blood relatives did not cause any major accidents and only quietly improved their sword skills.

If they were caught, they would be severely attacked politically, and if they got caught up in something useless, they would not be able to practice swordsmanship, which would lead to them being caught up by other clans or widening the gap.

Therefore, Harang could truly be said to be an deviant.

From the moment he was first adopted, he was involved in incidents and accidents, but his sword skills improved several times faster than others, and he even dabbled in magic, showing genius there too… … .

When the sun rises too brightly, other brilliant stars are obscured by its light and lose their shine.

No matter how great Hiron is, he will one day lose his luster and fall due to Harang.

“Hmm… … “That guy must be quite annoying, son?”

Charem said to Hiron as if it were fun. Although he had already withdrawn from his family’s affairs, he was still aware that his son was aiming for the position of head of the family.

“… … Yes, it’s annoying.”

It hurt Hiron’s pride to be anxious about an adopted child who lived less than half as long as him, but he had to answer honestly to his father.

My father, who was once considered one of the greatest geniuses, even had a sharp mind that could see through people’s psychology. Even though he was currently stuck at the 8-star level, there were evaluations that he could have aimed for the position of a 10-star prosecutor if he continued to work hard.

“Do you want me to help you with something?”

“… … “If my father helps me, I will feel like I have gained a thousand soldiers and ten thousand demons.”

“haha. You’re saying things you don’t mean. “I already have no power and even my swordsmanship has caught up with you and I am nothing more than a sledgehammer. How can I help you?”

“But wasn’t your father so talented that he could one day reach the 10-star level? Surely, if you could give me advice with your outstanding wisdom and insight… … .”

“Son.”

There was a shadow around Charem’s eyes.

“Hey, Paul Calladorn. It is said that the child challenged the Holy Sword Terandal with 4-star skills and won.”

“yes.”

“Do you know what this means?”

“… … “It probably means that the child has extraordinary talent.”

Hiron responded like that, but Charem shook his head.

“Talent? Definitely outstanding. However, among us, or even in your generation, if you achieved 4-star achievement and challenged Terandal, there would definitely be a blood relative who would have likely won. But you didn’t.”

Hiron was speechless at those words.

Hiron, because he too did not dare to challenge Terandal.

There was one reason.

‘Because I’m afraid of losing.’

To put it the other way around.

“Harang, that kid is not afraid of defeat. This means that it can never be stopped with ordinary means. Using Kyle Paul Calladorn to defeat him in a duel? gibberish. You can’t stop him from flying that way. Even if we had lost this time, we would have used that defeat as a reaction and leaped to greater heights.”

“father… … .”

“I, we couldn’t do that. Do you know why my arm was cut off?”

“That’s right, in the duel with the demon knight… .”

“Wrong.”

Charem laughed self-deprecatingly.

“I cut it myself.”

“… … “What, father?”

Hiron was truly embarrassed and his eyes wavered. Because it was the first time I heard this story.

“The reason was simple. Because I realized my limitations. I also thought I was great. I believed that I could reach 10 stars someday. “Everyone in the world said that to me.”

“Ah, father. What are you saying… .”

“But that was arrogance. Because everyone praised and promoted my talent, I became afraid of losing. Because I had become a genius recognized by everyone, I was afraid of the pointing and cold stares that would come after I lost. “At some point, it hindered my growth, and then I realized that.”

Charem closed his eyes.

“There were many ‘geniuses with the potential to reach 10 stars’ in the world, but among them, those who actually reached 10 stars were so rare that they could be counted on one hand. “I was just one of them, so they cut off my arm.”

If you do this, you won’t be a ‘fake genius who didn’t reach 10 stars’… … .

At the very least, you can become a ‘real genius who tried to become a 10-star but fell.’

The final struggle of my father, who had hoped to fall as a genius until the very end.

Hearon, who heard his father’s ugly, disgusting, and dishonorable secret, bowed his head trembling.

“Do you understand? Geniuses are afraid of defeat and end up falling. Just like me. “The feeling of not being afraid of defeat is like wings to a genius.”

Charem said, nonchalantly picking up the teacup and putting it to his mouth.

“Son. Do you have wings?”

Hiron clenched his trembling fists.

He frowned as hard as he could, and there was only one thing he could say.

“… … “Your father is a coward.”

After saying that, Hiron walked back at a rough pace, and Charem smiled bitterly and nodded.

“Yes, as you said. You could say these are terrible words from a knight who lives tied to fame and fame. Even if we ended up dying as knights, we couldn’t become warriors… … .”

Charem quietly closed his eyes.

At some point, I felt my body slowly becoming stiff.

For the sin of not training his sword diligently like many of his ancestors did, he will turn completely silver and face death.

‘Until then, if I can watch my son grow just a little longer… … .’

It would be really good, but I doubted whether my ancestors would allow it.

* * *

The duel that unfolded between Harang and Kyle was not an ordinary duel, but a ‘battle of rank’ and a ‘life or death decision.’

It was an act of blood relatives fighting for each other’s lives, so it had sacred meaning.

In other words, Kyle was defeated and saved his life, but since it was a life-or-death battle and a battle of rankings, he had to pay the price of defeat to Harang.

“From now on, I hereby order that Kyle Paul Calladorn’s rank will be below that of Harang Paul Calladorn.”

“Under no circumstances can Kyle Paul Calladorn challenge Harang Paul Calladorn to a duel, and there will be no change in rank unless a re-duel is held in the future.”

“If Kyle Paul Calladorn attacks Harang Paul Callathon in a manner other than a fair duel, he will immediately have his Danjeon revoked, have both hands amputated, and be expelled from the family.”

Declaration of complete defeat.

After that, Kyle had to deliver the loot to Harang. He honestly wanted to get a Summon Mail, but it was too much, and since he already had Carla Dunn’s Summon Mail, he didn’t really need it, so he chose something else.

“Kyle Paul Calladorn orders the handover of the artifact ‘Round Point’ to Harang Paul Calladorn.”

“Ugh… … .”

Kyle looked like he was going to die from such regret, and handed the box containing the artifact to Harang with trembling hands.

There are two reasons why I chose that artifact.

One is that the item was not originally Kyle’s, but was secretly rented.

Another reason is that the efficacy of that item was better than Harang could have imagined.

━━━━[Artifact]━━━━

round point

A necklace made by the wise man Aylan, who had extensive knowledge but was concerned about the small amount of magic power.

Magic power is stored in the necklace’s core for 24 hours, and upon receiving a signal, the magic power is released into the air.

*Effect: A high concentration of magical energy is dispersed in the air, and when absorbed through magical breathing or fortune-telling, one-star magical energy can be recovered. The amount of magical power recovered varies depending on the user’s capabilities.

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Because this world was real, there were no ridiculous fraudulent items like ‘mana recovery potions’ like in games. However, there were many types of artifacts that helped restore magical power, and this was a fairly advanced artifact among them.

It wasn’t such a ridiculous effect as magical power was immediately filled in the body upon use, but Harang’s breathing method would be able to bring out the full effect of the necklace.

“I’ll use it well, brother.”

“Ugh… … .”

Kyle was almost in tears of blood. From his perspective, this artifact was loaned to him by another sponsor for this life-or-death decision.

If it was stolen like this, I would have had to compensate for the entire loss, so how on earth would I compensate for an artifact that barely exists in the world?

This issue will probably bother Kyle for a while.

Harang, who took the artifact in his arms, spoke to Kyle one last time.

“older brother. “Because of this life-or-death decision, you are officially below me in rank.”

“… … So, are you planning to harass me?”

“no.”

I had a lot of fun with the ceremony the last time we met, so I don’t plan on doing it anymore.

“Now that you can’t touch me, I won’t touch you either. “He won’t care what your brother does.”

“… … what?”

“In the future, if there is another brother who wants to harm me… … Everyone will be like you. I will officially place them below me in the pecking order, and I will also not touch them. “I will build my position step by step like that.”

“So… … “What are you going to do?”

“I won’t kill anyone.”

“… … !!”

Kyle then remembered the first day of the Wonseok Training Center and trembled.

At the time, Harang was only 7 years old.

He burned his body to protect Cheren, a blood relative who was his rival, and fought duels with trainees several times his size.

The desire to protect one’s blood relatives.

That firm attitude does not fade away as time passes, but has become stronger and more solid, and has now become a belief that firmly supports Harang.

“Don’t worry too much. I’m serious. I will do my best to make sure no one dies… … “Brother, you can walk your own path from now on.”

After saying that, Harang turned around and disappeared.

“what… … .”

Kyle looked blankly at the back where Harang had disappeared with a dumbfounded expression.

Obviously, he was much younger than me, so of course it was normal for him to look like a child.

‘article… … ?’

Why is the figure of a dignified knight wearing pure white armor visible from behind him?

‘My, what was I thinking!’

He hurriedly shook his head to dismiss the illusion, but the scene he had just seen was very strongly imprinted in Kyle’s mind.

maybe… … He will never forget today’s events for the rest of his life.