Academy’s Genius Swordsman

6. Cowardly Asher (4)

#6

The goblins who saw the blood fell into a state of frenzy.

From the goblin’s point of view, the face of his comrade, with the mace embedded in it, was disgusting. They all picked up their weapons in unison, as if they had promised.

– Kyaaaah?!

Then one of them pointed to the altar and screamed. About half of the tribute he had collected had disappeared. The goblins, who had completely turned around, screamed and ran out in all directions.

Before long, they could find a human figure slowly rising into the air.

– Keaaah!

“D, I got it!”

Asher clenched her teeth and focused. He had never tried to float his body with telekinesis.

Goblins rushed to their feet in an instant and jumped up, stepping on each other’s bodies.

“Aaaaaah! go away!”

All kinds of knives slashed through the pants. Asher, struggling with her legs, finally reached a height that the goblins could not reach.

He flew towards the tree next to him. At the end of stretching the joints of his body, he was able to barely hold onto the protruding branches.

“Heh heh…! Whoops!”

Suddenly, my thighs hurt and I lowered my head. I could see blood flowing through the cracks in my torn pants.

Asher cried out in a loud voice, suppressing the tears that were welling up.

“Hey, Ronan…! Huh, it’s up!!”

At that moment, a shadow appeared from behind the tree where Asher was hanging.

The shadows rushed straight towards the horde of goblins. The goblins, whose eyes were focused on Asher, did not notice Ronan approaching.

Scratch!

As the silver arc was drawn, three heads soared into the air. Ronan, who drew the first stroke, was relieved to realize that his senses had not been dulled.

👌👌👌👌👌 Again, two heads rose with blood.

– What? Kyaaaah?!

It was then that the goblins noticed that there was another intruder. Of course, Ronan didn’t know, so he swung his sword regardless.

The body of the goblin who was looking around was split lengthwise.

– Kyaauk…!

Blood spurted out like an explosion and soaked all sides. When the cut off half of the body was kicked, the twisted intestines were untied and poured over the heads of the goblins.

Ronan, who had already reached the center of the group, stopped in place.

-Ke, Kerreuk…!

“one two···.”

The atrocity was a huge success. The frightened goblins could not easily approach Ronan.

Ronan flicked his fingers, counting the number of goblins left. Already having a throbbing arm, I definitely felt the need to train my body.

The first thing you see is thirty-one.

“Fifteen times.”

Assuming the number of times he would swing the sword, Ronan sprinted to the ground.

****

The woman is bright The shadows of trees and grass were getting longer as the sunlight slowly fell. Birds begin to chirping, and awake animals stretch out.

It was a time when everything became beautiful. Except for the goblin village that was destroyed in one day, and Ronan covered in blood all over.

“Are you not hurt?”

“Yes. I’m okay.”

Asher answered, holding her breath as much as she could. A faint smell of blood was vibrating everywhere. Around the bonfire was a mess with shredded Luna goblins and their contents.

“Good work.”

Ronan patted him on the shoulder. Asher shook her head without a soul. Ronan’s battle scenes were playing over and over in his mind.

‘What did I see?’

It was literally a nightmare scene. Ronan drew this tragedy with exactly 14 sword strikes. In a way, the massacre, without a single word, was even artistic.

Suddenly, Asher felt pity for herself.

All he did was follow Ronan’s instructions and climb up the tree. Ronan would certainly have produced similar results without him.

“By the way… if that’s the case, isn’t it that I didn’t need you?”

“Yamma, you said a sense of action is important.”

“No, it was dangerous and it wasn’t like this… I thought it was just a disturbance to you.”

“I said it was something I could do. In the future, there will be a lot of things that only you can do.”

Naturally, it was as if he was telling us that when ice melts, it becomes water. Asher nodded, hoping it would happen.

“By the way, what is that on the leg?”

Out of nowhere, Ronan asked, smirking. Asher looked down at her legs and noticed an elongated cut on her thigh.

“yes? Ah, this was earlier…”

“You said you weren’t hurt?”

Asher shook her head as if nothing had happened. He was injured while climbing a tree, but it wasn’t that deep, so he didn’t say it on purpose.

However, Ronan looked at the wound with a serious expression on his face.

“Do you know how dirty of those cubs? Even if it’s a strange disease, it just gets better.”

Ronan, who suddenly headed to the altar, began to rummage through all sorts of things. When he came back, he held a bottle with an ornate decoration in his hand.

“Anyway, as long as it shines, I take everything. You don’t even know how to write, you idiots.”

“What is it?”

“A wound or a wolf.”

Asher offered the wound as he instructed. Without hesitation, Ronan sprayed the liquid inside the bottle. The area touched by the liquid became warm, and the wound healed in an instant.

“Po, potion…!”

Asher’s eyes widened. This was the first time I saw a ‘real’ potion.

He did not know the exact price, but he knew that to purchase a potion of this size, he had to pay at least a unit of gold.

“Hey, it’s better soon. I also like this workshop stuff. Remember the ‘sacred donkey’ too.”

“Hey, can I use this precious thing for me? I am nothing…”

“What kind of dog shit is that? Then I’m the three who aren’t hurt?”

“No, I don’t mean that…”

“If you’re all right, get your stuff right away. There is a lot to do.”

Ronan opened the hilt snout and threw in the remaining potion. After hesitating for a while, Asher also began to fill the sack.

****

It didn’t take long to fill the twenty sacks, but the problem was moving. They were sweating profusely to and fro between rivers and forests. Ronan let out an exclamation as he looked at the sack floating in the air.

“Oh, now I can use it while moving.”

“Yeah…but…! It’s a little… it’s hard…!”

Asher was able to use her telekinesis while moving, though immature. It was much more unstable than casting while immobile, but it was important to be able to do it anyway.

“By the way, I want to see what kind of sick people they are. Isn’t it?”

“yes···? Ah, yes…!”

Ronan grunted. He was thinking about the shout that woke the goblins. It was the fault of those who did not know his face that Asher was injured and he was covered in blood.

Anyway, time passed quickly as we talked. The two of them were moving the last sacks. Asher, who was walking while looking ahead, suddenly stopped in place.

“uh?”

thud! Suddenly, Asher’s sack fell to the floor. Ronan raised an eyebrow and asked.

“what’s the matter?”

Asher, with her eyes narrowed, was staring at the river through the crevice of the trees.

“Isn’t that our raft?”

“What?”

Ronan turned his head in the direction Asher’s index finger was pointing. Something was floating in the middle of the river. The ugly raft I’ve seen many times. Ronan threw the sack and ran away.

“You bastard!”

Asher also hurriedly followed behind. Ronan eventually reached the river and found a raft with sacks floating away, and two men giggling on it.

“Fuhehehe! We are rich now!”

“Like that bird, it’s a lucky day! Now we can become executives too!”

Judging by his appearance, he looked like an adventurer or a hunter. He had such a good voice that he could hear their conversation even on the river bank.

Asher noticed that the men’s voices were like waking up Luna Goblins.

“Oh, that voice! Hey! stop!”

“You bastards the size of an orc ball!”

Ronan jumped into the water without hesitation and shouted the whale whale.

“Stand there! Thieves!”

“Eh? Did you see the owner?”

“Yeah, that’s right. hey! This is something we can use!”

“I will kill you all!”

Blood spurted out of Ronan’s forehead. He started swimming with the hilt in his mouth. Every time I stretched out my limbs, a rainbow flickered in the spray of soaring.

“Oh, you’re a good swimmer. But this body’s ability to row is even more impressive.”

“I’ve been trying to tell you what to do~”

Ronan’s swimming speed was incredibly fast. However, it barely fell short of the speed of the raft on the current. The men twitched their ass and mocked Ronan.

At that moment, Asher, who was running along the riverbank along the raft, stopped. Because of the rough terrain, I couldn’t go any further. He took a deep breath under his chin and stretched out his right arm.

“Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh! I’m going to stop…”

The figure of the raft was covered by the palm of the hand. The only spell he knew leaked out between his lips.

“Ahh!”

At the same time, Asher’s body was dragged toward the river.

****

The first thing to notice was the man who was rowing.

“Eh? what?”

“what’s the matter?”

“No, the raft doesn’t move?”

The men panicked and looked at the raft. Outwardly there were no problems, but no matter how much I paddled, I couldn’t move forward. As if someone was holding it.

“Uh… what does that mean?”

Only then could they see the figure of a demon approaching with a sword in their mouth.

“Hey!”

The gap that seemed far away was closing quickly. Ronan’s face, which appeared as he regularly parted through the spray, was indescribably ferocious.

The men, who felt the crisis, quickly drew their swords.

“Ah, you are still young! There is nothing to be afraid of!”

“Yeah, you bastard! If your life is in jeopardy, go back now!”

Ronan then disappeared from the surface. Amid the sudden silence, the men took a vigilant stance with their backs facing each other. Only the sound of flowing water and the wind was heard.

– Pong!

Then, a mullet jumped out of the water. At the same time, Ronan, who soared in a splash of water, landed on the raft. The sword he was holding was suddenly held in his hand.

“These bastards! I’ll cut off your hand and put you in the ass!”

“Lord, kill me!”

The men ran. Asher, who had been staring at the raft all the time, turned her head.

The sound of metal clashing soon turned into a desperate scream and resounded over the river.

“Gyaaaaa-!!”

Ronan was sure to keep his promise. If you search downstream tomorrow morning, you’ll find two corpses with hands stuck in their hips.

It was a terrible sight that I did not want to even imagine, but for some reason the corners of my lips kept twitching.

“Ah… ha ha ha…”

The lower body was cold. His body was submerged up to his waist. The raft could only be stopped after having been driven up to the ankle into the river bed.

with a splash! Asher’s body fell backwards. Like a doll with a broken thread, she couldn’t lift a finger. The uneducated boy did not know that it was a mana depletion phenomenon.

He floated in the water and looked up at the blue sky. Ronan’s voice seemed to echo in his ears.

I thought there would be a lot of things only you could do, but I didn’t expect it to be this fast.

“Good, practical experience…”

The strong wind was refreshing. The fully exposed sun was coloring the river in golden color.

The longest night of Asher’s life has come to an end.

****

“Why is this bastard here again?”

“Ugh… Ronan… my body doesn’t move…”

Ronan returned by rowing alone.

He found Asher, floating like a jellyfish on the water, and set it on the raft. It seemed like he was completely exhausted from not being able to get up and smiling even though he tickled his side.

There were bloodstains in one corner of the raft. Asher did not hesitate to ask what had happened to the men. Ronan put the oar down and squatted down on his bedside.

“Did you stop?”

“yes···.”

“Good job, man.”

Ronan started poking Asher’s side again. Asher grinned, feeling helpless and satisfied at the same time.

In addition to saying that he did well, he praised Asher by pointing out that his skills had developed absurdly.

“Hey, hey, stop it! Hey, thank you so much.”

Asher had exhausted the strength to laugh, and only the sound of a leaking wind came out of her mouth. It was an astonishing development, he thought.

Until a few days ago, lifting a child was too much for me, but now I can stop the heavy raft. Everything that happened last night felt like a long dream.

“Voila.”

At that moment, Ronan held out a bag in front of him. Asher tilted her head.

“yes? I don’t think this is… ours?”

“right. Those thieves.”

As Asher said, it was a sack that had never existed before. It was made of a much thicker and tougher leather than the ones the boys had brought. It was something left(?) by the men who were trying to steal the raft.

“I was desperately holding on to this. I must have stolen something else before coming here.”

“Does it have anything to do with the shouting in the forest?”

“Open it and you will see.”

Ronan untied the string sealing the sack. The knot was tied so tightly that I thought it would be better to cut it.

Ronan finally loosened the string and turned the sack upside down. Something blue fell off.