The Academy’s Savage Swordsman

18. war game

The first day of the entrance ceremony. When most of the cadets have time to socialize with each other rather than class.

The knights were running.

“one two! one two!”

Following the command of the cadet representative of the department of chivalry, he runs in sync with his feet. Pretty fast speed, close to normal people’s sprint. No matter how hard the cadets trained their bodies, at this point their backs were bound to be drenched in sweat.

Of course, the cadets who reached a certain level did not shed a drop of sweat. In the case of Hundred, who is rumored to have reached the level of an expert, or me.

Fortunately, there was no such thing as a harsh act of physically training separately for not sweating, but it seemed that the goal was to raise the basic physical strength of all cadets to a certain level.

Of course, among the cadets who are qualified enough to enter the academy, I was wondering if there are those who can’t keep up with this kind of physical training… … Surprisingly, there were few.

“Those commoners… … .”

Such words flowed from the mouth of the noble cadet who lightly wiped off his sweat. Yes. Commoners were the problem. Being born into a family of knights from an early age and not being trained as a knight or receiving the minimum education as an aristocrat—the beings who passed the exam with only their talents without any basis.

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No matter how talented you are, physical strength is not innate. Fitness is what you create.

“Okay, after physical training is over, next time—”

The cadets who were glaring at the commoners listened to the instructor’s words and moved. After physical training, I went through swordsmanship training and Aura training.

Like the proverb that if you take a day off, you have to run for three days to catch up, the knight never took a day off. It was a sin to take a break.

Even if you try like this, the reality is that you could be killed by those who memorized a few spells while scratching your butt in the Mage Tower.

“Come to the instructor for the cadets who haven’t learned how to breathe.”

The commoner students who hesitated at the instructor’s words gather in front of the instructor. Commoners who haven’t learned how to deal with auras.

At the academy, there was an aura breathing method for common people. The common breathing method of imperial knights. I wouldn’t say it’s a great breathing technique, but it’s better than nothing.

“I’ll teach you how to breathe in turn, so follow it.”

“Yes!”

The cadets tried to breathe under the guidance of the instructor. Seeing him close his eyes and try to feel his Aura, the cadets who had already learned how to breathe burst into laughter.

Ignoring the cadets who felt a slight sense of superiority, I took a closer look at one cadet with blond hair. He sat down in front of the instructor and carefully tried to breathe, but something seemed clumsy.

It didn’t seem like he did it on purpose, and he must have learned how to breathe on his own. While hiding the breathing method he had learned, he was clumsily breathing in a common breathing method, which would collide with the breathing method he had originally learned.

‘Why talk like that.’

Why do you do such a hard thing to hide your skills-.

Every time I take a deep breath, I look at him, who frowns as if he is uncomfortable with something.

Their gazes collided in the air, and the first to look was towards the blond hair. Soon after, I looked away from him and started training.

* * *

After the morning training, all the knights department headed to the building where the military department was located.

The next class was the liberal arts course [Understanding Strategy and Tactics] in the Military Department.

When the cadets, sweaty from training, entered the classroom, the military cadets sitting in the classroom frowned.

“The smell of f*cking sweat… … .”

One of the military department cadets muttered that, and one of the knights department, who could not stand the curse, shouted out loud.

“what? What did you just say?”

“I thought it smelled like sweat. Aren’t you guys even washing?”

“I just finished training, so what?”

“There’s also magic—do I have to go around smelling dirty?”

At the words of the military cadet, the knight cadet kept his mouth shut. It was not wrong. There is a cleaning magic, so you can use it.

The only problem is that magic isn’t free. If you wash your body with magic after every morning training, even a decent number of nobles won’t be able to afford the upkeep.

When the knight cadets couldn’t say anything, the military cadets burst into laughter. Sensing that they were being laughed at, the cadets of the knights department eventually couldn’t hold back their anger and ran to grab the cadets from the military department by the collar.

“This f*ck-.”

“hahahaha! stop!”

I was watching him silently, then I quickly ran over and grabbed the knight cadet by the scruff of the neck and dragged him back. The cadet, who was dragged by my strength, looked at me with eyes asking if I had all this ignorant strength.

I smiled and immediately turned to the military cadet. The guy who met my eyes started breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Sorry for the smell. I’ll be careful next time.”

“Uh, uh-?”

“Okay, thank you for understanding.”

There’s no need to bully. Those who are mere ordinary people are bound to be frightened even if they just make eye contact with me. A strong body naturally gives the opponent a sense of intimidation, and the spirit of the master in the body instinctively shrinks the opponent even if he does not deliberately reveal it.

After patting the back of the frightened guy who was sweating coldly, I went in and sat down with a smile hahahaha. The kids from the engineering department also looked at me like that and stood there awkwardly, then belatedly found a seat and went in.

After a lull in the fighting, the professor came in shortly after.

“Whoa, open the window.”

As soon as I entered the classroom, the professor who gave the order started introducing me only after the ventilation was done.

“This is Wolfgang who will teach you the understanding of strategy tactics. My class is very simple. Theory study, and practice.”

Wolfgang said that and began to scribble the outline of the lesson on the blackboard. I yawned to fight the drowsiness that had already set in, but Wolfgang caught me.

“… … Hey, what’s your name?”

“This is Kyle Meyer.”

“Yes, Cadet Kyle. What do you think strategy and tactics are?”

I was thinking in silence at the question that came in right away, but I delivered the answer that came to my mind without thinking deeply.

“Hard and f*cking hard?”

“You have no understanding of strategy tactics.”

“is that so?”

“A tactic, as you say, is how to hit someone hard. And the strategy is to hand over the guy who hit me like that to the guards.”

Is it really a professor? After hearing Wolfgang’s explanation, I started to feel as if I could hear it. Before long, however, a question arose because, as he put it, tactics could trump strategy.

‘Wouldn’t it be fine if I knocked out the guards and all who came?’

According to the professor’s analogy, yes. Once I started to have such doubts, the professor’s confidence in the class itself began to fall.

When I lost trust, I lost interest as well. How sleepy he must have been——I woke up suddenly when I felt the cadet sitting next to me touch me.

“Write, uh, why?”

“… … the professor calls Come forward.”

“yes? Why?”

“If you fall asleep in class, of course you will call me… … .”

It was a valid opinion, and I moved forward scratching the back of my head. The blackboard was filled with various words written by the professor before I knew it, and there was something like a chessboard on the table.

As I went forward, looking sideways at the letters written on the blackboard, the professor began to scold me while I was dozing.

“Cadet Kyle. Are my classes not that much fun?”

“Honestly?”

“… … That’s it. Anyway- If you fell asleep like that during class, you must be confident, right? Victor!”

Wolfgang said that and called the name of one of the military department cadets. After his name was called, Viktor quickly jumped out onto the podium and took his seat in front of me.

“Did the class go well? Victor.”

“Yes that’s right!”

“Then, can you easily defeat the delinquent who slept all day long?”

“That’s right!”

Looking at Viktor, who had a strong military discipline, I realized that Wolfgang was a professor in the military department.

After graduating from the academy, the Military Department was an elite course that allowed you to become an officer in the Imperial Army—or, to put it differently, it was also a harsh environment in which you had to live as a soldier from the time you were an academy cadet.

Thanks to this, Viktor, whose discipline was strong, heard Wolfgang’s order and began to glar at me as if he were going to kill me. Wolfgang nodded as if he liked Viktor.

“Okay, from now on, practice—the war game.”

As soon as Professor Wolfgang finished speaking, the chessboard in front of him began to expand enough to fill the classroom.

Frowning at the thought of an attack, I realized that this was an illusion that had no effect on us.

“The two of them are given the same skill and number of soldiers. With that, you win by defeating the opponent’s forces first or destroying the opponent’s position. Otherwise, you lose.”

“Well… … Can I go in instead of the soldier?”

“If you, the knight, want to enter, subtract ten from your army, or add ten to the enemy.”

“There are fewer additional troops than I thought?”

“You can’t use auras in this place. So- what are you going to do?”

After listening to the professor’s words and thinking about it, I decided to take the heat out of my medical history. If I can’t use my aura, it’s better for me to have fewer troops than to have more enemy troops.

After hearing my words, the professor manipulated the war game settings and smiled.

“Losing side is a D grade.”

“What if I win?”

“—The winner will get an A. Then start.”

After a while, the illusion that exploded in all directions once again shined, and I was standing in the middle of the battlefield before I knew it.

War Games- So, I never thought that command training would be conducted like a real battle. It’s like an academy, and it has a lot of magical elements.

“Knight. command.”

And then the approaching soldiers started talking to me. I quickly realized that the soldiers were not human beings, but rather artificial intelligence – like golems.

With no firearms in my eyes, and no life in my body- I thought magic was amazing and gave orders as I saw Victor’s soldiers starting to form formation from afar.

“Okay then—all charge.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Standing in the lead, I grabbed my sword and ran forward.

20’s and 30’s? Whatever – I win even if it’s 1 vs 30.

Because the swordsman was a swordsman even without an aura.

In the distance, Viktor’s face is colored with bewilderment. A face as if he never imagined that he would do such a crazy thing.

I like it when self-proclaimed fools make faces like that.

Dumb guys don’t know.

The fact that you don’t have to use your brain if you’re in good shape.