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Chapter 15
Chapter 15 : Everything requires preparation (5)
The Southern Front is located exactly opposite to the Dominion Empire's main enemy, the Valeria Union. However, it is treated as a fiercer battleground. In fact, most soldiers tended to avoid that place.
It was because operating an army itself is not easy in the Southern Front covered with atypical rugged terrain, jungles, canyons, and mountainous areas.
‘To interpret differently, it can be seen as having value as a strategic key point.’
Because they are coveting it as its value is high in the war with the Valeria Union when viewed long-term. But the achievements regarding that are sluggish.
Е̇ñ ú m̀a
It was because the ‘heterogeneous races’, the stumbling blocks, are openly occupying the place. Against them who possess body structures suitable for the Southern Front, it is difficult to survive with halfway petty tricks.
‘Wasn't called the Prodigal Son of the Southern Front for nothing.’
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Ian was excessively erratic and flexible. It would have been better if only his movements were so. The most annoying thing was this object that was free-spirited as if possessing an ego.
CLANG-!
Daggers rushing with the momentum to pierce my forehead clashed with the cyberware and sparks flew. Ian's appearance driving me into a corner was as if he was conducting the daggers. Because every time he moved his hands, the daggers moved as if dancing and flew in.
‘Expensive equipment is good indeed.’
Е́ n̂ŭ_mа̊
The daggers did not fall even after collision, and floating in the air, they continued chain attacks according to the next command. Very thin wires were hung on them.
‘Etherium.’
I could guess the material of the wire. Rare metal that can only be mined in the Southern Front, whose price for an amount less than a handful exceeds a cadet's one-year salary.
Of course, premium is not attached only due to difficulty in supply. Etherium's biggest characteristic is that it is a shape-memory metal using mana as a catalyst, possessing the advantage of being able to be easily restored or undergo flexible transformation depending on the occasion.
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It was also thanks to that Ian was showing feats like manipulating telekinesis. Because he was not giving the opponent leisure, ignoring even the process of injection or retrieval of wires.
“Are you really a cadet?”
Е́ n̈u_m.а̊
“That is why I would be here.”
“Impressive.”
Although he chattered playfully, Ian was trying to kill me with all his sincerity. It was clear hostility. Even though I don't know why he is acting to this extent.
‘Is the Mana Core level about C?’
Inference through average output state; it wasn't a level suitable for an active duty Knight.
The core point is that there isn't no chance of winning in close-quarters combat. Because now when Overclock is activated, I can pull up output not falling behind that.
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But actually approaching wasn't easy. Conversely, if I tried to narrow the distance, daggers flew in without fail. If I had a means capable of long-range checks, it wouldn't have been tricky to this extent.
“Annoying, right?”
“You know well.”
“Because I'm teasing you so that you feel so.”
GRIND-.
At those words, I ground my teeth. Don't know if he intended it, but that was a quite effective method. Because Pollution was becoming fierce due to the Mana Core breaking down along with the activation of Overclock.
W̆е̂b́n о̄ v е l̊ Е̌n ŭ m̀ ӓ
‘Want to twist those corners of the mouth grinning.’
Such thoughts were tangling and making thinking blurry. The more so, my movements became clumsy. Ian was a figure incomparable to the likes of the Melcran brothers.
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I wiped the blood flowing over my eyebrows as if flicking it away. Actually, the number of times getting hit was increasing. Continuation of such combat was fatal to me.
“Because I want to find out what kind of guy you are.”
Ian, who was maintaining a moderate distance, suddenly attempted close-quarters combat. Simultaneously, the wire's basic retrieval function was utilized, and the dagger held in his hand drew a diagonal line and aimed at my neck.
The moment I sprang backward for evasion, daggers rushed in revealing their teeth as if they had been waiting. It was an attack skillfully inducing error in thinking.
En ù m̈ а̌
‘He noticed.’
Knowing my precision is dropping, Ian brought changes to patterns. Sorry, but I am also in a position where I can't drag out time. Minimal preparation was finished just now.
“......Huh?”
“You will regret acting leisurely.”
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I blocked them with both hands and snatched one of them. Due to that, I had to allow not a few hits, but it doesn't matter as long as life is attached.
“Because from now on, it's a chicken game.”
Е n̄ um ӑ
Rotating the end of the snatched dagger, I wrapped the entangled wire around my wrist.
Etherium possesses transcendent durability, so it cannot be cut easily either. There is no object more suitable than this for tug-of-war.
“Wow! It is a bold choice, but before that, your body will become a cactus!”
“That is why it is a chicken game.”
SQUEEZE-.
Grabbing the wire with both hands, I planted my feet on the ground. Giving up both defense and evasion. Also not coping with other daggers spread in all directions.
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‘No, there is no need to cope.’
I wasn't just running away without any thoughts. Even if the head doesn't listen, there is some time left to become completely crippled.
Eventually, all wires have a limit in length. And the Simulation Zone, the marksmanship education training facility, imitates a battlefield, so obstacles are lined up as much.
CLUNK-.
Wires caught on pillars here and there made noises scratching nerves. With this, an error occurs in Ian's trajectory. Although it's just a very fine level of error.......
‘Cannot reach this spot.’
Ê nú m a
Because I designed the spot where I am standing now to become a blind spot.
“......You calculated all this?”
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“I remembered.”
Looking at Ian laughing hollowly, I pulled up the output of the cyberware. Then pulled the wire I was holding.
“Beyond expectation, you.”
At that moment, I felt a sense of incongruity. In the met gaze, leisure still remained in the subsided eyes. As if he knew it would become like this.
Еn̂ umӓ
The thought occurred that the board might be overturned right now. That was why I raised the output even faster without delay. But for some reason, Ian looked like he had no intention of responding.
He just raised the corners of his mouth grinning and said only this.
“Please make it not painful.”
“Bullshit.”
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Along with the tactile sensation transmitted to fingertips, the sound of impact rang out.
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Ŵēb̊n̈ ô v̆е l̇ Е́ n̂ú m а
“Ouch.......”
Ian, who flopped down on the floor, rubbed his cheek with a shallow groan. In my view, it was just making a fuss. Because this side had to endure more damage just to feed that one blow.
“Franco, nothing to apply on the wound?”
“Such thing...... none.......”
“Precious face will all get ruined.”
It was a peaceful conversation making the combat waged until just before colorless. It wasn't that he had no reserve power. Because even now, if he put his mind to it, he could subdue and interrogate me.
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Not doing so must mean a change occurred in his state of mind. Of course, I am not a mind reader. I couldn't know what kind of thoughts he has, his inner feelings.
‘The reaction of the Mana Core became quiet.’
Instead, I could only notice the element that can represent this. The fact that the activation of Overclock ended means it is no longer a situation to resolve for death; Ian withdrew hostility from me.
“Hey, younger brother! No, junior? What should I call you?”
“Jin.......”
“Unexpectedly ordinary name.”
W е̂ b_ñ_о́v̇ е l Ē n̆ ů m̌ а̇
Ian, who heard my name through Instructor Jugli, showed an exaggerated hand gesture.
“Jin, shall we share some talk now!”
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Certainly, speech and behavior dissolute to the extreme. Not a category I prefer. Because with my personality, it is difficult to understand somehow.
“Now now, you must be tired too, sit down!”
“I will stand.”
“You are stubborn.”
Ë.ṅ ů ṁ а̂
I swallowed fishy saliva and kept silent. Honestly, it was true it was beyond my power. Even if it wasn't a very long time, there was a rebound reaction of the body due to Overclock.
Nevertheless, it was necessary to maintain minimal tension. Because don't know when he might show hostility again if things go wrong. Blindly trusting visible goodwill is a stupid act.
“Hmm, let's straighten the expression for now! Since it seems I misunderstood a bit somehow!”
Whatever he says, he was just organizing the situation until now causally.
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‘Misunderstanding.......’
What became the starting point of combat was the name Simon. Somehow it seemed I was suspected of connection with that person. Then why did he judge there is no relation now.
Е.num̀ а̀. ī d̃
“It might not be a misunderstanding.”
I decided to induce an answer regarding this part.
“Haha! Seeing you react like that, I feel it is more of a misunderstanding?”
However, Ian seemed to notice at once with what intention I spat out such remarks. Certainly an annoying human in many ways, but he wasn't inflexible.
“If I have to state the basis of my judgment, it would be the point that you are really unable to suppress Pollution. Because if it were the Simon I know, he wouldn't have left you neglected without teaching you the suppression method of Pollution.”
The connection between me and Simon was denied like that. It was also a passage allowing to know why Ian tried to scratch my insides to that extent. Based on this, I could finish one inference.
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‘The suppression method of Pollution is not a unique trick they created.’
Deriving a conclusion was an easy task. Probably that was devised by the figure named Simon, and Ian and Instructor Jugli would have been in a close relationship with that person.
As thinking reached there, possibilities expanded. If related to the Mana Core, it would be better to consider contact points with the Imperial Family too. Because it could influence their plot.
“Then now, seems you just have to tell me how you knew the fact of Franco's Pollution.”
Simultaneously, as the connection with Simon was denied, there was a problem even more difficult to pass over. It was also a point impossible to answer still. If making excuses moderately, he would surely notice.
“Let's look into that step by step.”
Е̇n̂u m а.і̆ d
Before finding a suitable excuse, Ian shrugged his shoulders and turned his gaze. Instructor Jugli, who met eyes, tilted his head and asked back in a low voice.
“......Step by step?”
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“We are in similar situations to each other.”
It was words implying meaning in its own way. The phenomenon called Pollution is not that rare either. What such actions pointed to was determined.
‘Ian is also experiencing Pollution.’
Conscious of the gaze, Ian smiled brightly and shrugged his shoulders. Don't know how thick the friendship between Instructor Jugli and Ian is. But I know there is a very deep consensus.
Е̄ n u m á
“So...... what do you plan to do.......”
“Have to watch with interest.”
To Instructor Jugli's question, Ian answered adding unnecessary remarks.
“Thinking of teaching the suppression method of Pollution directly as well at the same time, since it seems dangerous if left neglected somehow.”
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