TEASER CHAPTER 6 - PAST 3
Nozomu
decided to enroll in Solminati Academy.
His
parents were strongly opposed to his decision. His father was particularly
stubborn and refused to allow Nozomu to leave the village.
In
the end, it turned into a fierce fight between father and son, with Nozomu
getting a big blue bruise on his eye. After a night of persuasion, including
with fists, his father reluctantly gave his permission.
The
following year, Nozomu, Lisa, and Ken entered Solminati Academy and stepped
onto the ground of Arcazam.
Boys
and girls came to this place with hopes and dreams in their hearts. However, it
was not an easy task for them to stay enrolled in this school.
Those
who did not perform well were either expelled or left the school because they
could not keep up with the fierce competition for survival.
In
fact, in the first two months of school, nearly a quarter of the new students
had left the school.
In
the midst of this, Nozomu managed to survive the rigors of school life.
"Sei!"
"Uwa~!"
The
voices of young people echoed in the training ground In the midst of combat
training using wooden swords, Ken swung out his dummy sword and attacked
Nozomu.
Nozomu
received the sword attack that was swung from the side, but he was staggered
when the sword he raised for defense received the attack.
Ken
spun his sword around and struck Nozomu from the top this time.
Nozomu
lost his balance but he somehow managed to interrupt the trajectory of the
sword.
*Clang!*
Along
with a high-pitched sound, the swords of both sides were tightly crossed
together.
Both
of them put all their strength as they tried not to be pushed. The sound of the
clashing blades of the dummy swords could be heard.
In
the beginning, the two of them were in fierce competition, but after a few
seconds of fighting, Ken's superiority gradually became apparent.
"Kuh~!"
A
voice of anguish escaped from Nozomu's mouth. It was Nozomu who began to be
pushed.
What
Nozomu did to his body was to strengthen it with Qi techniques. Meanwhile, Ken
used magic to strengthen his own body.
As
the name implied, the technique used by both of them was to strengthen their
body muscles, but even though they used the same technique, the differences
between the two were obvious even to observers.
Compared
to Ken's fluid use of techniques and manipulation of magic power, Nozomu's Qi
technique had many rough parts.
He
was using too much energy and unnecessarily using too much Qi, and the Qi he
couldn't handle was leaking out of his body.
Furthermore,
the ability that appeared in Nozomu further hindered the strengthening of his
body by Qi.
And
the equilibrium, which had begun to tilt little by little, collapsed all at
once like an avalanche.
"Kuh~...
Ua!"
Ken
pushed him at once, and Nozomu fell back.
Nozomu
tried to resist the momentum, but he couldn't stop his body that had already
started to fall. Ken grabbed him by my clothes and threw Nozomu down to the
ground.
"Gah~!"
Nozomu
was knocked to the ground, unable to defend himself. A cry of anguish escaped
from Nozomu's mouth as the pain ran down his back.
The
light in front of Nozomu's eyes flickered.
Before
he could even regain his consciousness, Ken thrust the dummy sword at Nozomu's
throat.
