The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

16. The center of the great flow (5)

“From now on, I will explain the rules of ‘Capture the Flag’ today.”

Gaston said.

I glared at Room 5 on the other side.

A rough whistling sound can be heard from the side.

It was Richard.

He is more agitated than I am.

Dylan came out and tapped Richard on the shoulder.

“Listen to the explanation. Don’t talk about it later.”

After being scolded once, Richard and I focused on Gaston’s words.

“The number of participants is 12 per room. A total of 24 people. One of them is in charge of the ‘flag’ shown here.”

There were flags on poles on Gaston’s left and right sides.

One is white, the other is black.

White flag and black flag.

“Each room is given a flag stand. The rules are simple. Take the opponent’s flag and place it in the flag holder owned by your room. However, the location of the flag stand cannot be moved. Likewise, there is only one person who will carry the flag, and it cannot be changed.”

Gaston’s explanation continued.

“This group training is intended for situations where you need to secure a specific target while defending your master. It is a situation where you cannot proceed alone, so it can be said that cooperation is so important.”

“The victory condition is three. If the opponent’s flag is planted in the flag stand, if all opponents surrender, or if they are rendered incapacitated.”

Gaston looked down at his watch and concluded.

“Three minutes for questions. 5 Minutes for team meetings. I will start after that.”

Since then, many questions and answers have come and gone.

What happens when you leave the restricted area.

Delete handling by supervising instructor.

Is it okay to use something other than the given item?

Allowed for the purpose of disguising with trees and grass or throwing stones to cause auditory confusion.

However, cutting wood into spears and using stones as weapons is not permitted.

“What happens if you attack an opponent who has surrendered?”

“Of course it was eliminated. And it is forbidden to attack the other side after the declaration of surrender.”

“How do you know the other side is out of action?”

“I will leave it to the individual’s judgment.”

You’re pretty irresponsible.

Sometimes sloppy.

As I listened, I began to have doubts.

It’s not like we didn’t practice group combat at the training center.

However, the proportion was small.

In the first place, it is because the job of escort knight has little possibility of being in such a situation.

There’s nothing wrong with training, but it’s less efficient.

It is better to focus on other fields at that time.

‘Then why do we have such a grandiose training session?’

Because of this training, all the schedules for the day in rooms 13 and 5 were canceled.

Gaston even mentioned the specials Elijah was offering.

As if the chance of eating a special meal increases if you perform this training well.

There is only one justification for providing special meals.

To motivate candidates.

It’s meant to give you a sense of accomplishment.

That motivation could be determined through training away from escort knights?

‘Of course, I have to sum up the other scores as well, but it seems suspicious…. I’m sure he didn’t lie.’

Just looking at it, it’s not the only unnatural thing.

The fact that it is a group training subject that Gaston is in charge of.

The fact that Salaman and Envinil were fighting in Room 5.

I don’t know how this group combat training was completed.

But what if this is someone’s plot?

What kind of goal is the stage designed for?

“Question time is over.”

From now on, it is time for the team members to gather and have a meeting.

My role was to listen.

I had nothing to say.

I don’t know anything about this in the first place.

I’m not the type to have a good head.

The main speaker is Dylan.

And several senior jockeys, including him.

In the meantime, Richard, like me, was one step away and was silent.

They made eye contact.

We grinned at the same time.

‘Hey….’

It was a bond between two similar stone heads.

After several conversations, a conclusion was reached.

“The tactic we will use is simple.”

Dylan succinctly put it together.

“Combine forces so that they do not diverge.”

The reason was clear.

“The other side is much stronger than us. See it as a group or as an individual.”

Room 5 is among the top ranks of the entire training center.

Each person’s ability is clearly superior to our 13th room.

There may not be candidates in the lower ranks like Envinil.

“If your already weak power is scattered, it is easy to be defeated individually. Unite as much as possible, and maintain a defensive formation.”

It was the right thing, and it was a natural answer.

So it was longer.

The place to fight is the field.

Although trees and grassy forests are part of the area, we only enter them when we run away.

Because they haven’t learned how to cross complex terrain and engage enemies.

So, in fact, a head-on collision in the field would be the only tactic.

‘What is the meaning of this training?’

Not for training purposes, but for some other purpose.

Gaston is planning and leading today’s training.

He’s targeting me.

And the other side, Room 5.

It is assumed that they are under Gaston’s orders.

‘In other words, what are you trying to do to me using Room 5 and this test as an excuse?’

For now, this is the most plausible hypothesis.

‘I have to be careful not to do anything wrong.’

I was going to do that anyway, but I had a reason to focus on the fight as much as possible.

I can’t let you stand still.

Apart from my doubts, the meeting continued.

“I said that the person in charge of the flag cannot be changed.

Dylan looked back and forth between the two.

One is Lindell.

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And Dyke.

The two of us run fast in our room.

“Dike, you take care of it.”

For a brief moment, a regretful light flashed across Lindel’s face.

“Hmm. I’ll try.”

“If the situation is critical, you must run. I can’t run away alone, so someone else has to catch up….”

“I’ll go.”

Argon voluntarily raised his hand.

Everyone agreed with that opinion.

He is second only to Dyke and Lindell, and has excellent fighting skills.

On the other hand, Lindel’s combat power is somewhat disappointing.

I looked elsewhere for a while.

A small figure of Elijah seen in the distance.

‘You won’t be able to see me well today, but I came out to see you. You don’t have to come out to see…. No, he probably didn’t come to see me.’

… But why do your eyes seem to glow?

Did he use magic?

“… All, Judas!”

“Oh, yes? Sorry.”

“You are the vanguard.”

“Okay…. Yes?”

In an instant, I regained my sense of reality.

Dazed, he looked around at Dylan and the others.

“Me?”

Dylan replied.

“You and Richard will stand at the forefront. Because you are the only one in our room who can use magic. I will coordinate the whole situation from the center.”

“That…. It is not something I can control.”

“For now, we have to lean on that possibility. Can not help it.”

It was as he said.

We are seriously inferior.

“But if you feel uncomfortable or can’t….”

“No. Let’s do something.”

I want to win even at the risk.

I had to agree with Dylan.

You never know.

If you fight hard in front and get beaten, you will be able to use magic.

Dylan smiled reassuringly.

“Thank you.”

Even though it’s the front row, it’s not much different from the back row.

You have to be close.

There are only 12 people.

As the rest of the meeting went on, I simulated it in my head.

Lessons and skills learned while fighting Gawain.

Don’t rely on the sword.

For example, something like a checker that uses legs as long as a sword.

Finally, Richard said solemnly.

“Kill them all and come back.”

Today, even Dylan didn’t argue with that.

He just smiles and adds.

“Let’s kill it once.”

Around that time, Gaston declared.

“Meeting hours over. To their respective positions.”

***

Group combat training has begun.

Confirming this, Gaston instructed the other knights.

“Keep an eye out. I will view the whole from a distance.”

All the knights in the training center are equal except for Gawain.

On the surface, yes.

Even among them, there is a subtle order.

Gaston belongs to the high axis.

That’s why he has the authority to command.

“Yes.”

Other articles agreed without hesitation.

There was nothing wrong with what he said.

A knight skilled in the use of magic can observe the entire battle from afar.

After completing his instructions, Gaston moved away from the combat area.

After passing through the open field, you will soon come to a forest with thick trees.

Gaston continued through the forest.

He has come quite far.

The quiet and secluded forest was rather dark.

He suddenly stopped and said to the air.

“Now. You have to prepare for a sniping soon.”

Then a person appeared from behind a tree.

The wide robe that covered up to the ankles and the deeply pressed hood looked suspicious even at first glance.

But the long wooden staff in his hand revealed his true identity.

He was the wizard Gaston brought for today.

The wizard asked in a withered voice.

“If I solve this problem, will the past debt really be erased?”

“How many times do I have to tell you to believe it? Get it right.”

“Okay….”

The grumbling wizard followed Gaston.

He walked again in the direction where the candidate was fighting.

“Here.”

Gaston finally stopped.

This is a spot for sniping that I have prepared in advance.

The edge of the wooded hill was rather like a low cliff.

I saw candidates fighting fiercely in the distance.

It seemed that the battle had just begun.

“Black hair, golden eyes. The appearance is the same as I told you last time. Do you understand?”

“Um…. You can see it right there.”

It was a long distance, but the wizard found Judas at once.

Currently, he was the most fiercely fighting candidate.

“When things got a little more messy and confusing, an arm or a leg. Go for one.”

“Yes, yes.”

“I’ll check again, are you sure you don’t get caught by Elijah?”

“That’s right. I don’t know how many times I have to say that it’s a magic developed for long-distance assassination snipers…. I’ve used it a few times on the front line.”

“This is something we must not be vigilant about.”

“You’re worried too. Well, judging from what I’ve been hearing lately, I think he’s a very good wizard, but…. After all, he is a wizard who has just awakened.”

The wizard smiled leisurely and shrugged his shoulders.

“It would be almost impossible to detect this distance. Besides, if you find out, what are you going to do now? How are you going to come here? I don’t know if even a long distance teleport is possible.”

“Hmm.”

“If such a thing were really possible, it would be a monster. Enough to rewrite the history of magic.”

The wizard affirmed.

Gaston decided to believe his words.

Although he was lazy and addicted to gambling, he was sure of his skills as a wizard.

I expected Elijah to come out because of Judas, but when she did come out, she was taken aback.

But she didn’t have to worry.

Even Elijah will never know the sniping he prepared for today.

The two held their breath and waited for the right moment.

The wait was not long.

In many ways.

*

Rooms 13 and 5 faced each other within minutes of training.

It was an environment that had no choice but to be like that.

A broad plain.

The forest that surrounds it as if it were wrapped around it.

There was no reason for them to detour elsewhere.

The ability to do that.

It was the natural course of action, and it was Gaston’s intention.

The tactics in Room 5 were also similar to those in Room 13.

Just like room 13, they gathered all the people together.

There was no need to distribute personnel.

It is clearly stronger than Room 13, but if you go around in groups, you will be exposed to the risk of being defeated individually.

However, unlike Room 13, where the fast-footed person was in charge of the flag, they entrusted it to someone who was moderately strong.

There was no reason to run away, so there was no reason to entrust it to a quick-footed person.

Zero Bomb, the second person in Room 5.

It was he who carried the flag on his back.

Salaman, the number one player, moved more freely without carrying the flag.

The fight between the two camps was one-sided.

After a few minutes of confrontation, Room 13 had to let Dyke escape.

Assuming the flag, he ran until dust bloomed.

Argon, who had to protect him, also left.

It was an unavoidable choice, as it was almost stolen in just a few minutes.

In response, Room 5 also sent two people.

There was no need to let them run away and waste time.

Even if it was 10 vs 10, he was full of confidence to win.

From the beginning, the purpose of Room 5 was not to win.

To be precise, the purpose of Salaman, who leads them, is different.

Judah and Dylan.

An injury that will make them both uncomfortable for a while.

Or a disability that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.

Amid the chaotic melee, I was ordered to pretend it was an unintentional mistake.

It was Gaston who gave the order.

The price of the command was worth it.

Since long ago, Judas hadn’t been liked, so it was a good thing.

You dare to get Elijah’s attention for the first time.

Now that I’m leaving, it doesn’t matter anyway.

Salaman lowered his sad eyes.

There are only 5 people left in Room 13.

Lindel, Dylan, Felin.

And Judas and Richard.

The first three were on the verge of fainting.

Even Judas and Richard, standing back to back, were barely holding on.

Room 5 wasn’t all that well either.

Even though I expected an overwhelming difference in skill, 3 people fell into a battle incapacity.

Judas and Richard.

It was the result of the two of them with tenacity and venom.

However, that small result did not affect the overall result.

They can’t win.

Salaman didn’t even feel the value of releasing magic.

“Haa…. Ha…. I’ll follow….”

Muttered Richard, wiping the blood from her mouth.

Speaks over her shoulder.

“Hey. Are you alive?”

“Let’s talk, let’s do it, let’s not….”

Judas was also breathing heavily.

Her whole body ached from being beaten with her wooden sword. She

She managed to pull out a few joints, but that didn’t change the game for her.

Especially that Salaman.

It’s stronger than Gulliot.

I wasn’t sure if I could win even if I unleashed her magic.

‘Why not now… !’

Judas bit his teeth.

She tried to liberate her magic from a while ago, but she couldn’t.

It’s a dangerous enough situation.

I was also angry.

It is a situation where defeat is clear against an enemy who wants to win unconditionally.

I can’t help but get angry.

Even so, his mana did not respond.

‘Please, please! Just once, little… !’

Apart from his nervousness, time passed.

Salaman approached with a leisurely gait.

“Let’s finish this.”

The way he spoke was arrogant, as if imitating a nobleman.

“It’s not even worth dealing with anymore. It’s annoying and a waste of time. I don’t even need to use my own hands.”

The personnel from Room 5 surrounded the remaining 5 people from Room 13 and rushed.

The mayhem unfolded in an instant.

The sound of wooden swords clashing against each other was crude and childish on the one hand.

It is not a battlefield where iron and iron sparks.

Mock training for escort knight candidates imitating it.

However, the reality was childish.

A wooden sword with low killing power was rather a blunt weapon.

He hits the limbs and body of a teenager who doesn’t even have leather armor.

Thin skin is torn and blood flows.

The site of a violent and brutal beating because it was not a sharp weapon.

At the center, Judas was the only person in Room 13 who did not shed blood.

The swordsmanship trained thanks to Gawain perfectly blocked all attacks.

Minimize damage by blocking, spilling, and rolling.

But that was all.

Victory is still far away.

“Ha, huh….”

I am short of breath to the point that my lungs hurt.

That moment when my concentration was briefly distracted.

Chills ran down my spine.

Something comes from behind.

The realm of intuition that can be felt even without seeing.

I immediately turned around and raised my shield.

Something heavy falls beyond the shield that blocks your vision.

Boom!

My arm is numb from the blunt impact.

Stepping back, he managed to see through the shield.

The second person in Room 5.

Zerobom, holding a flag, stepped forward.

He remembers being run over by Judas the other day.

It was time to pay back.

“Whoa….”

Yuda tried to stabilize his breathing as much as possible.

The eyes widen the battlefield.

I only want to defeat them all.

In the meantime, the thing that bothers me the most is Salaman watching from a distance.

I wanted to scratch that arrogant mug on the floor.

Idiots who are swayed by other people’s words.

Idiots who cling to the power of others because they don’t have the guts to directly complain to themselves.

With unpleasant memories, Zerobom rushed.

Judah hurriedly raised his shield to block it.

My body staggered.

My tired body gradually reached its limit.

My vision is shaking.

I forcibly strained my eyes.

Zerobom went on the offensive.

At that moment, the survival expert gave a strong warning.

Even two.

A blind spot at the rear.

Something that gnaws.

And the intangible ripples flying from far away.

A perfect pincer that aims precisely from the front, back, and sides.

I can’t stop it.

‘The plague… !’

Thump!

The shield rang.

I blocked Zero Bomb.

Puck!

Something hit me on the side.

However, there is no pain.

[‘Discovery of Revelation’ activated. Defend against magic 1 time.]

[24 Hours until next use.]

‘It’s magic… ? Who is it?’

I didn’t have time to think.

The threat from the rear remains.

Cook! And something sharp tore the skin.

It sounded like that.

However, there was no pain this time either.

There was someone behind it.

After Yuda pushed the Zero Bomb away, he hurriedly looked back at her.

An unexpected person was holding on, bleeding from his stomach.

The one who stabbed him was a candidate from room 5.

Envinil said he was from Judeca like himself.

He was holding a sharp stone from where he got it.

He was stabbed at the tip….

“Dylan?!”

It was Dylan.

Envinil’s face was also stained with bewilderment.

What he was aiming for was Judas.

However, Dylan, who was far away, rushed in at once, blocked it, and got hit instead.

“… ….”

Judah gritted his teeth.

Blood is gushing backwards.

Heart beats like it’s going to explode.

As you mean, you get pissed off.

However, his head went cold quickly.

The cold aura of magic flowing through the body cools the fever.

Only then did Judas look back at himself.

I’ve been suppressing her emotions in order to use Magical Release.

Even when she was angry or upset, she kept herself in check.

If I keep using magic like that, I’m afraid I won’t be able to use magic on my own forever.

If possible, she wanted to control her mana whenever she wanted.

I put up with him.

It was bullsh*t.

That’s not her own way.

If you get pissed off, you have to deal with it as you get pissed off.

Since she did something out of place, it was only natural that her magic remained calm no matter how angry she was.

I’m not going to put up with it anymore.

There was no reason for that.

“It’s not too late… Good thing….”

With Dylan’s words at the end, a strand of rationality was severed.

Judas is still with sunken eyes.

Zerobom judged that he was flustered and stiff and rushed at him.

“You idiot-!”

In battle, carelessness is defeat.

He laughed and swung his sword.

However, Judas was not in the position where he swung the sword.

The tip of the sword took only the land of Ammon.

“Uh… ?!”

Turning his head, he sees Judas standing in front of Envy Neil.

Envinil stood firm and looked up at Judas, who was taller than himself.

Judah grabbed Envinil by the back collar.

His free hand holds the end of the sleeve.

Pull as hard as you can and twist your body.

A technique that wraps around the body and lifts it up to the waist to match.

‘Waist on the waist.’

Envinyl’s vision rotated.

Thump! He slams his back on the ground with a sound.

Pain as if the lungs and heart were about to explode, trembling as if the body was paralyzed.

In an instant, the eyes are opened and the whites are exposed.

Judah checked Dylan without even looking at him.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep.

The weapon is a crude stone knife made of stones.

However, it is important that blades were produced and used.

I see instructors buzzing in the distance.

They chat with each other noisily about something urgent.

I don’t seem to have time to properly look at this.

It went well.

If it ends like this, I won’t be able to sleep for the next few days.

“Please rest.”

Judah said as he laid Dylan down.

Dylan opened his eyes wide.

Behind Judas’ back, Zero Bomb held her sword high.

“After… !”

The moment he said that, Judas had already woken up and passed Zero Bomb.

She shakes her wooden sword into the air.

Shortly after that, Zerobom’s wooden sword was neatly cut off.

At the same time, Zero Bomb closed her eyes and collapsed.

The wooden sword of Judas cut off the wooden sword of Zerobom.

Dylan looked at Judas’ back as if he were watching a strange phenomenon.

‘Enhancing weapons using magic… ?!’

The place Judas was headed was a point.

Salaman.

As I was about to approach him, a light appeared in the forest far away.

A golden beam of light piercing the sky.

That wasn’t light, it was fire.

It looked like a line from afar, but it was actually more like a firestorm.

The precarious reason was very tense.

‘… Elijah?’

No way. What happened to Elijah?

That doubt has been erased.

I wouldn’t know if it was a surprise attack, but it’s impossible to deal with Elijah who is fine.

Moreover, looking at the flames, it is not Elijah that we should be concerned about, but the other side of the forest.

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Elijah is safe.

She didn’t even know that she was relieved by that fact.

However, calmer than before, he approached Salaman.

The remaining personnel in Room 5 did not even dare to stop Judas.

Salaman’s brow twisted with irritation at the end.

Cracks seen for the first time.

Judas grinned at her loss of composure.

“That expression is worth seeing.”

Salaman’s expression crumpled even more.