Chapter 99: 99 Silvia’s skill.

The two people stared at each other’s eyes, occasionally observing the slight twitch on their expression or tensed muscles.

“What’s the matter?”. Dannan spread his lips to reveal a daring grin that put pressure on Allen’s body.

The boy’s brows twitched, then, before everyone’s eyes, he dashed forward, bringing his sword level with the ground.

His movement was sharp and packed a lot of strength in his lean body. Allen swung the sword, and Dannan sidestepped, then countered with a sweeping slash.

With a swing, the air trembled, followed by the shock that generated enough force to crush a boulder.

Dannan’s strength was not to be underestimated.

Allen narrowed his eyes and changed the grip on his hilt, which subtly changed the atmosphere around him.

The boy that others thought was soft was fierce when dealing with swords.

“Here I come”. Allen disappeared, leaving afterimages as he challenged the teacher head-on.

’Hooh, Impressive’. Jin rubbed his chin, seeing firsthand the protagonist, who usually starts weak in the usual story. ’But, too textbook’.

However, at a glance, Jin nodded silently, understanding how Allen carried himself; he was a hardworking, talented boy with swords.

Allen’s sword blurred like a windmill hurl, sending a barrage of attacks toward his opponent.

His swift feet carried him like the wind, and he freely danced around the arena while relentlessly attacking the teacher.

The other candidates, seeing the boy’s performance, dropped their jaws to the ground, witnessing a battle that looked like art.

The wind whistled around as Dannan, who enjoyed seeing the boy’s strength, parted his lips wide-eyed.

His sharp brown eyes glinted ferociously as he exerted a bit of murderous intent toward Allen, jolting the boy in fright and completely restraining his freedom.

’What!? Killing Intent? What the hell?’. Jin knitted his brows in protest and glared at the teacher, who nonchalantly lunged forward like a mad boar and placed the tips of his broadsword on Allen’s face. ’Cut the boy some slack, old man!’.

“Haa,, haa,, that was?”.

Allen inhaled deeply to regulate his bated breath. Cold sweat drenched his whole body, making his clothes stick to his skin.

It was the first time the boy had received such malice directed at him.

The lingering fear still made his body shudder, and with a pale face, he stared ahead toward the teacher, who gave him a warm smile.

Like a beacon that chased away the black clouds in his mind, Allen took the old man’s good intention and lightly nodded.

Allen straightened his posture and slightly bowed his head. “Thank you for the experience”.

“Um”. Dannan nodded and added a few words. “Your Martial power was good, with a bit of polish, you could become someone amazing in the future, but…”.

“You still lack the experience to back it up. I assumed you had never killed a beast in your life yet.”

The boy scratched his long nose and, blushing on his cheeks, said, “Yes, sadly so.”

Dannan nodded and stabbed his wooden sword on the ground. “Don’t worry; you are still young. There will be many opportunities if you are accepted into this Academy.”

“Thank you, Instructor”.

“Who is next?”.

Jin watched Allen leave the stage and regrouped with a girl with pink hair. She had droopy eyes and a pale face filled with glittering tears as she approached the boys.

“Hawawa, are you alright, Allen?” The girl asked, placing her delicate, pale white hand around the boy’s face, body, and limbs.

“I’m alright, thank you, Lily”.

’So, those were the Protagonist and the first Heroine. ’ Jin snorted, then he turned toward the man in the middle of the arena.

’Well, I guess this was my turn. ’ He boldly stepped forward, his steps loudly echoed in the stilled arena, attracting other candidates’ eyes.

As he faced the instructor who knitted his brows, Jin summoned his bokuto and slightly bowed his torso to give the man respect as a swordsman.

Jin playfully curled his fingers and felt the weight that settled on his left hand, then rolled his stiff shoulders.

“Please treat me well, Instructor”.

When he straightened up, watching the darkened face of the man, Jin raised his brows in wonder.

A sweat trickled down the man’s temple, went through his jaw, and then fell to the ground. Yet, the man kept standing still, unmoved, even after Jin stated his greeting.

“You, what is your name?”.

After a few more seconds, the instructor opened his frozen lips and pointed a finger at the boy.

“My name is Jin, and my test number is fifty”.

“I see”.

An awkward tension rose in the area, prompting everyone who stared at the middle to tilt their heads in question.

“As much as I want to spar with you, but” the man bit his lips and exhaled. “I’m sorry, candidate Jin, but can you go in last?”

A deafening gasp rang in the open arena, bringing a weird mood to the candidates and to the observers in the spectators’ seats.

Jin curled his lips upward, sensing that something was off about the man’s demeanor. He always exuded confidence, but now shrank like being threatened.

But as he opened his lips to ask, Jin shrugged his shoulders and said. “Alright”.

Dannan nodded and exhaled; Jin noticed the man was tensed all over, as if being oppressed by overwhelming pressure.

Without minding the other stare, Jin returned to his place and stood next to Silvia and Iris, who came with questions in their minds.

“What happened?”. Silvia alternated her gaze between the middle and Jin.

“Did you do something?”. Iris chirped, always with her rude remark.

“No, I don’t know the exact reason, but…”. Jin shook his head, then turned to Silvia, offering his bokuto. “You should go first, Silvia.”

“Alright”.

Silvia took the bokuto and exhaled a white mist on her mouth. The temperature around her dropped almost to zero.

Her warm, approachable expression instantly turned cold and indifferent, making the other candidates gulp and sweat emerge on their foreheads.

As she stood in the middle, facing the instructor. “Please give me your guidance”.

Like Jin, Silvia bowed slightly with a straight spine, tightly clenching the bokuto in her left hand.

“Huff, this year’s candidates are for sure different,” Dannan muttered, but his words became weaker at the end. He lamented the fact that many strong individuals appeared this year.

“My name is Silvia, test number forty-eight”. Silvia straightened up and held the bokuto with both hands.

Silvia prepared her middle stance, her azure eyes straight with conviction, observing her opponent’s.

She inhaled deeply, but nearly choked as a heavy pressure struck like a hammer. It came from the man before her.

’That surprised me!? But’. Silvia exhaled, a clear fighting spirit like tidal waves pushed away the pressure around her.

The girl who faced an Ancient Dragon alone, freed from the past shackles that bind her heart. Now stood like a raging ocean that could cause a tsunami if she moved a step.

With a flat expression, Silvia watched the instructor brandish his broadsword and dashed toward her.

In one clean stroke of his sword, the force sent a shockwave intended to push Silvia’s waves, but she was unmoved.

Like a flowing stream, Silvia stepped back to avoid the broadsword’s range and swung her bokuto upward, deflecting the big force effortlessly.

“Kuh.” Dannan gritted his teeth, and his hand trembled as he received a heavy strike that momentarily numbed his wrist.

The spar began, and Silvia’s swordsmanship was like a fortress; it was hard to make her submit, even when rained by relentless attacks.

She deflected, dodged, and counterattacked at the right time when the man lost a bit of his temper, making it evident that her swordsmanship was above the man’s.

This was not a spar, the girl had dominated the arena as she slowly escorted the instructor into the whirlpool that sucked him toward the depth of the ocean.

Jin observed from the back and could only offer the man a bitter smile. Silvia’s monstrous talent brought her to that stage despite only training for months with him.

“Truly, a girl blessed by heaven”.

Not only swordsmanship, Silvia held another power that she had exclusively hidden from other eyes.

As the battle intensified, the instructor who dealt with the impregnable defense made a hasty decision, forcing his way with a crumbling stance.

’Now!’. Jin’s inner thoughts seem to be transmitted to Silvia as she shoots forward like ocean waves, swallowing Danna’s fighting spirit.

The girl stopped the bokuto centimeters around the man’s neck, who was on four, gasping for breath.

“That was impressive swordsmanship you have there, young Lady”. Dannan offered the girl a smile, whose expression was still flat. It gave him the chill that crawled over his skin.

“No, I’m still far away from my ideal”. Silvia replied, loosening the tension in her body as she stood up and looked back toward Jin.

The boy gave her a thumbs-up, making her heart flutter in joy.

“Heh, truly a monster. I’m lost,” Dannan declared, which made the whole arena buzz with deafening murmurs.

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