Acquired the EX-class attribute ‘Transcendence Copy’

22 – Draw

No one doubts Born Zaborg’s skills. He has shown too much to be denied. In fact, he showed a dazzling performance in the academy entrance exam as one of the promising prospects expected by the academy faculty.

‘I wouldn’t know if it was Sarah Leoris or Arsha Swordhorn. That commoner beat me in the test?’

Born Zaborg thought so.

This is an incomprehensible result no matter how you think about it. What other students subtly agree with him is that they, too, are not convinced of this result.

There is no possibility that a commoner made an improper request to the academy. That’s something even the Zaborg family, which donates a huge amount to the academy, can’t do.

The most important value of the Academy is fairness.

They never broke that value. At least in the eyes of people.

However, there is a good chance that an error occurred in the administration of the academy. After all, the academy is run by people.

Born Zaborg thought that mistake made the present result. It’s a valid idea and a logical decision. He thinks

‘There’s no way a commoner like that can surpass me.’

So he challenged me to a duel. Due to Professor Chepes’ trick, it suddenly became a guillotine match with expulsion from the academy, but Born Zaborg went out as it was. He was confident that he would never lose to a commoner in a duel.

“Begin the duel!”

At Professor Chepesch’s declaration of the start, Born aimed his spear with confidence. The spear he uses is the C-class item ‘Blue Dragon Spear’.

As a direct descendant of the Zaborg family, he inherited a weapon with outstanding effects.

[Blue Dragon Spear (Class C): A master spear whose durability and power have been greatly increased by adding high-purity Mithril. Unusually, it specializes in cutting rather than stabbing. Due to the increased weight thanks to Mithril, it is not suitable for speed-based spearmanship.

Power +15 Attack Speed -10]

The Zaborg family’s spearmanship is based on cutting. In that ordinary spearmanship is based on stabbing, the Zaborg family’s spearmanship boasted a uniqueness that could not be seen elsewhere.

In combat, this uniqueness becomes tangible value. Being unique means that the response from the other party’s point of view is difficult.

Battle is a clash between instinct and instinct, and it is a field where each other’s unconsciousness is manifested. Just like using a weapon you’re not familiar with, dealing with spears you’ve never seen is a difficult task.

The first is a light search battle. I don’t think that commoner has the ability to surpass him, but if he’s good enough to enter the academy, he’ll have a trump card.

If you allow such an unseemly move, you will disgrace your family.

Born knocked on the stone bridge and decided to cross it.

Born’s spear swings coolly. The speed of the spear churning the air is so cool that professors exclaim. Among the students, there were not a few who admired with their mouths open.

“Great. That spear looks quite heavy, but that kind of speed.”

“It’s not just speed. Your posture is very stable.”

“It means that he is a genius who is different from us.”

The tip of Born’s spear aims at Johann. However, Yohan took off Born’s attacks with a few light movements.

John avoids Born’s attack. If you write it down, it will end in just one sentence. However, the situation contained a strange sense of heterogeneity.

“Isn’t something strange? That commoner named Johann doesn’t look very fast, but he’s dodging Zaborg’s attack.”

As someone said, Johann let go of Born’s attack, which raged like a gale, with a normal movement. It’s like a couple of promises made in advance.

“That….”

Professor Kerr, who was watching the duel, stroked his chin and swallowed his words.

“I, a student named John… I’m ‘reading’ all of Zaborg’s attacks. !”

The professor, who had large dark circles under her eyelids, said in a low voice.

“Yes. Student Johann’s movements are as if he has dealt with Zaborg’s spear dozens or hundreds of times.”

There is no place to throw away every single movement. Wouldn’t an assassin who hated the Zaborg family come up with a move like that if he spent years studying their spearmanship?

John’s movements were so calculated. Had it not been for the image he showed in the entrance exam, even Professor Kerr would not have been able to understand the situation.

“Damn it! You run away like a rat!”

The attack doesn’t work. It was an exploration, but it was absolutely nothing. Each spear contains his own will to destroy the opponent. But, why didn’t the attack reach that commoner’s body?

Born’s anger rose. I guess I’ll have to show you what I saw.

‘One card is enough against such a kid!’

Zaborg spearmanship consists of a total of 5 chapters. His own achievement is a whopping 3 chapters, exceeding that of his older brothers.

“One Spear Soul! Slash the crescent moon!”

Born’s body sprang forward like a raging bull. It was as if a spring had been attached to the soles of her feet.

If you try to avoid the charge by moving her body like a bullfighter, you will be swept away by the crescent moon cut. Because Zaborg’s spearmanship is a line attack, not a point.

It is common for opponents who are seeing Zaborg’s spearmanship for the first time to be knocked out by this one shot.

A wasteful skill to use against commoners.

Born decided to use this skill.

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“Shadow Chain.”

John’s shadow wriggled like a tentacle and turned into a chain of shadows that attacked Born. Born snorted. There’s no way he could block his rush with such a simple skill.

“No way!”

Wields a spear filled with mana. The name was given because the trajectory drawn by the spear is like a crescent moon.

Born’s blue dragon spear swept through the shadow chain. The shadow chains are shattered and scattered in all directions.

“!?”

But suddenly, something surprising happened. John rushes toward him.

Is a human running head-on towards a carriage running on the road like that?

John ran at full speed toward Born, who was charging at him scattering angry energy. Even so, there was not an inch of fear on his face.

“What!”

We must prepare for the next attack. However, the attack could not be prepared immediately. The cooldown of the Crescent Moon Sweep skill does not allow him to make a series of attacks.

Bondi, the attack after the charge is a measure to protect against the shortcomings of the crescent moon sweep. In order to knock the opponent down in one blow or not allow an immediate counterattack, it is to unleash a powerful attack like an angry beast at once.

However, as if to ridicule Born’s tactics, Yohan rather leaned forward and aimed for the counter. The shadow chain he flew was a bait for that.

“I got caught again… !”

“Awesome.”

Professor Kerr smiled bitterly.

John Baker.

He was a guy who showed great intuition even in the entrance exam. His ability to see through the weaknesses of the Mini Wyvern and Chimera at once was bizarrely genius.

‘Even so, he penetrated the weakness of Zaborg’s spearmanship in one shot. He’s a monster in another sense.’

It’s not just about finding out your weaknesses. He calculated and executed in an instant how to exploit that weakness and what results it would lead to. This was a talent in a different realm than detecting weaknesses.

‘What kind of “Speciality” Does it have?’

Perhaps that genius ability is due to [Characteristics].

Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that John Baker is great. Because there is not a single person in the world who denies the fact that “Characteristics” Are individual abilities.

John’s knife aims at Born’s neck. The moment the viper-like movement of the knife was about to pierce Born.

“Stop.”

Tak!

It was Flora Chepes. It was she, the referee of the duel, who stopped John’s dagger with one of her fingers.

The winner of the duel is definitely John. Among the faculty members who were watching the duel, there would be no one who didn’t know about it. However, the students looked puzzled when they saw the confrontation that ended in a misfire.

“What? Why do you stop?”

“Wasn’t Zaborg having an advantage? I heard that few people have blocked that charge spear.”

“That commoner named John. He’s fighting back against Zaborg. It’s as stupid as it looks.”

However, among the students, the top students grasped the essence of Dalian.

“As expected, it’s Mr. Yohan.”

Sarah Leorisna.

“Zaborg lost.”

Arsha Swordhorn’s reaction was this.

The students’ reaction was as expected by John.

A ‘riot event’ that occurs with a certain probability when you record a higher entrance score than born as a commoner.

If you clear the event, the favorability of the academy staff and top students will increase by 10. Among the favorability events at the beginning of the game, it is the most cost-effective event, so for speed runners, the Born event breaks the direction of the record.

“This is a duel, but it is a sparring between students. Excessive salcho is forbidden. I should have told you before we started.”

Professor Chepes said with a smile.

“That’s why Dalian stops here. Result…. A draw would be enough, right?”

It is the same progress as the original.

There were a total of three routes that John could choose.

The victory route to expel Born by forcibly demanding the resumption of sparring and then thoroughly defeating it.

A draw route that agrees with Professor Cepes’ decision.

And the defeat route to surrender.

If you take the victory route, you have to deal with Born Zaborg, who later became the mid-boss, and if you take the defeat route, the favorability of normal students is reduced by 10. The best route here is the no-win route.

John smiled and opened his mouth.

“Is it a draw?”

Born’s expression was as hard as glass.

He knew it too. The fact that he would have lost this match without the mediation of Professor Chepes.

“This, this me….”

Born trembled as if he still couldn’t believe what had just happened.

His eyes turned to Yohan, who gave a relaxed smile.

“I’m glad. It almost could have been a big deal.”

Who almost got into trouble?

It was as if I could see another side of him with a smile on his face.