Before the battle, I rested for a while to recover my condition as much as possible and also took some supplements that were placed in the medical room.
Thunk!
At that moment, Thomas, the first lieutenant, entered as the medical room door opened.
“Hey, are you exercising in your room? Why is your heart rate like this?”
“I’m not exercising. I was just sitting quietly, but for some reason, I keep running out of breath.”
“What do you mean? Are you cursed or something?”
Woong!
As Thomas raised his right hand, a wave of healing energy surged through my body, restoring it from the state of exhaustion caused by running nearly three kilometers in a power sprint.
“I don’t feel any foreign magical power. What’s going on?”
“Well, I’m… cough!”
I coughed, pretending to cover my mouth with my hand.
And I whispered.
“Log in.”
Pop!
“I got you!”
The Orc warrior yelled as he glared at me. He, too, was exhausted and out of breath from running a long distance with his massive physique.
I raised my sword.
The Orc warrior also raised his axe.
Woong!
I could see an intangible energy emanating from the Orc warrior’s axe. It was a power that enhanced the durability and cutting and destructive power of the weapon.
“My energy. Is that guy really a top-tier warrior? A sword expert?”
A bitter laugh escaped from me. This monster, who seemed like a foolish creature I could never reach in my lifetime, was now standing right in front of me.
“…Damn.”
An expletive slipped out involuntarily.
Damn mana.
Damn gigas.
“[Transcendent Motor Nerves], [Transcendent Mental Power], [Unfathomable Battle Anticipation], [Unfathomable Body Control]… Wow. I thought it was nonsense when an incompetent person gives abilities to an able person, but it seems reasonable. Ah~ but what should I do with this.”
I recalled the words of the selector who evaluated my talents at the City Hall.
“[Low-grade Mana Aptitude].”
Clang!
I dodged the falling axe. I wanted to deflect it, but if I clashed with the axe imbued with the strength to break a beautiful tree with a single shoulder strike, it would be my end. I had to avoid it perfectly.
Even if I could perfectly read the flow of power, with such a difference in strength, if I dodged an attack, my bones would inevitably be scraped by it.
“But what about his defense?”
I had a moment of doubt about his exposed upper body, but it was a slot that I couldn’t afford to miss. I swung my sword, aiming for the Orc warrior’s neck.
Kwang!
“Kwang?”
I was surprised by the sudden counterforce. The Orc warrior swung his axe like a gust of wind, but…
Pop!
I avoided the attack by kicking his thigh.
And I corrected my posture.
“Gyeonggong(硬氣功)! This Orc guy can do everything!”
However, it wasn’t difficult to deal with his strategy since I knew he had learned Gyeonggong. Gyeonggong was a training method commonly chosen by mana users. The gangsters who gave me trouble earlier were also practitioners of Gyeonggong.
And what happened to them in the end?
I had to regenerate my teeth with healing magic.
“You! You disguised yourself as a chameleon!”
The Orc warrior charged at me with a scream. He must have thought it was a hidden trap, but I easily evaded it, angering him. He swung his double-edged axe horizontally.
To avoid his attack, however hard I tried to lower my posture, it was impossible to avoid it. It was an unstoppable high-powered attack even if I stepped back or rolled to the side. The Orc warrior’s attack, in which he put all his power as an Orc warrior, was a fierce strike that could bring about a tornado in the surroundings!
But the moment he pulled his arm, I had already jumped up by thrusting the ground.
“Haap!”
Shouting with energy, I swung my sword, putting all the weight of my body into the strike. The Orc warrior looked straight at my descending sword.
His eyes, colored with intense congestion, showed no sign of fear.
“It’s Gyeonggong!”
I realized that even if I hit his head with my sword, it would only cause some bleeding from his forehead. And that if the attack subsided in the air, I would be killed by the Orc warrior’s follow-up attack.
Puck!
Therefore, I kicked the arm that was swinging downwards with my foot, stopping its momentum.
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