How to Live As a Returnee Munchkin Swordsman

33 – Instructor, progress is too fast (4)

“For Clepe!”

“For Clepe!”

The unstoppable spirit of the Royal Guard Knights echoes through the palace.

This was a greeting to greet the great King Lucius Clepe, and a slogan to show off that the Knights Templar are working to assist him.

It was a cry that contained courtesy to the King and pride as a member of the Royal Guard.

‘I need to know about one passion.’

Theodore Crowfly smiled at the booming voice and moved on.

Externally, the knight order considered the best in the kingdom is the ‘Royal Knights of Clepe’ led by Duke Crowlin, but the heroes of the Guard Knights always acted thinking that they were the best.

That passion could never be ignored.

This is one of the attitudes that those who serve His Majesty the King closest must naturally have.

“For Clepe!”

“For Clepe!”

However, it sometimes feels excessive.

The cries of the knights were so strong that they struck my ears.

Sometimes this sounded like noise.

Duke Crowlin smiled bitterly and slowly entered the palace.

“Sir Theodore Crowfly, Commander of the Royal Knights of Cleve, enters.”

Inside, with a middle-aged man sitting on a huge golden chair, numerous retainers bowed their heads on both sides.

What’s unique is that half of them are from commoners.

It was a sight that clearly showed the keynote of the Kingdom of Cleppe, which puts more emphasis on skills than bloodlines.

Duke Crowfly went up to the middle-aged man who took the golden chair without looking further, got down on one knee and bowed his head.

“Meet His Majesty the Great King, the righteous ruler of the Kingdom of Clepe.”

“Sir Crowfly, welcome.”

The King’s intelligent eyes reach Duke Crowfly.

As much as he has raised the kingdom well and successfully led it so far, he has an excellent eye for talent.

While actively employing talented commoners, he did not let go of his trust in aristocratic heroes with both skill and lineage.

On the swordsman side, Duke Crowfly, who had an unrivaled position, was like that, and on the wizard side, Marquis Mullik, a hero of the great war, was like that.

“okay. I have something to report urgently.”

When the King spoke first, Duke Crowfly bowed his head again.

“This is the content related to the monster’s den in the red forest area that I mentioned before.”

“hmm. You said you could see traces of the Witchbeast.”

“That’s right. To be precise, he is the first monster to escape the monster’s lair. And recently, with the help of a hero who specializes in magic detection, I was able to find its traces.”

King Clepe’s eyes widened at the unexpected story.

I found the trail of the demon beast that first escaped from the demon lair.

If this is true, it was an issue worthy of being recorded as a great achievement within the continent.

“Tell me.”

“It stretches all the way to the eastern part of the kingdom.”

“If it’s the East… .”

“yes. This is the direction to Kespa Kingdom. The exact location can be known only when accompanied by a detection hero and found.”

“Hmm… .”

A heavy silence flows.

Contrary to expectations, a stumbling block arose.

No matter how much the devil is the continent’s achievement and each country cooperates in the eradication, heading to the territory of another country is unavoidable diplomatic issues are mixed.

In addition, Duke Crow Flynn, the ‘5th hero’ according to the Continental Agreement, cannot head to the border of another country recklessly.

This is because if the 5th hero leads the troops and suddenly declares war, it is very difficult for the country to stop it.

“… Sir, I will not be able to go out.”

In other words, Duke Crowfly, who was the key to this investigation, must withdraw from the operation.

Of course, the probability of success of the operation is bound to decrease.

But that doesn’t mean you can give up.

It was impossible to leave an important issue that predicted the continent’s first achievement to other countries.

“your majesty. Please order the monster hunting unit to go out.”

In response, the Duke of Crowfly brought out a proposal he had prepared in advance.

Beast hunting squad.

As a hero unit secretly raised in the kingdom, it is an elite group of only the best.

It was the best unit to go out in such a difficult situation.

On top of that, I’d like to add an unexpected suggestion.

“How about making an additional request for aid to the military academy?”

“It’s a military academy… ?”

“That’s right. Among the military academy instructors, there are hidden talents who will truly surprise the continent. “If they help us track down this demonic beast, we could probably achieve great results.”

Duke Crowlin’s eyes go beyond the King and turn to Marquis Mullik who is sitting next to him.

And naturally.

A swordsman instructor who looks like him comes to mind.

He was a very clear key to the success of this operation.

* * *

The special training took place immediately after a week.

As expected, there were not many applicants.

The reason was the same as what instructor Akina said earlier.

The fact that special practice does not affect grades in any way.

And the fact that the related contents cannot be used as test evaluation items.

In other words, it is a meaningful practice only for cadets who genuinely want to learn more about ＜Balut Sword＞.

However, for cadets who have just entered the Hero Academy, it is difficult to motivate them with the lecture itself.

Even the cadets who sought the lecture with full interest in me did not easily apply for this special practice lecture.

“… Wouldn’t it be better to just not practice? It feels like Edgar’s time is wasted.”

A total of 4 people applied for special training.

Even Ray stopped me with too few numbers.

But I shook my head as if I was okay.

“Even if there was only one cadet, it would have gone ahead. That’s why Balut Sword is a difficult martial art to learn. If even one disciple can complete it, that is satisfactory.”

Rather, 4 people is a larger number than I thought.

If there is a cadet who learns ＜Balut swordsmanship＞ by ‘accident’ after this semester’s class… That alone will make this exercise meaningful.

So we reunited with the cadets at the Blue Swamp.

“Everyone, nice to see you again after the lecture.”

Make eye contact with each of the cadets.

One male cadet and three female cadets.

One was a swordsman genius I had noticed before the beginning of the semester, and the other was the person who introduced me to this monster’s den.

And the other two are cadets who show great passion in ＜Balut Fencing＞.

Looking at all aspects, I could say that the cadets stood out the most in my lecture.

Without delay, I explained the practice plan to them.

“Special practice is conducted as one-on-one customized lectures for practical training. This instructor will directly check your battles and correct your posture.”

“This one-on-one?!”

At my words, a female student with light blue hair was startled and asked back.

Mir and Tilope.

A child of the Count Tilope family, the cadet with the most passionate class attitude in ＜Balut Swordsmanship＞.

Perhaps because of a sense of kinship as they came from the same magic family, they actively followed my classes, and as such, their understanding of swordsmanship was clearly unique.

‘I don’t think I’m very talented in swordsmanship, but… .’

Kaelana, the most talented student in the current first year of the swordsmanship department, and Lucas, a former Chadbell master, who demonstrates standard swordsmanship.

Even Reese, whose real ability clearly seems not to be ＜Swordsman＞.

Compared to the other cadets who participated in today’s training, it is true that Miren’s talent is somewhat inferior.

However, I have trained countless of these obscure talents.

And all of them have been made into one swordsman who can do his part.

There was nothing different about Mirenne.

“good night. A cadet of Mirn Tilope. I will put you first.”

“yes… ?”

Mirenne’s bewildered eyes lost their way.

* * *

Kreur-!!

About seven protos fill the surroundings.

Mirwen swung her sword frantically in the gap, and I commanded her from a stable position.

“hurry! sooner! Speed is the key to Balut swordsmanship! Slash through enemies with the best speed you can!”

“Yes, yes!”

The answer stuttered, but her body moved without rest.

No matter how low-level monsters they are, they can kill people at any time.

A little carelessness can seriously injure you.

Such alertness keeps Mirenne moving.

Of course, I am there to prevent such a situation, but in the special practice, these survival instincts were very effective.

“Get the sting out of your head! Try to evade with the linking action of the 3rd and 4th moves!”

“Now, wait a minute! It’s progressing too fast, Instructor!”

“Move and think! The answer is already in your head! Then all that remains is to embody it!”

Speaking of the realm of talent, it only applies to top-notch heroes.

The 1st hero who only bloomed at the first crossroads.

And the very basic level ＜Balut Sword＞.

It didn’t take a lot of talent to learn it.

Throw it into the situation and roll it mindlessly.

Roll, roll, and-

One day, without even realizing it, you will reach the stage of maturity.

That was my teaching style, and why I valued this special practice.

“uh? Instructor, do I have to do this too?”

“I don’t know if you call that a question now.”

“Uh, what?”

“Don’t move, what are you doing!”

“Yes, yes!”

After the stormy one-on-one lecture of Mirenne.

The second cadet to come out was Reese.

Having introduced this monster’s den herself, she showed a puzzled face as if she hadn’t thought that she would be practicing as well.

However, there are no exceptions.

No matter how much this ‘blue swamp area’ is a monster’s den with special elements, the most important thing to me was the smooth training of ＜Balut Swordsmanship＞.

Still, Reese clumsily imitated ＜Balut Sword＞ and took down a number of protos.

‘Magic… It seems bitter, but.’

In her battles, traces of strange magic were felt in the middle.

It’s too fast to be called magic, but it’s certainly not the magic power released by a sword.

-Is it true that Reese is a cadet in the swordsmanship department?

It was a moment when the question I had been asking with Ray for a long time became more credible.

However, we decided to investigate this matter later and passed it on for now.

The third person in order was Kaela.

“Master! Turning and cutting here is the 6th herbivorous meal, right?”

“Turn right, not left. “If you turn to the left, the direction of the 5th herbivore must change.”

“Aha, like this?”

“It is perfect.”

“lol. “Then, let’s review the rest of the things we did earlier!”

Like the best talent of a freshman in the swordsmanship department, Kaela had nothing to correct.

She was the one who almost single-handedly caught the intermediate monster, Kelleil, even before the beginning of the semester.

Of course, there was no way he would struggle against the low-level monster Prototype.

However, it seems that there are still some immature points in the operation of ＜Balut swordsmanship＞, so I corrected the details in it briefly.

Even with that much, Kaela has grown to a higher level with her excellent absorption power.

– and last.

“… Instructor. Am I not correcting something?”

“excellent. As expected, it is like the son of the Chad Bell family, whom we have only heard about. If you don’t mind, I’ll hunt down the group of protos over there.”

“… … .”

Lucas didn’t have much to correct.

So, by having them deal with more groups of protos, they gained real-world experience.

… Sometimes there are cadets who need to be thrown into the situation to become stronger.

Quite a bit of time passed like that, and by the time the special practice was over.

“Edgar.”

Ray, who was watching from afar, approached me.

However, her expression is more serious than usual.

“A tremendous amount of mana is being detected from the front. Intermediate, no advanced… ? It is not accurately measured.”

Hearing those words, I turned my head and saw the surroundings, which were quite different from the beginning.

We had come quite deep even in the blue swamp.

and.

Where Ray pointed his finger was-.

Go-oh-!

A really strong amount of mana was overflowing.