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Episode 107. This part will be on the test.
“The sword is no different from a living organism. Therefore, in order to utilize the sword, you must continuously modify it and swing the sword according to the situation. However, how can you create all those situations? In the end, in order to continue practicing the sword, actual combat experience is absolutely necessary.”
The students nodded at Ethan’s words.
Ethan then gestured to the students who were standing in front of the special golem and looking confused.
“Those golems are enchanted to knock down anyone who comes near them. When you get close, they swing their wooden swords at you. They really are going to kill you.”
I just saw it and knew it. Judging from the fact that they can knock someone out with just one hit, it looks like the special golems swing their swords with all their might at anything that comes near them.
It was the perfect enemy. An enemy with whom you could gain a lot of practical experience.
No one thought of that golem as a normal golem anymore.
“In this class, you will learn the active movements that are absolutely necessary for actual combat. And you will be able to flexibly create your sword path around those movements.”
Ethan said.
“You will have a living sword.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the students rushed towards the special golem.
Pfft-!
Pfft!
Students who challenged the special golems rolled around one by one. The golems’ movements were unusual. They moved so mercilessly that it could be considered a real battle.
The thought that if that golem had a real sword in its hand, it would have killed it right there sent shivers down the students’ spines.
It made me realize how kind the classes I had taken within the safety net up until now had been.
“Let me be a little harsh. Every class you’ve ever taken was fake.”
Ethan said.
“The real thing is in this actual battle. You learn a lot of things for actual battles, but you never experience actual battles. That’s why you get flustered when you go out on the field, and you end up getting seriously injured or dying on your first battle.”
Ethan’s words were realistic. Of course, among those here, there were high-ranking nobles who did not necessarily have to go to the scene.
But they too ultimately needed field experience to prepare for the future.
I needed the experience to be able to take control of a situation in real life.
“This class is entirely for that purpose. However, since this is ultimately a class to understand the sword, we will not have any more classes on practical matters except today.”
“yes!?”
“Are you not going to do this practical class anymore?”
“I never do that.”
Ethan said firmly.
Then he crossed his arms.
“Instead, I plan to create one more class.”
“oh!”
“A new class!?”
The students’ mouths opened wide.
“Aren’t you going to take on another class that you already had?”
“Even if you are Mr. Ethan, it must be difficult to open a new school… … .”
From what I’ve heard, it seems like they’re not just opening a class, but are trying to open a new class with practical experience as the main content.
Adding difficulty to difficulty was like saying it was impossible.
“The name of the course to be opened is Introduction to Practical Studies.”
The students’ eyes lit up at the classic name.
“And the garden will be reduced even further than it is now. We plan to go down to a final 50 people.”
That means that 25 people can’t hear here. But he’s not the only competitor. Ethan is currently considered a must-hear teacher within the academy.
If Professor Ethan were to create a new class, the entire Department of Knights, or maybe even the Department of Magic, would want to sign up for Ethan’s class.
“… … When are you making it?”
“When are you going to make it, teacher?”
The students’ eyes became serious.
Ethan’s class became my blood and flesh. It was a real class like I’ve never experienced before.
I had to get it by any means necessary.
“I’ll tell you later. What’s important now is today’s class. As you all know, there’s a midterm coming up soon. I’m going to be testing out a lot of the things I taught you.”
Ethan said.
“And now this part.”
Then he pointed to the special golem and looked back at the students.
“It will be on the test.”
The students who had been sighing in fear at the special golem just a moment ago changed their gazes.
It’s almost midterm time. Ethan must have something to say about midterms now.
I thought that they would clearly announce the timing of opening classes only for top students based on their midterm exam scores.
And those students will definitely be able to take Ethan’s new class.
A student who heard the story from a student taking a potion making class in the Faculty of Magic was almost certain of it.
I heard that Ethan had promised to teach the best students in his class how to use brulee.
Does that mean that those who excel in swordsmanship will be taken to Ethan separately?
Woof woof-.
The next students in line came straight to the front.
Among them were Mason and a skinny Ron.
The students glanced at the two.
Those two were pretty much a done deal. So I thought I had to appeal to Ethan somehow now.
“Whoaap!”
One student rushed in, remembering the parent-teacher conference. Back then, he felt like he could do anything.
I was able to show off all the swordsmanship I had learned. For a moment, I felt like I could do anything.
I definitely felt like my skills had improved significantly after taking Ethan’s class.
Of course, it was true that my skills had improved.
But at the same time I realized.
The reason he was able to use his swordsmanship with all his might was because Ethan adapted his swordsmanship to his own.
Pfft-!
Bam-!
All the students showed enthusiasm, but in the end they all dropped out.
Yeerika smiled faintly as she watched the special golem calmly assume its stance again.
Now all that was left were Mason and Ron.
“I’ll go first.”
Ron and Mason’s special golems have different moves stored in them than other golems.
Ron approached the special golem. The golem swung its sword as soon as it saw Ron. It was a sword technique that Ethan had memorized.
Shhhhh! Shhhhh!
It was a fast and difficult swordsmanship that showed off real attacks, just like the swordsmanship Yuna Garnet showed during the observation class.
Wheaaa …
The most obvious one among them was the stabbing.
It was a tremendous stab that seemed like it would pierce through anything.
Even though it was a wooden sword, it was so fierce that I thought it would puncture some part of my body if I was hit by it.
The students were watching the golem’s movements and trying to imagine what they would do.
It’s already too late to strike back. The attack is so fierce that the wooden sword on this side will twist as soon as you strike back, and the golem’s stab will be aimed straight at you.
So, the standard way to do it was to avoid it.
But Ron didn’t avoid it.
Instead, he took a step forward and swung his wooden sword at the special golem’s fierce stab.
Bam-!
“oh my god.”
“You’re saying you can crush that thing with force?”
Like Mason, Ron was also blossoming beautifully after attending parent-teacher conferences.
There was no sign of wasted energy in Ron’s movements just now.
He put all his strength into his wooden sword and crushed the stabbing.
Ron’s overwhelming power was fully contained, so there was no way he could withstand even a fierce stab.
Everyone just saw Ron’s move and realized why Ethan had chosen Ron as the representative for the departmental representative competition.
There is no more swordsmanship and last place.
There is only the mighty Ron Bears.
“Whew.”
Ron exhaled lightly and placed his hand on the golem, causing the special golem to stop moving.
“You pass.”
The special golem’s movements stop when touched like that. At Ethan’s words that he had passed, several students’ minds began to spin quickly.
This midterm exam might be made up of that special golem.
In that case, the criteria for passing would be to destroy and touch that special golem’s sword technique, as Ron just showed.
Students’ concentration has increased.
Next was Mason.
Because Ron had made them so excited, the students were also excited for Mason’s moves.
Both Ron and Mason were trained by Ethan.
Their strength meant that Ethan’s teaching skills were outstanding.
As Mason approached the special golem, it assumed the signature pose that Max Jurod had been seeing.
Wedge-!
Soon, Max Jurod’s swordsmanship began to unfold. Mason calmly began to block each swordsmanship. Then, he took a step forward and began to fully display the Yellowd swordsmanship.
Students who had previously seen Mason demonstrate his yellow sword skills were left with goosebumps.
It wasn’t the same yellow swordsmanship as before.
It was different from the yellow swordsmanship I saw during the parent observation class.
Something had changed. It seemed as if the changed appearance was the essence of the original Yellowd swordsmanship.
A creepy aura.
It was a blow that clearly demonstrated the strengths of the Yellow Sword, a martial art of domination.
Kkwaduk-!
The special golem retreated back in an instant with a tearing attack. It was a special golem that responded flexibly even in the fight against Lone Bears.
But he immediately retreated in response to Mason’s attack.
“Oh my.”
Ethan smiled faintly at the sight. Behind him, Yereka looked very angry.
“Phew.”
However, thanks to the students’ movements, especially Ron and Mason, we were able to reconsider the direction of the special golem.
Ppagakak-!
Mason had no intention of turning off the golem by touching it like Ron Bears did.
He struck back at the golem with the sword that was swinging diagonally downward from above.
Crunch-!
The momentum of the upward strike was so great that the special golem’s arm broke off and floated into the air.
That upward strike just now wasn’t the original Yellowd sword technique. It was a flexible sword technique modified with Ethan’s advice.
“Flexibly… … .”
“That’s the flexible sword you were talking about, teacher.”
Mason showed us firsthand what would happen if we followed Ethan’s lessons properly.
“Just do as you just saw. This isn’t because Mason is strong. As you all know, Mason wasn’t at this level until recently.”
Mason, who had defeated the golem, bowed his head. He did not forget to bow to Yerika, who had created the golem.
It was an appearance that did not befit the bloodline of a duke, but his humility now felt like a virtue. His image had completely changed.
“You can do it too. You took my class.”
Ethan said.
“I’m looking forward to the midterms.”
Those words made the students’ hearts race. None of the students here wanted to break Ethan’s expectations.
fantasy,
