The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 753

Episode 753 I learned it from you. (2)

‘This is a lie!’
Lionel couldn’t believe it even while watching. It was because something unbelievable had happened.
He briefly suspected that the technology had been leaked, but there was absolutely no way it could be. It wasn’t information that could be easily managed by a wandering mercenary magician.
Furthermore, the opponent’s technology actually seemed better. It was as if they had compensated for their shortcomings and reached a higher level.
“You, where did you learn this?”
Giselle just laughed at Lionel’s terrified appearance.
‘I learned it from you.’
He had already seen Lionel’s high-level technology in his dream. He had also learned the mana training method and technology of the Ladran royal family while taking over the Kingdom of Rutania.
Therefore, the shield technique Giselle was showing off now could be said to be a technique that Lionel would learn in the future.
When Giselle didn’t say anything and just laughed, Lionel’s anger rose.
‘Is it black magic? Are you bewitching me with black magic? But how? Am I hallucinating?’
It was a ridiculous guess, but Lionel was that confused.
“Eeeeek!”
Lionel gritted his teeth and tried to attack again.
Kaang! Kaang! Kaang!
No matter how much he attacked, Lionel could not penetrate Giselle’s defense.
As his attacks continued to be blocked, Lionel grew frustrated and swung his sword and shield more and more desperately.
Kaang! Kaang! Kaang!
Lionel’s posture became more and more disheveled and he showed gaps here and there. Giselle clicked his tongue at the sight.
“How pathetic. If you’re going to attack so recklessly, why are you using a shield?”
“What?”
“The foundation of your family’s swordsmanship is patience. It’s not about pressing the enemy, but about drawing them in and tiring them out. It’s about maintaining an impregnable stance so that the enemy cannot dare to approach you.”
“What do you know about that?”
Lionel’s face turned red. Who doesn’t know that? Rather, he was the one who knew better than anyone else in the world.
Accumulating damage little by little and eventually making the enemy kneel because he couldn’t bear it.
That was the ultimate goal pursued by the family’s swordsmanship.
But what if no attack works on the opponent? Was he telling them to just wait?
Kaang!
Lionel’s sword and Giselle’s shield clashed once again.
Giselle smiled and said,
“Yes, everyone knows the theory. But do you know why it doesn’t work in real combat?”
“……This guy.”
“It’s because I don’t have confidence in myself. It’s also because I haven’t trained enough to move my body on its own. I’ll tell you from now on, so try to block it.”
Kwaang!
Giselle pushed the shield. Lionel, already exhausted from making reckless attacks, lost his balance in an instant.
It wasn’t easy to adjust his posture and focus on defense. Giselle, who had already gotten close to him, was swinging his club at an odd angle.
Kaang!
Lionel quickly raised his shield and blocked it. But Giselle pushed Lionel back with her shield.
Kwah!
“Kwah!”
This time, Lionel fell. It was a perfectly timed blow.
“T-what is this…. What the heck…”
Lionel sank to the ground, his expression bewildered.
Perfect.
Giselle, lowering her stance and raising her shield right up to her eyes, looked like a gigantic fortress that could never be overpowered.
“Oh, no. That can’t be. That, that warlock can’t possibly be more skilled than me!”
Lionel jumped up.
In fact, if they had really fought, he might have already died. Knowing that, but unable to admit it, Lionel shouted and ran at him.
“Uuuuuuuuuu!”
Kwaang!
Giselle raised her shield again to block. He had clearly shown what fighting with a shield was like, unlike usual.
Now all that was left was to make the other person realize it.
Giselle raised her club with an evil smile.
“Remember, you must block the attack first, then subdue the opponent through a counterattack. Just like now.”
Crack!
The club, with just the right amount of force, struck Lionel on the head. For a moment, Lionel saw a light before his eyes and his vision blurred.
‘Huh? What is this?’
He felt the ground rising. He thought in a dazed state.
‘Ah, so this is what they call fainting. Wow, this is amazing.’
Even in his dazed state, he heard Giselle’s voice.
“An opponent who keeps failing to attack will become anxious and shaken. When the opponent becomes exhausted and loses his balance, you have to press him down like a huge mountain.”
Crack!
At that moment, Lionel felt a strong electric current flowing through his side. He came to his senses.
“Eww!”
It felt like his ribs were shattered. It was that painful. But that wasn’t the end.
He heard Giselle’s voice again.
“That’s when the real start begins. But you shouldn’t rush. You should think of gradually finding the enemy’s weak points and destroying them.”
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Giselle’s club flew in without mercy. When Lionel was about to fall, the club struck the other side and lifted him up.
“Eww! What the heck!”
Lionel couldn’t fall even if he wanted to. It was amazing that a person could be hit like this.
Even so, Giselle’s words were so clear that they were engraved in his mind.
“When the enemy is completely destroyed, that’s when you will truly win. You don’t need to chase after flashiness. You don’t need to aim for a one-hit kill. Your sword is to advance silently and honestly.”
Slap! Slap! Pfft
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They were beings so strong that he couldn’t even dare look at them.
Lionel finally realized the truth of the world.
‘Ah, I was just a piece of shit.’
Crunch.
Having completely misunderstood the world’s standards, he sat down like that and shed tears.
“Hehehehe……. What is it……. What have I done so far……. Hehehehehe…….”
“…….”
Giselle stopped teaching(?). In fact, Giselle didn’t know that Lionel would cry so sadly.
“……Are you okay?”
“I, I thought I was strong……. To the point where I got beaten by a wizard and had to be lectured……. Hehehehehehe…….”
“…….”
It was rare to see a grown man cry so sadly. That’s why no one said anything when they saw Lionel cry.
They all realized that Lionel had misunderstood something.
‘It’s not that you’re weak.’
‘That person is just too strong.’
‘The standard of comparison was wrong to begin with.’
When he had divine power, Lionel was a knight close to the top.
Now that his divine power has disappeared, he can no longer exert that much power, but if he polishes his mana training method, he will soon be able to reach that level again.
Knowing that, Jisel tried to teach Lionel the basics. She planned to teach him everything, including the already-completed future techniques.
She planned to calm him down a bit and get his mind right.
But she didn’t know he would collapse so easily. Even mercenaries weren’t like that.
‘Hmm, the shock must have been too great.’
It’s hard for someone with strong pride to recover once they’ve collapsed. You have to adjust appropriately.
“That’s it for today.”
There was no more meaning in the showdown. Lionel must have realized the difference in skill.
Now was the time to comfort him. And there was someone here who was very good at that role.
“Are you okay?”
Deneb ran over and unleashed divine power on Lionel. Since he wasn’t seriously injured, the bruises on Lionel’s body quickly disappeared.
“Keuk, keuk…….”
“Don’t be too disappointed. It’s not that Giselle is strong, it’s that Lionel is weak. Look, no one is surprised, right? Giselle is better at fighting with her body than with magic. Magic is more like a hobby that she uses because it’s comfortable.”
“Cough…….”
Lionel felt a little warmer at Deneb’s consolation. It seemed like Deneb was the only one who took his side here.
He felt a little sorry for being so harsh to such a kind priest.
By the way, magic was a hobby? That guy really was the monster of monsters.
‘I didn’t even know that and I was acting like I was so great.’
Lionel was embarrassed. He was embarrassed for showing off without any skills, for getting hit, and for being so blunt.
So he wiped his tears and said bluntly,
“It’s okay. Something just got in my eyes for a moment. I’m not crying. There seems to be a lot of fine dust here.”
“……Ah, yes.”
Lionel staggered to his feet. He glared at Giselle and said,
“I lost. But I will definitely surpass you someday.”
“That’s a good mindset. Please do your best in my training from now on.”
“That’s what I wanted. If you want to become stronger, there’s nothing you can’t do.”
Lionel decided to give up his obsession with divine power. He
resolved to learn everything he could, overcome his limits, and become a superhuman. He was
angry, but everything that guy said was right.
Giselle smiled with satisfaction as she watched Lionel like that.
“I think you’re ready to learn at that level. And now you’re a member of our mercenary group. Don’t forget that you’re the youngest.”
“Ugh…….”
Lionel clenched his teeth. It was a truly difficult condition.
If the Vatican found out later, he would definitely be reprimanded. He was in a completely different position from a low-level priest like Deneve.
However, he had already sworn an oath. He had also lost his divine power. Refusing now would only make things worse.
“I understand. I am now a member of the Yulien mercenary corps. Since I came in late, I will accept being treated as the youngest. However, it is a bit unfair that I am the only one being treated as the youngest.”
“What?”
Lionel pointed to Erenes, who was sitting on the wagon.
“That elf came in later than me. So shouldn’t he be the youngest like me? He seems to be getting along too comfortably.”
“……Hmm.”
Giselle crossed her arms and fell into thought. In fact, Erenes’ position within the mercenary corps was a bit ambiguous.
Even now, look. Erenes was sitting cross-legged on the wagon, being taken care of by the other mercenaries.
“Sister, try some of this fruit.”
“Sister, this is the jerky I hid.”
“Sister, this liquor is really great.”
There was no such thing as a superior. Erenes was
proudly accepting what the mercenaries gave her as if it were a given. The simple mercenaries began to treat Erenes, an elf, with respect. The mysteriousness of the elf race and her pride created that atmosphere.
Of course, the fact that she was really strong probably played a part.
Erenes enjoyed the treatment more than anyone else, being treated like a human being.
However, that didn’t work on an old-fashioned person like Lionel. Lionel somehow tried to make Erenes the youngest.
Sensing that, Erenes snickered and said,
“Human, I’m not the youngest in the mercenary group. I’m more like a guest.”
“What? A guest? You obviously joined the mercenary group too, didn’t you?”
“I just followed to protect the guardian stone? So… yeah, should I say I participated as a guest? So I’m half a guest.”
She was very elegantly turning around the fact that she didn’t want to be the youngest.
Lionel just twitched his lips. He seemed to be contemplating what to say in rebuttal.
“…….”
“Why? Can’t you admit it?”
“……Don’t be so stubborn.”
“Don’t keep asking like that. You’re young.”
“…….”
When they brought up age, there was nothing to say. No matter what she looked like, Erenes was definitely older.
Erenes raised her chin proudly with the expression of a victor. She was really using her age like a human.
Giselle still found it amusing and hard to get used to her like that.
‘Oh my… … If I go back and tell you, no one will believe me.’
In any case, the other mercenaries all nodded their heads at her words. They simply supported Erenes out of ignorance.
“That’s right, that’s right. An Elf being the youngest in the mercenary group. That doesn’t suit her, right?”
“Of course. When someone like Erenes does chores, people criticize her.”
“As you said, big sister, you only look like that on the outside, but you’re much older than us. How can we give the role of the youngest to someone like that? She could be old enough to be a grandmother .”
Boom!
“Kwaaak!”
The mercenary who had been talking about the grandmother flew far away with the spirit explosion. With
public opinion like this, Lionel had no choice. He had no choice but to play the role of the youngest alone.
“……Please take good care of me.”
The ranking arrangement ended with Lionel’s declaration of defeat.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Because of the grumpy Lionel, they had all been so conscious of each other and were so tired.
It would be scary to treat him like the youngest, but it didn’t seem like the journey would be as uncomfortable as before.
As they moved, Giselle helped the mercenaries train as usual. In particular, she began to properly teach Lionel the swordsmanship and mana training methods of the Ladran royal family.
After a few days, Giselle became troubled.
“Hmm… It’ll take quite some time.”
The next destination was quite far away. With the number of people they had, they wouldn’t be able to move as fast as Giselle wanted.
It would be better to separate the mercenaries and move in small groups.
When he made up his mind and tried to gather the members, he noticed a group of people approaching from afar.
At first, he didn’t think much of it. However, when he saw them, Giselle narrowed his eyes.
‘Are they refugees?’
The people all moved with their luggage, their faces filled with fear. There were quite a few elderly people and children in the procession.
As Giselle approached on horseback, the people fell to the ground and shouted.
“Please save us!”
“Are you the army sent by the lord?”
“Please evacuate us to a safe place!”
Everyone was chattering chaotically. Giselle raised her hand to silence them and asked.
“……What’s going on? We’re mercenaries.”
Only then did the people begin to stammer.
“G, monsters suddenly appeared, destroying the village and killing people.”
“It’s warlocks! Warlocks appeared and unleashed a bunch of chimeras!”
“They appeared in our village too! It’s chaos everywhere!”
Jiselle licked her tongue at the people’s complaints. She quickly guessed why this situation had occurred.
The Salvation Church guys seemed to be in a hurry now too.