[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero":3,"chapter-i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-chapter-131":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became the Academy’s War Hero",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1531788,1990,"Chapter 131 : Full-Power Throw (2)","i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-chapter-131",131,"\u003Cp>Chapter 131: Full-Power Throw (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eugene Carter, already exhausted to the limit, and Francia Brida, who had joined late yet had also reached her physical limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind them, Gustav, the Master of the Magic Tower, and the agents were providing full support from the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A change occurred in the movements of Karen Rosefield, who had effectively been facing all of them alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a strange phenomenon that even she herself had not noticed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To confirm it, the two of us charged at her simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, from the front—a straightforward diagonal slash. It was Francia Brida’s most confident sword path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, she would try to counter using the blood spheres, but since we already knew that, we could respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that gap, Lukezax’s slash would strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither the spheres nor the aura defense were perfect. If she used them to block a slash, an instant blind spot would inevitably appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We would dig into that opening in one breath and deliver a decisive blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to exchange opinions or run simulations. What little coordination we lacked would be filled with experience and instinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that resolve, the two of us rushed at Karen—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what we saw was completely unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen Rosefield… retreated over ten meters instead of facing us head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Instructor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s… on guard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her humiliated expression, I fell into brief thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Karen, Illusion Swordsmanship was an unknown ability. It was only natural to be cautious about something she didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, she had assumed she could simply endure it with her body and had continued using the same tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But through her clash with Francia, she must have instinctively realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she was facing the true successor of this ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what it meant… that such a person had only now appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That must be humiliating, no doubt.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was conducting a probing battle—something she wouldn’t even do against top-tier beasts—against just two humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t let her stay like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t think of Karen Rosefield as some mindless brute obsessed only with judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might not match those who specialized in analysis, but the moment she succeeded in analyzing us…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our chances would drop to absolute zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We had to land a critical blow before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then would we even stand on the starting line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at my disciple and aimed Lukezax again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s see how long you can hold out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an hour of collision, she finally took a defensive stance for the first time—and as if she had been waiting, the enemy began reorganizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to say, “Still not coming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions rang out continuously from the opposite side, and even nearby, the shouts of two forces clashing echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tightly wrapped a bandage around my bleeding wrist and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For us, dragging this out is great. We’re more exhausted anyway, and you’re not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I didn’t want to keep fighting a lunatic like you any longer either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So just stay right there. Like you are now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I even wiped the blood off my sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen averted her gaze and slowly exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cheap provocation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew it well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I truly wanted to stall, there would be no reason to provoke her like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted her to come at us again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple. I had clearly prepared a trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, without fully understanding that alien swordsmanship, the optimal strategy for her was interception from mid-to-long range. She just needed to advance while preventing us from closing in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless both of us blocked her together, no one here could stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…It seems that won’t be possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she understood it logically, her body rejected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was anger toward the enemy, a sense of duty to her orders, and at the same time… curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instinct of a pure battle maniac, wanting to identify the source of her first humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If you even predicted that I’d act like this…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I’ll admit it honestly, Eugene Carter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That you are my equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pshhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen sliced near her artery, spilling more blood onto the ground. The blood spheres that consumed it grew even larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red aura coating her entire body deepened further in response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concentrating a massive amount of mana into the halberd’s blade, she charged at us again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You won’t reach the Instructor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Francia blocked her from the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, Karen’s upper body had been tightly sealed by a pillar-like wall of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There’s… no opening.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if continuous and simultaneous use had become possible, Aura Blade was fundamentally a one-hit kill technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we exposed it even once, the plan would fall apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If attacking wasn’t possible, the only options left were evasion or defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reluctantly, Francia deployed a double Barrier Blade and focused on defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring her completely, Karen simply charged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was just a collision of walls, a powerful shock surged through my entire body via the tip of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her strength ultimately came from her overwhelming physical ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Illusion Swordsmanship, being swordsmanship, had a limited effective range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, just a few centimeters beyond the blade’s length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Francia and Karen knew that all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A sword that cannot reach… needs no preparation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous crash, Karen blew Francia away in an instant and charged at me again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the threatening opponent gone, there was no longer any need to use the spheres defensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She expanded them into countless spikes, pressing me toward a wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch! Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the spikes pierced the terrain, sparks and smoke burst out simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I fully retreated, I could survive—but she knew I wouldn’t choose that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the same as me, Eugene Carter. You can’t live outside the battlefield.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So keep challenging me to the end! Only the result will prove who’s right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just three minutes of relentless assault, she drove me all the way to the thick outer wall of Duel Mallet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nowhere left to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She created a semicircular boundary with the spheres, blocking escape to the sides and above, then readjusted her grip on the halberd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, I held my sword with only my right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Are you underestimating me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As if. This is the best stance I can manage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You bastard…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enraged, Karen closed the distance instantly and thrust her weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took a deep breath and gently slashed downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a combat weapon just like me. Even unconsciously, she accounted for variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To guard against even the slightest chance of a counter using Illusion Swordsmanship, she deliberately attacked from two steps away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made this possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before the spear tip fully gathered power, I struck it, twisting its trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen perfectly read even that subtle difference in sensation created by my technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already committed to the thrust. Even if she realized it, it was impossible to alter the attack range without extraordinary physical ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she possessed that very physical ability, she was the Empire’s strongest berserker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She advanced the timing of her force, deflecting even my downward strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiiing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the blade recoiled from her counter, even my right hand holding the sword was momentarily disabled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Only my left hand remains…!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that trajectory, I couldn’t even transfer the sword. This is my win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen stepped in further, aiming for my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that very moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My left hand shot out at a bizarre speed and caught the spear blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clash that lasted only an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After an intense exchange of calculations, the clean hit was, as expected, hers—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet ironically, the one shaken… was her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Enchant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After becoming a contributor to Eric Halenber’s growth, the skill equipped in my second Copy Slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A magic used to imbue attributes like elements or enhance physical abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the reproduction rate was low, if focused on just one hand instead of the whole body, it could produce astonishing reaction speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I used Enchant Magic on agility, not durability. I had to accept some damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I expended a significant portion of my remaining mana to deploy Mana Armor around my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear blade was pushed away by my hand, and the axe blade only pierced through my upper shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Checkmate, Karen Rosefield.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was the extent of the trump card both of us had prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grabbed the halberd’s shaft with both hands—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And behind Karen, who had momentarily lost her judgment in confusion, Francia was charging in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had hoped she’d panic a bit longer, but her agitation didn’t last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not over yet!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Francia charging head-on with her sword, Karen dropped her weapon for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she infused part of the blood spheres into both fists, forming knuckle-like weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A force capable of delivering two strikes at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impressive—but swords had durability limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eugene Carter’s single-edged sword was clearly Lukezax. Even if it was a demonic sword, it was still a high-grade artifact—it wouldn’t break from something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the small girl’s sword was already worn down after several clashes. One more impact would shatter it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a sword, swordsmanship cannot exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A broken blade cannot execute any technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The end of a swordsman without a sword… is death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack, crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a simple straight punch, the blade snapped in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Francia didn’t hesitate and threw herself forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen immediately adjusted her stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, the opponent would try to form a barrier and counterattack—but with a shattered sword, she couldn’t even scratch her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWA-A-A-AANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the final collision, thick dust rose like smoke, obscuring the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only faint silhouettes intertwined within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak, creak…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By a hair’s breadth—barely—Francia managed to block Karen’s right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Karen still had her left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she deployed a double Barrier Blade like before, she could defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war was still ongoing, and she had already become completely exhausted in that short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At moments of absolute crisis, the path forward was always straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attack was the best defense she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ghhh…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grinding her teeth, she activated the third form of Illusion Swordsmanship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade that shouldn’t exist began to form over the broken sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… power…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Illusion Swordsmanship Third Form, Severing Phantom Blade, while simultaneously weaving an Aura Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with overwhelming killing intent and a massive surge of mana, Karen’s body instinctively tilted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her fully committed punch allowed her to retreat only a single step despite her desperate evasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red aura surrounding her body gathered toward her chest, resisting the killing intent—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the mana saw that tore through everything pierced straight through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slice!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sound of something being cut cleanly in half, a sudden southern wind blew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the dust cleared, the girl and the woman each stepped back three paces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step, step, step…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood dripped from both of Francia Brida’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overcome by sudden exhaustion, she collapsed on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Karen silently looked down at the right side of her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood poured out along a large gash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground lay cleanly severed flesh, bone fragments, and part of her breastplate.\u003C\u002Fp>",1884,"2026-06-06T06:11:51.613Z",1,"novelbin.me","320f183c54adc452fc75fe4fce2676b81d123c0be2e712df45076b7686bb497d","i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-chapter-132","i-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-chapter-130",163,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-academy-s-war-hero-cover.jpg"]