The Young Noble Ascendant
Chapter 40: Friendly Match (1)

Chapter 40: Friendly Match (1)

The atmosphere in the De Valemir training hall became increasingly lively, many visitors came to witness the return of the De Valemir princess.

Not only that, even a big merchant from the Veltrazia kingdom who had a working relationship with De Valemir was also present.

"There were quite a lot of spectators, the De Valemir family is indeed very famous" Said Theo who was amazed to see how famous the De Valemir family was.

Apart from being famous, the De Valemir family also had a very beautiful daughter, and that made several other nobles interested in her.

Then, Count Roland made an announcement regarding who the De Valemir knights who would fight Theo this time were.

The Knight figure was the best among the young Knights of De Valemir, he had also reached 5-Star, C Rank, the Knight’s name was Rogue. He was currently 19 years old, two years older than Theo.

Rogue, besides being a talented Knight, has another ability, namely the ability to move very fast.

The speed of the movement was like the speed of lightning. Because every time he moved quickly, there were sparks of lightning around his body and sword.

That’s the reason why he got the nickname Sword of Thunder, Rogue.

As Count Roland introduces the Knight who will fight Theo in this friendly match.

The atmosphere in the audience area is getting more lively, the training hall is getting more interesting to watch.

Meanwhile, Count Roland was accompanied by his daughter, Knight Cedric and the mage Alden. They sat on the hall to watch the match.

Then, Theo and Rogue headed to the match arena in the hall. And they greeted each other and said hello before the match started.

The match begins...

In this match, Rogue starts attacking Theo with his sword.

"Clang!"

The clash of swords was heard so loudly.

Then, Theo, who was currently holding back Rogue’s attack, tried to push his sword forward so that Rogue would also be pushed back.

Then Theo counterattacked by attacking him with his sword horizontally.

"SLASH!"

A slash from Theo managed to hit Rogue, but the horizontal slash was very weak.

It couldn’t even put a single dent in Rogue’s armor.

"Huh, that armor is quite thick too" Said Theo who smiled slightly because his opponent was strong.

Then, Rogue replied to Theo’s words.

"This armor is indeed strong enough, but my sword is much stronger."

"So you better be careful, young master"

Then, it was Rogue’s turn to counterattack Theo.

He prepared himself by lowering his sword slightly, and his feet started to move.

"Woosh!"

A very fast movement was shown by Rogue to Theo.

Even an elite Knight of B Rank to A Rank level would have a little difficulty in seeing the direction of the Rogue’s attack.

"Slash!"

Horizontal and vertical slashes were directed towards Theo.

However, at that time Theo did not know where Rogue’s attack was headed.

Theo could only guess, but he was still hit by the attack.

"Ugh, this attack is hard to predict" Said Theo who was a little annoyed by Rogue’s attack.

And luckily the attack didn’t cause Theo any serious injuries.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the audience also started cheering to encourage Rogue.

Some even said that Rogue would win easily against a lowly noble.

"Knight Rogue will win this match easily" Said one of the spectators who was watching the match.

Not only that, even Count Roland also realized that this match would be easily won by Rogue.

Because he knew very well, no one could follow the random attack movements that Rogue was doing like this.

Even Rogue has yet to show the results of his stronger training, the training that was once given by Knight Cedric when he was still in the De Valemir army.

"Haha, how about it Cedric? Are you going to change your mind about returning to the De Valemir army?" Said Count Roland, who laughed happily seeing Rogue about to win against Theo.

Count Roland thought that what Knight Cedric had said earlier, which made him swear loyalty to Theo, was just nonsense.

Because Count Roland saw for himself that Theo was unable to fight a Rogue who was only a 5-Star, C Rank.

Meanwhile, what Knight Cedric said earlier was that Theo was able to fight an A Rank with his current abilities being only at the D Rank level.

Then, Knight Cedric replied to Count Roland’s words.

"This match is not over yet, Count Roland"

"You better watch this till the end"

Knight Cedric’s words seemed to give advice to Count Roland, that he should never look at someone only from the outside, but also look at someone from the inside.

Because a person’s nature will appear only when he achieves easy victory, or becomes arrogant.

However, a person’s true attitude will emerge if he remains calm and is able to withstand the arrogance of his enemy.

Count Roland was silent for a moment upon hearing Knight Cedric’s words.

And at the same time when they were both arguing.

Theo, who was currently trying to find the direction of Rogue’s attack, continued to look with a very sharp gaze and became increasingly focused.

Then, Theo suddenly remembered that he had the Origin Eyes skill.

Theo also wondered if the Origin Eyes could see Rogue’s movements.

because before when Theo was training with Knight Cedric, he accidentally seemed to see Knight Cedric’s movements.

In fact, when he fought the troops from the Obscura Organization, he also saw a little of the direction of his opponent’s attack.

"Huh, I guess I need to try" Theo said while remaining focused even though his current condition looked difficult.

[Origin Eyes]

Suddenly the surrounding area seemed to look a little slow.

However, Theo’s body did not slow down like the area he was currently looking at.

In fact, he seemed to be able to move freely, like the wind moving freely.

"Huh, really interesting too"

"I can slowly see the direction of everyone’s movements"

Then, without thinking, Theo immediately saw all the directions of the attacks given by Rogue.

"CLANG!"

For a few seconds, Rogue’s attack directed at Theo felt strange.

Rogue seemed to feel that his current attacks seemed to be slowing down.

Or maybe Theo was getting quicker at seeing the direction of his attacks.

"This is impossible!? How come he can see my attack!?" Said Rogue who was surprised to see the change in Theo so quickly.

Not only Rogue, even the entire audience fell silent for a moment.

They couldn’t say anything, seeing Theo who was able to deflect an attack from Rogue.

While what they know is that the attack is not easy to predict, even for A Rank.

However, Theo, who was currently only at D Rank, was able to withstand Rogue’s attacks quickly.

Then, Count Roland saw it directly from the top of the Hall arena.

He smiled and grinned, as if he was very happy to see someone who was able to fend off all of Rogue’s attacks.

Because according to Count Roland, most troops who face Rogues, they will try to avoid Rogue attacks at all costs.

Unlike Theo, he actually parried the attack, as if it was like he was facing a large army at close range.

"Cedric! I think I understand why you swore allegiance to that boy." Count Roland said with a smile.

And in Roland’s mind, he felt that Theo was hiding his true strength.

Looking at him, he seemed fine even though his body looked exhausted from continuously fighting Rogue.

Count Roland couldn’t wait to see if Theo could withstand Rogue’s best attacks.

Rogue’s best attack will be used when he is in a pinch, as it can currently only be used once.

The energy used to use this attack is enormous, and it will make the user’s body appear weak for five minutes.

And at this time, Theo, who managed to ward off Rogue’s attack looked a little surprised.

"Huh? This is amazing!"

"Haha"

"I was able to fend off this madman’s attack!"

Theo, who was seen laughing happily, made Rogue even more annoyed, because Rogue thought that Theo was underestimating his opponent just because he was able to fend off his current enemy’s attack.

"Ugh, young master! You underestimate your own opponent too much!" Said Roland who was getting more and more annoyed.

Then, he immediately used his sword aura to fight Theo.

The fast and random attacks continued to rain down on Theo, until Theo was forced to retreat by Rogue’s increasingly heavy attacks.

However, soon after Theo tried to focus his Origin Eyes, until his eyes dripped a little blood, just to see further the direction of Rogue’s increasingly rapid attack.

"Damn! Rogue’s attacks are getting faster and heavier, can I hold out any longer?" Said Theo who was a little tired and had a hard time fending off Rogue’s attacks.

And suddenly Rogue paused for a moment, then attacked from afar with a fairly large attack.

He seemed to slash vertically with his sword aura which caused the attack to damage a bit of the surrounding arena.

"Thunder Slash!

The attack was aimed at Theo, and for a moment Theo also used his sword attack by taking the technique stored in the Blueprint Archive.

First Imitation Technique, "Moonlight Arc Slash!"

"BOOM!"

The clash of swords created a slight but loud explosion, and a wind strong enough to reach the audience.

The entire audience, even Count Roland, fell silent for a moment.

They were surprised that Theo used the sword technique of Knight Lorcan, one of the commanders of De Valemir.

"That... isn’t that Lorcan’s Knight Technique?" Said one of the very surprised audience.