Subscriber of the Gods-Chapter 197: It Has Already Begun

Ethan Whiskers of Ivecar Academy.

And Kai Felix of Freya Academy.

Dubravka, who entered Goode Academy as a new teacher at the same time, heard a lot about these two people.

No one talked about them openly, but it was a well-known fact that those two were the most skilled among the new teachers this year.

Because of this, he became curious about them. He was very curious about how much of a skill gap there was.

He was curious not only about their teaching methods, but also about their actual skills that carried out that education.

‘As I expected, I was right.’

Dubravka gained confidence as she looked at Ethan standing in front of him.

He had a chance too.

He would knock down Ethan here and raise the name of Goode Academy high at the new teacher training conference.

‘Maybe Kai Felix is just an overhyped small fry too.’

Dubravka smirked.

“Are you scared? But it’s already too late. I have no intention of going easy on you. To stand by and watch someone who insulted their own academy. No student would seek teachings from someone like you.”

“You have a long tongue.”

“You insolent… Is it because you’re from a provincial noble family that you can’t communicate at all? Fine, come at me first!”

Most of the people in the dining hall followed them outside to watch the two duel.

Those who were already outside also stood at a distance to watch when they heard there would be a duel.

With so many people standing at a distance centered around the two, a dueling ground was naturally formed.

People looked forward to their duel with great interest. Among them, Ethan’s name was mentioned here and there.

While Dubravka wasn’t very famous, rumors about Ethan Whiskers had already spread everywhere.

“I heard he’s even acquainted with the Inquisition. They say he trained the new inquisitors to be completely like veterans?”

“Huh, that must have been even harder than teaching students. Then his skills must be real.”

“But you never know, right? Teaching and one’s own skills are separate things.”

Everyone waited in anticipation for the duel to begin.

Dubravka glanced at the teachers from Ivecar.

The teachers who looked like leaders seemed to have decided to stay out of this duel.

Perhaps they thought this was also something new teachers had to go through.

The teacher with the intense gaze seemed to think the same.

‘That scary-looking one must be Claudie Hyde. He certainly seems capable of becoming a master in the shortest time.’

In any case, if those three didn’t intervene in the duel, the odds were clearly in his favor.

Dubravka intended to steal all of Ethan Whiskers’ fame through this duel.

If he won, he could gain everything.

If he lost, the situation would be the worst, but if he thought about losing, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.

“Come on!”

Dubravka drew his sword and gestured to Ethan.

Ethan swung his sword without even drawing it, still in its sheath.

Seeing him looking as if he was being swung by the sword, Dubravka smiled.

How lightly did he take him to come out with such poor skills?

The spectators’ expressions frowned at the sight of Ethan swinging with the sheathed sword.

However, the teachers including Ciron didn’t seem particularly worried.

Only Har, who didn’t know much about Ethan’s skills, showed a slightly perplexed expression.

“I’ll make you pay the price.”

Dubravka unleashed his swordsmanship against Ethan, who was charging in recklessly. With extremely smooth swordsmanship, the opponent would be greatly injured without even realizing they were being cut. Ȓ𝐀ΝȪβЁs̈

Thwack-!

“Ugh!?”

However, the situation didn’t unfold as he had thought.

Ethan suddenly dove into Dubravka and showed a movement opposite to just before.

He accurately aimed for Dubravka’s shoulder and thrust in the sheath.

Dubravka groaned as his shoulder was stabbed. Along with tremendous pain, he felt momentary bewilderment.

“Wh-what, what’s going on…”

He tried to back away in confusion, but Ethan approached even faster. Dubravka frowned and displayed his swordsmanship.

But it was the same this time too. Ethan avoided Dubravka’s sword and swung the sheath again.

“Urgh!”

Ethan stabbed Dubravka’s shoulder and waist again. His shoulder caved in and his waist turned more flexibly than before.

Something was strange. His posture was changing with Ethan’s attacks.

Ethan had seemed like nothing special, but with just those two attacks, Dubravka could realize.

The difference in skill was too great.

But what was even more shocking were the words Ethan uttered next.

“Flow smoothly and gently. It’s swordsmanship that counters hard and fierce attacks with gentleness, but you’re too stiff. You don’t even know how to use mana properly.”

“You’re teaching me? Here…?”

He had never heard or seen this kind of education method. But since he was experiencing it firsthand right now, Dubravka was very confused.

Ethan deliberately swung the sheath with full force.

Dubravka is not his student. Rather, he’s a competitor at the training conference.

Of course, it didn’t seem like it would be a proper competition.

Ethan used bone muscle control appropriately to correct his posture one by one.

Thwack-! Thwack-!

Every time Dubravka swung his sword, Ethan’s sheath flew in succession. After about five such thrusts, Dubravka’s swordsmanship had completely changed.

Only then did the spectators begin to notice that this duel was not an ordinary one.

“What is that? What’s he doing now?”

“What’s going on?”

“No way, is he correcting his posture right now?”

The spectators were greatly surprised by Dubravka’s appearance, which now looked like he was dancing, unlike before.

It was certain. Ethan was correcting Dubravka’s posture.

“Is that even possible?”

“Correcting posture by stabbing like that. There must be an enormous skill gap for that to be possible, right? No, even with a skill gap, can you do that?”

“To be able to correct posture like that for a fellow teacher. The rumors weren’t exaggerated!”

The expressions of Dubravka’s colleagues who had accompanied his hardened endlessly.

But that was only for a very short moment.

“Wow…”

Ethan’s skill was awe-inspiring.

They were teachers too. They could understand how difficult and great it was to identify problems and correct incorrect postures just by looking at swordsmanship once.

Moreover, to be able to correct posture like that in the middle of a duel.

It was an unheard-of teaching method.

Swoosh-.

Ciron snorted, feeling oddly proud at the sight.

“I knew everyone would be surprised. Don’t you think?”

“…I guess we can’t show potion-making here.”

Iris sighed regretfully. Ethan was excellent not only in swordsmanship but also in magical aptitude.

She was disappointed that he couldn’t show that.

The Deans were equally disappointed.

“Hmm…”

“As expected, Teacher Ethan is the pride of our Knight Department.”

“Kuk…”

Since magic couldn’t be shown at all in this duel, the Dean of the Magic Department watching was also very disappointed.

Thwack!

Stabbed once more by Ethan’s sheath, Dubravka lowered his sword and retreated.

“Huff… huff…”

The stabbed areas were very painful. Moreover, his whole body was drenched in sweat from swinging her sword with all her might.

Nevertheless, his expression had softened compared to before.

One needs to be quite skilled to feel jealousy and hatred, don’t they?

Further dueling was meaningless. There was only one thing he could do here.

“I’m sorry… As Teacher Ethan said, it was something that could have been overlooked… I acted rashly for nothing.”

Then he bowed deeply in apology.

“That’s enough. But it’s not entirely your fault, so don’t blame yourself.”

Ethan said lightly as he sheathed his sword again.

“Those gamblers, they’re not real gamblers.”

***

Three men gathered in the office temporarily set up by the Sword Saint.

“Ethan Whiskers’ skills are real.”

“It was amazing. I thought this training conference would be Kai Felix’s solo stage, but Ethan Whiskers’ skills are not to be taken lightly.”

“On the other hand, the teachers from Goode Academy tend to be swayed by emotions.”

One man wearing a monocle was sitting at an elegant table sorting through parchments.

The other two were kneeling and reporting, and they were the gamblers who had caused the commotion in the dining hall.

“Hmm, is that so?”

The man with the monocle examined the report documents he received.

It was only for a moment that he read the contents quickly. From the middle part, he narrowed his eyes and read the contents repeatedly.

“Is this correct?”

“Yes, we couldn’t believe it while watching, but it’s definitely true.”

The man with the monocle frowned deeply. The parchment described how Ethan had educated Dubravka from Goode Academy, who was also a teacher.

And that was during a duel.

“You’re saying he controlled the opponent’s movements by stabbing with the sheath and made them take different movements?”

“Yes, it’s exactly the same teaching method he shows at the academy usually.”

“And Dubravka intended to completely knock down Ethan Whiskers?”

“Yes, despite having such a mindset, he moved entirely according to Ethan’s intentions.”

This meant that Ethan Whiskers’ skills were far above Dubravka’s.

“The teachers and leaders from Ivecar who were waiting in the back just watched, trusting Ethan Whiskers.”

Superior skills enough to educate a fellow teacher, and on top of that, receiving tremendous trust from fellow teachers.

“Hmm, this situation overshadows the young master.”

“We simply recorded what we saw, Steward.”

The man with the monocle was the steward of the Ramsdale family.

“The Sword Saint will be pleased.”

He was Sword Saint’s direct subordinate who handled all the big and small affairs of the Ramsdale family, and this training conference was also being conducted through his hands.

Originally, Ciron Ramsdale should have been prominently featured in this training conference, but they decided not to intervene there.

It was because of the Sword Saint’s orders.

“When you invaded Ivecar, I was worried something might happen, but fortunately you returned without incident. I wondered why you did that, but it was because of this Ethan Whiskers.”

Since Ciron, who was expected by the family in many ways, was being overshadowed, it’s true that they viewed it unfavorably at first.

But the more reports they received about Ethan Whiskers, the more amazed they were by his skills.

With this level of skill, it was natural for Ciron to be overshadowed.

“This time I’ll be able to confirm with my own eyes.”

“There… is one more thing to report, sir.”

“Additional report? What is it?”

“It seems Ethan Whiskers saw through our identity.”

“Saw through? You guys, you weren’t caught by Young Master Ciron, were you?”

“Absolutely not. Young Master Ciron didn’t recognize us.”

The expression of the man receiving the report became serious.

“In detail.”

“It’s just a feeling, but he seemed to be watching all our movements from the beginning. He didn’t seem to see us as common gamblers from the start.”

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It was entirely intuition, but this intuition had rarely been wrong so far.

Above all, when Ethan deliberately leaked his aura, this guess became a certainty.

“He deliberately showed signs as if he had figured out our identity.”

“Oh ho.”

At those words, the man smiled broadly.

“I guess he has the skills to speak of such great ambitions as reported.”

He had heard that after being confirmed as the top new teacher at Ivecar Academy, he declared he would become a master within a year.

On top of that, he even said he would take back the first place from Freya.

“But this year, Freya has Kai Felix.”

He glanced at the documents about Kai Felix that he had looked at a few hours ago.

The training conference had already begun. Therefore, the Sword Saint’s subordinates disguised as gamblers had also gone to the Freya Academy side.

According to the reports, Kai Felix also saw through the gamblers’ identity and handled the situation very smoothly.

“But they say he lacked initiative. It seems there might be a change in his mindset… This training conference will be interesting.”

The steward wrote down the entrance exam scores for this training conference.

Only two people received high scores of 90 points or more.

Kai Felix 95 points.

And Ethan Whiskers 100 points.

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