Chapter 232
Oh Hye-na's weapon was a greatsword. A greatsword focused on hitting with heavy strikes rather than fast ones, and her cold-trait made the target slow and dull, and thus vulnerable to said heavy attacks. Slowing down the other person to your speed was a simple but effective idea that worked very well against opponents that wouldn't be able to resist.
Of course, there was no way for her to slow Kang Shin-hyuk down.
"Haak, haak…"
"You've gotten better; your swings are heavier."
After finishing his battle with her, Kang Shin-hyuk sincerely praised her. Her ability to understand and cope with the gap between her and her opponent was outstanding.
Even when she held something like a rapier and not a greatsword, her footwork and agile movements were able to compensate for her unfamiliarity with the weapon. At the same time, the threatening speed and power of the greatsword striking at a decisive moment reminded him of her father, Oh Joo-young.
Of course, it was Kang Shin-hyuk who had struck him down, so he couldn't say that.
"I couldn't deflect it,but…!"
"But it was fast enough."
Oh Hye-na, who was sitting down and gasping for breath, spoke up resentfully. There was no way she could surpass Kang Shin-hyuk, but she had grown considerably compared to their previous battle. Eleanor was admiring them the entire time.
"Amazing.
I hope Karen notices and learns from this."
"She will once she'sbeaten."
"I'll try it later. After losing to a freshman, wouldn't she have to think about it?"
Eleanor decided that Oh Hye-na would be able to take the lead even if she were to enter the Wyvern Knights right now.
As expected, she had the abilities worthy of the daughter of the number one world ranker.
"S-rank…" Oh Hye-na mumbled quietly, and Kang Shin-hyuk tilted his head at her.
"What S-rank?"
"My sword.
It is an ancient relic from the gate my father entered himself…on my twelfth birthday, my father gave it to me as agift."
Thinking about it, she had been wearing a blue greatsword on her back the first time he saw her and the day she came to confront him, but she didn't bring it this time. It seemed to be a precious sword; she couldn't swing any time she wanted.
But why did she suddenly bring it up now?
"It's an emotion-filledstory."
"By theway."
However, instead of what he had been anticipating, she tapped the greatsword he had made and lent her.
"But why is the sword you said you made in a few days so much better than that sword?!"
"Oh, hey."
Apparently, those feelings had been overwhelming her during battle.
The direction of the topic was something that he couldn't even imagine.
"No, what else could I say other than I make good weapons?"
"It's so good, this greatsword! It feels like it was made by someone who knows me better than anyone else; I feelbad…!"
"I have no idea what you mean now."
Oh Hye-na's complicated emotions were now impossible for him to interpret.
At this, the administrator sent an admiration-filled message.
-I can understand. This is because what has a casual value to the member has the most precious value to that fox.
In other words, that fox is angrily trying to deny herself and that she is attracted to you!
It seemed like a great leap in logic had been made.
'A little more detail, please.'
-The reason is that everything about you is so unconventional. Not only are you strong, but you have excellent production skills and connections with many foxes, as well as her best friend.
A strong sense of hate is the same as a strong sense of interest, so she is forced to fall for your unique charm, and at the same time, feels both love and hate for you… I must kill her now.
'You must've been reading a very interesting novel administrator.'
For some reason, there was a bulletin board for novel serialization in the Hero Universe.
Now he knew why some Hero Universe members published original novels in their free time. They probably received bonus points from theadministrator!
"You said that you got that old sword from your father?
Then, of course, a sword made with advanced metallurgy is stronger."
"Natural artifacts are originally stronger the older they are!"
Artifact meant 'old relic' by itself, but it became a term used to refer to objects with strange abilities excavated from the gates. When artificial artifact creation came about, it instead became a term to refer to any objects that had those abilities.
However, artifacts created artificially could not surpass natural artifacts excavated from the gate, or so it was generally thought. As a result, it was also thought that those natural artifacts only grew stronger as they aged.
"But how the hell? Have you acquired all the skills? Why do you have so much at your age? How thehell?"