The Place Where He Was Reincarnated Was Hell - The 300-Year-Old Frontier Defense Line of the Margrave Family - Episode 9

 

 

　It was a late afternoon, several months after reading the journal, Victor’s training had become even more intense.

 

　Lightning-charged sword flashes ran in all directions across the training grounds. However, Victor’s expression was far from satisfied.

 

“Ha! Ha!”

 

　He swings his sword with fierce determination.

 

　The lightning strike that ran from the tip of the sword emitted a flash of light, scorching the surrounding air, and dug a deep hole in the ground of the training ground.

 

　The sword movements were now so fast and sharp that an ordinary knight could not keep up with them, but Victor’s face even showed a look of impatience.

 

(It’s no good, it’s not enough at all… This won’t work against the Eclipse army. If I encounter a special individual with high combat abilities, it’s possible that this level won’t be enough.)

 

 

　He wiped the sweat from his forehead and took a breath.

 

 

　Since reading the journal, Victor has realized that he is in a much worse position than he ever imagined. The tragedy of the past is no longer someone else’s problem.

 

 

Seriously. I’ve thought this many times before, but this is the end of the world. Why would they choose an ordinary former office worker…?

 

　Victor smirked, but once again wrapped lightning around his sword and readjusted his stance.

 

　–Two people were quietly watching over Victor.

 

“Victor-sama’s spirit…it’s incomparable to what it was before.”

 

　The one who calmly murmured this was Head Butler Garland. He served as the Commander of the Knights from his late 20s until his 50s, but lost both his legs in the battle with Eclipse and now wears prosthetics. Even so, his swordsmanship was top-notch, and his swordplay combined with wind magic was nothing short of incredible.

 

　Next to her, the head maid, Isabella, stood quietly.

 

“Victor-sama, you’ve been training at night as well recently. You seem like a different person.”

 

　Isabella smiled gracefully. She is a skilled magician sent by the royal family, and can freely control advanced chantless magic. She plays an important role in protecting Vanguard Castle.

 

　With these two there, Vanguard Castle’s defenses could be said to be perfect, so the military forces within the castle would be the bare minimum.

 

The only people there were knights and soldiers candidates.

 

　Almost the entire Vanguard force is concentrated in the Frontline Fort.

 

　In the first place, foolish nobles who were hostile to Vanguard have appeared over the past 200 years, which is why we are in this situation.

 

　In the first place, the neighboring Baron Schwarz territory was an extremely valuable territory for Vangarde, having specialized in agriculture and livestock farming in order to support Vangarde after learning of the threat posed by Eclipse, and providing full support in terms of supplies for over 200 years.

 

 

　Furthermore, it was a tradition for each noble family to visit Frontline Fort whenever a new head of the family was born to check the current state of affairs in Eclipse.

 

　–Each time this happened, unlike Vanguard, there was no blessing, and there was a constant stream of people fainting from fear and despair, shedding tears and the like.

 

 

　For this reason, Vanguard has absolutely no need to worry about being stabbed in the back within the country.

 

 

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　Victor suddenly felt someone looking at him and looked up.

 

“Garland, can you help me out?”

 

“I understand, Victor.”

 

　Battles with Eclipse are always sudden, so there are no signals for the two fighters.

 

　Garland suddenly drew his sword, and wind magic enveloped the tip of the sword. With a light step that was hard to believe was due to his prosthetic leg, he delivered a sharp thrust at Victor.

 

“That kind of movement with a prosthetic leg, I don’t understand it…”

 

　With a wry smile, Victor counterattacks with his lightning-charged sword.

 

　Their swords clashed, sending flashes of light and shock waves shaking the air. Victor channeled lightning into his sword and unleashed multiple sharp slashes, but Garland parried them all with precision.

 

“The power of your lightning attacks has increased considerably, Victor-sama.”

 

“You’re the one who’s strangest, dodging all of those lightning bolts though…!”

 

“I can’t see it, so I’m not dodging it. I’m just using wind magic to create a vacuum to deflect the lightning. Besides, if lightning were to hit these old bones, I’d probably die.”

 

　Garland deflected Victor’s sword.

 

(I see, so he isn’t avoiding the lightning itself. Still, he is a monster, being the former commander of the Vangarde family’s knights…)

 

　Although he was making jokes on the surface, Victor was desperate inside.

 

(Then, faster and more accurately…!)

 

　Victor further transformed the magical energy that surrounded him.

 

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　Garland’s swordsmanship is the result of years of training and the experience he gained from fighting Eclipse.

 

　There’s no way Victor could catch up with him after just a few years of training.

 

　Normally, it would take at least another decade to reach Garland’s level.

 

　No matter how superior your physical abilities are or how well you can remember something after seeing it once, it’s all form and no substance.

 

　That’s often what technology is like.

 

　…Although his older brother, Raven, is defeated by Garland in swordsmanship, he can overpower Garland with sheer physical strength, being the best in the history of the Vanguard family.

 

　He has such fighting ability.

 

　He wields a large sword and swings it around at an invisible speed.

 

　This kind of thing is of no use.

 

 

　However, Victor had no way of knowing how to use his swordsmanship or body movements without using magic.

 

　I thought maybe it could be solved.

 

　To begin with, lightning magic is completely impossible to control without precise magical manipulation skills, and can even cause damage to the user.

 

 

　However, since being born into this world, Victor has spent all his free time playing with a mysterious thing called “magic” that did not exist in his previous life.

 

　Before long, the sense of handling magical power became as simple as breathing, without any thought required.

 

　Victor thought.

 

　As things stand, it will take a considerable amount of time to master even a single sword technique. If something goes wrong in the war with Eclipse during that time and the front lines are breached, then in my current state, I will almost certainly be overwhelmed and killed.

 

　In any case, the shortest route for an ordinary person to become extraordinary is a magical solution.

 

　Therefore, “magic power is used to control the body and force it to move, recreating the technique.”

 

　That was the powerful technique he came up with.

 

　The theory was already taking shape in Victor’s mind.

 

(The “optimal solution” for the sword movements and body movements that I have seen and memorized is fixed into a pattern using magic. I wrap my magical power around myself like armor, and I activate the armor to force my body to move. All that’s left is to “summon” it.)

 

　It’s like a macro in a game: forcing your body to execute complex movements with a single command.

 

　This is a kind of “cheat technique” invented by Victor, who would not have been born into this world without his experience on Earth.

 

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“I wear false armor, but it leads me to become a true hero…

 

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　A golden lightning bolt covered Victor’s body, and a transparent, skeletal armor of magical power unfolded.

 

　It’s an exoskeleton that records the optimal swordsmanship and body movements and reproduces them perfectly.

 

　Victor’s swordplay, wrapped in lightning, increased in speed by an incomparable amount and began to break through Garland’s defenses with overwhelming force.

 

　There is now a world of difference between him and Victor from before.

 

“This is… mine!!!”

 

　Victor grinned at Garland, who couldn’t hide his surprise for the first time.

 

“This is a fake technique that I copied from Garland’s sword technique… But its performance is on par with the real thing!”

 

　Victor, clothed in lightning, went on the offensive again.

 

　Garland’s expression changed with shock, and he was shocked, but then he smiled happily.

 

(Fast! This is――my technique itself……No, it’s even faster!)

 

　Victor’s sword flashed past Garland’s defenses and grazed his shoulder, slightly scorching his clothes and making his prosthetic leg creak.

 

“….mother!

 

　You’ve come up with an incredible technique, Lord Victor!!”

 

“After all, right now you’re just imitating Garland. You’re merely using magic to forcibly increase the speed and then recreating it. But, well, if you keep doing it, it might become your own.”

 

　Even in his light-hearted speech, there is a definite confidence.

 

　Victor increased his speed even further and surpassed his opponents with magic.