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It was Davian's turn to attack this time.
Unlike when he was first attacked, Rex was very tense.
He took a defensive stance and stared into Davian's eyes.
As expected of the son of a prestigious family who had been practicing swordsmanship since childhood.
It was a perfect defense with no openings to be seen.
'Anyway, according to the Sword Edge Circle principle...'
The place to attack was decided.
Since he didn't know any other way to attack that defensive stance, he had no choice but to use the Sword Edge Circle for now.
Fortunately, Rex hadn't really listened to this class.
'I've decided on the direction to cut in.'
But this pizza slice only means the part that is most difficult for the opponent to block from their current stance.
It doesn't mean a sword path that can't be blocked at all.
Rex is concentrating, even stopping his breathing.
'A normal attack would be blocked. Even the fastest speed I can produce now is much slower than Rex's.'
Davian decided to combine and apply the swordsmanship he had learned from Mons and Bonita.
Bonita's advanced swordsmanship, which creates a delicate and complex sword path that is difficult to block.
And Mons' practical swordsmanship, which quickly moves in a straight line to find the shortest distance to the enemy.
The tip of Davian's sword began to dance in the air.
Depending on the movement of his toes and the flow of the sword tip, the distance between him and Rex quickly narrowed and widened repeatedly.
"You're playing tricks. With hastily learned, clumsy swordsmanship."
Contrary to what he said, Rex's entire focus had to be on the tip of Davian's sword.
A clean yet spine-chillingly threatening sword dance.
'If I let my guard down even for a moment, I'll be hit.'
Gritting.
Rex clenched his teeth and focused on Davian's movements.
'That bastard Davian. He's definitely improved. Unbelievably.'
Swish!
Davian's sword cut through the air.
Rex could clearly see Davian's attack.
'But. No matter how much you've improved, you're still a kid.'
There was nothing more to see.
Rex raised his sword to defend.
His mind was already filled with thoughts of how to torment Davian in the next exchange.
Swoosh.
Just before Davian's sword touched Rex's sword.
It changed direction like flowing water.
'This bastard?'
An unexpected change of move.
And it was exactly the same movement that Rex had shown a moment ago.
'The fancy sword dance was a trap! To divert my attention. This is what he was trying to do from the start! Copying my change of move.'
He was startled, but Rex wasn't one to be hit like this.
'Copying it exactly after seeing it once is surprising, but I know how to break this change of move. Didn't you even expect that? Disappointing, Davian.'
Rex twisted his wrist, bringing the side of his sword to Davian's sword.
At that moment.
"Huh?"
He had planned to lightly push away Davian's sword, but Rex's sword was instead pulled along by Davian's sword.
He tried to pull it away quickly, but it only followed Davian's movements as if a magnet was attached.
"What, what is this!"
After pulling Rex's sword to his chest like that, the two swords that had been attached like magnets separated.
Whoosh. Whack!
Davian's quickly swung sword struck Rex's face.
"Kugh!"
Rex's head snapped back as his left cheek was struck by the side of the sword.
The impact was so great that he lost his balance and staggered sideways for a few steps.
Rex's cheek instantly swelled up bright red.
Blood was flowing out of his lips, as if the inside of his mouth was also torn.
"You... you son of a bitch! You did that on purpose!"
"Stopping the sword is... considering who the opponent is... sorry."
Bellum and Nubes smirked at Davian's words.
Saying that he couldn't help it because of who the opponent was.
It could be interpreted as not being able to control his strength because the opponent was strong, but it could also be interpreted as slapping the annoying opponent's face.
It was up to the listener to decide which way to take it.
Professor Stella opened her mouth.
"Rex, are you okay? Go to the infirmary. It looks like you've broken some teeth too. Teeth can't be restored unless you use healing magic before the gums heal."
"Kugh..."
In the end, Rex had no choice but to retreat.
As Professor Stella said, he couldn't live with missing teeth just because he was obsessed with swordsmanship practice.
His cronies rushed over and supported him as he left the training hall.
"It's not a deep wound, but you should also go and get treatment, Davian. You'll get a scar."
"Yes, Professor."
"Nubes, you're his roommate, right? Take Davian to the infirmary with you."
"Yes!"
Infirmary.
The school nurse, Medium, turned around in surprise.
She had just finished treating one student, and now Davian came in, bleeding profusely from his waist.
"What's wrong with you again? What on earth happened in class today? Is anyone else coming?"
"No. There's no one else."
"Sit down here first. Oh my, look at your clothes. You've bled a lot. You should probably take off your top."
Davian took off his jacket and shirt one by one.
"Oh."
Medium made a circle with her mouth and let out an exclamation.
"Were you always this muscular? No. You weren't like this when I treated you three weeks ago?"
She didn't notice when he was wearing clothes, but now that he had taken off his top, solid, lean muscles filled Davian's upper body.
It wasn't like Nubes, who had huge lumps of muscle covering his whole body, but when he took off his clothes, the definition of his muscles was clearly revealed.
"What did you do in that short amount of time? No, look at my mind. That's not important right now. Let me see your wound."
Medium was already activating healing magic in one hand and looking closely at Davian's wound.
Treating a wound like this was enough to just activate healing magic.
In fact, there was no need to take off his clothes.
But the people who came here injured were young students in their growth period.
In order to treat them precisely without leaving scars and without hindering their growth, it was necessary to carefully examine the affected area.
She had to examine each and every tissue of the affected area and treat it without any gaps to prevent scars from forming.
Reliable and perfect healing magic.
This was the specialty of the healing magician Medium, who had been appointed as the school nurse at the academy.
"Huh?"
Medium's eyes widened.
The wound was being repaired.
"How long has it been since you got this injury?"
"About... ten minutes?"
"......"
Of course, it wasn't completely healed yet.
But considering the changes in the affected tissue so far, it was certain that this wound would heal perfectly without leaving even a hair-sized scar even if left alone.
"Did you get help from anyone on the way here? Or did you have a top-notch potion? No. It wouldn't be like this with a potion."
It couldn't be a potion.
Using a top-notch potion could make the wound heal faster.
But potions couldn't create a process that would heal so perfectly without scars.
That was why nobles sought out specialized medical institutions instead of applying potions or being treated by magicians belonging to their families when they were injured.
"Who is it? Who healed you?"
"I came straight to the infirmary."
"Straight?"
Then Medium remembered the first time she saw Davian.
'That's right. He definitely showed an abnormal recovery ability back then too.'
At that time, she just thought he had a fast-healing constitution.
But this wound recovery was not at that level.
The healing magic that had been on Medium's hand disappeared.
Davian, who had been waiting for treatment, asked.
"Aren't you going to treat me?"
"I need to see how it progresses."
"Pardon?"
"Come to the infirmary every day from tomorrow. Until this wound heals."
"You haven't treated me yet?"
Medium picked up a water bottle on the side table and poured it over Davian's wound.
It was pure water with impurities removed by magic.
Davian frowned as if it stung.
Medium didn't miss that sight.
'So it does hurt? This monster.'
"Does it hurt?"
"I can handle it. But why aren't you treating me and just pouring water..."
"It's already healing. You have a unique constitution. Come every day in case something goes wrong. Until it's fully healed. I have to see the progress myself."
"......Yes."
In fact, nothing would go wrong.
Davian's wound was showing a process of perfectly healing, albeit slowly.
Medium could be sure with her long experience.
'I want to see. The process of a human wound healing on its own.'
The surprise and joy she felt when she first studied trolls that healed themselves during her internship at a specialized medical institution.
Much stronger curiosity and joy filled Medium's head than back then.
Davian returned to the training ground.
But Professor Stella looked at the state of his wound and ordered him to just go back to the dormitory and rest.
She didn't forget to curse the school nurse, Medium, for treating a promising student's injury so poorly.
On the way back to the dorm earlier than expected.
Davian thought about the school nurse Medium's reaction.
'It was definitely not a normal reaction. Blessing of the Constellation Hydra skill... it's only level 4. Has it already far surpassed the level of a slightly faster wound healing?'
He gently brought his hand to the wound.
Even Davian could feel that the wound was healing a lot.
The skill he obtained after defeating the 100-headed Hydra during the entrance exam, 'Blessing of the Constellation Hydra'.
It was a skill that increased the speed of wound healing and partially regenerated the body.
Of course, it was a skill he had also obtained in the previous playthrough.
But he couldn't raise the level at all.
This was because mana points had to be distributed to external forces in order to raise the level of this skill.
Until the previous playthrough, when he only majored in magic, he couldn't distribute points to external forces.
But now that he had raised it to level 4.
Judging from Medium's reaction, it was certain that it was having a considerable effect.
'My guess was right. I did well to obtain the Blessing of the Constellation Hydra skill as early as possible.'
Davian, praising his own choice, returned to the dormitory and immediately sat at his desk.
Then he took out a notebook from the second drawer.
A notebook with a red leather cover.
When he opened the notebook, dense notes in Korean appeared.
Letters that only Davian could read.
'It's already April.'
The notebook contained quests that had occurred in each playthrough, organized by time period.
He wrote down the clear conditions and rewards as he remembered them.
And the things that happened during those quests.
'The dungeon exploration quest will start in three weeks. The one that gave me my first death.'
One of the evaluation items for the midterm exam and the quest that killed Davian in the first playthrough, 'Dungeon Exploration'.
It was a truly terrible experience back then.
...But thinking about it now.
'The final boss I met in the dungeon exploration quest is much easier than the Gray Witch.'
In fact, the Gray Witch quest was a device to give Davian the rarity ★★★★★ item 'Regression', which allowed him to live four lives.
The Gray Witch was an opponent that Davian in the first playthrough could not possibly defeat.
All the talented first-year students gathered and barely managed to deal with the Gray Witch.
In the process, more than half of the students died or were seriously injured.
In the end, it was a quest where Davian just had to survive somehow.
Of course, in the fourth playthrough, he brought a few friends and took care of the Gray Witch himself.
But the dungeon exploration quest was different.
In the closed dungeon, there was no one to defeat the final boss for him.
The final boss he encountered there was much weaker than the Gray Witch.
But Davian and his party members in the first playthrough were absolutely no match for him.
And so, Davian met his first death.
After that, he barely managed to clear the dungeon exploration quest in the second playthrough.
By the third playthrough, it had become a quest that he no longer felt any particular threat from.
And now, the fourth playthrough.
'This time, it has to be different.'
Davian imagined the structure of the dungeon.
The numerous monsters there.
And the final boss guarding the dungeon core.
Davian, who was thinking calmly, muttered to himself.
"Then this time, I should just destroy the dungeon core. And suck up some mana points."
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