Becoming a Swordmaster by Reading Chapter 31

“I think you’ve pretty much learned Aurasong by now.”

After the 5-day rest ordered by Adriel upon their return, the 3rd Infantry Platoon had resumed its regular training.

For that reason, the only time to learn Aurasong was in the evening after all duties were finished.

Should I call it fortunate?

The time it took for Roden to sing Aurasong and gather natural state mana after finishing all his duties was less than 5 minutes.

Because of that, there was no problem teaching Chevalier Aurasong during this time.

And so, Chevalier learned Aurasong every evening, and it took him nearly a fortnight to master it completely.

It took longer than Roden had expected.

There were two main reasons for this.

One was that Chevalier was embarrassed to sing.

It was natural for Chevalier, who had never properly sung a song in his life.

Moreover, Chevalier's singing skill was very crude, to the point of being comparable to Roden's.

'It's not that he's terrible at singing, but it's a bit of a stretch for him to match the natural talent this body was born with.'

Since they were being directly compared like this, it was even harder for Chevalier to sing with confidence.

But as a learner, he couldn't just stand there hesitantly.

He overcame his embarrassment every day and painstakingly followed the song.

Thanks to that, he succeeded in matching the pitch and rhythm to a level where he could sing a plausible song.

And the other reason for Chevalier's slow learning.

It was because he was not used to casting magic with aura.

In fact, it was easy for Roden because he was originally a mage, but it was not an easy task for any knight.

Above all, knights usually could not see natural state mana at the level of 1-star.

For that reason, it was difficult to understand the process of casting magic with aura.

But from feeling mana to activating Aurasong.

Roden patiently tried to make him understand this process.

As a result, in a fortnight, Chevalier was able to succeed in learning Aurasong.

“It's all thanks to you, Platoon Leader nim.”

“Now that you've learned Aurasong, you just need to learn the secret techniques well. Are there any parts you're stuck on?”

“Not really right now. I'm focusing on honing the basics.”

“I saw during regular training that you've improved a lot. Keep up the hard work.”

The 3rd Infantry Platoon still conducted basic training once in the morning and once in the afternoon during regular training.

And Chevalier had been practicing the Broom Swordsmanship lately while others were training in the basics of the Mediale Kingdom Swordsmanship.

Anyway, there was no one among the soldiers who would notice even if Chevalier trained in the basics of a different swordsmanship.

Above all, this was even more so because nowadays, Roden, not Chevalier, was conducting the basic training education.

This was also Roden's consideration.

Unlike himself, who mastered a swordsmanship just by reading a book once thanks to a strange phenomenon, it was impossible for Chevalier.

Roden judged that this kind of consideration was necessary to have Chevalier learn the Broom Swordsmanship even a little faster.

Thanks to that, Chevalier was able to improve his skills quickly.

Above all, the aura absorption rate of Chevalier, who had mastered Aurasong, was impressive.

His aura absorption rate had risen to 10%.

Considering that the figure was 5% when he systematically managed his aura absorption rate without Aurasong, it was a huge increase.

Perhaps for that reason, Chevalier was also finally able to become the long-awaited 2-star knight.

It was an achievement a week after he had completely learned Aurasong.

“Finally…….”

Chevalier, soaked in emotion, was looking at his own sword, which was now overlaid with aura.

Chevalier's gaze turned toward Roden, who was also in the middle of personal training.

As their eyes met, Roden opened his mouth.

“Congratulations, Deputy Platoon Leader.”

“Thank you……. I don't know how I can ever repay this kindness…….”

“What kindness? I told you. For me, this was a natural thing to do.”

Roden really had an expression that said it was nothing special.

An expression that said he had done something that was truly natural.

Because of that, Chevalier couldn't help but be even more impressed.

He couldn't understand how he had once thought of such a person as a moron.

However, unlike the admiring Chevalier, Roden was busy with other thoughts.

It was about the research topic he had been deeply engrossed in lately.

In fact, recently, Roden had been lost in this thought while doing his basic training every day.

Naturally, what Roden was researching recently was a method to increase the efficiency of using magic with aura.

‘It's not easy to produce research results. The nature of aura is much harder than I expected.’

The reason Roden was having difficulties in his research was precisely for this reason.

The nature of aura was much harder compared to magic power.

Of course, this was also an advantage of aura.

Because its nature was hard, it could produce a very dense power if it was just exerted through the medium of a sword.

But because it lacked flexibility, it was unsuitable for using magic.

No matter what magic formula he tried, the amount of moving aura was extremely small.

Unlike magic power, which moved according to the arrangement of the magic formula, only a tenth of the aura showed a slight movement when Roden used all his strength to induce it.

The efficiency was so poor that the result of singing a song was even worse than using a magic formula.

It was the same even when he mobilized all the knowledge he had about magic formulas.

He did not get satisfactory results.

‘To think it's difficult to use a magic formula……. An unexpected variable.’

Honestly, Roden thought this research would end at the level of modifying the magic formula.

But the result was completely different from what he had thought, and this was a shock to Roden.

And rightly so, because the discovery of the magic formula could be called a revolution in the history of magic.

‘Not only did it raise the level of magic, which had remained at the level of primitive spells, but it also made it possible to change its power consistently by using a formula.’

It was no exaggeration to say that modern magic started from this discovery.

But for such a magic formula to be less efficient than a song.

It was a story that would make any mage faint.

Of course, Roden quickly came to his senses and looked at this phenomenon from a purely researcher's point of view.

As a result, he was able to understand why this was happening.

‘The premise was wrong from the beginning. Come to think of it, a magic formula was created to move magic power. So, to move aura, a different method is needed.’

Should he call it fortunate?

Roden already knew a way to move aura easily.

It was through the medium of a sword.

However, he hit a wall once again here.

It was good to move aura with the medium of a sword, but he couldn't think of a specific way to cast magic with it.

‘The first thing I thought of was to let the aura form on the sword and write the formula in the air.’

This method was effective.

In fact, when he wrote like this, the aura remained in the letters, and when the magic was cast, this energy was contained as it was.

The effect of a decrease in power did not occur.

However, while simple magic could be used this way, it became almost impossible to use magic if the formula became even a little complicated.

Even for the 2nd Circle, he had to write dozens of lines of formula in the air.

A 2-star knight did not have enough aura to handle this.

Also, he could be attacked by an enemy in the process of completing the magic formula.

In fact, it was impossible to use magic with this method in actual combat.

‘Rather than writing the formula in the air, it's much better to create and sing a song for each magic. At least it's possible to swing a sword while singing a song.’

However, as mentioned earlier, singing a song directly was very inefficient in terms of magic.

And so, Roden, having returned to square one, had to give up writing formulas in the air and find another way.

That was the reason he was currently contemplating.

‘Is there no good way?’

At this point, it was a pity that a sword couldn't sing by itself.

If only a sword, which could move the hard energy of aura with relative ease, could sing, he wouldn't need to worry about this.

But unless he got something like an Ego Sword from a legend.

Naturally, it was impossible for a sword to sing.

For reference, the sword Roden used was a more ordinary steel sword than he thought.

The other brothers of the Glockner family each had a good sword that could be called a masterpiece, and they usually used it as their cherished sword.

Because there was a tradition in the Glockner family that when a descendant of that bloodline reached the level of 3-star, the family head would personally bestow a sword.

But Roden had still not reached the level of 3-star and had not received a sword from the family head.

For that reason, what Roden was currently using was a high-quality steel sword that was issued to all the knights belonging to the Glockner family.

It was a very good sword compared to what the Allied Forces soldiers used, but not so compared to other knights.

Even Chevalier used a better sword than Roden's.

Because even ordinary knights often bought a better sword separately than the ones issued like this.

The swords issued to the affiliated knights by each family were used as a temporary measure when their cherished sword was sent for repairs or when they couldn't use their cherished sword due to unavoidable circumstances.

So, for Roden, it was unimaginable for his sword to become an Ego Sword and sing.

‘Nonsense.’

Pfft.

It was when Roden smiled to himself without realizing it.

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

‘Wait, is it really impossible for a sword to sing?’

A change in perspective.

If he could achieve this, it seemed he might be able to make a sword sing.