On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 242
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 242
I’ve been overthinking this
There were five students ascending to the arena.
All from Edelwein Sword School.
Moreover, they were composed entirely of second years, and this fact once again sparked admiration and discussion.
“Those children were taught by that teacher named Ziel Steelheart, right?”
“What an incredible feat. Every single one of them is Walker Rank…”
“From what I’ve heard, even the students who participated in the preliminaries, not the finals, were all Walker Rank?”
Knights above a certain level had already recognized that all the second years were Walker Rank.
How absurd this was is an obvious fact.
“Sir Relio.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“All second years being Walker Rank… did they all just happen to be exceptionally talented children gathered together by luck?”
Relio shook his head at Dietrich’s question.
“I’m sorry, but no. No matter how much talent you gather, it would be difficult for all of them to reach Walker Rank at their age.”
“Then?”
“If I may venture a guess, it’s highly likely that Teacher Ziel Steelheart’s special guidance was involved.”
“Hah. As expected of Teacher Ziel.”
Dietrich nodded with admiration, thinking it made sense.
At this level, those entire second years are top-tier talents who will lead the Empire in the future.
“By Edelwein Academy standards, reaching Walker Rank between third and fourth year is common. This could be considered very, very fast.”
“I see…”
Dietrich’s mind raced quickly.
Ziel had essentially been taken by Father, His Imperial Majesty.
He hadn’t given up, but the possibility was lower than before.
Then what about those who were Teacher Ziel’s ardent supporters?
‘It’s entirely possible.’
There’s an old saying that goes like this:
Don’t dig for gold to sell it, sell the tools to dig for gold.
Here, the gold is Ziel.
The tools to dig for gold are those students who are essentially Ziel’s followers!
“Sir Relio.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Look into whether there are any talents among the students worth sponsoring. If possible, sponsor them so we can recruit them to our side.”
Relio understood immediately and bowed.
“I’ll look into it right away. Actually, Sir Horn and I have been watching several talents. They’re students who previously participated in the knight order camp, and I’ll consider scout proposals a bit earlier once the tournament ends.”
“Good. By the way, Sir Relio.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Can’t you do something about that overly formal way of speaking? Try speaking a little more comfortably.”
Relio looked around and then whispered.
“That won’t do. What if someone finds fault with it for no reason?”
“Ugh.”
Meanwhile, First Prince Franz was having similar thoughts.
“If all those friends are talents, how about sponsoring their families?”
“Family sponsorship, you mean…”
“Supporting families that desperately need sponsorship.”
Franz recalled the circumstances of several families he had heard about before.
“For instance, families like Aswan or Harmatan.”
Meanwhile, the match had begun.
“We will now hold the special semifinals!”
The rules were simple.
Temporary alliances were allowed, or they could fight individually.
The last two remaining would advance to the finals, and those finals would proceed immediately in this arena.
In other words, though called semifinals, it was essentially a match that doubled as the finals.
“Ugh, this is really too much.”
“The finals right here?”
Maris and Ann sighed.
There hadn’t been such rules before.
No wonder.
They had put 20 people in the finals.
It would have been right to keep dividing by two until only one remained.
‘Until two people remain, anything goes except for fouls.’
Delev looked toward Yurio.
Lately, an even more annoying opponent than Celia!
Yurio was also wary of Delev while glancing at Celia, who was most likely to attack him.
The minds of five people working intensely!
And compared to these three, Ann and Maris who were relatively less focused on.
Clack!
The first to move was Celia.
Surprisingly, she made a risky move.
“You’re starting right off the bat?”
Delev blocked Celia’s sword in surprise. However, due to the unexpected first strike, his defensive stance wavered, and it looked like Celia was pressing him from the very beginning.
“Ooooh!”
“Has it started!”
Daren and Amos both jumped up simultaneously. Of all the kids, these two were going at each other from the start!
The pride-driven battle between the two family heads outside the ring had also begun.
The remaining three also moved simultaneously as Delev and Celia’s fight started.
Ann headed toward Maris.
Maris headed toward Yurio.
And Yurio headed toward both of them.
Clang! Clash!
This was also an amazing formation.
Unexpectedly, Yurio began facing both of them.
“Oh! Over there it’s completely 2 against 1!”
“Amazing! What was that kid’s betting rank?”
Yurio’s odds were lower compared to the other four.
The reason was none other than being from the Harmatan Family.
Although he showed his skills in the preliminaries, no one predicted his victory due to his family’s reputation—
‘Crazy. Is this even possible?’
‘He’s taking on both of us at the same time?’
He was displaying a level of fighting that was hard to believe for a youth division match.
Both Maris and Ann were Walker Rank.
In terms of pure skill alone, they were talents who could easily reach the finals in any youth division competition in history.
Against those two, Yurio was fighting on equal terms, or rather, with a slight advantage.
“As expected of Yurio, Boss.”
“He’s doing well.”
Ziel also nodded with satisfaction.
Yurio was a student he had paid more attention to than the other students.
It wasn’t that the size of his affection was different, but still, he couldn’t help but watch him a bit more closely.
A student who would have dropped out or fallen behind if left alone had climbed this far.
‘How rewarding.’
A surge of deep emotion!
Meanwhile, the fight between Delev and Celia drew the audience’s attention.
Clang!
“Ugh!”
Delev’s much heavier Heavy Sword Technique pressed down hard on Celia’s sword.
‘His strength is ridiculous.’
But Celia had also studied Heavy Sword Technique relentlessly and observed Delev’s swordsmanship.
‘At times like this.’
Wobble.
The moment Celia released her resisting force and slipped to the side, Delev staggered.
And at that moment—
Slash!
Celia’s sword, cutting through Delev’s armor, grazed his side.
Blood trickled down.
“…Ugh.”
Celia shrugged toward Delev, who was backing away in slight panic.
“How’s that? I studied a lot, you know.”
“For all that studying, it’s a pretty shallow wound.”
“What if you get several of them?”
“Then I’ll have several shallow wounds.”
“…”
Celia pointed her sword at Delev, who wouldn’t back down from a verbal exchange.
“I’ll make you shut that mouth.”
The match was gradually heating up!
Meanwhile, Ann and Maris continuously sought ways in their combined attack formation.
But no opening was visible.
Yurio’s swordsmanship wasn’t as fast as Celia’s but was stronger, and while not as powerful as Delev’s Heavy Sword Technique, it was faster than his.
In other words, balanced swordsmanship that mixed both of their advantages well!
With his unified offense and defense swordsmanship and eliminated weaknesses, even the two of them working together couldn’t stop Yurio.
“Their coordination isn’t matching. At this rate, it would be much better to face him separately.”
And as Ziel said, the lack of coordination in the instantly formed alliance was also a problem.
But even so, Yurio’s talent in gradually overwhelming both of them was undeniable.
“We must definitely recruit that fellow.”
“Was that fellow’s family called Harmatan?”
For this reason, Yurio was receiving much more attention from the two princes than the unrealistic targets of Delev and Celia.
Coincidentally, Harmatan belongs to the Northern Region!
‘If we put forward the justification of strengthening ties with the Northern Region…’
‘Starting with Harmatan, we could extend our influence to the Northern Region as well…’
The two princes, thinking similar thoughts as if they truly were brothers.
Meanwhile, Yurio struck first at Ann.
Clang!
After deflecting the incoming sword, he aimed at Ann’s neck.
“Surrender.”
“…”
Even Maris couldn’t interfere at this moment.
Ann eventually nodded and dropped her sword.
“Damn, at least I got 5th place.”
Ann grumbled with disappointment as she left the arena.
It was still too early for cheers and applause to erupt.
‘Wasn’t it 2 against 1? Ann got eliminated?’
‘If she wins this, she’ll fight Yurio. What should we do?’
With only 4 people remaining, the structure became clear.
Yurio and Maris.
Delev and Celia.
It was like two semifinals unfolding simultaneously!
‘I can’t win.’
Maris cleanly acknowledged it.
He was tall and his skills had improved significantly.
He had gained a lot of confidence during the camp.
But he had to admit it.
Clang, clash!
Yurio is strong.
Not just strong, but his growth rate is frighteningly fast.
On top of that, after going through the 【Magic Power Development】 class, he clearly grasped his limits, and the power of his mana-infused sword strikes—
Crack.
It caused Maris’s sword to crack.
This is where Maris wavered.
‘This is the sword Father gave me!’
That minor wavering led directly to defeat.
His defensive timing was delayed while he hesitated, and though he barely managed to block it belatedly, his sword was cut clean through.
“Whew.”
Yurio coolly pointed his sword.
“Surrender.”
Maris stared blankly at his broken sword and sighed.
“Fine, I lost.”
With this, three people remained.
The spectators were gradually getting excited.
The 1-on-1 between Delev and Celia continued.
What would Yurio do?
“Yu, Yurio is gr, gr, gripping his sword hilt…”
“He gripped it?”
“Th, that’s right.”
Gilbert agreed with Kelvin’s words.
Their duel doesn’t stop.
Unless they suddenly decide to attack Yurio together.
Considering their pride, that would never happen.
Eventually, Yurio could choose one of the two, or wait for one of them to get exhausted.
“Boss, what happens if Yurio wins?”
“Student Delev Kundel and Student Celia Rihart would be sad.”
“Ah.”
But Ziel didn’t predict anyone’s victory.
He just watched.
Rather, Amos and Daren were breaking out in cold sweat.
‘That child is extraordinary. They’d need to work together to have a chance.’
Daren had similar thoughts to Amos.
‘Celia, even now, work together with Delev!’
Could they have even imagined it?
They had only been wary of each other, but now a third powerful child had entered the mix.
It wasn’t just the two of them who were impressed.
All the spectators here felt the same, and surprisingly, so did the Dean of Telvir Academy who had come to watch the finals.
‘I should offer that child a transfer.’
Yurio was receiving more impressive gazes than any noble family’s heir at this very moment.
But the person Yurio thought of at this moment was only one.
‘Teacher Ziel, I will now repay you.’
The very benefactor he had vowed to remember for life.
It was Ziel.
Yurio found Ziel in the distant spectator seats and offered a silent bow in that direction.
It was his way of expressing gratitude.
“Yurio seems to be looking this way, Boss?”
“It seems so. He just looked over.”
“Ah.”
Though Ziel didn’t realize it.
“Oh!”
And right after that.
“Who did he choose?”
“Obviously Celia, right?”
“Delev looks much more exhausted though!”
Yurio charged toward the two.
But he hadn’t chosen one of the two.
‘I’ll attack both at once.’
Yurio’s choice was both of them.
And the moment he saw that choice, Ziel finally predicted the winner.
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