Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 137

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88. Night Raid (2)

 

 

 

 

 

It was probably when I had just reached Double rank in my previous life.

 

I had rescued one of my subordinate soldiers who was surrounded by enemies.

 

And I did it alone.

 

I remember it being quite difficult. I had to face dozens of Alteon Imperial Army soldiers.

 

But I returned alive, and brought back my subordinate who had been surrounded and on the verge of death.

 

The reason that memory comes to mind is…

 

It’s because of the sight of those monsters rushing toward me with their weapons and claws raised.

 

Whoosh!

 

I swung my burning spear and pierced through the belly of the first fellow that charged at me.

 

“Kiiiiik!”

 

A scream burst out along with the sensation of flesh being pierced.

 

Sizzle!

 

Thanks to the flames, there’s also the smell of burning flesh.

 

Then I kicked it to forcibly pull out the spear, and swung it widely left and right, causing two monsters that were charging at me to get caught and fall down.

 

“Kruuuuu!”

 

“Kwaaaaak!”

 

I jumped into the chaotic battlefield where Dwadenga was sweeping through, and easily finished off three fellows from the start.

 

Now, this is just the beginning.

 

“Kiruuuuk!”

 

Whoooosh!

 

As Karnas added flames, even more intense fire blazed on the spear blade.

 

Flames that won’t easily be extinguished.

 

Is it just my imagination?

 

It seems like the duration has increased a bit more.

 

Thwack!

 

I then deflected the claws that came rushing in and used that momentum to split open a head.

 

That makes four.

 

Next, a monster so imposing that its shadow alone could completely cover my entire body appeared before me.

 

“Huff, huff.”

 

The fellow making rough breathing sounds held what looked like a tree that had been uprooted as a club, and it was raised above its head as if it would strike down at me at any moment.

 

Without hesitation, I thrust my spear-

 

Bang!

 

Using Father’s technique, Mana Point Explosion, I blew a hole in the fellow’s leg.

 

“Kwaaaaak!”

 

The fellow dropped its club from its striking position and fell backward.

 

I kicked off the fallen fellow and leaped up, thrusting my spear toward another monster that came into view-

 

Bang! Boom!

 

As expected, I blew them up with Mana Point Explosion.

 

This technique would have been limited to just a few uses in my previous life due to concentration and mana consumption issues.

 

But with the incredibly efficient Ancient Magic Power I now possess, that’s no longer a problem.

 

Bang, boom!

 

Monsters exploded one after another as soon as they touched the spear blade.

 

Then I looked at a fellow charging straight at me and threw my spear with all my might.

 

Thud thud thud thud!

 

The spear flew in a straight line, piercing through as many as four monsters and even penetrating a tree.

 

“I’ll have to retrieve that later.”

 

Then I drew my sword from subspace and jumped back into the fray.

 

Swords and spears definitely have completely different feels.

 

But I like both.

 

Actually, I prefer swords a bit more, but now there’s no significant meaning in making that distinction.

 

Because I’m good with both.

 

Slash, stab!

 

With one sword strike, heads fly off and limbs get severed.

 

Somehow I feel like my hesitation has disappeared even more than in my previous life.

 

Back then, I still hadn’t completely shaken off some doubts about my abilities and the fear that battlefields bring.

 

But in this current life…

 

“Kiruuuk!”

 

I have Karnas, I have my friends, and I have my summoned beasts.

 

“Kirik!”

 

In the midst of all this, Karnas suddenly popped out of my embrace and flapped its wings in mid-air.

 

“Karnas?”

 

My surprise at the sudden action was brief.

 

“Kiruuuuk!”

 

Karnas suddenly opened its mouth wide.

 

Whoooooosh!

 

A small fireball formed in front of it and instantly grew to the size of a human head.

 

“Kirik!”

 

Then the fireball that Karnas launched-

 

BOOM!

 

Created an explosion so intense it couldn’t even be compared to the Fireball Magic I cast.

 

“…”

 

Is that Dragon Breath or something like that?

 

The spot where the explosion occurred and smoke rose… was truly devastating.

 

A crater was deeply carved where it exploded, and monster corpses were scattered all around it.

 

“Kirik! Kirik!”

 

Karnas flapped its wings excitedly in mid-air.

 

Then suddenly it swayed and was about to fall to the ground, so I threw my body to catch it.

 

“Ki… rik?”

 

It seems to have lost strength for a moment.

 

“Well done. When did you grow this much?”

 

“Kirik!”

 

Still, the fellow has a proud expression.

 

This fellow, to think it could shoot out such fireballs.

 

Wait.

 

I recalled how Karnas had recently coughed dryly and spat out a fireball as small as a marble.

 

Was that a sign of this fellow’s growth?

 

“Very well done.”

 

I gave praise while tucking Karnas snugly into my embrace and pointed my sword.

 

“But anyway, this…”

 

Is it thanks to Karnas?

 

The atmosphere has changed.

 

Thanks to that, they only surround me but can no longer easily charge at me.

 

There must definitely be someone commanding them, but seeing that they can’t do that…

 

Indeed, instinct is a terrifying thing.

 

“What, are you scared?”

 

“Kiiiiuuuuk!”

 

Besides, there weren’t many left now.

 

The two Dwadenga were sweeping across the battlefield, and my friends were solidly guarding the rear.

 

Ping, swooosh!

 

And occasionally Ernest’s arrows would fly in, piercing through the monsters.

 

“Wow! I hit it!”

 

That fellow, if he keeps this up a bit more, he’ll be fine, won’t he?

 

Just in case, I turned around to look behind, and sure enough.

 

“Teacher Leila, they’re coming from the front!”

 

“Leave it to me!”

 

Leila and Dorian couldn’t contain their restless bodies and had rushed out, sweeping up the monsters that broke away from formation one by one.

 

I had assigned the rear guard to those two inexperienced ones because encirclement was clearly expected, but next time they can fight alongside us.

 

“They’re finally coming.”

 

And I chuckled as I looked at the people who were starting to become visible.

 

The person at the front was definitely Sir Hilderon.

 

Well, it’s perfect timing.

 

Karnas had also returned to my embrace, so there was no chance of being caught.

 

Actually, it’s not that they were late, but that we finished too quickly.

 

The remaining monsters were now less than thirty by rough estimate.

 

Well then.

 

Shall I fire one last shot before they arrive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even while rushing to provide support, something kept exploding and the monsters’ screams rose up.

 

Then the ‘real’ summoned beast Eterak appeared and shot something out, and even two enormous Dwadenga were summoned.

 

‘What kind of battle is going on here?’

 

No matter how I looked at it, the scale was different.

 

Could it be that multiple students had joined in?

 

If it’s Dane Sogress and his friends, there wouldn’t be many of them, but they can fight like that with just that number of people?

 

A whopping 200 monsters.

 

200 monsters.

 

You’d need at least 100 well-trained soldiers to face them, and the entire knight order would have to deploy to somehow manage that scale.

 

Even then, you’d have to prepare for casualties…

 

I couldn’t grasp how they were fighting at all.

 

‘Genius?’

 

Is this something that can just be… easily explained with the single word ‘genius’?

 

“We’re almost there now!”

 

The battle situation gradually came into view.

 

The 200 monsters had dropped to less than half.

 

“D-don’t tell me those guys alone took down that many monsters…?”

 

An impossible thing.

 

Looking closely, two Dwadenga and one boy were facing off against the few remaining monsters.

 

Shame surged up.

 

If only I hadn’t ignored Dane Sogress’s warning back then.

 

“Forget formation and rush in to support Dane Sogress!”

 

“Yes, Vice-Captain!”

 

It would be fine to make up for it from now on.

 

Regardless of appearances, Sir Hilderon wanted to protect the students even now.

 

But that’s when it happened.

 

“Wh-what!”

 

One of the knights screamed.

 

It wasn’t because he was attacked.

 

It was because ‘Mana Spears’ were summoned around Dane Sogress, who was facing off against the monsters.

 

And there were…

 

“I-is that number even possible?”

 

“Good heavens…”

 

Ten of them.

 

The Magic Department students who had urgently left the camp and rushed over were even more shocked.

 

“C-crazy… ten of them…”

 

“Is that even a reasonable talent…?”

 

“That’s Dane Sogress, right? That’s impossible… even the 6th year seniors couldn’t do that…”

 

The Magic Department students knew more about magic than the knights.

 

So they knew how amazing that was and showed even more intense reactions.

 

Some were watching the scene with expressions as if their own mana had been denied.

 

The shock was that tremendous.

 

No matter how much of a genius he is, no matter how talented he is, this is really…

 

Hadn’t he far exceeded the standards of ‘genius’ they usually thought of?

 

“How does he control them all simultaneously…? That’s not a matter of mana!”

 

One student expressed his doubt.

 

No matter how similar the magic, simultaneously arranging and manifesting ten of them is impossible with ordinary ‘technique’.

 

It was proof that Dane Sogress already possessed tremendous understanding and depth regarding magic.

 

Dane had naturally floated as many as ten Mana Spears to launch them.

 

Swooooosh!

 

Finally, the ten spears flew.

 

Bang, bang, bang!

 

They struck the remaining monsters all at once, and screams rose up.

 

And it was over.

 

“Kuuk! Kuuk!”

 

Looking closely, there was one left.

 

It seemed to have survived even the ten Mana Spears.

 

But then Dane picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the fleeing monster.

 

Boom!

 

And the stone exploded, knocking down the remaining monster as well.

 

“…did you just see that?”

 

“Didn’t he throw something? But it exploded?”

 

“Was there a bomb on the ground?”

 

Maybe it was because they were far away.

 

Whether it was unfortunate or fortunate, nobody thought he had thrown a stone.

 

Anyway, this ended the battle.

 

It was embarrassingly one-sided to even call it a battle.

 

However, it was amazing that the main force was a small number of Academy students including Dane Sogress.

 

It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to say that Dane Sogress alone swept away almost all the monsters.

 

Thanks to that, Sir Hilderon and the knights who had rushed out to provide support were just standing there blankly, watching the scene.

 

Wondering if this…

 

Was even a reasonable result.

 

“Hah…”

 

Sir Hilderon felt a rare mix of emotions – shame, humiliation, amazement, and awe all tangled together.

 

Shame for having ignored the warning.

 

Humiliation that what they should have done was instead handled by someone else – not just anyone, but a student.

 

Questions and amazement about how he had detected the night raid in advance.

 

And finally-

 

Even awe at that martial prowess that had achieved victory against 200 monsters without a single wound.

 

“…He’ll become the strongest fellow in the Empire someday.”

 

Just from what he’d heard and seen – swordsmanship, spear arts, magic, summoning arts, even traps.

 

Just how many talents does he have?

 

But now wasn’t the time to be lost in such admiration.

 

Step, step.

 

Sir Hilderon walked toward Dane with quick steps.

 

Dane looked slightly tired.

 

He had summoned three summoned beasts, leaped among the monsters for chaotic battle, and at the end even created and threw ten mana spears.

 

In fact, it wouldn’t be strange if he had collapsed from exhaustion or died from depleted strength.

 

Sir Hilderon called out to Dane amid the awe that was rising in him once again.

 

“Dane Sogress.”

 

And continued with a trembling voice.

 

“You… saved all of us.”

 

It was true.

 

If not for Dane, they would have been helplessly caught by the monsters’ night raid.

 

Even if they had managed to block it, there would have been numerous casualties.

 

But now there wasn’t a single death, let alone any injured.

 

This was a miracle.

 

“…I express gratitude on behalf of everyone.”

 

Sir Hilderon then swallowed his dry saliva for a moment before bringing up what he really wanted to say.

 

“And… I’m sorry for ignoring your warning.”

 

“…”

 

Dane gazed at Sir Hilderon quietly, then smiled broadly.

 

“What happened?”

 

“…”

 

Sir Hilderon was impressed.

 

To think such composure belonged to a 14-year-old.

 

That made him feel even greater shame.

 

Dane said.

 

“Let’s clean up the battlefield together first.”

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