Chapter 202: Eucalis' Class |
-You have achieved an achievement!
-You have gained likes for achieving the [Perfect Demonstration] achievement.
-You have gained ‘3’ likes!
‘As expected, there are many achievements that can be accumulated even at the training seminar.’
Although the number of likes received as a reward wasn’t much, accumulating them little by little like this would eventually add up to a lot.
As Ethan put down the urumi he had demonstrated last, Eucalis added with a subtly expectant voice.
“By any chance, are you capable of magic as well?”
The weapons Eucalis spoke of were not limited to just physical forms of armaments.
Magic was also one of the excellent weapons, and since there were students dreaming of becoming mages, teachers needed to have knowledge of magic as well.
“You don’t have to limit yourself to attack magic.”
He had just seen Ethan handle numerous weapons freely. Because of this, Eucalis didn’t think Ethan would be able to handle magic as well.
Fundamentally, magic was a difficult power to handle. As a result, teachers who majored in swordsmanship usually didn’t professionally learn magic and didn’t have much knowledge about it.
Even if they had some knowledge, they only knew how to defend against and avoid magic, and few understood and could use magic itself.
Eucalis looked at Ethan.
For some reason, the scent of mana didn’t feel very strong from Ethan.
It was even more noticeable in comparison to Kai Felix, who had a strong mana presence next to him.
Not just Eucalis, but all the teachers were focused on Ethan’s mouth.
The Sword Saint had said this training seminar was more of an event for improving each other’s skills through exchanges, but in reality, it was a competition between academies.
Moreover, wasn’t there even an enticing prize for the academy that placed first?
When they heard Ethan say he could handle all weapons, teachers from other academies thought he was just boasting, blinded by the desire for first place.
But Ethan actually demonstrated perfectly, so the teachers who saw this were in a complicated state of mind.
But magic was a different story.
Originally, swordsmanship and magic were separate domains. Since Ethan had just shown weapon skills that were admirable, everyone subconsciously thought that Ethan would be far from the magic department.
However, what actually came out of Ethan’s mouth was the opposite of their expectations.
“I can handle it to some extent.”
In the past, he could only make potions when it came to magic, but the current Ethan was different.
He had increased his survival probability and awakened to some extent. Even without calling Lyuka, he could use quite a lot of mana compared to before.
This meant that he could now use some of the magic he previously only had knowledge of.
“You can handle it to some extent?”
Ethan had said this much even when he perfectly handled the whip Eucalis had offered earlier.
Having shown such excellent whip skills beyond expectations and still saying this, Eucalis couldn’t believe straightforwardly that he could handle magic to some extent.
“Yes, it’s not at an amazing level.”
“Too much modesty isn’t good either.”
At Eucalis’s words, Ethan gave a light smile.
Right now, the mages Ethan considered to be at an amazing level were Archmages, ranked among the top three on the continent.
Since he wasn’t at that level right now, naturally, he couldn’t say his skills were at an amazing level.
Ethan lightly waved his hand and began to draw the technique of brüle.
‘Oh.’
And at the same time, he was slightly surprised. He didn’t know there would be this much difference just because his trash-like body had improved a little bit through awakening.
The range of things he could do had greatly increased.
The brüle technique was drawn large enough to surprise even himself.
If it was a small fire before, now it was a large flame that could make anything reach the desired temperature.
“What on earth is this.”
Seeing this, Eucalis frowned without realizing it.
The amount of mana was terribly poor. The way he drew the technique precisely was worthy of being considered a high-class mage, but in contrast, the mana was at the worst level.
With that level of mana, he wouldn’t even be able to enter as a student in any of the four academies gathered here.
It was truly unbalanced.
But for Ethan, even this much mana was something to be grateful for right now.
Whoosh-.
Brüle.
This brüle, which focused on burning, needed detailed explanations about magic when shown to students.
But for the teachers gathered here, such explanations weren’t necessary.
Just showing it was enough.
“…!”
As Ethan demonstrated brüle, gazes were fixed on him in an instant.
Not only Iris and Nadia, who originally knew Ethan was versed in magic, but also Har Demeka was immersed in Ethan’s brüle.
Of course, the Magic Department teachers from other academies were also drawn into Ethan’s brüle with surprised eyes.
“The technique progression is quite interesting.”
Ethan bowed his head at Eucalis’s praise.
Ethan’s brüle was not ordinary.
The basics of brüle, variations and combinations.
Because Ethan fully understood brüle, he was skilled in the techniques of handling it and ways of utilizing it.
Even when he had no mana, it was at a level that could surprise Ivecar’s elite students, so now that he could use some mana, it was at a level that could even surprise the teachers.
Before long, Ethan dissolved the technique and extinguished the flame.
“That’s all.”
For a moment, the classroom fell silent.
Eucalis broke that silence.
“I’m curious about your standards. What level do you consider amazing? Your weapon skills go without saying, and that magic you showed was also excellent. Numerous weapons and even magic. The students who take your classes must be tremendously lucky.”
Eucalis said this while clapping. The teachers followed and clapped as well, but their expressions weren’t very good.
Originally, rumors tend to be exaggerated.
A rumor about killing an ogre alone, after passing through several people, might become a rumor about hunting ten 10-meter ogres with one hand.
They thought the rumors about Ethan had been exaggerated in this way as well.
However, seeing Ethan in person, his skills were so shockingly good that they wondered if the rumors about him had been understated rather than exaggerated.
Right now, among the new teachers in the Swordsmanship Department here, how many could handle as many weapons as he did?
And at the same time, how many teachers in the Magic Department had as much knowledge of magic as he did?
The brüle technique Ethan just showed was a high-class technique. Being those who understand and handle magic, they could tell how beautiful and efficient the brüle technique Ethan showed was.
Amid the erupting applause, teachers from other academies began to feel extremely tense.
The first class. Moreover, Ethan had made a strong impression on everyone in less than 10 minutes.
But the person himself showed no particular reaction.
He looked very calm, as if he thought those amazing skills he had just shown were ordinary.
How could he show such things and maintain such an attitude?
Seeing Ethan like this, especially the teachers from Freya Academy felt the greatest sense of crisis.
Originally, this training seminar was supposed to be Freya Academy’s solo stage.
Kai Felix, the vanguard of Freya, had skills so outstanding that he was ranked among the top three in the academy’s history, so there was no need to even mention him.
In addition, his fellow teachers also had skills so excellent that they would have been top teachers if they went to other academies, so in terms of winning probability, Freya Academy was naturally in an overwhelmingly advantageous position.
So of course, they had confidence that winning was a foregone conclusion.
Of course, they had heard rumors about Ethan Whiskers.
It sounded impressive, but they thought that was only possible because it was Ivecar Academy, and if he had come to Freya Academy, there wouldn’t have been such rumors.
But the sight of Ethan Whiskers in person was shocking.
The impact he showed in the first class scrambled the minds of the two Freya teachers so much that they couldn’t manage their expressions.
Moreover, it didn’t seem like Ethan had shown his full abilities.
That point was the most unsettling. The victory was already erased from their minds.
“You don’t need to attend my class. You can do something else during this time.”
“No, Sir Eucalis. I can handle all weapons, but not at a perfect level. I need to learn more from your class.”
“That’s the attitude of a true teacher. I like you even more.”
Even if Ethan had left right here, Eucalis would have nodded.
But seeing Ethan’s humble attitude, Eucalis felt pleased while also thinking that a formidable junior had appeared.
However, the appearance of a skilled new junior is always a joyous occasion.
“Let’s have a chat after class. I have a lot to ask you.”
Eucalis said with a slight smile, in a voice low enough for only Ethan to hear.
“Yes, Sir Eucalis.”
Eucalis told Ethan and Kai to return to their seats.
Kai Felix didn’t take his eyes off Ethan even as he returned.
An ambiguous expression, neither good nor bad.
But Ethan could tell.
‘He’s considering it.’
That bait Ethan had thrown.
It seemed he was contemplating whether to bite it now or not.
Eucalis then clapped briefly to regain control of the unsettled atmosphere.
“I’ll start the lecture right away.”
Everyone’s concentration was scattered because of Ethan, but Eucalis didn’t care about that at all.
It was an expression of confidence that he could easily overlay that with his lecture.
The teachers, coming to their senses at the sound of clapping, worried if they could concentrate on the lecture without escaping from the shock.
But that worry disappeared as soon as the class began.
‘The lecture’s absorption power is amazing.’
Eucalis’s lecture was so excellent that even Ethan, who knew everything about numerous weapons, momentarily focused.
Key words that penetrated the core amidst casually thrown words.
And even demonstrating directly, the teachers were instantly drawn into Eucalis’s lecture as if they had never worried.
“The weapon that can best attract students’ attention here is naturally the versatile one. But students don’t focus just because you teach versatile weapons right away.”
Eucalis said this while picking up a whip.
“This is the most effective. Both visually and audibly. You stimulate those two senses to draw concentration and then start the explanation you want.”
Sword, spear, knife, bow.
How and in what way should one understand these four most representative weapons?
What should one know to teach students and answer their questions? He conveyed the core contents about this.
Especially when explaining the spear, the detailed content was surprising even to Ethan.
“The three elements of the spear. Teacher Ethan showed it well, didn’t he? If you know just these three things, you can make countless attacks and defenses with the spear. If there’s a weakness to the spear, it’s distance control, and the core of that distance control is these three elements. Spinning, pushing, and thrusting. How to understand this is…”
After finishing the explanation, Eucalis immediately gestured and had the teachers practice.
“Pick one each and handle it directly. I’ll watch you. I’ll make sure you can handle any weapon.”
It was a confident statement.
“Even if someone has no talent and lacks understanding, after passing through my hands, they’ll be able to handle weapons naturally.”
Iris, who came forward first, grabbed an axe.
“You picked an interesting one.”
“There’s someone whose head I want to split.”
Swoosh-!
Iris swung the axe as Eucalis had explained.
But perhaps because Iris was a Magic Department teacher, she was clumsy at handling weapons.
Even if you understand with your head, reproducing it with your body is a different matter.
“You use the shoulder muscles like this. Explain it like this too. Intuitively and explicitly. No need to beat around the bush with difficult words. Always maintain this posture when teaching students.”
Bwoong-!
After just a brief correction, Iris’s axe moved differently from before.
“Oh…”
Iris looked at the axe once with an expression that wondered if she had really swung it, then turned to look at Eucalis.
“Easy, right?”
“Yes! At this rate, I think I could become the kind of teacher you’re talking about, Teacher Eucalis.”
Then Eucalis smiled meaningfully. Ethan, who was watching this, quickly realized the meaning of that smile.
‘It’s not easy.’
This lecture and correction are only possible because it’s Eucalis.
‘Regia was amazing, but Eucalis is no less. Master-class teachers definitely feel different from ordinary teachers.’
If Regia’s class felt overwhelming, Eucalis’s class felt like being immersed. It felt like thinking you were in shallow water but suddenly finding yourself submerged in deep water.
‘There’s a limit point that ordinary teachers have. But Eucalis feels like he’s reached beyond that limit point.’
If they were to compare this feeling to a sword, it would be like a Sword Master.
Ethan was absorbing everything about Eucalis through this class.
‘I can mix it into my teaching method.’
His correction method, both different and similar to his own, could be integrated into Ethan’s current correction method in any way.
Eucalis, who was correcting the teachers’ postures, was already feeling Ethan’s piercing gaze. That gaze was so sharp that his spine felt chilled throughout.
The feeling of his knowledge, accumulated over all this time, being absorbed just like that. It might have been scary, that enormous talent, but Eucalis wasn’t a teacher who would easily let a junior take everything away.
Eucalis continued the class with an attitude that seemed to say, take as much as you want if you want to take it.
***
“Wow…”
“Was the training seminar like this? It’s completely different from what I heard…?”
Eucalis’s class was at a higher level than any class these people had experienced so far.
Plus, the sight of Ethan handling all those weapons.
Overall, it was high-class and high-quality.
Kai Felix’s handling of half the weapons earlier had been erased from everyone’s minds.
“…”
The two teachers from Freya Academy were not in a good mood. They had barely kept up with the class, and the only one who had shown results was Ethan Whiskers from Ivecar Academy.
Of course, Kai Felix had shown excellent results too. But with the overwhelming Ethan there, his presence couldn’t help but be buried.
“You were amazing, Teacher Ethan!”
“I didn’t know. When did you study all that?”
“Can you teach me that urumi?”
“…I felt a bit proud. That we’re from the same academy.”
Even Har added a word, showing how great the impact Ethan had made in the first class. Before they knew it, all the teachers from other academies were looking this way.
“It’s just that my skills are lacking, so I couldn’t dig deep into just one. As you can see, I couldn’t delve very deeply.”
“If that’s not deep…”
“I should just go out and die!”
At that moment, someone approached.
“Teacher Ethan.”
Kai Felix.
He spoke to Ethan with a stern expression.
“Can we talk?”
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