I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

54. Event Match

Before Gilbert and Serafina play the event match.

The moment he defeated Ian and confirmed his victory in the first-year competition, Gilbert suddenly felt a sense of emptiness.

It is said to have become a reality, but is it because the main character of the game that has been played for a long time does not live up to expectations?

Gilbert shook his head.

It didn’t feel that way.

I enjoyed Tactical Combat deeply, but I didn’t enjoy it because I was too immersed in it. Because I accepted the game as a game, I was not deeply assimilated into the main character, Ian.

If I had to guess, it was just a pity.

Then why do I have this feeling of emptiness?

If I had to look for a reason, I didn’t even know it was because of the upcoming Academy attack incident.

I thought that if Ian had been the hero portrayed in the story, he probably wouldn’t have felt this way.

If I really had to ask, would it be a bit of a disappointment?

When I thought that, I nodded my head. If Ian was the hero that Gilbert thought he was, he might have done less damage in the raid.

But if he was the vain Ian we saw in this final, he was more likely to mess things up. Gongmyeongsim can sometimes cloud a person’s eyes. That’s because the desire for fame can bring people down to the bottom.

He took a deep breath and thought about the awards ceremony and the upcoming events. As expected, the person who won the championship representing the second grade was Seraphina. The third grade winner was also a recognized named NPC in the game, but his attention was focused on Serafina.

In this world that has become reality, what level of skill does Seraphina have? Even before her adulthood, her expectations for her had grown as she roamed the battlefield.

It felt like the disappointment with Ian had been replaced by Seraphina’s expectations, like her return.

“Congratulations on your victory, priest.”

Once the giant soldiers were cleared and the winners arrived at the waiting area, Seraphina, who was already there, greeted him warmly. He looked completely undisturbed, and Yannick was also able to confirm that he was assisting him as always.

Gilbert just lowered his head.

“Congratulations on your win, Sarah…”

“Big.”

“Sister’s residence.”

“This is it, Won. It feels like she has a youngest brother who is not cute.”

Gilbert burst into laughter at that sight. Seeing him grunting made me feel like my complicated thoughts were being sorted out. This sense of leisure was like Serafina’s trademark.

It was great to see him personally putting into practice the fact that the position of a monarch should not be easily shaken.

“I’ve always thought about this… But priests have a knack for surprising women.”

“A talent for surprising… You mean?”

“That’s right. I felt it even before the entrance exam, but the priest’s skill in manipulating the Giant God Soldier is truly amazing. The more I look at it, the more I am impressed.”

I felt embarrassed by Seraphina’s praise. In fact, Gilbert was in a situation that was no different from the second episode of his life.

The skill of manipulating the Giant God Soldier was created through thousands of deaths in the game, and the experience of actually standing on the battlefield risking his life only made him look like an outstanding genius.

Gilbert was able to become what he is today thanks to the given environment and talent.

Then what about Serafina?

Even in the game, if you take the route that confronts Serafina, the difficulty of the game rises exponentially.

Now that it has become a reality, she was a person of great standing who led the Giant God Army and established a major career at such a young age.

Isn’t she really a genius?

Gilbert truly had no choice but to think that way. In this world, he opened his eyes and risked his life to move the Giant God Soldier, but he was nothing compared to Serafina, who actually stood on the battlefield.

He was an ace in the previous world, and he could tell. How big the difference is.

“Anyway. I’m really looking forward to the event match against that priest.”

“Are you talking about an event match?”

“That’s right. How could Yeo not have expectations? It’s been a long time since it was said that among Yeo’s peers, she has no rivals. In the meantime, the fact that the one and only priest was chasing Yeo down to her neck is very satisfying.”

Seraphina’s red eyes sparkled.

Perhaps it is the loneliness that geniuses have?

Gilbert suddenly wondered where the woman with noble blood and genius was looking.

“I am concerned that excessive expectations may have been planted.”

“hehehe. For something like that, your eyes are fierce. Priest.”

Seraphina smiled cheerfully, as if she had met someone of her kind.

As Gilbert, I also wanted to compete with Seraphina in the real world and compete with her skills.

It was a confrontation with Seraphina, one of the strongest fighters in Tactical Combat, which I was so obsessed with. Her heart started pounding.

“That’s what it means, priest. Yeo has no intention of looking at her, so she’ll hit her with all her might.”

“Are you my name as a sister-in-law?”

“Well, wouldn’t it be more fun not to say anything?”

Seraphina and Gilbert’s eyes met.

The spirit of victory began to bloom in the eyes of the two people.

***

After exchanging friendly glances, Gilbert got to the event game. The audience thought it would be almost like a map sparring, but they were looking forward to the match between Gilbert, who had created a sensation in the first-year competition, and Serafina, who did not hesitate to select him as the strongest cadet.

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Heated discussions about what kind of game the two would play together continued until the game started. And as if to meet their expectations, the match between the two was fierce. It was so agile that it was hard to believe that it was fighting on such a large giant soldier.

Deployment of magic weapons was handled with caution, like playing chess, and repeated firing was done from a blind spot where the opponent could never avoid.

When Serafina’s magic armament spewed fire, Gilbert’s giant soldier swung the huge iron sword around and cast a parry. Conversely, when Gilbert’s magic armament was deployed, Serafina’s giant soldier held the iron sword and cast parrying as if dancing. .

The two clashed like wild beasts within the gap between each other, as if they could not tolerate even a single error.

Gilbert tightly gripped the control stick as he watched Seraphina’s giant soldier continue to attack in waves. Of course, this was the first time I felt this nervous since I opened my eyes to the game world.

Even when I first met alone with Count Liuania, I did not feel this sense of urgency. The intimidation he felt from the count was at least not enough to threaten his life.

He had defeated the enemy without difficulty, even in battles where his life was at stake, but this felt fundamentally different.

I have faced Serafina countless times in the game, but when it came to actual combat, the feeling was quite different. Even when I installed the vicious Tactical Combat mode, I didn’t feel this way at all. No matter how vicious the game became, the enemies you faced had a certain pattern.

There were cases where the pattern was a random pattern, but it was possible to predict that the random pattern would appear anyway.

But in reality, her opponent Seraphina was different.

First of all, her fundamentals were very solid. There was no unnecessary clutter in her movements, and her ability to determine the spacing of her giant spirit soldiers was especially excellent. No matter how much assistance she received from the artificial spirit, in order to show this level of proficiency, she had to have a strong foundation as the foundation.

Also, it was truly impressive to see him learn and use the stagnant water technique he enjoys using. There was no particular reason why Brianna, who did not think she would have a lifelong student, suddenly took her as her student.

Not only did he use the skills he had seen in passing, but he also used them in the right places, surprising even Gilbert. She knew that competing against her at the event wouldn’t be easy, but the pressure she felt when she actually faced it was more than she expected.

But.

“Whoa…”

He took a long breath and relaxed his tense body. He didn’t think he was going to win this match anyway. No matter how much he flew and crawled in Tactical Combat, this was not a place where things ran according to a set system like a game.

He didn’t know what variables there might be, and he was fully aware that there could be a gigantic knight superior to him. Winning was always possible only in games.

He put his mind together and pulled on his control stick.

Multiple fireballs aimed at Seraphina’s giant soldier, aiming for a split-second gap.

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He swung his sword, but all the fireballs fired disappeared due to parrying. He wasn’t firing a fireball hoping to make a big profit anyway. By piercing a momentary gap, Seraphina had no choice but to parry.

The stiffness of the attack caused by a momentary gap and parrying.

He saw that Seraphina had moved as he had predicted, and with her high-speed maneuver, he approached her quickly and slammed into her giant warrior’s shoulder armor like a buffalo.

“…!”

However, Sera Pina dodged the attack by lightly back-tumbling with a flowing movement, as if mocking the turning blow. It was identical to the three-dimensional maneuver that Gilbert did during the entrance mock battle.

When his shoulder strike failed, Gilbert immediately put his iron sword aside.

The risk of failure in a large shoulder slap was obvious.

Boom!

As expected, Serafina’s iron sword struck Gilbert’s iron sword. The power of the red-colored iron sword was beyond imagination. His mana value was already far higher than that of Gilbert, so even though he defended himself with an iron sword, the shock did not go away easily.

Furthermore, it was painful to lose the initiative due to an unexpected counterattack. Seraphina, as if she had no intention of letting go of the victory she had once achieved, persistently aimed for the opportunity to stab him with her iron sword, and Gilbert had no choice but to take a defensive stance.

There is nothing we can do…!

Breaking through a tight situation was, of course, Go In-man’s skill.

Gilbert also swung his iron sword, aiming for the moment when Seraphina’s fierce attack came. It was perfect timing that cannot be explained to anyone. No matter how much this place became reality, he was being assisted by the game system to some extent.

Meanwhile, Seraphina, who was surprised by the thought that Gilbert’s piloting skills were better than she expected, suddenly felt puzzled when she saw Gilbert in a large horizontal slash motion. This was because her attitude did not suit Gilbert, who cool-headedly used the Giant God Army.

Has your judgment been clouded by being on the defensive?

Seraphina shook her head. She could be sure that the Gilbert she had seen so far would not make such a mistake. If so, it would mean that there is a trick to overcome this situation.

She stepped into his attack range, fully prepared.

Without missing a single moment of the Giant God Soldier’s movements, she identified the point of his horizontal cut and raised her sword.

“What the…!”

Seraphina witnessed the strange phenomenon of Gilbert’s horizontal slash suddenly stopping, and she ended up making a sound out of her mouth without realizing it. Something happened that she couldn’t understand with her common sense.

No matter how much the Giant God Soldier, which was said to be a product of magical engineering, was able to move like limbs, it was fundamentally difficult to suddenly stop the movement of the giant God Soldier. Moreover, it was safe to say that it was close to impossible with such a general-purpose giant god weapon.

But Gilbert pulled off the strange phenomenon without difficulty. Even though he was already swinging his sword, it just stopped as if he had used magic.

Do priests also have characteristic skills?

It was a reasonable inference. No matter how good the piloting skills were, there was a limit to the output that a general-purpose aircraft could produce.

Seraphina smiled fiercely as she looked at Gilbert, who had surprised her once again. He was truly a man who never gave up.

But he had no time to leisurely admire. Now it was Seraphina who opened the gap due to the movement she made to block the horizontal slash. He was analyzing in that short time, but Gilbert’s attack, which had twisted direction, was becoming increasingly fierce.

He had no time to let down his guard, perhaps due to his high level of skill with the winter sword he had learned from Brianna.

Gilbert, who had just seen the attack cancellation against Seraphina unfold as expected, realized that he was receiving a lot of backup from the system. This was a phenomenon that occurred when a second attack was made while the first attack was being made using a technique that used the delay that occurred while controlling a giant recruit through an artificial spirit.

Although it is easy to say, it cannot be activated unless an accurate image is drawn, so although it is a useful technique, it is treated as an old technique that few people can use properly.

And one of those few people was Gilbert.

But I accepted it too easily.

Pushing to the end, he deployed a mix of lightning bolts and magic missiles while swinging his sword, but they were all blocked by parrying.

To make matters worse, Gilbert’s mana level, which was at the lowest level among his abilities, was finally starting to hold him back. It was neither high nor low compared to his peers, but given that the opponent was Seraphina, it could be evaluated as infinitely low.

Every time I blocked the auror, which was woven with enormous magical power, it felt like my mana was being cut into chunks. It was no joke that with a general-purpose aircraft, the remaining mana battery would immediately drop to 0 after being hit by a few hits.

In the end, I decided that I had no choice but to bet on the final game in one moment.

Gilbert, who was blowing like a storm, stopped the giant soldier for an instant. There was a lull for the first time since the game started.

– Tirik

A request for personal communication magic has been received from Serafina. Gilbert accepted his communication spell without delay.

[It’s pretty good. Priests.]

“That’s too much praise.”

[There is no such thing as humility. It is only the priest who surprises Yeo so many times. So you can spread her chest.]

Seraphina’s expression on the connected screen was filled with admiration, just like her words. His face seemed slightly flushed with joy, perhaps because it was his first time seeing a peer of the same age push him this hard.

[The reason the priest suddenly widened the distance was probably because he was trying to increase the odds of the game, right?]

“That’s right.”

Gilbert, knowing that hiding it was useless, nodded his head obediently.

[The priest pursues romance differently than he seems.]

“It’s not romantic. I just do the best I can.”

[In the world, that kind of thing is called romance. A game with no odds. The final sword that marks the end.]

“You’re speaking in a romantic way, sister-in-law.”

[hehehe. Even if it looks like this, she also liked the stories of knights in fairy tales when she was young.]

Seraphina, soaked in her sentiments, soon looked at Gilbert’s expression as he kept his mouth firmly shut. I really liked her unwavering expression.

[Priest.]

“Please speak.”

[Do your best.]

“I will keep this in mind.”

With those words, communication was cut off.

Gilbert caught his breath and gathered all his remaining magical energy. To be honest, with his current magical power, there were only a few winter swords he could use.

The winter sword blades, which belong to the highest level of swordsmanship, were all like monsters that consumed magical energy.

Still, it was enough to throw a single sword strike.

All of Gilbert’s magic was concentrated on the iron sword, and the same was true for Seraphina.

The moment when magic power gathers and becomes compressed.

The two rushed towards each other without even saying who would go first.

***

Event match.

Winner

Seraphina Rector Infractus

***

Serafina, who had finished the long competition, was looking at the moon outside her window in her slip.

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But the moon was not visible in her eyes. Instead of the moon, she was thinking of Gilbert, the one and only priest who had competed in today’s event.

Even in her short life, Gilbert was a quite interesting type of person.

There was nothing interesting about her, from her reputation for being the worst, to her not being intimidated in front of her as a princess, to her mysterious piloting skills.

Even she, who prided herself on having an eye for people, was unable to understand everything about the man in front of her whom she called her priest. I was interested because he was acting so contradictory to the information I had gathered.

Is the image she is seeing now a decoration to cover up her worst reputation?

If not, is it what it looks like now?

In fact, it didn’t matter to Seraphina which one of the two Gilberts looked like.

To her, there is just one thing that matters to her.

Does Gilbert’s true self pose a danger to the empire?

That was all.

And if Gilbert threatens the safety of the empire, then she will deal with him mercilessly with her own hands.

Seraphina’s eyes turned sharp as she looked at the moon.

The most important thing to her was nothing else but the peace of her empire.