Swordmaster: The Origin

An unexpected meeting

After winning the battle against Hob-Goblin, Nix and his group head to the Hob-Goblin throne, which contains a treasure chest.

The treasure chest was not large in size, so Nix could easily retrieve it.

Nix opened the treasure chest slowly.

*cklek!

"Th-this..."

"So they actually keep 1 here huh.."

A golden key that was exactly the same as that shown by the examination committee just before entering the dungeon, a labyrinth lock.

Nix and his group smiled realizing that they had finished this exam quickly.

"I didn't think it was this fast..." Frederica breathed a little

"You're right, I thought it would be a lot harder than this." Elvia smiled bitterly

"We got it, that means. We just need to go back to the starting point to show it to the committee." Nix puts his labyrinth key in his pocket.

Frederica and Elvia nodded in agreement at Nix's words.

Once they are satisfied with the result, they intend to immediately exit the Sub-boss room and go towards the starting point, but...

"?!"

"!!"

"!?"

In front of Nix and his group, stood a party of 3 people who were all men.

"Yes, you guys are having fun." Said one of the men from the party.

"Ck!" Nix clicked his tongue irritated.

Not long after the man from the party gave his greetings, they walked closer towards Nix..

Frederica and Elvia who were behind Nix were frightened by the figure of the man in the middle of the group approaching towards them.

That's because they know the man.

The figure of the man who had made the students especially nobles come under severe criticism and exclusion throughout the academy.

A man who had raised the reputation of commoners and lowered the reputation of nobles to its lowest point.

A man who was one of the best students in the ranked bullish exam yesterday.

Yes, that man is Teorine Petra.

"P-take..." Elvia said in fear.

Petra smiled at Frederica and Elvia in fear.

However Nix who noticed it immediately blocked his gaze and stared intently at him.

"What do you want?" Nix stared intently at Petra.

When it was close enough to Nix, Petra stopped her steps and answered Nix's question while continuing to smile at him.

"You're Nix, aren't you? the one who got the title of the best student in the attacking category on the ranked bullish exam yesterday?" Ask Petra.

"If that's true then why?" Reply Nix.

Petra nodded her head at Nix's question.

"Do you know? when I was fighting monsters in a room not far from this place, I felt a great tremor at my feet."

"Until I was curious to immediately find the origin of the vibration, and when me and my party searched for the trace, we reached this room." Clarify Petra.

"So you saw the battle?" Ask Nix to make sure.

Petra pointed towards the door of the room behind her.

"Yes, we looked at it from back there, because I assumed that if we went inside, we would only bother you who were focusing on the sub-boss." Petra.

"Then after the battle is over, you intend to attack us so?" Ask Nix.

"It's so thick."

"!!"

"Before you do that, can you hear my explanation first?" Petra.

Nix only fell silent while continuing in a position ready to attack him.

Seeing that Petra continued her words.

"It's true that since I saw the three of you fighting with that sub-boss, but I'm not interested in fighting the three of you, I'm only interested in 1 person, which is you. Nixerick Xiphos."

"....."

Nix who saw Petra turned out to be only interested in her asked her.

"May I know why?" Ask Nix.

Petra smiled broadly at Nix's question.

"Obviously no, it's your physical endurance, your leg speed, your sword-swinging power, and your ability to fight that interest me."

"Do you know? when I saw you throw that Hob-Goblin in 1 kick, it made me so excited that I wanted to attack you right away!" Shouted Petra excitedly.

Nix scrunched his eyes at Petra's words.

That's because Petra is already aware of the power that Nix is hiding.

And strangely enough, Petra was instead interested in fighting him after knowing his strength.

If ordinary people were to see it, it was certain that their normal reaction would be to stay away from the person instead of approaching him.

Therefore Nix considered that Petra was a kind of crazy person fighting especially with people stronger than him.

"Therefore, Nixerick Xiphos, duel with me now." Petra said as she pointed towards Nix.

Nix who heard that immediately put an end to his horses and again stood face to face with Petra.

"I don't mind, but with 1 condition." Nix.

"I know, don't involve our party members, do you?"

Nix nodded his head in response.

Seeing that, Petra told her two party members to stay away from her.

So did Nix who immediately walked towards Elvia and Frederica who were behind him to tell them.

"Elvia, Frederica, can you move somewhere else while I'm dueling Petra?" Nix said to them.

Elvia and Frederica who were still terrified hesitated to make up their minds.

"N-nix, are you really sure that you can win against him?" Frederica.

Nix nodded his head at Frederica's question.

"It's obvious, isn't it? I can win against him if I'm serious. Therefore I ask you to step aside for a while while I focus on fighting him" Nix said.

Frederica and Elvia who heard that immediately gave a small nod and moved away while believing in Nix and looking at him from afar.

Nix who had seen the two away, immediately faced back towards Petra who was in front of him.

"Petra, I'm ready." Nix.

"Yes, attack me whenever you want." Reply Petra.

Nix immediately put his horses back on and stared intently at Petra who was in front of him while holding the handle of his sword with his right hand.

"I won't hold back this time, therefore don't blame me if you get hurt." Nix said.

Petra laughed at Nix's words.

"Hehehe, that's exactly what I want. Strike with all the strength you have and do not hold back even a little Nix.." Reply Petra.

Petra immediately pulled out her sword slowly from her sword sheath and pointed her sword towards Nix.

"Let's get started." Petra pointed at Nix using her sword.

After seeing Petra already preparing, Nix sighed for a while before sliding towards Petra.

"Then I go forward!" Nix stomped his feet on the ground and slid towards Petra quickly.