Admission is a waste of time (15)
Lesson 4. Rebellion – 3
The rumor spread throughout the school in an instant.
The duel between Dokgo Yeon and Ortima was broadcast live on the intranet, so by lunchtime there was already no one in the academy who didn’t know Dokgo Yeon’s name.
“It seems like Ortima was the most promising freshman. But since it was a close match, his reputation was bound to go up.”
“No, there was at least one more useful person in that class.”
Dokgo Yeon, who took the seat next to him instead of Light, refuted Ban Yu-won, who had summarized what the students were talking about on the free bulletin board.
“I thought you could find it.”
“I was so absorbed in your sparring.”
“Then I guess there’s nothing I can do.”
The distance between Dokgoyeon and Ban Yuwon had become smaller compared to the morning hours.
It would be accurate to say that Ban Yu-won wanted to keep an appropriate distance, but Dokgo Yeon ignored it and was closing the distance.
Thanks to that, the distance between me and Ruchel, with whom I had barely managed to become a little closer, grew further.
Because now, Ruchel was openly afraid of Dokgoyeon.
I can’t even imagine how the two of them could live in the same room.
“More than that… …you have a lot to say too.”
“Yeah, I guess he can’t criticize you, so he criticizes me instead.”
One desperately ran away from the sparring session, while the other chased down the top prospect in the first year.
Since these two people are both special cases of the same lower dimension, how much noise can people make!
“Indeed, there are many people here who do not know how foolish it is to judge something without seeing it with your own eyes… … .”
“I appreciate your praise for me, but I’m still a nerd. You’ll see in a week.”
Ban Yu-won responded nonchalantly and spread the jam he had brought on some crispy toast and ate it.
Dokgoyeon’s gaze changed when he saw the jam.
“It smells very sweet.”
“Want to eat?”
Instead of answering, Dokgo Yeon sneakily handed over the bread that was on his plate.
As Ban Yu-won smiled and spread a spoonful of jam on the bread, Dokgo Yeon carefully brought the bread to her mouth, opened her mouth carefully, and took a bite.
“… … !”
The moment I tasted the jam-covered bread.
The cross in her eyes turned round and round.
It was scary at first, but after seeing it a few times, I got used to it.
Dokgoyeon, who had chewed and swallowed it thoroughly, held out the remaining bread and asked for it.
“Can you give me more?”
“It’s not that expensive.”
In fact, it is more expensive than you might imagine because it is a concentrated extract of tens of thousands of fruits, but it is a cheap price to pay for Dokgoyeon’s favor.
Above all, it was so sweet that even just a teaspoon was enough to taste its exquisite sweetness.
“This is really… … I have tasted all kinds of sweetness in the Central Plains, but this is, among them, a special class… … . Is this your ability?”
“that’s right.”
“It’s interesting. … … Very interesting.”
No, why can’t you just say thank you?
I can’t understand why at the end of every episode, he looks at me with that lion-like expression, stalking his prey!
But what was even funnier was that Light and Ruchel were sneakily offering him bread from the other side.
“Don’t look at me so desperately, I’ll give it to you.”
“Sorry, it just smells too sweet.”
“thank you……!”
As soon as I spread the jam on them, Light and Ruchel both took a bite and drooped their shoulders with expressions as if they had reached paradise.
“What kind of taste is this… … .”
“It’s fruit, fruit itself. The essence of an incredibly delicious fruit… …!”
Meanwhile, Ban Yu-won flinched at Ruchel’s unexpectedly penetrating remark.
Of course, the jam he just took out and shared with his classmates was the very same elixir he had made at home before.
There was also a calculation that there would be no harm in sharing with his peers, as they would eventually grow together with him.
“I feel like I’ve acquired something very precious.”
“Because we’re a team. Let’s share the good things. You could think of it as a way to repay the kindness you showed us this morning.”
“Hmm, but that’s still too much… … .”
Since things have come to this, Ban Yu-won thought he should share jam with his classmates every day.
Even though it’s only a beginner’s elixir, it’s still an elixir, so if you take it consistently, it will help.
Since I can go out more regularly, I should be able to make elixirs here too.
‘You could try adding several other concepts to increase the effect.’
Today, let’s take a look around the market and find some materials with good concepts.
As I was thinking that, I closed the jam and put it in my inventory, and Dokgoyeon clapped her hands.
“Okay, let me teach you a trick.”
“huh?”
“I will teach you a martial art in return for the elixir I received.”
“Elixir?!”
“Kekeke.”
Light is startled by the word elixir, and Ruchel hears the sound.
As expected, she noticed. Ban Yu-won retorted in surprise.
“It’s not that valuable. The effect will be minimal.”
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“Of course, it’s a small amount. However, an elixir that increases potential itself without any side effects is extremely rare. Of course… … I’m not just going to tell you. Can I get some of that in the future?”
“That’s what I originally intended to do.”
“As expected. Then, since we’ve made up our minds, shall we start right away? … … That place would be fine.”
Dokgo Yeon, who had finished eating and stood up, grabbed her student ID and disappeared from there.
Since he left without even listening to my reply, I can’t even stand to hear this.
Ban Yu-won bit the remaining ham into his mouth and hurriedly followed her to that place, Yumina’s classroom.
Light and Ruchel, who were suddenly left alone, stared blankly at the plates the two had left behind, but then sighed and took them together after recalling the elixir Dokgoyeon had mentioned earlier.
* * *
“There’s no one there. It’s spacious enough to move around.”
Dokgo Yeon, who arrived first and was patting the air, muttered with satisfaction, then looked back at Ban Yu-won and said.
“I know you’re growing fast. Maybe it’s because of the actual battle. I won’t ask where you actually fought… … . Is it your ability or talent that your body posture changed in just one day?”
“Your ability is great. Maybe your talent too. I don’t know if it’s talent for you or not.”
“It is often said that talent is knowing ten things after hearing them, but for those who wish to practice martial arts, all they need is the talent to remember and not forget what they have seen. Above all, there is too much education that must come before teaching martial arts with fixed forms and styles… … .”
Dokgoyeon raised his index finger and pointed it at Ban Yuwon.
“First, just this one thing.”
Slowly, steadily.
However, as the fingers filled with great strength cut through the air and reached his eyes, Ban Yu-won could not even dare to move and could only watch.
[Guan (貫)]
A movement that focuses solely on passing through a point.
If this continued on, I was sure his eyes and head would be pierced.
Ban Yu-won was so absorbed in the depth of the concept of ‘derived from human movement’ that he felt it for the first time in his life that he couldn’t come to his senses.
“liar.”
The fingers were soon withdrawn.
Dokgo Yeon said with a happy smile.
“Do you intend to belittle yourself when you have the talent to instantly understand a martial art that was shown to you just once?”
“… … Okay, from now on I’ll go around bragging.”
When Ban Yu-won, who had barely regained his senses thanks to her talking to him, responded with a joke, Dokgo Yeon chuckled and gave an additional explanation.
“Stabbing. It doesn’t matter whether you use a fist, a sword, a spear, or anything else, but what I just showed you is the most basic and ultimate ‘meaning’ of stabbing. There may be countless applications, such as how many times you stab, where you stab, what you imitate, and what kind of energy you stab with, but this is the ‘ultimate of the basics.’ Don’t forget it.”
“The extreme of basics… … .”
Maybe that’s the concept?
The concepts that Ban Yu-won deals with also all start from one central meaning, but by mixing or adding other things to it, many other concepts can be created.
However, ironically, in the movements of Dokgoyeon, who trained only one concept to the extreme, the ultimate of the basics, a much deeper power was felt than the concept that was born from mixing many things.
‘What I’m saying is that you shouldn’t focus too much on mixing concepts.’
Of course, what should not be misunderstood is that the movement that Dokgo Yeon just showed was not the extreme of stabbing in general, but the extreme of stabbing for Dokgo Yeon.
There are many Chinese characters that mean to stab, so why did Ban Yu-won capture the character for stab (貫) in her movements?
That’s because, for her, stabbing is a fatal move that will surely pierce through the target.
‘This is better for me. Strong is best.’
Ban Yu-won took out a sword from his inventory and held it.
Dokgo Yeon nodded and stepped aside, then gestured to him and showed him the gesture of kwan once more.
Seeing the attack coming at him and the action of stabbing into the air gave him another insight.
“Can you do it now?”
“It would be completely impossible, though.”
“If I could follow along perfectly, all the years I’ve spent would have been meaningless.”
Dokgo Yeon laughs as if telling a funny joke.
When she smiled quietly, she looked so beautiful that it didn’t even bother me that her pupils were cross-shaped.
“Phew.”
Next to him, Ban Yu-won raised his sword, took a deep breath, then aimed at a point in the air and stabbed it with his sword.
Once again, and once again.
At first, it was at a miserable level where I couldn’t even feel a shred of sincerity, but the second time, the stab suddenly gained momentum, and by the third time, I could clearly feel the concept of a coffin.
-Wedge!
And the fourth, the air tore open and made a noise.
However, Ban Yu-won, who thought that it was only a small step compared to what Dokgo Yeon had shown, frantically drew his sword again… …!
“Stop. I can’t control the intensity yet, so if I keep doing this, the room will get damaged.”
Before he could scream, Dokgoyeon grabbed his arm.
It was very strange how the cross in her eyes kept growing and shrinking.
Dokgo Yeon gave instructions to Ban Yu-won, who was out of breath and putting away his sword.
“You remember what I showed you, right? Test the rest later in a larger area, or against enemies you can kill.”
“okay.”
Ban Yu-won nodded absentmindedly.
As he did so, several Babylonian code notifications appeared before his eyes.
[I have succeeded in observing and understanding the concept of movement and incorporating it into myself, and my depth of reading ability has reached 110.]
[Understand and master the concept of martial arts. Swordsmanship is absorbed as a sub-concept of martial arts.]
[Realize and master the concept of Guan (貫). The depth of Guan has become 16.]
’16?’
After sparring with my older sister like that, the swordsmanship I absorbed concepts from the goblins all day yesterday was at 14.2?
Ban Yu-won hurriedly checked his internal code, and when he saw the part that said ‘Martial Arts 36 [Swordsmanship 20, Cunning 16]’, he let out a sigh.
Even though it was spread with a sword, the crown became a separate concept from swordsmanship, and the two were combined to form a martial art.
It was surprising that his swordsmanship had grown to nearly 6… … .
To put it somewhat hastily and briefly, at this very moment, his fighting skills have more than doubled.
However, unlike the cheerful Ban Yu-won, Dokgo Yeon’s feelings seemed somewhat complicated.
“I never imagined that from the beginning, you would show your true intentions without being swayed by the shape of the weapon.”
“Oh, so that’s why.”
When Ban Yu-won nodded in admiration after realizing the reason why the concepts of swordsmanship and martial arts are separate from Dokgo Yeon’s words, Dokgo Yeon looked puzzled.
“hmm?”
“No, it’s nothing. I think it was because you showed me a movement that wasn’t restricted by weapons that I was able to accept it as it was.”
“You not only understand it completely when I show it to you, but you even go so far as to unfold it. You really have taken my soul away in just two days since we met.”
“That was a really good lesson. I’ll leave the elixir to you from now on.”
“I suffered an unexpected loss.”
Dokgoyeon grumbled and backed away from him.
And then.
“So, we will make up for the loss in the future. Be prepared.”
“Huh.”
He left behind words that were frightening just to hear and disappeared from that place.
Only then did Ban Yu-won realize that lunch break was coming to an end, so he hurriedly put on his student ID and left the classroom.
‘Since we’re going to the same lecture hall anyway, let’s go together. … … Hmm, it seems like the afternoon lecture is mostly about taking notes.’
Since we’ll just be sitting and listening to the professor’s lecture anyway, there won’t be any arguments about having a sparring session like in the morning.
Of course, Ban Yu-won also knew very well that things would inevitably happen only when he thought that way, so he decided to at least make the minimum preparations.
