Episode 8
-Relax your grip. Your shoulders are too tense. Don’t be fooled by the nonsense that your strength will naturally diminish as you practice swordsmanship. You need to build a solid foundation from the beginning to reach a high level.
He learned swordsmanship from the vice-captain of the Knights of Braio.
Although I only learned ascending swordsmanship in theory, I learned basic swordsmanship in detail.
Swaaaah!
Showed one of the first techniques of Braio’s swordsmanship.
The intention was to improve Sir Brown’s swordsmanship by teaching some parts of the swordsmanship, not all of it.
“Could you show me again?”
I learned a lot from the Duke of Braio, but I was bullied for not being able to properly perform even one move.
I, who used to be like that, am now clearly demonstrating my Brayo swordsmanship.
It wasn’t something to be admired, but it was enough to steal the spirit of a knight who had spent his entire life in the baron’s household.
“This time, try following along while practicing the aura. Take a half breath faster than before, and when you release the aura, feel as if you are pouring energy from the lower abdomen to the crown of your head.”
Sir Brown copied my movements several times.
Then they started hunting again.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Shhhhhhh! Taaaaak!
While I was hunting, the sun rose high in the sky.
It was the time when the beasts slept to escape the heat.
But I woke them up from their deep sleep.
Predators such as gray wolves, lynxes, hyenas, and spotted wolves inhabited the outskirts of the eastern forest.
They couldn’t get into the center of the forest.
It was because of the ‘goblins’ that even the Hebron Baron’s army could not do anything about.
‘If we just send three or four of the Duke’s knights, we can subdue the goblins.’
But this wasn’t Breyo.
Brown, the only knight of the Baron Hebron family, was not even worthy of being called a duke.
In the past, goblin numbers were reduced by periodically hiring mercenaries.
But now even that has become burdensome, so we have left them to breed.
The goblins reigned like kings in the eastern forest.
After two hunts, I approached the soldiers who were standing there blankly and asked them.
“Are you bored standing there?”
The soldier who faced me, Pulson, answered on behalf of the group.
“no!”
“No, really. My body feels like it’s going to be stiff. Isn’t it?”
“No! We’re fine!”
I answered with a serious face.
“Is it so easy to say that it’s okay? You say it’s okay when a soldier who receives a salary from the territory is just wasting his time absentmindedly? Isn’t the military discipline too lax? Even the young master you’re supposed to serve is sweating buckets while hunting wild beasts!”
Private Pulson looked around.
He racked his brain for an answer, then shut his eyes tightly and shouted.
“I’ll fix it! My body feels sore!”
“Really? Does everyone think the same as Pulson?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
“Good. I’ll fill up your free time. Everyone, listen up.”
I took a window and took a stance.
The soldiers followed me without a word.
It was thanks to seeing me teach swordsmanship to Sir Brown.
“The angle is like this. Align the tip of the spear with the space between your eyebrows. Think of your legs as shoulder-width apart, and from that position, take half a step forward with your left foot. Grasp the spear with both hands. Don’t hold your hands so that they’re touching, but think of an extra hand between your hands.”
I corrected the soldiers’ postures one by one.
That alone took quite some time. When everyone had assumed the same posture, I forcefully threw the spear out.
“From that position, extend your right foot and extend your spear. Like this!”
Phew!
The window moved forward, creating a crack.
In an instant, the spear extended beyond its length, almost closing the gap between itself and the enemy.
It was thanks to the mixing of footwork.
The soldiers who had thrown the spear directly looked at me in surprise.
I was a little surprised too.
The soldiers performed the spear technique that I had only understood in theory perfectly, beyond my expectations.
‘Individual abilities are weak, but when put together they are threatening.’
The spears of 30 regular soldiers simultaneously swung, forming a single current.
It gave the illusion that they were one body, which was the true value of the Monolith Spear.
“You guys practice this pose while I hunt, Pulson.”
“Chung! Pulson!”
“You put in the chant. The beat is Stab! … … Right on, Stab! … … Right on. If the chant is too low or the beat is too slow, go back to the barracks and start over.”
“insect!”
The soldiers looked stiff.
They were eager to learn the spearmanship I taught them right away.
It seemed to them that I had taught them the martial arts of ascension.
“Stab! … … Right where you are. Stab!”
The soldiers moved to the beat of Pulson’s call.
As they raised their voices and began swinging their spears, the wild beasts that had been glancing at them from the forest disappeared.
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Sir Brown came up to me and asked,
“Have you also learned spearmanship?”
The only martial arts Louis de Hebron learned from Brown were fencing and footwork.
“I learned it from a book. The Baron’s study was full of treasures.”
Brown was confused, unable to believe what I said or not believe it either.
Because Brown is the one who has seen my martial arts up close.
* * *
By the time the sun set, we had killed over 40 gray wolves and many more spotted wolves.
The people of the territory were able to survive for a while on meat alone from their prey.
No one coveted the spoils.
Because the game caught by soldiers belonged to the lord.
“Use this leather to make leather armor for soldiers.”
“The ash wolf’s skin is better sold as a luxury item than as armor.”
Lord Brown was a loyalist.
He thought of the poor lord before the needy soldier.
“Lord Brown.”
“Yes, your highness.”
“Is now the time for us to be nitpicking? The two of us hunted today, so there were no casualties. If they go into the forest and fight the goblins, how long do you think they’ll be able to come back alive?”
“Are you truly planning to conquer the Eastern Forest?”
“Yes.”
Sir Brown seemed to dismiss my words as the childish babble of a young master.
But now his expression has changed.
The thirty-eight-year-old knight, who knew everything about the world, took the nineteen-year-old master’s words to heart.
“I will obey your orders.”
Brown’s reaction was also understandable.
I would have lived my whole life without hope.
The vast majority of people considered it natural to end their lives imprisoned in Hebron.
Dusk has fallen.
From now on, times were more favorable for beasts than for humans.
I felt eyes on me from inside the forest.
As I raised my aura and gazed into the forest, my eyes met with those looking at me.
He was a goblin scout.
‘They’re smart enough to send out scouts instead of just attacking. They have a lot of forces. If you attack without a plan, you might get counterattacked… … .’
If they had charged into the forest in the current situation, Hebron would have suffered a crushing defeat.
If they invaded Hebron, our forces would suffer enormous losses. They clearly knew that.
‘If more forces gather, they will invade. We must strike first before that happens.’
* * *
I’ve been hunting beasts in the eastern forest for a whole month.
At first, it was just me and Brown, but after the soldiers learned the nine basic techniques of the Monolith Spear, we fought together.
A month is not that long.
But for someone who had been gritting his teeth his entire life, waiting for his talent to emerge, it was a time that felt like an eon.
‘it’s okay!’
I’ve become familiar with the Antaria Aura training method.
The large amount of aura absorbed throughout my body was spinning fiercely around my danjeon, accumulating in my danjeon.
The aura, which had accumulated layer by layer like dust, had now formed a solid crystal.
It was incomparably larger than anything before.
In its current state, Inferno’s full power could be used for more than 10 minutes.
He has skills that are comparable to those of a mid-level spirit magician.
But I couldn’t be satisfied with that.
‘It’s just a little bit better, but there were no people my age who were famous who could do worse than this. I’m still a long way from my brothers.’
The direct line of the Duke of Breyo came to prominence before the age of twenty.
The first was said to be the best knight in the Zenon royal family, the second was a promising magical talent, and the youngest made a contract with a high-level water spirit at the age of thirteen. Such rumors were mostly created by the Duke of Braiot.
Anyway, compared to them, I was average.
Besides, now I have one more mission added to my responsibilities.
‘I am the next lord of Hebron.’
It was something I had never thought of before.
At that time, I only thought about becoming the best, and managing the estate wasn’t even on my mind.
Even if I don’t step forward, the best talents in the kingdom will rule the dukedom.
-The territory is not ruled by the lord. He brings in useful people, puts them in his place, and uses them like puppets.
That’s the way I learned at Brayo.
It was the method of the authoritative nobles.
‘There are a few people who were abandoned among those who were on the list of recruits for the Duke. I brought them here thinking they were good guys, but when I actually opened up their deck, they were just so-so. Even those who were talented enough are more than enough for Hebron. For now, let’s fill in the gaps with them. No, let’s teach them the ways of Hebron that go beyond Braio.’
There were countless people who cried, made a fuss, and begged for a chance.
Those who were abandoned and had only their blood sucked resented Breyo, but could not bring themselves to confront him.
Some of them went into exile and lived like losers.
Because no matter which noble house he was invited to, it was not Braiot.
‘It’s unfortunate, but I can’t recruit the people who were once important to the Duke’s family. They may have been involved in my death.’
It would be difficult at the moment, but I had to eventually uncover the assassin’s identity and take revenge. That would make me feel better.
‘First, we need to open the road so we can send letters. After the eastern forest opens, we will gather people. Those who will overcome Braio together.’
He wore armor made of thin iron plates, and wore an ashen wolf skin over it.
My shoulders and stomach were tighter than a few days ago, so I had to stretch the straps.
In the meantime, my muscles have swelled.
I didn’t waste a single moment of the month.
I trained my physical strength every day, and I became familiar with the swordsmanship and aura training methods that I had only learned in theory.
I also adjusted Antaria’s swordsmanship to fit my body.
When necessary, he did not hesitate to bring in other swordsmanship techniques and combine them.
“I’m ready, your highness.”
Even Brown’s hardness is unrecognizable from a month ago.
Aside from the fact that his movements had become lighter, his face had become more lively.
His life as a journalist, which had been on a downward slope, reached a turning point.
He was growing faster than he had in his prime.
He himself felt the change.
As we went out to the parade ground, the soldiers were lined up.
Unlike before, the soldiers stood in line with no error whatsoever.
Only now did he look like a soldier.
“Who told you to rest?”
Just before my command was given, the soldiers moved quickly.
“Ta-ha-ha! Hap! Ta-ha-ha!”
The soldiers thrust out their spears in time with the spirit.
They were like a moving wall, and their walls were equipped with sharp siege weapons.
The soldiers deployed their Monolith Spear technique from start to finish before putting away their spears and standing up.
They stared into space, but their ears were open to me.
My parents sent me and the soldiers.
“Son, are you really going?”
“Yes, I’m going.”
My mother worried about me with her words and actions, and my father only worried about me with his eyes.
“Honey, it’s a man’s job. Don’t stop him.”
My father made clothes for my younger sister who was to be born six months later. Even though the child had not yet been born, my father was certain that the youngest child would be a girl.
That was my father’s hobby and specialty.
