Episode 969
“Kuaaaah!”
After Martha reached the top of the sand mountain, she looked up at the sky and screamed.
“This f*cking heat!”
She felt like she had stepped into a boiling pot, brushing the sand off her arms and legs.
“These damn sand dunes are not adaptable.”
Burren stood next to Martha, gasping for air.
“I still feel like I’m gaining weight.”
He muttered that it was hard and shook his reddened hands.
“help me….”
Runaan lowered his eyes, swaying like a reed in the wind.
“Hey, here, have some water.”
Dorian took a cool flask of water from his waist pocket and handed it to Runaan.
“thanks….”
Runaan couldn’t even say thank you and just bit the water bottle like a baby.
“Me too! Give it to me too!”
The goblin reached out and snatched the water bottle from Dorian’s hand. The amount of sweat had decreased significantly, as if much of the alcohol had drained from him.
“Eat slowly.”
Mark Gotten wiped the sweat from Dokke’s forehead with pity.
“Nooooooooo….”
The crane stomped its feet hard and twisted its mouth.
“How can that person finish treatment so quickly and come out?”
He shouted that he couldn’t understand Raon.
“They say Lady Alice ascended to Transcendence again, but how did she do it in three days without even lifting the curse! I thought it would take at least a week!”
Crane kicked the sand on the floor, shouting that Raon had come out of the training room too quickly.
“Do you still doubt that monster?”
Trevin patted Crane on the head and called him an idiot.
“I felt it from the moment I first saw Raon. I immediately realized, ‘Ah, that person is different from us.’”
He smiled faintly, saying that he could sense Raon’s extraordinary nature from their first encounter.
“That guy knows too.”
Burren shook his chin as he watched the fist-waving crane.
“That’s right. It’s hard, so I’m just throwing a tantrum.”
Martha snorted and slapped Crane on the back.
“Kkuek!”
The crane, suddenly hit, fell to the hot sand and screamed.
“I want to eat bead ice cream… .”
Runaan seemed to be struggling and was acting unusually irritable.
“Is this ice cream?”
She put her mouth to the floor, dazed, thinking the golden sand was lemon-flavored ice cream.
“Is this really crazy!”
Martha reached out her hand urgently to stop Runaan from eating the sand.
“Wake up, you sleepyhead!”
She affectionately brushed the sand off Runaan’s face, though her expression was still crumpled.
“Hehe, hehe!”
“Ugh… .”
As Yua and Julius climbed the sand dune for the last time, all the inspectors of the Gwangpungjeon finished climbing.
“Wh, drink some water….”
Dorian, who helped create this sand dune, watched the situation closely and sprinkled water on it.
“But where did our Jeonju guy go?”
Martha looked around with narrowed eyes to find Raon.
“Just like that personality, he’s watching us from a gloomy place… .”
“They’re behind you?”
As Crane clicked his tongue, Raon’s voice was heard from behind him.
“Keeeeeek!”
“Ugh!”
Crane and Dorian next to him jumped up like startled rabbits.
“I watched you guys climb up from behind.”
Raon nodded as he looked at the wind-blown inspectors one by one, from Burren to Yua.
“Now that he’s adapted to the sand, he’s climbing up fine.”
He smiled with satisfaction, saying that the movements were good.
“Hey, can’t you stop this?”
The monster let out a long sigh with the eyes of a rotten fish.
“I really can’t breathe, I feel like I’m going to die….”
He shook his head, asking people to consider his age as well.
“That’s why!”
The crane nodded as it came forward.
“Training is good, but no matter how high I go, I can’t get used to it. It’s always hard!”
He lowered his eyebrows, as if to say, “Wouldn’t it be better to change our ways?”
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“They all say they’re going to die, but they all look fine?”
Raon shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the Gwangpungjeon inspectors.
“Not just you, but everyone.”
“uh…?”
Crane blinked and looked back.
“Hmm… .”
“Now that I think about it, it seems like things have gotten better than before… .”
“It’s hard, but I feel like I can endure it.”
The Gwangpungjeon inspectors tilted their heads as they looked at themselves still standing intact.
“The first day, you all collapsed after climbing this sand dune twice. But… .”
Raon raised his finger and pointed to the sand dune everyone had climbed up.
“This is the third time I’ve climbed it today, and it’s still standing fine.”
During the first training, the Gwangpungjeon inspectors collapsed as if they were fainting after completing the second climb. They could see that their physical and mental strength had been completely drained, so they could not be trained any further.
But the current Gwangpungjeon inspectors were standing still and looking at themselves even after finishing their third climb.
“Me, it’s not me…?”
Runaan lay leaning against the sand like melted ice cream, barely able to wiggle his fingers.
“… … .”
Raon turned his head slightly.
-Are you ignoring me?
Lars rolled his eyes as if he found it ridiculous.
“In addition, I increased the heat of the sand little by little every day. The flames embedded in the sand today are twice as strong as the first day.”
Raon touched the sand with his hand and nodded.
“Hey, you turned up the heat?”
“I had no idea….”
“So that’s why you couldn’t adapt.”
Burren, Martha, and Trevin laughed, as if they now understood why he had difficulty adjusting to the heat.
“You have grown a lot in the meantime. Your mental power has been sharpened to a blade, and your physical abilities have also greatly developed.”
Raon spoke with confidence and released the restrictions that had been placed on the bodies and danjeon of the Gwangpungjeon Inspectors.
“ah….”
“I feel powerful from the tips of my toes.”
“It feels like all the weight has disappeared from my body.”
The Gwangpungjeon inspectors felt the change in themselves through the revived aura and physical abilities, and their whole bodies trembled.
It felt similar to the thrill you get after gaining a large amount of ability points.
“That’s not all.”
Raon raised his finger at the Gwangpungjeon inspectors.
“You’ve also gained fire resistance by climbing the sand dunes. You should be able to ignore low-level fire magic.”
The heat that he had generated by heating the sand today was stronger than the 3rd circle flame magic. Now, the tempest swordsmen can ignore the flame magic below the 3rd circle.
“I can’t believe I achieved this much growth just by climbing a hill….”
Burren looked at his hands as if he found it ridiculous and let out a hollow laugh.
“There’s a reason why that guy got such great praise from the master.”
Martha nodded, saying she now understood the expressions on Glenn and Karun’s faces after they left the room.
“Johnmot Raon… .”
Runaan shouted, “It doesn’t matter if you’re stronger, but it’s annoying that you’re the one who pushed me into this heat.” It must have been hard for you since you have a cold constitution, but I admire you for following me to the end.
-The king followed too!
Lass waved his hand, saying that even his soul was made of ice.
-Since we’ve endured this heat, let’s eat some bead ice cream today!
‘… … .’
I just ignored it.
-Hey! Don’t ignore the King!
Raon turned a deaf ear to Ras’s cries and checked the status of the Gwangpungjeon Inspectors again. Seeing that they still had some stamina left, it seemed like they could move on to the next stage right away.
“What do you think I can do now?”
The crane grinned, doing somersaults in the air as if delighted by its rapid growth.
“Hey! That’s not what I meant….”
Burren tried to stop him, but it was too late.
“Do you think I can do anything?”
Raon covered Burren’s mouth and smiled at the crane. I was wondering how I could start the second training right away, but thanks to those words, I felt like I could start right away.
“uh…?”
The crane swallowed dryly, feeling that it had been mishandled.
“Now, wait a minute. That’s not what I meant….”
“Good. We have permission from our own crane, so we can go right away.”
Raon told everyone to follow him and then went down the sand dune.
“crane….”
“I knew you could do it with that snout.”
“I’ll see you after training today… .”
The inspectors descended the sand dunes, cursing the crane with their ventriloquism.
“Ugh!”
Crane frowned and clutched his head as if he was thinking about what was going to happen next.
“You ended up doing it.”
Then Dorian grabbed Crane’s shoulder and chuckled.
“I’m done!”
He hummed as he descended the mountain, saying that he was now finished with being bullied by the sand dunes.
“Zenjaaaaang!”
The crane snarled and hit his snout.
* * *
Raon stood in the 5th training ground and looked at the Gwangpungjeon inspectors.
“Wow, that’s scary….”
Crane swallowed hard and lowered his gaze.
“Don’t be afraid! We’ve overcome that hellish sand mountain!”
Martha slapped Crane on the back, shouting at him to be confident.
“Okay. Cheer up.”
“We can do it if we stick together.”
Burren and Trevin nodded, saying it would be okay.
“That, that’s not it….”
Crane bit his lip and rolled his eyes.
“It was obvious that the Lord would call me first!”
He sniffed, clearly intending to summon himself first, shouting out something like a unique crane or something.
“ah….”
“That’s true.”
Burren and Martha nodded as if they understood Crane’s fear.
“Rest in peace….”
Dorian took the statue of the goddess out of his belly pouch and prayed to her as if she were already dead.
“This crazy guy!”
It was when Crane ground his teeth and swung his fist at Dorian.
Kuuung!
Raon caught everyone’s attention by striking the ground with the Jecheon Sword.
“The second training begins now. As you can see, it is a duel between me and you. The first opponent is….”
“Ugh!”
The crane came forward on its own even though Raon didn’t call it.
“Martha. Forward.”
But Raon called Martha first, not Crane.
“Huh? Me?”
Martha came forward with her eyes wide open as if in amazement.
“Huh? Oh, oh, oh, oh!”
Crane shrugged his shoulders and stepped back, shouting that he was alive. A blush had returned to his once dark, dying complexion.
“Draw your sword and attack with all your might.”
Raon nodded, telling her to try anything.
“Okay. Don’t complain even if you die.”
Martha rushed forward, gritting her teeth. She unleashed a heavy sword strike while holding up the completed Kang-Hwan.
Hooooooooooo!
Martha’s sword strike, which seemed to carry the weight of the earth, fell, but Raon easily parried her sword strike with his thin sword.
“Ugh!”
Martha was pushed back, unable to withstand the force of the blow from Laon’s sword.
Phew! Phew!
Laon didn’t miss the opportunity and followed suit, hitting Martha on the waist.
“Ugh… .”
Martha couldn’t withstand the sudden shock and rolled on the floor.
“I don’t think you can even handle that much.”
He waved his hand, telling Raon to give up if he couldn’t get up.
“Who are you talking to?”
Martha gritted her teeth, got up, and struck Raon again with the sword that held the weight of the sky.
Wooooow!
Raon resonated the ring of fire. Following Martha’s swordsmanship, he showed her the way to become stronger.
Kyaaaaah!
Although they clashed with the same swordsmanship, Martha was pushed back, leaving deep footprints on the floor of the training hall.
“shit!”
Martha seemed to be hurt by her pride at being pushed back by her own swordsmanship and rushed forward, screaming evilly.
Oh my god!
Raon shook his head and lightly pushed the angry Martha away.
“Think. Think about how your sword is different from mine.”
He pressured her with Martha’s swordsmanship and gave her the most important advice.
‘What do I lack?’
Martha narrowed her eyes like thread as she looked at Laon’s sword.
‘Come to think of it….’
Raon was swinging his sword with a similar strength and speed to himself, without using his own strength.
‘What? Why am I being pushed back even though we have the same swordsmanship?’
He couldn’t understand why he was the only one being pushed back, even though they had similar strength, aura, and swordsmanship.
“If you don’t know, you have to keep hitting.”
Laon smiled brightly, contrary to his harsh words, and patted Martha all over her body.
-Isn’t this just a stress reliever?
Lars laughed in disbelief.
‘Absolutely not.’
Raon raised his lips as he watched Martha get up despite being hit like that.
‘Look at those eyes.’
Even though Martha’s whole body was covered in bruises, her eyes did not die down. If she didn’t have a sword, she looked like she could bite and hang on with her teeth.
“Eww!”
Martha ran towards Raon, screaming. When she was pushed back, she ran again, and when she was bounced off, she ran again.
Pubber pubber pubber!
Now I can’t even count how many times I’ve been right.
‘What the hell is different!’
Martha gritted her teeth as she blocked Raon’s sword strike with her body.
‘That guy’s sword and my sword are exactly the same… Huh? Wait a minute!’
Why did that guy gather the auras near the swordfight?
Unlike himself, who had an aura surrounding his entire sword, Raon had a lot of aura surrounding his sword.
‘no way!’
Martha bit the tip of her tongue and kicked the ground. Like Raon, she focused her aura on the sword and swung her sword down.
Kuwaaaaang!
A huge explosion occurred as her aura-filled sword strike and Raon’s sword strike clashed.
Crackle! Crackle!
Unlike before, Martha did not bounce away right away, but stood with her swords facing Raon.
“Is it really that much of a difference to add weight by tilting the aura towards the sword?”
Martha’s shoulders shook as if she had had a sharp realization.
“I didn’t know it would be this trivial….”
“Change and growth originally come from very small things.”
Raon said he was glad she noticed and patted Martha’s shoulder, where blood was dripping down.
“No, if it’s something like this, then you can tell me… .”
“It has meaning only when you realize it yourself.”
The unmanned must be able to figure out what their own problems are in order to move up. The first patriarch would have wanted to know this as well.
“Next Burren.”
Laon motioned for Martha to step aside and then called Burren.
“please!”
Burren greeted him politely and approached the center of the training ground.
“Phew… .”
The crane breathed a sigh of relief.
‘thank god.’
I was nervous seeing Marta rolling around like she was going to die, but fortunately my name wasn’t called. It seemed like they were going to finish off all the executives and then proceed with the general prosecutors’ sparring.
‘If I do it right, I might not have to do it today?’
Raon had been fighting Buren for over two hours. At this rate, it seemed like he would have to fight him again the day after tomorrow.
‘Should I take sick leave?’
While I was wondering how to get out, Raon turned around.
“Martha. As I have enlightened you, now it is your turn to enlighten others.”
Laon motioned to Martha not to rest but to take care of the inspectors below.
“At first… .”
Raon looked at the crane with an eerie smile.
“You know who it is, right? You can pay me back for what I did to you.”
He turned around again, saying that I could do whatever I wanted.
“Huh? Oh, oh, oh!”
The crane trembled all over like a person struck by lightning.
“Good. Very good.”
Martha grabbed Crane’s shoulder with a sinister smile.
“Follow me. This older sister will kindly teach you.”
Her cold eyes flashed as if she was going to repay everything Raon had done to her.
“Now, wait a minute! I will learn from the master! Please save me!”
Crane knelt down, saying he absolutely hated Martha’s opponent.
“Yeah. Don’t worry. You’ll learn from me too.”
Raon smiled and shook his head.
“no!”
“Okay!”
Martha grabbed Crane by the scruff of his neck and dragged him into a corner.
“AAAAAHHHH!”
“After all, the starting point is the unique crane.”
Raon nodded in satisfaction as he heard the crane’s scream.
-That crazy guy… .
Lars shook his head as if he was really fed up.
* * *
After finishing his training in the Gwangpungjeon, Raon returned to the annex at dawn.
I didn’t have the energy to admire the garden, so I was about to go straight to my room when I saw someone standing in front of the lake. It was a familiar back view.
‘Why are you here?’
Raon walked straight to the lake and bowed.
“Meet the lord!”
“Don’t make any noise. Others are sleeping.”
Glenn turned around slowly. He covered his mouth with his finger as if telling her not to raise her voice.
“sorry.”
“How is the training of the inspectors progressing?”
“Thanks to your good guidance, I am growing faster than I expected.”
He said that if things go smoothly, everyone will be able to grow by one level before long.
“You are a unique person, applying the training methods you learned in your own room to your subordinates.”
Glenn looked at Raon with eyes filled with pride.
“For ordinary martial artists, the most important training method is to hide it.”
“Because it’s good for everyone to become stronger together.”
Laon said without a moment’s hesitation that he wanted to become stronger together with everyone in the Gwangpungjeon.
“is it.”
Glen nodded with a thin smile on his lips.
“I’m sorry to bother you, but I have a favor to ask.”
He smacked his lips, saying that he might not be able to practice as a Gwangpungjeon inspector for a while.
“Is this a mission?”
Raon let out a short breath and narrowed his eyes.
“It is a mission, but it will be more important than that.”
Glenn took a white envelope out of his bosom. There were five stars drawn on the outside of the envelope.
“The Five Emperors’ Conference.”
He handed me a letter that felt noble.
“I would like you to participate as a hero who killed Heuktapju.”
