Level up with swords (92)
Humans and Titans.
There are significant differences between the bodies of the two races, from weight to volume. If you swung your sword like you would against a human, you could have received a fatal counterattack in the gap.
Straight line cutting.
The sword that soars to the upper right strikes down sharply. The blow was aimed precisely at Kasim’s left knee.
‘Huh?!’
I missed it.
Leon, who punched the air, let out a look of astonishment without realizing it, but then realized the situation and opened his eyes wide.
The sword didn’t miss.
Cassim avoided it.
Even though I was looking at it with the <eye method>, I moved my feet as if I was slipping in an incomprehensibly clever way and escaped the path of the slash. The 〈Stepping Method〉 is so perfect that there is not even a trace of footsteps on the ground.
‘He is at least four levels higher than me.’
How can he handle the body of a Titan, which is several times larger and heavier than that of a human, like that!
Leon, covering his fear with fighting spirit, took a step forward.
2 meters.
A gap so close that two people can touch each other just by extending their arms and legs. Leon shook off his idle thoughts without thinking any more. If you go into a water fight anyway, you will inevitably lose. It is more effective to rely on your instincts rather than trying to think about things that may not work.
Taaang!
In response to Leon’s flash of horizontal slash, Cassim thoughtlessly flicked the blade away with the back of his hand. Without even a single second of error, she reacted as if she knew that would happen.
That’s not all.
Cassim took down the rain of slashes that followed without moving a single step.
With your fingers, the back of your hand, your elbow.
Find every loophole in the sword road and destroy the slash.
‘Nonsense… !’
It’s being attacked unilaterally, but we can’t move forward even an inch. Even when he swung the sword, its trajectory curved arbitrarily, and instead of cutting Kassim, the inside of his wrist began to throbbing.
Yu Kwon (柔拳).
If using one’s own strength to defeat an opponent is a technique of force, Yu-Kwon is a technique aimed at leading the flow by using the other person’s strength. The fundamental principles are several times more difficult than Gangwon, and it is difficult to master in practice, so masters are very rare.
However, Cassim was a Titan who was stronger than any other race, and was the first martial arts master that Leon had ever seen.
“Concentrate, priest.”
When you attack nearly 30 times in an instant, and all your attempts end in vain.
It was when Leon’s swordplay was very slightly disturbed.
Cassim’s hand stretched out with a word of advice and wrapped around the blade of the holy sword. The palm of his hand was burning as he held the Aurorfire with his bare hand, but Cassim did not even lift an eyebrow.
“Keuw!?”
not moving.
Leon pulled the sword with all his might, but he was unable to overcome the grip strength that Kassim exerted with his two fingers.
It was right after that.
Leon instinctively let go of the sword hilt and crossed his arms.
Quang!
His body was thrown several meters with a loud explosion.
It was a fist.
While holding Leon’s sword with one hand, he only punched his stomach once. In response to an attack that could not even be called his skill, Leon straightened his posture while coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood.
‘Is it like this even without using Aurors?’
However, this does not mean that all physical abilities are utilized. Kwonta accelerated twice using only the upper body, shoulders and elbows. The Titans’ immense power turns even the lightest blow into a deadly move.
Cassim threw the holy sword in his hand back to Leon.
“Yungneung steel making (柔能制剛) and strong ability danyu (剛能斷柔) have the same meaning. Just as softness suppresses strength, strength cuts off softness. “It is as simple as saying that whoever is better wins.”
The reason Leon’s sword was blocked in vain was because his capabilities were inferior to Cassim’s.
If only it were faster, if it was sharper.
If the sword path had been more thoroughly refined, interfering with the flow of power would have been many times more difficult. Although the opponent was not good, Leon was an unrivaled strong player in his age group.
“You still have strength left, right? “I’ll go one more time.”
Kassim, seeing through his remaining power, lowered his center of gravity.
It is defeated without death by the speed at which Leon can barely react, and the power at which he can barely block or avoid it.
It was a feat that no one but Kasim could imitate.
‘-come!’
The moment the back of my neck started to tingle, Leon moved.
Cough!
Finger pointing, in other words, gwansu (貫手).
Kasim’s large hand struck the holy sword like a spear blade. Both of her shoulders are creaking even after shedding more than half of her strength.
Leon, who took two steps back, took a break again.
Cassim wasn’t one to leave it alone.
Whoops! Okay! Whoops!
Repeated attacks poured in without any time to counterattack.
“Wow!”
Leon, who was hit three more times in an instant, vomited blood.
Even though I blocked it properly and released it, the aftereffects of the impact were still lingering inside my body. Even without using aurors, Kasim’s fighting skills were powerful, and the principle of light was inherent in all his movements.
The penetrator, which was said to be capable of inflicting significant damage even without a direct hit, was also a type of technology.
‘Damn, I can study.’
Leon rubbed his eyes, which were already starting to blur, and tried to see at least one more movement.
Like him, he is an inheritor of ‘Rodrik’s Martial Arts’.
Cassim’s movements beyond the master’s horizon and looking beyond it were literally like reference books. No matter how well El Cid explained it, it was still the same. It was impossible to see it in person once and encounter it in person once.
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[Okay, pay attention. It wouldn’t be that common to come back here.]
It’s not that it wasn’t, it was just as he said.
The Giant King and the Titans are the guardians of this 〈Dimension Crack〉, and they do not leave this mountain for any business.
I had to take advantage of this opportunity to make the most of it.
“Stopping your feet doesn’t mean you’ll stop completely. Center of gravity, inertia, bias of water and blood in the body… . “Only when you can recognize and manage all of them can you see the fundamental principles of Bobeop.”
As Kasim said that, he took a step forward.
A movement that doesn’t move an inch above the knees, yet doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all. Leon watched, without blinking, how a person who had reached the level of a natural body moved.
Jeongjungdong (still movement).
Dynamic stillness.
It appears to be stationary yet moving, and appears to be moving yet still.
That contradiction is one of the goals that martial artists must pursue.
‘Do not go against the resistance of the air, remove all unnecessary strength, and surrender to the great flow… .’
Achievements that would have taken weeks or months of effort to achieve if you practiced alone can be accomplished in just a few minutes.
Before he knew it, Leon’s body, which was in a trance, began to imitate Cassim’s movements. He releases the strength from his knees, bends his ankles and waist like soft reeds, and changes his direction at will.
My body, which had been stiff from tension, finally found freedom.
“Good.”
Kasim was delighted with the rapid progress, and raised his clenched fist like a rock.
It was good that he had gained enlightenment, but because he was in a trance, Leon’s strength was draining away. If I left it like that, it was clear that I would die of exhaustion in less than 30 seconds.
Stop before that happens.
pop!
The flowing fist broke the wall of sound, shaking Leon’s bangs with the explosion and shock wave.
The overflowing aura subsides inside his body, and his eyes appear to return to focus.
Without further warning, Kassim struck the next attack.
Quang!
I took half a step forward, closed the distance, bounced my deeply bent body as if I was falling, and landed a punch to the abdomen.
Leon reflexively raised his sword, but the shock wave transmitted through the holy sword pierced his stomach. The shock was so intense that my internal organs shook as if there had been an earthquake and my vertebrae rattled.
Leon, who somehow managed to not let go of the sword, flew backwards and was thrown awkwardly against the wall with such force.
“… … Shut up, shut up.”
Leon, unable to even scream, was lying on his back, panting.
《Hey, focus. If you get it right, you have to do it again.》
El Cid spoke in a spiteful voice from his grasp.
《Don’t rely on your muscles or aura. I think you move your body with your mind. It may sound like an old-fashioned theory of tenacity, but you have already demonstrated ‘will’. The first step of telekinesis, separating the body and mind, is already within you.》
While breaking countless wooden swords at the academy, Leon became aware of their unidentified power.
It’s not an auror or magical power.
It was especially not a rigid body technique that mobilized the body’s potential.
And El Cid said that power was ‘will’.
“Think about it carefully. It’s not like my muscles got stronger or my auras were amplified, but my destructive power increased? According to the laws of the material world, this is nonsense. Only telekinesis makes such an absurd phenomenon possible. ‘Will’ is the most primitive form of telekinesis.》
‘… What is the standard for distinguishing the two?’
《The difference is whether you can be conscious of it and deal with it or not. The power of telekinesis achieved through repetitive movements is ultimately only half. Anyone can do that if they become a master.》
If telekinesis was the hand, the will was the tool.
A fixed and limited method of operation that cannot be used in any other way once the purpose has been determined and created.
It was no different from just shoveling with the power to fly if you wanted to. If you settle into that position just because it’s comfortable, it becomes impossible to move forward again.
So El Cid was planning to use this opportunity to initiate Leon.
《It doesn’t matter even if it’s something very trivial. Try manifesting an unfamiliar phenomenon that you are not yet skilled at. The scale is pretty good. The important thing is whether you can do it or not. After determining how much you can do, you only need to increase your mental strength.》
Leon listened to that and closed his eyes.
It only moves the mind.
It is difficult for material life forms to understand the concept because they perceive the entire world based on their own bodies. Driving to the brink of death was also an attempt to remove half of the bonds from the body.
I continue to take on incredible challenges.
Looking down at Leon, who was sweating profusely from concentrating on his dying body, El Cid grinned.
[hmm.]
The wind was not blowing.
Still, a few strands of Leon’s hair were twitching.
* * *
[What, why did you call me again?]
El Cid grumbled with a sour face.
Leon’s training was in full swing, but the sudden interruption made him a little upset.
The other person seemed to have read the hint as well and spoke cautiously.
[――――――――.]
[what? Is it too much? And then you’re going to die?]
It was true that telekinesis training seemed dangerous.
However, El Cid snorted as if the words were absurd, and then said while glaring into the darkness.
[Didn’t you see him almost get killed by a passing lizard? I said I would teach you well, right? The day of the oracle is coming soon, so I need to be able to protect my body, right?]
[――――――.]
[This is the only way to awaken telekinesis. In any case, the power will increase considerably after the Holy Sword is awakened, so we must first teach it how to handle the power and what lies beyond it. is not it?]
Because it wasn’t wrong, the voice was silent.
Leon was not yet a proper hero.
With less than a month left until the day of the oracle, only then will all the seals on the Holy Sword be lifted and its true power can be unleashed. It is not a monster that does not need protection like Rodrik, but a decisive weapon that allows ordinary people to fight against the apocalypse.
If he was holding the perfect holy sword, Leon would become more than ten times more powerful than he is now.
[Is that enough?]
Even though he knew all that, El Cid snorted.
[Is ten times the current amount enough? No? That’s why they even resorted to expedient methods to throw me into this pile of scrap metal. The disaster that will come in this era is not something that the brats who have inherited the title of warrior can handle.]
[――――――――――.]
[I know what you’re worried about. I know, so don’t say more. You’re saying we’ll take care of everything? Even when I was alive, everything was resolved just as I said, right?]
[―――――! ―――!]
El Cid’s face fell as he heard the fierce protest. Because it was an inexcusable point.
[Ah, that was a bit of bad luck. It’s not really my responsibility… .]
[――――――――!]
[Oh, okay. It’s my fault. I will take proper care.]
On rare occasions, El Cid took a step back, but only after speaking a few more words did he close his mouth.
I guess there was a lot that had accumulated over that time.
El Cid, who was even in a cold sweat in the mental world, spoke.
[Oh yeah. How is the saint? They say the appointment ceremony is over.]
[――――――.]
[What is that reaction?]
When he questioned the unclear answer, the other person answered.
[――――. ――, ――――.]
[…] … what?]
El Cid, greatly embarrassed, muttered those words like a parrot.
[The saint is chasing after us alone?]
