Geomje reincarnated as a swordsmith (7)
The parade ground became quiet for a moment.
This was because the atmosphere between Leonard standing straight and looking at the senior instructor and the senior instructor meeting his gaze was strange.
Be cocky right now! It seemed like he was going to shout, but the senior instructor was one of the three strongest men in this training center. That experience is also difficult to compare to that of babies.
His pioneering eye, which had trained thousands of blood relatives, could see through Leonard in front of him to some extent.
‘This child is not arrogant or overconfident…’ .’
Hundreds of students, as well as himself and the instructors, are paying attention, and there is no wavering.
It is as quiet as a mirror or still water.
It felt similar to when I saw the leaders in charge of Cardenas’ armed forces reaching the end of their strength and becoming ordinary.
But even as a senior instructor, I couldn’t trust that intuition.
‘No, that went too far again. Anyway, it is clear that this child is on a different level from the blood relatives he has experienced so far.’
Senior instructor Bruno thought as he smoothed his mustache.
‘If we put one instructor in charge and protect it, it won’t be in too much danger, and we can see its potential. It will be stimulating for other students as well. It’s also great as a variable.’
You cannot become a strong person by growing it like a flower in a greenhouse.
Even if you have powerful physical abilities and massive auras, being defeated by those who are weaker than you is real combat and a proper battlefield.
The ability to control variables that could be advantageous or disadvantageous to oneself was essential. This outdoor training was also aimed at breaking the mold of children who had mastered only the textbook basics.
Bruno, who had finally reached a conclusion, opened his mouth.
“good night!”
Then the instructors and trainees looked at him in surprise.
It seemed like only Leonard knew how to do that.
“If you were arrogant, I would have made you injured and put you in a random group. If you were confident, I would have dropped you in the deepest part of the forest. But you are neither!”
It was natural.
It is survival in an environment where there are no monsters or poisons that could threaten children, in a forest that is nothing but an imitation and not the real thing.
The North Sea, which was a snowy plain in the empty plain for a hundred miles, Odoksan Mountain in the South Manchuria, where not even the Four Thousand Dangmun could survive without blood poison, and the scorching heat desert, which was no different from the walls of the Saeroy Forest.
Geomje Yeon Mu-hyuk broke through without falling or breaking.
It was a situation where there was no room for anything other than arrogance.
‘It’s not an experience that will change just because your body is a little younger.’
Leonard eventually joined Group 6 alone, monopolizing the trainees’ attention throughout the trip to the forest.
Number 1, who was agitated by the sight of receiving more attention than himself, Number 2, who watched while smiling, and Number 3 and 4, who steadily glanced at each other while leading the group of children.
Leonard, who felt those gazes due to his sensitive senses, let out a long sigh.
‘I hope you don’t bother me in the forest.’
It was truly a naive wish.
* * *
“This is the entrance to the forest!”
After marching for nearly an hour, the children arrived at the forest where outdoor training was taking place.
Leonard, who felt the enormity of the site of the Cardenas family’s mansion, was unusually shocked. At this level, even the imperial palace in the Central Plains was like a wealthy neighborhood house compared to Cardenas.
The number of buildings and people that I vaguely saw before arriving at this forest was enormous, and among them were several powerful people who were at a level that even Yeon Moo-hyeok, the sword emperor from his previous life, could not ignore.
‘It truly deserves to be called the continent’s strongest sword family.’
The ever-boiling passion for victory shook his composure.
“Whoa,” the fighting spirit burns in the exhaled breath.
People who saw it had slightly different thoughts.
“… I felt a little shaken after facing the forest. “Are you saying a child is still a child?”
“I am a child who has always lived in a mansion. You may have gained knowledge from a book you saw somewhere or a story you heard from someone, but applying it in practice is another matter.”
The senior instructor, the instructor, Bruno and Gerard exchanged words.
“But being bold is the same thing. “I’m sure there are a few instructors who didn’t notice the shaking.”
“I am a completely different person than I was before I went to the doctor’s office. “It looks like Owl even checked to see if he was a spy.”
Bruno’s eyes narrowed for a moment at those words.
“result?”
“It’s white. “Without a single stain.”
“Thank goodness. “I don’t have to cut a child with my own hands.”
“Since five years ago, we have made more thorough assessments.”
Five years ago, several unnoticed associates of Cárdenas were recruited by a foreign country and sent their children as spies.
Naturally, the results were not good.
There was no way that Cardenas, who was no different from the dragon blood, could not catch it, and the knights who found out about the parents and their back line through the children mercilessly sprayed blood.
Even the children caught up in a situation that was tantamount to treason could not run away from that responsibility.
“I don’t want to talk about that day any more.”
Bruno shook his head a few times and then looked away.
He instructed while looking at the distant sky.
“Just three more hours and the sun will set. “Let’s get all the kids in before then.”
“All right.”
Gerard bowed lightly and ran up to the platform in front of where the children were gathered.
“fist!”
His booming voice drew the trainees’ attention.
“From now on, each group will receive camping supplies and precautions under the leadership of the leader, and enter the forest in order of number of people! Group 6, the earliest group, will enter 15 minutes later! “Do you understand?”
“““Yes, instructor!”””
The reason for allowing entry in the order of fewer people was simple.
The greater the number, the more resources and areas it can occupy. So, it allows us to take the lead even a little bit.
However, that priority was not absolute.
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“In this forest, you are allowed to fight with trainees from other groups and take their resources and badges! If you submit the badge to an instructor stationed at a designated location, you will receive points that can be exchanged for food or tools! Of course, the higher the badge number, the more points you get!”
Rules that encourage trainees to compete.
As soon as they heard that, the leaders of each group changed their expressions.
Simply put, it is advantageous to be in a group with a large number of players, but conversely, it also means that there are many badges and points that can be taken away.
There are no rules prohibiting alliances or cooperation between teams.
Eliminate the most dangerous opponents first, and then you can decide who is superior or inferior.
“joy! Let the weak ones work hard together. “I am the one who wins!”
Absolute confidence that you can win even if you face all three!
Number 1 growled, glaring at number 2, number 3, and number 4 in turn without averting his gaze even once. The three leaders also confronted him without any fear or anything.
Five trillion people held their breath for fear of daring to go against their wishes.
Since it was a group that did not have a high-ranking number that could be considered a focal point, it was natural for them to become prey.
‘For survival training, they give us a lot of supplies. ‘Survival in the wild is a secondary factor, and the main purpose is to fight each other among the trainees.’
Either way, Leonard was unpacking the camping supplies he had received and sorting out what to use and what not to use.
There was no need for things like single-person barracks.
“Number 25, are you not going to use the barracks?”
“yes.”
“… “It’s your decision, so you have to bear the consequences.”
“of course.”
The instructor who saw his classification work tried to intervene, but his attitude was so stern that he had to back down.
Leonard stopped his hand only after he had emptied nearly half of the contents of the backpack he had initially received. Emergency medicine and flint were essential, and all perishable food and heavy tools had been removed except for one or two items.
‘I think it’s worth carrying around like this.’
There were some items worth taking with him, but the decision was made considering his physique.
Even though Cardenas’s lineage was great, if he got greedy with this body, there would be problems later. Too much is too much (過猶不及). All I needed was to find something else in the forest.
It was then.
“Can I talk to you for a moment?”
Behind his back, the boy who had been blatantly pretending to be popular, number 4, spoke up with a smile on his face.
Unlike number 1 or number 2, it had an ordinary appearance.
Neither beautiful nor ugly. A boy with thin glasses covering his eyes and a gentle smile like a still life painting. The polite, even polite, expression made him seem more moderate.
Leonard just nodded as if asking him to say something.
“Haha, thank you. Are you reticent? “Then you will like my proposal even more.”
“If you’re asking me to stick by your side… ”
“no. Well, it’s not completely wrong.”
Number 4, who had cut off his refusal a beat, smiled shyly and continued talking.
“Number 25, you don’t like people disturbing you, right? Just post your name in my faction and I will prevent other factions from interfering with you. “You don’t need to help me or fight with me.”
Leonard internally laughed at those words.
I felt a sense of deja vu, as if I had seen it somewhere before, and it looked a lot like the snakes I saw in Zhuge Family.
These are people who let down their guard with their smiling faces and seemingly innocent appearance, and then stab others in the back of the head. Compared to those snake bastards, this boy’s camouflage was much lacking.
‘Are you trying to use me to join the winning faction by raising your own price by 4 trillion won? Then, if I leave, he will deny what he said and blame it all on me.’
Due to my experience at Kangho, I could easily see through the manipulations of number 4, but I had no intention of bringing up the details and refute them. Even if you tell them that, it will only make the other person more wary.
So Leonard responded to strategy number 4 with the superiority of an ignorant swordsman, something that Geomje Yeon Moo-hyeok also loved.
“go away.”
“yes?”
“I don’t trust people with long tongues. If you’re going to say no, then he should have a fight here.”
The trainees who overheard the conversation between the two people flipped out.
I never would have thought that there would be someone in my immediate family who would challenge me to a match even before outdoor training had just begun!
Yet, for some reason, it felt like their blood was boiling too.
It was their true nature as warriors that they realized for the first time in their lives.
“you are… “You’re arrogant.”
And for the first time, No. 4’s gentle face cracked.
“I understand why Number 1 hates you. It’s homophobic. But you are not as strong as number 1.”
“You speak as if you know everything, but it seems you have no confidence in the end. “I saw that you didn’t pull it out and just used your tongue.”
“You will regret it.”
“Make him regret it.”
Number 4 struck his molars and pulled out a wooden sword.
The instructors also watched without stopping.
With hundreds of pairs of eyes watching, Number 4 naturally swung the wooden sword and aimed for Leonard’s neck.
A horizontal cut that is even honest.
Taaaaah!
Before I knew it, the wooden sword Leonard had drawn blocked it.
Attack and defense.
It was an exchange equivalent to a union, but for some reason, Number 4 muttered with his eyes wide open.
“uh… “How?”
Most of the trainees reacted as if they had no idea what was going on, but some trainees and instructors were reflecting on the sense of discomfort they had just felt.
Leonard, who realized the cause of the discomfort before anyone else, smiled happily.
The powers of immediate blood relatives were all interesting.
‘This guy’s ability is also interesting. Didn’t you interfere with my cognitive abilities, but went with the natural flow?’
Like water flowing, like the wind passing by.
A truly natural attack.
‘If you have two eyes, you can respond, but… If you let your guard down, you might get hit hard at least once.’
A power that cannot be recognized by the other person’s cognitive ability and makes them respond calmly even if a knife is pointed at them right in front of their eyes.
No killing, which is nothing short of a legend in the water spray industry. It is similar to the state of killing without any intention to live or kill. Its unusually non-threatening appearance may also be derived from this power.
I want to meet him after he grows up properly.
Leonard thought so and took away his wooden sword. At the same time, he whispered to Number 4, who had lost his will to fight.
“Don’t rely too much on that ability.”
“… what?”
“If you dig deeper into your swordsmanship without relying on tactics, you have a good chance of winning against number 1 or number 2.”
Number 4’s eyes widened at the sincere advice he gave.
“Now, wait… !”
Number 4 tried to say something later, but Leonard had already started entering the room with his backpack on.
In the meantime, 15 minutes had passed.
“Team 6, enter! And in 15 minutes, Group 5 will enter!”
Leonard disappears into the forest without looking back.
Number 4, as I looked at his back, for the first time in my life, I felt something burning inside me.
Is it an inferiority complex? no.
Feeling defeated? no.
It’s completely different from what I felt from number 1 and number 2.
‘I’m not sure.’
Still, it didn’t feel too bad.
Although the sword was blocked by collateral, number 4 turned around with a slightly clearer expression than usual.
The wooden sword in my hand did not want to fall.
As if to support a heart that had once been broken.
‘We’ll meet again in the forest, number 25.’
Then you will know what the heat in your heart is.
Number 4 thought so.
fantasy,
