Episode 17. Second Bae Hu-ryeong
No matter how strong a tree is, if it is not properly rooted, it can be blown over by a mere breeze.
Humans are no different from trees. If he does not lay the foundation properly, he will face unexpected situations.
Even if you have the ultimate technology, it is useless if your body cannot support it.
‘yes.’
In my past life, I was the strongest on the continent.
But he didn’t have the best body. No, to be precise, I couldn’t have it.
At the time, there was no known way to push the growing body to its limit.
But it’s different now.
Currently five years old.
I know how to grow better than I did then.
About how ineffective and wrong the training I received as a child was, and how I could gain a stronger body than others.
So, I have to focus on training from now on.
Because later on, we need to awaken the parts of our body that cannot be awakened after we have finished growing.
So I called my brothers to the training hall.
To create a body that would satisfy Brunhild, who would soon sign a contract with me.
“Brothers, I’d like to ask you to spar just this once.”
I spoke as politely as possible.
Of course, I don’t know how it will look to other people.
“Are you asking us to help you train?”
Tony, the fourth older brother, frowned.
Fifth Johnny, who followed him, thrust his fist right in front of my face with an absurd expression on his face.
“Is this guy really crazy? Do you really want to search today? “If you keep watching this, where are you going?”
The sixth Ronnie noticed and stopped the two.
“Hey guys, calm down. “If you touch that guy for no reason, Valentine’s sister may come.”
Tony and Johnny answered simultaneously.
“Now it doesn’t matter whether Sister Valentine comes or not!”
“That’s right, my mother told me not to worry because she would prevent anything from happening?!”
“Even Valentine, you can’t say anything to your mother.”
“that’s right! This time, her mother scolded her a lot. “This is how our fingers are made.”
Ronnie seemed dispirited and took a step back.
“Oh, yes. okay.”
I couldn’t help but sigh the whole time I was looking at them. I can’t believe these young guys, who are only six years old, are having a conversation like that to keep me in check.
“Tony, I didn’t come to fight today.”
“what? No, he said he would spar with me a little while ago.”
“that’s right. “Let’s spar, not fight.”
“… So you’re telling us to spar with you?”
“huh.”
“Crazy guy.”
“why?”
“I heard you’ve been training with Beth in swordsmanship lately. “A guy like that wants to spar with us?”
I nodded with a bright expression.
“huh.”
Tony seemed angry at this and shouted while pointing his finger.
“Are you really a fool? How can I beat a guy who practices with an official knight? “Are you trying to play with me now?”
“no.”
“Damn it if it’s not!”
“Not really. Also, the sparring I want to do with my brother today is not swordsmanship.”
“… then?”
I handed Tony, Johnny, and Ronnie the wooden swords I had prepared in advance and continued talking.
“evasion.”
“… evasion?”
“Yes, I want you three brothers to do their best to attack me with that sword. “I’ll just run away.”
Tony tilted his head.
“What does that mean? Are you telling us to hit you with a wooden sword?”
“huh.”
Johnny followed and continued the conversation.
“What happened to your hair? I thought it was strange from the moment we asked to spar. “Do you want me to hit you when you run away from us?”
“yes.”
Ronnie added, twitching the corner of his mouth as if he was excited.
“If it’s just a spanking, fine. Verdin, if you want, I’ll do my best.”
Different reactions.
But none of the three rejected my proposal. Because it was an opportunity to release all the resentment that had accumulated so far.
The three brothers looked at each other, smiled, and grabbed their wooden swords. After that, we started sparring right away.
In the spacious training hall, it was like playing tag. Three people with wooden swords were chasing me to hit me, and I was running away from them and reading the movements of the swords.
Boom-boo-boo!
Tony’s sword looked sluggish, as if a heavy weight had been attached to the handle.
“This guy is so damn fast.”
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Hiss! Hiss!
Johnny’s sword was fast, but he couldn’t control the distance, so he couldn’t reach me.
“What the f*ck? “Why doesn’t this fit?”
Shock! Shashashak!
Ronnie, who was in a good position, was able to read and avoid the sword in advance by repeating the same pattern.
“Keuung!”
easy. too easy. It was so easy to avoid.
The brothers’ sword strikes were all visible. Like a wave approaching from afar, I was able to read it in advance and avoid it.
As time passed, my body naturally responded to their attacks flowing in like a stream.
Without even having to think, my body reacted and avoided it.
This is an extra-sensory technique that would later be called ‘Dodge’. It was a limited ability that could only awaken a growing child.
Shock!
“Brothers, don’t just swing, try stabbing.”
Tony shouted feverishly.
“Dean, you didn’t bring Bae Hu-ryeong down here, did you?”
“That can’t be right.”
I continued as I glanced at the three brothers’ severed fingers.
“What are you going to do if you do that?”
“… “You unlucky bastard.”
Anyway, those three were better than I expected. To have mastered swordsmanship to that extent at the age of only six.
If I hadn’t experienced it in my past life, it would be strong enough to scare me.
Even if I entered the academy at that age now, I could top each grade.
‘but.’
That’s it.
The skills of those three were at a level that was outstanding among children their age. Their lack of stamina made their movements increasingly slow.
Tony was the first to collapse in his seat, breathing hard.
dump.
“ha… . ha… . “I am here.”
Johnny noticed and lay down next to him.
dump.
“brother… . me too… .”
Unlike the other two, Ronnie fought against me until the end.
Even though his hands and legs were shaking, his eyes were alive. Not only did he have the best swordsmanship among the three brothers, but his mental strength was also the best among them.
‘It’s different from back then.’
Ronnie in his previous life lacked sword skills and was dependent on Bae Hu-ryeong.
I look forward to the time when I become the owner of Harlem in the future.
I lowered my upper body low to avoid the sword flying horizontally, then walked right in front of him and grabbed the handle of the sword.
Pak.
“Brother, that’s it for today.”
Acquisition complete.
Since you have already mastered the technique, there is no need for further training.
Ronnie gasped and made eye contact with me, but then quickly averted his gaze and put away his sword.
“Do more.”
“later.”
“later? when.”
“… soon.”
* * *
The training ground where Verdin left.
Tony and Johnny were talking under their breath.
“under… . Dean, that guy is as fast as a rat. “How can the three of us attack you and not even hit you once?”
“So, bro. “He said he was training with that bastard Beth, and his movements got really fast.”
“Did you learn any special skills?”
“Have you learned how to run away? So as not to hit us. “Actually, if we don’t have Valentine, she’s our food, right?”
Tony let out a hollow laugh and scratched his forehead.
“Yes, that’s right.”
They both knew how great Dean was, but they tried to deny what they knew.
The moment you admit it, a deep sense of defeat will settle in your head.
“Right? Ronnie. “Don’t you think so too?”
Johnny smiled brightly and asked the question, but Ronnie gritted his teeth without answering.
Even though the sparring was over, he held the wooden sword and swung it in the empty air.
Boom-boo-boo!
“Shit! why! why! “Why is that guy always special?”
He continued to swing his sword with an aggrieved expression. Tony jumped up from his seat and kicked Ronnie in the stomach.
puck!
Ronnie rolled on the ground, clutching his side.
“Oops!”
“stop.”
“Tongue, bro.”
“Ronnie, we are part of Strange. “Don’t say such weak things.”
“… brother.”
“It’s not just Dean that’s special. You, me, and Johnny are special too. “We’ve all fully awakened, right?”
Black smoke billowed behind Tony.
Ssaaaa-
Ronnie, who was frightened by that, flinched back with a frightened expression.
“Ah Okay. Calm down, bro.”
“We may be weaker than Dean now. Anyway, in a year we will be the first to enter the academy. “Just hold on until then.”
“… … .”
“If we wait a little longer, we can go to a higher place.”
“… huh.”
“Just hold on until then.”
Tony took Ronnie’s hand and helped him up. He then stroked his head and continued speaking.
“You said Brother Gunther would help us too.”
* * *
A descendant of the archmage Brunhild and the son of Galabint, the head of the Ogre Fortress.
‘Rocks.’
He placed the red-hot Soul Stone on the anvil. The heat was so intense that the sweat on my forehead rolled down like rain.
Whoa-
After getting ready, Rox started hammering with all his might.
Kang! Kang! Kaang!
The force of the strike was so strong that the impact spread through the anvil broke the ground. The blacksmiths who saw him were so surprised that they could not keep their mouths shut. A level of monstrous power that could never be produced by human power.
The head blacksmith thought.
With that level of power, isn’t it enough to reforge any object in the world, even the skin of a dragon?
It is truly an amazing ability. So much so that he wants to bring him in as his successor.
Ka-ang!
“Break down quickly… !”
The Soul Stone, which received such strong shocks in succession, began to glow little by little. On the outside, it looked like just a solid gem, but the soul hidden within it had begun to react. When Rox stopped hammering, the jewel made a sound so small that it tickled his ears.
Hiss, hiss, hiss.
Just like a sleeping newborn breathing softly.
Rox wiped the sweat flowing down with the back of his hand and monologued.
“Ancestor… . There is no time. “Please come out.”
The Soul Stone must have heard his earnest voice, and began to crack little by little, as if repaying the favor.
Quad deuk.
Rox smiled brightly as spiderweb-like incontinence appeared on the surface. He quickly put the Soul Stone back into the fire pit, then took it out with his tongs and started hammering it.
And soon after, the Soul Stone containing Bae Hu-ryeong Brunhild split in half.
Kang.
At the same time, a flash of light so strong that I couldn’t open my eyes shot into the sky.
bang!
The roof of Castle Strange’s forge, which was shattered by the impact, poured down.
Coo coo coo coo.
Rox covered his head with both hands and fell flat on the floor. The remains of the spill fell on him and obscured his vision.
This is the whereabouts of the Soul Stone that Rox remembers.
“Good job, son of Galabint.”
I heard an unknown male voice coming from behind me.
“huh?”
Something blunt hit the back of the head.
Pop!
fantasy,
