263 – Contrast (3)
The more I spar with Rod, the more I feel.
No matter how hard I struggle, it will be very difficult to defeat this person.
The closer you get, the further you realize it is.
Of course, if it is a life-threatening fight, the story may be different. Wasn’t Hector like that too?
Instead, I had no choice but to lose, at least in sparring. If you fought without sacrificing your body, you could win.
“The tactic of giving up flesh and taking bones is not very good. No matter how good your recovery is, there is a limit in the end.”
Rod explained that the moment a limb, if not the neck, is cut off, the fight will be extremely disadvantageous.
After hearing the explanation, I thought about it for a moment and then asked with innocence.
“Then can’t I just put it back on?”
“··· ···”
Rod’s expression was truly worth seeing. A face that says you want to hit it but can’t.
But something similar happened last time. An incident where I put my hand into the space where the rod cut and my wrist was blown off.
Even then, we had to put it together in a hurry and it somehow stuck together. Rod seemed to know that too as he pressed his eyebrows and said.
“······I don’t know if I’ll have time to pick up my hands. Anyway, don’t even think about that.”
“··· ···”
“You’re probably thinking, “Can the cut part be regenerated even if it’s not attached?”
“No.”
How did you know? I’ve had similar thoughts before, but it’s quite persuasive.
Because this body belongs to the devil. Although there is a faint color, it is the body of a devil.
Devils are like undead. Unless it is a fatal blow, most of it will regenerate.
‘But I don’t know because it’s red.’
Here, the regenerative power varies greatly depending on the color.
The closer it is to red, the slower the regeneration power is, and the closer it is to purple, the higher the regeneration power is.
For example, let’s say you cut your throat. The red one is a fatal wound if the throat is cut, but the purple one is not a fatal wound, but only a minor wound.
Usually, there are two ways to kill a demon without divine power: pierce its heart or cut off its head.
However, cutting off the head of indigo or higher is meaningless, and purple cannot be defeated without divine power.
‘Because purple is a being close to god.’
In that sense, I can say that I have particularly good regenerative abilities.
Demons with red colors have regenerative powers similar to those of ordinary humans. That’s why I tend to save my body.
“Anyway, as much as possible, give up the habit of fighting while throwing away your body. Was it like that when you lived in the forest?”
“When hunting, we made a surprise attack.”
“It’s a surprise attack… I guess that method would be suitable.”
Rod taught me a lot more than other people.
Kara tends to figure things out on her own without having to mess with anything, and Luna is a genius, so she does well even if you teach her roughly.
On the other hand, although I am very talented, I have many shortcomings compared to the two, so I have no choice but to focus on teaching them.
“Usually, fighting styles are divided into three types: strong, soft, and sharp. Like rock-paper-scissors, the strong is weak to the soft, the soft is weak to the sharp, and finally, the sharp is weak to the strong.”
“Isn’t sharpness important?”
Even though it is something that has never been seen in Soul World, I think I know roughly what it means. The important thing here is sharpness.
Sharpness would be similar to a fatal blow, that is, increasing the critical hit probability and damage.
Others are basic strength and agility, but if you just increase the sharpness, you will be able to aim for one shot.
“It’s accurate. At the same time, it’s very difficult. You have to exploit the opponent’s weak points. However, I don’t think you need to learn much.”
“Why?”
“You’re already doing well. Every time we spar, I’ve felt cold more than once or twice.”
Now that I think about it, this is something I have felt every time we spar recently. The frequency with which Rod made surprised expressions increased.
Before, I accepted it with ease, but now that I’ve gotten used to it, I’m able to see a little bit of a gap.
Of course, there is a possibility that Rod intentionally left a gap. But the fact that they aimed for that is a great thing.
“Your lips are twitching.”
“Me?”
“I can see everything.”
I stammered at the corner of my mouth. It seems that my lips twitched without realizing it because I rarely received compliments.
Still, I couldn’t help but feel good as I received compliments instead of feedback every time.
“Grandpa.”
“Say it.”
“Then what about hitting lightning?”
I want to learn it. Didn’t you try to trick me last time and get hit back?
Rod also counterattacked with sincerity, so my body was completely blackened.
It is a very useful skill if you can learn it. Repelling lightning means being able to attack other things as well.
Especially because it is a magic extreme counter technique, there is nothing bad about learning it.
“Ah. That will be difficult for you to learn. This is the pinnacle of softness, or ‘yu’. You, on the other hand, are strong.”
“You just have to learn.”
“Hmm…”
Rod looked around in response to a protest that wasn’t mine. I also followed his gaze.
I could see Luna and Ellie sitting side by side looking this way.
“Student Ellie.”
“Yes?”
“Could you go inside for a moment and get me two apples? Take the peels off.”
“I understand.”
A road that naturally runs errands. Then Ellie got up from her seat and went inside.
Thanks to this, Luna was left alone, and when Rod saw her like that, he called out to her Ellie for a moment.
“Wait a minute, Ellie. Bring three, not two.”
“Three? Okay.”
“And Luna, you come here too.”
“Me?”
Luna asked, pointing to herself with her finger. It felt strange to see her eyes wide open.
Of course, it is true that it is actually foolish. Sometimes, whenever he showed that side of himself, I wondered if he was really the main character.
Anyway, Luna got up from her seat and approached us. Then he looked at the two of us with strange eyes.
The eyes look like they are thinking about something. I’m guessing they’re stealing abilities or something.
“I brought it here.”
“Thank you. You will also receive one.”
Rod handed an apple to me and Luna. I looked at Rod, wondering if he was telling me to eat this.
“Don’t eat it, just leave it for now.”
“Yes.”
After all, it’s not about eating. I waited quietly.
Luna was rolling her eyes as if she was equally puzzled.
“Shivar, what you want is softness, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Then just peel the apple like this. But don’t use your other hand.”
“······?”
What does that mean? I blinked at her and then looked at Luna.
It was her silent sign that you understood, and at that moment, she also looked at me.
An expression of not understanding. I’m probably making a similar expression to Luna.
“As expected, you don’t seem to understand. I’ll show you an example, so you can watch.”
Rod showed a demonstration first, as if he knew this would happen. Luna and I looked at the apple in Rod’s hand.
Soon, Rod started fiddling around with the apple in his hand. As I said before, I didn’t use my other hand.
It felt like it was moving around like a rock, but surprisingly, the apple peel began to slowly peel off.
It’s also very thin. If you look at the fact that it is cut just enough to expose the inner skin, it is truly an amazing magic control.
Not long after that, all of the skin peeled off, and only the tasty apple remained.
“Like this. How about it?”
“··· ···”
How are we supposed to do this? I had no idea.
Even in Soul World, it took a long time to learn how to fight back. But I didn’t know it would be to this extent.
Is it really possible for me to control magical power like this? Even I have ridiculously strong red magic power.
“······Do I really have to learn it?”
“I have to do it. If I don’t, I’ll be electrocuted by lightning.”
“Umm…”
I had no choice but to sigh. Now that I think about it, there wasn’t even a sound when I peeled it.
It is so sophisticated that it is equivalent to a doctor performing brain surgery. Talent is talent, but it requires greater effort.
“Like this?”
“Huh?”
It was a time when I was deep in worry. Luna next to me held out her hand.
There was a smooth apple on top of her hand, and although it was a little bumpy, it had a neat appearance.
The same goes for the peel. Although it’s not as good as a road, it looks pretty well cut.
“Oh. It’s Luna, of course. It’s a very difficult task. How did you do it?”
“I followed what the president said.”
Luna scratched her head and answered embarrassedly. All this time, I was looking at Luna’s apple.
In Soul World, you definitely have to put in effort to get it, but in reality, it was even harder. The main character appears to be the main character.
Or, since he has such a sharp eye, he must have noticed something. For some reason, I was jealous.
‘Instead of giving him the snout of chaos, did he give him the talent of a god?’
Maybe so. I turned my gaze and looked at the apple in my hand.
Maybe it will be easy. No matter how talented Luna was, she succeeded too quickly.
Although the output of red magic power is strong and difficult to control, it will be possible if you pay attention.
‘Let’s think of the thumb as a transition. Then it will be okay.’
I can feel the gaze around me. Rod and Luna are probably watching me.
I was a bit nervous. I took a deep breath to relax.
“There is no need to be nervous, Sivar. This is quite easy.”
“··· ···”
I guess it’s easy for you. This is why they say geniuses are unlucky.
I listened to Luna’s encouragement and concentrated my magic into her hands. I could already feel a powerful energy.
If things continue like this, the apple will explode. There is a need to control it as much as possible.
The moment I put my thumb down to peel the apple.
Pow!
The apples exploded like bombs and scattered everywhere.
Not only the peel, but even the apple inside flew in all directions. What is a bomb?
I was shocked for a moment and just stared at the apple in my hand.
Instead of cutting the peel of the apple, it was flowing like an apple smoothie.
“··· ···”
“Uh…”
Luna next to me showed a very embarrassed reaction. I looked up and looked at the smoothie flowing from my hands.
I looked up and saw Rod smiling gently. The problem is that there are peels, including apple slices, on the face.
It was a time when I felt a little depressed, wondering if I was going to get scolded like this again.
“It’s okay.”
“······Grandfather?”
“It was like that at first. I didn’t know it would blow up like this.”
Rod patted my shoulder and comforted me. The consolation relieved my depressed heart a little.
If you scold someone in this situation, they will become even more discouraged. Rod also knows when to scold and when not to scold.
Then Rod removed the apple slices and peel from his face and called out to Ellie.
“Student Ellie.”
“Yes?”
“From now on, please ask Sivar for fruit juice. hehehe.”
“··· ···”
I felt embarrassed for some reason. In the aftermath, my face started to feel hot.
I tried my best to pretend not to notice and scooped out the apple smoothie on my hand. This is to somehow change the topic.
“Is that delicious?”
“······It’s noisy.”
This guy is really making fun of me.