Abandoned by my Childhood Friend, I Became a War Hero chapter 29

29 – Stone Sword #4

I don’t talk much. It has been like that ever since I was little.

If I had been an eloquent person who could convey my true feelings to others with just a few words, I wouldn’t have been rolling on the battlefield for 20 years.

In the military, there was no need to convince others. If you give an order, you either obey or you don’t.

Now I don’t even think that sincere conversations are suitable for me.

However, I intend to give it a try.

Because now I am not a soldier but an instructor.

I will tell Gwynn my heart, and I will listen to Gwynn’s heart.

In my own way.

“Get your posture.”

I gripped the sword with both hands and aimed the sword with a neutral attitude, exuding momentum.

A bleak breath of life weighed down the entire arena like heavy air.

“Otherwise I will die.”

This life is a lie. Of course, I have no intention of actually killing Gwynn.

But Gwynn couldn’t feel it. She had to see this as real life.

It’s been a while since I used a sword. Because my main weapon is not a sword.

But now was the moment to use the sword.

“Instructor, that posture… ?”

Gwynn looked at my posture with a shocked expression.

Instead of giving her an explanation, I took her step forward.

At my refusal to talk, Gwynn drew in his breath and grabbed the training sword. Do you think it’s better to respond and think instead of just talking about it? If it’s a prosecutor, it’s an act worthy of a prosecutor.

The floor of the gymnasium was dented at the steps that seemed infinitely normal, not stomping down the legs. It looked as if a heavy rock was walking, not a person.

Gwynn’s expression became even more astonished at my steps.

I raised my training sword high and struck it down. It wasn’t particularly fast, and Gwynn reacted as if it were natural for the straight, straight downward slash without any paint. To parry her slash, Gwynn raised her training sword over her shoulder, and my sword plunged over her defenses.

Zeuong!

“Keuugh!?”

In a single blow, Gwynn’s defenses shattered and she fell to her knees.

Gwynn asked as she looked up at me with her shocked eyes as her fingertips holding her sword trembled, as if her shock at her defense had been shattered.

“Instructor. I hope that….”

“Yes.”

I nodded and said.

“It is a stone sword.”

The basic mid-length pose in the first pose. There is also a unique way of walking by putting weight on each step.

All of them were stone sword skills.

In the eyes of others, it may look like a violent blow with strong force. But I didn’t put more power than was necessary into the blow. If you just pressed it with force, it wouldn’t teach Gwynn any lessons.

The important thing is the technique of the sword.

I applied the rock sword technique and concentrated all my body’s power into one point. That’s why the power that was greater than the actual strength was slammed into Gwynn’s defense.

Simple explanation.

Gwynn used the stone sword to defend her.

I used the rock sword only for attack.

I’m not sure if I should call this a real stone sword. Because I didn’t learn it properly anyway.

But judging from Gwynn’s shock and surprise on her expression, she seemed to be enough of a stone sword to her.

“Uh, how… ? Did Master tell you? Ha, but never to outsiders-“

“You talk a lot. Are you going to keep kneeling like that?”

At my words, Gwynn grabbed his training sword again, gritted his teeth, and stood up.

Gwynn staggered his body for a moment as if he still couldn’t get out of the shock that blocked my sword, but with guts he regained his posture and aimed the sword again with his heavy eyes.

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“If you are a swordsman, ask with a sword… That’s right. All right.”

Gwynn placed the sword clutched with both hands at his waist.

The basic stance of the rock sword. It was the same attitude as mine.

I performed the same downward slash as before. Knowing that he couldn’t block it anyway if he received it head-on, Gwynn laid his sword obliquely.

Kagagak! Swords and swords collided and sparks flew. That shed the sword. Originally, sparks shouldn’t have sprung like this, and the sword had to flow smoothly like water flowing, but that was impossible because the difference in power was so great.

If you force it out like this, the sword will quickly get damaged. Still, the spill was successful, so the conditions for a counterattack were met. Gwynn’s eyes lit up and he thrust his sword into his empty torso.

Of course, dodging that attack was too simple for me. I slightly twisted my shoulders, and Gwynn’s sword pierced the air as it brushed my side. Putting the sword between his armpits, he took a step forward with his right foot.

Like partners in a dance, their bodies were brought close to each other. At that moment, I pushed Gwynn’s chest hard with my shoulder.

“Keep it off!”

Tung! Gwynn let go of the sword and rolled on the floor as if it had bounced off me.

I threw the training sword at Gwynn, who was out of breath with his hands resting on the floor.

“Again.”

Gwynn opened his eyes and staggered to his feet.

Since then, we have repeated similar workshops several times. As the fierce sword fight continued, Gwynn’s face dripped with sweat and the sound of metal clashing filled his gymnasium.

I observed Gwynn’s every move while parrying Gwynn’s counterattack. The way he moves his feet, the way he holds his sword, even the way he breathes.

It is definitely a great talent. In front of Gwynn, she said that she would not be able to master the stone swordsmanship, but in fact, even this level is already a considerable proficiency.

He also has considerable muscle strength. The sword’s trajectory is so fast and strong that it’s hard to believe that it’s power coming from that delicate body.

A decent man could defeat him from the front, even with force. It is not difficult to imagine how much effort was put into creating that level of pure strength with a woman’s body.

However, Gwynn is the heir to the Rock and at the same time a disciple of the Sword Saint. She wouldn’t be satisfied with her mediocre strength, but the limits of Gwynn’s rock sword were clear.

As long as Gwynn can’t break the current frame, once he reaches a certain level, he won’t be able to get stronger beyond that limit.

“Hoo-wook, whoo-wook… !”

She got up again and again, even though she was already exhausted.

The first time he grabbed the sword and rolled himself on the floor several times, he could have felt bad feelings, but strangely, Gwynn’s expression was calmer and more serious than the first time. Are you getting something out of sparring with me?

She seemed to have no ill feelings towards me anymore. Rather, she just saw the prosecutor’s eyes filled with the thought of getting something more from me.

However, Gwynn’s body gradually reached its limit. He must have been swinging his sword for hours before I came. It could have been really dangerous if the sparring lasted longer than this.

I said while inserting the training sword.

“Stop.”

“I’m still-!”

“I said stop. Your body is already at its limit.”

It was as he said. When the signal that it was over now came, Gwynn’s body broke before his will. Gwynn gave a puzzled expression as her body staggered for a moment against her own will and then collapsed on the floor without her strength.

Gwynn sat in his place, controlling his breathing, and lost himself in his thoughts for a long time.

Then, after deep thought, he opened his mouth.

“I had no idea. He was able to use the rock sword like that… Why didn’t Master tell me this?”

“The swordsman couldn’t tell you. Because this is not a proper stone sword.”

In other words, this is a stone sword.

I threw away the tradition and spirit of swordsmanship that had been handed down for hundreds of years, and took only what I needed, so it was efficient to my taste, but from the point of view of the swordsman, it must be a good action to hold back. He said that he had seen such a wrathful man.

“But the swordsman acknowledged that this was a rock sword.”

“You mean Master?”

“Yes. Although the form is different, the root is the same anyway. Of course, this is my own rock sword, so I can’t teach you. There would be no point in teaching it.”

“Then why today….”

I said looking down at Gwynne, who was still sitting on the floor.

“Because I can help you establish your own stone sword. Of course, it is not compulsory. If you don’t want to, this story ends here.”

“My own rock sword… ?”

Gwynn thought for a while and looked at me with confused eyes.

“Why? I told you to throw away the rock sword during the day… Why are you even doing this?”

“I just thought efficiently.”

“Efficient?”

“Even if you go a little way back, customized training might be more effective.”

Gwynn opened his mouth with a dazed look on his face and said with a blank smile.

“I think I know a little bit now. What kind of person is Instructor Ion… Why did you say that then?”

With those words, Gwynn seemed to have shaken off all his ill feelings towards me.

She tried to raise her body by leaning her training sword like her staff, but she couldn’t even raise herself properly because her whole body was drained of strength. She looked like a newborn lamb.

“Can’t you wake up?”

“Oh no! Enough alone… Kut!”

“I can’t get up. I will take you to your room.”

“Huh!”

I grabbed her shoulders and her legs and lifted her into her arms. In an instant, Gwynn in my arms let out a shrieking scream, turning her face red.

With Gwynn cradled in her arms, she swayed her limbs helplessly.

“Lee, Instructor Ion! What!? My, please drop me off!”

“Stay still.”

It’s troublesome to maintain your posture when you run amok.

In the sense of not moving, I rather gave her strength and hugged her a bit more.

“Oh… !”

I could feel Gwynn’s breathing quivering in her arms.

Gwynn’s and my eyes met at a distance where we could even touch each other’s breath. Gwynn’s black eyes stared at me without wavering.

As she was looking at me, she had a longing expression on her face, as if she were thinking of someone else.

“Ah-“

It wasn’t just an exclamation, it was the feeling of trying to say something and then giving up.

Gwyn calmed down, as if the rampage earlier had been a lie.

She just leaned her head on my shoulder with her head bowed down as if she didn’t want to show her face.

I don’t know why, but if I thought to stay still, it would have worked.

I held Gwynn in my arms and slowly moved her feet to her dormitory.