005 – Qualities(2)
In the afternoon, the Black Wolf Knights gathered at the training ground.
The parade ground was quiet but untidy.
‘Only 19 years old teaching us?’
‘How can Confucius, who is said to be a genius, never cut an orc head, can teach us?’
‘I don’t know if I know the black wolf’s collective tactics.’
The purpose of the founding of the Knights of the Black Wolf was to protect the Norbert Walls, outposts, and mines.
The opponents are mostly orcs, and sometimes large monsters such as ogres, griffons, and giants appear.
Orcs move in swarms and it is impossible to deal with large monsters alone, so the Black Wolf Knights form a team of 10 to carry out their missions rather than perform their missions alone.
Therefore, the Black Wolf Knights learned a swordsmanship centered on group tactics that maximizes the effectiveness when united rather than focusing on individual abilities, and that is the Black Wolf swordsmanship.
There was a difference between knowing and teaching black wolf swordsmanship as a swordsmanship for group tactics and teaching ignorantly.
The knights wondered if Tigris knew it.
Three shadows fell on the podium.
“attention!”
At the command of the deputy knight commander, everyone took an alert stance.
The great Norbert Marquess walked in the front, followed by the Knights of the Horn and Tigris.
“rest.”
“rest!”
chuck!
All of them moved as one body at the command of Marquette Norbert.
“Today, Confucius Tigris got 3 rings, not the Knights Templar inspection, and he realized something, so he came to inform the soldiers. So, please do not feel burdened and follow the guidance of Confucius Tigris. Do you understand?”
“Yes!”
A roaring voice resounded through the training ground, and my heart was pounding.
When the Marquess Norberde retreated, Tigris stepped forward.
“nice to meet. It is called Tigris di Norberd.”
The eyes of the Black Wolf Knights turned to Tigris.
There was no change in expression, but complex emotions of curiosity and dissatisfaction were revealed in his eyes.
“Today, we are going to give advice on each individual’s skills and swordsmanship.”
The parade ground began to fill with disappointment.
It was because the education method was so far from reality.
The number of black wolf knights is 251.
Excluding 153 people who went to work in the field, a total of 98 people were in this position.
He could not know how long it would take if he looked at each of the 98 swordsmen.
That Tchrist knew well.
“Swordsmanship will be grouped into groups of 10 to 8 people each. The rest of the personnel will proceed with personal training based on observations and points pointed out.”
‘You’re not looking at each other, but in groups of 10?’
‘Does that make sense?’
‘Today’s training will be empty.’
Knight Commander Horn sighed inwardly.
What do you mean by ten people watching swordsmanship?
When looking at his individual swordsmanship skills, he holds the blade and takes care of the horn and the vice-chief commander one by one.
How do you see 10 people at once?
‘You must have made a mistake because you have never taught anyone.’
As I was wondering if I should give any advice, Tigris’s order fell.
“The rest of the rows except for the 1st row, step back.”
Class has already started.
Horn couldn’t stop it.
The knights tilted their heads to see if this was true, but they decided to follow it because they were in front of Marquee Norbert.
Tigris left the stage and drew his sword.
It was not a true sword, but a training sword with no blade.
It was slightly inconvenient because it was slightly out of balance, but it was not bad to use in moderation.
“From now on, the numbers are numbered 1 to 10 in order from left to right. I will give each of you five seconds to familiarize yourself with the number.”
When the number was suddenly numbered, the knights panicked.
However, it was not difficult to figure out the number because he could tell how many times he had just turned his head.
“Unfold all the black wolves, the Type 11 Black Wings.”
When asked to spread the black wings, the knights paused for a moment, but quickly spread the black wings as ordered.
Once you receive the command, you move and see.
It was a passage that showed how well the black wolves were trained.
‘The reason I numbered this is probably….’
When promoting as a 10-member group, each has a different number and a role that fits the number.
The team leader was number 1, the deputy team leader was number 10, the strike squad led by the team leader numbered 2-5, and the strike squad led by the deputy team leader numbered 6-9.
Knowing this meant that Tigris knew something about the tactics of the Black Wolves.
Numbers 1 and 10, who were temporarily assigned to the team leader and vice-team leader, swallowed their saliva.
The other knights were also a little nervous about the unexpected turn of events.
“As you know, Black Wing is a tactic to hunt huge monsters such as ogres, griffons, and giants. From now on, think of me as a giant and start hunting.”
Tigris didn’t even give the knights time to panic.
“Everyone’s feet!”
Sreung!
At the command to excavate, he did it once, but hesitated.
Are you talking about raising a sword at Confucius Tigris?
And what if you get hurt?
I glanced at Byeon Baek-nim on the podium, but there was no change in expression.
He said he would leave this training entirely to Tigris, so he would not be involved.
“I’ll see how sharp the black wolf’s claws are.”
thud-!
Tigris sprinted out without saying it was a start.
It was a slow but vicious and subversive movement.
There, Tigris deliberately stomps his feet with a full Auror.
Thanks to that, the knights really felt the vibrations on the ground as if they were facing a giant.
Tigris’ first target was number 3.
blah blah!
Number 3 blocked Tigris’ sword in a haphazard manner.
But because of the immense power, he missed the sword.
Tigris took advantage of the gap and kicked him in the side and threw it at No. 2 and No. 1.
“Aww!”
As the three of them had already been beaten, the eyes of the remaining seven changed.
No matter how much you have 3 rings, if all 10 knights are defeated by one Tigris, then there is no shame.
I can’t stop now.
The 10th deputy chief gave the order.
“Sequential attack!”
The best advantage of Heuk Wing was that he could attack and escape sequentially from multiple angles.
It takes a long time to hunt, but it was a specialized tactic to consume less stamina of the knights and extract the stamina of giants or ogres.
Number 10, who gave the order, moved first.
No. 10 entered the black wolf swordsmanship formula 5 ‘Wulsujebi’.
‘Mulsujebi’ was an attack that struck quickly with a quick and light footwork.
Above all else, it was a one-shot sword that aimed to hit once and fall, rather than a continuous attack, so it suited the Black Wings well.
Tigris received 10 attacks.
blah blah!
10 times I opened my eyes.
‘What power…!’
I thought my hand was going to break.
It was himself who attacked, but the damage seemed to have been taken by himself.
No. 10 clenched his teeth and backed away using anti-elasticity.
After that, number 8 attacked with water swallow, followed by number 5 and number 7 to attack Tigris’ back or blind spot.
From the 1st to the 3rd time he came to his senses, he attacked.
A few airlifts came and went, and the knights felt strange.
‘Why do you think we’re exhausted first?’
Every time the sword collided, it seemed that his stamina was being gnawed away.
Unsurprisingly, number 4, the weakest in physical strength, exhaled hard and the sword came down.
Tigris immediately rushed to number 4.
“Ugh!”
As soon as Tigris’ sword touched it, the 4th time he sat down.
He fired swords at Tigris from both sides, but his sword was a mess because of his excitement.
Tigris avoided the sword by twisting his body slightly, and drew the sword crosswise once.
Tigris’ sword passed through the three chests.
It was a bladeless sword, but all the leather straps securing the breastplate were cut off.
“You are an outsider.”
The three of them looked at each other in amazement as they saw their breastplates loose.
After that, Tigris started dropping out one by one.
He threw away his helmet, cut off his collar, and was thrown out by holding a sword to his neck.
It took less than 15 minutes for all 10 to be eliminated.
“Heh heh… Heh heh…”
The knights were exhausted and spread out on the ground.
But Tigris did not shed a single sweat.
When there was no sign of exhaustion, the knights who were watching quietly swallowed their saliva.
‘He’s a genius…’
Rumors that Tigris is a genius have spread.
But I didn’t know it would be like this.
They are all knights with at least one link.
Besides, James No. 1 was a knight with three Auror rings, like Tigris.
Even though the knights with the same number of rings were mixed, they lost, so the shock was not so great.
“All weather.”
At Tigris’ order, the knights jumped up.
“From now on, I will tell you about my personal shortcomings and good things, so please listen carefully.”
The knights were very nervous.
Did you see swordsmanship in the midst of a tense battle?
Unbelievable, Tigris really checked and remembered all the swordsmanships from 1 to 10.
“First one. The sense of using the auror was not bad. It seems that sooner or later he will become a four-star knight. And it looks like he’s trained hard to cut the cross section and the length section. It was very sharp.”
1 shouted out loud.
“thank you!”
“But the feet are too slow. It looks like you haven’t been doing a lot of agility-focused exercise. There, the tip of the sword shakes when performing diagonal slashes and stabs. It means you don’t properly control your sword. Rather than a matter of competence, it seems that he neglected the training.”
For the first time, I was very surprised.
All three were problems pointed out by Horn.
Theo had a strong tendency to compete with only honest lateral and longitudinal slicing, and preferred to be static and defensive rather than moving.
‘You can recognize everyone just by seeing it once…’
I swallowed saliva once.
“When the other team members attacked 7 or 9 times, you only attacked 6 times. It’s because my feet are slow and I keep missing the timing to come in after my blind spot. When you rest, you give the Giant or Ogre time to breathe. You don’t swing your sword during personal training, and train your wits for a while.”
Since then, Tigris has meticulously pointed out the individual’s shortcomings and praised them if they did well.
“I have good stamina, but my grip strength is weak. When training in swordsmanship, wear a sandbag or weight on the tip of the sword.”
“I didn’t use my left foot very well. Have you ever been hurt before? After rehabilitation, try to move consciously. It will get better soon.”
“The key to Oulsujebi is escape, not attack. You don’t seem to understand it very well.”
“When I cut, I don’t have enough strength to hit the RBI. It seems that the timing of strengthening the auror in the large muscles such as the deltoid and latissimus muscles is wrong, but let’s practice.”
I wondered when I saw all the movements of the 10 people, but I couldn’t understand how they remembered each and every one of them.
Horn, who was watching from behind, was even more surprised.
I was surprised to have overcome 10 knights, but I was even more surprised that it was able to catch all the parts that Horn could not see and inform them.
‘It’s a monster….’
Does that mean the three-ring swordsman is really right?
I heard from Beowulf that a genius sees the world from a completely different perspective than the criminal, but I didn’t expect it to be at this level.
The movements of the knights who were watching from behind were also unusual.
Everyone was sneaking forward as if they were anxious to get advice from Tigris as soon as possible.
– hey. come out. I’ll get it first.
– All the kids with a lower military number than me, go behind me. When to say good?
– Oh, get out of the way.
As it started to murmur, the deputy knight commander coughed in vain and made it quiet.
“I’m first, so let’s all go to our seats.”
The knights sent their jealous eyes toward the deputy knights commander.
Classes were thugs everywhere.
* * *
When the class that started until the sun went down was over, none of the Knights could walk properly.
It was because Tigris had taught him and he had time to polish up what he lacked.
Tigris stood on the podium.
The knights stood in line with Oh and the ranks on their own, even though the deputy commander didn’t tell them to.
The knights had a completely different look from five hours ago.
It was a look of respect.
“Everyone worked hard. Overall, the skill is very good. But it will be better if you fill in the gaps. In the future, I hope to become the teeth of the black wolf that protects the Norbert estate and its inhabitants, and I will finish this class. More than!”
“Wow!”
The Black Wolf Knights clapped and cheered even though they didn’t ask.
The finishing touches were left to Horn, and Tigris and Beowulf returned to their homes.
Beowulf didn’t say a word when he reached the main gate.
He seemed to be deeply immersed in the impressive swordsmanship teaching method and high-level swordsmanship that Tigris showed.
“Let’s go for a walk.”
“yes.”
Beowulf walked like that for another five minutes and opened his mouth.
“When you said you were teaching swordsmanship, I honestly thought you were arrogant. But you proved me wrong. I thought I knew you well because he was my son, but I didn’t know. I’m sorry for doubting you.”
Tigris shook his head at Beowulf’s words.
“no. I think it’s natural to be suspicious.”
“not. It was natural for a father to trust his son, but he couldn’t. If no one else knew, I shouldn’t have been like that. I’m sorry.”
At Beowulf’s heartfelt apology, Tigris had no idea what to say.
The reason Tigris was able to teach the black wolves was purely because of his teaching experience.
When his father collapsed and Horn died, there was no talent to teach the Knights of the Black Wolf.
So Tigris learned and taught black wolf swordsmanship himself.
This fighting method was also taught with confidence because Tigris had experience using it.
“At first, you wanted to become an instructor, so I was going to ask you to become a swordsmanship instructor for the Black Wolf Knights. Because I thought that the Knights of Black Wolf would develop even more if you helped. But when you think about it, that doesn’t seem like what you want.”
Beowulf thought that Tigris didn’t go to the Imperial University’s swordsmanship instructor simply because he wanted to become an instructor.
If he wanted to become a swordsmanship instructor, he would have said first that he wanted to become a swordsmanship instructor for the Black Wolf Knights rather than the Imperial University.
“I don’t understand why you want to become a swordsmanship instructor at the Imperial University. As a father, I am very curious, but for some reason you seem afraid to tell me why.”
Beowulf read the anxiety that lingered in Tigris’ mind.
It was not known whether it was the father’s reading of his son’s mind, the great insight of Beowulf, or the influence of both.
‘It’s a long way to follow my father.’
The level of swordsmanship could exceed that of his father, but he was far from learning his father’s wisdom and insight.
Tigris thought that he would never be as good a martyr as his father, even if he went on for the rest of his life.
“I will wait for you to tell me why. Waiting is also what a father should do.”
Beowulf placed his hand on the proud son’s shoulder.
“Go to the center. Let your talents blossom there. Stay and train your sword until you are satisfied. If there’s anything you want to do, you can tell me. I will give you all my support.”
“···thank you. father.”
“Thank you. Because you were born as my son.”
Tigris bowed his head.
“Rather, I am grateful. Because he is my father.”