The thing that can’t kill you
Anyway, the Cataphract with the sides and roof removed was quite fast. Combined with the speed-hungry golem’s driving skills, it ran at a speed that even beasts could not catch up with.
It seems like it would be a safe and comfortable trip except for the strong wind… I thought
“Young Ark. Get your balance right there.”
“You are pampering others with your bare mouth! It’s only this time, so please ask more politely from now on!”
Quickly. Steel banging sounded regularly. The regressor was making something of her by hammering Jizan.
One wide footrest. And a T-shaped handle tied tightly with a tough rope. At first glance, it looks like a sleigh that you can ride while standing on your own two feet.
The only question is, why is it necessary? Our Cataphract is moving fast enough.
‘I can’t be idly by while I go. Make the most of this time! I’m training Hughes!’
… In fact, I know it by mind reading. The moment I read it, I cursed mind-reading for letting me peek into the forbidden truth, but whether I know it or not, it will come back to me anyway. There is only a difference between knowing it and not knowing it.
I asked cautiously.
“Mr. Shay.”
“Huh?”
“What the hell is that?”
The regressor lightly lifted the sled and answered.
“You asked well. This is an instrument that will help you practice!”
“Training?”
“Yes! Didn’t you decide to help with your training?”
So, why is a sled a training tool? I desperately turned around.
“Can I hold it with my hand and lift it up? It looks a little heavy, but I think it’s worth trying for exercise.”
“Are you stupid? If it was for such a simple purpose, I wouldn’t have made it into a sled.”
“He must have said sled with his own mouth! That’s even weirder! How on earth does a sled become a training tool?”
“Simple. Before training, it is to figure out your energy.”
The regressor put the sled down in front of me and said.
“You know the basics of qigong, right? You, you even gave lectures pretending to be proud in Tantalus.”
“Of course I know.”
Qigong is a technique that uses energy to strengthen the body.
Kun infuses energy into all things in the world, and Kun spreads energy under the feet so that they become one with the earth. Sense strengthens the body itself, and Li twists Ichi.
I know, I know everything. You can use all of them except for Lee. It’s a problem because my body can’t keep up.
“Usually, it is evaluated that it is useful even if it is completed. Treat me as an excellent qigong master even if I just get a feel for it. The basic condition for becoming a military general was to learn how to wind. If you can get there, it’s a matter of size after that. Well, Lee is out of the question because individual differences are so severe.”
“Why is Lee out of the question? Could it be that Mr. Shay did it because he couldn’t learn it?”
“No! It’s because each person’s level of achievement is different, so it’s impossible to compare!”
‘Although I didn’t learn it… ! Chi it. Even if I practice and broaden my knowledge, I just can’t figure it out!’
Well, it’s funny to ask a person who goes back in time to come up with an image that they really want to achieve. Can we do it next round? I wonder if it is necessary to overcome death.
“Anyway. When I saw it, you must have sensed it? Well, depending on the talent or education policy, there are cases where you get the sense first, but in the case of the military curriculum, it is the order of supervising the gungon. It’s a while, but that’s why I thought you were a general.”
“Ha ha ha. I don’t know what to do.”
“Well, even now, depending on how you train, I think you can become a general. In order to do that, I need to accurately grasp your current condition.”
The regressor shook his head and handed me the handle.
“Hold on to the handle with the Gongigong, and put your foot on the footrest with the Gongigong. Get on the sled and keep your balance. Hold on as long as you can Call it training.”
Ah, so.
You’re going to put a sled behind this rattling cataphract, put me on it, and drag me? It’s a prank that my granddaughter would love. hahahaha.
… Are you kidding me!
Cataphracts moving at high speed. In order not to fall from here, I have to pull that rope with my own hands. A hand or an arm, or a waist or a leg. If I lose even the slightest amount of strength somewhere, I immediately lose my balance and fall to the ground.
You won’t even be able to pinpoint where I died. You’ll be torn to pieces on the ground, and you’ll die scattering rubble over hundreds of meters!
“What kind of cultivation is that! Punishment, no, execution!”
“If it is not difficult and painful, it is not training.”
“No! In what era is the world these days, how do you grow your strength in such an ignorant way?”
‘With that much. Have I ever been dragged around wearing only straw sandals? If you don’t protect the sandals with qigong, the soles of your feet will be all over. Isn’t it better than that?’
That’s a bad habit! Are you trying to make it happen the way you did? The reason why this society is not getting better is because of people like you who follow bad habits!
“I thought you were giving me an elixir or a treasure. Why am I struggling to buy it? Please take Ajina for the sled!”
“Bruised?”
“Yes, Aji. It came just fine. This will be more fun than sticking your face out and staring blankly!”
As I shook her handle, Aji, who had been yawning boredly with her torso out, approached with interest.
Become this handle, aji toy. Aji bit her handle and pulled the rope to play tug. Although her words were just trying not to let go of the rope whenever Aji twisted her head.
“Ooh, look at how strong you are.”
“Doggy! Harder!”
“Take it easy, take it easy. You are many times stronger than me. If I give you strength, what will it change?”
The regressor clicked her tongue when she saw me playing with Aji without showing any interest in training.
‘… Out of all the people I’ve met throughout the regression, he’s the most negative about cultivation. Isn’t it instinctive to want to become stronger? Gosu said he would take care of the training, but I didn’t expect him to say no.’
Because of my stubborn refusal, the regressor changed his attitude slightly.
“I see you have enough potential.”
“The military education officer told me that. This kid seems to have talent, but it’s clear he’s not putting in the effort. I was resentful at the time, but now I am grateful for believing in my potential.”
“I’m not being sarcastic! In fact, it’s not that he’s lacking in talent, seeing as he’s generally good at qigong, magic, and alchemy. Just, what…. It feels like everything is blocked.”
I know that. Here, this is my limit! Someone who knows so well is trying to accuse me of being ignorant?
“I’m sorry, but I’m too old to envision the new possibilities of the future. Sadly, this is my limit.”
“No, it’s different. When I think about it, your body seems out of balance.”
“Balance?”
“Yes. It’s something I’ve experienced once, but if you learn skills with different properties like magic or qigong together… What should I say? Would you say your body leans to one side? The balance is broken. It’s important to strike that balance….”
You’re funny. I’ve never had the kind of trouble you said.
I am the king of men. All knowledge and skills given to humans can be treated as mine. However, it’s just that the absolute amount of mana and energy is insufficient, so it can’t be reproduced.
Then, wouldn’t it be better to increase the mana and energy… I want to, but no matter how much I try, I can’t gather more than a certain amount of strength.
I don’t know why. Perhaps the ‘incident’ in which the human king lost his power was related.
If that’s the case… I don’t know. Really.
Rather, I want to know from my side.
I’m not lying. Aji is inheriting a promise made a long time ago, but if you ask him what it is, he will ask back, “Wooong?”
No matter how brilliant a detective is, he can’t reproduce the situation at the time just by looking at the contract. In the same way, even if promises are continued, memories are not passed on. I’m guessing it’s a curse or a seal or something close to that. Probably related to the first saint….
Anyway, it wasn’t 100% a balance issue, so I reacted with a smirk.
“Does that make me stronger? Why don’t you just give me an elixir or a treasure? I can write you well.”
“There is no way you can use the power you gained without effort! Did I have a similar experience? If you do well, you can break down the wall!”
‘The way you handle energy and the way you handle magic are completely different. Energy is the power that causes changes in the world by moving my body, and magic power is the power to reproduce the changes that occur in the world with my body. From the inside out, from the outside inside. Since we have the temperament to go against each other, if we try to use both of them together, we keep going in vain… Mmm. How do I explain this?’
Hmm. Do you think you have to go down? The moment you put in the effort, it’s not already down. Look at me!
‘Oh, I don’t know. Let’s do it for now.’
The regressor pushed me. It happened at the same time as I thought, so I couldn’t react and muttered stupidly.
“What?”
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My body was helplessly pushed because I pushed it with Qigong. While stepping back, my foot landed on the sled, and I slipped and fell down the back slope of the catapult. When I noticed, I was scratching the ground before I knew it.
Ugh, wait a minute. Are you just pushing this?
“Come on.”
The regressor snatched her handle from Aji’s mouth and threw it at me. Whoever wants to drown is also trying to catch a straw. I grabbed the handrail that had come close to my nose.
“Hold tight. If you don’t want to fall.”
The rope tightens right in front of your eyes. Reflexively, I grabbed the handle with all my might. Right after that, I felt a pulling sensation in my hands, arms, legs, and waist.
When I came to my senses, I was riding a sleigh, following the picture of the regressor. I hurriedly shouted as I braced my shaking body.
“Quaaa! What, what are you doing!”
Crazy! Are you going to push this away? And without any worries?
I’ve seen a lot of people, but I’ve never seen a seizure like this regressor! I couldn’t even cope with it because I even moved reflexively at the same time as thinking!
Even while I was screaming, the regressor silently pulled the rope and answered.
“Hmm. You’re good. Hold on as long as you can If you fall, it will hurt, so try not to fall as much as possible.”
“Are you saying that? aaa! Of course it hurts!”
‘Well, if you think you’re about to fall, I’ll catch you. But if I let them know, the tension will go down, so for now, hold onto it with all your might.’
All thoughts are read!
But I can’t let go of it either. Even if someone boasts that they will catch me, even if it is sincere, it is difficult to believe in it and fall backwards.
No matter how sincere you are, what if that trustworthy regressor doesn’t catch you! Die!
sh*t, it can’t be helped! Although out of shape!
“Tir! Please hold me up!”
I shouted desperately, but Tyr didn’t pay much attention. Rather, she seems to welcome my appearance a little.
“It’s nice to see you working hard.”
“Does this look good? It’s a risk to die every time!”
“What didn’t kill you will make you stronger. If we become stronger, we will be able to overcome greater threats.”
“If I die now, that will be the end?!”
What am I up to? If you take a bigger risk and bet, the bigger the amount? But what if you fail and blow up all the spears!
“It’s okay. I’ll keep an eye on you so you don’t end up in danger. And….”
‘Even if I fall here, I won’t die. If you are injured enough to need my strength, I will generously give you my blood. Perhaps… The human king might become the vampire king.’
Watch me fall. Endure with evil and kkang.
Actually, the regressor’s words are not entirely wrong. I am a mind reader. Rather than making my own hand stronger, I am the type to read the opponent’s hand and roll with it.
If you can’t win, don’t face it or embrace it. If you force a strategy, use it in reverse. My way of winning is to walk the tightrope without a landslide victory. So I’ve been calling my strength by increasing the number of cards I can use.
But… In the face of overwhelming power, the number of hands is meaningless. Even if a cloth can overcome a rock, a cloth the size of a palm cannot cover all landslides.
You won’t get stronger by training, but if you get a better hand, I’ll take it!
“Let’s do whatever you like! I’ll wait and see how strong I become with this kind of training!”
“You are the one who practices, so why are you gnashing your teeth….”