Episode 38.
After eating, I confirmed that it was getting dark and called Patrick outside.
It was to conduct sword training.
“Hey, Master, what’s that outfit…?”
An all-black outfit that you would wear when going stealth. Besides, even the wooden sword I was holding was black.
In fact, when I bought this outfit, I thought a lot about the Sword Saint. I wonder if the Sword Saint was just as excited as I am right now.
I felt thrilled at the thought of putting my disciple through hardships.
“First of all, let me tell you about training. This training is the most important thing to develop persimmon. Feel the feelings of others. Let your body react first.”
From nob le mt l. co m
Now is the time to show what kind of training it is.
“Are you ready?”
“yes!”
I picked up sand on the floor. And he sprayed Patrick right away.
As soon as Patrick covered his eyes in panic, I hid myself in the dark.
After confirming that I was gone, Patrick looked around in bewilderment.
‘I’m sure the swordsman said that.’
He said that it would be of great help in training if he put his heart into the sword.
I breathed life into Patrick. Patrick kept looking around, unable to find the source of my life.
He quietly approached and swung his sword at Patrick’s temple.
“evil!”
Patrick collapsed after being hit in the temple.
Seeing it reminded me of the past.
‘Can you lighten up a little? No…’
From nob le mt l. co m
Now I have to become a swordsman. The feeling of compassion must be abandoned.
You should be happy to see that figure, it’s the Sword Saint.
“Patrick, be alert!”
I put mana into my voice and made it resonate as much as possible. So that I can’t pinpoint my location.
Patrick took a ready stance again with a loud reply.
“yes!”
And again, I looked for an opening in Patrick and aimed at his temple.
***
“Are you out of your mind?”
“···yes.”
After the training was over, I woke up the fainting Patrick. The way Patrick looked at me changed.
It’s like the eyes of an enemy in front of you. I did too.
“But is this really helpful?”
“This training definitely helps.”
To be honest, my feelings rise, but there is also the advantage of becoming stronger in a crisis. In addition, it is a training that gives courage.
Continuing to face opponents stronger than you can give you a lot of courage.
“And I plan to go to the troll dungeon tomorrow.”
“Troll Dungeon… you mean? But my realm is…”
“Intermediate. But just because you’re an advanced level doesn’t mean you can catch trolls, and just because you’re intermediate doesn’t mean you can’t catch trolls.”
Many people are mistaken. They have a stereotype that they have to catch monsters that match their level.
But my thoughts are different. In order to grow, you must catch monsters of a higher level than yourself.
“What happened to your benefactor Aud?”
“Intermediate level…”
An intermediate person has defeated an ogre. Conceptually, this is something that cannot happen.
But the middle class beat the ogre. This alone makes my words persuasive.
“But it was possible because it was Audrey.”
“What’s the difference between Odd and you?”
Right now, as I thought, there was no difference between Odd and Patrick. Gold mercenaries like Odd at that time. intermediate level. and a curved sword.
everything was the same
However, there was no way he could not defeat the troll, who was at a lower level than the ogre.
“I can’t believe it at all.”
“…”
“In what spirit were you trying to deal with the ogres?”
“I wanted to be like Odd. But, I even lost to the baby ogre.”
I shook my head. Doing it was the training policy I learned, but I wanted to boost the confidence of Patrick.
“The Ord at that time fought to protect it, and you, Patrick, just fought to become like the Ord.”
“What difference does that make?”
“Mana moves with emotions. This is a fact that cannot be changed. That’s why mana responds to life.”
“…”
“And I think that the desperate heart to protect will also work with mana.”
that was thought before. That was the story of many heroes.
fought to keep And overcame it. That’s why mana will move greatly not only to life and negative things, but also to desperate emotions.
“That’s why it must have been weaker than Aud back then. Well, to be honest, this story has little to do with the current situation.”
“Doesn’t matter?”
Any more consolation is over. It’s my turn to say what I want to say.
“As a teacher, I want to go to the troll dungeon, but as a student, do you think you can refuse?”
“Oh, I see. As a disciple, how could I disobey my master?”
“Then, I’ll be leaving tomorrow.”
“yes!”
Patrick’s expression brightened. The above story seems to have been more helpful than I thought.
“I think you will be stronger than Odd.”
Because I want to protect others who, unlike me, will be in misfortune.
If a hero-like being appears, it must be someone with a heart like Patrick’s.
***
You entered the troll dungeon. Patrick, as if nervous, continued to be wary of his surroundings.
“Har, will this guy stay calm?”
There were 3 kids in all that Numberwan brought with him. Those three were also the same guys when they tried to rip me off.
The numbered head proves it. I left Haru to those guys and came out.
“What if I bully you because you think I’m weaker than you?”
It has been trained not to attack humans.
what will you know
“Patrick, you are so nervous. Catch a troll for the first time?”
“no. We’ve collaborated and caught trolls a few times.”
“Then why are you so nervous? If you’re nervous, your body won’t move well.”
Still, Patrick didn’t let go of his tension.
“Still, the monsters in normal dungeons are stronger than the monsters outside.”
I don’t think there’s much of a difference in my opinion.
Once I felt signs coming towards us.
“Three.”
“yes?”
“Three of them are coming this way. Because I’ll take two. One is Patrick, you take care of it.”
“yes!”
I ran out first and decapitated both of them at once.
There was no need to hide my skills in front of Patrick, so I did my best.
“Awesome!”
The other panicked and tried to run away.
I blocked the troll’s escape route.
Then there was only one place for the troll to go.
I will go to Patrick, who seems weaker than me.
“Now, here comes the troll!”
“…”
Patrick focuses his attention on the troll approaching him.
eyes changed.
The troll swung the club in his hand randomly at Patrick. Patrick avoids all those attacks with a concise motion.
“Are you just going to keep dodging?”
At my words, Patrick started swinging his curved sword. A troll that recovers as soon as it has minor wounds.
“Do you think you can catch a troll with an attack like that?”
Actually, there was something I wanted to see. Patrick’s secret. If you are at an intermediate level, you can use secret techniques if you overdo it.
“Use a secret technique, a secret technique!”
At my words, Patrick gathered mana in his curved sword and started preparing for a draw.
It’s Patrick’s secret that I’ve never seen before.
“My draw is too difficult!”
Patrick’s secret was definitely a high level of difficulty. But it was as good as it was difficult to write.
It wasn’t enough to throw away the club wielded by the troll, so he returned it to the troll himself.
The troll’s face was crushed after being hit on the head by the club he wielded.
And Patrick cuts the troll’s head straight away.
“What, after being scared and nervous, you catch on well!”
“Whoa… Whoa…”
Patrick breathes heavily. Looking at the symptoms, it seemed that I would burn out soon.
“Why are you struggling so much?”
I also tried to write a secret skill at the intermediate level. Even though it was hard, it wasn’t that hard.
“Originally, my… Biggie…”
“It’s raining?”
“It’s complicated to write, so you have to concentrate a lot.”
I nodded and agreed.
If you spill it wrong, it can be a situation where you can be reversed.
“Then, you can make another secret machine.”
Secret skill is a combination of will and swordsmanship. It wasn’t that difficult to make.
But it has to be well coordinated.
“I like this big game.”
Seeing Patrick’s firm appearance, I thought I could understand the reason for some reason.
“Could this be the secret of Aude…?”
“Yes, this is the secret technique Odd used to defeat the Ogre.”
Certainly, if it was a secret technique that used the opponent’s power, it would have been enough to catch an ogre.
Of course, there is a prerequisite that you should not be afraid and not be afraid to use secret techniques.
In conclusion, there was no doubt that Odd was a courageous man.
“Um… but wouldn’t it be okay if I made a new secret technique?”
They usually have two or more secrets. Sticking to just one might be a bad choice.
“I want to do one thing perfectly. Even if it is difficult to learn several secret skills halfway through, I will learn one secret skill perfectly.”
This wouldn’t be a bad choice either.
I decided to move on to the next location. The energy of the troll is still overflowing in the dungeon.
“Two of them this time.”
I could feel the presence of the two trolls.
I put Patrick in the lead. If you’ve dealt with one troll, shouldn’t you have dealt with two trolls?
Patrick was more nervous than before.
“Master, can I deal with two of them?”
“Well, since the intelligence of trolls isn’t that high, wouldn’t it matter too much?”
Two trolls wouldn’t work together intelligently.
I decided to sit back and watch Patrick play.
Two trolls spotted Patrick and immediately charged at him.
“Master, can’t you do this?”
Patrick shouted as he struggled to dodge the troll’s attack.
“Patrick, you can. Get a little more excited.”
Patrick, blinded by my words, narrowly avoided the troll’s attack.
“I almost died.”
“Calm down. I can’t help you if you go to one room.”
It was heartfelt advice. Even the highest level of Sword Expert cannot heal fatal wounds.
As much as that, the current situation was a life-and-death situation for Patrick.
“You’re doing great!”
Patrick diligently dodging between two trolls.
I could see that I was getting more and more tired.
Against the two, it seemed that there was no time to even prepare for a draw.
“There is no situation where you can make a big deal.”
Think of it as just an attack with all your might.
That’s why, the higher the level, the more attacks that can be thought of as a draw can be made in a short time.
When it comes to Sword Master, it is possible to draw without any preparatory action. The meaning was simple.
This is because it is possible to reproduce the secret skill with swordsmanship.
“What is your secret!”
In the end, Patrick must know the center of his secret.
Patrick moved slowly, dragging his weary body.
“My technique is to take advantage of the opponent’s attack, to gently let it go.”
“Then, is it an action that can only be done with a secret technique to let go of the opponent’s attack?”
“no!”
Patrick seemed to realize something.
Patrick’s mood changed. It broke down the wall of the intermediate level and reached the upper level. and that moment.
I let the two trolls attack, causing them to attack each other.
“This is it…”
Patrick jumped up and decapitated the two wounded trolls.
Patrick looks at me with a thrilled expression.
I responded with a smile.
“Congratulations. The level has risen.”
the flow and pacing becomes worse….