138 – Growth
I woke up from a long slumber. The reason I know it’s a long sleep is because the time I picked up the marble was longer than before.
When I opened my eyes, what I saw was the now familiar ceiling of the hospital room.
I immediately felt the change in my body when I raised my upper body.
There is no physical fatigue enough to say that he is in good condition. My body felt very light, as if I had suddenly lost a lot of weight.
After waking up from bed, I lightly stretched and thought of the surest way to objectively check my growth.
I confirmed my change using the oath ring.
As expected, I grew up. It was even a higher level of growth than I expected.
First of all, my physical strength almost doubled. The last time I saw it, it was 2.7 Stamina, now it’s 4.9. Strength rose from 2.1 To 4.1, And endurance and agility rose to 4 each.
I didn’t expect to be able to achieve such remarkable growth in such a short period of time. Of course, if there was no continuation of the battle, he would have died because he could not bear the pain.
I actually experienced the penalty of continuing the battle, so it was only possible for me.
It is satisfying that the body has grown tremendously, but on the other hand, I felt a little shaken up.
Compared to when I invested in physical training every day… I couldn’t help but feel sad.
Catching up in just a few days after months of hard work made me feel bittersweet.
Elixir, skill, vision, talent. Compared to those things, the effort is too time-consuming and inefficient.
The reason why the probability of entering Transcendence Academy is significantly different for a child who has received steady support from a good family than a commoner who works hard proves it.
I shook my head and let go of my regret. I just happened to get the breathing method called intangible. It only worked out fortunately and made great growth, and I have no intention of relying on that kind of luck again.
The sweat shed every day is not in vain. I was able to grow through hard work, and because of that, I learned how to breathe.
There is no need to undermine my efforts. For now, all you have to do is rejoice in your growth.
While I was doing some light stretching, a strange man opened the door to the hospital room. The man with the hair that was bigger than his face recognized me.
“Oh, Ross. You’re awake.”
It’s the first time I’ve met you, but I bowed my head because I was an adult who was older than me.
“Hello.”
“Yes, is there anything wrong with your body? When I entered the room, there were no major problems with my body. So i’m more worried Being asleep for 5 days without any abnormalities in your body means that there must be a problem somewhere, right?”
I couldn’t explain the penalty for continuing the battle, so I skillfully looked for something that could twist the direction of the conversation.
The white gown the man is wearing is the same one that Professor Joy, who was in charge of the hospital room, always wore. This is it.
“You are wearing the same clothes as Professor Joy.”
At my question, the man made an embarrassed expression.
“Oh, my God. You didn’t introduce me Sorry sorry. I am Professor Finn. Originally, a professor in charge of ancient characters in the 4th grade. Professor Joy is away on summer vacation and is in charge of the hospital room temporarily.”
Then I understand the current situation. After a brief self-introduction, Professor Finn laughed that he had cheered me on in a duel, and invited me to undergo a professional examination.
I was grateful for the concern, but a professional examination was unnecessary as I well knew why I hadn’t woken up for five days. I was able to get out of the hospital room with a rough nod of my head and the words that I would do it when the time was right.
I checked the time and it was 5pm. I didn’t eat anything, but I wasn’t hungry. Perhaps the nutrients given while asleep are still working.
To let people know that they have woken up and to say thank you for their growth. I moved to the staff room where the lycan was.
As I opened the door to the office, someone grabbed my shoulder from behind. I could tell whose hand it was without looking back at the heavy weight I felt on my shoulder.
“You’re awake.”
I turned and looked at the lycan.
“Yes. There is nothing wrong with the body. No, I feel so much better. Thank you.”
“What, you suffered.”
The Lycan nodded and asked with a grin.
“So, do you have any desire to check it out? Did you learn how to breathe properly?”
The Lycan’s muscles twitched with anticipation. I smiled and nodded her head. I also wanted to see my own growth.
“Good.”
Lycan happily nodded her head vigorously at my answer without hesitation.
“As expected, he is like my disciple!”
***
Moving to the training ground, we faced each other and widened our distance.
Lycans were wearing clunky gauntlets that looked like metal.
Like the gauntlet of the famous purple jawline villain in the movie, it’s not studded with super-powerful gems.
It was a gauntlet engraved with special runes to withstand her lycan’s magical power.
“This is my first sparring with you. When I first saw you, I never thought this would happen…. You don’t even know what people do.”
Recalling her past, Lycan menacingly swung her gauntlet into the air with her ferocious grin.
“I would be very disappointed if she collapsed in one fell swoop like in her first class.”
I smiled. Yeah, that happened too. I wanted to show Lycan how much I had grown, not with words, but with my skills.
I took out the spear of destruction from the space warehouse. As I grabbed the spear pole and took a posture, a strange sense of exhilaration tickled my chest.
There was no need to mention the beginning of Dalian. The lycan, who had instantly hit her face, swung her gauntlet with the intention of blasting my head off.
Bang-!
The gauntlet and spear collided. The gauntlet containing magic power was heavy and intense, but I received it.
As if waiting, the lycan swung her fist right opposite her, but I had already spurred her on the road and pulled her back.
I recognized the spatial coordinates at the same time as avoiding the fist. As soon as I centered my posture, I thrust a spear into the entrance of the dimension.
But the lycan skillfully pushed his hand back without even looking at the spear poking through his back. Did it read the trajectory of the window and react?
I made several dimensional exits around Lycan. With that alone, it was felt that Lycan was taken aback by an attack that might come out of nowhere like a mole hunt.
And at that point I couldn’t help but smile. I don’t know what kind of synergistic effect the body strengthened through the procedure showed, but the use of space magic became faster than before.
In just a few seconds, I poured dozens of combos at the Lycan. If it had been before, I would have had to be careful with my attacks due to my lack of stamina. As for the current state of the body, the amount of physical strength consumed by the chain attack will soon recover.
However, the lycan was so skillful that he dodges the spear, cuts it off, and tenaciously narrows the distance. Animal-like reactions. As if his arms were stretched out, the moment he exited the dimensional exit, the tip of his spear was blocked by Lycan’s gauntlet.
The distance has already been narrowed. Rather, I stepped forward and charged toward the lycan. There wasn’t enough distance to pierce the spear, but I didn’t stop charging.
Lycan’s gauntlet flew with ferocious force, aiming for her face as I intended. At the same time, Lycan’s arm was instantly sucked into the dimensional exit created in an instant.
And with her own fist that contained her momentum, the lycan slapped her in the jaw. Unexpectedly, the lycan punched her own chin, staggering from her shock, unable to straighten her stance.
Judged that the situation is sufficient for a clear additional hit. Taking two quick steps back in one breath, creating a distance to maximize the spear’s attack power, he stabbed the spear with momentum.
So that Lycan could never avoid it, her attack was twisted once more so that the tip of her spear could reach behind her, such as her vision being blocked.
Looking at the window being sucked into the entrance of the dimension, I was convinced that I had given the final blow.
That’s why I couldn’t help but be astonished at the fact that Lycan instantly crouched down to avoid her spear, and at the same time stepped forward as if she were about to collapse and rushed forward.
A well-timed rush made in a situation where the spear could not be retrieved. It was a posture that could not respond to Lycan’s rush. As if Lycan intended this.
I rolled on the floor several times with a tremendous impact that pushed my entire body. Before he could get back into his stance, Lycan was approaching him. Kicked her in the chest Fortunately, his arms were crossed to cushion his impact, but that simple kick felt like a broken bone in his left arm.
Stepping back, I used space magic to retrieve the spear that was rolling on the floor. Her left arm is numb I feel like I can force myself to use my arm once in a while.
At that moment, the lycan approaching her, closing the distance, roared like a beast.
“Use the breathing method!”
With Lycan’s skills, it would have been easy to defeat me. But this isn’t a fight, it’s sparring. At Lycan’s advice, I used my magic as I had learned without hesitation.
In an instant, I felt my whole body contract with my heart. And the moment I inhale, I experience the world slowing down.
I could see the fists wielded by the Lycans. I dodged the attack by shifting my center of gravity by putting strength into my left thigh, and I put my weight on it and fell to the floor, stabbing the spear.
The spear was sucked into the entrance to the dimension created before the spear hit the floor, and the spear blade grazed the lycan’s shoulder. Even in an unpredictable attack, Lycan avoided it only by instinct.
Falling to the floor, I straightened up and exhaled. At the same time, the feeling of contraction in my body disappeared, and the world, which had suddenly slowed down, regained its speed.
While I couldn’t balance my body due to a strong sense of exhaustion, I had no choice but to reflexively close my eyes at the gauntlet that had already filled my field of view.
I passed out from the intense pain I felt in my face.