71 – Revolutionary Corps-1
“But what are we going to do when we go?”
“First of all, we will conduct joint training. Since you guys seem to be non-awakened people in particular, we will train civilians to persuade or sometimes subdue them.”
“You guys talk like you’re not Awakened?”
At my words, the land kid snorted.
“Don’t think of me as a normal non-Awakener. I’m someone who has been through special training since I was young. Even without mana, I can catch F- to E-level Awakeners with just the equipment.”
Oh, that’s great.
“Your older sister will admit that you are strong, but you will not admit that you are strong.”
“If you’re that curious, would you like to join us at the base of the Revolutionary Corps?”
“great.”
A strange war of nerves unfolded between the little boy and me.
The revolutionaries, in their own way, were looking at me with the conviction that the little boy would win, and our children, in their own way, looked over there with eyes full of trust in me.
“Guide me quickly.”
“We’re almost there.”
It is said that saying that we are almost there is usually a lie, but we arrived at the entrance of the mountain which looked rough after walking for only 3 more minutes.
“Is this what you saw? What kind of bandits are you?”
“There is a separate facility in this mountain. It was used for some kind of experiment in the past, but there was an abandoned place due to some kind of accident, so we are using it as a temporary shelter.”
My heart started pounding and beating.
It was because my brain had run amok with the idea that the place might be the facility I lived in as a child.
‘No, it can’t be.’
The chances are not zero. Seeing that Lee Soo-ah was living in Mir, it would have been obvious that the facility was also in or near Mir.
To be precise, it might be said that the possibility is quite high. Since Mir was a small city, it was clear that it would be very difficult to have many research facilities.
‘And most of all, Lee Soo-ah’s reaction is unusual.’
As she approached this mountain, Lee Soo-ah’s eyes changed. It was a very fleeting change, but I did not miss the moment.
‘In times like this, even S-class Awakeners are human.’
If you’re determined and try to cheat, you can cheat everything, but you can’t control even the light habits of everyday life.
As I climbed up the mountain and entered the facility the little boy had mentioned, I could see that this was the facility I had been living in as a child.
Other people used it, renovated it, and there were places that became obsolete over time, but this place was definitely a laboratory for artificial awakening experiments.
“Is Six here?”
“Okay, mister, is everything okay?”
“Are these the new people brought in this time?”
“Yeah, it looks like there’s a sprout, so I brought it.”
“They’re safe, right? It’s troublesome to spread rumors somewhere.”
“You can’t get out of here anyway.”
Six and the guard had a very intimate conversation.
“Do you have any room left? That man over there challenged me to a duel.”
“To Six? You have a big liver, hey bro, if you don’t want to roll around unsightly, why don’t you give up right now?”
“I don’t like it? Why me?”
“It’s been a while since I’ve had something interesting to see, but I’m going to room A-3, I’ll gather people soon.”
“Do you really need to bring people together?”
“It’s good to watch fun scenes with a group of people.”
‘First of all, it doesn’t seem like a bluff.’
The guard said the premise was that Six would win overwhelmingly.
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No matter how close the guards and Six were, being able to show such deep trust meant that Six was a person with real skills.
“Where is our great S-Class Awakener?”
“Now he’s headed towards the center of the city. He said he was coming after scouting the place where the ruler lives.”
I followed Six to the huge room. It was a huge room that had been used as a training room before, but it maintained a similar shape as if it were still being used as a training room.
“Should I wait for people to come? Or should I just finish it now?”
“Wait and do it, everyone wants to see a fun scene, right?”
Wouldn’t it be much more fun to watch someone you trusted lose when you were sure your team would win?
People gathered quickly. Is there nothing to do? Or did you just want to finish it quickly and go back to what you were doing?
“Hey, I heard that the newcomer who joined Six this time fearlessly challenged you to a match?”
“To be precise, it wasn’t that I started the fight first, because I have to let people know that I’m different from normal people.”
The man who approached Six seemed to be a fairly high Awakener.
Even if it’s not possible, a man who is presumed to be in grade B, probably grade A, glanced at us.
“Certainly, you guys aren’t normal people either. You have a lot of momentum. But it probably won’t work for Six. He’s a monster who beats up even the Awoken.”
“Okay, if everyone gathers, let’s fight quickly, right?”
“You still think it’s a bluff.”
The people who arrived in the room created a circular space around us.
“Six!! Win!!”
“Don’t end it too soon. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a fight, but if it ends too soon, it’s no fun.”
In an instant, the room became noisy.
The space that was always quiet when I was young is filled with such hot heat,
I didn’t feel bad, but a very subtle feeling ran through my body.
“Do you have any weapons you need?”
“Bring me one dagger.”
I can’t use the weapon I was using. If you wield a weapon against an ordinary person without mana, the weapon will be completely cut off.
A dagger of appropriate length flew from the audience.
– Crack!!
I kicked the dagger that had bounced off the floor several times and caught it in my hand.
It was a minor showmanship, but the crowd screamed incredibly loudly.
As the small room left, the resounding shouts raised my tension as well.
“Aren’t you using a weapon?”
“You don’t even need a weapon to deal with ordinary people.”
“When you lose later, don’t whine about losing because you don’t have a weapon, do you pick it up quickly?”
It was a flimsy provocation, and a very common provocation, but the effect was clear.
I don’t know if it was a provocation or just to get rid of the room, but Six took a small stick out of his pocket and quickly created a long spear with a few assemblies.
And it was a very familiar posture.
Six was taking the same basic stance of spearmanship that I had learned as a child.
The instructor who taught us the spearmanship would eventually learn it from someone in Mir, so it wouldn’t be strange if Six used the spearmanship I learned.
‘Then I’ll have a much better advantage.’
My swordsmanship now is completely different from the way I learned swordsmanship from the instructor, so even if Six had learned swordsmanship, he wouldn’t be familiar with my swordsmanship.
“Attack first.”
Spur the ground and rushed to Six. Six stayed ready until I got to two meters near Six.
It wasn’t until I got within two meters of him that he naturally raised his spear and pointed it at me.
If the point of the spear was aimed at my neck, if it was a spear versus spear confrontation, the match might have been a bit more thrilling, but as long as I have Lich holding a short dagger, I won’t bother to drag the match out for a long time.
– Wedges!
The tip of Six’s spear aimed at my throat and stabbed me.
how to respond Shall I grab the spear and thrust the dagger through his throat?
It was clear that I would outperform him, at least in terms of strength, so it could have been meaningful enough.
If I hadn’t had any information about Six, I would have grabbed the spear without hesitation.
‘There’s a reason why people praise it. I might get a counterattack for no reason.’
I easily dodged the rapidly approaching window. Immediately, his spear came close to my neck. It’s probably because he’s trying to be considerate by hanging a spear blade around my neck. Seeing his leg move across mine, it was a pretty sure prediction.
I pushed the bastard’s spear pole with my dagger. Six immediately changed his stance, blocked my dagger, and lightly dipped it away, using my strength to aim at my neck with the other side of the spear.
‘It’s been a long time since I’ve had a taste of fighting an opponent?’
I ducked to avoid the approaching spear with my neck. My body screamed at the excessive movement, but since I did this often, I was able to endure it now.
I expected it to be blocked or spilled, but I didn’t think that I would dodge the spear in this position, so the spear spun around greatly.
I burrowed into the empty body and thrust the dagger into his neck.
Six quickly changed the trajectory of the spear and tried to target my body, but unfortunately I was much faster.
“Did I win?”
“Tsk… yes, you won.”
Six threw a spear.
-Waaa!!!!
I heard cheers from the crowd. How could you cheer so loudly even though your side lost?
“The rookie is amazing?!”
“I didn’t expect to beat Six.”
Are you saying I’m their colleague now?
“I didn’t know that the match would come this soon, did you?”
It was a battle that took quite a while in my experience, but the actual time passed was less than 30 seconds.
“I didn’t think I would avoid it at all, I should have assumed it and reacted quickly, but I couldn’t react right away, so I had no choice but to end it right away.”
Six reached out to me while recovering.
“You’re a great guy? What the hell are you doing?”
“It’s just an ordinary citizen of Mir.”
“Come to think of it, I don’t even know your name. What’s your name?”
The way Six looked at me was quite different.
I received an unknown trust before, but now it seems to be a firm trust? I couldn’t figure out why this guy was sending me this kind of trust.
“Call me Lee Soo-hyun.”
“…Lee Soo-hyun?”
Six’s eyes went blank.
as if thinking of something.