Episode 154 – Special Training
Time passed quickly.
To the extent that the seasons changed twice.
The disappeared city was rebuilt at an astonishing speed, and the people held in Pennheim’s laboratory tried to get their lives back.
Trauma has already ruined her life, but Star City tried to help as much as possible, from psychological treatment to financial support.
Those who died as sacrifices in Pennheim’s laboratory were all dead in terrible shapes, and they were also said to have distinguished who was who from the Star City side and honored their souls by erecting graves.
And in the end, nothing has been found out about the existence that ate half of the earthworms and saved us.
Lastly, about our physical condition….
Kaga gak gak!
Durandal, who was swung at high speed, collided with Stia’s Astra-encircled right fist.
Stia bounced her arms in her place, and Durandal thumped! I was pushed behind her, but she immediately spun her body and stabbed her spear.
Koo-woong!
As expected, it was blocked, but Stia’s brows furrowed as if it wasn’t completely unscathed.
Since that day, we have been repeating special training every day.
The wound had already healed a long time ago with Sally’s help.
Then, Garlowin, Sharwen, and Seria disappeared somewhere saying they had something to investigate.
From now on, it’s up to adults.
[We are also adults in terms of age.]
Scarlett grumbled so much, but in the end, all we can do is train like crazy in preparation for that day to come.
Mainly me and Stia, Kania and Scarlet, Sangnam and Ifelsar.
I was repeating sparring like this.
Occasionally, I practiced by switching partners, and I studied while watching Stia and Dina sparring.
Thanks to this, her growth rate was faster than ever, and the most surprising thing was that Scarlett’s growth rate was almost the same as mine while the gap with other children was gradually narrowing.
I was still stronger, but at that growth rate, I felt like I could catch up if I took a few days off from training.
‘Is this a talent trap?’
For some reason, I felt unfair, but if I had to argue, I was superior in talent, so it was just needless greed.
Of course, besides me and Scarlett, everyone has grown steadily.
Iren suddenly said that she was going to train, and she even cut off her academy and she went somewhere, so I don’t know….
She even thought that if she continued to grow like this, she would be able to defeat the demon lord.
But if there is one problem….
‘Is it right to kill the demon king?’
I couldn’t help but think that I couldn’t win yet.
I don’t know if there is a purpose, but didn’t the demon king save us?
The investigation team was saying that it wouldn’t be the demon king, but I dared to say that after reading Oeyoungdoe, there was a 200% chance that the demon king was right.
Besides, according to the setting, the demon king is also a victim.
A rift occurs between the worlds, and through that rift, they are forcibly brought over to this world, and in the process, they are exposed to demonic energy.
And only the strongest among them became the Demon King.
Regardless of his will, he was forced to fight as the Demon King under the watchful eye of the evil spirit.
It’s already been a thousand years since we fought like that, and even hundreds of years have passed.
‘In fact, isn’t the demon king the biggest victim?’
Because even though they wanted to die, they couldn’t even die, and they were only committing unwanted massacres for eons of unwanted eons.
Could I kill her just because she’s my enemy?
If I can reach her, I want to give her the salvation she wants.
If it were her own death, I would gladly end her life on the spot.
‘No. Now that I think about it, it’s just kimchi soup.’
It’s still a long way to reach the Demon King.
Wedge love liquid!
Stia’s fist rushing towards me is twisted away from her body with a single shot.
Inadvertently, she tried to swing Durandal straight away as a counterattack, but swinging her sword at such close range was a mistake.
Stopped Durandal, who was about to swing, and kicked it with her foot, pushing Stia away and opening up the distance.
No, I tried to widen it.
“… Ugh——!”
Because I was pushed first with a heavy shock hitting my stomach.
Anyway, since the distance is widened, is it a success?
Stia opened her mouth as she was thinking such a stupid idea.
“In that situation, it’s better to strike directly with your body rather than swinging a sword.”
“Noisy. I know.”
“But you just tried to swing the sword again, right?”
“… ….”
Without answering anything, he ran towards Stia again.
Starting as always, the fastest and strongest spear. With maximum output!
However, the stab with all my might cut through the air in vain, and I felt as if I was being hit under my chin, and my vision went dark.
And when I opened my eyes again, I saw the ceiling of the training room made of fantasy artifacts.
Yes. Until now, we have been training over and over again in a state where we have almost monopolized this fantasy training ground.
In the first place, not many people use this fantasy artifact for sparring.
What we have to deal with are monsters, not humans?
‘There’s no such nonsense.’
Most heroes grow up imagining themselves at the forefront of the battlefield, defeating monsters in style.
However, in reality, most of them become the so-called heroes in charge of villains who defeat villains.
Of course, that work is also valuable. But… Compared to the heroes fighting on the battlefield, it is true that their perception is poor.
Unless it’s an outlandish group like Odin’s Eye, which appears occasionally, in fact, most of the villains are petty criminals.
It has no choice but to be, because most of those who become villains are scum who commit crimes without training because most of them do not even think about becoming heroes on the subject of awakening.
Since those guys have awakened, they think they can be anything and go out and get beaten up by the hero.
Very occasionally, guys like the eyes of Odin appear and heroes in charge of villains play an active role… Very few are actually active.
It’s not easy for heroes who used to catch petty criminals like that to win.
On the other hand, the battlefield is completely different.
Each one is stronger than an ordinary villain, and they literally come flooding in.
Strong heroes whose skills are guaranteed not to die so easily go to the battlefield, but there are still countless deaths every day.
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As such, compared to heroes in charge of villains, they are treated as ‘real heroes’, and many rewards follow.
Money, power, connections… On top of that, he risked his life every day and struggled to improve his skills.
But that doesn’t mean it’s a stupid choice to pursue only training to fight demons.
That’s true, right now, even the demon king is originally a human, and even now he is still a human, only harboring a large amount of demonic energy.
Not only that, but also the great demons called the Four Heavenly Kings, and demons with a certain amount of demonic energy, are also humanoid.
Actually, all the really strong guys are human, but they only see what is right in front of them and learn how to hunt demons.
They don’t even know that the target they have to fight with is human in the end.
But, well, I have no idea what to say about them.
Not all heroes live with such thoughts, and it is our role, not them, to actually deal with enemies that are at the level of the Great Demon or the Demon King.
Messengers of God who have been blessed by the stars.
Warrior. Paladin. Saintess. And their colleagues.
But dealing with demons will happen frequently, so learn how to deal with humans… I’ve said it several times.
I’m still just a freshman with my second year ahead of me?
Few people listened to what I had to say. In the first place, the only people who listened to what I said and understood and could train for PvP were those who were already thinking about PvP.
Besides, there were many people who were convinced after hearing my explanation, but there were many people who were steadfast in their thoughts of subjugating the monsters, but they believed that a veteran would deal with a monster that was as big as a demon.
Without knowing how many heroes die in vain while fighting demons on a real battlefield.
I don’t know why, I fight against the demons and die, or even a veteran and a hero are defeated and die.
Or, in order to deal with strong demons, there were also cases where veteran heroes used relatively weak heroes as meat shields.
People who survived the battlefield for a long time were very likely to be able to do such a thing without hesitation.
But what can I do? In the end, we have no choice but to work hard to drive out the evil spirits and restore peace.
When I looked up, Stia, who had been staring at me as I collapsed in the next room, said.
“I told you not to use the same trick multiple times.”
“Sorry. Please one more time.”
“I’m getting tired now….”
“Finally!”
“Yes, yes….”
When I got up, the space around me distorted and turned into the same field as before.
After staring at Stia for a while, summoning Astra in front of her eyes and preparing for battle, I also summoned Durandal and held it in her hand.