Episode 60
“betting?”
Limer looked up and down Metun and narrowed her eyes.
“What are you going to bet on all of a sudden?”
“A bet that proves that the 5 dance hall is really the strongest among Sieghard trainees.”
“Ah, let’s face each other?”
“As one of Sieghard’s instructors, don’t use such vulgar language.”
“Whether we want to fight or fight. Ultimately, it’s about sticking. Let’s go straight.”
Limer smiled and wiped the empty beer mug from his mouth, and Metun hardened his mouth like a stone statue.
The two men were the same chief instructor, but their personalities were very different.
“Oh, Limer and Metun are together?”
“It’s not about sticking them together, it’s about sticking disciples!”
“Then 5 gyms and 6 gyms? Is it great?”
Everyone in the tavern got up and gathered around Limer and Metun.
“I bet all my fortune on Metun!”
“Hey, this is Remerge! Marta, Beren, and Runan, and even Raon, who defeated those three!”
“right. 6 There are many collaterals at the gymnasium, but there is no direct line. Do you think the 5 mana gymnasium will win?”
“You guys are really good at information. Don’t you know that Kane-sama entered the 6th gym a while ago?”
The attention of the people in the tavern was focused on one place when he heard that a direct lineman had come in.
“uh? Weren’t you injured while on duty?”
“That was already a year and six months ago. men and horses.”
“Oh, would it be worth a try then? Kane-sama was also famous for being full of talent. Especially the senses and the purity of the aurors.”
“Not enough to do. 6 The gymnasium is more advantageous. Kane and his collaborators are already 16 years old.”
“This will be fun!”
“let’s go! Raise the plate right now!”
The people at the tavern shouted the names of the 5th and 6th theaters as if a bet had already been made and started taking out money.
“Wow, if I don’t do this, I will die right?”
Limer laughed bitterly. Contrary to words, it is a happy face.
Metun was standing there with a heavy expression on his face, presumably because he knew things would turn out like this.
“But then, what kind of wind suddenly blows, so we are going to fight each other?”
“It’s not a match… .”
“The little things just go away.”
“Are you really asking because you don’t know?”
“Is it because of the Owen Kingdom?”
Limer scratched her chin and picked up her beer mug.
“right. The pride of the children was wrinkled because Owen Kingdom only applied for a match at the 5th even after seeing the 6th gymnasium.”
“That’s because they practiced roughly.”
“You are right. Because neither me nor the trainees did their best. But now it is different.”
Metun looked at Limer’s half-opened eyes and continued.
“Since Kane Sieghard joined five months ago, the 6th gym has changed. Everyone trained from dawn to night, and recently passed the Hell Lord training.
“Eh? The Lord of Hell?”
Limer opened her mouth.
“okay. There was not a single dropout.”
“That’s great.”
Hellju is a famous training among Sieghard training. The regular swordsman is also a training that comes with failures, but it was surprising that all the trainees persevered.
“I thought it was time to give them a sense of accomplishment.”
“Are you going to use that scapegoat as our 5th training camp?”
“… … .”
Metun replied that he didn’t answer.
“I like it.”
Limer smiled and tapped the table.
“How? Is it a one-on-one match?”
“no. In a one-on-one match, we still haven’t beaten the 5th.”
Metun shook his head.
“Well? So how are we going to stick with it?”
“There’s not just one-on-one duels.”
“ah!”
Limer smiled and tapped the table.
“Is it a team game?”
“okay. 5 The number of the gymnasium is 43, and we will prepare 43. We decided to stick it in a randomly set place.”
“It’s a bit harsh to call it an all-out war. Is it a local war?”
He murmured, “I’m fine,” and put his hand on the gold coin that Methun had put down again.
“But I have an offer here.”
“proposal?”
“Is there more than twice as many gymnasiums as we are?”
“Yes.”
“Then you better give it a little more chance. They prepare 60 people.”
“What?”
“There are 43 people here. Let’s stick with 60 people.”
“Are you ignoring us?”
Metun’s momentum burned like straw. The table trembled.
“I’m not ignoring it, I’m telling the truth. Don’t you also admit that you are powerless and inexperienced?”
“Well.”
“Besides, we have more children from direct lineages, vassals, and higher ranks. Even if you fight with 60 people, no one will say anything to you.”
Metun thought for a moment, then nodded.
“i get it. Don’t do that.”
“You decide the date and location.”
“To me? What if I cheat… .”
Metun’s heavy eyes shook for the first time.
“Because you’re not a great person to cheat with something like this.”
Metun’s hand, which was placed on the gold coin, lost strength, and Rimer took the gold coin from the gap.
“There is only one thing you are mistaken about.”
Metun, who lifted his hand from the gold coin, turned his head.
“mistaken?”
“Kain Sieghardt developed his auric skills and senses every day for a year and a half that was unable to move due to an injury.”
“uh?”
“His senses and Auror-san are second to none of the official prosecutors.”
He looked down at Limer with confident eyes.
“It would be better to be well prepared. Because it could all be used up by one Kane. This is the down payment of the bet.”
Metun pushed the bag of gold coins he took out of his arms in front of Limer and left the tavern.
“Wow!”
“Can we take a look too?”
“Open the plate now! 6 I stake all my fortune on the gym!”
“I am 5 gymnastics!”
“They have very little money. I’m touching my house!”
When the bet was established, there was a commotion that caused the ceiling of the tavern to shake.
“Hmm.”
Limer tapped his gold coin pocket and smiled.
“Because kondon is good too.”
He was relaxed as if he knew everything.
“Then, shall we go to the gambling house?”
* * *
It was a dark morning when the sun had not yet risen.
Raon was sitting with her eyes closed in the empty lot of the annex that looked like a black curtain had fallen. A red haze, thinner than a leaf of grass, rose above her shoulder.
Contrary to the rising of the hot sun, the red energy from Raon’s body gradually decreased, and eventually disappeared completely.
At that moment, Raon opened his eyes.
flash.
His red eyes blazed with intense heat like the sun rising through the sky.
“Whoa… .”
As Raon spit out the leftovers in his body with his breath, his flaming eyes returned to their usual state.
‘Time passes so quickly.’
I woke up looking at the rising sun.
It’s been 3 days since I went on my first mission.
Thanks to the three days of training, the movements of the body and Aurors began to move somewhat similarly.
Chaang!
Raon turned his wrists and ankles and drew his sword. As a cartoonist, he practiced soft swordsmanship from start to finish.
The auror immediately follows the body. movement like a shadow. It’s not perfect, but it’s definitely different from 3 days ago.
‘For now, it would be better to just set this up.’
It’s a lifelong training.
Perfecting the flow of the Auror and the body is not a training that will last for a few days.
In the end, it must become a sword-sword unity that unites the sword and the spirit, so we must continue to train in the future.
After unfolding the basic swordsmanship of Sieghart from beginning to end, Raon inserted the sword.
I looked up at the sky and the sun had risen quite high.
‘It’s a little late.’
Early morning personal training was almost over. It seemed like we had to go to the gym before the regular morning training time.
Raon changed into sweaty clothes and ran to the 5th rehearsal room. As I was about to open the gym door and enter, I heard the voices of the trainees from inside.
“What’s wrong with that guy?”
“You’ve finished the mission by yourself, so you’ll enjoy your morning training.”
“Ttt, in fact, it was something anyone could do even if it was there.”
“So. Even if you’re an Auror user, you’re a bandit, but how strong can you be? I was lucky.”
You can tell just by hearing your voice. field trainee. Those are the guys who couldn’t adapt to the changed Burren and fell off.
‘Pathetic bastards.’
Raon clicked his tongue. There was no need to worry about the words of those losers. The moment he enters, he avoids his eyes and runs away.
‘But the auditorium is a bit cold.’
I felt the temperature of the gymnasium is different from usual, and as I was about to enter, I heard a familiar voice from inside.
“pathetic.”
It was Burren’s voice. The graceful footsteps stopped in front of the trainees.
“Is it something anyone can do? So did you find any traces of the bandits at that time? Or did you save the children from bandits? Or maybe even the head of a bandit was cut off?”
“That, that… .”
“Berren. We’re just joking… .”
The trainees couldn’t find anything to say and just mumbled.
“Jealousy is an emotion that anyone can have. But the moment you put it in your mouth, the ugliness of human beings hits the bottom. I can only say this because I’ve done it myself. Calm down.”
percussion!
As soon as Burren finished speaking, someone jumped from the tree.
“Hey, if it weren’t for that bastard, I was going to break your heads.”
Martha. Her voice, as if sharpening her teeth, came from the side of the trainees.
“Let’s figure out the topic. If you had met the bandit boss, you would have been stalking around or being dragged away like a dog by the instructors who were watching you.”
“Oh, Martha-sama… .”
“What did you guys do when you were on vacation after finishing your mission? Since you’ve been on a mission, you must have thought that you had to take a break from training, didn’t you? Did you not do it at all?”
“that is… .”
“Ugh.”
The trainees only squealed at Marta’s words that stabbed her in the right direction.
“The child who finished the mission alone went to the gym and trained when you went home and stretched out and slept. Even on the day you return.”
“I am really?”
“If you don’t believe me, ask yourself.”
Marta laughed coldly and laughed at the trainees.
“You know Raon’s whereabouts very well. Did you even stalk?”
“What? How did this bastard tease his snout!”
At Burren’s joking remarks, Marta slammed the wall.
“That’s right. Without seeing it, how do you know that?”
“If I tie that jaw, wouldn’t you know?”
Burren and Marta began to radiate momentum as if they were fighting.
Whoa.
Raon opened the door to the gym, feeling an unknown feeling as if she was tapping her chest with her fingers.
The noisy and busy auditorium became quiet. Burren and Marta, who looked like they were about to fight by the collar, quickly turned their heads.
“Laon.”
As they were looking at the two of them, Runan, whose eyes twinkled in silver, approached. A white frost was growing over her shoulders.
‘It was this guy.’
When I asked why the temperature of the gymnasium dropped, it seems that Runan was emitting a bloody amount of cold air.
“Doesn’t there seem to be any indication that you have accomplished a task by yourself? Late for morning training.”
Marta had taken her side a while ago, and now she is starting to sarcastic.
“I did it at home, so don’t worry.”
Raon answered lightly and stood in the center of the gymnasium.
“The regular training will start soon. to sort everything.”
The trainees began to gather behind Raon with a slightly shaky expression.
“Before you start training, warm up.”
Raon turned his head while telling him to relax, and there was a small smile on the corner of his lips that no one knew.
* * *
Two months have passed since I completed my first mission.
The gaze around Raon changed a little, but he did not pay any attention to it, and focused only on the harmony between the soft sword technique and the garambo technique.
– It’s boring. Repeating only the swordsmanship and footwork you’ve already learned doesn’t mean you don’t feel bored?
‘No way.’
Leon chuckled.
‘It’s an important training. I’ll be patient.’
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No one knows that the basics are important, but most make the mistake of knowingly giving up training and immersing in advanced martial arts.
The reason is simple.
Just competitive spirit.
‘Because I feel like I’m falling behind.’
When one side repeats only ordinary swordsmanship and footwork, if the other side uses swordsmanship and blows sword wind, it is inevitable that they will be psychologically atrophied and anxious.
‘It’s terribly boring there.’
Basic swordsmanship and footwork are simple and straightforward. Even a trainee with ordinary talent can learn that type in a week.
I practice it over and over again for months or years, and no one finds it enjoyable.
Same goes for Leon. Repeating basic swordsmanship and footwork over and over again is painfully difficult for him.
‘But it has to be done.’
Working hard on the basics is like building a ladder on a cliff.
Those who climb with their hands and feet will go first, but in the future, the person who built the ladder will climb the cliff higher and faster.
Because he was more confident than anyone in the world for his patience, Raon always used basic swordsmanship, footwork, and the ring of fire in his personal time, no matter what others said.
“Wow, aren’t you really tired?”
“How do you just repeat the soft sword technique?”
“Crazy. it’s crazy… .”
“I can’t live like that. I can’t live.”
When the trainees saw Raon repeating the basic swordsmanship, they stuck out their tongues. It wasn’t mockery or teasing, it was pure admiration.
“I know. How do you just repeat that? Could it be that your head is half-turned?”
The trainees turned around at the cheerful voice.
“Huh!”
“Chief, Instructor!”
“What are you doing so early?”
“hi.”
Chief Instructor Rimer smiled and waved his hand.
“It’s true that the basics are boring, but that guy will climb high. I’ve never seen anyone who didn’t stand on top of a swordsman who constantly laid the groundwork.”
Having said that, he went up to the stage.
“Come on, everyone pay attention!”
Limer clapped her hands and caught everyone’s attention. The trainees stopped their individual training and ran in front of him.
“What are you doing?”
Burren raised his hand. He was tilting his head, wondering if it was strange that Rimer appeared in the early morning individual training session.
“Oh, I should have told you before, but I forgot something.”
“Yes? Are you blinking?”
“What else have you forgotten?”
The trainees thought it was nothing special and asked questions with a light heart. But the sound that came out of his mouth far exceeded their thoughts.
“I was going to open a game with the 6 gymnasium.”
“Are you floating? 6 With the gymnasium? Come on, are you saying you’re going to fight?”
“It feels more like an all-out war than a confrontation. 43 of you and 60 of you will join at the same time.”
“When?”
Burren’s face hardened like a bark, and the other trainees swallowed dry saliva.
Limer smiled as if enjoying that expression.
“tomorrow.”