14. tournament
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Do-yoon withdrew all the feelings he had for Thorn.
To Do-yoon, who had only been rolling on the battlefield for over 200 years, Thorn had no meaning as an enemy.
Do-yoon was too busy, and the fights of the young chick were too insignificant compared to his grandparents.
A race of brave warriors who seek power. A great talent in the physical system. A chick that needs to be raised. For Doyoon, Thorn was such an existence.
But now all those positive emotions have been withdrawn.
I thought he was just a stupid and angry friend. Due to the nature of the race, there are guys with that kind of temperament. Typical examples are trolls and werewolves.
But they are a clan of warriors. Their stupidity equaled bravery, and although they were selfish, they were the same on the outside and transparent on the inside. Doyoon shared many friendships with such people in his previous life.
‘I thought you would too.’
I heard that he was jealous of his performance in the mana test, so I thought that he had a fighting spirit because he was a guy who worshiped strength.
It was understandable, even if it bothered Sophie. Tribes where it is common sense that strong males win good females are widespread.
But that wasn’t it.
He was just selfish, a bad guy who used violence and mean tricks to get his own self-interest.
In my previous life, there were people like that on the coalition side.
War with the Demon King. Continuing the Union. world peace. Guys who ignore all of that and take care of themselves in a mean, selfish way. species of vermin.
Enoch, too, was tormented to the bone by those tribes until he achieved a level of force that would not be oppressed by anyone. even died I tried to edify myself as a hero, but the results were always disappointing.
Doyoon is not a bodhisattva. Rather, in this matter, he was more like an extremist.
People do not correct, but filter. This was the theory of Do-yoon, who had lived for 200 years and had gone through all kinds of prenatal battles.
He stuck to a very simple solution when he met those disgusting tribes, that is, those who only cut off the flesh of the Union even before the bloody battle with the demon king.
slaughter.
The 14th episode, when Enoch killed his emotions and pursued only efficiency. The nickname he earned by killing the rotten king of his allies was Executioner, Madman.
When Doyoon said ‘an opponent with no feelings’, he meant an opponent who could be decapitated like a straw scarecrow.
Even more so, even those you encounter on the road are worthy of respect because they are members of the coalition. Because everyone in the alliance is comrades fighting against the demon lord.
But now Thorn has lost even that value.
And this means that he lost the ‘respect’ of those who are willing to die and even kill for the sole purpose of killing the demon king.
For Thorn, it was a terrible disaster.
“…For both cadets.”
Doyoon and Thorn stepped forward.
Thorn was still smirking, and the others watching were building a statue of bamboo in place of Doyun.
“Attack after surrender, attack after one side is out of action, and murder are strictly forbidden.”
“Pheuk.”
“Yes.”
“…then, ready.”
The instructor stretched out his hand to the sky and held it up.
“start!”
Down and out of the ring.
“Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!”
The seon-gong was Thorn. He moved his massive body forward and swung his hammer horizontally.
An attack so powerful that the watching cadets flinched. However, the hammer did not touch Doyoon’s body.
Huung-
“Hmm!”
The hammer stirred the air, and Thorn let out a strange moan, embarrassed by the futile taste of his hands.
I thought it was right. The moment right before the hammer hit, I had captured the figure in my eyes.
But when I swung it, he wasn’t there. He was standing still, only half a step away. It was as if Doyoon was still, but Thorn made a miss.
Thorn retrieved his weapon and swung it sideways again. But the result is the same. Do-yoon was not there. No matter how many times it was attacked, it was the same.
“Benefit…!”
Thorn was overcome with evil, and swung the hammer randomly. Each time, Doyoon narrowly avoided the hammer by a piece of paper, and Thorn’s hammer only hit the empty air. It was a mysterious movement, like a haze, as if it could be caught.
The cadets could not understand the strange sight even after seeing it with their own two eyes.
“That’s… what is…?”
“What is the cow doing? Are you dancing?”
“No, this is something from Han Do-yoon’s side…”
Enoch, who was dull in his previous life, was neither as quick as other geniuses nor as rigid as other races.
For him, efficient footwork was the most desperate technique to survive, and it was like an extra life.
The instructors groaned at Doyun’s movements.
‘It’s not an ordinary mastery move. I’ve been through a huge amount of practical experience.’
‘Is that really the move of a 25-year-old…? What kind of life did he live at the level of his origin?’
The referee instructor felt the same way. While admiring Doyoon’s movements, he focused on his movements with his eyes wide open for accurate judgment. However, despite this, he often missed Doyoon’s movements.
Outside the ring, the referee instructor’s junior and new assistant instructor muttered.
“Wow…that’s a race called Earthlings…!”
“…”
His concentration was distracted for a moment at his absurd illusion, but the instructor quickly focused on Do-yoon’s movements again.
“this! Rats, same! Baby, go!”
The battle continued. Thorn swung his hammer excitedly, and Doyoon did not respond to the blunt attack.
In reality, Doyoon was playing with Thorn in the palm of his hand, but the instructors analyzed it differently.
‘The level of skill proficiency is incomparable, but Thorn continues to use mana. However, Do-yoon is crippled. I’m not using mana.’
‘The difference in output is too great. Let alone deal a fatal blow, they can’t even dare to dig in.’
‘In order to reach that level, a tremendous amount of blood and sweat must have been shed. But after all, I can’t overcome my innate limitations…’
It wasn’t that Do-yoon didn’t have a glimmer of hope. Fortunately, Thorn was too stupid. If you just dodge and wait until Thorn’s HP runs out, you’ll be able to land a critical hit.
‘However, if you make a mistake even once in the process…’
It is Do-yoon who cannot protect himself with mana because of the fragile body of an earthling. The game will be over in an instant. It was a very unfavorable fight.
If Doyoon really couldn’t use mana, that would have been the case.
“Avoid, Maraaak!”
Thorn let out a spirit close to a scream, and struck the hammer from top to bottom. It was an attack of bloody power that made viewers take a step back.
The instructors expected Doyoon to avoid this time as well. Strangely, though, he stood still until the shadow cast by the hammer.
“This, this…!”
Doyoon was a little late. In the end, he made a mistake.
‘This is right…!’
They thought so.
Doyoon pulled his body back half a beat late. However, the hammer came down just above his forehead.
The cadets closed their eyes tightly. A terrible destructive sound will sound, and blood and flesh will splatter. Everyone was convinced of Do-yoon’s defeat.
But then, a strange thing happened.
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Jjwoong-!
“Sheep!”
With the sound of steel colliding hard against iron, and Thorn’s panicked screams, the hammer tumbled to the side.
There were clear palm prints on the side of Thorn’s hammer, and Doyoon stood with his arms outstretched as if he had slapped someone.
“Keep, ahaagh…!”
Thorn crouched down on the floor holding his right hand, as if the grip holding the hammer had been torn off.
The cadets, whose eyes were tightly closed, were dumbfounded.
“uh…?”
“What… happened, now?”
“Do it, I hit the hammer with my palm and pushed it out!”
The cadet, who had captured the sight in his eyes, shouted.
Do-yun was really slapped with a hammer and blown away without moving his legs.
In a simple motion of swinging an arm without using the waist or shoulders, and that in the palm of your hand. That big hammer fell out.
However, the shock of the cadets was not as great as that of the instructors.
They were already standing up from their seats, with faces full of astonishment.
“M-Mana! I used mana!”
“what! How can the author do mana!”
they felt smart. At the moment of crisis, I felt mana from Han Doyoon’s body.
Even the output was incomprehensible. With that level of mana output, it was enough to discuss the head of the cradle right away with just that output.
“Wasn’t it mana crippled!?”
“hey! On the day of the test, you even checked the pulse of that student yourself! How did this happen!”
“Oh no! It was a real mana cripple! The blood vessels must have been clogged up!”
The surroundings of the arena quickly turned into mayhem. Thorn was busy holding my hand and squatting while crouching, and the instructors were bewildered by the unprecedented phenomenon.
Among them, there was someone who quickly tapped on the calculator.
“Wow, that’s great! A talented person who broke steel plates without mana uses mana!”
At those words, all the instructors felt sorry for them.
What was the reason for the devaluation of Cadet Han Do-yoon so far? It was because of the mana crippling.
But now, I don’t know how, but he overcame the mana crippling. Mana was used.
In the talent market, which was preoccupied only with boss monster killers, a comet-like rookie appeared.
The surroundings of the stadium became more noisy. All of them couldn’t hide their excitement at the sudden unexpected event and its aftermath.
“Wait a minute.”
However, a heavy silence soon subsided at someone’s remark.
“Then… if Cadet Han Do-yoon really knows how to handle a sword… the boss monster killer…”
“…!”
For a moment, the instructors were shocked as if they had been hit in the head with a hammer.
Why did Cadet Han Do-yoon suddenly go upstairs with a sword?
What if the talented person who was the top even without mana at the time of admission uses mana as well?
What if it wasn’t Man-Yong who played the game despite the rusty sword?
“…”
In time, they reached a home that was terribly exciting.
‘If Han Do-yoon…’
What if you really know how to handle a sword?
‘The boss monster killer is…’
Everyone looked at Do-yoon, who was standing in the ring, as if possessed.
He raised the sword he had dragged along moderately.
“hey.”
seureung-
Despite being a rusty sword, despite having no scabbard. The sword body rubbed against the air, and a sharp sound resounded as if a sword was being kicked out of its sheath.
“Wake up.”
Doyoon walked towards Thorn.