Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Gyereuk (1)

Episode 8

I don’t know if this would be an appropriate analogy.

For example, if I returned to Earth as an infant with my academic background reset.

It would have been funny to enter a prestigious university, often represented by SKY.

If you want to, you might be able to get a high score by taking the SAT 10 years earlier than others.

However, if I asked if I could enter Seoul National University medical school after taking the entrance exam, it was difficult to answer for sure.

If you ask if you can leave a worthy mark in a specific discipline beyond the undergraduate level, the answer becomes even more difficult.

Furthermore, if you ask me if I can achieve a work worthy of a Nobel Prize, I would say that it is impossible.

It is in a similar vein to be sure that you will not be able to reach the status of a master.

I’m just getting started quickly.

His physical talents were excellent and he received support from the Transcendental, so he was able to pioneer a state that would surprise others at a young age, but…

In the end, those who could reach the peak were those who were born with the talent of the peak.

I can’t believe that I was born with the apex talent. Aren’t you lost because you can’t even fly a sword right now?

Still, he threw the ballot.

It was a scam, but there was no time to feel sorry.

If you rolled up the gacha and closed the orphanage without any results, you wouldn’t have to worry about the title.

The empire that will distribute the titles will evaporate.

On the other hand, if the hard-trained orphanage children produce a hero who can avert the crisis of humanity, Jimmy and Matthew will naturally be honored.

It was like the subject who gave the title had changed, so by my standards, it was a no-problem.

“So, you mean it’s difficult?”

“Especially wizards. It’s a much more closed organization than you think. It’s a problem that money can’t solve. You can hire them, but you can’t act like a tutor.”

Jimmy shook his head.

Closeness is the default for any wizard belonging to any organization.

The exchange between them is carried out out of necessity, but knowledge is not shared with outsiders.

“Of course, if you become a high-ranking nobleman, even if you don’t belong to a certain faction, you can teach them basic skills. But… they will not want to do business with a lowly people like us. No matter how talented you are, it is difficult to expect a favorable response. Will.”

“I know what you mean.”

“Of course, if you want to save those with some flaws, you can save them. There were sometimes even mercenaries who were kicked out of wizards.”

“That’s not possible. If you’re going to learn, you have to learn it with a regular basis. If you’re in a hurry, you’ll have to go through hardship later.”

At the most, it is impossible to make a fool by picking up a unique orphan and burning the skill tree wrong.

“It’s difficult.”

“Let’s make one thing clear. If you want to make contact with a proper knight or wizard, you need the help of a nobleman.”

It is said that you should reflect your face on the countess. A sigh came out. It wasn’t something that could be rushed.

“If you want, I can pass on my mana techniques to the kids.”

“I’m sorry, Jimmy, Jimmy’s technique is so cheap.”

“It’s not like that.”

It’s because I learned what I found rolling around on the streets when I was a mercenary.

Jimmy didn’t have to deny that what he had learned was a very cheap technique.

“if it goes like this…”

After somehow finding a stable mana technique, I think I should also consider how to pass on the mana purification method and swordsmanship that I have in my head to my children.

It’s only going to rot if I keep it alone for the rest of my life.

“Okay, let’s talk about it. There’s one more thing I’d like to ask Jimmy and Matthews.”

“…”

Jimmy and Matthew, who had sharpened their momentum, looked at me with tense eyes.

There was nothing I could do if I was misunderstood because of what I had done so far, but this request was really easy to grant.

“Tell me some know-how to fly the sword.”

“…What?”

Jimmy, who showed a look of embarrassment, replied by scratching the back of his head.

“That… me and Matthew can only emit ordinary swordsmanship.”

“yes?”

“I don’t know how to use a judo sword that pursues a target, or a split sword that splits into multiple pieces when fired.”

“No, nothing like that, it’s just a way to shoot pure swordsmanship.”

“What are you talking about? Do you know how to make swords?”

“But I don’t know how to shoot.”

“Are you sick?”

“You don’t want to get a title?”

“Chuckle, Rey also had a human side! Hell, people can’t be perfect!”

Jimmy, who brought his life as a mercenary to his body, gestured to Matthew who was standing behind him.

“Matthew, let’s go to the training ground we’ve set up around here.”

*

After walking for a few dozen minutes through the dense trees, turning sideways on the compacted mountain road, a large vacant lot appeared.

On the artificially created vacant lot, huge rocks were closely spaced at regular intervals.

It was a training ground built by Jimmy and Matthew to practice swordsmanship.

“Coming to think of it, I overlooked that you had reached a level where you could pull out swordsmanship through self-education.”

It doesn’t have to be realistic at all.

Having reached the level of an expert, I naturally thought that other things would be perfect, but in reality, Ray was an empty chaff with little experience.

“First, let me explain the basics. Swordsmanship. They all look similar, but their properties change little by little depending on what kind of training and refining methods you have learned.”

After Jimmy created a sword, he slowly swung his sword in the air.

Along with the terrifying sound of the wind, the slight heat heated the air along the trail of the sword.

“Based on the mana technique without genealogy, the nature of swordsmanship is similar. Cutting power and heat.”

Matthew also created a sword and showed it to Ray.

It was a little sharper than Jimmy, but instead the heat was weak and the sword cut through the air.

Eventually, Jimmy and Matthew’s swords meet.

In an instant, a strong flash of light exploded, and the heat that had been imprisoned in the sword swept the surroundings.

Kaga!!

“When swords collide with each other, their respective qualities are revealed more clearly.”

Ray felt his heart beating faster.

When Jimmy and Matthew unfolded the information they had passed over, strange tension and ecstasy flowed in blood.

“Ray, try raising your sword once more.”

“I know.”

“Come on, let’s meet each other slowly. What kind of taste will the swordsmanship of the youngest sword master ever in the Empire have?”

Having said that, Jimmy didn’t expect much.

Ray was self-taught and raised to the level of an expert, and it was Jimmy and each other who had no genealogy for mana techniques or refinements.

How unique must it be?

Immediately after facing the sword with such ease.

Whoops!!

The sword, unable to overcome the backlash, bounced off its grip.

A black boomerang spun at Matthew, who was standing next to Jimmy.

“Uhhh!”

Matthew, who bent back and barely avoided the sword, fell to the ground.

The sword that crossed the air half-digged into the tree that had been far away and stopped moving.

“…”

“…”

“…”

There was silence for a moment.

Jimmy, who was bleeding all the time when his hands burst, and Matthew, who almost made a difference to his friend’s knife, took out a tobacco and asked, as if he had promised.

“Huh… life is so f*cking hard…”

“It’s unfair.”

Jimmy and Matthew clearly captured what happened the moment Ray and his sword met.

repulsion? distortion? It was impossible to pinpoint the exact nature of the phenomenon, but one thing was clear.

Rey’s swordsmanship was completely incomparable to that of ordinary swordsmanship.

“I’m afraid he’s not a prodigy of wealth. I ignored the fact that there was no genealogy, so I sat there alone, crafting the genealogy from the beginning.”

“It’s a pedigree, and I’m going to hold my sword tighter in the future, Captain. You almost fell behind.”

“You try to bump it up. It was almost unacceptable that I didn’t break my wrist.”

“Jimmy, Matthew.”

Ray shrugged.

“Turn off your cigarettes because it can cause a wildfire.”

low flutter.

Jimmy and Matthew cursed in their eyes and rubbed the tobacco on the ground.

“Hmm, but it didn’t seem like the density of the sword was dropping enough to not be able to fly it.”

Curious, Matthew pulled out the sword stuck in the tree and pointed at the rock.

“Before I give you the know-how to release the sword, I’d like to warn you, shooting the sword in battle is suicidal. The efficiency is bad.”

Matthew radiated a sword from a rock about 10 m away.

As soon as the half-moon-shaped sword pierced the rock, an explosion occurred with a scorching heat.

The dust settled and the exposed rock was so broken that it was difficult to recognize its original shape.

“There are individual differences in skill, but this is what happens when the distance increases.”

Geomgi was emitted towards the rock about 150 m away.

The splendor of the sword that rushed in at the same time as it came into contact with the rock had faded a lot.

Kwagak!!

A much larger area than the 10 m target was hit by the sword, but the target rock was slightly cracked.

“Everyone is reluctant to shoot a sword even if they are confident that they will hit a target more than 100 m away. The power is greatly reduced. Now, then, I will teach you the know-how to shoot the sword accurately.”

After thinking for a moment, Matthew continued.

“The reason why we often make mistakes when we first fly the sword is… Yes, the word ‘shooting’ is the result of being immersed in our perception.”

When entering the state of the expert, the will of the owner resides in the tangible mana.

That’s the part you need to focus on.

“Ray, is your purpose to shoot the sword? No. The purpose is to hit the target. Therefore, if you focus on the act of ‘shooting’ the sword, the aiming point is disturbed or the sword is dispersed altogether.”

At this point, I needed to use some imagination.

“I’d rather… imagine that your sword stretches out in an instant. You match a target that is more than tens of meters away with the slash of the elongated sword in an instant.”

Ray wanted to applaud.

I often forgot about it because I lived in a peaceful place, but indeed, Jimmy and Matthew were veteran mercenaries who had gone through countless battlefields.

When I explain and explain the know-how that I have learned in practice, the weight approaching is different.

When Rey nodded and pointed his sword at a rock about 10 meters away, Jimmy was startled.

“Hey!! Don’t be shy, aim for that!! That!! How do you know what else will come out after shooting a sword in front of you!!”

Matthew agreed with Jimmy.

“Aim at the farthest possible. I also don’t want to be killed by a 9-year-old boy with a blind knife.”

The farthest target was about 200 m away.

Rey nodded and turned around.

‘Until now, I tried to shoot swords without the will to cut anything. let’s focus Recognize the target. what i have to break Imagine it. An elongated sword. trajectory, and oblique line.’

The field of vision sharply narrows, and all consciousness is concentrated on a small rock that looks like a dot.

Rey, who sharpened his teeth, swung his sword.

Whoops!

“…?”

“what?”

“Well?”

Jimmy and Matthew, who had been watching from a distance, opened their eyes wide in bewilderment.

The black energy evaporated on the spot. This was the first time Jimmy and Matthew had ever seen.

Even if it failed to release the sword, mana did not flow backwards or explode outward, and it did not evaporate in the air in that way.

In the first place, there is no way that the energy to break the rocks would disappear without any sign.

“No, what the hell…”

Jimmy approached Rey with his eyes wide open and carefully placed his finger on Rey’s sword.

I didn’t feel any repulsion of power at all. Mana has really evaporated.

“Where the hell did that sword go…”

Jimmy’s murmuring was drowned out by a belated blast.

quagga gag!!!

The three eyes went back to the epicenter of the binge at the same time.

A rock 200 m away was completely crushed and rolling on the ground.

Jimmy and Matthew’s eyes turned back to Ray.

Ray was embarrassed.

“No, why are you looking at me ?”