The Second Salvation Myth of a Retired Returning Hero

6. skill

‘Skill correction… that’s what it meant.’

Mana cycled again. It’s definitely felt. Once the skill was created, the movement of mana changed.

If you endlessly polish a skill, your body will move by itself without paying attention to the details of the process of unfolding the skill. The technology is engraved into the body. This is referred to as ‘acquisition’.

Until now, Doyoon had to directly exert control over mana and spread it through the body through the blood.

But now, just by arousing the will to move the mana, the mana spreads through the body on its own through the bloodstream, even without direct manipulation.

It’s as if the level of learning has risen to the next level. The expression ‘skill level has increased’ would be appropriate.

‘It enhances perfection by adding correction to skills, and intuitively shows the level of growth through levels. It’s not a blessing for nothing.’

Of course, the proficiency of Doyoon’s loose ball technique is not level 1. In the first place, this technique was invented by Enoch himself, and he has been practicing it for decades.

Even so, the system displayed the skill level as 1. And every time the skill level goes up, a stronger correction will be applied.

And, of course, it is more difficult to level up when the skill level is higher than when it is low.

‘For example, you can receive the same growth rate as others at the starting line far ahead of others.’

Perhaps, among the people from another dimension, the same is true for those who came across from the original dimension with special skills polished.

Since it was originally a blessing for the growth of the apostles, it seems that the focus was on the function of promoting growth rather than the function of showing the current level.

‘I was thinking of concentrating only on training the body and mana to regain the strength of my previous life…’

If this happens, you can look much higher.

Doyoon clenched his fists in the joy that filled him from the inside.

‘I guess I’ll have to pay attention to skill training from now on.’

Doyoon’s desire to train, which had been quiet for 25 years, began to flare up again.

+++

Do-yoon skipped the entire second week class.

The other cadets were assigned to classes by position starting from the second week, but Doyoon was still there.

Of course, everyone assumed that Do-yoon would go to martial arts class. Unexpectedly, however, Do-yoon chose the spearmanship class.

‘There’s nothing more to learn about fighting and swordsmanship, so what are you going to do? If possible, I should learn something new.’

The only martial arts that Doyoon trained in his previous life were swordsmanship and martial arts in case there was no sword in his hand.

The time given to him was hundreds of years, but Enoch Roosevolnik’s 18th life was a series of fierce struggles. And, born as a dunjae, he lacked the time to invest in swordsmanship and martial arts.

The dean seems to notice that he keeps skipping classes. If it’s a class you have to take anyway, take a new one. And I wanted to learn what I felt was necessary before.

So, the place where my feet are headed is the javelin. From his previous life, he had many difficulties with long-range attacks.

“You want to focus on learning only the javelin?”

“Yes. Is it possible?”

In a way, this is a rude request. It means that the instructor decided that the curriculum prepared by him was useless.

However, the spearmanship instructor nodded. He really liked the cadet Han Do-yoon in front of him.

Han Do-yoon, who is considered a master of martial arts in this season. There was something promised by the dean, so I could have just gone to the martial arts class and skipped it.

But, surprisingly, he set out to learn something new on his own, and thankfully he chose spearmanship.

It’s unfortunate that he only wanted to learn the javelin, but it was an efficient choice. Just because he is about to enter spearmanship, is there any point in using spears with his mastery of martial arts?

The instructor wanted to respect the reasonable choice of the outstanding cadet in front of him.

“It is. But there are other cadets, so I can’t give you all the time. You can teach the javelin only when the cadets are self-trained. The rest of the time, train yourself.”

“Yes. That’s enough. thank you.”

Doyoon bowed his head. The instructor nodded in satisfaction. It was also a factor that I really liked that basic etiquette was in place. If you deal with people from different dimensions, you’ll get tired of all kinds of strange species.

“Okay, then let’s change the order of the curriculum a bit… to move the javelin class to tomorrow. Tomorrow, learn the theory with the other cadets.”

“thank you.”

Doyoon’s full-scale training has begun.

+++

Cradle’s dean’s office.

There, an old woman dressed as a janitor was interviewing the dean. It was an old man in charge of cleaning the dormitory.

“Yeah… Obviously, it was… black blood from an internal wound…”

he said in a hoarse voice to the dean.

The old woman has been working at the cradle for much longer than the dean, cleaning the cadets’ dorms.

Through that experience, he knew well what the black blood that was scattered on the floor of Doyoon’s room meant. It was a trace of internal injuries caused by excessive mana training.

It’s not very rare. Occasionally, newer apostles who were too ambitious would make this mistake.

“Judging by the amount of blood… it wasn’t a single mistake. He endured internal injuries and continued to abuse his body…”

The dean nodded. Originally, it was something that could only be stopped by the dormitory management instructor, but Han Do-yoon was a student the dean was paying special attention to. So, the news reached his ears.

‘This is the reason I locked myself in my room for a week.’

Mana crippling, a natural limit as an earthling. struggled to overcome it.

‘No matter how much… Do you train mana while enduring internal injuries?’

he stuck out his tongue. Is that possible? It was a mental power that was hard to understand. I could only call him an iron man.

Even, he was a new apostle who had been coming over for two weeks.

‘It’s a huge venom.’

It’s such a reckless act. However, as an instructor, his passion naturally gave him a hearty smile.

miasma. mentality. kang. Expressed in various words, it is one of the most important conditions to become strong.

innate martial arts talent. And enough mental strength to get tired of it. That student, the more you crack it, the truer it is.

And the more his true value was revealed, the more the regret grew.

‘If it wasn’t for the mana crippling… it would have made a big mark in history.’

All kinds of guilds would have presented splendid conditions to bring him in, and he would have raised his potential to the maximum by receiving support from large guilds. It would have spread his name across the continent.

He was a very unfortunate talent.

He hesitated as he tried to call the congressman to the call table. It was an internal wound that vomited up a gourd of dead blood, but there is no way that I still haven’t visited the doctor.

Rather, another thought came to my mind.

‘It would be better to increase the regenerative power altogether.’

Mana crippling and its aftereffects are not something that can be solved with a day or two of training. Maybe it’s something that can’t be solved.

If that’s the case, due to his personality, he’ll be overdoing it every time he trains mana in the future. At least until the mana cripple was resolved.

A suitable elixir flashed in his mind. Focused on improving regenerative ability, although not very rare, it is a very usable item with good cost-effectiveness.

Of course, it’s not just about giving away. Of course, it is correct to treat internal injuries, but it is a different matter to support elixirs. It goes against equity.

‘then…’

Picked up another calling seat. Soon, the old cleaning woman left and the vice-principal came in. He was the person next to the dean who supervised the concrete practical work of Yoram.

“Did you call?”

“For the upcoming tournament exam, let’s put in a winning prize. I support it with my own money.”

“Yes? Suddenly?”

The dean laughed wordlessly. It is always rewarding to watch talented people grow.

Day by day external pressure is applied to the cradle with the boss monster killer gun. In the midst of those hectic days, it was truly a pleasure like sweet rain.

+++

Huung-

Slap!

Do-yoon’s spear pierced the air and stuck right in the center of the target.

The spearmanship instructor shook his head in disgust when he saw his javelin stance.

‘It’s a tremendous growth rate…’

Even though the instructor had been directly tutoring Doyoon for the past week, it was hard to believe his growth.

Surprisingly, this cadet who is regarded as a martial arts genius also had a natural talent for spearmanship.

Although the only thing he taught him was the javelin, that alone is enough to tell. He is a spearmanship genius.

Doyoon picked up another javelin stuck in the ground. Then he fired again at the target. This time, too, it was a hit.

And then.

Tring!

[The skill ‘Javelin’ has been created.]

A translucent system notification window appeared in front of him.

“Whoa…”

Doyoon took a breath and manipulated the system window.

‘It looks like now.’

Compared to the previous two skills, it was too slow. Of course, it must be because it was not a skill that Doyoon already knew, but a new field to learn.

I finally understood the contents of the class that each skill was worth a thousand gold.

‘This must be incredibly fast compared to the others…’

In fact, creating a skill with only a week of training was absurdly fast.

This was due to Doyoon’s congenital trait [acquired genius].

[Acquired Genius]

(You were born dull, but through dozens of deaths and hundreds of years of hard work, even your own qualities have changed. You have no difficulty learning new things and can quickly sharpen the old ones. This is innate. It is skill not of intelligence, but of vast amounts of experience, so your growth is based on what you have seen and heard.

A correction is applied to your growth rate. It is proportional to the number of years you have lived.

A correction is applied to your growth form. This is based on your experience.)

It was so difficult to create a single skill even after the correction of the characteristics, but the others were appalled.

It was the moment when I realized the importance of skill.

‘Since I have a skill… Let’s see the effect.’

Doyoon felt his heart pounding. The skill correction effect of Mana Yeongongbeop was truly amazing. Indeed, what about this time?

Doyoon turned his wrists round and round to raise his senses. The ideal javelin posture is drawn in my head. With skill correction, proficiency has risen significantly.

“I have a javelin skill.”

Doyoon said as if tossing it at the instructor. Then he drew another javelin that was standing beside him.

“What, what!?”

For a moment, the instructor thought he had heard it wrong. The content of what Doyoon said was also the content, but Doyoon’s attitude when saying it was so calm.

“I will throw it.”

“for a moment! Do you really mean you already have a skill!?”

“Yes.”

I took my stance without looking back at the instructor.

The sound of the instructor’s chatter gradually diminishes. In a quiet world, someone recites in his head in a sharp voice.

‘Hero.’

It was the voice of Zeke, who belonged to the guild of the hero Enoch Roosevolnik and was the best spearman of the time.

‘Put your right hand holding the spear straight back, use your left arm as a sight and point it forward.’

Hold the spear lightly, focusing exclusively on precision. Place the spearhead next to your ear so that the focus of your eyes and the tip of the spear are exactly aligned. Complete one-point perspective.

‘Aim with the spear. The load is with the body. It is not a long stick that is being shot, but a sense of the weight of the whole body and the whole body itself.’

Twist your back and expand your thighs. At this moment, his entire body became the arch of a taut bow.

‘But what is fired from there is not an arrow, but a heavy cannonball.’

The elasticity of the body pulled up to the limit rises along the shoulder and forearm, and flows to the forearm and wrist. And the moment that energy reached the palm of your hand.

‘Take a step.’

Body weight, posture elasticity, muscle strength, stepping acceleration.

‘Put all that energy into ‘good’.’

That’s a javelin.

‘like this?’

Taang-!

With a sound like a gun being fired, the spear moves forward in a straight line.

The moment the instructors and cadets recognized the bloody sound of the gong tearing through the air, the spear had already reached the target’s nose.

The moment when the plane called the target and the line called the spear collided.

Quaang!

The spear broke the target and continued to draw a line.

The spear, which had advanced for a long time, pierced a hole in the outer wall before it lost its momentum and lowered its head to the ground.

Doyoon said to Zeke with a shy expression.

‘Um… was it okay?’

Zeke moved his hands slowly and clapped heavily.

‘It’s wonderful, warrior.’

After the sound of applause, he disappeared from Doyoon’s head like a haze. The thick applause echoed emptyly, leaving longing and remorse in Doyoon’s heart.

Zeke died on the final journey to subdue the demon lord. never see him again

Doyoon looked down at his palm. It felt as if the entire palm had fallen off and flew away along with the spear. My palms were tingling.

Doyun recalled the description of the characteristic [Acquired Genius].

‘A correction is applied to your growth form. It is based on your experience. That’s what I meant.’

The javelin that Doyoon had just fired was very similar to that of Zeke, one of his colleagues from the previous life. The level of perfection is so bad that I dare to compare them, but the shape itself was similar.

Zeke never taught Enoch about the javelin. The voice that just rang in my head wasn’t something like a replay of a memory.

Do-yoon’s experience of watching Zeke’s javelin countless times. It was a projected illusion.

The person who taught me the javelin was the spearmanship instructor. Nevertheless, Doyun’s javelin belonged to Zeke.

Based on Doyoon’s experience, corrections are applied to the growth form. That meant that the more Doyoon’s skills grew, the more they resembled those of the people in his memory.

A lot of geniuses I’ve seen for hundreds of years. Their essence is passed down to Doyoon.

‘…It’s fine.’

He clenched his hands awkwardly. The sensation that Zeke’s technique left in the palm of his hand. The nostalgia of a colleague who can no longer be seen. It was an unconscious movement to savor it.

The instructor and the cadets around them stopped their actions and looked at Doyoon with their mouths wide open, eyes mixed with astonishment. Doyoon didn’t know this at all, just looked at my palm.