A Genius Gamer, Reincarnated as a Hero - Chapter 18



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A genius gamer, reincarnated into a famous hero episode 18

Hell’s White Night (4)

When the referee’s command sounded and the duel between Theon and Harang began, the trainees took a step back and widened the distance.

Wedge! As if not giving him time to rest, Theon’s wooden sword exploded at Harang. Wow! Harang barely blocks and retreats.

For the first time in a total of five duels so far, it seemed like Harang was being pushed back with only a defensive stance.

My arm muscles were a mess from when I picked up and threw the rock earlier, and my lung capacity had long been depleted from dealing with five trainees.

Because his body is in a bad state, he is unable to do the full moon slash that he displayed during the Kaladun certification ceremony, and he is also unable to toy with his opponent using the old moon walk.

On the other hand, although Theon is not familiar with the seasons, he is able to use his sword skills to his heart’s content!

Wow!!

When Theon intentionally struck Harang’s wooden sword high, his arms were raised high, perhaps due to his weakened muscles.

‘Gap!’

Theon’s strategy taking advantage of the opponent’s weakness! I tried to throw the sword at his completely defenseless abdomen, but at that moment, I felt a creepy feeling, so I put the wooden sword I was trying to throw at his head.

Teuong… !!

Then, Harang’s wooden sword, so heavy that it was hard to believe that it had lost its strength, fell down. If my defense had been even a little late, I might have been knocked out by one hit!

‘How, oh… … ?’

Theon was greatly embarrassed.

Obviously, thinking that the opponent had lost all of his strength, he intentionally induced a power struggle and succeeded in creating an opening, but instead, he counterattacked in that situation?

Unfortunately, Theon did not realize. Theon himself is not the only one who takes advantage of situations where there is a gap due to muscle weakness.

That your opponent is a specialist in psychological warfare who gives specific information to the opponent and, in turn, uses it to control it.

Theon had no idea.

‘what is this? Why so… … You can’t see any gaps, right? No, no. I see a gap… … It’s impossible to attack.’

Although his condition was clearly more advantageous, for some reason Theon was unable to completely subdue Harang.

If you focus on defense without giving yourself a chance, but think you might be caught off guard and raise your sword, you will be met with a counterattack.

After being in that situation three times in a row, I could no longer point my sword at me carelessly even if I saw an opening. I experienced a cold sensation on the back of my neck three times in a row, and I became terrified without even realizing it.

‘Am I afraid? No, that can’t be possible!’

The opponent is nothing more than a weakened 7-year-old child!

‘We intentionally create the next gap, and this time we really stab at it.’

Even if Harang’s sword hits him, it won’t cause much damage. How much would it hurt to be hit by someone who is barely capable of holding a wooden sword?

fault! He took easy steps and approached Harang, but he was no longer able to react quickly. He barely lifted his wooden sword and tried to block Theon’s sword strike, but all he could do was deflect it diagonally.

There, Theon intentionally applied heavy force to the sword. Since he didn’t seem to have the strength to even move back, I planned to just crush him with his weight.

‘He’s probably trying to pull out the wooden sword.’

The guy continued to avoid the struggle of strength, skillfully pulled out his wooden sword, and aimed for the vital point like a ghost.

I had already been fooled three times, so I had no intention of being fooled by the same trick again.

Phew!

Theon’s eyes lit up when he felt Harang’s wooden sword slipping like a loach.

‘now!’

Before the opponent slips his sword and aims for my vital spot, my wooden sword hits the opponent’s neck in the same direction it was heading! The moment you think like that and pour out all your strength.

“Oh!”

His wooden sword grazed the nape of Harang’s neck, as if being pulled by something, and cut through the air.

Instead of pulling out his sword, Harang was throwing Theon’s sword at an angle!

‘this… … !’

It’s a disaster. I can’t believe I’m showing such a huge gap again. I gritted my teeth and quickly retrieved the wooden sword and brought it to the expected striking location.

“… … ?”

There was no attack.

Harang’s arm muscles were already at their limit, and he had no strength left to fight back.

It was all he could do to keep from dropping the wooden sword on the floor with his trembling arms.

‘I… … Did you win?’

Regardless of those thoughts, Theon’s wooden sword moved steadily. If only Harang had been able to swing his sword just once more.

It would have ended in my defeat.

Feeling that cool sensation, I headed toward Harang’s head… … .

“Okay, the ranking match is over! “Exactly one hour has passed!”

Stand tall!

The wooden sword stopped just above Harang’s head. Harang did not stop it, nor did Theon stop it.

‘At some point… … !’

Before I knew it, an instructor nearby was holding Theon’s wooden sword with his bare hands.

“profit!”

If I just did a little more, really just a little more, I could have won! I tried my best to hit Harang’s head with force.

“You can’t take a victory so forcefully; it will only leave a bitter taste, trainee.”

The instructor’s words struck Theon in the heart, and he had no choice but to lose his strength and hang his wooden sword.

The result was a draw due to time limit. However, Theon could not shake off the sense of defeat that was deep in his bones.

The other person was exhausted, and I was in perfect condition.

Why didn’t I win?

“Whoa.”

dump!

While Theon was dangling his wooden sword in a daze, Harang, who had finally held out for an hour, grinned and stretched out his sword on the floor.

[Quest success! As a reward, I gained authority as a contractee of the Silver White Dragon… … .]

A message kept popping up, but I couldn’t look at it. This was because Cheren, who reflexively ran to her, had a worried look on her face, and she was left confused, unable to do one thing or another.

Harang said with a chuckle, because she looked like a very cute younger sister.

“If you appreciate it, please bring me a water bottle. “Because I’m dying of thirst.”

“Uh, uh, yes!”

Normally, Cheren would have ignored me with cold eyes, but without realizing it, she hurriedly moved to find a water bottle. My gratitude to Harang was deeper than expected.

Harang, who had unintentionally made Cheren run the water errand, turned his head and looked at Lauren Chagan.

Lauren smiled brightly and raised her thumb.

“You win, heir boy. Quite a bit. “It feels like teaching.”

He acknowledged Harang’s will.

You can’t perform tricks like Harang just by being strong.

What is needed in that situation is persistence and will not to give up.

In that respect, Harang was already a passing grade for Lauren.

“I guess I have nothing more to teach you in terms of mental education. Harang trainees are informed that they have fully completed basic training. From now on, you can completely skip basic training. “Until the next training starts, it doesn’t matter what you do during training time.”

After dropping such a bombshell, Lauren ordered the instructors to rank them and then returned.

“Female, excluded?”

“You completed basic training in just one day?”

“Does this mean I won’t have to undergo any of the remaining training from hell?”

The senior trainees looked in disbelief.

Someone clenched their fists and gritted their teeth. It was difficult for them to accept the existence of a 7-year-old boy who had passed the hardship of rolling and rolling over and over again for several months to a year or more in just one day.

Some are jealous, some are fighting, some are indifferent, some are competitive, some are interested.

Anyway, one thing seemed certain.

‘Sounds like fun.’

Harang’s life at the training center will be quite enjoyable as he smiles.

* * *

People used to say Sinseonggol is said to be in the sky, a place floating above the clouds.

That was wrong.

Although aerial fortresses and heavenly palaces were real, there was no reason for immortals to settle on clouds.

The reason I became a hermit in the first place was to practice to emerge as a spiritual being, so wouldn’t it be better to stay in nature and live?

Here, social status and strength had no meaning.

Even if there is a 10-star expert, the person who reaches the state of liberation without learning martial arts at all is the envy of everyone.

For that reason, there was not a single person in Sinseonggol who respected Duke Kal-El Paul Kaladan as the Prince of the Kaladan family and the Great Sword Constellation.

He was just a good Go opponent and a master who was only a little good at using a sword.

Shoot-!!

Kal-el Paul Kaladan, sitting at the intersection of two waterfalls, wearing a white uniform, closed his eyes and turned his palms on his knees toward the sky. A famous sword resting on his palm was floating in the air.

He was recalling the special moment his ‘youngest grandson’ showed at the ceremony not long ago.

‘The first sword technique of Kaladon, Manwol Cham.’

When I saw my youngest grandson desperately trying to cut down his enemy with all his strength.

What came to your mind first?

It was, ‘When have I ever been that desperate?’

The warrior overcomes crisis situations and becomes stronger in the struggle between life and death. Duke Kal-El Paul Kaladun also experienced numerous battles and strengthened his sword skills, reaching his current level.

At some point, he realized the pinnacle of swordsmanship… … Soft. With just a light swing of the sword, mountains can be cut down and the sea can be divided.

Naturally, the desperation that required all of one’s strength was far removed, and the opponents that one had to deal with desperately have long since disappeared.

‘I forgot about it.’

His eyes shine intensely, as if burning his body and soul, and he fights without giving up against an enemy stronger than himself, summoning all his strength to strike a powerful blow… … .

It came as a new shock to Duke Kal-El, who had completely forgotten about ‘weakness’ for a long time.

‘It’s a mortal blow.’

Woooo!!

The true sword floating in his palm trembled in response to Kal-El’s will.

Kal-El imagined a blow that mustered all the power he could muster. Having reached the level of mental swordsmanship, he was able to predict the result without even swinging the sword, but it was a completely disappointing result.

It is extremely difficult to bring out 100% of my strength, but my youngest grandchild made it possible.

Beyond 100%, 200%.

What would happen if Kal-El raised 200% of his power instead of 100%?

‘is it. The state of the divine seat that surpasses the 10 stars was located in such a place.’

Flash! When Kal-El opened his eyes, the waterfall stopped for an instant.

… … Shoot!!

Exactly three seconds later, when the interrupted waterfall began to pour down again, an old man walked behind him with his back to him.

“Look, you’re not planning on cutting down the mountain again, are you? The old people of Sinseongol can’t adapt to anything new, so stop changing the terrain! “I had a hard time making another waterfall last time.”

The old man’s name is Loendain.

He is the sage who remained in Sinseonggol the longest and is said to be an advisor to the world.

The anecdote that many great men and heroes throughout history wandered in search of Loendain, listened to his advice, gained enlightenment, and led the world to peace was so famous that even a child could understand it.

As such, Loendain was a wise man among wise men who had lived for hundreds of years. A being born as a human being, but far beyond the realm of human beings.

No matter how high a person reaches a level with a sword or magic, it is rare for him to increase his lifespan several times, but since he is a person who has transcended even those limitations, you can’t even begin to guess how great he is.

However, it took many sacrifices for Loendain to achieve such enlightenment. He had to let go of all the shackles of the world for a long time and spend his whole life in this small, sinseon valley.

Since he gained enlightenment at such a high price, it was natural that he was more powerful than Duke Kal-el-Fol-Caladan.

… … Just until yesterday.

It was like that.

“Huh, this guy. Now that I see it, I came back after realizing something in the outside world. Tell me. “What on earth happened?!”

Loendain could not contain his surprise when he saw Duke Kal-El’s eyes. Didn’t Duke Kal-El achieve the kind of enlightenment that he gained while throwing away all his attachments to the world and devoting hundreds of years to the immortal goal in just a few decades?

This is an achievement that I achieved just recently, only about a month after returning to the outside world.

I have lived my life firmly believing that my enlightenment will fade as the dust of the secular world settles on me, but in fact, I have gained enlightenment that is even greater than my own in the secular world?

However, immortals are not jealous. I’m just curious if there are other immortals who have achieved enlightenment.

What is seen in that realization? What kind of world is unfolding? Indeed, is that world beautiful?

Kal-El grinned and closed his eyes. It’s been a long time since I stopped hearing the sound of a pouring waterfall.

“… … !!”

Loendain quickly touched the area around his neck with his hand as he felt a cool sensation passing by.

Did Duke Kal-El unleash his deadly spirit? Definitely not. He simply swung his sword with thought.

‘The state of true body and sword as one.’

Even if you don’t swing the sword, you can’t hide the feeling of being cut. Loendain imagined that this entire space would be split in half.

If Duke Kal-El had actually wielded a sword and swung it, everything here would have been like that.

‘… … That’s amazing. I heard a rumor that he adopted a grandchild in the secular world, but is it really possible that he gained enlightenment through that?’

Loendain looked at Kal-El, who was deep in meditation again, for a moment, then turned around without hesitation, stepped into the air, and came down the waterfall. He chuckled, still stroking the back of his neck.

“Indeed, I have always believed that there is no reason to regret anything in this world… … .”

At one point, it occurred to me that I might need to come down.