The Sword God has Returned - Chapter 173



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Episode 173: Do you really want to hear old stories (4)

Ronin (浪人). They are wanderers.

People who chase money and wander around to earn a day and live a day.

And my teacher was a ronin.

To be considered a ronin, he had a home and did not wander around, but it did not change the fact that his teacher was fundamentally a ronin.

That’s why I also became a ronin. Because it is the duty of a disciple to follow the teacher.

In other words, it could be said that there was no choice.

It is impossible for a disciple of a ronin to become a later exponent of a political faction.

Okay. Blood spurts. My sword never misses its prey.

According to the principles of six harmony, the sword tightens the opponent like flowing water. Sometimes gently, sometimes roughly, sometimes in all directions, without hesitation, firmly.

Suddenly. The person whose throat has been cut falls to the ground. After shaking off the blood from my sword, I looked for my teacher.

The teacher glanced at me, brought the slightly blood-stained bottle to his mouth, and said:

“Tsk tsk. “It’s just too pretentious.”

“It’s not just a superficial thing, it’s an increase in achievement.”

“Either that or that.”

gulp. I asked the teacher who was drinking the contents of the bottle.

“I’ve always wondered, is it okay to drink something like that on the battlefield?”

“It’s water.”

“Do not lie. “It smells like alcohol.”

“It smells like blood, but I can smell alcohol. “It seems like it was just yesterday that you were vomiting when you were your first child, but you’ve grown so much.”

“Don’t fabricate.”

The first time I killed him, I just felt nauseous for a moment and didn’t vomit. Even the nausea got better quickly.

“Speaking of which, I was right. “I mean, not being able to kill a dog is different from actual fighting?”

“That’s right, you guy. “Just get rid of it right now and do something like that.”

“Even if they get rid of it, they still farm instead of Jeomsoy.”

After appropriately responding to my teacher’s words, I relaxed my tense shoulders and looked around the battlefield.

Quang-. There was a sound like an explosive exploding in the distance.

There is gunpowder in this world too. Byeokryuktan (霹靂彈) or Hwatan (火彈) used to appear like a regular feature in martial arts.

However, just because it existed did not mean that anyone could use it.

Even if you obtained it by chance, you should not use it openly.

Gunpowder is a war article managed by the imperial family. No matter how inviolable government affairs were, there was a limit. Anyone who openly used gunpowder was arrested for treason.

Using it would be treason, so what are these guys doing exploding gunpowder over there right now?

What is it? They are monsters that explode gunpowder with their bare hands.

As the pottery and sword energy met, a series of bursts of laughter erupted. It is a battle between peak masters. For a third-rate ronin like me, just looking at it was overwhelming.

Well, I was still able to read the flow. Even though I couldn’t tell what kind of fight was going on, I had a rough idea of ​​who had the advantage.

Who is currently winning… It was on our side.

Just because he was on our side didn’t mean that the peak expert was a ronin.

Ronin are people who fight for money. Depending on who pays them, yesterday’s enemy becomes today’s ally.

In other words, for the ronin, being on our side meant that they were the people who gave us money.

visor! The fight ended with the sound of something breaking. Someone fell to the ground.

The winner was, of course, on our side.

I let out a long sigh as I watched the enemies retreat.

I survived safely today.

* * *

“Thank you for your help.”

The person who thanked me was Go Sarim, the peak expert who worked hard on detonating explosives earlier.

He was an expert in the martial art of martial arts, and was quite a famous person in this area.

It’s the ultimate master… … .

I went to my teacher and said, measuring the weight of the bag given to me by Je Jinmun’s disciple.

“Is that quite a lot?”

“Because Jeomgeummun was at a relative disadvantage. Of course, in the fight between masters, Go Sarim was ahead, but wasn’t Jeolgeummun behind in terms of overall numbers? “You helped me in a crisis, so I deserve a little more attention.”

“No, you didn’t say that before receiving the request. “I heard it was a request for honey.”

At my words, the teacher smiled and opened his mouth.

“Wasn’t it actually true? We won easily and received a lot of money. A request that was only a crisis on the surface and not in reality. “You have to find these requests well to be able to live as a ronin for a long time.”

“You can make a lot of money.”

“Didn’t you know? “Earning a lot of money is the secret to living a long life as a ronin.”

I shook my head at my teacher’s words and opened the leather pouch I received from Jeolgeummun.

There was quite a bit of silver in the pocket.

How many are these?

20?

“There are a lot.”

“I thought you would faint from surprise, but that wasn’t the case.”

“I already got this much money.”

The original owner of the body, Cheong Moo-hyeok, received a whopping 12 silver coins while working with the black thieves. This wasn’t surprising.

But even thinking about it again, it’s funny. The money you received for participating in the war between factions was 20 silver coins, so does it make sense, Cheong Moo-hyuk, to receive 12 silver coins for just making a delivery? Of course, something like that should have been avoided. Ugh.

“Save your money well, because you will need to use it someday.”

“I’m still working hard to collect it.”

Ronin are a group of people who earn one day and live one day. Basically, they earned a lot of money by risking their lives working, but very few ronin saved it.

You risk your life to make money. Even with her decent spirit, she couldn’t bear it. Therefore, even if they earned money, they used it all to pay for alcohol and entertainment.

It was not a wise move considering that it was risky and one could retire quickly from another job, but there were many ronin who thought it was stupid to hold on to money when you don’t know when you might die.

Actually, I didn’t know that might be the case. What good is it if you die after making money? It’s right to spend everything you earn.

So, among the ronin, there were only a small number of people who saved money, and usually there were two types of people who saved money.

If you have a family.

If you aim for the top.

For reference, I was the latter of these.

“Can I become a peak expert?”

“you?”

“yes.”

“Hmm.”

The teacher stopped drinking and looked me up and down.

Why are you like that, that human?

The teacher continued for a while, then turned his head and took a sip of his drink.

“It could work.”

“… yes?”

“what ‘… yes?’ “Are you doing this?” you asked.

“No, uh… … .”

I was a little embarrassed. Of course, I never imagined that such a sound would come out of my teacher’s mouth.

“They said I don’t have any talent.”

“No talent. “Get rid of people like martial arts people right now.”

“But how do you become a climax expert?”

It was a contradiction. Is it possible to become a peak expert even though you have no talent? Does that make any sense?

“You still think that learning ability is the only talent, you foolish brat.”

“I’m so stupid, so please explain to the end. “Why do you always stop talking?”

“Do you understand? “What you know in your head and what you actually know are two different things.”

The teacher continued walking while talking about the brain and reality, which he always mentioned.

I stood still and looked at the back of my teacher, and then quickly caught up with him.

“In the end, are you saying that I can become a master at the peak of my talent without turning a blind eye?”

“You said it for no reason. “Her shoulders went up like a mountain.”

“no?”

“Hmm.”

* * *

My life as a ronin went smoothly.

The money also came together quickly. It was all thanks to my teacher.

“You have to take on the request on your own. How can a beginner with no experience receive requests so easily? “In my time…”

“Master’s grace is engraved in my bones.”

Perhaps because he was drunk, he cut off the teacher who was talking too much and picked up a wooden sword.

There is still a long way to go to become a peak expert.

“You have grace engraved into your bones. “I really don’t know how to know my teacher.”

“When did I do that?”

“Was it not you who just interrupted the teacher, but the mutt next door?”

“He was a mutt in our house.”

“The words are very clear.”

The teacher laughed, then rummaged in his arms and threw something at me.

“Take it.”

What the teacher threw was a book.

“What’s this?”

“Is there only one more kind of book that a teacher can give to his disciple?”

“No public policy?”

“It is also called non-grade.”

I hurriedly looked through the book.

The following words were written at the top of the book:

Absolutely invincible… The law of independent swords against no enemies… … ?

haha.

Damn it.

I made eye contact with my teacher. said the master.

“What kind of expression is that?”

“well. “Isn’t this the expression of someone who has seen something absurd in the world?”

“You look like that even after receiving a gift. “I’m full.”

“Is this a gift?”

These days, even the fake names on the street are not named in this way.

“It’s my German martial arts. “I made it myself.”

“… “Is it real?”

“Then it must be fake?”

“I heard the name was fake.”

“What’s your name? “There is no name that expresses his martial arts skills better than that.”

Although the teacher sometimes said nonsense, he was not the type of person to play around with such things.

First, I opened the martial arts book my teacher gave me and read it. It’s been a long time since my teacher taught me the letters when I first received instruction, so I learned them a long time ago.

hmm. The teacher certainly did not lie. This was a proper military document.

but… … .

“The martial arts name is too grandiose?”

“That’s the mind of the person who built it.”

“And this is German martial arts? “It’s just a combination of things.”

“Originally, all martial arts are made that way, you guy.”

The teacher’s absolutely invincible and independent sword technique could be said to be a martial art that was a compilation of easily available martial arts and third-rate martial arts.

In addition to the third-rate martial arts I had been learning for about eight months, it seemed like there were many other martial arts mixed in, but honestly, they were all there and it didn’t have much of an effect.

“But you managed to put this together. “It looks unstable because there is no central axis, but it is somehow connected.”

“… … .”

“Why are you looking at me like that? It’s a compliment.”

“I know, you guy.”

The teacher looked at me with strange eyes, then turned his head. Why are you like that, that human?

Well, it’s been a day or two since the teacher started being strange. I said, looking at the military record again.

“I see a lot of room for improvement. I think it will look much neater if you cut out what you don’t need and fill in its place with something else. If so-.”

“Do you learn martial arts with words or with your body? “Go and swing your sword.”

“For maximum efficiency, you have to think before you move.”

“You speak well, you speak well.”

While talking with my teacher, I indulged in martial arts.

My heart was pounding. I feel like I’m getting closer to reaching my goal of mastering the peak.

So, I trained hard under the teachings of my teacher.

Rain or snow, keep going.

like that.

A few months have passed since the new year began.

Now I used to take requests on my own.