A Reincarnated Person With a Sub-Dimension

Episode 9

Kkokkiook-

I woke up to the crowing of a rooster that signaled the morning.

“Ahh, that’s refreshing.”

Due to the reinforcing effect resumed, his condition was at its best throughout his past and present lives.

It is not known exactly why the physical strengthening started again.

However, it was possible to guess that being initiated into Mana had some influence.

If the phenomenon caused by mana was correct, it was something to watch to see what changes would occur in the future.

After quickly getting ready to go out, we headed to Yeongju Hall.

Unlike yesterday, the door to the Yeongju Hall was open.

When I went inside, I saw Richard in the middle of training.

“Good morning. Can I call you Richard?”

“Hello. Ian-kun. I’m not a noble and I haven’t been knighted yet, so feel free to call me.”

“Yes, I understand. Then I will greet Uncle Herbert first.”

“The lord asked to have lunch together, so let’s say hello at that time. This is what the lord ordered. Then, before the training, I’ll give you a brief schedule. Please listen to it and tell me if there’s anything you think is unnecessary or lacking. Let’s discuss it and decide what classes Ian needs.”

“all right.”

After nearly an hour of discussion, a rough training schedule was set.

The center of training was weapon skills.

Most of the monsters and demon beasts have a body larger than a human and have strength commensurate with it.

So, instead of small and sharp weapons, large and heavy blunt weapons or long weapons were used on the border.

The weapons Richard suggested were a mace and an ax spear.

Both were weapons with high utility compared to the difficulty of training.

Next was the shield technique.

Due to the nature of the enemy with strong durability and tenacious vitality, there were many cases where it was not possible to finish it with a single blow.

In preparation for such a time, shield training was also said to be as important as weapon skills.

In addition, archery, horseback riding, climbing skills, swimming, weapon and armor maintenance, flute blowing, and more.

Things that might be useful for a mercenary life were included in the training schedule.

He said he would hardly ever ride a horse unless he became a knight, but he thought it would be useful someday, so he decided to learn it.

The reason for learning the flute was to use it as a means of communication rather than for entertainment purposes.

“I think this is the plan, and if we need to change it later, we’ll talk about it again. Then, before the training, do you have any questions?”

“Are you talking about training?”

“It’s not necessarily like that, but if you have any questions, ask. I heard that he never left the village, but my purpose is to help Ian adapt to the life of a mercenary, so giving information is one of my jobs.”

“Uh, then this may be a bit of a personal question. What is the grade of the mana sim method that Richard uses?”

“I learned the Blanton basic mana simbeom handed down at the Blanton Knight School, and my grade is low.”

“Wow. If it’s a lower level, it’s a pretty good simbeop. Then, how many times did you imprint the simbeop?”

“I managed to get it imprinted in three passes.”

“Wow! Three times. Great.”

If it were me, I would have had to try 30 times to succeed.

Richard was also quite talented.

“But what should I do if I want to get advanced Simbeop later?”

“The easiest way is to collect money. If you really have a lot of money, you will easily find someone to pass it on to the middle level. The easiest way to obtain the simbeop is to take refuge in Teresism, because priests are quite free to pass on the simbeop.”

“Ah. I know the story from Father Philip. But I have no intention of becoming a priest.”

“I fully understand that sentiment. But do you know that many high-ranking warriors follow the Teresian cult? It can be stacked up to 16 times. However, a priest who accepts the terminal of a god in the strong palace can go beyond the limits of the soul and learn a high-level simbeop. Ah! Have you ever heard of the word strong palace?”

“Yes. It’s an ancient word for the heart, right? I learned it from priest Philip.”

In this world, there are two languages: the ancient language and the common language.

Ancient language is a language in which each letter has a meaning, and it is mainly learned by people with high status or afford, such as priests, nobles, and wizards.

On the other hand, the official language consisting of dozens of characters was a language that expressed the ancient language as it sounded, and was a language that most people learned regardless of social status.

When I asked for lessons from Father Philip.

Starting with language, the priest tried to teach academic things such as logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and geometry.

However, I learned only the things useful in real life, such as language, agriculture, carpentry, metallurgy, and textiles.

“Ancient language? You’ve done well. I don’t know how far you’ve learned it, but it’s a language that nobles learn like culture, so it’ll be a lot of help in your mercenary life later. Just learning the ancient language means that you have that much wealth and talent. It shows that there is. And knowing the ancient language is also helpful for training.”

Richard taught me the words I needed among the ancient languages.

It was not difficult to understand the deep meaning of the word because it was a combination of letters already known.

After solving various questions for a long time, the training finally began.

Originally, the order was to train the body and bare-handed fighting to develop strength and agility before learning weapon skills or shield skills, but I decided to skip that part.

Because I trained alone up to now, I had bad habits that hindered my growth.

Richard taught me some postures and movements similar to gymnastics, saying that learning the right movements is the first step before learning martial arts.

At the same time, he urged him to practice his posture and movements continuously in the future.

As I concentrated on training, it was almost noon before I knew it.

Uncle Harbert, who had lunch with me, encouraged me to work hard without saying anything.

As it was a meal for warriors, the table was full of meat.

After a short break, the real training began.

The training was carried out like real battle.

‘Wow – that’s nice. It’s been a while since I shed a sweat.’

Because of his outstanding physical abilities, he never dreamed of competing with someone.

In the past, there was a time when I held a rock and ran to increase my strength, but I lost interest and quit because I didn’t see any growth beyond my strengthened body.

However, when I was fighting against an opponent who had physical ability comparable to mine and superior skills, I felt nervous and sweaty, and it was the first time in a long time that I felt like exercising.

After training before sunset, I suggested to Richard that we go to the stream to wash together.

It’s true that Richard sweated relatively little compared to me, but he was still stained with a lot of sweat and dirt.

But Richard went into his bedroom, saying that today is over and tomorrow we will go wash up.

One of the biggest complaints I felt after reincarnation was people’s hygiene standards.

Commoners often slept without washing themselves after hard labor, even in dusty conditions.

In the chilly weather like these days, it was very clean with washing once every four or three days.

It was a world with basic common sense about hygiene, so it was not as unhygienic as in the past, but from the point of view of modern people, it was quite uncomfortable.

The good news was that no one was living with fleas or lice because pest-repelling herbs were readily available.

3 days after starting training.

Uncle Harbert killed the cow and held a feast in the village.

Cows are very expensive livestock, worth more than 10 sheep.

Unless the cow died of illness, there was little opportunity to eat beef.

When the feast was held with the precious beef, all the villagers’ faces were full of smiles.

and after a few days.

On the day of the village feast, news came that Maurice had run away.

He said that he wasn’t just running away from home, he had taken not only his clothes, but also the gold coins that Chief Waldo had collected.

Hearing the news, Uncle Harbert put on a look of regret and stroked his chin.

The village chief searched for Maurice for over a month, but all in vain.

Concerned about Maurice, who disappeared without informing anyone of his whereabouts, the chief eventually fell ill.

From the circumstances, it was clear that the reason Maurice ran away was because of me.

I apologized to the chief and prayed for Maurice to come back without any problems.

It wasn’t that the person was bad because of the situation they were in.

A thick wooden club flies toward your waist.

With my center of gravity on my left front foot, I pushed my right foot, which was supporting my back, and rotated my body to the left.

At the same time, keeping the angle of the shield in his left hand obliquely, he pushed back the flying club as if it were short cut.

Daang!

Following the club that bounced off the shield, Richard’s brother’s right arm was lifted up.

The moment when the posture is slightly disturbed due to the arms raised above the head.

I swung the stick that had been lowered toward the ground into the sky.

The club is headed between Richard’s legs.

Richard pulled the shield with an urgent expression.

But my stick moved toward its destination without mercy.

Kwajik!

Unable to overcome the strong shock, Richard took three steps back.

Richard said, throwing the broken wooden shield to the ground.

“Ian! Isn’t this too much even with Father Philip?”

“Training is like real combat. That’s what Mr. Harbert always emphasizes. And I thought he would be able to block it enough.”

At my words, Richard made a puzzled expression.

“Ha… yes. You’re right. And thank you for relaxing at the end, you bastard. Anyway, today’s training ends!”

A year has passed since I trained with Richard hyung.

Shortly after starting training, Richard’s brother became Harbert’s adopted son.

Here’s what Uncle Herbert told us about.

Uncle Herbert’s life was saved thanks to his father, but unfortunately the man was lost that day.

Although the level of healing in this world is amazing, in order to restore the missing body, the highest level recovery potion as well as the help of the high priest was needed.

Aside from the help of the priest, there was no way to get the best potion from Uncle Herbert, who was one of the common freemen soldiers at the time.

After a while, when I had time to spare, there was no way to get it back, as if the spirit of that place had already disappeared.

Uncle Harbert, who returned to his hometown like that, adopted Richard’s older brother, who had a deep affection for him more than a real child.

After realizing how many people had no mercy, it turned out that Richard had the same pitiful situation.

Richard’s parents, who were wealthy city dwellers, died in an accident while Richard was in knight school.

He barely graduated from knight school with a scholarship, but his parents’ fortune had already passed on to someone else.

Richard’s brother mobilized all his personal connections to investigate the case, but there was nothing illegal about it.

Before Richard’s brother’s father passed away, he had run a large business, but the business eventually failed due to the sudden absence of his father, who was managing the business, and all his property was lost as a penalty for non-fulfillment of the contract.

Richard’s brother, who was an only child and had no connection, applied for the military as it was, and became a seed of Uncle Harbert like a fate.

Because of Uncle Harbert, who thought of me as a nephew, Richard and I naturally became like brothers.

At first, Richard hyung seemed cold, but as they got closer, his easy-going and flirtatious personality came out.

“When will we see each other tomorrow?”

At my question, Richard paused for a moment before opening his mouth.

“I’ve thought about it, but now Dalian doesn’t mean much because the win and loss are almost half and half, and there’s no particular skill to teach. So from now on, I think it’s better for you to train by yourself based on what you’ve learned so far. This is something my father agreed with. I know that because it’s the content. To really build up your skills, most people would have to train for at least ten years. I don’t know anything else, but it’s hard to find someone as talented as you when it comes to using your body.”

To be honest, I also felt that training was meaningless not too long ago.

And I’m sorry for Richard hyung, but if I showed my true skills, I was confident that I would win more than 9 out of 10 times.

There is a saying that weight class is a gangster.

The body, which has been steadily strengthened over the past year, has shown more than twice the athletic ability of the previous one.

This was a level that surpassed the 4th rank samurai, Seokyeonggyeong.

Uncle Harbert and older brother Richard think I have a great talent for martial arts, but in fact, it was as if I was using a cheat key.

When he sparred with Richard, he dealt with beginner level strength and speed.

However, my actual strength and reaction speed were more than twice that.

One thing he regretted was the swordsmanship he had learned from Uncle Harbert.

According to Uncle Harbert’s words, once you reach Master’s rank, the 7th rank of a warrior, the length and destructive power of your weapon become meaningless.

It was said that a sword capable of demonstrating skill and skill is a much better weapon than a mace or an ax spear for a master warrior.

However, swordsmanship is a weapon that is difficult to master in a short period of time.

Uncle Harbert seemed to think that my chances of becoming a master were slim, so he focused more on teaching basic skills instead of techniques or techniques.

“Okay, brother. Thank you so much for all this time. Ask Uncle Harbert, kill a sheep, and have dinner with my brothers.”

“It’s good. Thank you for following the training well. You were the first to teach someone, and I learned a lot while teaching. Especially, I learned how to fight against enemies stronger than me.”

“I’m grateful if I’ve been of any help. Then, brother, are you challenging yourself?”

“That’s how it should be. In order to show my father a proud side of me, I need to be knighted as soon as possible.”

In order to be knighted, you must rise to the 4th rank.

The 4th level is not a level that can be reached simply by practicing mana simbeop for a long time.

In order to achieve enlightenment, even the most talented person must feel more deeply familiar with mana, but this took a long time.

However, there was a way to shorten the period of such accusation, which was to use magic circles or elixirs.

The magic circle increases the density of nearby mana, and the elixir plays the role of directly injecting high-density mana into the body.

It was to increase the relative mana sensitivity by hitting more dense and pure mana than usual.

Richard said that he prepared a useful elixir with the help of Uncle Herbert with the money he saved.

After taking the elixir once, not only is it over, but even resistance develops, so Richard has worked hard to establish a sufficient foundation.

“Yes. If you are my brother, you will surely succeed.”

“Thank you. Shall we go ask your father what he is doing today?”

“Yes. Before that, wash up a bit.”

That night, Uncle Harbert and our brothers gathered in the yard of the Youngju House and had a great dinner.

Tapping on the swollen stomach on the way home.

I saw countless stars floating in the night sky.

In this world, there is astrology that predicts the fate and future of the real world, not as a superstition.

If each of those stars represents life on this earth, I wondered what my star would be like and what fate awaited me in the future.

I had a strong conviction that it was finally time to leave town.