chapter 24
The paladin does not back down
When Hyeon-jun went out into the yard, Idelia stood there holding a wooden sword and a wooden shield.
“I thought you were scared because it was too late.”
“I was preparing my heart.”
At Hyeonjun’s words, Idelia grinned.
“I wasn’t nervous at all, so I wasn’t even motivated. It must be difficult to be weak like this.”
“profit!”
Hyeonjun’s words spurred him on again. oh it’s fun
Hyeon-joon casually passed by Idelia and inspected the wooden swords. He picked one up and immediately put it down.
“Hey, this won’t work. It’s too dangerous.”
“Are you running away now?”
Hyeonjun shook his head at the sound of a little disappointed.
“No, I can’t hit a child with something like this.”
“Ugh…”
Idelia barely noticed that Hyun-joon was making fun of her and tried hard not to react. Of course, it was meaningless because he was shaking.
“This should be enough.”
Hyeon-joon looked around and picked out a very thin and long twig from the pile of firewood.
“Then I will switch weapons too.”
“No, write that. I wouldn’t even be able to brush it anyway.”
Idelia’s tightly clenched fists trembled.
“Should we start soon?”
“okay.”
Hyeon-joon answered casually and stood in the center of the yard.
“Come in. I’ll give you three seconds.”
“going!”
Idelia didn’t know what 3 seconds was, but she quickly charged forward with her shield. I plan to end it after colliding with the shield. I stood at a distance, but in the blink of an eye, the distance narrowed. It’s a huge angle.
Hyeonjun moved sideways, kicked his foot at once, and bounced back. Passing by Hyeon-jun, Idelia hurriedly swung her wooden sword, but she couldn’t control her speed and only stirred the air.
“once.”
Hyunjoon said calmly. But unexpectedly, Idelia didn’t get angry and looked at Hyeon-joon with serious eyes while keeping her distance.
“Whoa.”
Edelia took a deep breath and calmly closed the distance this time. Even though Hyeon-jun said he would yield, he raised his shield and prepared firmly. Then, it stopped at a place that was just one edge away from Hyeon-jun’s distance. Hyeonjun raised his eyebrows and said as if he was surprised.
“Still, isn’t it not even basic at all?”
Idelia didn’t answer and seemed to turn sideways, then dug into the gap and brandished a wooden sword. It is a speed that is difficult for ordinary people to react. If not, Hyeon-joon carefully read Idelia’s breathing and movements, and at the same time as Idelia entered, he leaned to the right and pressed close to the shield that Idelia held up firmly.
“Suck!”
Idelia bounced her arm and hit the shield. It moves flexibly like a whip, yet has the heaviness of a rock.
“twice.”
However, Hyeon-jun said calmly, maintaining a distance where the shield could not reach. The technique is mediocre, but the physical ability gives goosebumps. The wind generated by the shield he wielded blows his hair wildly.
This time, Idelia didn’t hesitate and caught up and swung her sword. His posture collapsed as he swung his shield. Idelia’s strength is certainly strong, but her weight seems to be as you see. No matter how strong it is, it’s light, so it’s unbalanced by the shield you wield. But it’s just the right timing. As long as the attack succeeds like this!
“third time.”
However, Hyeon-jun flexibly leaned back and avoided the attack. I couldn’t even touch it. Hyeon-jun stepped back as if bouncing lightly, kept a distance, and the duel started and he lifted a tree branch for the first time.
“are you okay? Are you ready?”
Edelia didn’t answer. But it’s an angry face. It was because Hyeon-jun sneakily dodged the attack. Here, the overwhelming skill gap was already revealed. Edelia is impatient, not stupid. I know how difficult it is to just dodge an opponent’s attack. It is basic to respond with the same attack as the opponent’s attack. Dodging itself is difficult, but giving the opponent space is also great. However, Hyeon-jun did not even lift a tree branch as if he could see everything, and leisurely avoided it. Idelia knew very well that she was no different from losing. But I didn’t give up.
“hook!”
Edelia ran again. This time, he is watching Hyun-joon’s movements while running fast. Hyeonjun’s movements were clearly visible in his superhuman body vision. The posture of moving sideways again. The moment Idelia got closer, she slammed her foot on the floor, slowed down, followed Hyeon-jun’s movement, and pushed her with her shield.
Took.
“end!”
“uh?”
Edelia couldn’t figure out what had happened. Apparently, he rushed to push Hyeon-jun with his shield. Suddenly, something touched my leg.
“Does he use his shield because his vision is blocked?”
Hyeonjun felt the power of combat skills (basic). There was no need to use longsword swordsmanship. It was clear how Edelia would move. A punch that is obvious in martial arts is called a telegraphing punch, and it feels just like that. In fact, even if I didn’t have combat skills, I would have struggled because of my strength, but I don’t think I would have lost. Movements are too monotonous. Do not season or mix paint. He’s worse than Hyeon-jun when he was killing goblins.
“Your master didn’t teach you? It must have had a fairly insignificant teacher. Oh, did you practice alone? What, if you practiced alone, that’s great, right?”
“urg!”
Idelia ran again without holding back her anger. She learned swordsmanship from Zilenai. He is a great battle priest, and a person worthy of respect. It was all because of Idelia’s own inadequacies and arrogance. Zilenai taught him delicate swordsmanship, but it was because of himself that he practiced in a way that he was intoxicated with his own power and overpowered him. I can’t tarnish his name.
“Yes, it seems that Dalian is also your first time. You will gradually get used to it.”
Again, Hyeon-jun’s tree branch slipped past Idelia’s head. He didn’t hit her out of consideration for her. Edelia gritted her teeth. Hyeonjun’s movements are clearly visible, but his attacks do not reach him. And I don’t know how it got. I was definitely looking right at him!
“Well, if you don’t know swordsmanship, you have no choice but to be defeated. don’t be too upset If you can do it alone, you’re good at it. If you learn from the right person from now on, you will get better soon.”
Hyeonjun showed the essence of swordsmanship while moving at a speed that Idelia could see. As he pulled his foot out to the side, his strong yet soft wrist spun around and dug in from outside his field of vision. I don’t know how I got hit. Because the human field of vision is terribly narrow.
Idelia rushed forward without stopping. This time, he held his shield a little lower and protected the top with his sword. At least to know how it was. But this time, he didn’t even wield a branch, let alone swordsmanship. Hyeon-jun was the first to run into him, then suddenly disappeared out of sight and lost his balance and collapsed.
“Ugh…”
“Actually, I wanted to tell you from the beginning, I know you have good strength, but running recklessly will inevitably break your posture. That’s why I can push you down even though the power difference is this big. My advice is from the bottom of my heart, if you learned from someone else, you better learn from a proper teacher. It’s because he’s not even basic.”
Hyeon-joon rushed in and shook a tree branch to steal his sight, and immediately after that, he brushed the floor low and burrowed into the lower left corner of Idelia. The right eye is the main eye, and it is a weakness of humans who are slow to move up and down. There is even a shield there. After that, it was just a matter of pushing the shield away. As she ran, Idelia stumbled and had no choice but to fall. Even that mighty power plays its role only when both legs are on the floor.
Edelia quickly stood up. Her pretty face is a mess because she covered her red face with tears and runny nose. But even that face was pathetic rather than ugly, stimulating protective instincts.
“Z, Zilenai, Zilenai, my brother. sniff!”
At the insult to Zilenai, herself who caused it, and the situation where she could not refute it, Adelia sobbed sadly while shedding tears, then closed her mouth and raised her weapon to close the gap.
“Damn it, I feel like bullying a child.”
Hyeonjun murmured softly and lifted a tree branch. Edelia’s sensitive ears couldn’t miss the sound. After flinching for a moment, Idelia closed her eyes tightly to wipe away the tears, inhaled deeply through her nose, and moved again. Now carefully watching Hyeon-joon’s movements, he stepped on the steps and shook his wooden sword gently to create a gap. I put out my shield properly and pushed and pulled to keep from leaving a gap. And for the first time, I could barely see how Hyeonjun was swinging the branch.
Taking a big step forward, he evaded the shield and dug in. I was sure to block it with a wooden sword, but it squeezed in, passed in front of my face, and left without a chance to do anything.
“A sword has a strong part and a weak part. The closer you get to the handle, the stronger it gets, and the farther it gets, the weaker it is. It’s not just wielding with black power.”
I finally saw the move. Edelia made up her mind and moved calmly. I was in the right posture for a while. Zilenai’s teachings came to mind. All of the words Hyeon-jun said were taught by Zilenai, who was still a bit young, and kindly taught her while holding her small, fern-like hand. In the end, Idelia couldn’t stand it and burst into tears.
“Huh… uh… sniff! Whoa…”
She swung her wooden sword while weeping, feeling sorry for Zilenai. At any time, the attacker takes precedence. It’s good to have a liver to get an idea of your opponent, and to stake the feint to shake it, but don’t take away a player. This is also the teaching of Zilenai. Power was transmitted from the stepping foot to the wrist, and the wooden sword was sharply swung. There was a duel, no sparring, and the first proper swordsmanship came out. Even so, the stance did not collapse, and the shield blocked the gap wonderfully.
chin!
However, Hyeon-jun’s tree branch mercilessly blocked the attack with the top and stopped right in front of Idelia’s eyes.
“Don’t just think of attacking and blocking. You have to block while attacking, and attack while blocking. If I had a sword, your attack would be negligible.”
Then he hit the cross guard of his wooden sword with a branch and backed off. When Edelia heard that, she began to cry even more sorrowfully. Because those words were also spoken by Zilenai. Even so, he took a stance and started to close the distance again.
But this time, he easily gave his head to Hyeon-jun. Unlike before, it was the same even while watching closely how it moved.
“The most important thing in swordsmanship is posture. I need to be able to attack my opponent while defending my body. Remember that every posture and movement has an intention.”
Edelia rushed without stopping. He has superhuman stamina, but was exhausted from crying so much. And for the first time, he gave Hyeon-jun a shot. Although the tree branch was aimed at her neck, her wooden sword reached Hyeon-jun’s hand. Idelia’s face, which was messed with tears and runny nose, suddenly brightened.
“Don’t like it. Because that’s on purpose. I’m saying it because I can’t seem to figure it out, but your posture is messed up.”
Edelia, who suddenly came to her senses at those words, looked at Hyeon-jun. Hyeon-jun was holding a tree branch with one hand and holding the other hand out in front of him. It’s a sword and shield pose. Even though Hyeon-jun took the same stance as her, he landed an effective hit with a minor difference, but her attack would normally have been blocked by the cross guard. Idelia’s face contorted into tears again.
“I told you. The sword has a cross guard. I can’t.”
Then Hyeon-jun threw the tree branch, turned around, and walked away with brisk strides.
“ah···.”
Idelia suddenly became more saddened by Hyun-joon’s back as he turned and left, so she lowered her head and shed tears like chicken droppings. Hyeonjun spoke up to Idelia, who lowered her head and sobbed.
“What are you doing. Don’t you hold on? Are you done with that?”
When I raised my head in surprise, Hyeon-jun was standing there holding a wooden sword.
“It was so bad that I could do it without hitting it even with a wooden sword. So are you going to do more? will you speak?”
“Huh uh uh…”
Ethelia stood up again while crying bitterly. And ran without stopping. Everything Hyeon-jun says is like gold that becomes blood and flesh. Ethelia remembered those words even as she wept.
Sitting on a chair on the other side of the yard, Deliana smiled softly as she watched Hyeon-joon teach Edellia. The eyes that looked at Idelia overflowed with affection. I was worried because the child I had raised like my granddaughter was so arrogant. But now that the lovely, precious, and sad child is growing up, my eyes keep blushing.
“grandma.”
Deliana turned to see the children clinging to the windows. Although she is strict with Idelia, she is usually benevolent and is called grandma by her children. Deliana glanced at the sky and saw that the sun was in mid-heaven. It was past lunch time.
“I’m sorry. Let’s prepare lunch soon.”
“Grandma, that person is bullying you!”
“Shh, no. You are teaching your sister.”
“But unnie is crying…”
Deliana said with a soft smile.
“Originally, the bigger you grow, the more painful the growing pains are.”
“Ugh! I want to grow very big…”
Patting the whining child’s head, Deliana got up and headed for the kitchen.
“It will take a while, so let’s eat together.”
“yes!”