chapter 8
EP.8 Road to Moro, Seoul Bay (2)
Jinwoo Park is a first-year student at the Academy.
He meets Professor Won-Ho Tak, a warrior, and grows rapidly.
Professor Tak Won-ho possesses an aggressive swordsmanship that constantly presses opponents with strong muscular strength and trained endurance.
At first, he doesn’t like Park Jin-woo, who focuses on speed rather than strength, but he succeeds in making him a stronger holder by making up for those shortcomings.
The representative skill that Park Jin-woo learns from Professor Tak Won-ho is [Wave Cheon Sword].
A skill that allows you to focus on the attack without any gaps by inserting a magical attack between the series of attacks that engulf the target like a wave.
This skill will later become an attack skill that is the same as Park Jin-woo’s trademark.
So, he left Professor Tak Won-ho, who was the perfect match for him.
Park Jin-woo had suddenly come to take a class from Professor Kim Myung-hyun, who had not even appeared in the original.
I shook my head and opened my mouth.
“… Why the hell are you here?”
I haven’t talked to Park Jin-woo since that day, but I already have a strong feeling of familiarity, so I spoke naturally.
In the first place, Park Jin-woo also spoke to me first.
Park Jin-woo looked at my absurd expression and laughed again.
“I came to ask my classmates. The only warrior class lecture you take is Professor Kim Myung-hyun’s lecture.”
“Professor Wonho Tak’s lecture? Didn’t you apply?”
“Professor Tak Won-ho? Who is that?”
“no… .”
Is this bastard really stupid?
Professor Tak Won-ho is the most famous among the warrior professors, but he said he didn’t know who he was… ?
Tak Won-ho is a professor who is more recognizable and talented than the professors who teach advanced classes.
He is also an educator who claimed to be an intermediate class on his own, saying he would like to polish raw stones rather than finished gems.
More in principle, one of the two famous Korean swordsmiths, the successor of the Tak family.
Park Jin-woo is the person who will become Tak Won-ho’s exclusive disciple.
But, refusing the golden future that will come to you, and suddenly following me to listen to Professor Myung-Hyun Kim’s lecture… .
I knew I had a little bit of a temper, but I didn’t know it was going to be this reckless.
“Hey, Park Jin-woo. Why don’t you apply for correction now? Professor Tak Won-ho is perfect for you.”
“So who is that, Sipdeok-ah?”
“… done. What kind of sword is he learning without even knowing Tak Won-ho?”
In fact, Park Jin-woo was also saying that he wasn’t very interested, so I gave up on changing his mind.
It’s because I, who was once a fan of his, know better than anyone that he doesn’t change his mind easily once he’s made up his mind.
Besides, even if the development is a little off, Park Jin-woo is Park Jin-woo.
Professor Myung-Hyun Kim is also a talented holder educator, and Jin-Woo Park has the ability to take advantage of the new things he learns with his unique ability to absorb even if the teacher changes.
It’s a pity that I can’t learn [Wave Cheon Sword], but what can I do?
he doesn’t want to learn
And even if it wasn’t [Wave Cheon Sword], the runes and skills that represent Jin-Woo Park were overflowing.
“The two are very cheap.”
“Is they them? Those who were lucky enough to be promoted to the intermediate level in Dalian.”
“I was lucky enough to come to the intermediate class, but Tak Won-ho and Kim Myung-hyun… Ugh.”
“Park Jin-woo also lost the match, so why is he in the intermediate class?”
Park Jin-woo and my noisy conversation.
Student holders who were preparing to take classes in the vicinity whispered.
It’s loud in a small voice, but whoever sees it, they tell us to look and listen.
‘ah. This is it.’
The main character debuff.
Since it is a growth type holder, it has low stats and rune levels in the beginning.
Because of that, Park Jin-woo’s situation is often ignored.
I’m unfortunately stuck in that gap.
It looked like they were swearing together.
But Park Jin-woo didn’t even pay attention to it, as if he was used to this kind of situation.
“Do Jaehyun. Let’s open it.”
“One minute left for lecture, dude.”
“Then let’s go after class later.”
“Where are you going?”
“… rooftop?”
“Why is it always on the roof where there is a fight… .”
Was the defeat of Dalian in the entrance exam too intense?
Jinwoo Park seems to think of me as a rival.
So, instead of taking Professor Tak Won-ho’s class with ease, he would come to the lecture I was listening to and listen to Professor Kim Myung-hyun’s class.
To be honest, I’m not sure I can fully meet those needs.
In the first place, Jinwoo Park is not a [Seeker’s Sweat], but he is a holder with excellent rune growth, and I don’t know much about my potential yet, except for [Rune Hunter].
Still, I’m going to run as far as I can.
<Next Rune Holder> was my favorite world before, and I am growing as a holder in it.
The world of the holder that we have to face anyway.
If I had to choose that snippet.
Running with the characters I liked…
I was more excited and looking forward to it.
“Nice to meet you. This is Kim Myung-hyun, who was in charge of the sword momentum and combat breathing lecture.”
in line with that promise.
My first teacher here was coming into the classroom.
* * *
The academy’s lectures are divided into theory and practice, but most of them are practical lectures, and theoretical lectures often require practical results.
Kim Myung-hyeon’s <The Force of the Sword and Combat Breath>.
This is a practical lecture for a typical warrior class.
So, after 10 minutes of orientation in the classroom.
I went straight to the training ground and the lecture started.
“This lecture does not teach swordsmanship. So how you hold your sword and how you wield it is up to you.”
Students lined up side by side and wielding swords.
Passing between them, Kim Myung-hyun continued speaking in a quiet voice.
“But when you swing your sword, swing it with an unshakable posture and a strong heart. Remember the wind you feel on your skin when you cut a square in front of you. All that you feel… You need to know that it can become the momentum of a sword with strong magical power.”
After giving one advice, Kim Myeong-hyun looked around the students.
About 80 students were all holding swords.
This lecture is a practical lecture biased towards the [Sword] rune.
Basically, there is a rule that the holder who has him is accepted as a trainee, and the sword must be used in lectures even if there is no corresponding rune.
You can take the warrior class, but also the assassin class.
Basically, the weapon the students had to deal with was the sword.
‘Than you think… You’re following me.’
Kim Myung-hyun looked at some of the students he had been paying attention to.
First, a holder named Jinwoo Park.
He seems to be ignored by the people around him in a chaotic atmosphere, but in my opinion, Kim Myung-hyun has the fastest learning ability and the highest level of understanding of lectures.
His ability is still low and his posture is a bit sloppy.
However, even though it is the first lecture, the holder who clearly shows and practices what Kim Myung-hyun wants to say.
It was only Park Jin-woo.
‘and… .’
Kim Myung-hyun looked at the other group of students.
They were students who chose to teach even without the [Sword] rune.
Although they are following the same warrior class, it seems that they do not have a grasp on the abstract concept Kim Myung-hyun is talking about.
Although Kim Myung-hyun warns at the beginning of every lecture.
They ignored this and saw blood while taking the course.
They have no other way out.
Attend lectures with evil or with strength.
I had no choice but to give up and apply for a correction of the course.
It was the price of ignoring a warning before the lecture started.
‘Did I say Do Jae-hyun?’
On the other hand, similar types.
There were some students who followed the lecture well.
Jaehyun Do, the only student who applied for another department.
Although he is an assassin-type holder, he has been following lectures well, showing almost as much learning as Park Jin-woo.
Considering that the Warriors without the [Sword] rune were struggling quite a bit, this was quite a surprising result.
‘That student… You have a sword rune.’
However, Kim Myung-hyun immediately recognized it.
The fact that Do Jae-hyun is a student from another school who possesses a [sword].
multi holder.
He was a multi-holder with runes of various weapons.
It’s not his main rune, but…
He is trying to grow his runes to the best of his ability.
Kim Myung-hyun became more interested in Do Jae-hyun’s passion for nothing.
“Do Jae-hyun holder?”
“yes?”
“There, you have to apply a little more force and cut it gently. Don’t forget that the force of the sword lies in the flexibility based on the rigidity.”
“Ah yes. thank you.”
Do Jae-hyeon, who immediately learns the points pointed out.
Seeing him like that, Kim Myung-hyun felt his enthusiasm for education burn little by little.
‘Would you like to receive an exclusive disciple?’
Rather than Park Jin-woo, who is good at it, I was drawn to Do Jae-hyun, who somehow achieved greater results through education.
Jaehyun Do lives next door to him.
He was unaware that he and his daughter Kim Chae-eun were best friends.
* * *
‘Wow, crazy. Myung-Hyun Gat. Praise.’
Swinging the sword in a trance posture.
Inwardly, I sang a hymn about Professor Kim Myung-hyun.
until entering the academy.
In the meantime, I’ve been training on my own.
Ignorance training with no special methods and no clear instructions.
Thanks to [seeker’s sweat].
Even with such training, the level of the runes had risen steadily.
But today.
After listening to Professor Myung-Hyun Kim’s lecture, I realized him clearly.
For the growth of runes.
The difference between having a teacher or not is huge.
[Your sword that cuts through space begins to gain strength.]
[The rune level has risen.]
[You have acquired the derived skill of the sword rune, ‘Strike’.]
Suddenly, I became a fool for recommending only Professor Tak Won-ho to Park Jin-woo.
Professor Myung-Hyun Kim is second only to Won-Ho Tak among the professors in the intermediate class.
He was a top-class educator.