Time Stop Swordsman With Romantic Concept

7. The Information Gap

7. Information gap

“Then you can go down and rest.”

“Thank you.”

Turbuck.

Meteor going down the stairs after finishing the test.

People from all walks of life gathered at the exam hall started talking about him.

“The level is high from the first match.”

“I heard that a lot of talented people gathered this time, but it must be true.”

“The swordsman and the thief were amazing.”

“Which guys will come out next?”

Public.

“Did you see that guy’s sword attack?”

“No. Except for a momentary flash…….”

“Is that the Eastern sword art? I’ve heard that it’s powerful when trained properly, but I’ve never seen anything so menacing.”

“I won’t ignore adventurers from other countries. The swordsman side was stronger, but the one who uses ninjutsu is also quite skilled.”

Analyst.

“What is this test…… You don’t even need to score.”

“Yes. Both of them crossed the acceptance standard.”

“As long as the other students who are going to take the exam in the future don’t all show that they are better than Dalian.”

“Ha ha ha. Selfishness has gone too far. Anyway, wouldn’t that be the case?”

Officials from the Academy.

“Hey, Mr. Is not kidding.”

“How can I win against those guys?”

“I’ll attach it according to the level.”

“If you do that from the first match… ….”

Candidates who will take the test next time.

“As rumor has it, these freshmen seem to have a high standard.”

“Hmm, if something bigger than those comes out, the top spot could be lost to the freshman.”

“Definitely. You shouldn’t become a senior who entered the academy first, so you don’t lose out to the newbies.”

Even the academy students who came to see the freshmen.

The heat is hot from the first match.

But the test had only just begun.

“Here, here!”

Going back into the crowd to watch someone else’s test, there was a woman waving her hand at a meteor.

A familiar face.

This was Anise, a blue-haired female swordsman whom I first met.

Isn’t it said that it’s fate even if you just brush her collar?

In this place full of strangers wherever you look, even people you briefly met in a carriage are familiar with old acquaintances.

Yuseong was also glad to see Anise again, so she naturally stood next to her.

“Uh, so, Mr. Yooseong?”

“Just call me the first word that came to your mind.”

“Then you are a mister.”

“Why?”

“The samurai of the east have only the tough guys you see in books, so that’s exactly what the image is like.”

“Haha. If that’s the case, I should understand with a broad mind.”

“Please take care of me, mister!”

Anise answered with a smile, then she turned to the other side.

“By the way, Mister, you are really amazing. If it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to tell what was what.”

“I was lucky. The other side was also quite talented, but the match luck was not good. When you look in your mind’s eye, you see at once what is real.”

Yooseong trembled with humility.

Originally, a romantic swordsman shouldn’t belittle his strength.

She should be made to think so naturally.

“The expression that looked dumbfounded when the glasses were put on at the end! Big It was cool. After all, I wanted something different for talented people.”

“If my opponent knew I was blind, it would have been a difficult fight. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it was because of that little piece of information that decided the outcome.”

“You really have eyes to see. Sending a gimmick illusion to you who are clearly blind is no different from doing nothing.”

“You weren’t wearing those sunglasses just like foam, were you?”

“Cheuk. It’s a double trick. It looks like it was written in a form, right? It’s all about psychology and strategy.”

“As you said, I won’t lose next time. Did I mention it’s the mind’s eye? A new strategy to fit there…… Hey.”

“Haa, that’s it, what if we raised the level like this from the beginning? Ordinary people like me are burdened, so what should I do?”

“It’s okay. Mr. Anis seems to have skills and grit. I haven’t seen them fight yet, but if I were the examiner, I’d definitely—”

“Don’t ignore everything while listening!”

Anise and Yuseong turned their heads at the sudden screaming voice.

“After.”

The man cooling off with his arms crossed is Shohei.

He came looking for a meteor after waking up a long time ago.

The two laughed mischievously at the same time.

“This is too much of a joke.”

“Haha, I thought I was inadvertently interfering by pretending to be friendly.”

“Kuhm.”

Shohei, who was hit by Annis’ words, cleared his throat once and continued.

“Can I call you Yuseong?”

“As you please.”

“After waking up from you, the first thing I did was check the wounds. I received rapid treatment, so it is natural that there are no scars, but there were not even cuts on my clothes. As if a ghost had cut through it.”

While doing so, Shohei showed off the clothes he was wearing.

Certainly, there were no traces of cuts or bloodstains, and it was clean, so it was difficult to say that it had received two sword attacks.

“It was a blow that was hard to think of simply putting it in my hand. There was a clear feeling that the sword had been cut in two, but in the end, not even a drop of blood was shed. Yooseong, what the hell is your swordsmanship? How is that possible?”

Something has come.

Thinking so, Yooseong deliberately paused.

To set the mood, he slightly lowered his head and lightly pressed his hat so that the eyes were shaded.

Then, as if he was embarrassed, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth and murmured insincerely.

“Doesn’t it often appear in storybooks? Something like a person who has committed an irreparable mistake and lives altruistically for the rest of his life for atonement.”

“Yes. It’s a common story. In the book.”

“It’s a simple logic. I couldn’t be that selfless human being. Instead, I just decided on a belief that I felt I could keep. ‘I will no longer end any life with these hands’.”

“Ha. Is it an immortal belief? It just makes me laugh.”

“Laugh at me. I know very well that I am stupid and foolish. To prove my resolve, I blinded myself.”

Anise, who had been listening quietly, murmured in surprise.

“Yourself…… Eyes?”

“Yes. To have faith, you must be determined to keep it. I hesitated, but in the end I got the blinding weed in my eyes. Then he said he would pass it on. The arcane swordsmanship that can be realized only when all light is given up…… A sword that sees with the heart and cuts the heart.”

See with your heart and cut your heart…….

Certainly, it is a mysterious and intriguing swordsmanship, but Shohei thought he could understand why it was not known.

Losing an eye is like a death sentence for a prosecutor.

I would be hesitant even if the vision I got in return would bring destructive power, let alone a half-baked one with the goal of not killing anyone.

How many people in the world are willing to learn something like that?

Even if there were, there would be only fools and idiots.

‘That talent is a waste. If you learned another swordsmanship. No, at least I could have made a name for myself as one of the best swordsmen of the time if I had just abandoned my beliefs.’

I was curious.

If this man had good eyesight and learned proper swordsmanship, what kind of monster would be born?

But that’s the future we can no longer see.

Shohei looked ahead with a serious expression.

“No one will recognize you for doing that. If you show mercy first, do you think the other person will be moved and repent? Sounds funny. If you know that he doesn’t kill, he’ll just come at you even more freely. That’s what reality is. There’s a reason why it only appears in books, such as the principle of non-killing. If you die holding a sword, it must be because of that belief.”

“Maybe.”

“Are you saying it’s okay?”

Yoosung answered in a stern voice.

“If that is destiny.”

“I thought you were smart, unlike the way you are. Now that I look at it, it’s a complete idiot.”

“What do you think? It’s my life I will live as I like. Most of all, I’m happy with the way I’ve decided to live my life. I must have sworn an oath on my teacher’s grave. Isn’t it quite romantic to die while keeping your beliefs?”

“Yes. To lose to such a soft guy…….”

Having said that, Shohei immediately laughed.

“I think your beliefs are stupid and foolish, but I don’t feel disliked. I’m curious about this. How far can that proud belief be kept?”

“You can watch.”

Two men facing each other and smiling.

‘It’s cool…… !’

Anise watched it from the side and admired it.

It was because the appearances of the two resembled the wonderful descriptions of Eastern warriors in storybooks.

She had a setting that she enjoyed reading several commercial novels that existed within her world view.

‘Mmm, um. It is a mistake that cannot be washed away. It seemed that he had sad eyes for some reason.’

At first, I thought he was a strange person because of his sunglasses, but now that I see it, it seems to be part of his actions to forget his sad past.

‘Anyway, immortal swordsmen and the like actually existed.’

There was a reason not to kill the bandits.

Plus being blind?

‘It’s really amazing.’

From Anise’s point of view, Yuseong really looked like someone who jumped out of a book.

In a way, it was natural.

Because Yooseong tried hard to look like that.

Wizardry Caliber has five well-known in-game novels within the universe, and two of them are based on Eastern warriors.

No matter how much it is called Mangem, it was a full-price game of 53,000 won, so the volume should be at that level.

This is also part of the shady ego of the story writer, and the oriental warriors in virtual creations usually come out cool.

Shall we say that only the elements that stimulate the romance in the heart were selected and included?

Thanks to all the actual motives, the character of the romantic swordsman of the east, which we are familiar with, was surprisingly familiar to the people of the empire.

There was a reason why aggro was attracted to Yooseong, who was wearing extremely oriental clothes and sunglasses.

In Korea, it was like a knight in full plate wearing a bridal mask made as a souvenir.

‘Things in the storybook weren’t just absurd… ….’

Unfortunately, there was no one to tell Anis that it wasn’t like that.

Her eyes lit up as she watched the meteor pressed down on her hat.

“Both sides prepare for battle!”

“Ah! I guess I’m going to start the next exam.”

Shohei and Anise’s eyes were fixed on the arena.

Yoosung opened the Relations Compensation window because he wanted it to be this time.

[ Relationship Reward ]

! Anise

Anise thinks you are a unique and cool person.

Lv. 1 Can pick up 2 gifts

! Shohei

Shohei considers you a rival.

In addition, I evaluate him as an ‘interesting guy’.

Lv. 2 Can receive 1 gift

Lv. 1 Can pick up 2 gifts

‘Hey, this is all deceiving.’

To be honest, it was the first time I tried to talk hard with this setting, so I thought it might not work, but at least Anis and Shohei were neatly fooled.

‘I feel confident to live with this concept… ….’

In fact, from their point of view, they had no choice but to be deceived.

In order for everyone to believe in a lie, at least 5% of the truth must be mixed.

All the bluffs and concepts of Meteor are based on real settings in Wizardry Caliber, and have been carefully decorated by collecting only plausible ones.

He was a late figure of Wizardry Caliber.

No one can deny that fact.

Even if it’s not to the extent that I know everything, I usually have all the small settings that people in this world don’t know well.

So-called information gap.

Yuseong, who once worked as an indie game scenario writer, was good at creating new characters for existing games.

‘By the way… ….’

I also felt something strange while looking at the reward window.

This is because the scroll was toxic.

! Cruella

Cruella thinks you are somewhat special.

Lv. 1 Can receive 3 gifts

! Julia

Yulia is wary of you.

Lv. 1 Gift can be received

! Selene

Selene is afraid of you.

Lv. 1 Gift can be received

! Yeonhwaran

Yeonhwaran is fascinated by you.

Lv. 1 Gift can be received

There are a total of six playable characters that participate in the story-wise entrance exam.

They are Yuseong, Anise, Shohei, Yulia, Selene, and Yeonhwaran.

Other than Anise and Shohei, who were just talking, everyone was watching the meteor and had that name in their hearts.

‘This is unexpected. Even if Cruella is like that.’

Actually, it wasn’t strange.

Yuseong and Shohei gave a decent performance in Dalian, and Yuseong was the overwhelming winner of the fight.

If you watched it, wouldn’t it be impressive enough from the standpoint of taking the same exam?

However, the reason Yooseong was surprised was because it was different from the game.

‘In the original prologue, the relationship and rewards were only given to characters who had sparred directly.’

Relations and rewards are activated only when you meet and talk to each other…….

‘Sometimes you emphasize that you are in a game, and other times you emphasize that you are real. It’s selfish.’

Looking at this, I thought that it would not flow the same way as the story.

It’s impossible.

Hasn’t Yuseong already changed considerably?

According to the story, it is true that Yoosung is the one who left his homeland after committing an irreparable mistake, but that does not mean that he is not a non-killer.

Rather, like the Statue of Justice, it is a position to judge evil more thoroughly while killing the eyes to see the external side of people.

‘Wanting things to go the way they are is also greed. Because he made the meteor himself like this.’

If you were afraid of the butterfly effect, such as a minor change in the future, you should have lived with the meteor of the original.

However, the meteor after possessing was not in such a condition.

From the moment I decided to play the concept, the dice of fate were thrown.