Ch.125Chapter 125: I Don’t Know Either, Man!

And so, Valt begins teaching his older brother, Luktan, how to use partial aura techniques.

Of course, this was something he had learned from his friends and shouldn’t be carelessly leaked, but he had already received permission.

Moreover, since Valt had applied what he learned from Teacher Leman to make it respond to the Gerungtu’s body and mana, rather than perfectly replicating his friends’ aura techniques, it wasn’t entirely appropriate to call it his friends’ partial aura technique.

It was a gift prepared by Leman for Valt.

When combined with his friends’ aura techniques, it had become something entirely new.

Valt had no intention of keeping this knowledge to himself.

After all, if the Gerungtu became stronger, it would ultimately benefit him as well.

The truth was that despite appearing strong, the Gerungtu could easily collapse if the Central Continent launched a full-scale invasion.

The power of the Central Continent, built up over many years, was not something to be taken lightly.

Although they were able to establish their nation and grow stronger because the Emperor didn’t want war, no one knew what might happen in the distant future after the Emperor’s death.

Valt came from the modern world.

Though he was now becoming more solemn as he integrated with this world, those memories hadn’t disappeared.

But in the modern world, there were no other species besides humans.

The humans of Earth spoke as if they knew all of Earth’s history, but was that really true?

What if Earth had originally been a planet where multiple species lived together, like this world, but humans had driven them all to extinction?

The strengthening of one’s own species was ultimately essential for survival.

If some species had to go extinct, he would ensure it wasn’t his own.

“So… ugh… this isn’t moving at all…?”

“Start slowly by focusing on movement first. Let me help you.”

Having never used aura before, the Gerungtu naturally didn’t know how to utilize the energy within their bodies called mana.

But when Valt infused his own mana to guide the flow, Luktan quickly understood with his unique sensibility.

“Oh? Ohhh!? I see? It’s similar to exerting strength? It feels like something other than blood flowing through my body!”

True to his talent as someone who had risen to become a Great Warrior, Luktan was able to create an aura that strengthened his arms just two hours after learning from Valt.

“Ha! Haaaa!! This, this is aura!!”

Incredibly, it was such a simple method.

A simple thing that no one had tried because they couldn’t move their aura.

Great discoveries always started from such small things.

“Something this simple! How could we have been so foolish!!”

In fact, what was known as partial aura technique was something that had emerged only recently, less than 100 years ago.

Since ancient times, the only way to use aura was to circulate it throughout the entire body.

However, aura had the disadvantage of becoming unusable if the layered floors collapsed. This partial aura technique was developed to overcome that limitation.

But the partial aura technique wasn’t very efficient.

Compared to the full-body aura technique, which built aura floors within the body and circulated that vast aura to strengthen the entire body,

The partial aura technique, which only used the aura contained in a single arm, was incomparably less efficient.

Therefore, it was rarely used except in truly emergency situations. Besides, if someone was injured badly enough for their floors to collapse, they were likely already dead.

That’s why most martial artists gave up on developing partial aura techniques.

In fact, partial aura techniques didn’t even exist in most of the continent’s aura systems.

Valt was able to learn partial aura techniques only because his friends were disciples of the Seven Heroes, an incredible status.

Their martial arts had been improved and developed to respond to all situations.

Anyway, through such coincidences and encounters, the Gerungtu now possessed the power of aura after thousands of years.

Woooong-

Luktan’s aura shone with an earth-like golden hue.

Luktan stared at his arm with an enraptured expression, marveling at it.

“This can’t be… truly… truly… I… am using aura…”

With just the mana existing in their bodies, the Gerungtu could manifest at least 3 floors of aura.

While Valt’s aura was strengthened by mixing with magic power, Luktan’s wasn’t, making it incomparably weaker than Valt’s.

But even with this, Luktan’s potential strength had increased by 20%? No, perhaps 30%.

A Great Warrior who could already engage in battles on par with Masters using his formidable strength, now able to use aura, even if only at the 3rd floor level?

Aura doesn’t just help increase destructive power.

It fundamentally strengthens the existing physical body. That’s the basic principle of aura.

The secret techniques and ultimate moves that existed in each family were merely the results of how to generate power more destructively.

Luktan’s Great Warrior physique.

The 3rd floor aura imbued within it.

With just that, Luktan’s speed, destructive power, and reflexes would be further enhanced, significantly increasing his overall combat ability.

‘Ha, it’s only 3rd floor aura, yet it feels this powerful. Great Warriors are truly unbelievable.’

“Hey, hey! Little brother! Is there nothing else? Teach me more!”

How long had it been since he felt this thirst for learning?

Honestly, there was a reason why Luktan had been making a fuss about meeting women from the Central Continent.

He is Kwan’s son.

Among Kwan’s children, he is one of only seven with the qualities of a Great Warrior, an exceptional being. Such a person wouldn’t be satisfied with just being a Great Warrior.

He constantly craved to become stronger and tried everything, but he recognized the limitations of the Gerungtu’s outdated training methods.

So he thought of other ways. His conclusion, which was similar to Kwan’s—who could deny he was Kwan’s son?—was:

To learn from the Central Continent.

To somehow create a method in his generation. And if Gerungtu blood was insufficient, to have a child with a woman from the Central Continent and trust that his child would complete his martial path.

This was the best he could do.

His passion for martial arts, which had stagnated in terms of growth, eventually led him to seek out women from the Central Continent, and that’s why he frequently attempted to escape from home, defying Kwan, saying he would leave.

But now.

His youngest brother, Valt, had presented him with a new path of learning.

A method so simple it was almost laughable.

Yet because of that simplicity, the possibilities were endless.

Luktan’s heart was racing even more than when he had met Grace.

Looking at Luktan, Valt thought, “He truly is my brother.”

“Haha, of course. I should teach you everything.”

The expedition to hunt two Orc Lords was scheduled for the day after tomorrow.

During those two days, Luktan learned the partial aura technique from Valt with utmost dedication and sincerity.

***

The night before the expedition.

Though they should be resting well for tomorrow’s departure, the Gerungtu didn’t need such considerations.

Luktan, who had been practicing aura until late, said to Valt:

“Hey, little brother. I discovered something strange yesterday.”

“What is it? Is there a part that’s not working well?”

Despite having only two days, Luktan’s talent for aura usage was no joke.

It might be that Luktan was special, but even accounting for that, this speed was unbelievable.

It was almost suspicious whether he already knew partial aura techniques from the beginning.

For such a Luktan to say something was strange?

Valt was curious, but he was soon shocked by Luktan’s words.

“No, I was thinking while doing this. It seems like it might be possible with the whole body.”

“What?”

He was making the absurd claim that full-body aura usage might be possible after practicing partial aura techniques.

“Look carefully. This is the strengthening aura you taught me. Hmph.”

Kuooo-

Luktan’s talent was truly exceptional, allowing him to simultaneously apply two different aura techniques to both arms at once.

Valt could do it too, but it required constant practice and effort.

In other words, applying partial aura techniques to both arms simultaneously was almost like running two full-body aura techniques.

For one person to run two aura techniques requires an enormous amount of concentration.

In reality, many couldn’t even do one properly, leading to mana backflow, which showed just how exceptional Luktan’s sense and talent were.

“That’s amazing. You can already use aura in both arms.”

“It’s nothing. It’s because you taught me well. But watch this. Hnnnng!!”

With a slight grunt, aura began to emanate faintly from Luktan’s legs as well.

He was executing partial aura techniques in four places simultaneously.

Even Valt was genuinely surprised by this.

“What? Brother, are you using aura in four places at once?”

“I told you it’s nothing. You use much more formidable techniques, so what’s the big deal? So, how do I look right now?”

‘How do you look? What does that mean…?’

After observing Luktan for a moment, Valt had a major realization.

“Hmm…? This is almost like full-body aura technique…”

“Hahaha, you truly are my brother. Right? If I just strengthen my torso, it’s no different from full-body aura, isn’t it?”

“That’s certainly true. So, is the torso not working well?”

The method to strengthen the body isn’t much different, but Luktan seemed a bit hesitant.

“Well… watch this… I practiced this alone when you weren’t around, and… just watch me carefully.”

Not quite understanding what he meant by “watch carefully,” Valt just agreed.

“Hnnnng!!!!”

The moment Luktan applied partial strengthening to his torso, using aura in a total of five parts of his body.

Tuhwaaak-

Bang!

The aura in Luktan’s body surged rapidly and eventually exploded.

Kwang!

And Luktan was slammed into the wall.

“Kid… I told you to watch carefully…”

“How can I watch when you’re flying in a different direction? But what was that? What exploded?”

Luktan got up, cracking his neck, and casually said:

“What else would it be but aura?”

“Why would aura explode? You were just using strengthening.”

“I don’t know either, man!! That’s why I’m worried and asking you!”