episode_0231

Is it because there is nothing to worry about?

I felt completely at ease, as if I had succeeded in burping after suffering from nausea for a long time.

As my stomach became more comfortable, my movements also became lighter.

“Aaaa… ···Huh?”

“It’s slow. Even realizing it.”

one person.

“Hehe… No matter how strong you are, if I had the talent…!”

“One, lift the opponent.”

“Uh…? Hey, let go of this…!”

“Two, just like that…!”

“City, referee…! No, test tube!!”

“German Suplex…!!!”

two people.

“You just removed all the air around you. Let’s hold our breath until the end.”

“But my fists won’t hold back.”

“What…?! When did we end up here…!?”

Three people.

Starting with my first opponent, a gangly guy with bleached hair, I defeated each opponent one by one with a momentum that felt like splitting bamboo, and before I knew it, I was left with only the last opponent.

And the opponent I faced at the end of the long practical exam was…

‘knife···?’

Coincidentally, he was a prosecutor.

No, even if that were the case, did he really come to the exam hall dressed like that?

In this weather?

The woman, wearing a uniform, was walking up to the sparring area with a slightly nervous look on her face, as if she had heard the noise I made as I ran wild as I wanted, with the reins half loose.

Should I call it a kendo uniform among the uniforms?

Although they say you are free to wear what to wear for the test, I don’t think it’s the right attire to wear in this sub-zero weather.

Are you the type of person who starts with clothes, no matter what you do?

My thoughts started to run wild at the unexpected outfit, but that didn’t stop me from letting my guard down.

From what I have observed so far, it seems that this sparring is adopting a method of matching winners.

And what does that mean?

Since I have won every game so far, it means that the woman assigned to me as my opponent has also not lost even once.

‘Is this a talent that strengthens the weapon in your hand? Or body strengthening?

Considering that the lines visible at first glance beyond the slightly loose kendo uniform were not particularly lumpy, the former seemed more likely than the latter.

And my feelings became even stronger when the sword in the hand of the woman standing about 30 steps away from me sparkled for a split second.

Indeed… when people see a video of me destroying giant bats, they can be mistaken in thinking that I must have a talent for strengthening weapons.

Should I say that they definitely resemble each other a bit?

Of course, the black side is much clearer and clearer.

As I was thinking about this, the examiner, who had confirmed that all the candidates who had been called through the speaker were in their seats, looked at the two of us in turn and asked.

“Are you both ready?”

“Yes~”

“···Yes.”

“As you probably already know, you can start sparring after the speaker hanging on the ceiling beeps a total of three times. If you attack your opponent first, you may not only be judged to have lost through a foul, but may also be judged to have cheated and forfeit your test qualifications, so be careful not to make any mistakes.”

How many times have I said that already…

However, I could feel that the association was paying special attention to the information by coming directly every time to warn me instead of just recording it.

“Then, I wish you good luck.”

How long had it passed since the examiner, who had recited all the precautions from start to finish, went down to the sparring room?

Beep!

The first beep sounded.

Occasionally, like when sparring with a joiner and a baktuman, I clenched my left fist and stretched it out towards the opponent, and I felt the opponent flinch, as if he was reacting to my gesture.

It was right after that that the kendo girl’s posture changed.

Beep!

Stop squatting with your center of gravity behind you.

First of all, I’m going to keep the distance as much as possible and check the seasoning, right?

This is truly a standard response that a prosecutor can show when dealing with a lawyer.

Seeing that made me even more curious.

The swordsmanship of reality would have developed in a different direction from the world of Yeonhee’s Three Kingdoms.

So-

Beep!

As soon as the third beep sounded, signaling the start of sparring, I rushed towards my opponent.

*****

As I had been notified in advance, the moment I first laid eyes on the man who was likely to be my last opponent, I had only one thought.

-I think I can win easily.

If someone had heard it, they might have clicked their tongues and said that the outcome would be obvious since the sparring hadn’t even started yet and they were already thinking about it, but this was by no means conceited.

It wasn’t something like conceit, it was close to an extremely obvious fact.

That’s right… because those on the other side were bare-handed and this one was for sparring, so even though their lethality was extremely low, they were holding weapons.

A person with bare hands can never defeat someone holding a weapon.

Because overcoming the gap is easier said than done.

Of course… if that man had the so-called physical body talent, the story would be a little different, but after catching a glimpse of the man’s sparring during a brief break earlier, the man’s talent seemed to be in the field of physical strengthening.

Otherwise, there is no reason to insist on bare body.

‘It’s one of the symptoms that commonly appears in people who have just discovered their talent for physical strengthening.’

The arrogance of believing that one’s bare body is enough because one has acquired inhuman physical abilities literally in an instant.

I could feel the arrogance in the man that is often seen in people who have recently awakened to their talent in the field of physical enhancement.

That’s why I was once again confident of victory.

It is true that the talent to strengthen the body is great.

Because it is one of the relatively common talents, everyone tries to undervalue it, saying it is a common talent, but it is rare to find a talent that is as intuitive and efficient as talents related to physical strengthening.

‘But that doesn’t mean you’re invincible.’

If that were the case, the world hunter rankings would have been filled with the names of awakened people with body enhancement talents.

But what is the reality like?

From 1st to 100th place, there were only two people with physical enhancement talent.

Even if one acquires physical abilities that surpass those of humans, one cannot help but be held back by the limitations of one’s body.

So, I guess I should tell this to the newbie who seems to have just awakened at this point.

If you rely solely on your physical abilities and get acquainted with the wrong person, you can get seriously hurt.

While thinking this, I held my sword tightly…

It must have been the moment when the beep sounded, signaling the start of sparring.

Perhaps to confuse the view, the opponent with a tightly clenched fist slowly moved his feet.

As a result, the center of gravity, which had already been tilted back, was pushed back even further…

‘Disappeared…?!’

The other person’s figure disappeared from sight.

No, it evaporated.

As I urgently rolled my eyes, I was able to spot the figure of a man approaching from the left with his posture as low as possible.

Was this aimed at the fact that this person is right-handed?

It was good to create confusion by lowering the posture based on the body enhancer’s unique and overwhelming physical ability, but it was all useless once they were caught.

‘It ends like this…!’

No matter how much of a physical enhancer one is, the basis is the human body.

What if I hit my head like this and shake my brain?

I’ll be pounding on the floor trying to get up somehow, but eventually I’ll admit my defeat.

kicked the ground

Like that, he slid back along the floor… and lowered his sword towards the man who was running at him with the momentum to tackle him.

Even though he did it himself, the downward cut is so clean that people start to admire it.

Therefore, I had no doubt that it would make her wishes come true…

Seaaa!

A strange sound came from the right, not the left.

The sound of something approaching her through the wind.

The moment the eyes responded to that sound and turned to the right, what filled my field of vision was a large, rough-looking fist with numerous small scars engraved on it.

‘···how?’

I had doubts before anything else, but I had no time to dwell on them.

For that reason, the force felt from the fist aimed at the chin with frightening accuracy was unusual.

I immediately relaxed my arms and leaned back.

The moment I managed to dodge the punch by almost lying down on the floor, what caught my eye was…

‘···?!’

It was a sight that was difficult to believe even with the eyes.

*****

Team leader Park Hyeon-yong, who has been working as a member of the recruitment team for 15 years at a guild with exceptional recognition among mid-sized guilds, said that although it is not a commonly known teenage guild, everyone says ‘Oh, there?’ when he mentions his name, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. .

No, obviously… according to the information recorded in the database, the market value of that guy with glasses must be level F…?

But why is it that both Class B and Class C can’t dance?

As for the woman he was currently dealing with, she was clearly an S-class prospect among prospects.

Probably, no matter which guild she goes to, her grade will not change.

After all, Cheon So-young has made a name for herself in the licensing exam preparation mock-up recently held between Gangnam academies, so of course it would be the case.

So the possibility was virtually zero, but still, just in case, she left Gangbuk, her original jurisdiction, and went on a business trip to Gangnam, where she was taking the exam.

“I can’t do anything and am being pushed back…? That Cheon So-young…?”

No, even if that’s the case… am I just looking at something in vain?

Why… does that guy with glasses show multiple appearances…?

I even took off the glasses I was wearing and rubbed my eyes just in case, but even so, the number of men with glasses reflected in my eyes did not decrease.

As if he had used the art of self-immolation, the two of them were pressuring Cheon So-young from both sides.

As I was half-fazed by the unexpected sight, I heard a bewildered voice right next to me.

“Lee, Hyeong-hwan Lee…?!”

“Lee Hyung-hwan-wi? What is that…?”

“Why is there a technique used by masters in martial arts magazines?”

“It’s martial arts…?”

“No, didn’t you read martial arts novels when you were young?”

“At that time, comic books were more popular than novels…”

“Huh…what a rootless thing…”

“No, even if that part is true, it is not martial arts. There is no such thing as martial arts in this world.”

“Then what is that? Anyone can see that it is light and martial arts.”

So what is that, you idiot…

The words felt like they were filling up my throat, but I held them back for now.

Because he was a rational person.

It was definitely not because the other person’s identity was the head of the recruitment team at ‘Haedong Geomoon’, one of Korea’s top 10 guilds.

“So, Team Leader Park, what you mean is that the guy over there with the glasses may have awakened a talent related to martial arts or something?”

“Yes, that’s it!”

“No, what is that…?”

No matter how big the world is and how diverse talents are, how can such a talent exist?