< Undead Warriors (1) >
Sang-woo was taken aback by Raven’s sudden notification.
Raven explained the situation for Sang-woo.
-I was not sure that I would be able to return to the ducal family, so I accepted you as a disciple in order to forget at least the existence of the Stormbringer swordsmanship. But now that I’ve come back, the genealogy is messed up.
“Um…” Sang-
woo, who heard Raven’s explanation, understood the situation.
The Stormbringer sword technique, the secret technique of the Raven duchy and the secret of one-person succession.
In other words, while Sang-woo is learning, he cannot pass it on to others at the same time.
A situation that can only be taught to Sang-woo’s disciples.
‘What is tradition…’
Sang-woo sighed inwardly, but what to do.
He did not want to break the old tradition himself.
They’re not people who can be persuaded.
“That’s why I’m saying I should be the teacher of that woman named Kairin.”
-That’s right.
“By the way, how old is Kairin? You look the same age as me.”
-You say you’re 21 years old.
He was younger than Sangwoo and the same age as Woohyun.
‘I thought he was older than me because he looked mature maybe because he’s a western type.’
In fact, Sang-woo, who thought he was older than him, was embarrassed but nodded.
Although they are only one year older, they judged that they were worthy of being taken as disciples because they were young.
“Age is appropriate. great. Let me teach you something.”
Sangwoo shrugged his shoulders and agreed.
After that, Sang-woo came to this place to teach swordsmanship to Kai-rin.
Kairin was overjoyed to learn the Stormbringer sword after hearing Nigel and Raven’s story.
-What should I do first?
Kairin looks at him with bright eyes.
Sang-woo had no experience teaching anyone, so it was a bit difficult, but he decided to teach Kai-rin as he had learned from Raven.
-Well, shall we learn the mana engine first?
Originally, I learned the speed sword first, but since the mana engine, which is the basis of everything, is the first priority, I want to teach the storm core mana engine first.
-yep! But please be comfortable, Master.
-Ah, I’m still uncomfortable. I’ll talk slowly and comfortably later.
-all right.
-Then, there’s something I need to find out. Have you ever learned before the mana engine?
-yes. I am learning the Raven Core Mana Engine.
-aha. What characteristics does it have?
– It is based on mana accumulation and concentration. One of the few mana engines that can create a core…
The Raven Core mana engine was the basic mana engine of the Raven duchy.
It was a mana engine that concentrated the mana in the body into one place and had the function of mana circulation and accumulation, and was being handed down to most knights.
After hearing the rough explanation, Sangwoo nodded.
-Hmm, if you already have a core, it might be a little vague.
-So, is it difficult to learn the Stormcore Mana Engine?
Kairin’s expression is getting sullen.
Sangwoo shook his head.
– Not necessarily. Sit comfortably in your seat.
Two people sitting in a private practice room.
The cold stone floor made my butt a little cold.
The place he was now was the Duke’s private practice room in the basement of the mansion.
It was originally used by Nigel, but he has hardly used it recently due to his senility.
It was a willingness to open this place to Kairin’s Stormbringer swordsmanship.
‘Let’s try.’
Sangwoo sat down behind Kairin and put his hand behind her back as Raven did.
‘Be careful…’
The mana that swirled inside his body wriggled according to his will and penetrated into Kairin’s body through his arms and hands.
Sang-woo looks at the inside of her body while maintaining an intangible state, as it could become tangible and attack the opponent’s body.
Sometimes after falling in love with Woohyun, he would use mana to examine or massage his body, so it was not the first time he had done a mana scan like this, so there was no big mistake.
However, there was one side effect(?).
‘Hmmmm… Our disciple has an excellent body…’
In the process of mana scanning, Kairin’s entire body is drawn in Sangwoo’s image.
Of course, since he was contemplating the inside of his body, it was difficult to draw clearly from the outside, but Sang-woo had no choice but to blush because the outline was imaginable.
But now it’s class time.
Sang-woo regained his composure.
‘Go away, lewd devil.’
Then, he began to be faithful to his original role again.
First, he released his mana and stimulated the core inside Kairin’s body.
Compared to the Storm Core, which glows like the core of a typhoon, the Raven Core feels like it’s just a ball.
Separately, the properties of the core did not stand out.
‘It’s very stable. If that’s the case, I guess I can try it right away.’
Sang-woo immediately talked to Kai-rin to make a storm core.
Through the Overmind skill, he was able to open his mouth while controlling mana.
-From now on, I will overwrite the Raven Core with my mana to make it a Storm Core. Wind modifiers and mana spins will be led by me. Focus on spinning while following my mana flow as much as possible. Well then… let’s go.
Sang-woo started without asking about Kai-rin’s doctor.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re ready or not.
And as soon as Sang-woo’s signal dropped, his mana began to swirl around the Raven core.
Then, there were signs that the outer surface of the Raven Core, which had been firmly united, was shaking little by little.
‘Ugh…’
And when the core started to move, Kairin started to feel the pain.
A sensation as if raw flesh was being twisted passed through the core.
And, as if the pain was severe, a silent sound flowed out of his mouth.
“Keep it off…”
Sang-woo was puzzled when he heard that.
‘Are you sick? I just looked straight.’
In fact, it was difficult to understand Kairin’s pain because he was Sang-woo, who easily acquired the skill called Storm Core Mana Engine through the system without much pain.
But seeing her in pain made me want to end it quickly.
‘It’s a quick fix.’
Sang-woo even faster rotated the mana wrapped around Kairin’s Raven Core.
Then, mana was released little by little from the surface of the Raven Core, and its properties began to change as it mixed with Sangwoo’s wind attribute mana.
Kairin’s mana also has the wind attribute.
The work continued step by step at first, then it started to accelerate exponentially.
It was like the process of unraveling a skein of thread.
In order to unwind the thread, you must find the end of the thread.
That’s because you can slowly release it from the end.
It was the same with this series of processes now.
Once the mana that started to be released from the outer surface met Sang-woo’s mana that was spinning around the core and started to be released quickly, causing simultaneous action.
And it was a kind of vandalism.
The act of demolishing an existing building and constructing a new one.
It was happening in her core and brought realization to Sang-woo, who was in control of this whole process.
‘…it must be broken to be made.’
The difference between destruction and creation is a piece of paper.
Cause and effect.
When something breaks, something new appears.
In a small way, the current Raven Core collapsed and the Storm Core Mana Engine was born.
Sang-woo’s existing body collapsed, and a new, completely metamorphosed body was born.
The life of Sang-woo, who was a dead man in the corner of the room, collapsed, and Sang-woo’s life as a hunter with a reputation as a hunter began.
‘What if it destroys the current me…?’
If so, is a new creation waiting for you?
can i be a better me
Or is it just empty emptiness?
Fear of the unknown arose in Sang-woo’s heart, but at the same time, curiosity about the unknown of the challenge welled up.
This was because of the expectation of ‘being’ that I didn’t know for some reason.
‘To destroy the current me… Then… should I throw away my body?’
Throw away your present body.
how to throw it away
Suicide?
no.
It’s not that simple.
my mind right now.
my current body.
Throwing away my mind means my existence itself disappears.
If I threw away my body, wouldn’t it be possible to try to acquire something new while maintaining my existence?
If so, how do you throw it away?
Should I disconnect all these sensations from my body?
That’s how Sang-woo’s head started spinning like crazy.
Along with him, Sang-woo’s body was touching Kai-rin’s back.
His body gradually began to fade.
It wasn’t about being transparent.
Even though it clearly exists in this space, it is as if it does not exist.
Something strange that seemed like a pun was about to happen.
And Sang-woo’s spirit began to rise as if he were floating in the air.
At the same time, Sang-woo’s mental strength soars like crazy.
[Spirit increased by 0.001.]
[Spirit increased by 0.001.]
[Spirit increased by 0.001.]
[Spirit increased by 0.001.]
[Spirit increased by 0.001.]
……
One was then.
[A critical attack on the system lock has been detected.]
[Firewall system activated.]
[Attack factor: User awakening]
[Forcibly canceling the awakening state.]
[Recovering the lock.]
[1% 2%… 99% 100% complete.]
[System lock recovery complete.]
Sang-woo’s incomprehensible system message came to mind, and along with it, Sang-woo’s uplift was suddenly cut off.
Then, Sang-woo felt a sense of exaltation.
He was under great stress because his concentration was interrupted by a hard system message at the moment when he felt a great sense of exhilaration and exhilaration that was unreasonable from the liberation of nirvana, which was said only in Buddhism.
‘what. Something was going on for a while.’
What came back into his field of vision was the back of Kairin’s head in front of him.
Sang-woo wants to punch her in the back of the head for some reason, perhaps because of the stress.
However, I tried to appease such a naive mind and figured out the situation.
Then, what he felt was Kairin’s core, felt through the mana controlled by his hand.
At some point, her Raven Core had already turned into a Storm Core, and she was fully focused on it.
‘This ended well.’
Sang-woo immediately retrieved mana.
I tried to follow Sang-woo’s mana, as Kairin’s mana was being recovered by Sang-woo’s mana movement.
As if regretting the loss of a colleague.
Some degree of assimilation occurred in the process of Sang-woo making the core.
‘Cut this well…’
Since Kairin’s mana could have passed to Sang-woo, Sang-woo quickly cut off the connection and completely recovered the mana.
After completing the collection, Kairin was in a meditative state with her mind completely focused, whether she knew it or not.
‘Once this is finished, then again…’
Sang-woo finished connecting with the alter ego who was teaching Kairin and focused his consciousness on the main body.
Then, the scene inside his hotel room in Hawaii.
Sang-woo closed his eyes in a place where the sound of the sea and loud music could be heard intermittently.
‘Let’s try again.’
Just now I wanted to try again before the sensation went away.
exhilaration at that time.
The feeling that something is about to be done.
‘…….’
But, how could enlightenment be that simple?
that day.
Sang-woo, who missed the time, could not regain enlightenment.
* * *
A few days later.
The alter ego, in a state of annoyance for some reason, was persecuting (?) Kairin.
– Slow!
The sword wielded by the alter ego glided around and exploded a vacuum before Kairin’s sword could even be swung.
Damn-!
The sound of the air exploding and the shock wave floated on Kairin’s body and landed on the floor of the smoke room.
“Cough Cough….”
Kairin spit on the floor while spitting out a harsh cough that can be understood even without translation.
Whether or not he knew about her condition, the alter ego’s sermon continued.
-Snap is the key to the quicksword. It requires strong muscular strength, but it is not just swinging with muscular strength. I mean, if you have the same level of strength, it’s still possible.
– Coke… Yes. Master…
-Don’t handle it entirely with strength, but use the center of gravity of the sword to swing it. okay?
Sang-woo shoots at him with short words, as if he had already spoken.
-yep!
Kairin replied confidently that the pain had disappeared.
And her eyes were still bright.
Even though the body was in pain, it seemed that she was overjoyed that she was learning the family’s secret Stormbringer sword technique.
Seeing her like that, the clone waved his hand.
-Then come back.
-yep! haha!
After that, Kairin had to keep rolling in the smoke room.
It was because of Sang-woo, the evil master who relieves his stress on his student.
Sang-woo entrusted Kairin’s assistant (?) to his alter ego.
He controlled another alter ego and was touring the Raven Duchy area.
As if the banquet not long ago was a dream, this place is fully alert and fully prepared for battle.
Seeing supplies transported here and there, repairing the wall inside the barrier and deploying combat equipment, it was very bloody.
– That’s great. I thought there wouldn’t be much because the number of troops had decreased a lot.
Sang-woo admired the troops.
It was because he enlisted in the army for a short time and there were more, if not less, than the troops he saw at the training center.
But Nigel shook his head.
– Still don’t have a chin. Also, if the barrier is breached while defending around the barrier, the damage will be enormous. This is because there are many residents and soldiers who have already suffered a lot and left the Raven Duchy.
And Raven agrees with that statement.
-It has decreased a lot. Originally, there were more than twenty times more than this.
– Twenty times? Crazy…
In the first place, the planet Tibern itself was much larger than Earth, so the population and resources were different.
Before the Great Invasion of Cranid, a national war of 10 million units was also common.
It had shrunk as much as it would have shrunk after decades of war, and only this much remained.
-But now that the orcs are coming soon, it’s more of a problem…. That’s why you have to be prepared.
Nigel looked worried from the top of the watchtower and said, looking at the troops.
-Okra…
Yes.
The reason why the Raven Duchy is so busy.
The undead monsters that always come around this time of year.
It was because of the orcs.
< Undead Warriors (1) > End
