Stormbringer (2)
Sang-woo’s parents didn’t know that Ji-woo had been discharged from the hospital.
So when Ji-woo was discharged from the hospital and arrived home with Sang-woo, I was very surprised.
“Mom…”
“Jiwoo. Sobbing.”
The mother, Lee Ae-sook, was in tears, and Jeong Seong-hyeon looked at her calmly.
Then he put his hand on Sang-woo’s shoulder and patted him.
“Good job. Sangwoo.”
Dad’s eyes were also red.
Sangwoo smiled at the sight of him.
“huh.”
It felt like all the hard work was rewarded with that one word of hard work, more than a thousand words.
‘This is family.’
Sangwoo felt his heart warm.
Even today, the careless little brother acting foolishly towards his parents seemed good.
In that way, Sang-woo finished a happy meeting with his family and had a delicious dinner together and enjoyed his leisure time after a long time.
It was while chatting in the living room.
Ding-dong-
“Who are you?”
“Wait.”
Sangwoo activated his smart goggles.
When I pressed the front door monitoring sensor app floating on the hologram screen, I saw a person standing at the front door.
It was Park Won-tae.
-Uh, Captain. welcome.
There was some doubt, but Sang-woo opened the door lock and greeted Park Won-tae.
Director Park Won-tae entered the living room through the front door.
He greeted Sang-woo’s family politely.
“hello. I am Park Won-tae, the leader of the Kenus Guild.”
“Oh my gosh, Captain~ Hello~”
Mrs. Lee Ae-sook made a fuss.
“haha. I heard that Sang-woo’s younger sister, Ji-woo, had recovered, so I stopped by to say hello. Congratulations.”
Park Won-tae handed over the fruit basket he brought.
“Ah, that’s right. You can’t come this far. Ho ho ho.”
Mrs. Lee Ae-sook left, saying that she would serve fruit.
Afterwards, they invited Park Won-tae to sit down.
Park Won-tae spoke carefully as soon as he sat down.
“Here, Father. I’d like to talk to your son for a minute, would you mind?”
“Yes you are.”
“Okay, I need to call my friends too.”
Park Won-tae opened his mouth while Sang-woo’s family avoided the seat.
“Mr. Sang-woo. I sincerely congratulate you on your sister’s full recovery.”
“thank you. Captain.”
“To be honest, I didn’t know that Sang-woo Jeon would overcome the MA virus so quickly. It seemed impossible to anyone.”
Sangwoo nodded.
Even he didn’t know that the treatment would be successful so quickly.
Park Won-tae continued.
“Who would have known? That the Hunter, who was only an F-rank half a year ago, is now making friends with an S-rank Hunter with B-rank in front of him.”
“Haha, that’s an overstatement.”
Park Won-tae might faint if he knew that Sang-woo was learning swordsmanship from an S-class swordseeker.
‘Why are you boarding a plane like this to say something?’
A 500 billion won betting contract was established between Park Won-tae and him.
‘Did you come to pick it up? Well, it doesn’t matter…’
In fact, since he cured his sister, it was enough to roll only the alter ego now.
Because I was still earning hundreds of billions.
‘Still, it’s a pity that I’m getting 500 billion won.’
Originally, according to the bet, you would receive an elixir, but Sang-woo was thinking of it as 500 billion won.
It was at a time when Sang-woo was thinking about the purpose of Park Won-tae’s visit.
Park Won-tae opened his mouth.
“But I am concerned.”
“yes? What?”
“I don’t think Sang-woo will work hard on his life as a hunter anymore.”
Sang-woo was a little stingy at those words.
“Is that right?”
“No, no… I’ve worked hard for half a year, so now I have thoughts of wanting to take a break. I have to go back to college because I have to get a diploma.”
“As expected… rest is important. It is the driving force of life. Do humans live to travel to good places, taste and enjoy better things?”
“Yes.”
“But I don’t think it should spread. Sang-woo has a bet with me, and I want you to think about the Kanus guild members who will be locked up in the Tower of Odin.”
At that, Sang-woo spoke as if he understood.
“You want me to save the Kenus Guild members trapped in Odin’s Tower.”
“I will not deny it. My biggest concern right now is Yuna… the members of the Kanus Attack Team 1. Of course, I have no intention of forcing Sang-woo. I just came to ask you to think about it one more time.”
Sangwoo sighed.
“But as you know, Captain, it is an impregnable dungeon. As now, we can continue to supply supplies with alter egos, but I think it is a bit difficult to completely attack.”
“you’re right. But I can’t give up. So I hope that Mr. Sang-woo will also work hard. I have come to ask for that.”
“Hmm…”
Sang-woo was lost in thought.
‘It’s not like I’m going to quit being a hunter anyway, so if I grow while changing my alter ego like now, wouldn’t it be possible to break the Tower of Odin someday? no. What Park Won-tae is asking for is for him to work hard as he always has. That’s kind of annoying.’
At that moment, a thought flashed through Sang-woo’s head.
It was a subspace.
“Captain. In fact, there is one method I thought of during my business trips to Odin’s Tower.”
“What is it?”
He explained the plan to take out the Kanus guild members using subspace.
Park Won-tae, who heard the story, fell into deep thought.
“Hmm… After using the sub-space as an alter ego to put the guild members in, Sang-woo creates a sub-space and vomits it out. It makes sense.”
“yes. So, if you provide me with a subspace, I think I can rescue it with that skill.”
“Um… but as you know, subspace is hard to measure. There are not many hunters who have a lot of things for sale.”
“Even if I hand over the Elixir share, which is the price of the bet?”
“Still, it will be insufficient. And you haven’t caught a Class A monster yet.”
Sangwoo smiled.
“You know, Captain. that you will achieve sooner or later.”
“haha. It is. That’s why I’m scouring the auction listings to find the elixir, so my head hurts.”
“Ah… Actually, I don’t need the elixir anymore, but you can give it to me with money.”
“Then shall we change the terms of the contract?”
“I am fine.”
“great. Then, the terms of the contract will be changed to 500 billion won in cash. Then now we have to review the subspace rescue plan…”
“Didn’t you say that was a bit difficult?”
“The scale of sub-space is so large that it is difficult for me to decide alone. I need to go back to work and have a meeting. Do you have similar skills? Or maybe we should ask Heritage for help.”
“Heritage?”
Isn’t Heritage a high-end brand that produces skill spheres and equipment for hunters?
When the brand company came out, Sang-woo tilted his head.
“yes. They also make skill balls and skill scrolls for customization. I haven’t heard that there are disposable skills or subspace skills, but if you ask, you’ll get an estimate.”
“Ah… it would be really nice.”
“I wish I could be like that too. I’ll come back and check the details. Anyway, Mr. Sang-woo, are you going to try?”
At that question, Sangwoo scratched the back of his head.
“Well, there will be no such thing as giving up Hunter. I also enjoy working as a hunter now.”
Sangwoo smiled shyly.
That smile made Park Won-tae feel somewhat relieved.
‘okay. If you enjoy it, someday…’
Because you might be able to save your younger brother.
Park Won-tae was able to confirm Sang-woo’s heart like that.
next day.
Sang-woo, who was asleep, was dreaming.
A woman I hadn’t seen in my dream was wearing a sexy gym outfit and asking for my number.
‘great. My number is…’
The moment Sang-woo was about to say his number, he woke up from his dream.
Sangwoo opened his eyes.
The time is 7 am.
‘Ah, it was great.’
Putting the regret behind him, Sang-woo raised his upper body.
Waking up regularly at 7:00 in the morning was a natural habit after I started working as a hunter in earnest.
Because of his vitality, he rarely felt tired or anything like that.
As soon as he woke up, Sang-woo checked the status window as usual.
‘Status window.’
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[Abilities]
Strength: 12.329 → 20.103
Quickness: 10.540 → 17.919
Stamina: 12.070 → 19.827
Endurance: 11.395 → 18.083
Magical Power: 31.991 → 39.012
Vitality : 1.132 → 7.799
Regeneration: 18.492 → 25.018
Spirit: 1.035 → 7.821
Physical Resistance: 1.132 → 7.933
Magic Resistance: 0.532 → 16.394
Poison Resistance: 4.192 → 11.027
Fire Resistance: 0.512 → 7.128
Cold Resistance: 4.995 → 12.341
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Sangwoo felt better when he saw the status window.
Growing up even when I’m still is a very pleasant thing.
‘It rose quite a bit even while sleeping.’
In particular, after going on the Catacombs Expedition, there were many changes in his abilities.
Because while getting the symbol of gluttony, his stats rose by more than 6 at once.
Above all, magic resistance showed a rapid growth.
‘There’s still some Titan Skeleton Bone Meal left to digest. Would you like to take 30?’
Originally, Sangwoo expected to reach 10, but contrary to his expectations, his magic resistance continued to grow.
Of course, growth has slowed down.
‘right. I got a new skill.’
Sang-woo checked the skill window.
A new skill was added there.
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[Charge (Lv. 7)/Cast type]: Instantly leaps forward. Dash distance and instant speed increase with level.
[Stormbringer Sword Technique (Level 1/Casting Type]: This is the sword technique of the Raven duchy of the Urentia Empire. Attacks with wind on the sword. Sub-skills are created at each stage. The power increases according to the level. ?< 1 Level/Lv.7 >: You can use quick swords and
long swords
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Just as the system message popped up yesterday, there was a Stormbringer swordsmanship.
‘Oh Stormbringer~ Just hearing the name sounds so cool. But level 7 already? How much did this guy roll his clone?
‘ I thought it must have bothered Gluttony quite a bit.
At that time, Sang-woo, who was examining the skill, tilted his head
. Is it a European country?’
It was the first empire I had heard of.
‘Since the sword seeker taught me, it seems to be the country of the sword seeker. Where is it?’
Sang-woo suddenly remembered the rumor.
A portal that connects you to another world.
After the Cataclysm, there have always been rumors like this among people ever since the portals were created.
< Beyond the portal, there will be a country built by intelligent lifeforms like humans. >
However, no one has been able to meet intelligent lifeforms who can talk or talk even after a lot of time has passed.
Only hostile creatures.
If you look at monsters that use magic or monsters that use equipment or machines, the level of civilization will never be shallow, but the monsters can’t communicate.
was just fighting.
‘And the space beyond the portal is also limited.’
Because the dungeons and fields beyond the portal were blocked by barriers or the space itself was cut off, it was impossible to explore the world beyond.
So, at present, Earth has not interacted with other intelligent life.
It was just hunting.
‘But what if the Sword Seeker is someone from the other world?’
Sang-woo began to have such doubts.
‘Or did you pick up an artifact from the other world? Hmm… I’ll have to see and ask later.’
Anyway, in order to properly learn swordsmanship, I had to meet the Sword Seeker.
Sang-woo jumped up from his seat.
I had to move to re-summon and train my alter ego, meet Gongdo and meet Bless and Sword Seeker.
* * *
Hotel room at that time.
Sword Seeker was surprised.
‘No, he doesn’t sleep.’
He remembered yesterday.
Sword Seeker taught Gluttony the know-how of the first stage of the Stormbringer swordsmanship one by one and repeatedly mastered it.
wrist at first.
Next is the forearm.
Then the shoulder.
and to the body.
Now, using his waist to quickly swing his sword, he was doing it well.
‘The acquisition speed is incredible.’
The Sword Seeker smiled happily and explained the next process to Gluttony.
– Now, let’s find out how to unleash the speed sword by connecting the lower body. From this point on, the position of the feet and the gait become important. Let’s try it. Let’s start with the basic posture.
The Sword Seeker stood with his stride lightly shoulder-width apart.
I even got a sword.
Middle posture, the most basic posture of a sword, in which the handle of the sword is placed at the waist and the tip of the sword is aimed at the opponent.
Hadanse, where the tip of the sword is lowered down to face the ground.
The top three, which raises the sword with the tip of the sword facing the sky.
After that, he took a posture such as an extreme attack by raising the sword point forward and raising it above his head.
-It is a basic sword sale that is easy to defend and can be converted into an attack. From this stance, the blocking, stabbing, and cutting action continues.
Slashing was an action of making a large cut, stabbing was literally a stabbing action, cutting was an action of cutting with a small swing rather than cutting.
Up to this point, it didn’t look much different from the basic swordsmanship Sang-woo learned from Park Won-tae.
However, it changed when the Stormbringer’s quicksword and the trick of the long sword were added to this stance.
-If you do a down cut with a middle cut, it becomes a lower cut, so you do an up cut again and switch to an upper cut…
Along with that explanation, Sword Seeker showed a demonstration.
Shui Ik –
The sword was swung at an invisible speed in the middle world.
The sword seeker’s body blurs with rapid movement.
Since his body moved his entire arm and body, not just his wrist, his range of motion was wide, so much of that range began to be confined to the range of the sword.
And as the sword was swung, that much space turned into a vacuum.
Quagmire-
A sonic boom suddenly came to the hotel room (Sonic Boom: sonic shock).
The wind blew through the pressure and sound, and the hotel room, which was already a mess, became a mess as if a typhoon hit again.
At the same time, Sword Seeker stopped casting the sword.
Gluttony stood firm even in the midst of it.
– For now, I showed only the basic posture. Once you get used to the basic stance, you can apply it in practice and change it to use it. If you use the whole body like this and cast the quicksword and long sword, the power is doubled. And if you embody the sense of creating a vacuum by swinging a sword, you can create a sonic boom with a single sword. Of course, it’s difficult to cast this one if you’ve only mastered the first level.
After the explanation, the Sword Seeker ordered Gluttony to use the sword directly.
Then Gluttony took a break and started swinging his sword.
First, he used his whole body to slash down from the upper level.
Then, from the bottom three, he used his entire body to slash upward in an oblique line.
Then, he made a large horizontal cut and switched to the mid-stance.
The series of processes began to lead gradually and rapidly.
But it still lacked speed.
– You’re good at it. But I’m still not mastered, so I can’t live with the power. The posture is correct, so keep repeating it in that posture.
After saying that, the Sword Seeker sat down on the bed and stared indifferently at Gluttony’s sword.
‘The more I look at it, the more surprised I am. How can I copy it the same way even though I learned it for the first time?’
There was nothing wrong with his attitude.
It was when I was watching Gluttony train with such admiration.
Suddenly, Sword Seeker realized that Gluttony had been swinging his sword without a single break.
‘You’re not tired.’
My curiosity was piqued.
He didn’t know that clones continued to carry out orders when they were ordered, so he deliberately didn’t tell them to stop, wondering how long they could keep going.
I was just observing.
And the day dawned on me.
