Episode 293 Fish Sword (4)
Early morning the next day.
Geomhu looked up at the still dark sky and headed toward the training ground.
Even though I hadn’t even entered the training hall, I could hear the sound of a sword passing through the air.
‘It’s already out.’
I heard that you were at the training center until late at night yesterday too, but you seem diligent in coming out early in the morning. Well, that’s probably why he had that kind of power at that age.
Geomhu went down the stairs connected to the training hall, feeling proud of his younger colleague.
Moon Ju-young, Baek Woo-jin’s bodyguard, stood in the middle of the stairs.
“Are you acting as an escort?”
“ah! “See you after the sword.”
Moon Joo-young was startled and then bowed his head to Geomhu.
“You two are both diligent.”
“Oh, that’s…”
“What’s going on?”
“Lord Soga did not enter the dormitory yesterday.”
“So you stayed up all night practicing?”
“yes.”
“Hmm…”
Geomhu looked closely at Moon Ju-young’s eyes. A little redness appears. It seems he also stayed up all night here with Baek Woo-jin.
“That’s not a good idea.”
I knew that Baek Woo-jin was excited after gaining the mastery of swordsmanship. Since I had obtained the key to solving the difficulties of training, it was natural to practice without feeling tired.
However, overdoing it already is not good practice.
Geogeom is not a three-jae sword technique that can be learned overnight, but is a progressive martial art that must be practiced year by year.
From the beginning, it was not a good decision to spend the night training.
“I guess I’ll have to stop you a little bit.”
Geomhu smiled and went down to the training hall.
‘It’s really there.’
Baek Woo-jin was standing in the same spot he last saw yesterday.
‘Let’s see how much has changed.’
Even though I had been training all night, it was only one day, so I looked at Baek Woo-jin’s sword without any expectations.
A sword cut in half.
The moment he saw the sword, the sword’s pupils shook violently like a sailboat hit by the blue.
“What is this…”
Without realizing it, my thoughts came out as a voice.
It does not make sense.
Baek Woo-jin’s sword had a completely different intention from yesterday.
It was a line thinner than a thread, but it contained the right intention and aura.
Although there are still many shortcomings, it is no exaggeration to say that we are on the path to becoming a proper swordsmith.
Is this possible?
‘I spent close to a year and a half to get to that level…’ It
took 18 months to realize the trick of the fish sword and connect the sword with his soul, but Baek Woo-jin achieved it in just one day. I have reached the peak.
Even if I had trained with the sword beforehand, it was too fast. This was my first time experiencing something like this, so I didn’t know what to say.
“Huh…”
Geomhu let out a rough breath and looked at Baek Woo-jin’s profile. He was constantly muttering something and controlling his sword.
Since I couldn’t interrupt his training, I waited until he lost concentration.
“Tsk.”
When the sun fully rose, Baek Woo-jin clicked his tongue and retrieved his sword.
When I saw the light return to my eyes, I felt like my concentration had been broken. Geomhu approached Baek Woo-jin, thinking it was now.
“What happened?”
“Are you here already?”
Baek Woo-jin looked at himself and tilted his head.
‘You don’t know.’
Looking at his face, he didn’t seem to know that he had stayed up all night.
“A day has passed.”
“yes?”
Baek Woo-jin opened his eyes as he looked at the rising sun. It seemed like not long had passed, but I couldn’t believe that a day had already passed.
-Ugh!
The darkness let out a deep sigh as if it had been drawn from underground bedrock water.
-That woman is right! You idiot! You’ve been doing that shit all day!
‘I had no idea.’
A day has passed?
It felt like less than two hours had passed, so it was amazing that the sun set and then rose again.
-I thought I was going crazy next to you. He kept reciting the spell with his mouth, but his eyes were focused on the sky’s sword, and he didn’t respond. Ah-oh!
Darkness whined like a child asking his parents to buy him a toy.
‘sorry. ‘I guess I was too focused.’
Baek Woo-jin scratched the back of his head.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to focus this much on training alone, rather than on Auror training.
It felt like a whole day had passed as I felt the excitement filling my chest.
“What have you been doing all night?”
“yes?”
I saw her face after hearing Geomhu’s words. He was as pale as a person who had seen something he couldn’t see.
“What is that…”
“It’s completely different from the fish sword I saw yesterday. “No matter how genius you are, this speed makes no sense!”
Her voice was shaking like a beaten drum.
‘What do you mean?’
-It’s natural for that woman to be so surprised.
‘huh?’
-Thanks to the ability of Yanguisimgong, you practiced the fish sword and immediately embodied the nine qualities of the fish sword that you acquired from Geomhu. Even if the effect of hyper-focus was used, tremendous growth was achieved.
Darkness clicked its tongue as if it did not like it and continued speaking.
-To put it simply, even a genius walked a path that would take more than a year in just one day. So the reason Geomhu is so surprised is because it’s carrot pata.
‘I just trained…’
Baek Woo-jin looked at the Dark Sword in his hand.
-Let me put it easier. Yesterday your sword was closer to the secret sword, but now your sword is closer to the fish sword. Do you understand now? Even if there was a sword god, he wouldn’t be as good as you! You bastard who will eat you fried on your luck!
I listened to the dark voice full of envy and looked at Sang Sang-jeon’s energy.
‘It’s changed.’
Unlike yesterday, the energy of the fish sword was stable.
I was just practicing by applying the phrases I had solved to the fish sword, but I was embarrassed by the fact that I grew at an incredible speed.
“I feel like I went into a trance halfway through. “I’m not sure what I remember either.”
“Well, that’s all there is to it.”
Geomhu nodded. Unless it was a trance, that development made no sense. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s amazing.
“Moon Joo-young.”
“yes!”
Moon Ju-young, who was in front of the stairs, approached Baek Woo-jin’s call.
“Were you still there too?”
“Of course I was waiting.”
Moon Joo-young nodded, answering in an unmoving posture.
“What about Muyounggaek?”
“I’m sure you’ll be sleeping.”
“That’s typical of him. “Thank you for protecting me.”
When Moon Joo-young said ‘No,’ Baek Woo-jin continued.
“But sometimes you just pass it by like that guy. “This is Geomgak, so who would be targeting me?”
“I am Lord Soga’s bodyguard. “I can’t be as comfortable as that thief.”
Moon Joo-young shook his head.
“That’s just like you, too.”
I liked that inflexibility and chose him as my life-long escort, but I wish he had a little more leeway.
-Don’t you think it would be perfect to mix him and Mu Young-gaek?
‘I guess so.’
Baek Woo-jin chuckled.
As Heukam said, if you mix the personalities of Mu Young-gaek and Moon Ju-young just half and half, you would end up with an ordinary guy.
“Anyway, go and rest. “Send an unmanned guest as an escort.”
“Would he be an escort? I’m sure something will happen…”
“It’s not like I’ll be staying here for a day or two. Go get some rest, then wake him up and let him go. “It’s an order.”
“Well, I understand.”
Moon Joo-young nodded as if there was nothing he could do and headed toward his dorm.
“Do you plan to continue training?”
“I have a good feeling right now. You know. “Training should be done when you feel good.”
“That’s right.”
Geomhu looked into Baek Woo-jin’s eyes as he answered. Eyes burning with anticipation and joy. It was the eyes of a proper warrior.
‘It’s scary….’
Baek Woo-jin’s talent and enthusiasm gave me goosebumps for a moment.
On the contrary, I also had expectations.
My heart pounded in anticipation of how quickly he would be able to learn the fish sword and what kind of fish sword he would create.
‘Let’s do it right…’
In fact, I thought I had repaid Gakmyeongju’s debt by teaching him about Gugyeol and watching him practice swordsmanship, but I changed my mind when I saw his talent today.
That talent is real.
I wanted to help his sword grow bigger.
-Hmm, she’s not trying to do something again, is she?
Heukam trembled with inexplicable anxiety as he looked at Geomhu lost in thought.
“Could you show me the fish sword again?”
“It’s not difficult.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded and lifted the Dark Sword into the air.
‘Intention and Auror.’
It was not an intangible weapon covering the outside, but moved with will and energy inside the sword.
‘Much faster.’
Because it was an adjustment of the mind rather than an adjustment of the intangible, the movement of the sword was on a completely different level than before.
Cheeeeee!
The Amingeom flashed like a lightning bolt and split the air.
The speed was much faster and there was less jarring movement. This is truly a huge step forward.
‘Let’s try following along.’
I saw leaves falling from the tree on the left wall.
Aiming at that fluttering movement, I sent the Dark Sword flying.
Paaaaang!
The sword fired with a sound that pierced the air grazed the leaves and pierced the fence.
Coo coo coo coo.
A hole the size of a bowling ball opened in the wall, and the astonished face of Mr. Muyoung, who was walking behind it, appeared. The guy spit out the water he had in his mouth.
“It’s a shame.”
“Oh, what a waste! “Are you saying it’s a waste not to be able to kill me?”
The Muyoungguest trembled and ran over the wall.
“No, not you.”
Baek Woo-jin chuckled and shook his head and both hands at the same time.
“Hmm…”
Geomhu did not listen to Mu Young-gaek and Baek Woo-jin’s comic talk, but only looked at the hole in the wall.
It is natural that Baek Woo-jin failed to hit the leaf with the fish sword. It was so great that just touching it made me break into a cold sweat.
But there was something more important.
‘The force is not distributed.’
Baek Woo-jin’s sword did not collapse the entire wall, but only created a round hole.
‘I’m going crazy.’
This means that the density of power has already been gathered. All I could say was that I was crazy.
“sorry. I couldn’t control my strength so I broke through the wall. I am responsible for that…”
“No.”
Geomhu shook his head with a low sigh.
“There’s no need to worry, just keep moving your sword. “This time, I felt like I was holding the sword loosely.”
I made a decision.
While Baek Woo-jin is here, I will take the best care of his sword.
‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to add a little bit to the legend.’
On the other hand, there was one person who was annoyed by Geomhu’s excited eyes.
-Why is this lady like this! Just leave it alone!
**
Flash.
Kraon’s eyes were bright and lifeless.
Kiyiing…
The wolves, feeling that they were alive, trembled their fur and lowered their heads.
“The time has come.”
Kraon scratched the rock with his fingernails as he looked at the moon, which was about to become full.
Softly.
The thick rock was carved out like tofu.
“Peto.”
“yes!”
Peto approached, bowing his head.
“What is the condition of the warriors?”
“It is the ultimate mixture of murderous intent and hunger.”
“We’re moving tomorrow.”
Kraon smiled bitterly and nodded.
“Has the condition of the sacrifice changed?”
“My physical condition has reached its peak. “I can’t keep it that way, so I’ll try to break the spell tomorrow.”
Kraon stood up, emitting an evil energy.
Ugh!
The wound on my shoulder from Geomhu began to heal under the moonlight.
“A red moon will rise tomorrow.”
**
Whoa.
Baek Woo-jin sent the fish sword along the star embroidered in the air and retrieved it.
“I’m getting the hang of it now.”
Through 10 days of day and night training, I was able to delve deeper into the sword and completed the deconstruction and interpretation of the Gugyeol to some extent.
I felt like I could make a new sword if I trained a little more.
“Hmm…”
I looked at the sky, scanning the moon shadow. It is a full full moon.
‘It’s already been 10 days.’
Considering that it was a new moon when I first came here, it had been 10 days since I stayed in Geomgak.
‘I’ve made a lot of progress for just 10 days.’
It is no exaggeration to say that it is thanks to Geomhu’s constant help that Eogum has reached its current level.
She visited whenever she had time and taught him as if she were an actual student.
Perhaps because he had raised many students, he gave only the necessary advice and left the rest to himself.
He was a great teacher in many ways.
-Ah….
Darkness was stuck on the ground and looked up at the sky blankly.
“are you okay?”
-are you okay? Do I look okay in your eyes?
The reason the darkness comes out like that is because I have both envy of myself and withdrawal symptoms from not being able to watch a single drama for 10 days.
-Secret Forest Season 2! Love the trumpet! I missed it all because of you!
“It can’t be helped. “I didn’t know it would last this long.”
Who would have known that I would be training my sword here?
“When I get back, I’ll play everything you wanted to see! really!”
-Ugh….
“Anyway, you’re doing well, right?”
Baek Woo-jin turned his head to Munjujeon, where Geomhu and Yeohee were.
Geomhu said that he would use Gakmyeongju today because Yeohee’s physical condition had been maximised over the past 10 days.
-Did you not see what she was preparing? Mundo’s love is very special, isn’t it? You won’t make any mistakes, so don’t worry.
“Of course.”
Geomhu personally checked the preparations to improve Yeohee’s physical condition from top to bottom. He was close to perfection both as a teacher and as a master.
“Then it’s been a while since I’ve been practicing… huh?”
Baek Woo-jin turned his head to the right. Guest Muyeong’s pretentious voice was heard from the entrance.
-Did that thief cause trouble again?
“It was quiet for a while.”
I sighed and headed in the direction where the sound was coming from.
Mu Young-gaek and Seven Swords Master Jeong So-yeon were frowning at each other.
“Please return it quickly.”
“Because it’s not me. “You are catching a living person.”
Jeong So-yeon held out her hand, and Mu Young-gaek shook his head furiously.
“What’s going on?”
“omg!”
Moo Young-gaek, seeing Baek Woo-jin, let out a sigh.
“What accident did you have?”
“yes? Oh, it’s nothing. Have you finished your training already? Hehe….”
“Haa….”
Baek Woo-jin sighed. I could feel it just by looking at the guy’s expression.
‘At times like this, my arms are usually bent inwards.’
-That guy is an exception.
‘okay.’
As Moon Joo-young said, there is no way a fly would miss poop or a mosquito would miss blood. It was clear that that guy had touched something.
“Have you finished training?”
Jeong So-yeon lowered her head.
“I finished today lightly. “Because there’s work over there.”
Baek Woo-jin pointed to Munjujeon, where Geomhu was located.
“Thank you for caring me.”
“no. “But what happened?”
“Do you remember the stone pagoda that stood in front of the entrance when you first entered Geomgak?”
“Of course I remember.”
“An object called Unhwa was placed on each floor of the stone pagoda.”
“Unhwa?”
“It is a tool that, when exploded on the ground, spreads cloud-like mist. “It is a spiritual object made only in mountains where energy exists.”
Jeong So-yeon sighed slightly and told me about Unhwa.
“I kept it in the tower so that young disciples could use it if there was a problem with the sword, but it disappeared after this person passed through the tower.”
“aha.”
-The answer comes right away?
“Give it to me.”
Baek Woo-jin shook his head and held out his hand to Mu Young-gaek.
“No, prosecutor! You don’t trust me? How do you view me…”
“This is trusting you. Will you give it to me? Will you just give it to me? Or do you want to take off your clothes here?”
“Ugh…”
Moo Young-gaek trembled his lips and took out the white flower buds he had hidden under his armpits.
“I thought it was soap… Wow!”
“You get ready to search later.”
Baek Woo-jin hit Mu Young-gaek on the back of the head, took Unhwa and returned it to Jeong So-yeon.
“sorry. “I will tell you about this clearly.”
“no. All you have to do is take good care of that person. Besides this…”
“Yes?”
“There are times when he gets angry at other students.”
Jeong So-yeon blushed while using the word kkeoltteok.
“yes. I will educate you very clearly. uh?”
Baek Woo-jin raised his head without gritting his teeth at Mu Young-gaek.
“This energy…”
More than a hundred energies were gathering around the sword.
The senses that reached the absolute point were not only aware of energy, but also the emotions mixed with that energy.
‘Living.’
Energy waves burning with life soared like waves.
“Did you say this was supposed to emit clouds of mist?”
“yes? Ah yes.”
Jeong So-yeon nodded with a puzzled face. It seemed like she didn’t feel alive because she was so far away.
“After taking all of that, take Geomgak’s disciples to the front of Munjujeon. right now!”
“What is that all of a sudden…”
“There is no time to explain. The enemy is coming.”
After Baek Woo-jin finished speaking, he kicked down the wall and floated into the sky.
I concentrated my eyesight and looked at those who were aiming for the sword.
-Those guys are…
‘Werewolves.’
Hundreds of wolves and red werewolves called red werewolves were running with their fangs raised.
“They are the ones who ran away after being beaten.”
Baek Woo-jin grinned as he looked at the flocking werewolves.
“I already needed a moving target.”
