Episode 801
“So…”
Raon squatted down and pointed his finger at Dorian.
“You mean you can predict where I will attack?”
“Hmm, I think it would be more accurate to say that it reads directions rather than predicting.”
Dorian sat down across from him and took a quick bite.
“Does it feel bad to hear that my attacks were read?”
Raon frowned deeply as he looked at Dorian.
“I’m not ignoring Raon, it’s true!”
Dorian shook his head, saying he could see where the knife was coming from.
“Well, since I saw it in person, I can’t help but believe it.”
Raon clicked his tongue as he examined the Jecheon Sword.
‘Because I blocked a sword strike that cannot be seen with Dorian’s current skills.’
A series of sword strikes were struck at a speed beyond Dorian’s awareness, but he blocked all of them as if he could truly read his thoughts.
They say coincidences don’t happen three times, so it felt like my swordsmanship was really being read.
“So how did you get that ability?”
“Well, I don’t know either.”
Dorian shrugged his shoulders, saying he was curious too.
“I just learned about the truth of swordsmanship from the teacher and meditated, but I
wonder why this happened…” He shook his head, saying he never learned swordsmanship.
“really?”
“yes! “If I hadn’t practiced during my break, my skills would have completely deteriorated!”
“…Does that make sense?”
Raon sighed as he looked into Dorian’s buzzing eyes.
-That’s an ability called the mind’s eye or the mind’s eye.
Lars looked at Dorian and pursed his lips.
‘Mind’s eye?’
I don’t know much about Tasimtong, but I’ve heard about Mind’s Eye. It was a special ability to read the other person’s thoughts through the mind’s eye.
-I didn’t know this well, but it seems like your wallet has a hidden talent for the mind’s eye.
Lars scratched his forehead, saying it was a strange thing.
‘Wait a minute, you brought out the necessary items yesterday without me even telling you…
– That’s right. As the mind’s eye blooms, that ability arises. This is absurd.
The guy nodded, saying it seemed like a lot had changed, but it was clear.
“Dorian…”
Raon tilted his chin at Dorian, who was still confused.
“Didn’t you get that ability after you learned what other people needed?”
“Uh…”
Dorian blinked blankly and then nodded.
“After hearing it, I think so. “Once I figured out Master’s intentions, he told me to go back and say that I wouldn’t be beaten to death anywhere.”
He didn’t know what I meant at first, but now he scratches his cheek, saying he understands.
“Aren’t you stupid…?”
Raon looked at Dorian and laughed. He gave me all these hints, but it was absurd that he only now found out about his abilities.
“Actually, blocking a sword isn’t that important to me! “It’s much more important to be able to get essential items right when you need them!”
Dorian shook his head, saying it was better to give something to someone else.
“No, you’re a prosecutor…”
Raon sighed, lowering his shoulders.
“I’m a supply officer?”
Dorian blinked as if wondering what he was saying.
“uh?”
“to?”
“You’re a prosecutor before you’re a supply officer!”
Raon couldn’t bear it anymore and hit Dorian’s head with a chestnut.
“Huh…”
Dorian seemed to have used his mind’s eye again this time and leaned back to avoid being hit.
It was absurd to say that distribution is more important when it is used well.
“Where!”
Raon frowned and hit Dorian’s ankle.
“Kkuek!”
Dorian eventually lost his balance and fell to the floor.
“Ugh….”
“I just increased my evasion power for no reason.”
Raon looked down at Dorian and frowned.
“I knew it would come to the bridge… Ah! Here you go!”
Dorian was stroking his back as if in pain, then suddenly took out a bottle of cold water from his stomach bag and held it out.
“Ha…”
Raon burst into laughter as he received water from Dorian. I felt dizzy about the situation and wanted to drink some cool water, but at that moment, I thought I read that.
“Don’t you think this suits you better than fighting?”
“That’s right.”
Dorian scratched his head and laughed. It seemed like he was happier with timely supply rather than fighting.
“Master also said that fighting is not suitable for me.”
“I guess I need to meet your teacher.”
Raon quenched his appetite while looking at Dorian.
“Master?”
“You took care of my subordinate, so I should say thank you.”
Even Lars and Glenn didn’t know that Dorian had the gift of the mind’s eye. I wanted to meet him in person and see what kind of person he was.
-You’re laughing! It’s not a thank you, it’s an invitation to spar!
Lars snorted, saying it was obvious.
‘You know me too much.’
Raon smiled and nodded. Until now, I had not visited Zalek for fear of interfering with Dorian’s training, but after learning about the situation, I wanted to spar with him.
“really?”
Dorian jumped up with a blush on his face.
“He is a really nice person! “He read my thoughts and took care of everything!”
He smiled brightly, as if he was happy to see his teacher again.
‘Does a person called a teacher also have eyes of the mind?’
Well, that would be natural.
Zalek chose Dorian from the beginning and took him with him, leaving behind Burren, Marta, and Runaan. It was clear that he recognized Dorian’s talent because he had a keen eye.
“Then please guide me.”
Raon drank the water Dorian gave him in one gulp and nodded.
“yep!”
Dorian nodded and got up. He seemed happy when he said he was going to meet his teacher.
-Oh, no!
Ras was floating blankly in the air and suddenly blocked Dorian’s path.
-Now you are taking the leech that will never fall from your master!
The guy waved his hand wildly, but of course he didn’t see Dorian and went out into the street.
-Your master’s blood will all be sucked out!
Lars’s cries echoed hollowly in the empty training hall.
* * *
Dorian stopped at a quiet cabin in front of a lake.
Like Lawrence’s Cave, it seemed difficult to find because it was far from the village.
“Master!”
Dorian knocked on the cabin door.
“I told you not to call me teacher! And why did you come back when I told you to go!”
The old door of the cabin opened, and an old man with a full white beard walked out.
‘Is that person Zalek?’
Although his back was curved, he was basically short.
Not only the beard, but also the eyebrows and hair were dyed light white, and the face was round, making it look like an old raccoon.
‘The Grand Master is… right?’
Zalek’s level of force is the extreme of a grand master. Since I hadn’t reached transcendence, I was at a level where I could easily defeat him, but strangely, I wasn’t confident that I could win.
-What an unusual inspiration.
Lars landed on his head, tasting it with interest.
“You…”
Zalek raised an eyebrow as he looked at Raon standing behind Dorian.
“My name is Raon Sieghardt. “I came to say thank you to my subordinate for being indebted to me.”
Since Rektar said he was a trustworthy person, he revealed his identity and lowered his head.
“This is a small gift, but it is a gift.”
Raon took out a wooden armor containing an elixir and held it out to Zalek.
“Thank you?”
Zalek chuckled and twisted his chin.
“Don’t young people these days say thank you with a winning spirit in their eyes?”
He came in front of Raon, holding the cane he had set up in front of the hut.
“You are so proud of your grandchild, and there is a reason for that.”
Zalek looked Raon up and down and nodded.
“He is truly a bundle of talent. However, it is not a talent that I had from the beginning, but a talent that was created.”
When he looked at it properly, he said it was absurd and shook his long eyebrows.
“Your eyes are also unique. “I was born with human eyes, but both heavenly eyes and magical eyes resided in me at the same time.”
“Are you talking about the eyes?”
“There is a saying that the eyes are the mirror of the mind. “You can tell what kind of person he is and how he lives just by looking at his eyes.”
Zalek spoke mysteriously and stroked his beard.
“Zalek….”
Raon began, looking at Zalek’s calm eyes.
“Do you have mental eyes?”
“Did you know about the mind’s eye?”
Zalek slightly lifted his chin as if curious.
“I’ve only heard the name.”
“It’s called mind’s eye, but it’s not a great ability to actually read minds. “I would say it has some protective ability.”
He laughed softly, saying it was like a hedgehog’s thorn.
“Master. “Please sit down.”
Dorian approached Zalek as if he had been waiting and presented him with a wooden chair and steaming hot tea.
“OK.”
Surprisingly, Zalek did not reject Dorian’s touch, but sat down on a chair and sipped tea.
“Raon is here.”
Dorian took out the box of leftover bead ice cream he gave to Runaan yesterday.
“uh…?”
“Don’t you need it?”
“It’s not?”
Raon shook his head resolutely.
-Bonwang! We need this king!
Lars got up and nodded.
-As expected, it’s a hit! The king wanted to keep eating, so it was okay!
The guy screamed and declared that he had succeeded. It seems like it was constantly attached to his head and was aiming for this.
“it’s okay.”
Raon lowered his hand, telling him to put it back.
-Bwaaeaeak!
Lars let out a scream as if he could never do it.
-If you refuse that, I will continue to interfere with your sparring from today onwards! They won’t let you sleep!
‘Ugh…’
Raon let out a long sigh and accepted the box of beaded ice cream that Dorian held out.
“Thank you….”
“What!”
Dorian smiled brightly, as if he was glad that his judgment was not wrong.
“Then tell me the truth now.”
Zalek lowered his empty teacup and nodded.
“I want to feel what the real mind’s eye is like.”
Raon bowed his head to Zalek.
“Can I ask you to spar?”
Even Dorian’s immature mind’s eye was enough to block his own sword, so I was curious about what would happen if he fought a true mind’s eye expert.
In addition, Zalek was the second strongest warrior among the people I met when I came to the Holy Sword Training, so I wanted to get along with him properly.
“I heard you have a talent for learning other people’s martial arts.”
Zalek lifted his almost closed eyelids.
“It will be difficult for the mind’s eye. “This is…”
He looked at Dorian, humming and pulling out weeds.
“It’s a talent that only good, timid people can have. “Like that kid.”
Zalek shook his head, saying he had no intention of obtaining the Mind’s Eye.
“Then, Zalek, are you also scared?”
“Of course. I was very scared and weak. “I took that guy with me because it reminded me of myself when I was younger.”
He laughed and said that Dorian looked the same as he did when he was young.
“Then that’s good.”
Raon nodded calmly.
“I’m scared too, but I’m kind.”
He grinned while saying that.
-uh…?
“Eh?”
Lars, who was drooling over ice cream, and Dorian, who was pulling weeds, opened their eyes at the same time. Saliva flowed from both of their mouths.
-What crazy talk!
“What crazy talk are you talking about?”
* * *
Grumble.
Raon stood facing Zalek and placed his sword on top.
“You’re so intent on eating me.”
Zalek chuckled and pulled his sword from the staff he was holding on the ground.
“Let’s see how much talent your grandfather boasts is the greatest on the continent!”
He spoke as if he was waiting for the first strike and kicked the ground first. I always felt this, but he was a person whose words and actions were completely opposite.
Whoa!
Zalek’s walking style was as leisurely as riding a cloud, but his speed was as fast as a thunderbolt.
In the blink of an eye, it was approaching to my right.
Cheeeeee!
Raon turned his left ankle and unleashed a snowstorm sword with a heavy sword and a strong sword towards Zalek. A blue chill that oppressed the space bloomed from the tip of the sword.
“hmm!”
As if he was previewing the Holy Wind Blade, Zalek gently bent his wrist and cut off the heavy cold air.
Hahaha!
Raon used the recoil at the moment the Jecheon Sword bounced off to draw Hoecheon, which contains the techniques of the Quick Sword and the Thunder Sword.
Flames spinning like windmills fell towards Zalek’s right arm.
“Your reaction is quick.”
As if reading his sword strokes, Zalek extended his staff sword and struck the center of the Heavenly Sword.
Hahaha!
The Jecheon Sword was pushed back and hit the ground, leaving only flames behind. It was absurd that we got pushed back even though we went first.
Tooung!
Raon stepped on the Taehwabo and went behind Zalek’s back. He scratched the ground and created a flame with his sword.
Quaaaaa!
A wave of bright red flames enveloped Zalek’s entire body.
“Even if it looks like a wave, it is ultimately just a sword strike.”
Zalek was not at all embarrassed and stabbed the top and middle five times with his cane sword.
Paaaaaa!
As a blue light flashed from his swordplay, the waves of the Sea of Flame subsided and flames flew into the air.
“Whoa…”
Raon let out a low breath and lowered his gaze.
‘It’s different from Lawrence. I feel like I’m fighting an old enemy who knows me well.’
If Lawrence was erasing his sword strokes with an eraser, it felt like Zalek was solving all of his problems by looking at the answer sheet.
It was similar but completely different.
‘It’s fun.’
Raon pushed off the floor with a deep smile. Rushing forward, the Jecheon Sword contained a quick sword, a wind sword, and a thunder sword.
Unlike when sparring with Dorian, his full power was contained, so his sword became a red flash and spread out.
Whoa!
Zalek blocked the center of the heavenly sword that struck like a thunderbolt and aimed at his abdomen with the back of his staff sword. The movement was as natural as a painting.
‘stomach? No….’
This is breasts.
Is it because they are fighting against Zalek, who has the Mind’s Eye? It seemed like I could read where he was aiming.
Whoa!
A small wall of prayer beads was erected to block Zalek’s sword strikes.
“hmm?”
Zalek frowned in surprise and swung his sword. His staff sword bent strangely and stabbed through his shoulder.
‘This time the waist.’
Real information was read through Zalek’s gaze, the movement of the sword, and the waves of air. I felt like the countless sparring I had at Seonggeomryeon was giving me the answer.
Whoa!
He drew a semicircle with his sword and struck down Zalek’s sword that was digging into his waist.
‘It’s like playing chess.’
It feels like a battle of moves, like chess, rather than a battle of arms. I was so excited that I naturally laughed.
“Let’s go faster!”
Raon grinned and charged in front of Zalek.
Hahaha!
Zalek raised his right eyebrow as he blocked Raon’s sword strike, which seemed to have rules but no rules.
‘what…?’
When I first saw Raon, it was clear that the talent of the mind’s eye did not exist at all.
But now, Raon seemed to have enlightened his mind and was fighting a battle by reading his own psychology.
“What are you…”
Zalek turned his head with a puzzled expression.
“How did you wake up your mind’s eye!”
“Rather than the mind’s eye…”
Raon calmly shook his head and struck away Zalek’s staff sword aimed at his thigh.
“It’s noticeable. “I tend to be quite quick-witted.”
-Jeeeeeeee! Is that what you heard coming out of your mouth?!
