Overpowered Sword
Chapter 92

Overpowered Sword Chapter 92

Level up with swords (92)

Humans and Titans.

There are significant differences between the bodies of the two races, from weight to volume. If you swing your sword like you would against a human, you could get a fatal counterattack in the gap.

Straight line cutting.

The sword that soars to the upper right strikes down sharply. The blow was aimed precisely at Kasim’s left knee.

‘Huh?!’

I missed it.

Leon, who punched the air, let out a look of astonishment without realizing it, but then realized the situation and opened his eyes wide.

The sword didn’t miss.

Cassim avoided it.

Even though he was looking with his eye, he moved his feet in an inexplicably clever way, escaping the path of the slash. The 〈Bobeop〉 is so perfect that there are no traces of footsteps on the ground.

‘He is at least four levels higher than me.’

How can he handle the body of a Titan, which is several times larger and heavier than a human, like that!

Leon, covering his fear with fighting spirit, took a step forward.

2 meters.

The gap is so close that two people can touch each other just by extending their arms and legs. Leon shook off his idle thoughts without thinking any more. If you go into a water fight anyway, you will inevitably lose. It is more effective to rely on your instincts rather than trying to think about things that may not work.

Taaang!

In response to Leon’s flashing horizontal slash, Cassim thoughtlessly flicked the blade away with the back of his hand. It was a reaction as if they knew that would happen, without even a single comma second of error.

That’s not all.

Cassim took down the rain of slashes that followed without moving a single step.

With your fingers, the back of your hand, and your elbow.

Find every loophole in the sword road and destroy the slash.

‘Nonsense…!’

It’s being attacked unilaterally, but we can’t move forward even an inch. Even when I swung the sword, its trajectory curved arbitrarily and instead of cutting Cassim, the inside of my wrist began to throb.

Yu Kwon (柔拳).

If force is used to defeat an opponent with one’s own strength, then power is a technique aimed at leading the flow by using the other person’s strength. The fundamental principles are several times more difficult than Gangwon, and it is difficult to master in practice, so masters are very rare.

However, Cassim was a Titan who was stronger than any other race, and was the first master of power that Leon had ever seen.

“Concentrate, priest.”

When you attack nearly 30 times in an instant and all your attempts end in vain.

It was when Leon’s swordplay was very slightly disturbed.

Cassim’s hand stretched out with a word of advice and wrapped around the blade of the holy sword. The palm of his hand was burning as he held the Aurorfire with his bare hand, but Cassim did not even lift an eyebrow.

“Keuw!?”

not moving.

Leon pulled the sword with all his might, but he was unable to overcome the grip strength that Kasim exerted with his two fingers.

It was right after that.

Leon instinctively let go of the sword hilt and crossed his arms.

Quang!

His body was thrown several meters with a loud explosion.

It was a fist.

While holding Leon’s sword with one hand, he only punched his stomach once. In response to the attack, which could not even be called a technique, Leon straightened his posture and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.

‘Is it like this even without using Aurors?’

However, this does not mean that all physical abilities are utilized. Kwonta accelerated twice using only the upper body shoulders and elbows. The Titans’ immense power turns even the lightest blow into a deadly move.

Cassim threw the holy sword in his hand back to Leon.

“Yungneung steel making (柔能制剛) and strong ability danyu (剛能斷柔) have the same meaning. Just as softness suppresses strength, strength cuts off softness. “It’s as simple as saying that whoever is better wins.”

The reason Leon’s sword was blocked in vain was because his capabilities were inferior to Cassim’s.

If only it were faster, if it was sharper.

If the sword path had been more thoroughly refined, interfering with the flow of power would have been many times more difficult. Although the opponent was not good, Leon was an unrivaled strong player in his age group.

“You still have strength left, right? “I’ll go one more time.”

Kassim, seeing through his remaining power, lowered his center of gravity.

Leon can barely react at a speed that allows him to block or avoid it with enough force to defeat it without dying.

It was a feat that no one but Kasim could imitate.

‘-come!’

The moment the back of my neck tingled, Leon moved.

Cough!

Another word for fingertips is gwansu (貫手).

Kasim’s large hand struck the holy sword like a spear blade. Even though I exerted more than half of my strength, both shoulders creaked.

Leon, who took two steps back, took a break again.

Cassim wasn’t one to leave it alone.

Whoops! Okay! Whoops!

Repeated attacks poured in without any time to counterattack.

“Wow!”

Leon, who was hit three more times in an instant, vomited blood.

Even though I blocked it properly and released it, the aftereffects of the impact were still lingering inside my body. Even without using aurors, Kasim’s fighting skills were powerful, and the principle of light was inherent in all his movements.

The penetrator, which was said to be capable of inflicting significant damage even without a direct hit, was also a type of technology.

‘Damn it’s studying.’

Leon rubbed his eyes, which were already starting to blur, and tried to see at least one more movement.

Like him, he is an inheritor of ‘Rodrik’s Martial Arts’.

Cassim’s movements as he crossed the master’s horizon and looked beyond it were literally like reference books. No matter how well El Cid explained it, it was still the same. It wasn’t as good as seeing it in person once and experiencing it in person once.

[Okay, pay attention. It wouldn’t be that common to come back here.]

It’s not that it wasn’t, it was just as he said.

The Giant King and the Titans are the guardians of this and do not leave this mountain for any reason.

I had to take advantage of this opportunity to make the most of it.

“Stopping your feet doesn’t mean you’ll stop completely. “Center of gravity, inertia, unevenness of water and blood in the body… Only when you can recognize and manage all of them can you see the fundamental principles of ‘Bobeop’.”

As Kasim said that, he took a step forward.

A movement that doesn’t move an inch above the knees, yet doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all. Leon watched, without blinking, how a person who had reached the level of a natural body moved.

Jeongjungdong (still movement).

Dynamic stillness.

Although it appears to be stationary, it moves, and even though it appears to be moving, it is still.

That contradiction is one of the goals that martial artists must pursue.

‘I surrender myself to the great flow, removing all unnecessary strength without even going against the resistance of the air…’

Achievements that would not have been possible even if you worked hard for weeks or months if you practiced alone are achieved in just a few minutes.

Before he knew it, Leon’s body, which was in a trance, began to imitate Cassim’s movements. Release the strength in your knees, bend your ankles and waist like soft reeds, and change direction at will.

My body, which had been stiff from tension, finally found freedom.

“Good.”

Kassim was delighted with the rapid progress and raised his clenched fist like a rock.

It was good that he had gained enlightenment, but because he was in a trance, Leon’s strength was draining away. If I left it like that, it was clear that I would die of exhaustion in less than 30 seconds.

Stop before that happens.

pop!

The flowing fist broke the wall of sound, shaking Leon’s forehead with the explosion and shock wave.

I see the overflowing aura sinking into his body and his eyes returning to focus.

Without further warning, Kassim struck the next attack.

Quang!

I took half a step forward, narrowed the distance, and bounced my deeply bent body as if I was falling, landing a punch to my abdomen.

Leon reflexively raised his sword, but the shock wave transmitted through the holy sword pierced his stomach. The shock was such that my internal organs shook as if there had been an earthquake and my vertebrae rattled.

Leon, who somehow managed to not let go of the sword, flew backwards and was thrown awkwardly against the wall with such force.

“…Queuuuuu.”

Leon, unable to even scream, was lying on his back, panting.

《Hey, focus. If you let go, you have to do it again.》

El Cid said in a spiteful voice from his grasp.

《Don’t rely on your muscles or aura. I think you move your body with your mind. It may sound like an outdated theory of tenacity, but you have already demonstrated ‘will’. The ability to separate the body and mind, the first stage of telekinesis, is already within you.》

As he smashed countless wooden swords at the academy, Leon became aware of that unidentified power.

It’s not an auror or magical power.

It was especially not a rigid body technique that mobilized the body’s potential.

And El Cid said that power was ‘will’.

“Think about it carefully. It’s not like my muscles got stronger or my auras were amplified, but my destructive power increased? According to the laws of the material world, this is nonsense. Only telekinesis makes such an absurd phenomenon possible. ‘Will’ is the most primitive form of telekinesis.》

‘…What is the standard for distinguishing the two?’

《The difference is whether you can be conscious of it and deal with it or not. The power of telekinesis achieved through repetitive movements is ultimately only half. Anyone can do that if they become a master.》

If telekinesis was a hand, the will was a tool.

A fixed and limited method of operation that cannot be used in any other way once the purpose has been determined and created.

It was no different from just shoveling with the power to fly if you wanted to. If you settle in that position just because it’s comfortable, it becomes impossible to move forward again.

So El Cid was planning to use this opportunity to initiate Leon.

《It doesn’t matter even if it’s something very trivial. Try manifesting an unfamiliar phenomenon that you are not yet skilled at. The scale is pretty good. The important thing is whether you can do it or not. After seeing how much you can do, you just need to increase your mental strength.》

Leon lowered his eyes after hearing that.

It only moves the mind.

It is difficult for material life forms to understand the concept because they perceive the entire world based on their own bodies. Driving to the brink of death was also an attempt to remove half of the bonds from the body.

I continue to take on incredible challenges.

El Cid grinned as he looked down at Leon, who was sweating profusely from concentrating on his dying body.

[Hmm.]

The wind was not blowing.

Still, a few strands of Leon’s hair were twitching.

* * *

[Why did you call me again?]

El Cid grumbled with a sour face.

Leon’s training was in full swing, but the sudden interruption made him a little upset.

The other person seemed to have read the hint as well and spoke cautiously.

[——–.]

[what? Is it too much? And then you’re going to die?]

It was true that telekinesis training seemed dangerous.

However, El Cid snorted as if the words were absurd and said while glaring into the darkness.

[Didn’t you see him almost get killed by a passing lizard? I said I would teach you well, right? The day of the oracle is coming soon, so I need to be able to protect my body for sure, right?] [

――――――.]

[This is the only way to awaken telekinesis. Anyway, the power will increase considerably after the Holy Sword is awakened, so we need to start by teaching him how to handle the power and what lies beyond it. Isn’t that right?]

Since it wasn’t wrong, the voice was silent.

Leon was not yet a proper hero.

On the day of the oracle, which is less than a month away, the seals on the Holy Sword will be lifted and its true power will be able to be unleashed. It is not a monster that does not need protection like Rodrik, but a decisive battle weapon that allows ordinary people to fight against the apocalypse.

If he was holding the perfect holy sword, Leon would become more than ten times more powerful than he is now.

[Is that enough?]

Even though he knew all that, El Cid snorted.

[Is 10 times the current amount enough? No? That’s why they even resorted to expedient methods to throw me into this pile of scrap metal. The disaster that will come in this era is not something that the brats who have inherited the title of hero can handle.]

[――――――――――.]

[I know what you are worried about. I know, so don’t say more. You’re saying we’ll take care of everything? Even when I was alive, everything was resolved just as I said, right?]

[―――――! ―――!]

El Cid’s face darkened after hearing the fierce protest. Because it was an inexcusable point.

[Oh, that was a bit of bad luck. It’s not my responsibility…]

[――――――――!]

[Oh, okay. It’s my fault. I will take proper care of it.]

El Cid rarely took a step back, but only after speaking a few more words did he close his mouth.

I guess there was a lot that had accumulated over that time.

El Cid, who was even in a cold sweat in the mental world, spoke.

[Oh yeah. How is the saint? The appointment ceremony is over.]

[――――――.]

[What is that reaction?]

When he questioned the unclear answer, the other person answered.

[――――.―― ――――.]

[…What?]

Elcid, greatly embarrassed, muttered those words like a parrot.

[The saint is chasing after us alone?]