Chapter 144 – Mock Battle (1)

Mock battle.

During the 8-year hunter training course from middle school to high school, and after graduation, it was a training that I had to go through countless times.

The mock battle is simple.

Both students engage in battle with ‘training’ weapons prepared by the school.

There are different types of weapons, so the choice is up to you.

As far as swords go, there were so many different types, from daggers to kukri, arming swords, broadswords, katanas, sabers, bastard swords, and the greatsword I use.

Only one sword was this much, and of course, including all kinds of melee weapons such as spears, shields, and axes, it was enough to say that there was no real arsenal.

At least, it seemed to prevent him from making excuses that he was not familiar with the weapon.

It was a natural facility as it was a professional hunter training school with expensive tuition.

For reference, the difference between a training weapon and an actual weapon is the presence or absence of killing power.

Training weapons cannot kill or cut people. Exactly, any and all living things.

This was because the weapon part except for the part corresponding to the handle was made of a special material.

A special material made by mixing White Slime’s bodily fluid and Ghost’s core.

It took the shape of a weapon by using the white slime’s imitation ability, but when it came into contact with a person’s body, it penetrated and did not cause any damage, so it was a perfect invention for mock sparring.

In addition, the same material has the property of repulsing each other, so it was effective for dividing sword attacks.

Of course, the Ghost’s core and the white slime’s bodily fluid were close to rare materials, so naturally, this training weapon had no choice but to be expensive.

In particular, the large sword that Nana and Eunyoung noona use has a large portion of the blade, so more materials had to be used.

It probably cost a lot of money just to prepare this kind of training tool.

Eunyoung noona asked as she picked up the remaining greatsword.

“Aren’t training greatswords expensive?”

“It’s expensive. Who is the one… She had it because her aunt used it, but her Taegyeong spent some money making her own.”

“I could have lived, but you tell me… Wait, are you making it?”

“If you go up to an S-class hunter, it’s only natural that there are at least one or two weapon makers you know. I also got the material myself, so it wasn’t extremely expensive.”

“Yes?”

It was a question she asked as a way of thanking her for caring, but what came back was a surprising answer, saying that she had collected the material herself within a few days.

“If you said you saved it yourself, did you mean to return to active duty?”

“So it happened. It’s not a lady’s style to stay at home even though her strength has returned. Of course, she hasn’t officially returned yet, and it’s just that she went in and out of the dungeon to rehabilitate when no one was there as a test.”

Seeing that she returned immediately after having sex with me and regaining her strength, she was definitely a person with strong acting skills.

“If an S-class hunter returns to active duty, there will be a lot of unnecessary attention again. Isn’t it annoying when you get attention from all over the place at this age?”

“It must be so.”

“At times like this, being friends with the company president was very comfortable. So, I plan to do activities like this for a while. I haven’t fully regained the sense of actual combat yet.”

Does this mean that he went to find materials for White Slime, a B-class monster, and Ghost, an A-class monster, even in a situation where he had not fully recovered his sense of actual combat?

It occurred to me that it was not for nothing that Eun-young, in her prime, was nicknamed a “Berserker.”

“Taekyung asked me to make it similar in size to your great sword, how about it?”

“This is pretty much the same as the weapons I’ve used so far. So is the weight.”

“Have you ever written? Did you get a new weapon while you haven’t seen it?”

“Yes. I happen to have something like that.”

“Wouldn’t Tae-gyeong be making excuses like that you couldn’t swing it properly because the shape of the weapon you’re using is different?”

I responded calmly to Eun-young’s useless worries.

“It can’t be. This is enough.”

“Are you sure?”

“And my goal of becoming the best hunter in the world is still valid. If so, you should at least reach a point where you can fight with any weapon. To the point where you can fight with a dagger or an ax instead of a great sword like this.”

“The brazenness of the 40-year-old woman who said that she would take responsibility for the rest of her life remains the same.”

“I think you took both seriously.”

“… Great.”

At my answer, Eun-yeong noona blushed slightly and continued her words while standing in her training ground.

“Since you asked Taekyung to teach her great swordsmanship to her aunt, she intends to make sure of that. She is an ignorant lady, and she reached S rank with just one sword, so she can’t teach me anything else.”

“I was thinking that too.”

“So, Taekyung, let’s set some rules for this mock battle so that you can focus only on swordsmanship training.”

One. With a sound, Eunyoung noona’s index finger extended.

“One. In Dalian today, my son will compete only with swordsmanship.”

“You mean I shouldn’t use other awakening abilities or buff skills that I can use?”

“Okay. If you can deal with various attacks, it will definitely be of great help in actual battle, but it will only hinder you from developing your swordsmanship itself.

So for now, think about sparring with only swordsmanship. To become the best hunter in the world, shouldn’t you at least be able to defeat her aunt with a sword?”

“… That’s right.”

I could only nod my head at the validity of the irrefutable logic.

“Two. The area where Auntie is wearing her armor is invalid even if it is cut. Think of it as being within attack range.”

“Does that also apply when I am attacked?”

“Could it be? This is an advantage given to those who are properly dressed in hunter suits. Wouldn’t it be strange to claim that while wearing such an iron plate, it was sliced ​​without any meaning?

Dress up if you think it’s unfair. Perhaps Hye-eun has old armor that she used to use, but if you adjust the size, Tae-gyeong will be able to wear it too.”

Was this the reason why you came wearing a hunter’s uniform even though it was a mock battle?

Certainly, wearing armor would make a significant difference in the speed of swinging a sword or stomping one’s feet.

At first glance, it sounded like you were saying that parts with armor could not be cut to make up for the advantage created by it, but I thought it was the opposite.

In a general sword-to-sword confrontation, the easiest part to cut is, of course, the extremity of the body. It’s much more exposed than the torso or head, and it’s not that easy to defend.

So, if you conduct a mock battle without any armor, it is also the part where the most decisions are won.

About once out of ten, a novice might be lucky enough to win by cutting off an arm or leg from an expert.

In fact, when I was in mock battles during my student days, I benefited greatly from this. This was the only way for me to win against normal students without the Awakening ability.

To get a victory by decision by picking up the gaps that the unwary students see as opponents who are non-awakened like a fluke.

Even during my school days, when I couldn’t awaken in this way, I was able to win occasional victories in mock battles.

Of course, this is just a story up until middle school. It was a method that became virtually impossible after entering high school and competing with kids who had already gained practical experience.

Anyway, in that sense, it sounded like Eun-yeong’s older sister shouldn’t cut her arms and legs to prevent winning the victory by such a coincidence.

Well, maybe I’m giving too much meaning.

“I don’t need armor.”

“Oh, so?”

“Yes.”

Fighting wearing armor that didn’t fit the body for no reason in order to make the decision in my favor would only get in the way.

And anyway, once in a while, I needed Eun-young to verify the fighting style I had been using so far, so in the first mock battle, it was right to show me the best way to fight.

Seeing my answer, Eunyoung noona spread her third finger.

“Finally. Today’s mock sparring will proceed without a fixed number of times.”

“Yes?”

As soon as I wondered what it meant to proceed without a set number of times, Eun-young noona continued to explain what she had said.

“Taekyung will make sure you finish it when you get three points from her auntie. On the other hand, if you don’t get 3 points, you know that you won’t be able to get out of this training ground for at least one day.

When Hye-eun first trained, she finished by getting 1 point, but at that time, Hye-eun was only in her third year of middle school. If you are Taekyung now, you should be able to get at least 3 points from Ajumma, right?”

“… 3 points?”

“Why do you think there are too few?”

Seeing Eunyoung noona speak with her confidence, I shook her head in both directions.

I’ve seen her perform in the media a lot since she was a kid, and even saw her fight right in front of her eyes when she was ten years old.

It was expected that it would not be easy to win her 3 against a woman who had regained her former powers through her sex with me.

However, on the contrary, it was me, not Eun-young, who had accumulated more practical experience recently, so I thought that if I dig into this, it would be possible to score enough points against Eun-young.

Besides, Hye-eun, a third-year middle school student, also said that she scored a point against Eun-young noona anyway.

She wouldn’t be able to fulfill her wish to become the best hunter in the world unless she showed her determination as much as she did.

“Okay then. I explained all the rules….”

Standing in front of the starting line on one side of the training ground, Eun-young noona took her posture.

“Your son should start first. After that, take turns to get the right to go first. Understand?”

“Yes.”

It was only three editions.

It was a mock match she started because somehow she thought she only needed to win three rounds.

After the moment my foot leaped into the air to attempt the first attack.

Three hours passed like an eternity in the underground training ground.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha….”

“Good job, son. But you finished faster than I thought.”

“Sue, good work, Daa….”

Seeing Eun-young unnie tidying up her training ground as if she wasn’t very tired, she was so dumbfounded that her laughter didn’t even come out.

Total record: 68 losses, 2 wins, 1 draw.

I couldn’t understand with my pitiful brain what the heck he hadn’t found a sense of actual combat yet.