Chapter 77 – Summer Vacation at the Academy (14)

Thanks to the effects of combat sleep, my body was fully recovered, and I was full of energy after dinner.

It would be nice if we could grow into something like this, but that didn’t happen.

After saying goodbye to Seoyeon and Naen, I stopped by the fitness room and finished my daily workout before returning to the dormitory.

And I remembered that I checked the status window earlier, but did not check the suitability of Bing.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I checked, and it’s up to 70% for Sian Lee and 73% for Sian Raven.

If this continues, will I be able to possess Cyan Raven again and grow my Shadow Mastery?

But I felt a little fear.

Are the Demon Lord and his minions weaker than the bearskin-clad orcs I met today? Probably not.

Of course, it is unlikely that something like the Demon Lord or Hero will happen quickly, but unless you are in the middle of a ‘tutorial’, a dangerous situation will always come.

If you think about it simply, it wouldn’t be a bad choice to spend about 5 days quietly and then abandon the possessed body in a crisis…

‘For some reason, I feel reluctant to do that.’

I was just borrowing my body for a moment, but I thought I didn’t want to give it that kind of ending.

It would be nice if I could possess a body where I could develop my skills.

I really thought that it would be good if I could start from the basics.

*

I received a call from the student support office in the morning.

Is it because of what I posted yesterday? When I answered the phone, I heard a kind woman’s voice.

“Student Yoo Xian from class Q? Is that right?”

“Yes, I am Yu Xian.”

“This is Park Ae-rim from the Student Support Office. I posted yesterday that I satisfied the possession requirement for clearing the quest, which is a requirement for Class Q students. Isn’t that an error?”

Are you asking that first?

“Yes. There has been a slight change in the possession skill, so you no longer need to look for the possessed body.”

“How can I know exactly when something changed?”

“It’s been a little over 3 weeks since the final exams ended.”

“Ah. After the final exams are over… If the details of the support needed next time change, please report it as soon as possible.”

I decided to feel a little sorry for the staff at the Global Academy Student Support Office who continued their futile search.

Still, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to wander outside of Utopia?

“I was so distracted after clearing the quest for the first time. I’m sorry.”

“And there was a post requesting correction of swordsmanship. Is this also a quest-related request?”

“It’s related to some extent. I’m not asking you to learn swordsmanship…”

I’m still not sure if it would be a good idea to clearly reveal the contents of the quest.

It appeared as a test question in the final exam, but honestly, I don’t think everyone wrote it down as is.

However, I immediately figured out if there was any knowledge about the quest holder.

“It looks like you have achieved combat prowess. I understand. Furthermore, I will help you contact me in the morning at the earliest, but usually in the afternoon.”

“Yes. Thank you!”

That’s how the call ended.

There must be a lot of people at the Global Academy who can teach you swordsmanship.

I think I can get quite a bit of help from seniors, but I don’t know who will come.

*

A professor from Global Academy has arrived.

“If you were a normal first-year student, you would have learned the basics from me and then honed your own sword skills, but this is the first time we’ve met in such a wrong order.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Yu Xian.”

“I know. My grades this first semester were the worst. But I also heard that things started to change during the vacation.”

I’m over the worst at the academy, but there’s nothing I can do to change my worst grades.

Still, I worked hard on my notes, but my practical skills were completely ruined.

“I heard it was correction rather than teaching swordsmanship. Is there a reason you were so particular about it?”

“Yes. I don’t think it’s at a level where there is no foundation at all. However, I feel like it’s lacking, so I’d like to check the direction.”

“It was a good idea to find a place to meet here. It would be better for us to cross swords once.”

When the professor gestured, the two sparring swords provided in the sparring room floated in the air and flew between us.

Just looking at it, I could clearly feel the difference in rank.

What level and combat power does the professor have?

I tried to hold back the questions that came to mind because it would be rude to ask if we were not family.

We shared the sword.

“Let’s begin.”

“Then I will go.”

He ran and quickly lowered his sword and cut down.

Kaang!

The professor easily blocked my attack.

Kang! Kang! Kang!

The sword was swung again and again in the form of cutting, cutting, and stabbing.

Even though I tried to slash with as much force as I could, the professor just blocked my attack with an expressionless face.

The professor swung slowly but heavily, and when he fell back to avoid the sword, the professor spoke.

“Let’s change the offense and defense.”

And he swung his sword at me somewhat slowly.

Using calmness and insight, he struck the sword down again and again.

When I looked at the sword, which had a very clean trajectory, I felt that it was lacking.

The professor slightly extended his left hand to indicate that he would stop attacking and end the sparring.

“You know because you experienced it with your own body. Student Yoo Xian wasn’t actually using swordsmanship. He just swung his sword quickly in sync with the opponent’s movements. Eyes are quite important for a fighter, so I think he’s got the basics down. I feel like there is nothing wrong with it.”

“I think so.”

It was my first proper battle in Isian’s world.

Until then, the only people who had ever swung a sword were goblins, and it was a foolish thing to swing a weapon while getting hit.

After possessing Lee Sian, I learned how to wield a weapon while hunting zombies.

After possessing Cyan Raven, he gave it the grandiose name of Black Spirit Killer Sword, but since he couldn’t use shadow magic, he learned a technique he created, but it wasn’t much help because it was a technique created entirely for assassination.

It was definitely a correction of swordsmanship, and there was no swordsmanship in the first place.

“And I tend to be strong with the sword. I think it’s because I’ve had a lot of combat experience recently. As long as I’m holding a weapon, killing the enemy efficiently is important, but I feel like I’m too obsessed with efficiency.”

“Is it efficient?”

The professor raised his sword again.

I also strengthened the hand holding the sword and used insight to block the professor’s attack.

Kang! Kang!

“This is what swordsmanship is like.”

Two clean cuts aimed at the heart were blocked with the sword, but the next attack was not a very fast attack, but I was unable to react.

As I was cutting down, the incoming attack bent slightly and landed on my neck.

Something beyond composure and insight, is that swordsmanship? Right now, my eyes couldn’t grasp that sword technique with the [Rules of Survival] I have now.

“The second year students at the academy give their own personality to their swordsmanship, so they all use different swordsmanship, but I can teach them a few things.”

“Professor, do you need swordsmanship skills to learn advanced swordsmanship?”

“That’s right. Professors usually think that it’s good to show off your individuality since the basics are completed starting from D rank. Your swordsmanship skills seem to be at that level, right?”

“I didn’t have that skill, so I just swung it. It’s not that I don’t have any skill at all. I have a skill that can slightly assist my eyesight, but I don’t have any weapon-related skills.”

The professor was silent for a moment at my words, then frowned slightly and spoke.

“I don’t have swordsmanship skills, but I can swing a sword to that degree? No. It’s the opposite, I can use a sword to that degree, but I haven’t developed the skills?”

“Yes. Maybe it’s because of the quest I had, but I haven’t been able to learn the skill through repetitive actions until now.”

“Huh. One semester is not a short time… Then I don’t know the difference between learning swordsmanship and turning that swordsmanship into a skill.”

“Professor, is the difference big?”

“To put it simply, it can be called optimization. If you dig a little deeper…”

The professor raised the sword again and slashed vertically.

It was a clean cut that I had seen several times before.

“That cut just now doesn’t use the skill.”

And the next cut was just a perfect cut.

“Using skills. Can you see the difference?”

“Yes. It seems to be a little more sophisticated.”

“Just a normal cut is like this, but the difference becomes even greater when it comes to sword techniques that must be used while using mana. It doesn’t matter when practicing sword techniques alone, but the sword techniques that remain as skills help you use your full power even in unusual situations. Furthermore, it’s natural to have an advantage if you can adapt the necessary concentration to the situation a little more.”

I certainly don’t know much about the principles of Shadow Craft, which I use.

Would you say that there is a strong feeling of just writing because you can?

However, learning a skill originally means that it remains a skill when you reach a certain level of one movement or action.

“That may be because you are in class Q. Although you do not have basic skills, you may be able to understand the principles to some extent. Student Yu Xian, would you like to learn swordsmanship from me?”

“For now, I will try harder in the direction I can. Because I may not have the skills because I am lacking something.”

So, after hearing more from the professor about skills than swordsmanship, we parted ways.

You can use swordsmanship even without skills, but if more time is needed for optimization, isn’t the skill really meaningless?

Because I have a skill called calmness that allows me to split my time a little more.

‘I want to learn swordsmanship and other weapon techniques.’

I felt that I needed to make more use of the advantages of Shadow Craft.

Rather than making swords or daggers, you can make shields, spears, and all kinds of weapons, so if you can use them appropriately…

‘Am I being too greedy?’

I don’t think it would be difficult to become a master by training just one.

Let’s think about raising the remaining combat power until the quest is completed.

*

【Yusian】

【Level: 3】

【Combat Power: 390】

【Skills: Summer Possession (A), Establishment of Self (A+), Survival Rules(A), Shadow Mastery (E+2)】

【Quest in progress (5/6)】