Chapter 135 – Gently.

“Master.”
“Okay.”

Kang Hyeon-soo bowed toward Kim Gil-seong with a respectful attitude.
Just looking at his expression and attitude, he didn’t look like a person who would destroy Kim Kil-sung’s family.
He just seemed like a respectable young man with good manners.

But as soon as I saw him, I felt bad.
This was a feeling that came from a long life as a hunter.
Just like when facing a monster.
An unpleasant sensation that can be felt when facing a human who is more heinous than a monster.

Kim Kil-sung didn’t seem to feel anything like that.
It could be because people are pure in the first place, or it could be because there is no reason to doubt Kang Hyun-soo.
This sensation I feel could also come from the system.
Kang Hyeon-soo was an enemy I had to defeat at the quest level.

“Greetings. This is my future son-in-law!”

Kim Gil-sung slapped me on the back.
It was still a touch full of affection, without any circumstances in the hand.

Kang Hyun-soo’s eyebrows twitched at the word ‘son-in-law’.
I saw his lips quiver.

“Hello. My name is Hyunsoo Kang.”
“This is Choi Seong-gyu.”

“This is it~”

Gilseong Kim scratched his head with a satisfied face.

“It’s so satisfying to see that there are two lumber that I really like! It’s a picture I’ve always imagined.”

Indeed, Kim Kil-sung was thrilled.
A knife is stabbed in the back because a person is good like this.
This was the reason why the master, who was later talked about as a legend, died in vain.

Kim Kil-seong smiled and put on a look that was making something up.
I could see that he had come up with something that was satisfying to him.

“How about this? Just training is no fun, so let’s try sparring together! Two of the greatest swordsmen on earth compete for supremacy! Whoever wins, I give the title of Korea’s best talent!”

I don’t know why they are trying to give themselves the title of Korea’s best talent.
I knew there were people who deserved that title better, at least at this point.
Even at the academy I came to immediately, it would have been five to ten.

Hyeonsu Kang, wondering what he was thinking, dropped his sword and looked at me.

I thought it went well.
You can’t kill him right here.
But at least Boone will be able to solve it to some extent.
While watching ‘The Book of the Future’, I felt very bad.

Because it was this man in front of my eyes who brutally destroyed the lives of the two people I love, Kim Eana and Kim Gil-sung, whom I respect.

“I’m sorry, Master, but I don’t want to use my sword to hurt people.”
“No no, not that. I mean Dalian. Don’t worry, I’m watching. Let’s compete swords against each other only at the right level. If it becomes dangerous, I will intervene immediately.”

Gil-sung Kim was afraid that he might not be able to see what he wanted to see.

Hyunsoo Kang’s acting was disgusting.
He was the type who never hesitated to hurt people with his sword.
This much was enough to guess without knowing much about him through the ‘book of the future’.

“It is as your father said. Training alone has its limits. Sometimes I think it’s necessary to gauge the current level through sparring. It seems like a good opportunity to say that you will mediate yourself, how about it?”

I saw Kang Hyun-soo’s information window through ‘Scouter’.
He was a B grade.
Same grade as me.

He was a typical swordsman class, and all abilities developed in that direction.
He had many skills and special abilities for his age, and it was clear that he would be able to reach A-class in no time if he continued.
Kim Gil-sung saw it properly.
He was certainly not inferior to being called ‘timber’.

‘Still, there is no ‘Sword Saint’.’

The ‘sword saint’ special ability wasn’t something you could find often.
It can be said that it was a great chance that I met Kim Yeon-woo and Kim Gil-sung.
After all, one is a teacher at the best academy in Korea, and the other is a swordsman who died and became a legend, so it’s only natural.

“If you say so…”

Kang Hyun-soo said as if he reluctantly agreed.

“Please take good care of me.”

He bowed his head to me, and I did the same.

“Good! Start after equipping. Because I can’t get hurt. Haha!”

Kim Kil-sung seemed very happy that things had turned out this way.
However, I didn’t feel so good when I faced Kang Hyeon-soo.
Kang Hyeon-soo was also very concerned about me.
I guess so.
Because out of nowhere, Eana Kim’s boyfriend, whom she has been eyeing, has appeared.
Besides, Kim Kil-sung was showing an attitude of acknowledging me as much as he did.
There wasn’t much change in his expression, but he could tell that he didn’t like the situation.

Kim Gil-sung asked me.

“Hey, do you have any equipment?”
“Yes, I have it.”

He had two, the one given by the academy and the one given to Choi Ju-ri.
Both were obtained when they were in C-class, but among them, the one given as a gift from Choi Ju-ri was a model with a large range of functional expansion.
Performance is also better.
Naturally, I was thinking of wearing the latter.

Kim Gil-seong lowered his voice slightly and spoke to me.

“Be gentle.”
“Yes?”
“I mean, don’t be too discouraged.”

From those words, I could see that Kim Kil-sung regarded my chances of winning unconditionally as high.
Even though he hadn’t known me for a while, he must have known Kang Hyeon-soo for quite some time.
Besides, isn’t it Kim Gil-sung of the world?
One seeing eye would be correct.

I didn’t answer.
It was easy to answer “Yes,” But the anger toward Kang Hyeon-soo was just as great.
Kang Hyeon-soo in his previous life and Kang Hyeon-soo now are, of course, different people.
However, he had already violated Kim Eana in another time and space, and killed Kim Gil-sung.

If I don’t intervene, the same thing will happen in this life.

It was something I hated even imagining.
I was able to recall the scene vividly because I had read it directly as a sentence.

“Come on, don’t get too excited. Don’t worry too much about Korea’s best talent. I am not in a position to evaluate it in the first place.”

Kim Kil-seong said so as if to not be burdened.
It didn’t matter if I didn’t get a title like Korea’s best talent.
However, as he said, there was definitely a tendency for me to get a little excited.

‘Because it’s not about making a decision here.’

Rather, it is better to show gaps.
That way it would be better to plan the future.

Hyeonsu Kang and I met again in the training room after putting on the equipment.
He was wearing pretty decent gear.
Even so, it was not as good as my equipment, which Choi Ju-ri personally chose and presented as a gift.

Hyunsoo Kang looked at my equipment and the sword he was holding.
His face contorted.
It didn’t seem to bother me again that I had pretty good stuff.

‘Do not worry. Because I hate you too.’

“Now, it’s just practice sparring, so don’t take it too seriously. Are you ready?”

Kim Gil-seong made us fight because he wanted to, but he seemed embarrassed because we seemed too serious.
Anyway, that’s how the sparring began.

“Begin.”

Kim Kil-seong stepped back and Kang Hyeon-soo and I faced each other with swords pointed.

Mana bloomed on his shoulder and his sword trembled.
He also knew how to use ‘sword skill’.
This wasn’t much of a surprise, it was something I knew from looking at his information window.

I also breathed energy into the sword.
Added properties to it.

Blazing-

When the sword caught fire, Kang Hyun-soo was startled.
There weren’t many Hunters who possessed ‘Sword Skill’ and ‘Attribute’ at the same time.
Moreover, at the same age as me and Hyeonsu Kang.

However, he soon returned to his normal expression.
To avoid showing embarrassment.

He seemed unwilling to move first.
Not only was it difficult to gauge my ability, but it was also to be wary of the fire attribute.
If there is another reason, it must be because I am acting a good role in front of Kim Gil-sung.
He was never the type to use his sword to harm others.
Mana is bound to contain his character.
It means that you can tell how much you are a good person or a bad person just by confrontation.

Tadadat,

Kang Hyun-soo had no intention of moving, so I moved first.
He quickly moved his feet to close the distance.
As he raised his sword and struck it down, Kang Hyun-soo threw himself backwards and retreated.

Then he bent his knees and crouched over him.

Taang!-

It came out like a bullet and stabbed it.

Visor!

But I was expecting him to come out like this.

‘Behavioral Prediction’.

It was a skill acquired through Park Eun-ha.
Moreover, since I had already seen his information window, I knew that he had a skill called ‘Poke through the gaps’.

The moment the swords collided, ‘stiffness’ was applied.

Kang Hyeon-soo’s body, which rushed forward with elasticity, staggered and shook, and with the addition of a ‘stiffness’ effect, it completely hardened.
Although it was stiff for a few seconds, it was enough to decide the outcome.

I put the tip of my sword at his neck.

“Stop!”

Kim Gil-sung declared that the match had been won.