Chapter 48 – Training (4)

“I think I hit a wall.”

“Wall?”

The long hem of the Almighty’s robe fluttered in the air. An empty place with no one but me and the Almighty. I made a chair out of thin air and sat down on it. The Almighty Emperor, who was warming up, looked at me and said.

“What wall are you talking about?”

“I don’t know how to break through my weaknesses. I’m obviously getting stronger faster than others, but it seems like my ability is holding back my ankles.”

“Keep talking.”

I glanced at the Almighty Emperor once and then continued talking.

“Today, for the first time, I played a person-to-person match with a D-rank Hunter and Hunter vs Hunter. However, since the opponent knew my abilities and was determined and only targeted my weaknesses, I didn’t know how to deal with it. How to say, I felt that my ability would rather be a disadvantage in a fight like this.”

Classes with Almighty Emperor mainly consisted of presenting an ideal situation on how I should respond to an opponent’s attack, and the process of solving it. It was like the orchid in the greenhouse, which had only solved model answers, was thrown into a grueling real battle. The Almighty Emperor looked at me in despair and smiled.

“There must be a solution. It’s hard for anyone to experience the first time in real life. If you calm your head and think calmly, you will definitely see the road. Wake up Hug me one more time.”

She spread her arms wide and smiled warmly. Unknowingly, I fell into her arms. Her soft, soft breasts buried my face. I was seized by a sense of comfort and gently closed my eyes. My body seemed more relaxed than ever. She brushed my hair once and said.

“Calmly. Let’s start over. If others tell you, you can never break through the wall. So that you can understand, let’s start again from the part where you got stuck.”

She fell away from me again Feeling sorry for her, I gently massaged her breasts and stood up from her seat. Touching her breasts seemed to cheer her up a bit. The Almighty Emperor stretched out his hand to me with a hearty smile.

“If you block an opponent’s attack with your left hand, the damage is charged to your right hand. So you should preferably block with your left hand and attack with your right hand. Then I…”

She shut her mouth. Her body became hazy like her fog and appeared in front of my nose. The fluttering hem of the dress looked like a butterfly. Her right hand flew at my head. I involuntarily raised my right hand to block the attack.

My hands tingled as I heard the light popping of balloons. Her right hand was red and swollen, but it quickly recovered. Almighty said.

“If I knew your abilities, of course I would focus on your right side. Also, since you have to defend with your left arm, if I focus only on my right arm, your stance will collapse. What to do? How can I overcome this difficulty?”

She took her back and took her position again. The Almighty said to me with a bright and benevolent smile.

“You have to bump until you know the answer.”

The Almighty’s attack began to fly again.

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After several days of meditation, I was still unable to find a solution. Seong Ha-yeon was sitting at the training ground with a worried face on her face, staring at her cell phone. The time now is 6 PM. She looked a little tired, probably from going through the gate.

“Thank you for today.”

“Oh, are you here?”

She glanced at me once and put the phone in. Then she asked me as she pulled up her gi and fastened her belt like last time.

“Have you thought about how to overcome it?”

“Not yet. I am still thinking about it.”

“Think carefully. The answer might be surprisingly simple, right?”

As she said, there could have been a surprisingly simple solution. I nodded and took a stance. Seong Ha-yeon smiled and then she slowly warmed up and took her posture. I was a little nervous watching her step through her steps.

Seong Ha-yeon looked for gaps in my posture with her fierce eyes, then tilted her head and said,

“Where do you receive training separately?”

“Yes? No. Doesn’t exist.”

“Your posture is better than last time?”

The meditation practice with the Almighty was actually continuing to affect my body. The posture you take unconsciously, and the solution to how to deal with it. It didn’t make my body stronger, but the power of the Almighty was growing me little by little.

Seong Ha-yeon nodded at my answer, and then she slowly closed the distance and looked at my movements.

Just as I was about to take her foot off, her kick landed. The sound of the wind brushed lightly on the tip of her nose. I reflexively backed her up and barely avoided the first attack. Seong Ha-yeon corrected her posture again and smiled at me.

Then, as much as I backed away, I closed the distance and then, with a foot forward, landed her follow-up. I stretched her arms forward and hastily blocked her kick, but I was forced to bounce back out of strength. Rolling on her floor and raising her head, His Holiness Kite was running towards her with terrifying momentum. She was poised to finish me off.

It was a tight time to dodge, but it seemed like it would break somewhere if I blocked it with this unstable posture. I looked around and noticed a chair to my left. I hurriedly grabbed the chair with my left hand to stop her kicking.

Kang!

“Chew!”

Seong Ha-yeon frowned at her and spat out abusive language at her. She took a step back and brushed off her feet. I squinted at the strange sensation I felt in her left arm. Seong Ha-yeon confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her feet and said.

“Oh, do you use a chair there?”

“Sorry. If I get hit, I think I’ll die.”

Seong Ha-yeon shook her head when I apologized.

“No, it doesn’t matter. It’s not a martial arts competition right now, it’s just grabbing whatever you want and fighting. Rather well done If you think you can’t stop it with your body, then of course you should use tools.”

I touched my right arm. His right arm was faint but glowing white. If you think you can’t stop it with your body, use a tool? I thought for a while and then said to Seong Ha-yeon.

“By any chance, is there a big shield here?”

“Shield?”

*******

“This was it.”

Crack marks remained on the shield. My right arm was glowing white. It was the result of Seong Ha-yeon mercilessly hitting the shield I was holding with my left hand. My ability wasn’t simply an ability that applied only to my arms. If I was holding something on my left arm, the impact of that object was equally absorbed by my right arm. Seong Ha-yeon was also looking at my arm in wonder.

“Isn’t it nice?”

I swung a square shield large enough to cover my body once, and I was satisfied. The reason why blocking with my left hand was my weakness was because the range I could cover with my left hand was limited. But what if I had a shield that could cover my entire body? Seong Ha-yeon asked.

“By the way, if absorption is possible with a shield, isn’t discharge also possible with a weapon?”

“I think it will.”

And, what if I use a weapon that’s long enough to give me enough distance? I asked Seong Ha-yeon.

“Do you have a window?”

“Window? The bong is there.”

“I think a stick would be fine too.”

With his shining right arm, as if fully charged, he gripped the wooden bar tightly. Seong Ha-yeon was looking at me with an interesting face. I took a deep breath and threw the spear I was holding with my right arm as hard as I could. At that moment, the power in his right arm drained away, and the wooden stick he threw began to glow white.

Bang!

As the rod hit the smooth wall, the wall dented in the shape of the tip of the rod. Seong Ha-yeon nodded in admiration at the sound of being hit with a hammer. She seemed a little excited to see the small marks on my rod.

“Are you okay? Is this a possibility? Hey wait a minute Among the Hunters I know, there’s a kid who uses a spear. You’re out of luck with your bare hands anyway, so let’s just go with this. Anyway, among the kids who appear in Rookie of the Year, there are very few kids who learn to fight from before. There is a possibility if you dig a little from now on.”

I smiled at Seong Ha-yeon. Seong Ha-yeon also patted me on the shoulder and smiled. It finally seemed like a possibility.

*******

That night. I found the omnipotent again in meditation. The Almighty Emperor was still looking at me with a gentle face. Just seeing her and her eyes made me feel like her heart warmed. I said looking at her.

“I found the answer. Almighty Emperor.”

“Okay? What was it?”

I imagined a shield and a spear in each hand. A black shadow rose from under my hands and began to cling to them, forming the shape of a spear and shield. The Almighty was looking at me. I said, showing her her weapon.

“It is a spear and a shield. What I couldn’t do with my hands was to use a weapon.”

The use of weapons was not illegal at the competition, other than firearms. As a result of talking with senior Yoo Jeong, the weapon registration could be changed as long as it was completed two weeks before the start of the competition. The Almighty Emperor looked at the spear and shield I made and said with a nod to her head.

“There was such a way.”

“Yes, this way…”

I stopped talking and looked at the Almighty. As if the Almighty Emperor felt my gaze, he turned his head slightly and said.

“I was thinking of another way. The way to achieve enlightenment on your own, without relying on weapons. I was thinking of that way.”

“Okay.”

When I answered indifferently, the Almighty Emperor said with a slightly embarrassed face.

“Are you doubting me?”

“I didn’t say anything. Almighty Emperor.”

She spoke again with a slightly relieved face.

“Okay. Then, from today, will you carry that spear and shield?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

The Almighty laughed. I devoted myself to practicing using a spear and shield. Now that the weapon and strategy were decided, there was no choice but to work hard.

And a week before the competition, I was able to confirm my first opponent through the official announcement of the academy. ‘Drum mania’ Kim Jin-pyo. The ability was a dirty and lethal ability that shoots beams from its hands.

Kim Joo-seong also participated, and if Ichie won the first game, the next opponent was Kim Joo-seong.

“Isn’t Kim Chun-bae here?”

Senior Yoojeong tilted her head upon hearing the name.

“Who is that?”

“He’s a pretty good kid. Didn’t you participate this time?”

Is it because the weakness is too obvious?

Leaving my doubts behind, the tournament is right around the corner.