The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

79 – 076.Your village is doomed!-1

“…… I can’t see anything.”

A quiet voice in the dark.

Because there was nothing but silence in the thick black fog.

A quiet word also spread widely to the surroundings.

“Why is there no one by my side?”

There was a bitter cry from the girl, but no one answered the question.

I can only hear the sound of the bitterly cold wind.

The black-haired girl trudged and began to walk. She kept moving forward until she faced someone else.

Then, suddenly, something caught on her leg. At this, the girl stumbled forward and fell.

“Ugh… !”

The girl covered her own mouth with her palm. It wasn’t a scream from the pain of a fall.

Among her demons, not a single one was in pain because of a fall.

The reason she freaked out was that what she thought was a stone beak had taken on a different shape.

One arm of a demon that was cut off. From the fact that the amputation had been violently torn, it was clear that the owner of the arm had met a terrible death.

“What the hell happened to this land!”

Kwaang-!

In her grief, the girl slammed her fist hard on her floor.

At the same time, a huge shockwave exploded in a radius of 500m around her.

With that, the black mist dissipated from her, and an amazing sight opened up in the open space.

The corpses of demons lined up on the scorched ground.

The girl who was watching the scenery, she looked down at the ground and she only sighed deeply.

“If only I had been awake… ….”

A black-haired girl left alone in the land of darkness, unaware of what had happened.

She looked around her with her empty gaze and then closed her eyes.

‘I need to know all about her on this land… ….’

The girl spread her wings the same jet-black color as her own hair color.

The destination is a continent across the sea.

There must be truth on the land overflowing with life.

With her unwavering faith, the girl soared into the sky.

***

“Oh… ? Wasn’t it here?”

After finishing our business, we left the village early in the morning and headed towards the village where the dwarves were.

The location of the village is known only to Renée, who had been to Breeze as a child, so she asked for guidance.

She was also in the midst of wandering.

“Is this strange? It must have been around here!”

“It was a few decades ago. It’s hard to remember.”

“As the terrain changes, there will be parts that are difficult to locate.”

“Or maybe the dwarf uncles have migrated elsewhere!”

I didn’t have high expectations from the beginning.

It’s an old memory, but if you can find the village right away, it’s rather strange.

So, except for Renee, the rest of the staff did not panic.

I thought it would be a long search, so I even set up a tent in advance.

“I will definitely come back today, so Bern-sama, wait quietly!”

“Wouldn’t it be better to search together?”

“No! This is a matter of pride in my memory!”

Renee spread her silver wings and she soared into the sky.

I couldn’t see it no matter how much I wandered on the ground, so it must be a thought to find it in the sky.

I looked blankly at the back of René, who said he would definitely find it.

“We are resting while leaving the work behind to Renée-nim. Or how about continuing yesterday’s sparring here?”

“If you spend time, the latter is better.”

“Good.”

I snatched the training iron sword that Rin had thrown.

“I won’t look at you this time either.”

“It must be difficult because you are in the position of asking for instruction.”

I realized something in the Dungeon of Jealousy.

I can’t use my sword properly.

It was a matter of course. Before I was possessed, I was just a college student who was simply obsessed with schoolwork.

The reason I was able to fight so far was because my body remembered swordsmanship.

Without thinking, the body moves naturally and cuts through the opponent along the grain.

However, I couldn’t rely on Bern’s body forever.

It is only when I know what kind of sword my body is wielding that power comes out.

Unlike magic, which requires creativity, I had to sharpen myself to develop swordsmanship.

So the day before, I asked Rin to teach me how to use the sword.

As far as swordsmanship, not only Bern, but even Kang Jun-hyeok was inferior to Rin.

“Before you start sparring, have you thought about what the sword I was talking about is?”

“Honestly, I don’t know. To the extent that I can answer, I think of it as a tool for ordinary people and a limb for a prosecutor.”

If you go back to the origin of the sword, it was a stone knife in the primitive age.

Since it was originally a tool for cutting something, I could only come up with this answer.

“I’m not wrong, but you don’t have the unique characteristics of teacher. It would be nice if you could look at the sword more subjectively.”

“Hmm, subjective…….”

“To give you an easy-to-understand example, a sword is another eye to me.”

“Snow? Didn’t you sense and judge things through mana?”

“I usually rely on mana, but in battle it’s a little different. It is to look around with a sword and estimate the distance to the target.”

Rin pointed her iron sword at me.

I felt like I was being sucked into her sword with her strong spirit rising softly.

I couldn’t figure out what Rin was feeling and seeing through the sword.

But at least it came to me that what she said was true.

“Even if I say this, it will be difficult for you to understand. It’s because my views are different. Still, you have to give meaning to your sword in this way. Because that is the first step as a prosecutor.”

“I got a rough idea of what you were talking about.”

“I’m glad if it was a beneficial time. Then, let’s start slowly.”

“You haven’t come up with an answer yet?”

“Sometimes clearing your head and clashing swords is a good way to achieve enlightenment. The world you see while moving your body is different.”

“I can’t argue with that.”

It was the moment she nodded.

Chaeeng-!

I hit the iron sword that was approaching her neck.

It was a one-sided surprise without a signal, but she couldn’t blame Rin.

Because fights come at unexpected moments.

“Not yet.”

The sword I thought I had bounced back rushed in again.

If you take a hit, you get 2 consecutive hits, and if you parry even that, it increases to 3 consecutive hits.

Rin’s sword overheated little by little, and her attacks became sharper and more sophisticated.

“Then how about this one?”

“Que… !”

From the sword that had been used for vertical and horizontal cutting, stabbing was added and an irregular number was created.

Even the variables were easily blocked, but this was a major problem.

I couldn’t even think of the move that Bern’s body had in mind.

You have to take a broader look. To understand the sword, a wide field of vision is required.

“You can’t get the initiative just by blocking. Even if it is difficult, you must not shy away from the pain of twisting your body!”

“Embrace the pain… ….”

Instead of choosing to fight back, he ducked his head to avoid the thrust coming towards his face.

My cheek was thinly cut, but I dug into Rin’s arms, enduring the pain.

A seed slash that soars from a low point.

Chaeeng-!

Rin folded her outstretched arm and gently blocked her sword.

I could push through with force, but I wanted to deal with only skill.

It may be wrinkled in front of the chrysalis. Still, now was the time to be bold in order to grow.

I took a step back from Rin.

Pulling her sword behind her waist, she put strength into her right arm.

The moment he moved forward again, he stepped on the advance with his left leg and swung his sword wide.

It was a crappy flat-cutting machine that was like an ogee.

“It is an excellent sword.”

Before I could reply, ‘What is this?’, My conversion blow was destroyed by Rin and pushed all the way behind her.

If I hadn’t straightened my center of gravity, I might have hit my butt.

If it is blocked that much, it means that the recoil is severe.

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Nevertheless, Lin saw it and evaluated it as excellent.

Is this a new kind of spin-off?

“You may find it hard to believe, but it is true. The swordsmanship that Master has shown so far did not contain any kind of heart or will. On the other hand, the blow from just a moment ago showed, albeit weakly, the sword the master was seeking.”

“The sword I seek?”

“Yes. I can’t tell you in detail because it’s something you have to realize yourself, but I guarantee that if it’s completed someday, even I won’t be able to ignore it.”

The sword of ‘I’, not of Bern.

I haven’t been able to get my head around it yet, but just the fact that it exists has touched my heart.

Before being possessed, even I, who had never held a sword before, had a way forward as a swordsman.

“In the future, if you learn detailed movements and reinforce only noticeable loopholes, you will get better little by little.”

“I see, thanks for the advice.”

“Not much to say.”

Rin came close to me before I knew it and raised his sword.

As it was, it swung down at me. Her words and actions were playing separately.

Although it was narrowly blocked, the ground was slightly dug into her.

If it wasn’t for Bern’s trained body, I might have been crushed.

“I tried transforming the blow the teacher showed me in my own way, but how about it?”

“…… Did you apply it right away after seeing it?”

“Is that so?”

They say he’s an unmatchable genius when it comes to swords, but that’s true.

I wondered if some episodes of Ah Dok-Choi would have progressed smoothly even if Lin hadn’t died on the way.

In particular, if he had been alive until the Sword Demon episode of Part 7, wouldn’t he have absorbed the Sword Demon’s swordsmanship and become a monster comparable to Kang Jun-hyeok?

When I imagined that, laughter came out of my mouth.

“Sir, sorry! I should have asked the teacher’s doctor… !”

“That’s not why I laughed. You don’t have to worry that it’s because you had a little bit of an empty delusion.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Rather, I will ask you one more time. I wonder if you can understand the trick if you take it directly with your body?”

“Okay!”

Lin poised for one more demonstration.

The moment she raised her sword and stepped in front of her.

“You bastards with no morals! If you’re going to cut and play, go somewhere else… Keumbop?!”

Suddenly, the floor opened, and a full-bodied person jumped out from inside.

However, Rin’s foot stepped on the top of her head and she went back into the ground.

She exited at the same time as her impressive appearance.

“Umm…. The person who just jumped out was a dwarf, right?”

“Yes. Judging from his short stature and long beard, his appearance matches the rumored Dwarf…….”

“Looks like they lived under the ground, not on the ground.”

“I guess so.”

A dwarf that I couldn’t come across even though I wandered all over the place.

The reason why they found their village was none other than the noise between floors.