Raon swallowed his dry saliva as he saw the message that Jealousy had been opened.
‘Why does jealousy come out here?’
I got it from Envy, but I didn’t feel jealous of anyone.
The assassin who had nothing in his previous life gained a family, a teacher, and a colleague, and had a goal to achieve even if it was for the rest of his life, so there was no room for jealousy.
‘I thought I couldn’t use this ability.’
I was satisfied with my current talent and position, so unlike sloth, I thought I could not use my abilities at all, but I never imagined that I would become so open.
In particular, Cheryl is not an object of jealousy, but a person to respect and envy. I don’t know why this ability came up in front of her.
As Raon was squinting as he thought about the reason why Jealousy became so open, a new message occurred to him.
[There are no emotions for the target.] [The property is converted to.] [You can acquire the martial arts possessed by the current object of envy more quickly.]
As soon as I read the subsequent message, I could see why my jealousy was so open in front of Cheryl.
‘It was applied because jealousy turned into envy.’
Jealousy and envy are two different emotions.
Both envy that person, but jealousy contains malice and envy contains good intentions.
The system seemed to use a similar yet different feeling of envy for the sake of not being jealous of anyone.
‘There… .’
‘s abilities are being applied properly.
According to Lars, Envy has the ability to become stronger the more jealous he gets of others.
Just as he envies Cheryl, he has the ability to quickly learn her special skills.
– Holy crazy!
Lars glared at the message and shouted.
-Did you get hit in the head with hellfire? It’s stuck still. Why are you talking about the system topic?
The guy grabbed his hair and shook his head.
‘I know. ‘I didn’t know you would be so considerate.’
Raon looked at the message and smiled happily.
‘Perhaps because it was created by the Lord of Wrath, its performance is amazing.’
-Ugh… .
Perhaps because it had been a long time since he had heard a compliment, Lars showed a strange look where half his face was happy and the other half was frowning.
-shut up!
However, in the end, he got so annoyed that he started swearing and punching him.
-Why is this guy the only one who gets things done so well? Why is there a sky?
‘There is a saying that heaven helps those who help themselves. Because I work hard. It’s going to work out.’
-There is no one in the world who doesn’t work hard!
‘You know. ‘You always play, eat, and complain.’
-100 million… .
Lars was unable to respond and just opened his mouth.
While I was laughing at the embarrassed Lars, Cheryl tilted her head.
“Raon?”
She waved her hand in front of her eyes as if asking if she was okay.
“Oh, sorry.”
Raon bowed his head to Cheryl and continued saying what he had not said before.
“The Great Lord and the Heavenly Swordsman are in a much higher position than us, so they were saying thank you for protecting us like they do now.”
“Family relatives don’t say things like that. “There is nothing high or low between the same major shareholders.”
Cheryl shook her head and told me not to say such trivial things. Her blunt words touched her heart.
The system wasn’t wrong. He was a man worthy of envy.
‘Then there’s something you need to know for sure.’
It is said that as jealousy opens up, the ability to quickly acquire the special skills of the object of envy arose.
Since Cheryl was chosen as the object of envy, we had to hear what her real specialty was.
‘Actually, there’s nothing you can’t do, but there are things you can do better.’
Cheryl is well-versed in martial arts to the point where she can teach all sword techniques, but she is not a practitioner of the Ten Thousand Swords.
I had to know for sure because I would have learned something by focusing on it.
“It’s random, but can I ask you one thing?”
Raon took a step closer to Cheryl, who was leaning against the wall.
“say.”
Cheryl nodded as if telling her to say anything.
“I know that you are good at most swordsmanship, but is there a swordsmanship you are particularly confident in?”
“It’s really unexpected.”
Cheryl chuckled. Maybe it was because she thought she was interested, but she didn’t seem offended.
“As you can see, my real weapons are dual swords.”
That’s right. Sheryl has only one sword on her back, but when she wields the sword, she pulls out two swords: a white sword and a black sword.
“Of course, I am confident in my dual sword skills, and I have mastered the true sword to improve the accuracy of the two swords, the absolute sword to cut off the opponent’s flow, the solid sword to maintain balance, and the circular sword and side sword to deceive the opponent.”
“Since you use dual swords, you must be strong in auror management as well.”
Using dual swords means wearing an aura on both swords. It is natural that he is good at using aurors.
“I’m more confident than a lazy elf.”
Cheryl frowned as she looked in the direction Rimmer had passed.
“Thank you for telling me.”
“It’s no big deal.”
She smiled brightly and waved her hand.
‘Good.’
Cheryl’s heart pounded in her chest because it meant that she could further improve in her skills such as dual swordsmanship, straight swords, absolute swords, deep swords, circle swords, modified swords, and Auror operation.
“My lord. “Could you please look at my swordsmanship for a moment?”
“what? here?”
“yes.”
I was able to say this because I confirmed through Lars that there was no one around.
“The real you… .”
Cheryl closed her eyes and opened her eyes. She nodded her head quickly, as if she knew she too was out of danger.
“Because I don’t have much time. “If you’re going to do it, do it quickly.”
“yes.”
Raon nodded and pulled out the Jecheon Sword and the Requiem Sword.
‘Sounds like fun.’
With a small smile, he unfolded the Gwanga Sword with the Jecheon Sword in his right hand, and created a Snow Wind Blade with the Requiem Sword in his left hand.
Since he only used sword techniques without aura, his strong energy was not revealed, but the sharpness of his sword strikes seemed to have become stronger.
After completing both sword techniques, Raon looked at Sheryl.
“You’ve never learned dual swordsmanship, have you?”
Cheryl crossed her arms and frowned.
“yes.”
What I learned in my past life was not dual swordsmanship. Since it was about killing people with weapons in both hands, it was assumed that he had never learned it properly.
“I knew it.”
Cheryl nodded and continued speaking.
“Dual swordsmanship is not something that can be done by holding a sword in both hands. Use both hands to use your own sword skills, but the two sword skills must be in harmony. “You are no different from simply unfolding two swords one after another.”
She made a capital with both hands and recreated the scene when she opened the Gwanga Sword and the Snow Wind Sword a moment ago.
Since it was his first time practicing swordsmanship, his movements were awkward, but his coordination was much better than mine.
“If the sword in your left hand moves to the right to attack, the sword in your right hand must move to the left to defend. Or both sides can attack somewhere else.”
Raon swirled the ring of fire and listened to all of Cheryl’s advice and demonstrations.
‘I know how it feels.’
Perhaps because Cheryl, the person I was envying, showed it to me, I felt like I could do something similar if I opened it right now.
“It’s ambiguous because the space is small and there’s no time, but you probably get the feeling.”
“I’ll try again.”
“That doesn’t happen right away. No matter how genius you are… .”
“Please look at it one more time.”
Raon shook his head and raised his two swords again. He lowered his body’s center of gravity and recalled in his mind what Cheryl had pointed out.
I drew an image in my head of the Gwanga Sword and the Snow Wind Sword, and swung the two swords forward.
‘So that the left and right swords do not interfere with each other.’
The two swords and the two martial arts forces unleashed a second attack, looking for a way to move forward faster and more powerfully without blocking each other’s paths.
Whoa!
The moment the Jecheon Sword exposes the teeth of a mad beast, a blue north wind arises from the Requiem Sword. Attack and defense intersect as if interlocking, and the air changes in a split second.
The Jecheon Sword retreated and wrapped itself around a shield of flames, and the Requiem Sword shot forward, extending a blade of cold wind.
Raon used the two swords in reverse again and bit his lip.
The techniques of dual swordsmanship that Cheryl taught me quickly penetrated my head and body.
It is not simply the utility of the ring of fire. It was the power of growth gained through jealousy that turned into envy.
“ah… .”
Cheryl’s chin trembled as she looked at Raon’s sword.
‘How could this…’ .’
Raon’s dual swordsmanship, which could hardly be called a swordsmanship that strangely harmonized actual combat and appearance, achieved rapid growth in this short moment.
The two swords did not interfere with each other in the slightest, but were living and moving with their own purposes in harmony.
It’s still crude, but unlike before, it has reached a level where it wouldn’t be strange to call it dual swordsmanship.
‘Does this make sense?’
They only gave me one demonstration and advice, but it looks like they trained for several months.
I knew Raon had talent, but this didn’t make sense.
“Try this too.”
Unlike what she first showed, Cheryl showed the technique of dual swordsmanship, which can be considered an intermediate art. It was not attack and defense, but attack and attack and defense and defense.
Raon watched the scene quietly and then slowly raised both swords.
The beginning was ambiguous. Because attack wasn’t attack and defense wasn’t defense either.
However, the second time the swordsmanship was performed, the two swords began to dance.
The two swords, which were mainly used for defense, extended out together with Raon’s left foot, creating a sword strike that made the heart tremble.
When I pointed out one, it seemed to pass by two and move on to three.
“What… .”
Cheryl opened her eyes wide and let out a sigh.
“All over again! Try this too!”
She began teaching Raon the techniques of higher levels of martial arts, forgetting that she would leave before the sun rose.
* * *
Coo!
Raon lowered the Jecheon Sword and raised the Requiem Sword. The two swords crossed diagonally, causing a deep resonance in the Danjeon.
Red and blue sword lights flashed above the blade as it grazed the upper and lower teeth of an animal.
The Jecheon Sword led the attack with the flames of madness, and the Requiem Sword built a wall of frost with Glacia’s cold power.
It was a perfect combination of attack and defense, but the attack and defense were switched in an instant as if the two swords were connected by a string, creating a dual sword technique in which the Gwanga Sword was used for defense and the Seolpung Sword was used as an attack.
Cheeeeee!
The development of the Gwanga Sword ended earlier than the Snow Wind Sword, but the movement of the Jecheon Sword did not stop yet.
The second half of the snowstorm sword fight that the requiem sword had to unfold wrapped around Choshik, blowing a wind of frost over the land where night had fallen.
Raon unfolded both the Gwanga Sword and Seolpung Sword Blades and lowered his stance.
He crossed his arms and lowered the Jecheon Sword to the upper left and the Requiem Sword to the lower right, then raised Manhwagong and Glacia to the extreme position.
Red flames boil over the Jecheon Sword, and waves of frost flood over the short blade of the Requiem Sword.
He stepped forward with his left foot and stretched out both swords at the same time.
The frost kite rising from the requiem sword pierced the air, and the silver sword dream burning from the requiem sword tore through the space like a dream.
Simultaneous use of two seasons.
It had been used before, but now it was on a different level.
Seo Ri-yeon and Eun Geom-mong were not separate, but like one herbivore, they took advantage of each other’s gaps and pierced the enemy’s throat drawn on the head.
It was not two swords wielded at the same time, but a single dual sword attack.
“Whoa… … ”
When Raon caught his breath and lowered his two swords, he felt a faint presence behind him.
“I don’t know how to describe this guy like you.”
Cheryl sighed and shook her head.
“I only taught you the basics of dual-sword techniques and Aura operation, but what if you get to the advanced level on your own? .”
She stuck her tongue out, saying she would get tired of Raon’s talent.
“Is it okay for you to stay here like this?”
Raon smiled slightly as he stabbed the Jecheon Sword and the Requiem Sword.
“As it is the last day of the festival, all eyes are on the square. Regardless of day or night, all the eyes that followed me disappeared.”
“Oh, of course.”
Everyone had flocked to the square because Shinju Oryeong had said that he would use a large-scale firework magic to decorate the end of the festival.
“It seems that the heads of Shinju Oring are also busy trying to finish the festival well. but… .”
Cheryl looked around and narrowed her eyes.
“Vigilance is much stricter than usual. “It’s like getting ready to go to war.”
“What is your intention?”
“I don’t know. “Because Shinju Oryeong itself is an ambiguous group whose purpose is unknown.”
She quenched her appetite and said that she did not know the purpose of Shinju Oryeong.
“It certainly is.”
Raon touched his chin and nodded.
“Aren’t you going to see the fireworks or something? “Leaving everyone else to play?”
“I am protecting Martha inside Runando.”
He pointed to the room shared by Runan and Marta. Martha hasn’t woken up yet, perhaps because she’s still clearing the ground.
“The Cheongeomdae will be guarding the quarrel, so please come back.”
Cheryl came as Sieghardt’s representative, so she motioned for us to participate in the event until the end.
“I’m taking the other guys with me.”
“hmm… .”
Raon looked up at the sky. It was a dark night sky with no moon, so the fireworks seemed to be clearly visible.
“All right.”
I bowed my head and went into the dorm and knocked on Runan’s room.
“why?”
Runaan jumped out with ice cream in her mouth.
“Is something wrong?”
Denning Rose also came out with Runaan, her hands full of photos. She hated herself now that she wasn’t surprised to see that.
“omg! “The sight of him sweating is also great!”
Encia, who was behind him, repeatedly tapped the buttons on the camera. This is an early work, so I don’t know why it doesn’t break down.
Raon approached the three people, covering his face.
“It’s the last day of the festival, so it might be a good idea to participate.”
After checking on Marta lying on the bed, I told the three of them to go to the last event.
“There is someone else to protect Martha, so don’t worry.”
“okay.”
Runaan seemed to recognize who the person was and nodded and put on his coat.
“yes!”
“All right.”
Encia jumped out without even asking, and Denning Rose quietly stayed next to her.
When Raon was about to leave the central square with the three men and the Gwangpungdae that was guarding the mansion, they encountered Burren and other swordsmen coming in through the main gate.
“Why are you coming back?”
“It’s a bit awkward to leave you alone to play.”
Burren smiled awkwardly and scratched his head.
-Your eye color has also changed a lot.
Lars savored his appetite as he looked at Burren’s eyes, which had a gentler angle than before.
-Tsk, I liked it when there was poison.
‘The miasma is still there.’
Raon shook his head. Burren still has her goal of gaining acceptance from her father.
No, now that he was thinking about overcoming Karun, his venom was growing stronger without being visible on the outside.
“Everyone follow me.”
He gestured for Burren and the Stormtroopers to follow him.
“Martha… ah!”
Burren nodded as if he understood what was going on.
“That’s it.”
Raon smiled slightly and led the wind storm to the central square.
“I’m so excited for this festival.”
Dorian shook his head as he took a snack out of his stomach bag and ate it.
“I guess they prepared a lot of things to spread the name of Shinju Oryeong and increase its reputation. of course… .”
Burren pointed at Raon and laughed.
“That guy probably took all that fame.”
He shook his head, muttering that he was a ghost that sucked up fame and money.
“It looks like they are trying to make a fuss with fireworks.”
Crane grinned as he heard Buren’s words.
“What are fireworks?”
“It’s an event that announces the end of the festival by setting off fireworks in the night sky.”
“The festival will be a success, but Hsinchu Oring is a failure.”
Burren looked up into the air and laughed.
Even though it was not yet time to set off the magic fireworks, the square was full of people. Since it was the last event, it seemed like everyone participated.
“It’s Gwangpungdae!”
“I thought you wouldn’t come… .”
“Don’t you feel something different from the battles of White Sword Dragon and Gwangpungdae?”
“I saw such a crazy duel, and it doesn’t look the same as before.”
“I thought Shinju Oryeong was great, but the Six Emperors are different.”
People waiting for the fireworks event recognized the Gwangpungdae and swallowed dry saliva.
Instead of cheering like before, I just looked at them quietly, as if in awe. I think I was still shocked by defeating three top level masters at once.
Raon exchanged greetings with the executives of the neutral forces who greeted him and then headed to the VIP seat assigned to Sieghart.
After sitting in the assigned seat, I looked at the platform erected on the square. All four heads of the Hsinchu Five Spirits came out and took their seats.
The four sword demons lowered their eyes as if they were ignoring him, and Guisalchang waved a hand the size of a pot lid as if he was happy to see him.
The evil swordman gave a calm look, and the Emperor of Hugeuk lightly nodded.
‘Surprisingly.’
I don’t know about the Comedy Emperor or the Evil Sword Master, but I didn’t know that the Four Sword Demons and the Demon Sword Demon would be here. It felt so out of place that it felt foreign.
‘Is this event that important?’
I thought it was strange and was rubbing my chin when a good-looking middle-aged man came up to the fountain erected right below the podium. The method of walking on water is not normal. He was a well-trained master.
“Thank you for sharing a beautiful night with us!”
A voice covered in aura spread throughout the square.
“This is Kevan, the emcee for this event.”
The host, who introduced himself as Kevan, bowed his head to the entire square.
“Are you ready to enjoy the end of the festival?”
“Wow!”
The people responded with shouts that shook the entire square.
“I like the cheers. Now, let’s kick off the last part of the festival!”
As soon as he raised his hand, red-hot flames shot into the sky from behind the podium.
Wow!
The fireworks that exploded with an ear-ringing roar shone like sunlight and covered the night sky.
After that, yellow, blue, green, and purple fireworks explode in succession. A rainbow appeared in the dark night sky and it became bright as if it were broad daylight.
“Wow.”
“Are these fireworks?”
“That’s amazing.”
“I must have spent some money.”
Gwangpungdae also opened his mouth as if surprised by the scale of the fireworks display.
Raon whetted his appetite as he saw the fireworks, which were bigger and more colorful than he expected.
‘Couldn’t this be applied to martial arts?’
As I was trying to observe more closely, thinking of a way to use firecracker magic for swordsmanship, a sword-shaped spark burst into the sky.
However, the sword’s fireworks did not explode spectacularly, and only revealed a dark, unsettling aura.
‘That… .’
It’s not a flame. It was a real sword.
Sigh!
The sword fell at an incredible speed, smashing the host’s head and splitting the fountain. The once transparent water turned red and drenched the earth.
A man steps down onto the red-stained land.
Underneath the red hair that was thicker than blood, bright yellow eyes that seemed to have a divine sword in them caused a strong thunderstorm.
Above the heavenly beauty, the power of the transcendent being who ascended to the sky was revealed.
Burbububbung!
Silence floods beneath the blood-soaked red firecrackers.
The sound of the man’s blue robe bending in the wind was the only sign that time had not stopped.
“What if a festival doesn’t have blood?”
His gaze fell downwards towards Raon.
“It’s late, but you can fit it in, right?”
