Chapter 25

Goal

Spear

Like before, like now, the weapon that he chose was the spear . He chose it because . . . it looked safe . Fighting far away, swinging like a coward . He was scared of using a knife up close . So he chose the spear .

That was the reason, but he like it . He used it for a long time . It was a difficult weapon, however .

He chose the spear his life as well . He hadn’t even thought of using another one . He had no confidence to welding one, and he didn’t want to abandon the Chase Soul,

Yes . He was stubborn .

His inner strength didn’t carry over . Only thing he had was the experience and the understanding of spear techniques . He didn’t want to abandon that . That memory was the memory of a person called Lee Sungmin living in this stupid world .

It was too hard for a 14 year body to use the spear techniques he remembered, but he was used to that . Inner strength? Because of the 20 percent from Wijihoyun and the Amethyst Cloud, he had more than before .

His spear techniques had improved at a fast rate . She gave him the basics . Not just spear techniques but other things as well .

The best thing that happened to him in his past life was Wijihoyun .

She had taught him the Amethyst Cloud, gave him her 20 percent of inner strength, gave him the High Heavens, gave him so many other things . There was no one like her in his entire past life . She never wanted anything for her help .

She was a great teacher . If she accepted, he would have been her student formally .

But she didn’t . Because he was her friend .

‘20 seconds . ’

Before attacking 20 times, she wouldn’t retaliate . The only thing that she could do was dodge or block . There was no point . 20 seconds would be useful when the two people had the same skill .

There was nothing like that between Sungmin and Wijihoyun . A huge, dominant gap was between them . So Sungmin didn’t move quickly knowing that . A useless attack . A missed attack .

What was the point .

‘What should i do?’

What would he attack with first . It wasn’t going to hit her, but he was careful . He wanted to try his best, to try and kill her .

There were 3 attacks with the Chase Soul .

None of them were complicated attacks . All three of those were mixed in with the High Heavens .

There was no way to win with the attacks . Wijihoyun made the remixed High Heavens so she knew about all the attacks . Sungmin moved his feet . She only had her right hand uop .

It was dawn . The weather was chilly .

A bird squeaked nearby on a tree .

Sh! The spear stabbed from his hand . It was the zhe that she had taught him . No, it wasn’t just the regular zhe . It was the first attack of the High Heavens .

Chase Soul One Kill The one strike used all his strength and power . The spear went straight towards Wijihoyun’s heart in a second .

Tap! Her hand moved . She lightly wiped her right hand and blocked the Chase Soul One Kill .

“Next . ”

She muttered . Sungmin wasn’t hurried . He knew that would happen . His feet moved . There was no reason to move . His spear was close enough .

‘Ah, this . ’

He stabbed his spear . Stabbing . Swinging . He used all the basics that she had taught and the manual of the High Heavens . His spear technique could be called already over second rate .

But it didn’t work on Wijihoyun . She only moved her right hand . Her eyes moved faster than his spear and predicted the spear strike . That was how she blocked it . Her hand was barely a 13 year old girl’s, but the sharp spear didn’t even wound her hand .

That was the difference . He was only a half a year into martial arts . No matter how much he learned, he was barely first rate . How about Wijihoyun . She had learned from young age with potions and help . She was young, but her experience and skill vastly surpassed his skill .

The results was done .

“ . . . I lost . ”

He muttered . The 20 seconds . He used the 20 seconds to do everything that he could .

“You did well . ”

Unlike the sweating Sungmin, she didn’t have any signs of tiredness . She only wiped her right hand and came close to Sungmin .

He attacked 20 times in the 20 seconds, but all of them were blocked by her right hand .

After that 20 seconds, she moved . She probably used a technique . He didn’t read her technique . Just, he… could slightly feel it . Not to stay in the same place .

“That last decision was good . You used up one more second . ”

A random spear strike was aimed towards Wijihoyun . She used up one more second trying to dodge that . She put her hand on his shoulder and smiled widely .

“You have good sense . ”

That was a genuine compliment .

“That’s something you have, above experience and everything . You know something that you can’t see, and if you can do that, that’s already talent . Someday, that’s going to be a huge tool for you . I’m looking forward to you in 10 years . ”

“ . . . But I lost . ”

“Of course . I’m the Small Pegasus . I wouldn’t lose here .

She laughed loudly . She felt relieved . Maybe it was the freedom of leaving after staying in this city for a few months . But Sungmin’s chest felt a bit stuffy .

‘It was sadness . ’

He had felt that . Thinking of it, he had never had someone like this to confide to . There was no things as friends, and he didn’t have companions either . There were mercenary companions, but facing hardships and sufferings, he had never thought of the his mercenaries as companions .

There was no trust in that . Not to say friendship .

But she was different . Unlike the suspicious Sungmin, she was innocent . She was an unique person that he had ever met before . Like he was her first friend, she was his first friend .

That was why he felt sad . To be away from her . He was surprised slightly that he could feel something like this .

“Why do you have that face?”

She tilted her head and asked . Sungmin sighed and swiped the sweat .

“I feel sad . ”

“Really? I feel the same way . ”

She laughed . She turned around . Picking up the bag under a tree, she continued .

“It’s sad for me to leave you . I want to stay with you if I could . ”

“Then you can . ”

“I already told you . It’s for you, for me . ’

“I understand . I’m just . . . complaining . ”

“Haha! Aren’t you 27 in mental years? A 27 year old is complaining to a 13 year old… it sounds a bit disgusting .

Disgusting . Wasn’t that a bit too much . No, she was always like this . Her words came out too directly . And harshly .

“It’s a shame, but I have to leave . Like you have things to do, I have things to do . With this, I get to look forward to you in 10 years . ”

“ . . . Look forward?”

“Yes . I’m looking forward to it . That fight… it was too easy . Way too easy . But I was content with your skill . You did what I had hoped you would do . Especially that last strike was really good . ”

“It was luck . ”

“That’s up to you to make it not luck . Haha! I’m looking forward to it . Well, I’ll probably win then too . ”

She laughed and swung her bag on her shoulder . He turned sullen and looked at her .

“Don’t be sad . You’ll be able to meet me in 10 years . ”

“It’s too long . ”

“You’re complaining again . Why . You want to copulate with me?”

She turned around and asked . Sungmin blinked a few times and looked back . Silence continued . He didn’t know what the word ‘copulate’ meant .

“Cop… what?”

“Hm . You make me repeat an embarrassing word . That is, you want to make a baby with me . ”

She touched her chin and repeated herself . Sungmin’s mouth opened widely

“What, what?”

“If you don’t want . Well, I guess you’re too young for that . No, are you?”

She muttered . She was calm, but Sungmin’s face turned red . He kept opening and closing his mouth until he finally screamed .

“You don’t have anything that you can't say!”

“Haha! I’m joking . Joking . Isn’t that a joke among friends?”

“No!”

“Really? I didn’t know . It’s my first time . I’ll be a bit careful next time .

She laughed and said . She came closer to Sungmin .

“Well, it seems like a good idea if it’s you . It’s fun watching you . Yes… you should think about that for 10 years . How much my breasts will grow in 10 years . ”

“I won’t!”

“Why? It doesn’t do anything . I’m curious as well . I was known as man before? Then it means that my breasts won’t grow that much . . . Haha! It would seem pretty fun meeting you with bigger breasts . You’ll be surprised . ”

“Crazy…”

He forgot what he was going to say and muttered curse words . She went past Sungmin and tapped his shoulder .

“In 10 years . The main plaza of Tobes . 3/14 . I’ll be remembering . ”

“ . . . Ok . ”

“Don’t die . ”

She left the words in passing .

“I won’t . ”

He turned around . He could see her back leaving the inn .

“I won’t die ever . ”

He muttered as if casting a spell on himself .

And so Wijihoyun left .

With a promise to meet in 10 years .