Episode 99 Week 6 Mentoring, Strategy Battle (6)
“… … .”
“… … .”
Calligraphers are generally quiet, and Song Cheon-hye felt a bit awkward and uncomfortable dealing with them.
So the two of them just kept biting into their bagel sandwiches in silence, and the conversation was between me and Han So-mi, who didn’t care about such things at all.
Little question number one.
“Are you eating well with sugar?”
“Yeah, it’s delicious! Amazing! Where did you get it?”
“They risked their lives by going into extremely dangerous places to rescue people. Because of that, many people were sacrificed.”
“That can’t be!”
Han So-mi pretended to be overly surprised, then immediately burst into laughter.
He seemed to take my words as a joke.
Well, how could anyone guess that he went into the black market and bought it?
“It’s delicious, but isn’t the portion large?”
“Yeah, I haven’t even eaten half of it yet!”
“Actually, I gave you a lot on purpose. It’s a bribe. If you break the rules later, will you let it slide?”
“That won’t do.”
“It doesn’t work. That’s a shame.”
“I’ll spar with Go Hyun-woo sometimes!”
“That’s fine.”
The bribe was also only a joke, and the original goal of ‘making Ko Hyun-woo and Han So-mi spar’ had already been achieved, so that was enough.
Minor question number 2.
He pointed to Song Cheon-hye with his eyes and asked.
“I have another question. Between you and Song Cheon-hye, who ate more?”
“… … !”
At that moment, Song Cheon-hye was taking a big bite of a bagel sandwich, and her pupils dilated greatly when she heard the question.
I started moving my jaw in a hurry to empty my mouth, but to my annoyance, Han So-mi didn’t wait at all.
“Cheonhye ate more?”
“Really? How much?”
“I don’t know, but anyway, a lot!”
I nodded as if I understood.
“Somehow. I knew it from the moment you said, ‘Please hand it over to me.’ You were all selfish.”
“Cheonhye really likes sweet things!”
“… … !”
Song Cheon-hye is unable to come to her senses due to Han So-mi and I’s combined attack.
I tried to swallow everything in my mouth and come up with a rebuttal, but the conversation had already moved on to the next topic.
Trying to make excuses later will only make you look obsessed.
He lets out a silent sigh, feeling both wronged and empty.
Anyway, I thought it was time to start talking about the strategy battle, so I asked Song Cheon-hye.
“Have you reviewed yesterday’s battle?”
“Yes, I tried it.”
“Since I failed with one minute left, I think it’s okay to go ahead with the plan.”
“I think so too.”
Since you failed while filling up almost 10 minutes, there is no need to change the strategy right away.
It would be a better choice to increase your skill level by repeating the same structure.
This is only my second attempt, and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
“Why can’t we just deal with the perpetrators?”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye’s body flinched when she heard the word ‘decapitator.’
For a moment, the scene from yesterday flashed before my eyes.
A scene where a kitchen knife filled with mana flies around spinning around and smashes the waist of a goddess statue!
“After it was over, I asked Dang Gyu-young, and he said it wasn’t on purpose.”
“It was too coincidental to be intentional.”
Song Cheon-hye’s tone was calm, as if she had already guessed.
But his expression was visibly relaxed, showing relief.
“But similar things can happen at any time in the future.”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye’s expression half relaxed and then hardened again.
As we learned last week, Dang Gyu-young has no qualms about mentoring.
A style that mercilessly exploits weaknesses until they are addressed.
In other words, it is a style that raises children strongly.
So, if there is a similar situation as yesterday, I will definitely give the same instructions.
It means that the beheader unconditionally throws the kitchen knife.
“It doesn’t sound like you’re just bringing up the subject of the beheading, it sounds like there’s an alternative.”
“Then, of course there is.”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye waits for the next words with serious eyes.
I spoke in a tone of utter solemnity, as if I were revealing some very important secret.
“Just watch carefully and stop it.”
“……yes?”
“You just have to watch carefully and stop it.”
“Is that an alternative?”
“It’s a very traditional and effective solution, isn’t it?”
When I asked Han So-mi for her consent, she immediately agreed.
Move your hands quickly, swish swish!
“That’s right! Just look at it and block it!”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye’s face turned cold.
It looks like he’s thinking, ‘I should have expected what I expected from these people… ‘
But soon, he looks back and forth between Han So-mi and me, and then he realizes that we weren’t just joking, so he turns back to a serious expression and asks.
“Instead of just saying that, can you explain it in a little more detail?”
“Do you remember? What the decapitator did before throwing the knife.”
Song Cheon-hye looked down at her bagel sandwich for a moment and began to recall her memories.
You may have recalled the scene of the statue of the goddess breaking dozens of times, but you never thought deeply about what happened before.
The eyebrows, which had been furrowed for a while, soon began to slowly rise.
“Now that I think about it… … .”
– Ghhhh!
In the flashback, the decapitator goblin roars.
After concentrating all of the remaining mana into the cleaver in his hand, he throws it at the statue of the goddess with all his might.
In other words, what it means to say, “Watch carefully and block” is this.
“There was a preliminary action.”
“yes.”
There is a fairly large movement just before the pattern of throwing the cleaver.
If you read it and deal with it, you will be able to avoid an unfortunate incident like yesterday.
“Okay, I’ll try that from this challenge onwards.”
Song Cheon-hye nodded, checked the time, and exchanged glances with Han So-mi.
And at the same time, he got up from his seat.
“We have some leadership work to do, so let’s get up first. See you in the classroom.”
“Bye! See you later!”
Han So-mi left, waving her hand brightly just like when we first met.
“… … .”
The calligrapher was still silently concentrating on her breakfast.
Since I usually don’t stack bagel sandwiches that thick, I ate it slowly without saying a word the whole time, but I still wasn’t finished.
He stared blankly at the backs of the two people walking away, then turned his head toward me and asked.
“Who do you think will win?”
“What, if you and Song Cheon-hye fight again?”
“huh.”
“well.”
It was impossible to say with certainty who would win this question.
In terms of specs, such as skills and characteristics, Song Cheon-hye is far ahead.
Although calligraphers are growing at an alarming rate, Song Cheon-hye’s talent is also at a level that is worthy of being called a genius.
So the gap between the two won’t be narrowed overnight.
“So you don’t know until you try.”
“huh…….”
“But one thing is certain. If you keep training hard, you will win someday.”
Even if it is impossible overnight, if you keep moving forward without stopping, you will definitely surpass Song Cheon-hye someday.
The calligrapher met my eyes and nodded slightly.
“Work hard, okay.”
Although I still couldn’t feel Ahn Jung-mi’s presence nearby, I thought I could picture her wiping her eyes with emotion somewhere.
* * *
Song Cheon-hye was deeply lost in thought even as she walked.
Repeating what I just heard as if I was talking to myself.
“Just look at it and block it…?”
“Swish, look, bang, yay!”
Han So-mi corrected me as if I was a little wrong.
I don’t think that will help much.
Song Cheon-hye recalled Kim Ho’s advice.
‘Watch the advance motion and block it.’
The fact that the Goblin Decapitator’s movements increased just before he threw his cleaver was a surprising weakness.
It was such a simple piece of information that I wondered how I had missed it, but if Kim Ho hadn’t mentioned it, it would have taken me longer to realize it.
However, blocking by observing the preliminary movements is only a theory, and it is impossible to know what will happen in real life.
‘Swish, look, thump… … .’
It’s easier said than done, but can it really be done?
To be honest, Song Cheon-hye was completely out of her mind during this entire battle.
There were too many things to worry about.
Should I keep pouring magic power into the magic circle, should I cast this magic spell and that spell in succession, should I properly control those spells and make them hit, should I stop even one goblin from passing, should I exchange offense and defense with the decapitator… .
Trying to do all of this at once makes me feel dizzy.
But now there’s an added objective: ‘Read the beheader’s patterns and respond.’
Even though the action is bigger, is it really easy to capture that one moment in the middle of a heated battle?
“… … Even if it’s difficult, I have to try. No, I have to do it.”
Song Cheon-hye made up her mind.
Do your best in any situation.
That was the way of the Thunder King, and it was also the way of Song Cheon-hye, who inherited his will.
Her numerous experiences so far have proven that this approach is not wrong, and this time it will be no different.
‘by the way…….’
Song Cheon-hye turned her gaze to the right.
Han So-mi hums a tune as if she is so excited, and walks with light steps as if she is flying.
Song Cheon-hye’s eyes suddenly grew cold as she looked at the sight.
The reason is that the moment I took a big bite of the bagel sandwich, I remembered the surprise attack by Kim Ho and Han So-mi.
– Between you and Dangkwa, who ate more? Song Cheon-hye.
– Cheonhye ate more?”
– Somehow, they were all selfish.
– Cheonhye really likes sweet things!”
Song Cheon-hye knows better than anyone that Han So-mi is a pure and unsullied soul.
But even so, aren’t there things you can and can’t say in front of someone you’re not close with?
Are you trying to make me look like I’m obsessed with sugar?
Although there was no malicious intent, it was an issue that had to be addressed at least once.
“But earlier you—”
Just as Song Cheon-hye was about to start nagging,
Han So-mi rummaged through her inventory and took out the snacks she had received from Kim Ho.
Dried fruit gift set.
“Cheonhye, would you like to eat some dried peaches?”
“—Do you want to eat?”
Come to think of it, it seemed like it would be okay to nag her later.
Song Cheon-hye was infinitely generous when it came to sweets.
* * *
After school.
Just like yesterday, we gathered at the dungeon hall.
Today, the pair of Kwak Ji-cheol and Hong Yeon-hwa entered the temple first and were challenging, while Song Cheon-hye and I were waiting.
Since we had already decided on our course to some extent in the morning, there was no need to discuss it separately now, and we were not even in a relationship where we could have casual conversations.
So I waited, looking around uselessly here and there,
“Shoot-”
Song Cheon-hye, who had been lost in thought, muttered to herself.
It seems like what I was thinking in my head just came out of my mouth without me realizing it.
When I turned my head slightly to look at him, he had his mouth shut tight and was maintaining a poker face.
If you keep staring at him, he will ask you something as if he is curious.
“Why do you look at me like that?”
“-and tak. That’s it.”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye continues to maintain a poker face as if she doesn’t know what’s going on.
But it seemed inevitable that her face would gradually turn red.
Fortunately, the embarrassing moment passed quickly.
The portal opened and Kwak Ji-cheol and Hong Yeon-hwa walked out.
Judging by his brighter expression than usual, it seems like the battle went well.
The always tense atmosphere between the two had become much more amicable.
Let’s ask Kwak Ji-cheol a short question to confirm,
“success?”
“Yes.”
Last week, a guy who didn’t talk much answered confidently.
I guess I feel a little more confident because I’m sure they’re ahead of us.
Hong Yeon-hwa also had a very haughty look on her face, even though she didn’t say anything.
When our eyes met, he became humble for a moment, then looked at Song Cheon-hye again and put on a proud expression.
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye’s reaction was still indifferent.
But to my eyes, it looked like he was trying hard not to break his poker face.
“Should we go in too? Isn’t it about time we started seeing success?”
When I asked casually,
“Yes. I will make it work, this time for sure.”
Song Cheon-hye seemed to want to get out of here as quickly as possible, so she grabbed me and dragged me into the dungeon with her.
