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Episode 212. The Sword Master Knew
Wedge-!
Ethan’s wooden sword stabbed Legia’s shoulder.
It was an extremely fierce attack, but Legia did not dodge it. This was because she felt no hostility from Ethan’s wooden sword.
Phew-.
Ethan continued to play with his wooden sword and pressed down on Legia’s waist and thighs. In an instant, he moved Legia’s body and made her assume the first stance of the sword technique written on the parchment.
“… … .”
Legia was impressed. It was a perfect posture.
Since Legia had taught him this sword technique countless times, he knew very well how perfect his stance was.
It was exactly the same as his own way.
What was even more surprising was the posture he was taking.
He had written down a sword technique of considerably high difficulty on parchment. It was a sword technique that Legia himself theorized, and could be learned by intermediate level users, but to perform it perfectly like this, one had to be an advanced user.
He was able to achieve the first stance of such a difficult swordsmanship with just a few movements of the wooden sword. And he did it perfectly.
What this means is that he has mastered this difficult level of swordsmanship in such a short period of time.
Since you can’t teach if you don’t understand, it really meant that Ethan was a genius who surpassed the level of the advanced level.
But that wasn’t the end of it. There was something even more incredible that made Legia uncomfortable.
pain.
The biggest drawback of this teaching method was that it felt no pain at all.
It was when Legia first conceived of this educational method.
I tried several methods to force the other person to correct his posture, but the correction always required a lot of force.
With great power came great pain.
During the correction process, the trainees felt great pain and in fact had to wear mana like armor to endure the process.
But if you do that, correction itself becomes difficult.
Because your body is so tense, you can’t force yourself to correct your posture.
In fact, it could be seen as a failed educational method.
But Legia was confident in her teaching methods.
That’s why I’ve been researching for a long time to improve the educational method, and I’ve found my own breakthrough.
By completely eliminating pain, we were able to suppress the other person’s unconscious reactions, which made even more perfect correction possible.
Legia has tried many different methods, including what she calls the painless correction.
An artifact in the shape of a bamboo stick engraved with magic.
And the sealing and breathing methods that were devised for this purpose.
Legia’s educational method was completed by combining numerous things.
When viewed from the side, it may seem like educating students is as easy as gently poking them with a bamboo stick, but the easier something appears, the more difficult it is.
It is an educational method that was perfected through countless trials and errors.
It was natural that the planting was uncomfortable.
Ethan’s correction, like his own correction, did not cause any pain at all.
This means that he too is using painless correction, but Ethan’s method is completely different from Legia’s.
It wasn’t magic.
It wasn’t an artifact either.
It was something else that Legia didn’t know about.
Legia unconsciously clenched her fists.
It is an educational method that I have pursued my entire life.
How long did it take to achieve painless correction?
How much have you cut back to correct the biggest flaw in your teaching style?
But this young man, in some unknown way, relieves his pain just as much as I do?
“That’s strange. It’s a really strange method.”
In an instant, Legia’s expression changed. Ethan, who saw that expression, then swung his wooden sword.
Since I made you take the first position, I thought I would make you take the second position.
Wedge-!
Ethan’s wooden sword danced with the sound of the refreshing wind. Legia was now completely surrendered to Ethan’s wooden sword.
Finally, Legia’s eyes opened wide as she perfectly assumed the second pose.
“That’s it. That’s the way.”
Legia, lost in thought, muttered something and then began writing down various things on a piece of parchment.
Then, as if he had found the answer, he stood up from his seat.
“You’ve stabbed the mana rod. Huh, so this method can also reduce pain.”
To be exact, it was a point prick using acupuncture.
Of course, considering that Legia didn’t know its true identity, it was a very accurate answer.
But there was still suspicion in Legia’s eyes. Ethan swung his wooden sword again to dispel even that last bit of doubt.
‘It looks better.’
As if he was looking at the answer sheet, Ethan swung his wooden sword without hesitation.
The speed of the wooden sword became faster and faster, and Legia’s posture also continued to change.
Starting from the first posture, the first form, and moving on to the second, third, and fourth forms, and finally to the final posture, the fifth form, the speed of the wooden sword became so fast that it could not be followed with the eyes.
Phew-.
Still, there was no pain. It was a completely painless correction.
“Phew.”
Ethan took a deep breath. Even for Ethan, this wasn’t an easy task.
Legia, who had been standing with the 5th form spread out, slowly turned around and nodded.
“I see now. You stabbed not only the Mana Rod, but also the blood path. That’s how you got rid of the pain.”
With just a little hint, he was able to get close to the correct answer, so Ethan thought that he had chosen a very good teacher.
“Your teaching method is different from mine. They seem similar, but… … they’re different.”
Legia could finally admit it.
Ethan’s teaching methods and his own teaching methods are similar, but definitely different.
“You came up with it yourself.”
If it were the same, the method of painless correction would have been the same as well.
But Legia’s way and Ethan’s way were completely different. Ethan was correcting Legia in a way that Legia had never thought of.
Plus that genius.
In that short period of time, he understood the high-difficulty swordsmanship that he had taught just by looking at it. He even perfectly reproduced it through his own body.
How could you be more suspicious?
Legia had several possibilities in mind as she came to Ramsdale.
The least likely of these possibilities was that Ethan himself had come up with the new method.
Since Legia had taught many people who were called geniuses since childhood, he knew very well how big the gap was even among those who were called geniuses.
“It’s ridiculous, but… … .”
I came here because I thought it was ridiculous.
But when that absurd thing turned out to be true, Legia couldn’t help but be embarrassed.
‘It’s a good thing I learned Waryongshi. It’s also a good thing I prepared so well.’
Not only was that great head a problem, but Legia’s aura and body were not something that could be moved with mediocre strength.
‘Thanks to Waryongsi, the effects of Jin Heoryu acupuncture have been strengthened. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have been able to correct Legia so perfectly.’
This training method was an extremely difficult technique to attempt if you were lower level than your opponent, so if you hadn’t learned Waryongshi, it would have been extremely difficult to correct Legia’s posture.
‘It wouldn’t have been impossible, but it would have been creaky, and it wouldn’t have been possible to dispel the suspicions so clearly.’
When it was confirmed that Ethan’s teaching method was different from her own and was something she had created herself, Legia’s expression softened significantly.
What changed the most was the look in his eyes.
Perhaps because he saw a new direction in Ethan, Legia’s eyes became much clearer than before.
-The survival rate, which had temporarily decreased, has returned to its original level.
-Your chances of survival increase!
The previously declining survival odds even increased further.
‘after.’
Only then did Ethan relax.
Legia had been doubting herself strongly. Now that Legia’s doubts have been resolved, those doubts will now turn into trust.
But Ethan had no intention of simply accepting an apology here.
Ethan bowed his head to Legia, who was trying to apologize.
“A junior of mine has been rude. He had been thinking hard in his head while he was sick, and he realized it after he regained his health, so he had a strong attachment to it. I also thought this teaching method was my original, so I think I acted rudely in front of my senior. Please forgive my rudeness.”
Ethan demonstrated by example that he had created his own teaching style.
If so, the fault lies entirely with Legia. Nevertheless, Ethan was the first to apologize.
Despite her young age, she has achieved results with overwhelming talent. So it is only natural to be intoxicated by that talent.
But still, he would think about his own dignity.
Legia couldn’t help but laugh out loud at Ethan’s apology.
-Your chances of survival are slightly increased.
“No, no. It’s not you who should be apologizing. I’m really sorry. I’ve been really sensitive lately. I couldn’t help but react that way. I’m sorry.”
Legia bowed her head and apologized. It was the first time Ethan had seen Legia bow her head like this.
‘What a fascinating sight. I would love to take a photo of it if I could.’
Legia is a very thorough person. He never creates anything to apologize for in the first place.
Ethan waved his hand, suppressing the corners of his lips that were rising without him knowing it.
“No. It would be natural for Lady Legia to be suspicious since my teaching method is so similar. In fact, when I came up with this teaching method, I was arrogant but thought that I was the only one on the continent who could use it.”
“Hahaha. Does that mean I’m arrogant? Good spirit. To be honest, yes. I was like that too. I was proud that there was no more perfect education method than this. That only I could think of and perfect.”
Legia looked at Ethan.
Legia could well understand how much pain and despair it had taken to make that educational method her own.
Of course, Ethan wasn’t particularly desperate. After all, the basis was Legia’s educational method.
“I apologize for this. I’m truly sorry. But if there’s anything you want from me, I’ll give it to you.”
‘I didn’t know it would work out this well.’
Ethan smiled brightly.
When I met Legia at this time, I never thought things would work out this well.
‘If things are going well, you should go with the flow.’
It means that you will be granted whatever you wish.
Just like with Geomseongdo, the favors bestowed by these powerful people cannot be answered with an obvious answer.
Of course, they would listen to even the most obvious requests, but these powerful people also evaluate their opponents by such things, so they had to gain as much as possible.
‘Legia gets a lot of requests. So no matter what they ask, she can only do the obvious ones. She’s heard them all before.’
So it clearly shows that the rewards that Legia gives are not as great as he thinks.
“I want to learn from Legia.
“Hmm, you want to learn from me? Then are you thinking of quitting Ibeka?”
Legia seemed to be disappointed as he answered. To him, it was an answer within the expected range.
But Ethan’s steps weren’t over yet.
“no.”
Ethan said.
“I’ll just learn for a month. Until the end of the vacation. That should be enough.”
“one month?”
Legia’s disciple.
Maybe it’s the place everyone on the continent wants to be.
But you asked me to do that job and only want to learn for a month?
And is that enough?
Legia blinked her eyes, wondering where on earth such a person came from.
For a moment, the conversation with the swordsman flashed through his mind.
Geumseong said that he didn’t really know if he would come even though he was invited to the new teacher training session.
So when I asked what had brought him to this change of heart, Legia said he had come to find Ethan Wickers.
Then, Geomseong blinked his eyes.
At the time, I didn’t know why he was making that face, but now I think I understand what it meant.
Blacksmith thought that Legia had come to recruit Ethan.
“I knew. The swordsman already knew your skills. That’s why he made that expression.”
“yes?”
“No. No. Yes, good. One month. Let’s try adding my teaching method to yours. When this training is over, come to the palace.”
fantasy,
