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Episode 5. I made a plan.
To become a servant of Yeongju Castle, you had to have a certain level of basic skills.
That’s because it allowed me to deal with various situations.
Leeman had some degree of military force, as he had to handle various chores and handle various affairs within the castle that required strength.
Kyaang-!
So he easily crossed his hands and blocked Ethan’s wooden sword.
But at that moment, my arm started hurting so much that my whole body started shaking.
I couldn’t help but groan.
“Ugh.”
He couldn’t help but scream inwardly.
He must be dying, but where does this strength come from?
The force wasn’t that strong. It was just an attack that landed in the right spot.
‘I think my bone is broken.’
But that precise attack hit the bone.
It’s only been about two weeks since you started training. I heard you were originally a very skilled person, but since you got sick, you’ve probably lost all your muscle mass.
‘What the hell happened?’
Until recently, Prince Ethan had difficulty even walking.
But how can he swing a wooden sword so accurately?
It even seemed like I could see arm muscles that clearly shouldn’t be there.
“Phew. Phew.”
But Ethan was extremely tired.
“Oh, Confucius! Confucius! Please listen to me!”
“I will listen. Keep talking.”
As he said that, Ethan continued swinging his wooden sword.
Bang-! Bang-!
Leeman couldn’t even properly counterattack against Ethan, who was precisely targeting the bone area.
The hero’s breath was definitely a technique that awakened every cell in the body.
Even Ethan’s weak body had gained some muscle through this breathing exercise. In that state, he was swinging a wooden sword, so even though he lacked strength, it was bound to be powerful.
As the attacks continued, Leeman eventually allowed himself to be struck properly. He would have retreated more calmly, but the pain was greater than he had expected, so he retreated quickly.
‘aperture!’
Ethan didn’t miss that opportunity.
Bam-!
The wooden sword struck his head with a crisp sound.
“Ahhh! I really can’t!”
It was so painful that I almost cried. I wanted to fight back, but Ethan’s movements were much faster than I expected.
It was obvious that he couldn’t even swing a wooden sword properly, so I couldn’t understand why he was so fast and powerful.
So all Riemann could do now was make excuses and run away.
Ethan just laughed and didn’t stop attacking.
“I’ve dealt with a lot of guys like you. Guys who go up to someone who desperately wants something, tempt them with the promise of getting it, and then hit them in the back of the head.”
One of the reasons why the difficulty of Mepan is extremely high is because there are so many characters who constantly hit you in the back of the head.
They are constantly trying to send players to the abyss.
Ethan has been through this a lot. He’s been through it a lot and he’s dealt with it a lot.
There is one lesson learned along the way.
‘If you do it roughly, it will come back up again.’
Kindness is quickly forgotten, but enmity is long remembered.
There have been more than a few instances where someone I had spared out of mercy came out and blocked my path.
That’s why Ethan had no intention of dealing with it half-heartedly.
‘If you’re going to do something, do it properly. If you’re going to show favor, do it grandly.’
If you do it half-heartedly, the results will be ambiguous.
“Whoa!”
Ethan hit Leeman in the head again. Leeman fell down after being hit properly, but Ethan did not stop.
-Cast Hero’s Breath.
-Your body will feel energized!
“I’ll use you as a living sandbag.”
Ethan laughed and swung his sword madly.
* * *
“Ugh.”
“Are you awake?”
Ethan’s room.
As soon as Riemann opened his eyes, he tried to get up, but he couldn’t.
His limbs were already tightly bound.
“Oh, my lord! I was wrong. I had the wrong thoughts. Please, please forgive me.”
Riemann quickly assessed the situation. Then he burst into tears.
“I have a sick mother. I think I went crazy for a moment trying to earn money to treat her. I’m so sorry.”
There was sincerity in his crying, with tears and even a runny nose.
If this is acting, then the theater company should hire him as an actor right away.
But Ethan’s gaze was cold.
“Lehman.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. I am truly sorry. Please forgive me just this once.”
“Don’t worry. You have a sick mother? That’s unbearable. I know because I’ve been sick myself. Being sick is sad. I’ll tell the general that I’ll take responsibility and take care of your mother.”
“Ugh. Thank you. Thank you. Really. For forgiving me.”
“Forgiveness? What the hell are you talking about?”
Ethan grinned. Then he flicked his hand.
A long dagger was summoned from his hand. It was a dagger made of mana.
“You said you had a sick mother. I’ll find her and take care of her. But you’ll have to pay the price here. You need to know exactly who you messed with.”
Then he thrust the needle straight into my shoulder.
His body was already a mess because he had been beaten so many times by Ethan.
‘This is a great opportunity to practice Heoryu acupuncture.’
“Kkaaaaaaah-!”
He let out a loud scream.
“S, save me… … save me! Someone, please!”
“It’s gotten so noisy that someone must be coming. But don’t worry.”
Ethan approached him and whispered in his ear.
“It ends before that.”
* * *
The Count’s general, Mirelli, was surprised at the state of the young master before his eyes.
And the attendant next to him was even more surprised at Riemann’s condition.
“Your Majesty.”
“What, what is this? Master? I heard a scream! Are you okay? I’m sorry. I should have taken care of it… .”
“Something came up.”
Ethan briefly explained the situation to the general. As soon as he finished his explanation, the general’s eyes widened.
“Please make sure to handle it.”
Ethan had dark circles under his eyes. Ethan was pretty handsome by default.
Especially those sickly eyes.
The general became indignant when he spoke with eyes that seemed to want to protect something.
Attacking the frail and weak master? And to commit fraud at that!
“This, this piece of trash. This piece of trash in the House of Count Wickers! I’m sorry, Young Master. It’s my fault for not managing things properly. I will take responsibility for this piece of trash and deal with it!”
The general’s menacing gaze was fixed on Riemann.
But Riemann’s eyes were already utterly empty.
As if he were dead.
“Please take good care of me.”
‘This is enough.’
Ethan laughed quietly to himself.
The director will probably take care of it.
Since you dared to attack the eldest son of the count’s family, I won’t spare you.
Ethan left Leeman in the care of the general and headed straight back to the training grounds.
‘It’s definitely a great skill.’
Hercules was certainly a hero, a god of heroes.
As I did as I was taught, my physical condition quickly improved.
‘And false acupuncture. Since you practice without hesitation, your proficiency level will increase quickly, right?’
In many ways, it seemed like a rough and solid way to practice acupuncture. I had to use it on myself, but it would be better if I had someone to use it on.
* * *
Ethan dealt with Lehman and returned to his training.
Thanks to the hero’s breath, his body, which was nothing but bones, began to gradually gain muscle, and from not being able to swing the sword ten times, he was now able to swing it fifty times or so.
– Hero’s Breath proficiency has increased by 0.3%!
“Even though I’m working so hard, it doesn’t seem like my skill level is improving much.”
Although my physical condition was improving, the rate at which my skill proficiency was improving was slowing down.
‘The proficiency of skills is more important than you think.’
No matter how high the skill level is, if the skill proficiency is low, it will be pushed out by skills that are lower level but have high proficiency.
Therefore, skill work had to be done consistently.
‘Learning isn’t everything. I have to make it my own.’
“Next is acupuncture.”
After finishing the training using the Hero’s Breath, we immediately started training in Heoryu acupuncture.
Acupuncture was currently the only treatment that could provide even a slight improvement in Ethan’s condition.
‘As you increase your proficiency in false acupuncture, your chances of survival will continue to increase.’
Ethan immediately turned on the video. He carefully watched how Heo Jun inserted needles and which acupuncture points he focused on during the treatment.
Then he tested it using his own body.
“You just have to not fail.”
Hold your breath and stick it in without moving an inch.
Phew-!
Fortunately, it seemed to work out well.
“It seems like the mana road has widened a bit.”
‘Okay, I feel a little healthier now.’
I had gained a little more time and built up my basic physical strength. Then I had to prepare for the next step.
‘I need to find a trustworthy subordinate and meet the saint.’
In order to cure his illness, he had to meet a saint who could perform miracles. If he could meet that saint, he would be cured for sure.
‘I already have the quickest way to meet the saint in my head.’
The saint was not someone you could easily meet. It was almost impossible to meet a saint by chance.
‘There is no saint among the people you can meet by chance.’
There were several conditions required to meet the saint, one of which was fame.
‘In Mepan, fame levels were quite important. The higher your fame, the higher your chances of meeting the saint.’
First of all, I had to build this reputation.
‘If you want to build a reputation, you have to put together the right pieces.’
There were various elements in Mepan that could make you stronger. The easiest and fastest of them was to gain a power called super strength.
This superpower was a kind of hidden piece.
These superpowers, if obtained, would grant their possessors great powers, and they came in a great variety.
From attack techniques to defense techniques, evasion techniques, etc.
It was the easiest and fastest way to become stronger if you just got it, but getting it itself was quite difficult.
‘Once you obtain it, you can become stronger, but the process of obtaining it is extremely difficult. No matter how good the superhuman power is, if it is difficult to obtain, there are many cases where it is given up.’
The better the superpower, the more guards there were in the places where you could get it, and the harder it was to get it there.
‘But it’s not like there’s no way. You don’t necessarily need to gather all the superpowers. You just need to get the superpowers you need now.’
What Ethan needed most right now was superpowers that could cover his weak body.
Acupuncture is helping to improve my weakness, but I don’t feel like it’s completely cured.
So I had to get the superpower I needed most.
‘That’s it.’
The most needed superhuman in the current situation comes to mind.
“Then I guess I need to make some plans.”
In order to move, you need to prepare something.
fantasy,
