“Ahh, seriously!”
He called out a few more tis, but there really was no response.
It was the sa with the other Transcendents too.
I an, if you made a bet like a human being, you should definitely pay out the reward!
But no matter how much he puffed himself up, there was no reaction anymore, so in the end Su-ho decided to give up.
“Status window, check.”
[ Ahn Su-ho ]
Lv : 290
Class : Rage Crusader
Rank : Middle Player
Traits :
Great Strength (P) : 21
True Demon (S) : 77
Senses (P) : 6
Command (N) : 109
Bonus Stats : 10
Nothing had changed in particular.
If there was one change, it was only the 10 bonus stats he’d received from mastering Vacuum Flow.
Su-ho assigned every single bonus stat he’d gained into True Demon, then closed the status window.
“Alright, then now...”
Anyway, he’d obtained Vacuum Flow, so you could say he’d accomplished his intended goal.
All that was left was to train like hell and raise Hard Strike Flow and Vacuum Flow up to the level he wanted.
'It’s fine. I’ve got plenty of ti.'
Besides, he was more confident than anyone when it ca to this kind of boring training.
And now he planned to fully take advantage of Infinity’s options that he’d completely forgotten about, so he might even reach the level he wanted faster than he thought.
'First, before that...'
He’d solved the big problem, so now it was ti to reward rit properly.
Su-ho said,
“Grid.”
- Yeah.
“Take this.”
Su-ho tossed him any rune that happened to be in his hand.
The mont he caught it, Grid’s eyes grew as wide as pot lids.
- W-Why all of a sudden?
“Don’t want it?”
- N-No. It’s not that I don’t want it. I’m just asking why you’re suddenly giving this.
“Because you gave the most decisive hint in solving this. You told to give up, but that’s where I found the core key point to solving it. So I’m giving it to you. Either way, it’s true that I solved it thanks to you.”
- Partner...!
Grid was moved to tears.
Then he imdiately started savoring the rune he’d received with greedy relish.
- Sss, haa, sss, haa... yeah, this is it... this is it...!
Man, I knew he got euphoric, but every ti I see it, he really {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} looks like a pervert.
Well, whatever.
He’d already paid out the rune as a reward, and what Grid did with it was up to Grid.
“Alright, then should we go back and raise proficiency so more?”
He’d obtained Vacuum Flow.
So now all that was left was to raise the proficiency of Hard Strike Flow and Vacuum Flow and awaken higher forms.
The thod was simple.
He could use Infinity to create the optimal training environnt and grind proficiency.
As he thought that and was setting up this and that program—
Ziiing—
The sound of a door opening.
When he turned his head, an unexpected... but familiar face was looking at him.
“Huh?”
The person flinched when he saw Su-ho.
It was none other than Park Yong.
Su-ho also asked with a surprised expression,
“What is it?”
“Ah... it’s just that I ca here to practice swordsmanship. But Section Chief, what brings you here?”
“Sa kind of reason. But did you use this training facility before too?”
“Ah, not really, but Nexus is partnered with the Association on a few things, and among those, Special Division personnel can use this S-rank Training Center, so we co here often.”
“Yeah?”
That Chairman Bae Donghyuk from Nexus—he really did handle things even better than expected.
Su-ho nodded with satisfaction and smiled.
“I see. By the way, have you made any progress?”
“Yes. Actually, not long ago I finally mastered a swordsmanship skill.”
“Oh, a swordsmanship skill?”
“Yes, so... if you have ti, Section Chief, could you... take a look for ? Of course, if you’re busy, you don’t have to.”
Park Yong carefully asked him to observe and give guidance.
Seeing that, Su-ho chuckled without realizing it.
'So I really did change him completely.'
This is Park Yong, the one I knew in my previous life?
In his previous life, Park Yong was exactly what you’d call rough, brutish, and single-minded—he only knew the sword and victory.
Even when he’d been captured after losing to Su-ho, he’d been more furious about the fact that he’d lost to Su-ho than guilty about killing people.
'Even the first ti I t him in the second run, he started barking his temper right away.'
But the current Park Yong wasn’t throwing a temper at all—he was politely asking Su-ho carefully.
At this point, it ant Su-ho no longer needed to worry about Park Yong.
Su-ho smiled and said,
“Alright, I’ll look. Lie down in Infinity.”
“In Infinity, sir?”
“If I’m going to look, Infinity’s better. I can extract data too. And anyway, the freedom of the battlefield itself is better in Kunlun than in reality, right?”
“Ah, that’s true.”
“Yeah, then lie down right away... oh, right. Do you have a program you’ve been using separately? If you do, show it to . I want to compare it to what I was about to run.”
“I’ll show you right away.”
Park Yong, excited, told him the settings for the program he’d been using.
After finishing the program setup, the two of them lay down in the capsules and connected to Infinity.
Hwaaaah!
His vision changed, and what appeared was the usual Kunlun.
As soon as they finished checking their statuses, Su-ho smiled and asked,
“You ready?”
“Yes, I’m ready.”
“Okay, then first....”
Snap!
When he snapped his fingers, wooden swords were summoned for each of them, and they grabbed them.
Then he snapped his fingers again, and status windows appeared above their heads along with the number 100.
It was the usual Overall Combat Power.
“Section Chief, this is...?”
“This is called Overall Combat Power....”
Su-ho explained the concept of Overall Combat Power. After hearing the explanation, Park Yong nodded.
“That’s amazing. If you balance the combat like this, you can really asure only pure swordsmanship skill.”
“Right. It’s a training technique you can only use in Infinity. And in that sense....”
Su-ho raised his wooden sword and pointed it at Park Yong.
“Let’s see it. That original swordsmanship you said you just mastered.”
At Su-ho’s provocation, Park Yong also raised the corners of his mouth and took his stance.
“You can look forward to it.”
“Did you na the sword art?”
“Yes. For now, I called it Light Swordsmanship.”
“Oh, really?”
“Haha. Is it kind of...?”
“No, it suits you.”
It was unexpected.
He thought if his personality had changed, maybe the na of his sword art would’ve changed too, but it seed his tastes were the sa.
Well, it didn’t matter.
What mattered wasn’t the na, but what was inside.
“Then I’ll begin.”
“Yeah. Co in.”
Soon, the spar began.
Park Yong gave a polite declaration, then imdiately charged at Su-ho.
Swoosh!
The first attack ca in sharp.
Light Sword, indeed.
Su-ho knew the mont he received Park Yong’s opening strike.
What changed was the guy’s social skills—his fundantal nature hadn’t changed.
Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack!
Attacks coming in one after another.
They really ca without giving him a single mont to breathe.
So it was fascinating.
He’d heard people change a lot because of their environnt, and Park Yong had definitely lived a life completely different from the previous one.
So how did he manage to master swordsmanship at almost the sa level as what he used in his previous life?
'The more I watch, the more amazing it is.'
Then in this life too, would Park Yong end up having the Light Swordsmanship that the previous-life Park Yong used?
He was curious.
In his previous life, Park Yong had been a bad person, but the swordsmanship itself hadn’t been bad.
'If anything, in terms of swordsmanship alone, it was excellent.'
And so Park Yong’s attacks continued.
Clack! Clack! Clack! Claaang!
A continuing fierce onslaught.
It was excellent.
Considering Park Yong’s current level and the path previous-life Park Yong had walked, the current Park Yong was achieving sothing truly dazzling.
But that was only in terms of his current level of accomplishnt—compared to his previous life, which had been close to complete, he was still far from enough.
'Ti to end it.'
Claaang!
In the middle of the pouring onslaught, Su-ho struck Park Yong’s sword away with a sharp blow.
Park Yong’s sword, caught off-balance, flew far away, and Park Yong, having lost his sword, had no choice but to concede.
Park Yong, who’d lost his grip on the sword, smiled awkwardly.
“Haha... yeah, I can’t beat you, Section Chief.”
“Experience is different, so it can’t be helped. Still, compared to before, it’s a huge achievent, you know? I was honestly surprised. In that short ti, you changed so much I wondered if you were even the sa person.”
“Is that so?”
“What would I get out of lying about this? Especially with praise like this, I have even less reason to try to get on your good side. And with the combat-power adjustnt, you and I had the sa strength stat until just now. And even so, you did this well—that ans you’ve achieved sothing huge.”
At Su-ho’s sincere praise, Park Yong grinned without saying anything.
Kid, even the way you get embarrassed is cute.
Still, I feel like I should give him so kind of advice...
He hesitated.
Because Park Yong had basically mastered his current Light Swordsmanship on his own, and Su-ho knew well that careless advice could actually poison him.
'In that sense, the best thing would be having a solid sparring partner at a similar level, like a rival...'
Su-ho asked,
“Do you usually practice alone too?”
“Yes. Based on the program I set in Infinity, I do endless sparring.”
“Does it ever feel lacking?”
“Rather than lacking, it feels a bit... disappointing. Among the data built into Infinity, the best is definitely your data, Section Chief, but your skill is so outstanding that no matter how hard I try, I can barely close the gap.”
“How about switching modes? Infinity isn’t stupid—if you use sothing like a guided learning mode, wouldn’t you still be able to learn while doing it?”
“It’s not like I haven’t tried that... but there’s sothing that’s a little hard to say cleanly.”
“Yeah?”
As expected, Park Yong had already been dealing with the difficulty Su-ho anticipated.
Then how should he help him?
He didn’t want to irresponsibly say sothing like, “That’s a luxury complaint—go train on your own!”
Park Yong was one of the talents Su-ho had recruited, and more than that, he was one of the grateful Players fighting for humanity.
At that mont, a good idea flashed in Su-ho’s head.
“Wait here for a bit.”
“Here? Then what about you, Section Chief?”
“Just wait a bit. I just got a good idea.”
After saying that, Su-ho logged out first, then pulled out his phone and called sowhere.
Then he imdiately rode Cheolma and left Nexus Academy.
Left alone, Park Yong tilted his head in confusion, but then, as Su-ho told him, he summoned an avatar and imrsed himself in sword practice alone.
After quite a while—
Along with an Infinity system notification, a human silhouette began to draw itself into Park Yong’s view.
Is it Su-ho?
But the silhouette being drawn wasn’t one—it was two.
“I’m back.”
One of the silhouettes was Su-ho, yes.
And the silhouette that ford next to him a beat later was none other than Yasuda Hiro from Sumiyoshi.
Su-ho smiled and said,
“From now on, kill each other.”
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