Chapter 24

Chapter 24 - Sword Master's Visit (1)

After the twists and turns of the competition, several changes came to Seo-jun.

Among them, the most notable change was that none other than Seo-joon finally held a spear in his hand, not an iron bar.

on the day the competition ended. As promised, Seoyoon gifted Seojun a weapon.

It was none other than Chang, and the amount was a whopping 20 million won.

This was also this much because it was discounted through Seoyoon's personal connections. Originally, it was a window boasting 40 million won.

20 million won was actually the cost of materials and the minimum labor cost.

From what I've heard, this workshop was often used by the Sword Saint.

In addition, it seemed that the workshop captain owed something to the Sword Saint.

Since the swordsman would not use the workshop just to get a discount, the quality was guaranteed.

Even so, it was clear that it was not as good as the spears sold at Transcendent Academy.

Even though it was a workshop that the Sword Saint frequently used, it was still human-level skills.

So Seo-jun thought about what it would be like to receive the money instead of using a sly trick to get the spear as a gift from Seo-yoon.

He could have bought the Longinus Spear if he saved a little more by adding the money he had now and the money Seoyoon gave him.

however.

< Calculate the causal rate and measure the right price... >

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< 120000000 ? >

‘This bastard's causal rate is real...'

This damn bastard's causal rate did not allow such expedients.

It seemed to be of no use unless Seo-joon himself worked hard and obtained it.

‘Is causality necessary literally?'

Seo-joon was able to understand causality, albeit vaguely.

In the end, Seo-jun decided to use the spear Seo-yoon gave him as a gift.

And Chang liked Seo-jun considerably more than he thought.

Whoo!

With a light swing, a crushing sound cut through the air.

The feel of the grip and the taste of the swinging hand were just right.

Indeed, I thought that it was a workshop that the swordsman often visited.

“Do you like it?”

“yes. I like it better because it was given to me by Seoyoon.”

Seo-yoon laughed slightly at Seo-joon's non-joke.

Then he pointed at one corner with his finger and said.

“Then can’t we just throw that away?”

Let's follow Seoyoon's fingers and turn our gaze to one side of the academy training room.

I saw an iron bar lying in the corner.

It was none other than the iron bar Seo-joon used until the competition.

Seojun smiled and replied.

“There is no need to throw it away. Still, I got it.”

“Jung-eun... ha ha, do whatever you want. Instead, you can't be stubborn and use an iron bar. You know?”

“yes. Sure.”

Seojun nodded.

Then suddenly, Seo-joon is playful.

“But sometimes...”

“Ah!”

Seeing Seoyoon shouting out loud, Seojun stopped laughing.

Seoyoon looked at Seojun and shook her head with a deep sigh.

Come to think of it, why is that iron bar still intact...

Then, out of curiosity, Seoyoon asked Seojun.

“Oh Seo-joon. I wanted to ask from before, what kind of mana technique does Seo-jun use?”

“A mana seniority method?”

“yes. Seeing that you caught monsters the other day, you seem to know how to handle mana, and seeing that you fight in contests, it doesn't seem to be a very low grade. I've never seen you use it with my own eyes.”

“Ah...”

Seo-yoon's words reminded Seo-joon of a thought he had forgotten.

‘Come to think of it, I haven't learned how to practice mana yet.'

In fact, when it comes to being a Hunter, what can be said to be basic was the mana practice method.

Mana seniority refers to a way to use mana more efficiently, and it could be said to be the source of power for hunters to act as hunters.

If the qualification condition for mana handling is awakening, then

the mana training method is the way to awaken mana and use it efficiently.

And you had to learn this mana practice to be able to handle mana and penetrate the monster's mana shield.

However, since the methods were all different, they were divided into upper and lower seniority methods according to efficiency.

Therefore, each Hunter Academy had its own mana performance method and it was registered as a patent.

This was also one of the reasons why he tried to enter a prestigious academy by spending expensive money.

Seo-jun, who had reached this point, asked Seo-yoon.

“Could it be that Dream Academy teaches you how to practice mana, Master Swordsman?”

“Ah... that's not it. Grandpa strictly forbade it. I don’t even want to do that.”

also so it is

If that was the case, the dream academy would have collapsed in order to learn at least one of the sword master's mana techniques.

“Instead, I will teach you the mana practice method I invented.”

“yes? Did you invent the mana technique yourself? Are you Seoyoon?”

“yes. Because I am interested in teaching.”

Seoyoon replied calmly, but Seojun was quite surprised by that fact.

It's a mana practice method that all hunters have, but not everyone can create it themselves.

At least it wasn't something that could be said to be interested in teaching.

If that was possible, it would have been like that from Seo Jun in the first place.

‘He said he had no talent... did he mean he had no talent based on the Sword Master?'

Or, I suddenly thought that Seoyoon's talent might be somewhere else.

< Would you like to attend this lecture? >

< After completing this lecture, you will acquire 'Insight [S]'. >

“S grade? Is it a lecture on the free pass?”

Seojun was quite surprised.

That's also because most of the rivers in the free pass were all B or A except for the SSS, Shakyamuni.

Considering that the rannachal obtained from Jecheon Daeseong's lecture, which cost 27 billion won, was S grade, I was able to guess how high the grade was.

Seo-joon pressed the play button after thinking for a while.

Hold on.

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[The law of the phenomenal world where the students belong is often called the law of cause and effect. It is very strict because it is the law that makes up the world.]

What appeared on the screen was an old man with a white beard and white hair.

He was wearing a wide, long-brimmed hat and gave off the impression of a college professor somewhere.

[Magic means a method of twisting the laws of such a world to perform miracles. A ball of fire suddenly appearing in the air A shaking of the ground without reason. How to create an effect without a cause. That is magic.]

[Thus, a wizard means a person who twists the laws of the world and performs miracles. And the method and means by which such a wizard can shake the strict laws of the world is mana.] [

Originally, the theory of mana justice should be explained, but today is the first day, so I'll briefly explain...]

[A wizard is the world's Zaio connects the world and his own mental world through language. And what you need in the process of persuading the world of your own mental world laws and persuading them is manaio.] [

But as I said, the laws of the world are very strict. That's why the more you shake the world's laws, the more you need a high-level mental world and a lot of mana.]

When you've heard this far.

Seojun seemed to know why he was in S grade.

A lecture with a different meaning than Shakyamuni's.

Right.

Perhaps knowing Seo-jun's feelings, Merlin continued by snapping his fingers as if to evoke the atmosphere.

[Then I have a question here. Unless a magician can perform miracles simply with mana. Then how can warriors, or non-mages, exert such superhuman strength?]

[To begin with, they don't just use mana either. They connect the world and their mental world in a little special way... Actually, I can't define it.

] It's because you use the same logic.]

Then Merlin said.

They use mana to fool the world with their personal will.

They bring things that are mere imaginations of individuals, deceive the world, and descend into reality as if they were the laws of the world.

The representative case is the absurd power that has never existed anywhere, but exists.

It is the Auror that embodies mana.

[Persuasion and deception. It's a subtle difference, but meddling with the law is the same thing. How... I think the explanation was a bit long. Cheers.]

[Now, I'll just explain it like this and demonstrate it myself.]

At that moment.

[Daily personal assignments have arrived.]

[The causal rate is calculated and assignments suitable for the current student's level are given.] The

daily assignments came to mind while encroaching on the smartphone screen.

“Is this also a daily assignment...”

Seojun sighed and checked the daily assignment.

-Formation of 1000 Mana Spheres. [0/1000]

After checking Merlin's daily assignment, Seo-joon was a little embarrassed.

That would be the case because Seo-joon didn't know how to use mana, much less how to shape the mana sphere.

However, as if knowing Seo-jun's worries, fortunately, Merlin has a way to feel and handle mana.

And the basic things that shape the mana sphere were taught.

“Shall we do it right away?”

Seo-joon performed Merlin's daily tasks right there.

But is it because of Chiron's senses?

Seojun did not have much difficulty in feeling mana, and there was no great difficulty in handling it.

However, shaping it was a slightly different matter.

No matter how much Chiron's senses he had, he couldn't handle it skillfully for the first time in his life.

Thankfully, Merlin's tips were of great help.

Seojun kept repeating it dozens of hundreds of times.

Woo woo woo.

At the end, Seo-jun was able to shape a very distorted mana sphere.

“Oh... these are mana spheres.”

Seo-joon checked his daily assignments just in case.

But anyway. It was not counted in the number of daily assignments.

“You'll get used to it when you do something.”

Seojun did not pay much attention and looked at the mana sphere he had created.

I don't know why, but just looking at this small bluish sphere made my heart feel refreshed.

It was just then that he was staring blankly at the sphere.

“You bastard...!”

An old voice rang out from somewhere.

There was power in the voice, but it seemed to have lost some vitality, and it was definitely that of an old man.

‘Who is it?'

So Seo-joon had a question.

There were only two people who would come to Dream Academy.

Seojun and Seoyoon.

However, there is no way that Seoyoon, who went out saying she had something to do, would suddenly become old and come back.

Seo-joon tilted his head and turned his head in the direction the sound came from.

“Who are you... uh?”

And Seo-jun put a question mark on the sight he saw.

It was because Seo-jun's eyes reflected the face of the swordsman, a being that was only seen in the media.

And that swordsman, for whatever reason.

“What are you doing?”

Seo-joon... No, to be precise, he was gazing at the mana sphere in Seo-joon's hand, and he was burning up a thick murder.