Chapter 31 – 031. Yeongcheon-Ryu
031. Yeongcheon-ryu
“Sister. My sister said she would support me, right? How will you support me?”
I wish I could support you with that amazing body. I swallowed the afterword.
“Wait a minute.”
Contrary to my wishes, Jin Se-young went out of the training room, and after about a minute, she came back in.
Jin Se-yeong approached me holding a long box with both of her hands.
“There are five types of support. One is membership fee free. The second is the provision of private training rooms. The third is personal training… Namely, tutoring. I promise to teach you wholeheartedly. Fourth, practical support. Fifth is weapon support. I will support you with the sword I am holding. What do you think?”
From my point of view, this is a very good condition.
Currently, I have no intention of joining a guild, so that’s off the table. My purpose is to be strong, not to join a guild and work like a dog.
“Great. But what is the sword that is said to support me?”
Her gaze turned to the long box she was holding. The sword will be there.
Jin Se-young carefully put her box on the floor and took out her key to open her lock.
Inside the box was a reddish knife wrapped in fine cloth.
The tip of the sword is angular, the back of the nose does not exist, and the hilt is a luxurious black color unlike the reddish blade.
There was a stick-like black sheath next to the sword, but I could only see the red sword.
I stared blankly at the knife. Even though the weapon has no eyes to see, the vibe it feels tells you that this knife is out of the ordinary.
Compared to this sword, the iron sword I own is nothing but rubbish.
“The name of the sword is Hwaryeon Bido, and the type is Changpo Sword.”
“A spear sword? Is it a knife?”
“In our Yeongcheon-ryu, the distinction between a sword and a sword is meaningless. In Yeongcheon-ryu, it refers to a long black blade. It’s a sword or a doni, I don’t have to distinguish between them. Also, due to the nature of Yeongcheon-ryu, I prefer daggers or light swords. Because Yeongcheon-ryu’s actual fighting style prefers quick killing rather than fierce battles. In that sense, the calamus sword is good to use.”
“Ah.”
If you think about it, the basic skills of Yeongcheon-ryu were movements based on the one-handed sword. There is also an action of holding the sword in reverse and swinging it. It is certainly not a swordsmanship that fights face to face.
In order to freely wield a sword as the style of Yeongcheon-ryu, it is better to have no nose.
The sword of Yeongcheon-ryu, which focuses on pleasure and silver, is better to be light, and the great sword type is rather a hindrance.
“If you don’t like this, I’ll prepare another one.”
“No. No. No! No way! I really like it!”
“Okay? Thank god.”
I gently reached out and ran my finger through the blade. I thought it might be hot because it’s a reddish blade, but it’s very cool.
“Hwaryeonbido was made at the Poetry Center in Gangwon-do.”
Poetry!
It is a famous blacksmith that I have never heard of. It is known overseas that one skill is one of the best in Korea.
“The blade is made of black iron and the scales of the fire dragon, and the hilt is made from the bones of the fire dragon.”
“Huh. Fire Dragon!”
It is an SS grade monster that turned Korea upside down 10 years ago. For reference, SS grade monsters mean unmeasurable.
Fortunately, before leaving the dungeon, all 10 guilds cooperated to hunt the Red Dragon.
“Don’t be so surprised. Because this is a failure. That’s why the word 悲刀 is included in the name. Originally, I was thinking of making a sword with the ability to handle flames, but it seems to have failed. The durability of the Hwaryeonbido is excellent, and it is a normal knife except that the blade does not deteriorate even if you do not take care of it.”
“That, that alone is great enough! How much are you selling this for?”
“Not long. Roughly 3 billion? Looking at performance alone, 100 million won is on the expensive side, but since the material is the scales of a fire dragon, the price has gone up.”
“This is really… Are you giving it to me?”
Jin Se-young nodded her head without hesitation.
“Eugene. As long as you keep the terms.”
I looked her in the eyes and said it seriously.
“Sister. Get the contract quickly. I’m in a hurry.”
Hualien Bidu completely took her heart away.
•••
Practice.
This is the biggest worry of novice hunters.
Hunters enter dungeons and hunt monsters. The problem is that the dungeon is a different space that is cut off from the earth except for the entrance. That’s why crimes frequently occur in dungeons.
It is for this reason that parties created through the association do not want to go to high-level dungeons as much as possible, and the biggest reason for the creation of guilds is the crime of hunters.
Incredible colleague. A colleague with a knife in his back. A colleague who turns into a robber.
Beginner hunters who have no background or anything are hesitant to fight because they can only enter parties made through the association.
This was a problem I had as well. But now it is different. It is because I have Jin Se-young, my trustworthy colleague and escort, next to me.
Jin Se-young is a B-class hunter, and the dungeon we entered is an F-class ‘rat man’s residence’. Even if the hunters hunting nearby become robbers and attack us, it will be cleaned up in less than 3 minutes if Jin Se-young steps forward.
“It’s your first real performance, but don’t worry. If you have enough skills, you can catch Ratman without any problems.”
Jin Se-young, who was wearing leather armor that was easy to move, said.
“Nu-nuna, if that’s the case, then it must be like that.”
I replied, holding the hilt of the Hwaryeonbido sword at my waist.
I, like her, wear her leather armor. She just put on the protection on her shoulders or on her chest. Originally, I wanted to protect myself with heavy armor, but due to the nature of Yeongcheon-ryu, movement is important, so I had no choice but to choose light clothing.
I didn’t buy the armor, I borrowed it from Jin Se-young for a while.
‘Eww… I’m really fucking nervous.’
It’s not the first time I’ve entered a dungeon. I entered a dungeon for practice and faced a goblin one-on-one.
But then and now are different. At that time, there were many people around me, and goblins were the weakest monsters that even normal people could deal with if they gave them a weapon.
I bluffed it and called it a real battle, but in reality it was just practice. The real first practice is right now.
“I am so nervous. Take a deep breath.”
“Hoo-ha. Whoa ha.”
Taking a deep breath, I touched my smartphone, not the hilt. Touching a smartphone is much more stable than touching the hilt.
After relaxing to some extent, I put my hand on the Hwaryeonbido on my waist again.
“I remember the old days. I was very nervous at first too.”
“How did you relax?”
“After fighting once, I was relieved to some extent. You probably do too. After doing it a few times, I feel that Hunter work is no big deal.”
The F-grade dungeon ‘The Ratman’s Residence’ is a wetland type dungeon. The floor is muddy and there are thick trees and swamps everywhere.
The monster that appears here, Ratman, is a bipedal rat that roams the wetland freely. It is 150 cm tall and attacks using claws and teeth. By-products cost an average of 10,000 won per nail, and magic stones cost about 80,000 won.
While talking, we walked into the dungeon.
If you see someone else, you immediately leave your seat. It was an open dungeon that any hunter could enter, so I had to pay attention to the location of other hunters.
“Yujin. Look over there It’s rat man.”
She turned her head to the direction Jin Se-young pointed. There was a rat man with black fur about 30 meters away.
I could see it from a distance. It was much bigger than a goblin. It seems to be true that even if three goblins attack, no rat man can win.
“I’ll show you a demonstration first.”
Jin Se-young walked towards Rat Man. When Rat Man saw Jin Se-young, he raised his fur and stuck out her nails to take a fighting stance. Most monsters try to kill people when they see them. No matter how different their skills were, few monsters ran away.
“Kiyaaaaa!”
Jin Se-young didn’t stop her steps despite her rat man’s charge, and swung her sword as if it was brushing her side. Ratman’s head flew through the air and fell to the floor with red blood.
At first glance, it seems that Rat Man came and just died.
‘Byeokgye (碧溪), the real story of Yeongcheon-ryu. I’m not up to that level. As expected, my sister’s practical skill is a great proficiency.’
From a distance, it looks like they just passed by and cut it, but from Rat Man’s point of view, Jin Se-young would have seemed far away.
Byeok-gye is a technique that blurs the other person’s sense of distance with his unique footwork.
“Magic stones are in the heart of most monsters. If not the heart, it is often in the head.”
Jin Se-young carefully packed her magic stones and her nails in the bag on her waist.
All you can get from one ratman is a magic stone and 6 claws. That is, 14 million won.
If you catch 10 by simple calculation, it is 1.4 million won, but you have to pay 30% tax. Adding to that, if you factor in equipment maintenance costs and dungeon access costs, you can actually spend about 500,000 won at will.
‘From a hunter’s point of view, I have no choice but to hate the Hunter Association and the country that take the tax.’
Hunters mostly form a party to act. The average party size is 5 people. If he catches 30 rat men a day, he will earn about 300,000 won.
‘This is also a high profit. Because in ten days, you can make 3 million won. Besides, if you improve your skills and catch high-level monsters, earning 1 million won a day is not a job.’
It wasn’t for nothing that Hunter was envyed by the general public. However, it is just a ridiculous amount for me who has a play life app.
If I make up my mind and try to make money by using the game life app properly, I can earn about 100 million won.
“Yujin. There’s a Ratman over there. You hunt this time.”
“… Okay.”
I drew my sword and approached the rat man. His body trembled slightly with tension. I’ve killed people in the game world, but this was the harsh reality.
“Kiyaaaaa!”
Ratman screams at me and starts running. I recalled Jin Se-yeong’s movement that I had seen 10 minutes ago and used the Byeok-gye.
As I stepped on my unique footwork, Rat Man’s eyes shook and he looked behind me. It’s a success. Ratman’s sense of distance has faded, and he’ll think I’m a few meters away.
‘Compared to Se-yeong’s older sister, she has a dangerous feeling.’
It worked though.
I run past the rat man and brandish his sword. Accurately cut Ratman’s neck. My strength is lacking compared to normal hunters, but the sharpness of the sword covered it.
“Rice, it’s nothing.”
I muttered as I looked at Ratman’s corpse. It was sincere, not bluff. My words trembled because of the excitement that I had succeeded in practicing Yeongcheon-ryu in real life.
“Look. No big deal, right?”
“Yes. I think I’ll be able to kill Ratman easily in the future. Sister. How far can I go?”
“If it’s an E-rank monster, you should be able to hunt it. However, more than that is a bit difficult. Your Yeongcheon-ryu skills are certain, but your physicality is a problem.”
Physical.
Muscular strength. Health. Agility is inferior to other hunters.
It was a problem he was aware of, so he nodded his head politely. And what she said is that if you have enough physical strength, you can easily hunt E-rank monsters.
I told her, taking her magic stone and her claws from her ratman’s corpse.
“Great. Let’s keep hunting. Sister. I got some sense.”
“Okay. I have to pay for what I came to.”
As soon as I saw Rat Man, I approached and killed him. Even if you didn’t use Yeongcheon-ryu’s actual weapon, you could kill him with basic deception.
5 hours.
It was the time it took me to kill 24 ratmen.
I killed 5 of them in almost an hour, but it took much longer to find the rat man than the battle time.
“Only 24….”
“I can’t help it. There are many hunters competing in open dungeons. One thing to be careful of in open dungeons is not to steal monsters. 80% of hunter fights in dungeons happen because of monster ownership.”
“I heard that too. Still, closed dungeons are a bit dangerous… Uh? Why do you suddenly stop?”
“Shh. Someone is ambushing ahead.”
Now we were on our way back from hunting. It means you have a lot of by-products that turn into money.
“… Are you banded?”
Hunter Banded.
As the name suggests, they are bad guys who rob Hunters. I poked my head out and looked at them. There were a total of three of us, and we were talking while leaning against a large tree.
“Maybe. You can just turn around… Only then will someone else avoid it. I need to get rid of it.”
Jin Se-young stepped forward, and I followed.
I wasn’t too worried.
This is an F grade dungeon, and she was a B grade hunter. The level of the robbers here was obvious.
