Chapter 124 – Shield Practice
When I returned to the inn, the sun was in mid-heaven.
The group ate a simple lunch.
Monica was so nervous that she couldn’t even open her spoon properly. All I ate was three spoonfuls.
To that, Seo-joon muttered that yes- it would be better that way. He said he would probably vomit it all day.
Monica was even more nervous.
Ian and Lily couldn’t hold back her concerns about her in many ways. That said, she couldn’t even ask Seo-joon how it would be for her to take it easy.
In Seojun’s dictionary, the words ‘roughly’ and ‘lightly’ did not exist from ancient times.
He taught rigorously in preparation for actual combat. In particular, if they cried-, missed the sword-, pretended to be weak and acted foolishly- they were immediately beaten under the guise of discipline.
It was Ian who experienced this painfully. How badly it must have been that every time Seo-jun raised his hand, all the muscles in his body would inadvertently tense-.
Perhaps because Seo-jun is also a human being, he thought that he wouldn’t be that harsh on Monica, a pregnant woman, but he didn’t know that.
Seo-joon, who finished his meal, put on his light armor and headed to the empty lot behind the inn with Ian, Lily, and Monica.
There was no one there except a man who had been hiccuping drunk since broad daylight – secretly peeing on the wall of the inn.
The soil on the floor was not very even, but rather than a place originally set up for training – it was just a flower bed where flowers and nectar crops were raised. It seemed to be abandoned as no one was managing it now.
Seo-joon stepped on the floor. A little bit of dirt on the floor.
If it is soft, it will be training as it is soft, but I wanted it to be as hard as possible, but it was regrettable. It was a boon for Monica. It will hurt a little less when you roll on the floor.
When I looked around, there weren’t many people except for a few passers-by walking along the side of the road.
Even so, eyes were pouring on Lily and Monica, probably because they had lightly dressed for training.
Monica with long arms and legs stretched out like a deer and cool features. Lily, who takes off her hood and exposes her face, shows off her incomparable beauty.
As they were wearing thin clothes, their bodies were exposed, and passers-by stopped for a moment to look at their bodies. Some even whistled openly.
“You two are focusing on mana training first. Please watch Monica’s training, and if I have time, I’ll look after you two.”
The two nodded at Seojun’s words – Lily and Ian, and sat cross-legged on the back of a tree.
Seo-joon then nodded his chin at Monica.
“Monica. Leave the sword there for now, bring your shield and come here.”
At Seo-joon’s words – it’s coming – Monica, with a look on her face, swallowed her saliva and, as Seo-jun said, leaned the Arming Sword against the wall of the inn and walked in front of Seo-jun with a shield.
If it was so heavy, the thin limbs would tremble just by lifting it and moving it.
Seo-joon clicked his tongue as if to listen. Monica bit her lip at that.
“Listen to the shield.”
Monica immediately raises her shield at Seo-jun’s words. Her arms tremble more than before.
Seojun went around her and corrected her posture one by one.
I taught her how to support her arm, what weapon her opponent had – or what direction she was swinging – and what type of attack she was using – she taught me a proper stance.
Depending on when you hit with a heavy weapon such as a mace or an ax, when you stabbed with a spear blade, or when you collided with your body, the angle of your feet and thighs changed.
At some moments, I had to let go of the attack, and at other times, I had to hold on tight with both legs.
Just by changing her posture like that, beads of sweat dripped down her sideburns. The situation where sweat is flowing profusely to the extent that the back and lower back are already wet.
“…Are you okay? Will you just give up?”
When Seo-jun, who was worse off, asked, Monica suddenly raised her head and screamed no- she said she would never give up.
At that, Seo-joon laughed and patted her shoulder.
Monica liked that touch, and Betsy smiled. She tightens her shoulders again and straightens her posture.
Perhaps they were nervous – let alone mana training, – Lily and Ian, who were watching the two people with narrow eyes, gulped down their saliva. It was because Seo-joon’s kindness and laughter felt like the calm before a storm.
And Seo-joon said that he would start training in earnest now.
“The most important things to wear a shield are the waist and thighs. Endurance-. That’s the most important You must crouch and block all attacks with your shield. When is the counterattack? Don’t even think about it. Blocking is the beginning. You have to block the attack properly – there will be an opportunity to attack.”
Seo-joon put his hand on the pommel and walked around her.
A pretty girl who had only ever lifted chopsticks was trembling while holding a shield, and a good-looking bastard talking about plausible things- definitely drew attention.
Among the passers-by on the street, the idle ones clung to the fence and began to watch them. So one by one, people multiplied.
However, Monica and Seo-joon, the parties involved, did not pay any attention to it.
“Chill out. I will push you from now on. Strengthen your legs and hold on. The shield holder ends the moment it is pushed over. Think of a turtle with an upside-down shell. It’s not different from exposing my soft stomach and grabbing me. So hold on-. That’s where it all starts.”
At Seojun’s words, Monica shook her head.
Still, he said that he would follow Seo-jun’s journey- Judging by the firm face of Shim-ji, it seemed that he had a different will. It was definitely different from the Monica of the past, who screamed at the sight of grasshoppers.
“Then go. Hold on.”
At the same time as the words were over, Seo-joon rushed at Monica like a deukdal.
And then he kicked the front of Monica’s shield in a flash.
At the same time as Seo-Jun rushed at her, Monica, who had been holding on with all her strength, felt Seo-Jun’s foot bang- hitting the shield- and her body boom- floating in the air.
“Huhhhhh…!”
Monica, who had been floating in the air, squealed and, not enough to fall over behind her, awkwardly put her back and rolled her wheels.
“Wake up!”
When Seo-joon screamed wack- Despite the world spinning around, Monica immediately stood up on the dirt floor- and raised her shield.
“Where are you looking at, you motherfucker…! Do you want to get behind?”
After belatedly coming to her senses at Seo-jun’s threats, she realized that she wasn’t facing Seo-jun, but towards Ian and Lily, who were sitting cross-legged on the floor.
The two opened their eyes in surprise and met eyes, and Monica-, quickly corrected her direction and looked at Seo-joon.
The cold, sunken black eyes were terribly frightening.
Seo-joon kicked her to the floor without giving her time to catch her breath. And then she kicked Monica’s shield again.
Bang···!
“Ughhhhh…!”
There was a crash like a huge bison crashing into the front of her shield, and Monica flew back and roared behind her, letting out her screams again.
Her whole body was covered with dust – her pretty hair was scattered. It was fortunate that she cut her hair short. If it wasn’t for that, it wouldn’t have been very mischievous to get tangled in her neck or face…
Monica’s strength was released and she barely stood up, dragging her wobbly body, and she stood in front of Seo-jun again holding her shield.
Only two crashes… Already, her eyes were spinning.
“Tongue, tongue…”
“Oh, brother-!”
Aren’t Ian and Lily being too harsh next to me? – Seo-joon revealed it when he seemed to be trying to stop Seo-joon.
Monica, instinctively aware that he was on the verge of bursting into rage when he saw the bloody hair standing on his neck, screamed.
“Lord, I’m ready…!”
At her confident cry, Seo-joon rolled her eyes back to her.
The two of them, who tried to restrain Seo-jun, shut their mouths.
Because they were familiar with Seo-jun’s personality-, they knew that it was best to stay still.
But I know- because I felt that this scene was so violent, I couldn’t just ignore it and focus on mana training.
Monica was not just a delicate girl. Her skinny limbs and her thin waist didn’t make the two of them worried about Monica.
She had a child in her belly. Ian’s child-.
Nevertheless, as if Seo-joon didn’t care about that in the least – rough – Yes, like a buffalo, he attacked Monica’s shield again and again.
The sight of the onlookers increased one after another.
Even the city dwellers who had been through all kinds of chaos were unfamiliar with this sight. The pretty wife grabs her shield and stands ready to collapse at any moment, flies to face the slam of her sturdy man, then flies off, rolling on the floor and flying again.
However, it stumbles up again and confronts it again… Where else would you see a scene like this…?
When her man lunged at her and kicked her, her maiden flew screaming and rolled on the dirt floor.
In the process, the clothes she was wearing became tattered as her elbows or knees were torn, and her skin was charred, even causing her to bleed.
But her man was infinitely ruthless. There is no change in her coldly sunken expression, not a word of encouragement from her.
Her wobbly limbs raised her to the floor – to her maiden, barely holding her shield, her man lunged like her bull and slammed her whole body against her again.
Whenever such a thump-thump-collision occurred, people frowned and clicked their tongues.
“What is that?”, “Where is such an ignorant training?” She clicked her tongue and shook her head.
No matter how much cheering for violence and bloodshed was the way of thinking of the residents of this era, I couldn’t help but open my eyes and see how such a fragile woman was repeatedly suffered and suffered again and again.
So, most of the onlookers couldn’t hold back their exasperation and scattered back and forth.
However, a few remained and cheered on such a girl.
He said that he was doing well – and told him to hold on a little more – cheered and supported the pretty girl he had never seen before.
The merciless training lasted for a while, and it ended only after she flew twenty-five times and passed out from rolling over.
“Whoa… Lily, look at Monica.”
“Ah, yes!”
Lily, who had been biting her nails and watching her, hurriedly ran to Monica to check on her condition.
No matter how uncomfortable she was with her Monica, it was a little tearful to see her ruined to this extent.
She put her face down on the dirt floor and passed out her Monica on her lap, patting her on the cheek.
“Sister Monica! Sister···?”
Belatedly, Monica raised her head with her eyelids quivering. When she clenched her teeth, her lower lip was torn and blood was oozing out.
“Gwa, are you okay…?”
Monica smiled softly at Lily’s worried expression. She then tried to get up, reaching out and clutching her hand to the shield that lay beside the paddle.
As Lily tries to support her by her side, she shakes her hand saying it’s okay and leans on her shield, barely raising her body.
Her breath was panting, and her body drenched in sweat, she clenched her teeth again and squeezed with all her strength to raise her shield.
Seojun, who was trying to show Ian’s swordsmanship, glanced back at him and smiled poutingly.
“You want more…?”
At Seo-jun’s question, Monica raised her shield tightly.
Her quivering arm made the shield quiver. As she collided with Seo-jun, her shield hit her eyelid, and one of her eyes was swelling up blue.
Seeing the cold sweat dripping down her face and her vision blurry-, her body knew it too. That it is already a limit.
Nonetheless, Monica braced herself with her legs and stood up. She didn’t even have the strength to answer.
“···OK. Goes.”
She wasn’t Seo-jun, who would clap her hands and say that she did well.
Seojun straightened his posture again. The moment you want to jump off the floor and jump forward-.
Someone from the side came over the fence and – a fire between the two – intervened.
“Why don’t you do that…?”
A girl with red hair and white skin. It was Marjorie, the captain of the Red Fox Mercenary Corps.
