183 – end of second semester (1)

The long vacation period is over.

The two weeks passed faster than I thought.

There was an unfortunate incident where the academy was attacked and victims were killed, but the academy was able to welcome the lively start of the semester again by handling the incident well and continuing to deal with it neatly.

Especially the recent collaboration with California Holder Academy.

Thanks to the large-scale exchange project that changed even Park Jin-woo, who was a training maniac, the academy was overflowing with foreign holders.

Every passing street, every passing building…

At least one of them had blonde hair and blue eyes.

“uh! Do Jae-hyun is the holder, right? wow, wow! I am a fan.”

… And only once.

There were American holders who recognized me like this.

He even claimed to have become a fan of me through this operation, and handed me a pen and paper to ask for an autograph.

‘No, you’ve never seen me fight.’

Can you be a fan of someone you’ve never seen?

I suddenly had such a question, but for some reason, my hand naturally went to the pen and paper they handed over.

Even so, I can’t be mean to someone who is my fan.

Maybe I became a fan after seeing your face in an article.

“thank you. What did you say your name was?”

Also, if you say so.

Most of the people who asked for autographs were surprised and asked back.

“Do you speak English?”

“little bit. I’m not very fluent.”

“Apart from that, you have a very neat accent… .”

It was the power of [Language], the common rune obtained through this operation.

The [Language] rune is a fairly unique rune.

At first, I thought it was simply a rune necessary for communication with monsters and spirits, but that area was also applied to the language between humans.

If it is a language that has been reported and heard at least once, the language is naturally entered to me through the application of the system.

From then on, not only the ears to hear are pierced, but also the speaking comes out like a Korean language.

Of course, a common language like English was easy, and even a traditional tribal language could be spit out proficiently if one had only heard it once.

Its proficiency and application power depend on the rune level.

Now my [language] level is 8.

Since it was 1 level higher than [Cooking], it was needless to say that its proficiency.

“thank you! Let’s take class together later!”

“Yeah. thanks.”

since its inception.

Signing autographs for fans I didn’t even know about became frequent.

It happened often even before the operation, but this much… It was embarrassing and thankful that even foreigners across the sea welcomed it so fiercely.

Anyway, fresh faces blow a new wind, and the academy was full of energy every day.

“Haap!”

“That’s fast! But the California holders are faster than that!”

“You talk a lot!!”

Especially the Academy Gymnasium.

A place where practical combat practice and training can be conducted, and students can compete with each other.

This place used to be crowded with Korean and American holders sharing sparring every day.

Wanting to judge each other’s skills and compete against each other is a common greed that all holders of combat series have.

It was an interest that would be eaten in any country in the world.

Kang-!!

gugg-

“Big… .”

The directions are slightly different…

I was no exception to these gymnasium battles.

Tuesday evening.

A “Private Battle Room” located inside the Academy Gymnasium.

In this private sparring space, which professors can use only after applying directly, I was receiving Yu Eun-seol’s unstoppable swordsmanship.

‘… He really loses without mercy.’

It’s a sword that I received a few times during the temporary closure, but it seems that today it is especially strong.

… Did you purposely increase your power in time for the beginning of the semester?

Yoo Eun-seol looked at the day I was barely breathing, and soon delivered another ruthless sentence.

“I am going again.”

“Yep!”

Thanks to my extraordinary growth rate, I am experiencing record-breaking changes every day, but the growth achieved through this operation and rest felt quite valuable.

It wasn’t all just because the number of runes acquired was large.

Through this opportunity, I got a lot of common runes that I always thought were weaknesses, and these runes create synergy with each other.

Perhaps someday, they were runes that could become ‘higher runes’ under [Rune Hunter].

In addition, 3 legendary runes that I got in Japan that could now become my main runes.

Finally, as I came up with a way to remove unnecessary runes separately, I was able to fight more efficiently than before.

‘still… .’

What would you say is the most inspiring of them all?

It is also the growth of assassin-type abilities.

Core common runes such as [Stealth], which has already reached level 10, [Identify Weakness], and [Critical Hit] are equipped, and the footwork rune [Agile Body] to assist them is already at level 8.

In particular, the [Maehwa Sword Technique] learned directly from Yoo Eun-seol and the [Secret Art of Concealment] obtained after defeating Ji Yoon-jae.

In the realm that can be seen as the two branches of the assassin series, each martial arts rune was firmly established.

‘It looks a little like an assassin now.’

In the meantime, only the horse was an assassin type, a multi-holder close to the warrior type, but now it smells like a full-fledged assassin type.

The performance of quite a few B-class assassins, or A-class assassins, was becoming capable enough to catch up.

After all the twists and turns, I was able to come this far.

Of course, the greatest credit was given to Master Yoo Eun-seol, who took charge of my class.

Although the master named Rune gave him enormous power, interestingly, there were more times when he couldn’t follow the master in real life.

Kang-!!

gugg-

Tadak- that-

“Dalian ended. I will do it here.”

“Heo-eok-heo-eok-. effort… Heo-eok- You did, heo-euk… .”

After hearing Yoo Eun-seol’s declaration of termination, I threw away the two short swords I was tenaciously holding on to.

Then he lay down and took a deep breath.

His sparring with Yoo Eun-seol is almost always like this.

It pushes me to the limit of the limit and helps me to gain enlightenment at the end.

In the meantime, my assassin-type abilities have grown rapidly because of Yoo Eun-seol’s limit-breaking lecture.

“I don’t think there’s anything more to teach about plum swordsmanship.”

I was breathing for a while while lying down.

At Yoo Eun-seol’s sudden words, I lifted my upper body again.

Then he looked up and asked her.

“really?”

“Yeah. Right now, Do Jae-hyeon Holder’s plum blossom swordsmanship is close to completion. Do Jae-hyeon Do not know the holder himself well?”

“ah… .”

Can’t you check the rune level yourself?

Yoo Eun-seol was talking about it.

As she said, the [Maehwa Sword Technique] rune is already level 8.

Except for the application stage, it was safe to say that she had learned almost all of the basic and mastery stages.

But there was one question.

“I… Master?”

“Yeah.”

“Isn’t there an ultimate skill in Maehwa Sword?”

Until now, when I acquired runes containing martial arts or technical elements, the runes all had ultimate skills.

[Wave sword] is [Wave sword].

In the [flowing sword method], [flowing sword].

Even when he obtained Ji Yoon-jae’s [Secret Magic], he acquired the ultimate skill [Knife Rain].

[Maehwa sword method] is also a martial arts rune similar to these runes.

Naturally, I thought that if I reached level 10, I would be able to acquire the ultimate skill.

However, Eunseol Yoo shook her head slowly.

“Yes, the plum swordsmanship is a martial art that has been optimized for the assassin class by simplifying and transforming the twenty-four number plum swordsmanship of the Chinese Huashan Sect. Many assassins in Korea are conducting research on this rune, but I heard that no ultimate skill has been developed yet.”

Runes sometimes embody the power of reality into the system.

A representative case is that the [24-4 Maehwa sword method], an actual martial art of the Volcano Sect, was registered as a rune.

Therefore, if you study the technical part within the power of the rune, you can develop the ultimate skill as much as you like.

The problem is that the probability is almost as slim as picking stars in the sky.

“anyway… This semester, Do Jae-hyeon holder’s temporary dedicated class that I planned ends here.”

“ah… .”

At Yoo Eun-seol’s quiet words, I groaned involuntarily.

I knew.

Anyway, Yoo Eun-seol and I met based on interests.

＜The River where the dragon’s breath touches＞ I had to take a dedicated class to attack my double dungeon together, and to prepare myself for it.

However, did he develop some kind of affection while receiving education?

It’s over…

Declaring that, I felt sorry for nothing.

‘Still, I have to say hello properly.’

Whatever the reason, thanks to her, I was able to grow into a full-fledged assassin-type holder.

I wanted to make sure to express my gratitude to him.

I leave my regrets behind.

He took a polite posture and tried to bow his head to Yoo Eun-seol.

“Master, in the meantime… ”

“And from now on, I’m going to accept Do Jae-hyeon Holder as my official exclusive disciple. What do you think of Do Jae-hyun’s holder?”

“… Yes?”

at that time.

A completely unexpected story came out of her mouth.

exclusive disciple.

A formal disciple proposal minus the ‘temporary’ title that I had been teaching me until now.

This wasn’t just a story.

‘… Isn’t there one?’

Currently, among S-rank holders in Korea, there is no holder who has an official exclusive apprentice.

There were teachers who raised S-rank holders, but there were no students of S-rank holders.

In other words, Yoo Eun-seol is now.

Breaking that tacit balance, she, the youngest S-class holder, declared that she would receive a formal apprentice.

… The main character of that disciple is Nago.

Yoo Eun-seol, who made such a shocking declaration, asked with a strange expression.

“By the way, Holder Do Jae-hyeon, are you uncomfortable with my honorifics? If you feel uncomfortable, tell me. I’ll fix it too. Actually, I’ve never been a teacher before… I don’t know much about the teacher-student relationship.”

even for discipleship.

Yoo Eun-seol, who says that he will also change his habits?

If it became known to the public, it was something that would turn the media over again.