## Chapter 260 – The Martial Artist Bastards
“Kkyoooooooop!!!”
He charged at me, letting out an insane shriek I couldn’t understand. Fast. He was quite fast at first glance. But about the same as Mariel. Clumsy, full of openings.
Is this the average skill of a low-level instructor?
ㅡShadow Step.
I lightly use footwork to evade his attack. There’s no need to humor him, no need to joke around. If he picks a fight, I’ll fight him. If he acts up, I’ll pay him back double. If an enemy is weaker than me, I’ll despise them.
That’s Kim Kat.
So I’ll go all out from the start.
“What?!?!”
Grabbing the guy who brushed past me, I raise my fist to the sky. I evaded his charge in a single step. He probably didn’t even expect it. He widened his eyes in panic.
ㅡYou’re already too late.
“Mount Tai Press (泰山壓頂).”
Mount Tai Press is a single move (一招) in swordsmanship, meaning a powerful downward slash. I applied this to my Chief Martial Art. Basic, but violent at the same time. Chief Martial Art is a technique with versatility as its strength. It blends the principles of the sword into the fist.
Fist raised to the sky.
Focusing power in my forearm.
Veins pop as bulging muscles pulsate!
ㅡWhoosh!
I slam my elbow down hard on his shoulder!
“Kakh?!”
A death move that would crush even a mountain! Struck by the meteor-like elbow, the instructor collapses from the impact, face-planting into the ground!
ㅡThud!
It happened in an instant.
In less than three seconds, I knocked him down with a single blow.
“…”
Silence filled the arena.
The fallen low-level instructor trembled, eyes rolled back in his head. Was it a Divine Art? Just kidding. As expected, low-level instructors were just fodder. They weren’t nearly enough to satisfy me.
I rolled my eyes, looking left and right.
A shock, as if they had witnessed something absurd, settled over the gymnasium. All the martial artists were silent, staring at me with blank expressions.
Silence is meant to be broken.
“Next.”
I say, tilting my head.
Then.
ㅡS-Sario Instructor is!!!!!
ㅡNext is me!!! I’ll do it, Guild Master!!
ㅡA speed that can’t even be seen!!!
ㅡIs that guy really a swordsman!!!
The martial artists filling the perimeter started screaming wildly. A gymnasium filled with excitement, anger, and awe! The blood of a gladiator boiled at the audience’s praise!
I turn around and look at the Guild Master!
“…”
She, too, had her eyes wide open, covering her mouth with a fan, silent.
The desire for a brain-churning battle rises…!
Enraged, I shout loudly!
“I am!”
ㅡSilence.
The arena is once again enveloped in silence.
“I am the Heavenly Demon Kim Kat! I, who has become a Heavenly Demon, don’t need trash like this! Bring me an opponent worthy of me! Bring me a true warrior!”
As I provoked them, the martial artists went wild again.
As the commotion arose, the Guild Master, who had been slamming the sofa’s armrest with her folded fan, crossed her legs and said.
“Quiet.”
This woman is wearing a thong too.
But why is it red?
“Indeed, you seem to have the skill to show off. A worthy opponent? Good. But there’s an order to things. Next, the low-level instructors. Come out in order. You’re not thinking of just letting this insult pass, are you?”
At those words, the low-level instructors, bursting with anger, stood up.
I just realized now, but while ordinary martial artists wore plain doboks of the same design for both men and women, the female instructors, who seemed to be instructors, wore cheongsams. And the male instructors were wearing something that could be called martial robes rather than doboks.
Doesn’t matter anyway.
“Can any of you beat me alone?”
“What did you say?”
“All of you, come at me at once.”
As I said mockingly, the angry low-level instructors shouted, “That, that bastard!” “There’s a limit to how much you can act up!” “Sario is the weakest of our low-level instructors!” Are you just going to let it go with this much provocation?
You guys are hopeless after all.
It wasn’t just the instructors who were displeased by those words.
The Guild Master also expressed her displeasure.
“…Tsk. How presumptuous. You.”
“What’s presumptuous is your chest.”
The cheongsam presumptuously revealed the entire line of her chest.
The central part was even hollowed out, showing off her cleavage.
“W-What?”
“And your panties are showing, you fucking bitch. Aren’t you going to cover up? Is red your preference?”
I pointed directly at the part of the Guild Master’s panties that were showing and rebuked her. At the same time, her face turned bright red, and she quickly unfolded her crossed legs and covered her legs with the fabric of her cheongsam.
“…M-Manliness is unpleasant when it’s excessive! Very well! Go at him all at once, low-level instructors! I won’t forgive you if you lose!”
You naive thing.
“Not only did you insult us, but you said such things to the Guild Master!”
“I can’t forgive you!”
“I’ll kill you!”
They spewed out anger as if they were vomiting blood, and gathered in the center of the gymnasium all at once. You’re really all coming at me? Unbelievable, you cowardly bastards.
It seems that these guys are all the low-level instructors, except for Mariel and the guy who just fell.
ㅡPapapat!
I replied by quickly unleashing the Chief Martial Art’s deadly three-second sequence. Each punch and kick, filled with destructive power, shredded the space.
“Do you guys fight with your mouths? Stop talking shit and come at me, you bastards.”
ㅡWoo-ooooooo!
ㅡWaaaaaaa!
ㅡKkyoooooop!!!
The provocation was successful.
The five low-level instructors, a mixed group of men and women, charged at me all at once, shouting.
But I’m not afraid. Would five goblins gathering together be able to defeat an orc? Their ferocity just looked like the writhing of the weak to me.
“I’ll make sure you never hold a sword again!”
The muscular, bald guy shouted boldly and charged in first. This fucking bastard, who are you to talk to me like that when I’ve never even seen you before? You’re dead, you son of a bitch!
I release the limiters of despising the weak.
“Heavenly Demon Extinction Chain Fist (天魔滅劫連環拳).”
Water flows from high places to low places. Apples also fall from trees. Because there is gravity. This was the law of the world, and martial arts were created with the idea of using that law most efficiently.
So my attack was extremely natural.
ㅡPapapat!
The barrage of punches that shot out in an instant mercilessly struck the muscular martial artist’s face, chest, and groin.
“Keuheok?!”
It was more intense and faster than a first-rate boxer’s barrage. The mana that had seeped into my muscles made it possible!
Never use a sword again?
I’ll make sure that children who say such bad things never use their balls again!
“Kkyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!”
At the same time as the guy’s balls were completely destroyed, a hellish scream erupted. I immediately target the next guy.
More naturally than flowing water, I deal with the guys who are charging at me. Since they didn’t surround me from all sides in the first place, I was able to cope.
ㅡThud.
As the muscleman, his face turned blue, collapsed, two guys immediately rushed to the left and right. It was a posture like the Vajra Warrior, twisting their waists greatly and stretching their fists far back.
The power seems strong, but it’s full of gaps.
Because they’re not actual Vajra Warriors.
“Double.”
Spreading both arms like a cross, I concentrate the mana in my feet and ankles and leap a short distance in one step. ㅡWhoosh! I feel my hair scattering in the wind as the space narrows.
At the same time, I target the instructors flying in from both sides.
“Lariat.”
The moment my forearms and their necks touched was truly instantaneousㅡKwaang! The guys whose necks were struck by the lariat spun around like jokes and slammed into the ground!
“Heok!”
“T-Three instructors in an instant…!”
“What an amazing technique!”
The audience was shocked, and the remaining two instructors were also frightened and took a step back.
Dare you show weakness to this Heavenly Demon? Like a leopard, I pounced and charged at the female instructor with the impressive brown hair.
“I’ll never forgive you!”
I reach out and grab her hair!
“Kyaak!”
At the same time, I punch her in the gut, lift her up, and slam her to the ground! ㅡKwaang! She, too, was stretched out on the floor like a burst earthworm!
“T-That cowardly bastard, to Emily!!!!”
You’re the ones who ganged up on me, you coward.
“Is she your girlfriend?”
“Shut upㅡ!”
The excited guy took some kind of special martial arts stance. Yes, this is what it should be like! This is how it should be to fight! Show me your ultimate technique!
“That girlfriend is being replaced by a living corpse, you son of a bitch!!!!”
Closing the distance in an instant, I dug into the guy’s gap and punched him in the face!
“Asura Blood Rending Fist!”
ㅡKwaang!
“Keuheok!”
He took some kind of stance, but it was nothing special.
ㅡThud!
Hit by the punch, he flew all the way to the wall of the gymnasium and collided with the martial artists who were sitting upright.
“Uwaaaak!”
“Keuhak!”
With that, I was able to defeat all the low-level instructors. Three guys with their heads buried in the ground. And one guy grabbing his balls and foaming at the mouth. And that guy flying over there is the last one.
What that proves is.
“I… I can’t believe it! Such martial arts!”
“The low-level instructors were defeated in an instant!”
“T-That’s the martial art of the barbarians!”
My「Strength」.
The martial artists began to stir in a different sense. I defeated six instructors at once without much physical exertion. It’s partly because they were weak, but it’s also because I’m too strong.
My mana control ability is more perfect than anyone else’s.
“Is there no more low-level instructors now?”
I said, turning around.
My facial muscles began to distort on their own because I was so exhilarated.
“…”
Neither the Guild Master, Mariel, nor Serka opened their mouths. It seemed to be quite a shock. The two of them just looked surprised, but Serka was trembling.
When you think about it, all the guys who fell over there are all because of Serka.
It must be scary.
“Mariel.”
“Hiek!”
When I called Mariel, she was startled and answered.
“W-Why are you calling me!”
“Fodder.”
“Y-You… you…!”
She can’t refute it.
I’ve already defeated all the low-level instructors.
I said to the Guild Master.
“Guild Master. Surely that’s all the low-level instructors? Wow, I’m disappointed! All the martial arts instructors getting their asses kicked by a barehanded swordsman! It’s unbelievable, khahaha!”
With an unpleasant expression, she crossed her legs again, as if it were a habit. No, she was about to cross them, but she noticed my gaze and quickly sat down quietly.
I mocked her.
“W-Well, my hands are swords. Do you know what a hand blade is? It’s a sword hand, a sword hand. My hand is a sword hand. The Sword Hand.”
ㅡSheek sheek!
I stabbed and slashed the air with my hand blade.
The Guild Master’s displeasure increased.
“…I admit it. That’s a pretty strong martial art… I understand, so stop your hand.”
“Stop?”
I answered while showing off a void slash (虛空斬) with my hand blade.
The Guild Master’s face began to distort.
“Stop it.”
“Okay.”
“…”
I pretended to put the hand blade back into its sheath.
The Guild Master was furious when she saw that.
“Ah, fuck! This is so annoying, really! No, how can five people not beat one person? Are you guys out of your minds?”
ㅡPak!
Then she even showed the bizarre behavior of throwing down her fan and jumping up.
“Mid-level instructors, get up. It’s your turn now.”
At those words, two men stood up.
“…Are there only two of you now?”
Does saying that mean that she admits that the two mid-level instructors alone can’t beat me? But the energy of the men who stood up was unusual. I could definitely feel a stronger power than Mariel and those guys.
“Guild Master. That guy is strong, but he’s no match for us.”
“…I suppose so. Crush him. I won’t forgive defeat.”
“Of course.”
Shit, even so, I’m a little uneasy if these kinds of guys gang up on me.
“My name is Michael…”
“Hey, mid-level instructor.”
Let’s try to negotiate first.
“To be honest, I’m wasting my time. No, you’re not worth fighting. I’ve already defeated six. Even if six more come, the result will be the same. That’s why I’m wasting my time. Frankly, I don’t know if you mid-level instructors are worth it.”
“…”
“So I’ll only give one of you a chance. The stronger one, come at me.”
They look like martial artists with strong pride, so they’ll understand if I say this.
“Huh? What are you talking about? You have to fight two people properly…”
As she said that, the Guild Master intervened, but the mid-level instructor cut her off.
“No, Guild Master. I’ll accept that guy’s request.”
He, too, had a face full of fighting spirit.
