Chapter 40 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
Therefore, martial arts herbivorous movements that exclude the flow of inner energy are extremely inefficient in a physical sense and are nothing more than movements that are difficult to understand in a martial arts sense.
However, to put it another way, the martial art that regains its original meaning the moment it resonates with the flow of internal energy achieves results that are impossible to achieve in actual martial arts that only pursue physical efficiency or physical combat.
This meant that twisting concepts, projecting images, and manipulating the laws of the world through martial arts were impossible with actual martial arts, but possible with martial arts.
Therefore, Yeonhwa had great pride in martial arts, especially martial arts. It is not for nothing that she belittles the martial artists of Orbital World as half-hearted people who do not properly understand martial arts.
However, no matter how much Yeonhwa is a martial arts supremacist, she did not crush Essence Spiel (Natural Learning), which has a different field, in the first place.
If Yeonhwa had just been reincarnated in this world, she might have already had a lot of experience with abilities such as magic and power that make impossible things happen through martial arts, so she recognizes other abilities as well.
… Nevertheless, although he implicitly believed that martial arts was the best, the important thing was that he did not force martial arts as a standard on those who had learned other skills.
“I’ve already seen it a few times that people who have mastered abilities other than martial arts learn martial arts as a means for combat, not as a way to study.”
Therefore, even if Yeonhwa was disappointed that Eugene’s movements did not contain any strange elements, she could fully understand.
“Hmm… , In fact, the term ‘disappointment’ is laughable. You are not someone who has learned martial arts like I did. “As the field of study is different, it will not be possible to argue with this question just because you learn radish as a means of combat rather than as a study.”
So, it was understandable that Eugene had trained the martial arts to the limit, not the judo school but the reactive school.
No, rather, Yeonhwa, who had battled with those of the martial arts group among the power users of this Orbital World, also knew that if a person with special abilities who was not a martial artist or martial artist used martial arts as a means, that would be the correct answer.
Therefore, as Yeonhwa said, even if Eugene learns the reaction school and thinks of radish as a means of combat rather than a study to pursue, she will not feel disappointed.
Yeonhwa, who learned martial arts to begin with, and Eugene, who is learning saladics, have different fields of study.
For Yeonhwa, martial arts is a subject that must be pursued throughout one’s life, while for Eugene, it is merely a means to more efficiently use his talent called salaticism.
“But even so, I can say that the reason I felt disappointed is because I am a warrior by nature.”
… No, to be honest, that wasn’t the only reason. The biggest reason was that she realized that the guy she liked was walking a different path than herself.
However, Yeonhwa did not dare to say that fact, but Yujin asked her with a sigh.
“So the conclusion is that you are disappointed in my martial arts skills? It’s a battle logic that I’ve built up through all kinds of hardships…”
“That’s why I don’t like it. The fact that a guy who treats radish as just a tool has perfected it to that extent. “To put it simply, I would say no.”
If I could perfect martial arts to this extent, it would have been better to learn martial arts! In the sense that her thoughts flow in that direction, it must be said that Yeonhwa is a warrior by nature.
“In that sense, do you have any intention of becoming my disciple and learning martial arts even now? “If you’re at your level, you should be able to cover up your lack of talent with a certain amount of talent, right?”
For that reason, Yeonhwa made a proposal to Eugene without knowing it.
Yeon-hwa’s experience, which Yeon-hwa reads from Yu-jin’s near-perfect martial arts, is so deep that Yeon-hwa, who judges his talent, is tempted to recommend him as a disciple.
“I refuse. As I said, we are in a position where we need to become stronger as quickly as possible.”
As Yeonhwa said, with Eugene’s experience, he might have been able to make up for his lack of talent and continue to learn the martial arts taught by Yeonhwa.
But even if that were the case, the growth rate would be slower than that of Salatic, which is already following the same path.
So, from Eugene’s point of view, who needs to become stronger as soon as possible, it is natural for him to reject Yeonhwa’s offer.
“Besides, Salatic is an Essence Sphere that was passed down to me by my mother.”
In that sense, it can be said to be a legacy, so Eugene refuses Yeonhwa’s invitation to become a disciple because he has no intention of giving up.
“Hmm… , Shameful. In Protestantism, there were even people who would sell their children or even their parents in order to become disciples of the Lord.”
Yeonhwa said she was offended by Eugene’s remark, but for some reason she didn’t seem that offended.
“To put it bluntly, this Protestant religion is strange.”
“It’s not that Shingyo is strange, but that my martial arts skills are that great.”
“Who doesn’t know that Heavenly Demon God Gong is great?”
In the end, Yu-jin shakes her head at Yeon-hwa’s remarks, which lead to her bragging about her martial arts skills, and then begins to go back the way she came.
“Hmm? Are you going back?”
“We have finished securing the amount we were aiming for.”
In response to Yeonhwa’s question, Eugene made a gesture to return quickly. Yet, secretly, he thinks about Yeonhwa alone.
‘Just like in the game, killing and hunting in a dungeon does not increase your level and level, so there is no need to go out of your way to conquer the dungeon.’
Rather, unlike the main character of the original work, Eugene’s personal training was a means for him to grow more quickly.
Of course, the essence in the atmosphere inside the dungeon is richer than outside, so if you train inside the dungeon, you can develop the maximum amount of essence processing form, that is, the energy of the core body, more quickly.
However, what is important to Eugene now is not the development of his heart or energy, but the training of his body, which is the vessel that holds these two things.
So, it is natural that he does not try to stay in the dungeon and tries to get out of the dungeon as soon as he secures the necessary magic stones.
‘… ‘Wait a minute?’
Eugene, who had finished his errands for the day, was trying to get out of this centipede dungeon when, as usual, an open-ended subspace type dungeon suddenly occurred to him, so he turned his gaze to Yeonhwa.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“… No, now that I think about it, I realize that I was invited to become a disciple by that great Heavenly Demon.”
Yeonhwa, who came to the dungeon and was still wearing the rabbit pajamas that Eugene had given her as a gift, responded to Eugene’s words with an absurd expression.
“Did someone who knew that reject my proposal so flatly?”
“That’s what…”
Eugene trailed off in response to Yeonhwa’s blunt question, but then gave an expression of slight incomprehension.
“No, but why did you offer me as a disciple so suddenly?”
“Tsk, that means I felt like the experience of nothingness you had accumulated was regrettable. Well, considering the practical experience I had in my early 30s to achieve the same level of status as I did, is it natural?”
After answering Eugene’s question, Yeonhwa sighed slightly and continued speaking.
“… In that sense, your martial arts skills were enough to impress even me.”
“I heard you were disappointed?”
“That is my impression as a warrior, and this is my impression as someone who wields supernatural powers, not as a martial artist.”
In other words, if we exclude pride in martial arts, Yujin’s martial arts of reaction were so close to perfection through his experience that Yeonhwa had no choice but to acknowledge them.
No, on the contrary, I may have had no choice but to feel sorry as a military officer because I recognized its perfection.
“Well, it’s done. No matter how unfortunate it may be, there is no point in forcing a person who has no will into nothing. “You just have to follow the path you want to take.”
However, Yeonhwa has no intention of forcing it. No, if Eugene had not reached the status of the Absolute through Salatik, he might have been forced to do so. He says his martial arts skills are much better than those abilities.
However, although it is said to be a grade, Yeonhwa could not force it because as much as she respects Yujin, she cannot ignore it as it is an ability that allowed her to reach the same level as herself.
“As just one warrior, I can’t help but feel bad.”
In that sense, Yeonhwa is saying that if she were to dance with Eugene, she would be able to experiment as she wanted to see how great the ability Eugene insists on is.
“… Doesn’t that mean you just want to kill me?”
“In the beginning, I only proposed a level, but I was thinking of killing you in a real sparring match, right?”
In that sense, when Yeonhwa said that nothing would change except that it would just involve a little anger, Eugene said with an expression on his face, “This little elf…” … !’ It was a direct expression of the feeling.
“What are you doing? “Didn’t you say you were going back?”
“… “I’m going, I’m going.”
And when Yeon-hwa, who has already begun to take the lead towards Eugene, speaks to her with a shameless expression, Eugene sighs and follows her out of her dungeon.
‘… ‘Could it be that you didn’t invite me to become your student because your favorability rating has already reached 30?’
At the same time, it is said that Eugene tilted his head, remembering the standard by which Yeonhwa recommended the protagonist to be her disciple in the original work.
By asking Yeonhwa directly, Eugene hears the answer that she was able to see through Yujin’s experience in nothingness and was impressed by it, so she recommended him to be her disciple.
Therefore, it can be accepted that he recommended discipleship for a different reason than the original work.
‘Well, how could you have reached 30 likes already?’
Therefore, Eugene immediately erased the possibility that had popped up in her mind.
No matter how well you know her strategy for Yeonhwa, it took at least 3 months in the original work, or half a year on average, to achieve 30% likeability for her.
But in just one week, she achieves 30% favorability with Yeonhwa and receives an invitation to become her student?
Even though Eugene did not absolutely believe in the game’s knowledge and decided to treat it only as highly probable information, she knew very well how nonsense it was.
Above all, Eugene had no intention of wasting time on dating in order to conquer the true ending route.
In addition, since Yeonhwa herself is an unattackable sub-heroine, she decided not to even look at a tree she couldn’t climb in the first place, so she didn’t even try to attack it.
Therefore, during the week, when Yu-jin could afford it, he did nothing but do something to gain her favor, with the aim of adding fuel to the fire in her relationship with Yeon-hwa.
Based on the original work, should we now say that we are lucky even if the favorability rating reaches 5%?
For that reason, it is said that Eugene, who lightly overlooked the meaning of Yeonhwa’s invitation to become her disciple, followed her out of her dungeon without much thought.
… She couldn’t even imagine how easily a sense of identification with a situation similar to hers could break down the walls in a person’s heart.
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“Huh… ! Hmm… !”
Meanwhile, Eugene, who returned home after retrieving the magic stone from the dungeon, immediately washed her body, which had been contaminated with Enemy’s bodily fluids, with a magic tool that served as a shower, and then began training her body as usual.
Eugene, topless, hangs heavy weights on his limbs in the front yard of his house in sub-zero temperatures and continues to do all the basic physical training he knows for about an hour.
“Hehe, what a nice sight. “It feels like my eyes are being washed.”
“Whoa… ! Phew… ! When… ! Hueup… ! It’s so dry… ! Hmm… ! He said it wasn’t his taste… ! Whoa… !”
And Yeonhwa looks on with a happy expression as she watches Eugene training his body like that.
When Yu-jin questioned Yeon-hwa, who was looking at her own body with an overtly lustful gaze, as if to prove that it was a world where the sexes were reversed, she giggled and responded.
