Chapter 542 – 2nd Year 1st Semester (2)
“Are you student Q Ban Yuxian who requested to observe the class?”
“Yes. I am Yoo Sian.”
In the case of Chris Roanna, it seemed like he was aiming for a 3rd or 4th year class, but I wanted to take a 2nd year lineman class without any problems.
When I came to the academy, which is actually a university, I only did physical training except for the required subjects in the first semester of my first year, and I barely took any classes in the second semester.
Should we say that the abilities developed through quests are confirmed through sparring? I don’t think I spent even one hour a week.
‘I’m also a little concerned about Seoyeon’s behind-the-scenes gossip.’
I thought I would get better if I had a chance to show my skills to others.
You may feel jealous due to envy of the quest ability’s rapid growth, but once you see for yourself the power I possess, you will calm down a little.
*
“Isn’t that person from class Q?”
“That’s right. I’ve seen you go to the dungeon management center during vacation.”
“Why did you come to take our class?”
“I don’t know. Can I take a look at your skills? I’m sure your skills are fake, right?”
Maybe it was because I suddenly came to listen to the lecture, even though I barely knew the people here, that the conversations I had with friends I had become close with over the past year were getting louder.
I was looking at the professor, just casually listening.
“Quiet. Let’s start class.”
The students became quiet as the professor spoke in a voice full of mana to the students who had come to listen to the lecture.
“As I said during orientation, you chose to become the vanguard. Whether you use a sword, a spear, or your fists, being a vanguard means going out in front of others and facing the enemy. You have already arrived in Utopia. I would like to ask those of you who have gained strength by fighting monsters for a year, what do you think is the most important thing for a vanguard?”
Students who knew the professor raised their hands.
The professor pointed out a student with impressive arm muscles, and the student answered with a trustworthy voice.
“It’s physical strength. I’ve learned over the past year that the vanguard must not collapse no matter what enemy it encounters.”
“There is no need to block the enemy as a vanguard. You also need the strength to defeat them.”
The professor pointed to another student, and that student answered right away.
In that way, the professor asked questions to the students, and various stories came out, such as physical strength, strength, leadership, courage, and harmony.
‘I don’t know how important each individual may feel, but it is a component of the vanguard.’
I think that when I’m possessed, I rarely have to fight with anyone, so the power to defeat the enemy is a higher priority.
“You’re not wrong. All of them are elements of the front line and require appropriate coordination depending on the situation. But what I will focus on in this lecture is coordination with the back line. If you are trying to get two volunteers for a light sparring, Is there a student you would like to apply for?”
Are couplets necessary to explain harmony? When asked that question, the first student with impressive arm muscles raised his hand.
“Professor, is it okay if I nominate an opponent? I would like to spar with student Yu Xian, who we have no contact with.”
The professor who heard that said his thoughts to me with a wry smile.
(You’ll do it in moderation, right?)
When the professor saw me nodding slightly, he spoke in a voice.
“Are you okay, Student Yu Xian?”
“Yes. I’m fine.”
As I walked forward to meet the student who stood in front of the professor first, Loina Naen, who was with her friends a little away from me, quietly whispered to me.
“Do it in moderation. Edgar is weaker than I.”
“I understand.”
While remembering that Seoyeon’s friend Naen was quite talented, I stood in front of Edgar, a student with impressive arm muscles.
“What did you talk about with Naen?”
“How are you?”
“I said he was the boyfriend of that light blue healer. Well, okay, let’s hang out.”
Puck!
“Pfft!”
As Edgar raised his mana, the professor quickly approached and hit Edgar on the head with the blade of his hand.
“Student Edgar, this is a sparring that minimizes the use of mana. What I want to explain is harmony, so it’s not about deciding the winner. If you can’t keep it, I’ll do it instead.”
“No, Professor.”
Edgar immediately saved the mana at the professor’s words.
Edgar took a stance by raising both his fists near his chest, as if he was not using a weapon like me, and I also lightly put both of my fists forward.
“Student Edgar, Student Yoo Sian. Class will continue, so start lightly as long as you don’t get hurt.”
At the professor’s signal, Edgar bent down and rushed quickly.
Although the use of mana was minimized, the movement went far beyond the line of ordinary people. However, I have now crossed the line of ordinary people.
Through calmness and through the slowdown in time, I saw that Edgar was raising his right fist, so I opened my fist and swung my palm.
Poop!
While pushing Edgar’s fist away with his palm, he hit it with his shoulder and pushed Edgar’s body back.
Edgar, who stepped back while blocking my shoulder with his left arm, pushed me away with his folded left arm, and I also took a step back with that force.
This time, both me and Edgar charged in at the same time, and, anticipating Edgar’s right-hand jab, I extended my left palm and struck his right fist.
Pot! Puck!
I grabbed my right hand and pulled it in my direction and struck my stomach with my fist. I felt my abs as strong as my muscular arm.
“Tsk.”
The sound that damage was definitely done came out of Edgar’s mouth, but it was clear that he couldn’t be defeated with that.
He was trying to hit my right arm with his left elbow, so he bent his arm so that his elbow was pointing into the air, and then he did a big turn, widening the distance behind him.
‘It dissolves the movement of the spiral.’
Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!
After spending some time blocking most of Edgar’s attacks, I heard the professor’s voice.
“Stop. Two people are enough.”
“Huh…”
Edgar, who had not been able to land a single effective hit on me, was fuming, and except for the hand I used to hit Edgar, there was not much difference from when we started sparring.
“I didn’t tell you two students, but this is what your back looks like.”
The professor clapped his hands and spread them wide, and Edgar and I appeared in the air, sparring.
Technology, which does not use science but is clearly in the realm of magic, showed three directions.
There was a time when I saw Edgar and I fighting from the side, and there was a time when we were fighting behind our backs.
“If you look at the battle of strength between the vanguards on the side, it is a battle without any major shortcomings.”
“Damn it…”
Looking back at our fight from a third party’s perspective, I was not far ahead, but I always had the upper hand.
Edgar cursed under his breath as if he was getting angry at the sight of him losing.
After the students watched the video floating in the air for some time, the professor spoke.
“In the battle a little while ago, Yu Xian had the upper hand. But what if we think about harmony with the rear guard?”
The professor moved his finger slightly from top to bottom and then used both hands to enlarge the image behind him.
And it was painted red so that each person could focus on the other person behind their back.
Like a target.
“Edgar had a lot of linear movements. Yu Xian fought while making full use of rotations. This is what the person watching from behind is like this.”
Edgar was straight and had a lot of bending posture to enter, and quite a bit of my red self was revealed.
I hardly ever bent down, rotated my body widely, and used a lot of space, so it was difficult to find Edgar in the screen that took pictures of my back.
“If you are a skilled rear guard, you can perfectly take advantage of the small gap created by the front line, but it will consume a lot of mental power. If you save your strength for the safety of the front line, it may be a meaningless attack. Of course, the current battle is space-based. I didn’t use it widely, and the enemy wasn’t a large enemy that required joint attacks, and I didn’t tell the two students to be concerned about the rear guard’s gaze.”
These were words that broadened my perspective, as I had always thought that all I had to do was directly defeat the enemy in front of me.
When I was possessed, I had to handle most things alone, but a party was essential if I wanted to challenge a high-difficulty dungeon as Yusian.
“However, if you are aiming for the front line, you should always keep in mind that you can link up with the rear guard. It is good to develop your own strength, but if you work with a compatible rear guard, you can create several times more synergy, so if you can afford it, It wouldn’t be a bad idea to train with these well-matched rearguard aspiring students.”
I felt like I had done all I had to do and was about to return to my original position when the professor stopped me.
“Student Yu Xian, can you join hands with me this time? This sparring can be as light as before. Of course, I plan to record the video of our sparring just like before and upload it above.”
‘I think it would be quite awkward if I made a move without knowing it, right? You can just do what you normally do.’
“Yes. It’s okay.”
Unlike Edgar, who showed linear movements, the professor moved very flashily.
The battle was similar to when I first met Nam Gung-hyeon and fought while standing still because I had not properly learned the walking techniques and new techniques.
After the sparring was over, I checked the records and found that although the professor moved very dizzyingly, he did not interfere with his rearguard at all.
As the professor worked hard to move around, my rear guard had quite a bit of time to target the professor, so there was a difference.
‘Fighting by looking beyond the opponent, not beyond them.’
I realized that my perspective was very different from mine, where I was focused on fighting and winning against the opponent in front of me.
*
“Sian, you are a striker in Class Q, not just a front-line or rear-guard, so you don’t need this class, right?”
When class ended, Royna Naen came up to me and said.
Class Q has the power to destroy formations rather than form them.
“Maybe it might be useful if I keep it? Still, it was quite fun to learn something new.
