Chapter 23

Goal

How would he take that? Sungmin stayed quiet and only stared at Wijihoyun . She looked with confidence and continued .

“I lived for 13 years and became famous . Isn’t that good enough . I’m not dying for another 13 years . ”

“We don’t know . ”

“No, I won’t . I can’t . I’m not going to live my earned freedom for only 13 years . I’m going to live a long, long time .

Wijihoyun said with a huge energy . Then she looked back at Sungmin .

“You are like a boat with no destination travelling the big ocean . You move with no destination, following the wind . Is that traveling? That’s called drifting . ”

It was hard to disagree . Sungmin knew that he didn’t have a goal . No, if he was truthful, he was scared of making a goal . The 13 years had given him experience, but it had also given him limits .

Knowing the present and knowing the future limited him . He had no talent . He knew that . He was going to stay a second rate for 10 years .

“You can’t go anywhere because you are drifting aimlessly . So you need a goal . ‘Me’”

It made sense . Wijihoyun… was one of the strongest otherworlders . To the point where even if he practiced fr lifetime, he might not get anywhere .

That made Sungmin negative .

“Even if I made you my goal, it doesn’t make me you…”

“Did you try?”

Wijihoyun spit out .

“Please don’t say anything that you haven’t tried”

“No, you don’t say anything irresponsible . I can’t do it . No . I have no talent . We have different starting lines . You have gotten so much aid because of your amazing genius talent . You were fed so many potions and you lived in a place where grace techniques were lain over the place . Isn’t that why you’re here, Small Pegasus Wijihoyun . ”

Sungmin’s words had malice in them . No matter how much he tried to forget or not remember or not care, Wijihoyun was that person .

“But I’m not . ”

It was also self knowing information .

“I didn’t have anything . It was the same before . I was summoned with nothing, with no talent . That was how I was summoned, completely barehanded . You left this city in one month . I lived here for three years . I attacked rabbits and boars, risked my life for goblins, and moved in fear away from orcs . That was how I lived for three years . In the new city, I survived by hard labor in mercenary guilds . ”

Wijihoyun didn’t say anything . She listened to Sungmin’s story .

“That is me . I lived 13 years to be a second rate martial artist . A C rank mercenary . Then… I died . I’m back . That me…”

“You are a second rate martial artist . ”

Wijihoyun opened her open .

“It took you 3 months to be a second rate martial artist . You are true . I started as a genius and got a lot of aid . But what about you . You learned the Amethyst Cloud . You got 20 percent of me inner strength . You will learn spear techniques as well . ”

Wijihoyun shook her hand .

“Is that not good enough? Then I’ll give you more . What do you want . Outside strenght? Or fist techniques? Anything else . If you want something, I’ll teach you . ”

“ . . . I don't want anything . ”

Sungmin answered . A spear technique and Amethyst Cloud . That was enough . He didn’t have confidence to learn any more .

“You got opportunity as well . Let’s say talent is inevitable, because of your lack of goals, you aren’t going to be working as hard… isn’t it a waste to spend your second life like this . ”

Wijihoyun picked up a cup beside her . She drank the milk inside of it .

“Well, maybe that’s just my thinking . Useless interventions, I guess . It’s your life, so there’s no reason for me to make a goal . Sorry . I said…”

“Shut up . ”

Sungmin spit out . He made a fist . Everything that Wijihoyun had said stuck in his heart . When Sungmin cut her off, Wijihoyun’s eyes widened .

“Are you that mad? I’ll properly apologize…”

“Yes, I’m mad . To hear something like this from a 13 year old . ”

His pride was hurt . That was true .

But he was truly hurt because,

“I will make you my goal . ”

Sungmin stared at Wijihoyun . The reason why he was so mad was at him who couldn’t refute anything . He agreed to her words but couldn’t say anything because of his pride .

“I will make you my goal, and I will practice after you leave . And when we meet again, I will stab my spear in your heart…”

“No, you can’t do that . I’m gonna die then . How could you do that as friends?”

Wijihoyun immediately disagreed . Sungmin turned sour and changed his words .

“ . . . Then . . . uh… I will… beat you…”

“Hmm . If it’s a fight, that’s fine . I’ll be waiting . ”

And then Wijihoyun understood and smiled happily . Sungmin stared at the smiling Wijihoyun for a second .

‘Crazy . ’

To have his heart beat slightly at a 13 year old girl’s smiling face . Wasn't this a bit dangerou? Sungmin turned to avoid looking at her .

Then, he stopped going to the forest . He had enough money because of the money from the request and the money from the hunter . He had some that he was saving as well .

“You don’t have the basics down . It’s probably because you didn’t have a master helping you . ”

When Sungmin didn’t go to the woods, Wijihoyun actively tried to help Sungmin . She helped him in the morning and fixed the High Heavens in the evening .

“The blade may be called the best for all situations, but that’s just nonsense from the blade users . Usual martial artists agrees . The spear is the best . It’s hard to fight someone with a spear .

Whi! Wijihoyun swung the spear .

“So it’s best to get the basics . ”

Sungmin had to agree . It was true that he didn’t have any basics . He didn’t learn it from anyone and only learned it from the Chase Soul manual and practice .

“There are 4 parts to a spear . The end of the spear is the head . Below the head is the spear string . The wood is the spear body . The opposite of the head is the spear spike .

Bvm! She swung the spear . The red string below the head was swimming with it .

“The spear is a decoration and can be used to confuse the opponents . ”

She kept swinging the spear . The red string swung around confusingly . The string was wavy compared to the actual spear . It did make the watcher look at the spear .

“If you want to use the spear, you have to use all of it . Use the spike as you would use the head . Use the string to confuse the opponent . Change where you hold the body and keep the distance . ”

Sungmin nodded blankly . She took the proper stance after swinging it a bit .

“There are three basics to the stabbing . These are used in the famous spear techniques as basics . It could said to be the very basic . These can be used in anything . It is the ran, the na, and the zha .

The ran was an inner transmission while the na was a outer transmission . The ran bounced the attack outside while the na coiled the attack inside .

“The important thing is to not only use two arms . It doesn’t give enough strength . ”

The zha was the stabbing .

“The length of the spear give sit the power . Change the position on the body . If you only use the middle, the power isn’t great enough . ”

“ . . . Hm . ”

But the ran, na, zha is only the basics . It’s only the stabbing part . There are many different attacks with the spear . It’s also a club . ”

She showed a few more actions and gave the spear to Sungmin and took a step back .

“Try it . ”

“ . . . What?”

“I showed you it . Try it . ”

“If I could do what you did perfectly in one try, would I be irritating you by saying i have no talent?”

“When did I say to do it perfectly?”

She grumbled .

“Just try it . You have to try it to know . ”

Sungmin lifted the spear . Wijihoyun said at that moment .

“Don’t use your inner strength . ”

He didn’t pull up his strength and did the basics of the spear techniques . Wijihoyun said as she looked on .

“Again . ”

And then .

Again, again, again . she continued to say that word, and he continued to swing the spear . He didn't’ use his inner strength . Therefore, his body tired out easily, and he took heavy breaths .

“Again . ”

“ . . . Until when…?”

“When you get used to it . ”

“Do you think that happens with just a few times…!”

“So do it again . ”

She said with apathetic face .

“Continue that everyday, only that . ”

AT that, Sungmin saw the devil in her . He swung the spear even with his shoulders shaking . He was so tired . He was only using his body strength to swing the spear . The spear wasn’t light, and the basics weren’t that easy either .

“Don’t faint . If you think it’s too tiring, then take a rest . If you have energy left, then swing more . ”

It felt like it was testing Sungmin’s perseverance . If he could do it or not, it was up to him . When he swung it 10 times, he really felt like he was going to die . His breath was hard and his arms and legs . . . no, his whole body was dying . He wanted drink water and rest . He wanted to get wind in the shade .

He saw Wijihoyun’s face in the shade . To that, he bit his lower lip .

He could do more . He seemed like he was going to die, but if he tried his hardest, he felt like he could swing a few more times .

So he did .