Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 76



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(076)

After a blood-dripping steak, a swordsmanship lesson awaited us.

The sword was a mysterious power that those who realized it could realize in a day, and those who didn’t could not realize it for ten years, but as expected of a great swordsman, the swordsman produced two or three new knight hunters every week.

“I succeeded!”

“I succeeded too!”

Today, one martial artist from each class 1 and 5 reached a new level.

“Ah. I envy you guys. I’ve been sitting here like this for weeks now.”

For the talkative explorer Lee Gyeom, the swordsmanship lessons that required him to sit cross-legged for two to three hours were hardship itself.

The scavenger was also infuriated by the mocking voices calling him a scavenger.

“Well, I can’t give up though.”

For Choi Seon-mi, who had not been able to excel at any subject, swordsmanship was her last hope.

Even now that several elementalist and psychic students have moved on to general weaponry classes, her resolve remains firm.

“I’m starting to worry. I think the regular weapon skills wouldn’t be so bad either.”

Iljinrim was already an ace in blood magic, so he didn’t need to obsess over swordsmanship.

Since there are techniques like the ‘Blood Blade’, also known as the Blood Flow Test, in Bloodletting, it might have been a good choice to move on to general weapon techniques.

While the three sitting in a row were pondering such things, Joo Da-hyun, who was among the knight students on the left side of the gym, was lost in another worry.

‘My arm hurts. My leg hurts. My head hurts.’

Although she was learning the art of swordsmanship by adding a formless sword to her sword, she was a long-distance psychic through and through.

‘I don’t want to run. I don’t want to lift heavy things with my hands. I don’t want to hear gossip.’

In addition, the students of classes 7 and 1 are cursing at her in the library, saying that she got into the knight students by using her family background.

[Joo Da-hyun ended up going to the left. Right. Next time, I should be born with a chaebol spoon in my mouth.]

[Fuck. I really don’t understand why they don’t arrest you. How much bribe did you give them?]

[What’s still left? Isn’t it all gone? The real power in Ivory Tower is already Jurahyun!]

There was no way she would enjoy swordsmanship.

‘Uncle Dosin. Why on earth did you bring me here? I’m not a political figure.’

Whether he knew her feelings or not, Jeong Se-ga only looked at the swordsman with sparkling eyes.

“Hey! What a nice lunch! Was the steak delicious? Did you know that was horse meat?”

“yes?”

The swordsman had blond, slicked-back hair, thick fashion glasses, dangling gold earrings, and a Hawaiian shirt with flowers and palm trees on it.

“Just kidding. Just kidding. I ate cows. I can’t eat horse meat unless I really want to. It would be better to just grow cultured meat rather than neutralize it.”

Although he had a bizarre sense of humor and a frivolous tone, his swordsmanship was certainly worthy of respect.

‘He’s a rough person, but he definitely doesn’t seem like a bad person.’

Unlike Dahyun, Sega was certain of the human nature of the Kendo God.

I have seen many rough and wicked people.

The Kendo God may be frivolous, reckless, and rash, but he is not evil.

* * *

The swordsman walked slowly between the students who were lined up at equal intervals and spoke.

“Okay. I’ll teach you a new skill today. It’s a skill for the performance evaluation and midterm exam, so it would be good for your longevity if you learn it properly. The first time I taught you was Kwaicheong, and the second time was Jungpa. Wait, is this the third time already?”

“””yes.”””

Jeong Se-ga, Kang Joo-hyuk, and Baek Sang-eon answered competitively.

The swordsman looked at the three, sticking out his tongue slightly.

“Ha. This isn’t something I should tell you about already. Isn’t it? Your progress is too fast right now. Most of the class hasn’t even mastered the clearing yet. Normally, you would have mastered two or three skills in the first semester, but it looks like you’ll have mastered all three skills before even taking the midterm exam.”

“haha.”

Sega smiled happily and looked at the two students on either side of him.

“You skipped class this morning. Do you think you can beat me with that kind of attitude?”

“I am the best swordsman in the first year. Don’t forget that.”

Kang Joo-hyuk growled in an overbearing manner while keeping an eye on the swordsman, and Baek Sang-eon responded in a low voice.

The rapid progress of classes 1 and 7 was the result of competition between the free-spirited genius Jeong Se-ga, Baek Sang-eon who was trying to maintain his position as the best swordsman in the first year, and Kang Ju-hyeok who was impatient because he couldn’t catch Jeong Se-ga.

‘Yeah. Fight more, you little kids.’

The Kendo God noticed that, but Shinseoul and he both loved competition.

“Yes. If you do it well, it will be good. Now. The technique I’m going to teach you today is called Seonyu (??). It’s a technique for gently receiving. It’s also closely related to actual swordsmanship movements, so you’ll have to follow along diligently.”

The kendo god demonstrated his skills with his assistant.

“Okay. The assistant is going to swing his sword at me. He’s going to swing his sword at me with the force of splitting my head in half. Anyone who’s ever handled a sword knows the technique of turning my sword and deflecting the assistant’s sword to the side. Seonyu is almost the same as this. Just take one more step.”

The assistant struck the kendo master with his sword.

“under!”

“Come!”

The swordsman laid down his sword and took the instructor’s sword.

visor!

As the blue light flashed, the assistant regained his balance, and the kendo god held his sword to the assistant’s neck.

“What, what did you do?”

“Can you show me again just one more time?”

A gasp of excitement rose among the students.

There were many students who didn’t even realize what was happening.

‘oh my god.’

Sega focused on the flow of magical power as if he was watching a telekinesis, and was able to see straight ahead what was happening.

The moment the swords met, the swordsman briefly withdrew his sword energy.

The black sword of the instructor who had struck hard pushed away the sword of the swordsman and quickly slid away.

The Kendo God ignited his sword energy again and used the recoil of his sword to spin it around at an incredible speed.

In an instant, he put the sword to the assistant’s neck.

‘That’s why Seonyu. It’s a gentle counterattack, I see. It’s about using the opponent’s strength to cut them down. If I withdraw the sword energy too much, I’ll be hit, and on the contrary, if I withdraw it too little, I won’t be able to do that movement in one breath. In some ways, it’s more daring than Jungpa or Kwaecheong. A breathing method that withdraws the sword energy and rekindles it. The rhythm is the most important. It’s great.’

While Sega was thinking those thoughts and his blue eyes were shining with passion without him knowing, the Kendo God looked at Sega and the students.

‘Those four guys, nobody understood. Yeah. That’s normal.’

‘Baek Sang-eon, I thought you already knew. Kang Joo-hyuk, you probably knew it too. You must have followed in your footsteps like your mom and dad.’

‘But Sega, you, ha, you’re really a guy worth teaching. You cheeky brat. I saw it. I saw it once and found out how I used my magic. Look at those sparkling eyes. It’s driving me crazy.’

He had felt the rise of desperate desires and longings that had been unnecessary in his life for years.

‘Even though I love you. I can’t give in. This time, I have to take you.’

The counterattack technique, Seonyu, was extremely dangerous.

Banhaedo had his students practice only with wooden swords, and had them practice using swords only on a special wooden stand.

Usually, gift certificates are given out as prizes after Hwa Ye-shin to boost students’ motivation, but today, the atmosphere was heavy and serious.

Sega managed to counter the cactus’s attacks twenty-five times in a row during the last ten minutes.

“Hahaha. As expected from Sega!”

Sega responded calmly to Kyeom’s fuss.

“Be quiet. You think I’m cool even if I don’t say anything.”

“Wow. This arrogance of 78% S-class!”

After a quick shower in the gym’s shower room, I was heading to my blitzkrieg class when a can of soda flew in from the hallway.

Hot.

Sega lightly snatched the can and looked at where it had flown from.

“You did well. If the professor allows, we can spar next time.”

The top of Class 7 was the white-haired Baek Sang-eon.

Compared to Kang Joo-hyuk, he was physically built like a giant, but he was surrounded by factions and had a dangerous laugh like a shark underwater.

“… … You more. Okay. Next time.”

Sega responded with an invincible smile, then headed to the lightning technique class with the members of Group 8.

Baek Sang-eon looked at his back and thought.

‘You don’t hesitate at all when you’re standing in front of me? But you don’t feel like you’ve been looked down on. Yes. You deserve it.’

* * *

It’s become a semi-established fact that Class 1’s lightning class will be held together with Class 8.

Kang Joo-hyuk entered the lightning gym with his faction.

Je Seo-cheon of Class 8 looked at him with her faction.

“… … .”

“… … .”

It wasn’t an open fight, but it was like a full crocodile looking at a lion that came to drink water.

Next, as Sega entered the lightning gym, Jessechun slightly raised his head and waved his hand, which showed a glimpse of his tattoo.

A smile appeared on her face, which was covered in a large scar, and an unexpectedly beautiful voice rang out as if she didn’t care about what anyone thought.

“Hey! The situation is like this.”

“Hello. Seocheon.”

Jeong Se-ga shook her hand and called her ‘Seo-cheon’.

The faction surrounding Je Seo-cheon flinched, Kang Joo-hyuk frowned, and Iljinrim, who had been hiding behind Sega to avoid Je Seo-cheon, glared behind his sunglasses.

Sega approached Je Seo-cheon regardless.

“Did you have a good weekend?”

“Ha. I’m always doing well.”

Lee Gyeom, Iljinrim, Choi Seonmi, and Joo Dahyun headed to the non-major group and looked at Sega’s back.

He was standing right next to Jeseocheon, chatting away.

“Sega is really amazing. I think I’d faint if Je Seo-cheon called my name.”

Choi Seon-mi muttered as if possessed.

“Hey. I beat Yoon Dana, so that’s only natural. In the last class, you were emitting electricity like a net.”

Lee Gyeom shrugged his shoulders.

“Corpse. Why are you being so smug? Don’t just praise Sega. Do it yourself!”

Joo Da-hyun was acting up, and Il-jin-rim just laughed silently.

“… … .”

While trying to avoid Je Seo-cheon’s eyes, I went behind the other students.

“Hmm. Another week has begun! Midterms are just around the corner, so I’ll teach you this technique.”

Class has started.

Professor Jang Kwon-se, dressed in a formal suit, stood on the podium and looked down at the students, shouting so loudly that the gymnasium reverberated.

“Well. The most important thing in hunting is not to become the prey! To do that, you have to use all your senses to understand the surroundings. However, the five senses have their limits.”

No matter how good a explorer one was with his ears, nose, and eyes, he could not help but become half-foolish on a rainy night.

“So we decided to use bio-radar and electronic echolocation to pinpoint the enemy’s location. Hmm.”

“at las!”

“thank you!”

The lightning specialists and the explorer bodyguards cheered loudly, and the regular students clapped their hands as well.

Biometric radar, electronic echolocation, was a supernatural ability that used electromagnetic waves to determine the terrain and situation around them.

Once mastered, he could completely perceive his surroundings with his eyes closed, and could even control the output of his electromagnetic waves to repel or lure tiny beasts like bullet wasps or zombie flies.

“You’ll remember the black knuckle artifact that converted your magical power into electricity. Well, this white knuckle is an artifact that helps you convert your magical power into electromagnetic waves. Of course, so that you can quickly emit electromagnetic waves without this knuckle.”

The teaching assistants came down and handed out knuckles and blindfolds to the students.

Since this class does not have much to do with lightning output, both majors and non-majors can take it together.

“Come this way!”

“Don’t put on the blindfold yet.”

The trainers created simple obstacles on one side of the gym.

It involved wearing a blindfold and emitting electromagnetic waves to find open doors, or jumping over grooves in the floor.

“With your eyes closed?”

“It’s scary.”

Although they did not get hurt when they fell, many students were scared by the fact that their eyes were covered.

Naturally, the first ones to step forward were the class leaders, Je Seo-cheon and Kang Ju-hyeok.

Chewing!

Since they were both pre-learners, they managed to find the open door in no time while the other 18 people were fumbling around.

“The next twenty will depart.”

Sega placed Lee Gyeom and Choi Seon-mi on his left and right and lowered the blindfold under the guidance of the assistant instructor.

The first gate was just a random door that opened in a long wall and you had to go through it.

‘Let’s go.’

I breathed magic into my knuckles.

Cheeeeeeeing-!

And without fail.

‘uh?’

I started hearing sounds that I shouldn’t have heard.

‘What is this? Something is strange… … .’