Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 28



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Episode 28

Camponi, who had opened the bear trap, continued speaking while blowing smoke.

“In Sandesiya, those who aim guns recklessly are punished with the simple penalty of finger cutting.

If you point a gun at me like that, I’ll get excited too. We greet each other like civilized people.

How about starting from here?

Jincheol looked at the cleanly cut cross-section of the gun barrel and couldn’t help but admire it.

Wasn’t cutting iron something that only happened in cartoons?

“The greeting is ridiculous. It’s not civilized to suddenly appear from behind and stab someone in the back at night.

“What are you going to do?”

Jincheol lightly shot Camponi and threw the pipe combination with the muzzle cut off.

He threw his right foot back and turned his body. Now, the camponi’s hand was still there.

There was only a short cane. The blade that cut off the muzzle was not visible. If so,

In some way, it seemed right to assume that there was a blade hidden inside that staff.

It’s amazing how he can cut iron, but anyway, there’s an unbridgeable gap between Jincheol and that camponi.

There was a difference in leg length. If Jincheol stretched out his legs now, that camponi would be tall.

I would feel like I was being stabbed.

But when he saw Jincheol change his posture, he shook his head slightly.

“The young man seems confident in his movements. Okay, let’s lay him down for now.

“Shall we talk about it?”

He lifted his staff. As Jincheol had expected, a swoosh came from the tip.

A gently curved blade appeared. The length of the blade that appeared like that

It was longer than Camponi himself. In terms of overall length, it was longer than Jincheol.

From Camponi’s point of view, it was no different from a pole.

“···Can you swing that?”

Camponi smiled brightly at Jincheol’s words.

“Would you like to try it?”

A ray of light flashed and cut diagonally across Jincheol’s front. Jincheol reflexively turned back.

He swung his right arm as he stepped back.

A silver sword blade shot out from Jincheol’s armor and blocked the light.

The blades clashed with each other, creating a clear, metallic sound and a short burst of sparks.

Jincheol was surprised by the heavy strength he felt on his forearm. The strength he felt from the blade was unusual.

It was a force incomparable to that of other campons I had seen before.

Then, the light slashed diagonally, horizontally, and then diagonally at Jincheol’s upper body.

Cheol stepped back and blocked the attack with his sword. The sword on the other side was stronger than he thought.

It was so long that I couldn’t just dig into it.

While blocking Camponi’s attack, at some point, Jincheol’s fishing sword and his long sword

They faced each other while crossing each other. Jincheol was surprised by Camponi’s skillful use of a sword.

So I paused for a moment, and Camponi tilted his head at the sight.

“···You, don’t you know swordsmanship?”

“what?”

Camponi smiled again at Jincheol’s question.

“If you don’t know, you should die?”

Camponi twisted his wrist and rotated the long sword that was crossing the sword. Then

The tip of the long sword’s blade, which had been gently curved, turned around and struck Jincheol’s neck.

The blade, which turned into a hook as it flipped over, struck the prey like a snake aiming for its windpipe.

It dug through, jumping over the sword’s blade.

“Sir! Stop it!”

As the voice of the woman named Esai, who revealed her name as Haitara, rang out, the old man

The body of the campo that was called Labulin fell backwards. A dumb voice came out of Haita’s mouth.

Leega came out.

“···to?”

The Camponi flew away and fell onto the pavement of the street, rolling around and rolling with great force.

He straightened his posture and stood up. The tip of his longsword was aimed at Jincheol again.

Jincheol also stretched out his right arm and aimed the blade of his sword at him. With his left hand, he slid

I was stroking his neck. What the fuck, what just happened?

The crossed blades spun around and the sword tip pointed outward from Jincheol’s body.

It dug into the liver and throat. It was the first time Jincheol had experienced the movement of the blade. Suddenly

Back in the old days, before the war, I saw Western swordsmanship and Lichtenauer on the internet.

I remembered what I was doing. The shape of the sword was different, but the movement was similar.

Camponi, who was looking at Jincheol, was also stroking his stomach. In a split second, Jin

It was because the iron kick had kicked his stomach. He was in a hurry so he had to control his strength.

I just kicked it without saying anything, but surprisingly, Camponi only looked a little uncomfortable.

It was.

“What a power of ignorance. I thought my stomach was going to burst. You don’t know swordsmanship, you don’t know how to fight.

No, I mean···”

He held the blade upright next to his face and lowered his posture. The short Campo

You were almost glued to the floor. At the same time, his eyes were sinking deep.

He sat down. A cool aura flowed over the blade.

Jincheol also aimed the blade of his right arm at him and lowered his stance. He definitely didn’t know swordsmanship.

But I didn’t think it was true. Fencing is a collection of techniques for killing people.

Ramen Jincheol is a collection of killing techniques that kills opponents in order to live in hell.

It was. A glimmer of life appeared in his eyes.

At that moment, a woman named Haita came between the two of them.

“Stop! Stop fighting! Why are you suddenly trying to kill each other!”

She took off the hood she was wearing and told Jincheol and Camponi not to move.

He was reaching out. When I looked closely, I saw a face with tears welling up in its eyes, which looked old.

It wasn’t easy. What is it, a kid?

As Jincheol was looking at her face, the camponi on the other side quickly put down his knife.

He put it down. His longsword became a staff again.

He said.

“That guy pointed his gun at me out of the blue. I tried to resolve the issue through conversation, but he was ready to fight.

“That guy did it too.”

“Don’t just go for the neck!”

“No, I… didn’t really mean to stab… actually I stopped in the middle and just pretended

I tried to catch him, but that guy···”

“That’s why you asked me to stand with you! Why are you showing up behind me and scaring people?

still!”

“Haita, you don’t seem to know much, but when you’re gathering information, you usually do that to the other person.

“I need to apply pressure···”

“So it looks like you’re getting information now?”

“No, that’s not it···”

Camponi lost his relaxed attitude and was taken aback by the words of the Esai girl.

He was sweating profusely. Before he knew it, his tail was curled up and digging between his legs.

It was heavy. Jincheol felt discouraged when he saw that sight.

“···”

With a swoosh, the blade of the sword disappeared into Jincheol’s wrist guard.

Hearing that, Haitha turned to look at him. She bowed deeply.

“I’m sorry! I’m serious! My uncle has a strange tic when he meets a skilled warrior.

I have a habit of ticking. I really didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m really sorry.

all!”

“···It doesn’t matter to MetiDoti?”

She quickly raised her head, which had been bowed.

“As I said before, I don’t even know who that is? ···But how do you know the person’s name?

“Is it Tidoti?”

Jincheol bent down and picked up the bear that had fallen on the floor. The campouni on the other side flew away.

It was a dropped object. I was shaking off the dust when the campo approached me.

He opened his mouth, looking at the Esai girl’s expression.

“···They say it’s just a child. I’m sorry for swinging the sword at first. I’m a swordsman,

So, you can’t help but be sensitive to situations where the gun is pointed at you from the front. And you

The way you move seems so confident that I can’t help but feel proud… Anyway, I’m sorry.

“It became a crab.”

“I’m sorry for pointing the gun at you right away. Something happened before I came here.

I was a little sensitive without realizing it. Is your stomach okay?”

Jincheol said that and held out the bear’s paw. He felt like he was only a child because of his cool apology.

Camponi, who had revealed this, suddenly had his eyes sparkle. He accepted the bear’s tail.

He continued speaking.

“···Your kicking power is unusual. Are you Esai?”

“No, it’s not Esai.”

“Then? I don’t think it’s Olog.”

Jincheol was wondering what to say, but decided to just give a vague answer.

“I am also looking for my people. That is why I came to Sioux.

“You guys, are you really waiting for me?”

“Oh, right. I have something to ask you…”

Then a girl named Haita intervened.

“Two months ago! It’s been two months since you arrived in Sioux City?”

“···That’s true. But how did you know that?”

“Then that guy! Harmen! You met Lord Harmen?”

Jincheol was momentarily speechless. It was a name he had never heard before. Harmen? Who is Harmen?

“Well, I don’t know who it is.”

“Yes? Didn’t you come to Sioux two months ago on the cargo ship Romuto?”

The cargo ship Romuto. It seemed to be referring to Captain Romuto’s Baika merchant ship. Jincheol was soon

The girl was able to recall her origins. Sandesiya’s Haita. Jincheol’s Ki.

Who is from Sandesiya in the 100s?

“Oh, those pirates?”

“You remembered!”

At that time, most of the pirates who had attacked the merchant ships were killed. Only three survived, two of them

On my way to Shiol, I was just getting beat up by the Antera Musas. But I was seriously injured.

The guy who was caught wearing it was lounging around in the infirmary thanks to Mr. Parm. Damn, that guy.

Come to think of it, we’ve been seeing each other’s faces for a while now, but we haven’t even revealed our names.

“Almost all of the pirates who attacked the ship at that time were dead.”

At Jincheol’s words, Haita shook her head.

“I heard there are survivors!”

“Yes, there are, but… I don’t know the names of those three. Was there a person named Harmen?

“I can’t tell you for sure whether it didn’t exist or not.”

“Here! Is this the guy?”

Haitha took out something small, metal, from his bosom. He looked at it and saw that it was gold.

A hologram of a face appeared, with light flashing upwards. Heh heh, alone.

Is that a portrait of Gram? I’m not surprised anymore. I just think it’s like that.

Jincheol looked at the hologram in a blue color. The face in the portrait looked a little younger.

It was long, but he was right. It was the pirate who was dying in the infirmary.

“That’s right. But I don’t know if he’s still alive. At that time, Antera was dragging this guy away.

“The lambs should have been usually fierce.”

“It’s okay! It was important to confirm that it was Harmen! The prisoners were still alive.

Ah, I already knew that!”

Her voice rose and her face became flushed. Could it be her family?

He bowed deeply to Jincheol once again.

“Thank you so much! I know you must be upset because of me, but thank you for answering me so kindly!

“Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!”

“No, what. I just checked your face, but you didn’t have to go that far to greet me…”

“No! Thank you very much!”

She then took out a pouch and put it in Jincheol’s hand. Just a little while ago

I opened it thinking about the holographic portrait and what it was, and it was just full of silver coins.

It was a pocket. Jincheol was disgusted. He was extorting money from a middle and high school girl who asked for directions.

Because it was a feeling.

“What? Okay. Who asked for money?”

“Yes? No, thank you for your kind answer, and also, the child’s weapon was broken because of you, uncle.

still···”

“Take it, before I get angry.”

I had a place to sleep right now, and I had money to buy food tomorrow. And then I had alcohol to drink.

There was a house. Jincheol didn’t want to extort money from Ae. Later, the money

If necessary, I just worked then and there. I survived the dark pit of war and

For a soldier who had fallen behind in a promising future, that was enough.

Jincheol threw the bag to Haita, and the girl who received it said that Jincheol had taken the silver coin.

He hesitated as if he didn’t know that it wouldn’t happen, and he kept watching it.

The eyes of the Camponi swordsman who was watching sparkled even brighter.

Then he coughed in vain. When the two people looked at him, he took the

He took out a heavy lump of iron. It looked similar, but he couldn’t tell what it was.

It wasn’t long and difficult. It was a revolver pistol.

“Ahem. I know you may call me a substitute, but I ruined it, so I guess I should compensate.

Okay, take it. The rotation of the ‘Tomoras Workshop’, which is said to be the best among the workshops in Sandesiya.

“It’s a food pistol.”

“oh···”

This time I didn’t leave it out. It wasn’t the young Haitha that gave it, but the fluffy one.

There was also the fact that this was a given item. Jincheol took the gun he gave him and moved it around.

Lee looked around.

A thick, solid yet smooth barrel with a rough texture to prevent slipping.

A gun body with a raised handle, a clean opening with a half-opening mechanism, and a hammer of moderate weight.

Even the trigger. The downside is that it is three or four times heavier than the previous pipe pistol and still has

The only thing was that the ammunition was four rounds.

The ammunition was a pity, but the weight didn’t matter to Jincheol. Rather, it was heavy and

It seemed like it would be better to lose. If you blow one, you get another right away. This

Should I call it an upgrade?

“More than that, you, have you really never learned swordsmanship?”

Jincheol was obsessed with the silver gun without realizing it, and the child who was watching from the side

Man-i spoke in a quiet voice. There was something strange in his eyes as he looked at Jin-cheol.

I felt the heat.

“There aren’t any. Why?”

“Oh…? Hey, then, do you have any desire to learn something? Lightly. For exercise.”

Jincheol, who had a revolver hanging on his finger and was spinning it around, looked at the child with a trembling expression.

I looked at him. What is this old man Bok-sil talking about?

He just spoke his mind.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Keum, I know it’s a bit too much for me to brag about, but… I’m Sandesiya and Ohlam.

Master of the five northern sword tribes, including the ancient secret sword of the western wilderness

He is also a scholar who found and restored the sword. My friends in Sandesiya highly praised my swordsmanship skills.

“In the sense of the master of the Northern Swordsmanship, ahem. That… Haita?”

Haitha looked at him with a blank expression and reluctantly accepted his words.

“It’s called Geomheon.”

“Ahem. Anyway, I think you have some talent when I briefly crossed swords with you.

I guess you can say that it is not something you have to learn, but you can’t let your talent go to waste.

Isn’t that right? I’ll teach you a couple of techniques that are perfect for you, so just sleep with me.

“Is it okay to learn it···?”

Jincheol snickered. He was the one who had just pointed a gun at me and tried to cut off one of my fingers.

that’s right?

“I’m a bit busy. I’ll learn it next time when I have time.”

“Later? Ahem ahem ahem. Hey, you, Jincheol. Can I call you Jincheol? Jincheol, I

I’m not the type of person to say things like that so casually. If you go to Sandesiya right now,

I went from the Esai family to the Northern Olog to get some swordsmanship instruction from Hanta.

“I’m coming-”

“Just kidding, uncle!”

Haita, who had been listening quietly, shouted. Then, with a strange heat in his voice,

The boy who was looking at Jincheol shrank silently and looked at the girl’s expression.

After cutting off the words of the Camponi swordsman, Haita once again looked deeply at Jincheol.

He bent down.

“Thank you again. And sorry for bothering you in the middle of the night and breaking your equipment again.

“I’m sorry.”

“Oh, no. Thanks to you, I got something better.”

“It was really important to me to make sure that he was right.

“Oh my god.”

She kept bowing like that and soon said goodbye.

“Well then, that’s it for us. Enjoy the rest of your night.”

“Yeah. I hope everything goes well for you too.”

Finally, she bowed and said hello, then pulled her hood back over her head and turned around to leave.

He went out. Aiman ​​followed him behind, but kept looking back at Jincheol. His eyes

In , regret was dripping down.

Jincheol waved at him and laughed. Really, for a moment, we only crossed swords three or four times.

It was a fight that was barely even, but I couldn’t understand what he was looking at and why he was acting like that.

I watched the backs of the two people walking down the street and arguing.

Jincheol, who was watching, lowered the hand he was shaking and let out a deep sigh. Something was going on.

It was a day. From Mr. Parum who came during the day to Meti Dotti’s subordinates who fought in the alley,

And now, even Haitah and Aiman. Suddenly, fatigue came over me.

“···Still, I have to do what I have to do.”

Jincheol muttered as if he was sighing and then started walking briskly again. Suddenly

Although briefly pushed back by the meeting with the Sandesians, Jincheol’s target tonight was Meti Doti.

Jincheol, who was walking along the street, soon turned into an alley and went to a boarding house that he had reserved as his lodging.

Arrived home. The landlady was an old lady named Esai, who usually stayed on the first floor.

He didn’t come up. In addition, he was sleeping poorly, so Jincheol went home late for the past two months.

Didn’t say a word.

But he couldn’t make any noise, so Jincheol quietly opened and closed the door and went up the stairs.

I opened the door and went in, pulled the rope on one side, and the room opened with a clicking sound.

The lights were turned on.

I saw a room neatly furnished with a bed, a wardrobe, a small drawer, and a table. There was nothing special about it.

It was a bleak room without any food. I thought about decorating it, but when I actually tried it,

Johnny didn’t know where to start. It was a clean, neat and stylish look.

It was the same, so Jincheol just maintained his current appearance.

After looking around the room for a moment, he went to the wardrobe standing on one side and opened the door.

As I took off the clothes I had been wearing, I saw the rifles and ammunition that had been placed behind them. Originally rented

I was able to get a box of the five-foot-tall ones I had while living in Shiol, but the price wasn’t cheap.

There was.

One reason was that the specifications for each gun were different. The guns here were usually handcrafted.

Because of this, slightly different standards were used for each region, city, workshop, and race. Very

It’s not that there aren’t any common standards that have been passed down from the old days, but still, when you buy a gun, you have to

It was common to first check compatibility with the ammunition being carried.

There are a lot of swordsmen and sorcerers using strange artifacts, so it’s expensive.

There is also a growing phenomenon of knife wielders who value their own strength more than firearms.

It wasn’t strange.

“But does it make sense that a box of thirty feet costs five gold coins? No matter how I look at it,

I think I got hit···”

Jincheol took out his rifle and ammunition, checked them, equipped them, and muttered, “I know, but

It’s an era of uncertainty. In addition to the above, there are several other reasons why bullets are expensive.

To Jincheol, it was just the guys who made bullets talking nonsense to make a huge profit.

It looked like.

“Oh, this isn’t right. Shit.”

The revolver ammunition I had saved did not match the ammunition for the pistol I received from Aiman. Still,

I didn’t take out the pistol. Anyway, I had four shots in it, so I could use it.

Finally, Jincheol checked the wrist guard on his right arm again and put the rifle on his shoulder.

Surrounded.

He stood in front of the door again and let out a deep sigh.

“The night is long, long···”

However, I had no intention of leaving Meti Dotti alone. I sent a warning and went through the night.

The mask looks so out of place.

Jincheol opened the door and went down the stairs. It was time for some serious exercise in the middle of the night.

All right. His hand reached out and opened the door of the boarding house. The night streets of Shiol were visible.

Jincheol, who was about to walk out into a dark alley, noticed something and stopped walking.

I stopped. It was because I saw a black doll across the alley. It was quite large.

One thing seemed to be all over the place.

“What? Is this a preemptive strike?”

His hand lightly grabbed the rifle. Perhaps Metidotti, who had been warned, was preparing for defense.

I didn’t know I had chosen to attack first rather than equip, but across the alley, Olog

After hearing Jincheol’s voice, Cheolpudeok fell forward. What is that? Why is that kid doing that?

Jincheol walked towards him with brisk steps. He looked around to see if it was a trap, but there was nothing.

No other signs of life were felt.

Then, Olog, who had fallen forward, muttered.

“True, iron···”

Jincheol’s expression hardened.

“Woodim?”

Jincheol immediately turned over the fallen Udim and sat him down. He was wearing the shirt he was wearing this afternoon.

Tsuga’s body was covered in blood and the skin inside was also covered in blood. Udim said,

After checking the face, he opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Boarding house, house··· address··· I remembered···”

“Hey, is this the time to brag about that? What the hell is going on?”

Udim’s pale face was drained of blood. He spoke, panting.

“Teacher… Teacher Parum, was taken away….”

“What? Who? Why?”

“That guy… Berdo… is dead… The teacher is guilty…”

Udim’s words trailed off. Jincheol saw that his consciousness was already halfway to the afterlife.

Jincheol, who saw the situation, did not hesitate. He took out the syringe he had hidden in his waistband.

He took it out and stabbed it straight into Udim’s chest.

A special liquid flows into Udim’s skin from a fancy-looking syringe.

The silvery liquid flows straight to the critical wounds, stopping bleeding and infection.

At the same time, it took over the role of the blood that was lacking.

Instead, Udim’s consciousness was completely plunged into darkness. After a while, his condition stabilized.

Jincheol’s expression sank deeply as he confirmed it. The dark shadows of the alley

Inside, his eyes were shining brightly.

Those eerie eyes looked up at the sky. The narrow night sky of the alley faced him.

It was as if he was glaring at the person who had made Udim like this.

“···The night is really long.”

After confirming that Udim had overcome the crisis, Jincheol quickly wrapped himself around his body.

And then I went straight back to the boarding house I had left.

In this way, Sioux’s back alley boss Metidotti gained another night’s life.