[Aaron Side Story Episode 20]
3. The first dream (4)
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Whiiik!
The sound of breaking air.
A window made of wood stretches out.
Kwajik!
The tip of the blunt spear was lodged in the straw scarecrow.
Aaron opens the spear and pulls out the spear stuck in it.
And I got into my stance again.
thousands of times.
No, it’s a posture I’ve tried tens of thousands of times.
Left hand loose forward.
Right hand firmly behind.
“…!”
Step out and stretch your left arm.
At the same time, the stretched right arm fired as if pushing the spear stick.
Unnecessary thrusting action.
Whoops!
The blade of the spear splits the air,
and Kwajik!
The tip of the spear was deeply embedded in the scarecrow.
Aaron took a moment to catch his breath before pulling out the spear.
‘Once more.’
Repeat the same posture.
After taking the perfect posture as you have learned so far, stab the spear as if pushing it away.
‘again.’
stab
stab again
stab again
Continue to poke.
Beads of sweat formed on Aaron’s forehead.
But I wasn’t aware of it at all.
To stab a spear at a designated place.
I was concentrating all my mind on one movement.
Dozens of stabs became hundreds, and hundreds soon became thousands.
‘you can do it.’
don’t know how long it’s been
The stomach is not hungry.
I wasn’t even sleepy at all.
Leaves falling like rain remain fixed in the air.
Twilight across the horizon never sets.
What a mysterious and blessed world this is.
If you feel like you’re about to collapse from exhaustion,
and if you can’t even take a stab, just
lean against the fence and close your eyes.
There is neither day nor night here.
The same landscape continues endlessly.
There is no need for human physiological activity.
I was able to focus on my efforts all the time I was alive.
‘How long has it been?’
When you close your eyes while resting.
The boy’s dagger-like words came to mind over and over again.
Effort is useless.
An ant is still an ant even after a thousand years.
You have nothing to gain here.
Every time the boy’s voice came over him, Aaron felt a pain in his chest.
but i can’t give up
Now I can’t go back empty-handed.
“Whoa…”
Aaron opened his eyes.
Some strength has returned.
It was time to focus on training again.
I picked up the training spear leaning against the fence and headed in front of the scarecrow in the gymnasium.
“Damn damn damn it!”
the other side of the gymnasium.
There, Thragin was holding a sword and egging a scarecrow.
The air screamed and scattered at the sword attack that raged like a storm.
The bundles of straw that formed the scarecrow disintegrated and flew in all directions.
“You must have laughed at me!”
Thragin swung his sword with bloodshot eyes.
I don’t know how many days it’s been like that.
Aaron silently decided to do his job.
Poking and
prodding and
poking over and over again.
“I will do this. kill that bastard Who is he to judge my limits? that’s what i decide No one can interfere!”
Sraagin let out a rattlesnake.
The frenzied sword attack followed, and soon the scarecrow, cut in half, fell to the ground.
“Damn it!”
Sraagin walked to the right.
He stood in front of the intact scarecrow, took a stance, and began dismantling it anew.
His actions were closer to recklessly destroying nearby scarecrows than to training his skills.
However, damaged scarecrows are immediately restored like new ones.
The back of the training ground, where Thragin was seated, was usually a mess with torn scarecrow fragments.
“Where are you doing well?”
Entrance to the training ground.
A boy appeared grinning.
“Oops!”
a swinging sword.
The boy’s figure became a shadow and dispersed before appearing from the seat next to him.
The boy, who easily outplayed Thragin, headed towards the center of the training ground.
The boy’s gaze turned to Aaron.
“It’s good to do it, but don’t give up on being human?”
“What does it mean?”
“Yeah, you don’t have to sleep here, and it’s okay to starve for the rest of your life, but there is such a thing as a human life, right? If you keep not eating and not sleeping because nothing happened, will you be in big trouble when you go out?”
“…”
“The house isn’t there for nothing.”
what does it matter
Aaron wanted to respond.
Aaron did not want to lose to that boy who denied the value of hard work.
But the words in my heart didn’t come out.
“I want to ask you something.”
“what?”
“How many days have I been here?”
“Two days.”
Aaron bit his lip.
‘It’s only been two days.’
It felt like a month had passed.
“Enough then.”
The boy who beckoned turned into fog and disappeared.
It was still a novelty.
“A child like a dog.”
Thragin spat.
“…two days.”
Aaron smiled bitterly.
As real time slows down, time in the body may also flow slowly.
‘I can’t do it.’
It was as the boy said.
It was necessary to record the time in order to know for sure the results of training.
From that day on, Aaron decided to sleep in a cabin at an appropriate time.
The wooden house was considerably larger than it looked.
I picked an empty room in the corner and made it my room.
‘Everything is there.’
There was a clock and calendar in the private room.
It’s not a crude mechanic.
They were objects similar to artifacts that had been treated magically.
Aaron was thus able to reliably record the time he had spent here.
‘There is also a library related to martial arts.’
To the left of the cabin is a small library.
There were various books containing the secrets of martial arts on display.
In order to pass talent through effort, an accurate theory of martial arts is needed.
It was one of the environments that Aaron did not hope for.
‘Nothing is clumsy.’
Parala Rock.
Turn over the books on the bookshelf.
From basic weapon skills to psychological warfare.
From beginner to advanced.
You can tell just by looking.
All books must have been written by masters with deep realizations.
‘you can do it.’
Aaron smiled.
If you don’t know, you can study from the book.
If it’s time, it’s enough to rot and overflow.
‘okay.’
theory and effort.
If you harmonize the two, the way will open for Aaron.
There were all the elements to be strong here.
theory of nothingness.
time close to eternity.
Not far away, even the Dalian opponents who will demonstrate this.
It does not make sense.
It doesn’t make sense that we can’t become strong when we have such perfect conditions.
‘Talent?’
What is it like?
You can overcome it with effort.
Two days if one day is not enough, three days if that is not enough.
If it’s not enough, ten days and a month.
If that doesn’t work, even if it’s 1 year, 10 years, 100 years.
The promise is made.
I’m here to live or die
Aaron made up his mind.
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You have to build from the basics.
Aaron decided to learn martial arts theory instead of going to the training grounds and doing pointless thrusts all day.
Accidental enlightenment while repeating training is allowed only for geniuses.
Dunjae has no choice but to hit the core of martial arts directly into the brain.
There was really anything here.
There were also bundles of white paper and clean writing utensils.
Aaron took out a stack of books in the corner of the table and checked the title.
[Basic and advanced spearmanship – 上]
Of course, the library also has martial arts books on spears.
I picked the thickest book among them.
upper middle lower This book, which consists of a total of three volumes, was close to half a span in thickness.
Immediately, Aaron opened the book.
After that, I started reading it randomly.
‘…’
The beginning of the book of spears was something Aaron knew.
How to hold a window sill.
stabbing tips.
The utility and posture of swinging.
‘Really.’
This book is made for beginners who do not know anything.
Aaron could feel the author’s consideration for beginners.
But the problem was in the middle.
[There are three fundamentals that a person who handles a spear must master.] [
A spear is like a lightning that strikes sharply, like a typhoon that pushes everything away, like an abyss that swallows everything.] “….” [Simply
stab
and You can’t take anything from the realm world just by swinging it.]
[Push it from the inside, pull it out, and
stab it together.] [These are called ran, na, and 扎, respectively.]
Ran nachal.
Is it the next level of stabbing and swinging?
[When the spear stick is extended, it pushes, pulls, and bounces everything around the radius of the circle that can move.] [
When the opponent’s defense becomes helpless, then it is then struck.]
[All movements that make the spear move It should be done at a minimum.]
[Attach the spearman to the body and act as if it has become another bone. It is the waist, not the arm, that moves the window. Move the spear pole by changing the direction of the force from the feet to the waist to the shoulders to the whole body.]
What… What is that sound?
[The tip of the window that formed the area does not fluctuate. It doesn’t go beyond the width of the body, and just pushes and pulls everything.
] [If you extend lightning in a typhoon and abyss, this is the basic and key rannachal of spearmanship.]
Aaron, who was about to write down, stopped moving.
I didn’t know where to start.
‘Why did this suddenly happen?’
I could understand the first half of the book.
Aaron stared at the open bookshelf.
What is pushing from the inside?
It’s me pulling outside.
It’s hard to stab.
But what is the area and what is the waist?
Move the spear pole with your waist instead of your arms?
Twist the direction of the force that started from the tip of your toe?
[Learning this is impossible with theory alone.]
[Learning its utility through training and sparring, realizing it deeply and
learning it with your heart.] [If you don’t realize it, those who want to master the spear cannot move on.]
Aaron stopped reading.
It wasn’t even half a day since I was determined.
But it’s already blocked.
“…”
Ugh.
gritted it
Yes, it’s natural that you can’t understand it from the beginning.
If you don’t know, just read until you know.
It’s important to put it in your head once.
You may be able to realize something you didn’t know while training.
Aaron locked himself in his room and read the basics of spears and advanced commercials.
I couldn’t learn anything.
But it’s okay.
I immediately took out the middle volume and listened.
[In the world of martial arts, the body is a medium that amplifies and transmits power.] I
just shoved it in and saw it.
[Each trivial movement can become the flapping of wings of a butterfly that causes a typhoon.]
From the middle volume of the Book of Spears, incomprehensible poetic expressions instead of explanations of posture or training methods were rampant.
[If you realize this, you can go ten miles in one month and create a storm with a single stomp.]
What are you realizing?
Aaron forced himself to read.
From the next book on, I couldn’t understand a single sentence.
I could understand it at first.
From the middle, it suddenly skipped a few steps and started making strange noises.
Author’s consideration for beginners?
“Damn it…”
Whoa.
manage anger
There are many books left to read.
one month after that.
Aaron focused solely on reading and learning martial arts books.
As the boy advised, he went to bed at the appointed time.
Once a day, the fallen leaves are rolled into a ball and eaten as a steamed ball.
Still, there was plenty of leeway.
more than 20 hours a day.
Sitting in front of the table, holding my head, I read and read the book over and over again.
I tried to memorize at least the contents.
So,
I found out one thing.
‘Theory is just a theory.’
Numerous martial arts books also emphasized this in common.
The royal road of martial arts is repetition of training and combat.
The fact that it is in the realization that is born in the middle of it.
‘If you don’t realize it, you can’t move on.’
I had to confirm the difficult truth several times.
In the end, Aaron had no choice but to go to the gymnasium.
“Long time no see.”
The man who was adjusting his posture in front of the scarecrow spoke up.
It’s Thragin.
His expression has calmed down as if he had calmed down his anger when he came.
A month was such a long time.
“Long time no see.”
Aaron lightly bowed his head and said hello.
Their conversation ended there.
He took his seat on the other side of the gymnasium.
I grabbed the training spear that was leaning against the fence and glared at the scarecrow.
“…”
is not visible.
I can’t see anything.
In front of my eyes, I could only see a scarecrow made of straw and a sticking out spearhead.
‘It would be different for a master.’
Anything can be done.
You can create storms with your sword, run amok like fire, and make beautiful flowers bloom. The only
thing Aaron can do
is to stick the blade of a spear into a bundle of straw.
If he hadn’t known, he could have stabbed him innocently.
However, at least in theory, I came to know the world.
Aaron relaxed.
“Look.”
Aaron opened his mouth.
low-pitched voice.
Sraagin looked back at him.
“Can I ask you a favor?”
Standing blankly, Aaron said.
“It is difficult for me to learn because I am lacking and weak.”
“….”
“Can I ask you to teach me if you don’t mind?”
Aaron turned his head.
Thragin glared at him with emotionless eyes.
“I will do anything. If you need a sparring partner, I’ll be happy to accompany you. just call I do whatever I can.”
Aaron’s voice trembled.
“I admit that I am an opponent of your shortcomings. But it will be more useful than a scarecrow.”
Aaron said, suppressing his emotions.
“I want you to… help me.”