In fact, the premise of this training was wrong in the first place.
Roman had already felt the mana of this world, and he accumulated a small amount of mana through the Heavenly Demon God Moodong technique.
Still, there was a reason for wanting to be taught.
'Blindly following only my common sense is a shortcut to regression. In Moorim, it is called Qi, and in this world, you need to experience the power expressed as mana and aura. In a new world way from start to finish. Even if Ican't comprehend why they do things a certain way, I need to learn how they proceed with things first...'
He completely bandoned common sense
Chris' teaching was completely different from Moorim's, but Roman was not bound by a set method.
He took several breaths.
Chris said it's important to feel something tickling your skin in the process. That's the mana spoken in the Salamander Continent, and even though Roman only breathed out a few times, mana gathered around him. It had no choice but to do so. As Baek Joong-hyuk, who lived his whole life assimilating with the energy of nature, he knew what kind of character they had and how to induce them.
Chris succeeded in the stage of being lucky when he succeeded even if it took a year.
When he started to feel mana, he accepted it.
When a foreign and mysterious energy entered the body, Roman guided it throughout the body along the blood vessels.
'It's definitely different from Moorim. Moorim aims to remove wastes from meridians as well as ultimately build up mana in Dantian. But this world is different. In the process of inducing mana, they want mana to naturally accumulate in various parts of the body, but there is no binding force. Is there any particular reason for doing this? The energy to settle naturally is subject to human control, but the problem is that if you practice in this way, you will not be able to reach the top even after 100 years.'
It was an inefficient way.
In addition, the problem was also in the characteristics of mana.
'If Moorim's Qi is barren ye thick, the mana of this world is abundant yet light, so it escapes the body as much as it enters.'
Mana that escapes as much as it is accepted.
He felt like he wanted to grab it all.
However.
'For once in the way of this world.'
He suppressed his desire.
Roman knows better than anyone how to become stronger, but now is the time to embrace a new civilization.
Chris' voice was heard.
"Once you reach a stage where you can use a certain amount of mana, you will be able to manifest your aura. Concentrating the mana spread throughout the body at one point. That is the manifestation of the aura. Aura manifestations can be utilized in several ways. There is a way to increase the destructive power by overlaying an aura on the sword, or it can be applied to the body for instantaneous explosive power. What is certain is that the stage of the manifestation of the aura is expressed as one-star aura knights."
Chris wouldn't know.
The fact that Roman has already entered the stage of accumulating mana.
He was merely explaining, but Roman was moving mana in the same way according to the explanation.
Mana accepted.
Roman's binding force (拘束力) made it impossible to just let the mana circulating in the body escape.
Mana gradually built up.
It was an instant when Roman entered the stage of aura manifestation.
*whoosh!*
The body glowed blue.
Even though it wasn't something Chris had taught him, he temporarily strengthened his skin by concentrating his mana on one point.
A familiar phenomenon.
Roman came up with a similar method.
'If I were to make a distinction, the methods they use to utilize aura is similar to the external arts of Moorim....'
'They are not even worth comparing. Moorim's external arts are used to train the exterior and get stronger, but this world's method neither makes the exterior stronger nor allow you to accumulate mana within. Releasing the mana that was spread throughout the body in all directions also makes it inefficient. With something like, I won't be able to reach the top even after a hundred years.'
It was certain.
From his own experience, he was able to draw firm conclusions.
'The way they use mana here is garbage.'
Training with Chris.
There was no reason to proceed any further.
When Roman manifests his aura.
Chris rolled his eyes.
"Huh?!"
He didn't even need to feel mana.
It was a success even if he simply knew what kind of training it was, but something completely unexpected happened.
Blue glowing skin.
It was the manifestation of the aura.
Chris rubbed my eyes and checked again, but the scene in front of him did not change.
'Uh, how is this possible?'
It was out of common sense.
It took him half a year to feel mana, and he had to work for three years to release it.
As Jonathan's disciple from a young age, he steadily learned swordsmanship, and in his mid-twenties, he entered the stage of two stars, a genius recognized by all.
'But, what does this mean?'
Roman's development was not at a level acceptable if looked from a common sense view.
*phew*
Roman opened his eyes.
As he caught his breath, Chris asked as if he was waiting.
"How did you do it?! Did you really just manifest your aura?!"
"You would know better if you saw it for yourself."
"That's why I am asking. No, it doesn't make sense. Someone succeeded in releasing an aura after investing three and a half years, but Master Roman succeeded in just 30 minutes. Be honest. I think you were going to use the aura from the beginning, are you deliberately joking around to confuse me? Ah, now I understand. It was strange that I, as a two-star aura knight, was defeated by the master in the first place."
It was an arbitrary interpretation.
It was more persuasive that Roman was a hermit master rather than the premise that Roman was a genius who could release an aura in 30 minutes.
The problem was that the latter was also out of common sense.
If so, did Roman from 2 years ago hide his powers?
Why?
Chris' gaze on Roman became complicated.
"Can you tell me the standard of aura that distinguishes the strength of Aura Knights? What is the level of the state I have achieved now, and how much above are the skills of those who are currently called the best."
"Once the aura manifestation was successful, the master met the conditions for a 1-star aura knight. And if you cut steel with an aura manifested on an object, from then on, you'll be called a two-star aura knight. The real thing is from 3 stars. Knights are divided according to the strength and destructive power of the aura, and knights with 3 stars receive special treatment in the kingdom. Therefore, Captain Jonathan is a knight recognized by the kingdom. And 4 stars are known by the kingdom, and 5 stars are recognized by the continent. But, the one called the best swordsman on the continent is known as a six-star swordsman. No one is known to have reached that level yet."
6 stars.
The continent's best land.
As Roman who met Jonathan, the situation was somewhat pictured in his mind.
'Based on Moorim, Jonathan is slightly inferior to second-rate. No matter how high a 6-star knight is, it is definitely not at the level I expected. Perhaps the mainstream of this world is not swordsmanship. If an aura is a talent that is granted to one in a thousand, then magic is a talent in ten thousand. I will know for sure only when I experience them myself.'
It was fun.
A different way from Moorim.
He wanted to go out into the world and experience everything in this world.
"Actually, Aura distinction is not a perfect indication of powerlessness. There is a thing called ranking on this continent. Although the 6-star knights are the best on the continent, not all of the knights in the top 10 ranking have reached the 6-star level. Anyway, since when did you start honing your mana? It took me 10 years to reach the level of 2 stars. Even I, who is called a genius, was like this, but considering the appearance of the master I met two years ago, this doesn't make any sense."
Chris' words.
It was said that it took 10 years to feel mana, release an aura, and manifest it through a sword.
"Pffth."
Roman bursts into laughter.
Really, the level of this world was below expectations.
Roman's reaction.
Chris' face turned red.
Although he didn't say it out loud, Chris could not help but get angry at the way he looked like he was laughing at him.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Because it's funny."
"Do you mean that my efforts are funny?"
The atmosphere turned cold.
Chris.
Dmitry's talent.
Although he was defeated by Roman, his pride was not broken.
On Chris' face, which seemed to explode at any moment, Roman looked at him with a smile on his face.
"I will ask you one thing. Have you ever had any doubts about the way you trained while you were at that level?"
"What do you mean?"
"Sometimes people get it wrong. Just because it is a method that has been passed down from generation to generation from a very long time ago, the illusion that it would be absolutely right. I had that thought while learning how to train mana from you. Why are you insisting on this method, in which I can clearly see what is lacking in my head? Don't you know that? Or is it because you have strong trust in the commander of the Knights Templar Jonathan who taught you?"
"!!"
It was an unexpected statement.
Chris looked down in anger and didn't say anything with a bewildered face.
His way of training.
As Roman said, he never questioned it.
"The reason is simple. Because it's easy to follow. Because if you just follow the method created through trial and error, there's no way you'd be met with a loss or criticism. I won't deny your ten years of effort. I just find it funny that you never once questioned the method that you've pursued this whole time."
"There's no such thing as a perfect answer in this world. Even the method that you blindly follow is one of the branches of a path that started from someone's question."
A time when he was called Heavenly Demon God.
Roman did not take his father's teachings directly.
Even if his father was a person who reached the pinnacle of martial arts, he constantly analyzed and studied his teachings.
After many such efforts.
Roman created his own Heavenly Demon God Art.
Even those who criticized Roman's actions at first, exclaimed with admiration for the power of the perfect Heavenly Demon God.
Roman lived like that.
HIs own life.
The subject is not a stranger.
'Instead of accepting it just because it has been passed down from generation to generation, I thought about why I had to accept this and whether this was really the best option for me.'
Of course, such questions make life painful.
'I had to go through trial and error, and when I met a failed result, I had to taste the criticism and despair of others.'
Even so.
Change is necessary.
Just as something handed down from the ancestors started with a question, Roman always threw a question mark on himself.
"I will ask again. Have you really tried your best for 10 years?"
" ."
Chris was speechless.
He looked back on his past life.
Chris worked really hard.
However.
Chris' training method was blind.
'I did what Jonathan told me to do, and this time I accepted the offer because I wanted to learn the technique from him.'
Despite the remarks that went against the common sense of the world, he couldn't refute it.
'It's not a bad way to follow the knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Chris may grow steadily like this and rise to the heights of what others call a genius. But that's it. People who don't question their lives cannot reign at the apex. Chris is one of the strongest people in the world I've ever experienced, but frogs in wells are bound to rot.'
Roman advice.
It was goodwill.
With his help, Roman spit out his face-to-face remarks.
From now on, it's up to Chris.
If he does not accept reality with a straight face, his life will end in the expected end.
"Let's stop training here."
He finished talking
And then when he started to move.
"If so, please tell me the answer. What am I supposed to do from now on?"
Roman stopped walking.
He looked Chris.
'It's fun.'
letting go of self-esteem.
That was a very important issue and hard for many people to do.
Chris, who may have ended simply as a passing relationship, looked different now.