I'm going to Black Sword together with Ji-Hae soon today, I'm really excited and I can't wait to get training from sword master To Kyung-Min.
"Hyungnim I'm ready! Should we go now?"
"Let's go!"
"The place is in Namyangju"
"Okay means it won't take long to get there"
Then I went with Ji-Hae using his car, after 20 minutes I could see the building where the Black Sword practice site was.
It's bigger than I thought, this place really looks cool. And it also seems like there are a lot of people practicing here. The building is made of glass on the outside and the words Black Sword on it look really cool.
"Ji-Hae how many people usually train here?"
"There are about 200 people every day, and there are 10 different coaches, and 1 coach will train 20 people."
"Woah that's awesome, so how can we get trained by To Kyung-Min?"
"I called him last night so we just need to go in and we'll meet him in his practice room."
After that we entered the building, this place is huge. Even the lobby is very spacious and there are many people who just signed up this morning, besides that many strong hunters have come to train here. And I saw that there was Hwa Sung-Hoon, the person who was arguing with me at the time of the hunter test.
I didn't expect to meet someone like him here. Then Ji-Hae led me to Master To Kyung-Min's practice room. The training ground, which only seats 20 people, is one-third the size of a football field. This place must be really expensive, and here are 10 more rooms like that.
"Ji-Hae isn't this place too great?"
"That's right hyungnim, this is the no. 1 sword training ground in Korea and has also received support from the Korean Hunter Association, that's why they have such a huge building."
"Still this place is beyond my imagination."
Then slowly many people started to enter this room as well. And unexpectedly Hwa Sung-Hoon was also in this room. He looked at me and came straight to me.
"Hey weaklings, what are you doing here? This place is not for someone like you"
"What did you say to hyungnim you bastard!"
"Stop it Ji-Hae, just ignore that guy"
"Weak people will always be weak" He said that and walked away.
I knew it would happen so I had prepared myself not to be provoked by his provocation.
"Hyungnim do you know that bastard?"
"I've met him while taking the hunter test"
"He seems like a bad person"
"Leave him alone, he won't be able to do anything. Wait a minute Ji-Hae didn't you say you were going to practice dagger?!?!"
"I registered wrong yesterday, yesterday when I contacted master To Kyung-Min I immediately applied to the same class as you"
"You idiot... never mind"
After waiting for a while, Master To Kyung-Min walked into this practice room. Everyone immediately stood up and saw him walk in, it seemed that everyone respected him greatly and they lowered their heads.
After that he stood in front of us all and he looked at us with a very serious look. I can feel a strong aura emanating from his body even though he is just standing still, he is indeed very strong.
"All of you today will be practicing swordsmanship with me, I don't train weak people. So show me that you are serious and that you can follow along well."
"Understood sir!" We all shouted at the same time.
"Now take out your swords, we will begin basic training."
Then we all took our own swords, we were allowed to use real swords because this place is very wide so we can keep our distance from other people. I decided to use my bone sword, and I felt comfortable using it.
"Return to your positions!"
Then we all returned to our positions, and master To Kyung-Min began to draw his sword. This basic exercise he only teaches basic movements, the first movement is a vertical slash. It looks simple but is hard to master.
"Take vertical slashes up to 100 times! I'll fix the wrong move. Before that, look at the moves I showed you"
Then To Kyung-Min raised his sword slowly, and he immediately made a vertical slash. The slash was so strong that we who were from afar could feel the gust of wind caused by the slash.
Seeing that not only me, but everyone here was also very surprised. It was an absolutely perfect vertical slash, its movement, power, and speed were all in rhythm. And with that he could generate the true power of a vertical slash.
"Now you're going to do the same move I just did."
Some people looked hesitant because they weren't sure they could do the same move. But I have to believe, I can do the same moves like that. And everyone started doing vertical slashes, Ji-Hae had started doing it too.
I've made 50 slashes and To Kyung-Min is starting to go around fixing the wrong moves. He went to several people and some of them were also scolded, almost everyone made the wrong move. Then he approached Ji-Hae before approaching me.
He corrects Ji-Hae's movements a bit and he says that the rest is done right. Looks like Ji-Hae managed to do well. Then To Kyung-Min came up to me, he just looked at me and he didn't speak at all.
I'm getting scared, did I make a mistake? I'm not sure but I keep doing those slashes. Then after a while he told me to stop.
"You stop first"
"D-did I do something wrong?"
"No, but otherwise you did very well." Instantly people looked at me after hearing master say that.
"Are you sure?"
"You have good posture, and the way you swing your sword is also perfect. But you haven't used your whole body well."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You don't take the sword seriously."
"I can't understand what you mean"
"You have to find the answer yourself."
After that we resumed our sword practice, master To Kyung-Min taught various kinds of moves. Until finally we were asked to do a sparring practice. He said to show the results of our training, we should try to spar with each other.
"I will determine your sparring partner"
Then master To Kyung-Min started calling out people's names. And they started sparring in front of us all. There hasn't been an interesting fight yet, and master To Kyung-Min looks unimpressed either. After waiting for a while, my name was called.
"Lee Won Myung will spar with Hwa Sung-Hoon"
I didn't expect to be his sparring opponent, he also looked happy to be able to fight with me. But I will not hold back, I will beat him. Then we took positions and started to face each other.
"You can start now!"
Then Hwa Sung-Hoon made the first move, he attacked me with a slightly messy slash combination, he only relied on his strength. However it felt weak, I resisted all the attacks with ease. I don't even need to use my best swordsmanship.
I did look like I was being cornered, but I just let it attack me.
"Why don't you strike back?! Are you scared? You weaklings!"
"Shut up you idiot"
Then after playing with him a bit, I got serious. I counterattacked him with a bit of force, and he was pushed back. After that without thinking I did a vertical slash, somehow I felt different when I did that vertical slash. My power is much stronger than before, and when I do that slash. Hwa Sung-Hoon was blown all the way to the end of the room, and the floor shattered from my slash.
Everyone who saw that, including master To Kyung-Min was shocked. Master To Kyung-Min immediately called the medical team to immediately treat Hwa Sung-Hoon. I don't know why it can give off such strong power, I didn't even use my skills.
After that master To Kyung-Min dismissed today's class, and he asked me to wait here. After everyone was out he came over to me.
"You have talent, you managed to master that vertical slash well."
"What do you mean? I got the hang of it?"
"I didn't think you could master it that fast either, but the ability you displayed earlier. It shows the true power of a vertical slash."
"I didn't think that I could master it, I guess that's why I find it strange"
"Are you interested in joining our Black Sword?"
"Regarding that... I don't think I can join"
"Too bad, then if you need help just call me. You are a promising young man"
"Thank you very much master!"
After that I went out of the room, I didn't expect that I could get that praise from the master.
"Hyungnim you managed to beat that bastard!"
"I just accidentally overused my power haha"
"I don't think that's right hyungnim, you really have to teach him a lesson!"
"Forget about him let's just go home now, I'm feeling tired"
Then we went home after that incredible sword practice. Besides that I managed to get master To Kyung-Min's contact, I'm so lucky!