A Reincarnated Person With a Sub-Dimension

Episode 7

I took a defensive stance and watched Richard. Richard immediately extended his fist as if he had no intention of waiting. A short left-handed jab. The pace was slower than expected.

He shook his head slightly to avoid the fist. With a difference of a finger, the fist stopped in front of my nose. The cold air pushed into his fist tickled the tip of his nose. The muscles in Richard’s jaw bulged as he gritted his teeth, as if he was embarrassed by the mishandling.

I took a half step back and waited for the next attack. Once again, the left fist comes flying. Then, Richard’s upper body twisted and his right fist rushed in. One corner of Richard’s mouth was raised slightly, as if he was sure that the attack would hit.

It was an attack so fast that the air trembled. But speed is relative. It still seemed slow to me. To the extent that I couldn’t miss Richard’s expression.

Bend your knees and upper body diagonally. Richard’s knuckles pass by the ear with a hair’s difference. Richard’s upper body exposed. I hit Richard’s side with strength in the back.

“Cool.”

A strong light body hook.

The sudden shock caused Richard to cough.

“Richard, Ian is also a well-trained body. Do your best in not using mana.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Richard’s eyes turned fierce and the attack began again. A cross followed by two jabs. Jab and body hook followed again. Richard’s breathing gradually quickened from the rough movement.

But the speed is far short of catching up to me. The enhanced body vision caught the fast-flying fist without missing it. A counterattack is possible whenever you want. However, he evaded or blocked moderately and maintained a defensive posture with minimal movements.

“Enough, both of you.”

At Uncle Herbert’s signal, Richard and I took a step back.

“Ian. You must have trained really hard. You don’t even need to look anymore. But in fact, bare-handed fighting is almost useless on the battlefield. In the first place, the conditions to fight monsters are not established, and you will often see orcs on the border. Even if they do, they are the ones who smile and counter the fists thrown with all their might, so they focus on honing their weapon skills rather than hand-to-hand combat.

You won’t feel it when you hear it in words, so I think it would be nice to experience what kind of people Orcs are. Richard, use your mana to fight Ian. The level of reinforcement should match the level of the Orc warrior.”

“Yes, lord.”

At the same time as he answered, the muscles of Richard’s whole body swelled slightly, and veins appeared in places.

“Ian. From now on, focus on attacking rather than defense.

Mr. Harvard said with a smile as if he had an interesting idea.

“Yes. Then I will do it sincerely.”

I also wondered how far my physical abilities would go.

Richard raised his left hand and nodded, as if telling him to come in.

I also had no intention of delaying.

He lowered his stance and kicked the ground with all his might. The hardened floor cracked with strong friction and let out a groan. The distance from Richard was only 2 meters. In the blink of an eye, the distance narrowed. As if surprised by the unexpected speed, Richard widened his eyes.

But Richard wasn’t happy either. Perhaps feeling the unusual momentum, he immediately lowered his stance and took a half step back. In succession, he quickly swung his right foot back, aiming for my shoulder.

Richard’s leg flew off his left shoulder. However, the distance has already been narrowed to within 1 meter. It was not enough distance to put enough power on the kick.

He bent his left arm to protect his face and side. At the same time, Richard’s thigh hit my left arm. There was no shock felt from the excitement of the battle. It accelerated by kicking off the hard frozen ground. Crouching down, he rushed toward Richard’s chest.

pop!

With the sound of a leather drum popping, Richard bounced and flew away.

***

Watching the bare-handed sparring, Herbert was deeply impressed.

Most samurai think of bare-handed fighting as a simple self-defense technique.

However, Richard, who does his best in everything, has even polished his bare-handed fighting skills to the level of an expert.

However, Ian, who had not even received proper training, and was still in his growth phase, had the upper hand against Richard.

A body that has been trained to the limit.

Animal fighting senses and amazing reflexes.

Herbert, who confirmed Ian’s condition, decided that further sparring was meaningless.

‘But if it ends like this, Ian could become careless or conceited.’

Orcs meet every day at the border.

Even just such an Orc possessed twice the physical abilities of a human.

It was necessary to make Ian realize how weak naked humans are.

Herbert instructed Richard to sparr using mana.

After a while, Herbert, who was trying to watch the couple fight leisurely, was startled by the unexpected situation.

‘What is this!’

Ian rushes to Richard.

Ian showed more than a warrior in the introductory spectacle.

Aside from being simply agile, the eyes that moved every moment to not miss Richard’s movements meant that Ian was thinking that fast and was in complete control of his body.

Shortly after Ian and Richard collide.

Herbert asked Richard, who had landed on the floor.

“Richard, are you okay?”

“Yes, my lord.”

Contrary to the answer, Richard massaged his left arm as if he felt pain.

It was the arm raised to block Ian’s shoulder.

“I’m glad you’re okay.”

Ian showed a surprising appearance, but Richard also had a capacity equal to him.

However, it was true that if the speed at which he raised his mana had been a little slower, he would have looked unsightly.

From the standpoint of Richard, a third-tier warrior, his pride was bound to be hurt.

“I’m sorry for showing you an ugly side.”

“What’s there to be sorry for? It’s something no one expected.”

“Master. But is it true that Ian-kun didn’t use mana? I just can’t believe it.”

Richard looked at Ian suspiciously.

“It’s unbelievable to me as well. But since I can’t feel the flow of mana, it seems that it’s only true that I fought purely with my physical abilities. Lee Ahn. Can I ask you a few questions?”

“Yes. Please tell me.”

“Have you ever heard of a heterogeneous race among your ancestors?”

“I haven’t heard of it.”

“Hmm. Most likely, there is a different race among the ancestors. Then, have you ever eaten a mysterious herb or experienced anything special before?”

“I’ve never been out of town before. As you know, it’s obvious that there are medicinal herbs around you. The same goes for life in the village.”

“Yes. That’s right. It’s just amazing. You know that your powers are beyond common sense. If you know anything, could you tell me how you got those abilities?”

“I don’t know. All I did was train hard.”

“Heh heh. If I could become like you through training, the number of knights would have increased tenfold. Truly, actually witnessing a story that could be dismissed as a legend. It’s really something to live for a long time to see.”

There are many myths and legends in this world.

Although there are exaggerations and distortions, many of them were based on true stories.

Although rare, history books have recorded people with more special abilities than Ian.

Herbert took Ian’s words for granted, seeing no reason for him to lie.

It didn’t matter if Ian lied.

Everyone has secrets.

Unless it was wrong, I had no intention of asking.

“Anyway, let’s stop talking about it. How is it? Are you both feeling well?”

“No problem, lord.”

“I’m fine too.”

“Okay. Then let’s try sparring with swords this time. Wait a moment.”

Herbert walked over to the log Richard had brought and put his hand on it.

After a while, the hum of bees was heard, and the log was blown to pieces from the outside.

Only two wooden swords remained on the floor.

“On the battlefield, I usually use blunt weapons or long weapons, but there’s nothing like a sword to test my talent.”

Harbert handed out wooden swords to Ian and Richard.

Weapon handling isn’t just about having great physical abilities.

It was difficult to train weapon skills without meeting a good teacher or gaining countless practical experiences.

***

After sparring with Richard.

I moved to an empty room next to the library with Uncle Harbert.

After holding the sword, I was beaten like a dog by Richard.

Richard was like a solid wall.

All of my attacks were blocked, and when I attacked what I thought was a gap, only threshing was the only thing that came back.

Obviously I had the upper hand in strength and speed, but I never succeeded in attacking.

Uncle Herbert didn’t stop sparring even when he saw me beaten mercilessly.

I thought it would dry it properly, but I just watched it with a smile as if it was fun.

After sparring, Richard returned to his room.

A satisfied smile hung on Richard’s lips when he saw him for the last time.

Uncle Harbert handed me a low-level recovery potion, my body black and bruised.

The recovery potion had a soft jelly-like texture and mild taste.

However, unlike the mild taste, the effect was clear.

After swallowing a sip, most of the pain disappeared after a while, and the blue bruises were noticeably reduced.

I heard that recovery potions are quite expensive, even for low-level ones, but there was a reason why they were so expensive.

Uncle Herbert was surprised to see that I had recovered after just one sip and said that I had great physical strength.

The recovery potion is a way to maximize natural healing power, so the better your physical strength, the higher the effect.

However, I said that I would feel tired as much as I consumed my stamina, but I didn’t feel tired at all.

Uncle Herbert and I sat across the table and talked.

“Good work. Lee An-ah. Although the offense is a little lacking, the defense is good.”

“It happened because I tried to get hit as little as possible.”

I answered, relaxing my stiff body.

“Richard didn’t spare mana during the swordsmanship sparring. He’d never learned swordsmanship, but even fighting to that extent was a very good thing, so don’t be disappointed. Then, as promised, I’ll teach you the mana simbeop.”

Uncle Herbert paused for a moment and continued with a serious face.

“When you’re ready, sit down in a comfortable position and hold out your hand.”

“Are you comfortable? Can I just sit like this?”

“Do you remember the posture I was doing in the study in the morning? In fact, people who have reached a certain level practice cross-legged mana sim. Of course, that posture is good for practicing mana sim, but more important than that is concentration. It means not to lose it. If you lose your concentration while doing a posture you are not used to, it is worse than not doing it.”

“Ah. I understand.”

I leaned back comfortably in my chair and held out my hand.

“Close your eyes and focus on the flow of mana that occurs in your image.”

Mana’s talent begins with recognizing the soul.

Spiritual and physical unity.

The soul, which became one with the body, had the same shape as the body.

Uncle Herbert’s dense mana flowed through his hands.

Mana gradually gathered below the navel and began to draw a certain shape.

I focused on the form of mana that appeared in my image.

After a while, when I saw the completed Simbeop, I was so dumbfounded that I almost lost my concentration.

‘what’s this? Mister, I heard it’s a painting?’

Uncle Herbert likened the work of imprinting mana simbeop to drawing a picture.

Of course, it was not wrong.

The mana mental method projected onto the image was clearly in a form that could be called a picture.

The problem was that it far exceeded my expectations.

‘Remember this and draw it? Is that possible?’

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The mana simbeop reminded me of the complicated printed circuit board I had seen in my previous life.