The Young Son Swordmaster

eps 33s

Zed pointed to the three children.

There was a round metal ball stacked like a mountain, and several tables stood beside the pile.

"Bring the table and the steel ball here."

"How many of them should we move?"

Zed smirked wickedly at Haytona's question.

"Four tables, and as many steel balls as possible."

The three boys began to move the table and ball to the center of the hidden area. Steel balls are heavier than the average person. Moreover, when they took one, they felt something dense moving inside.

'What is this?'

As he moves the steel balls, Jin scans his memory, and makes sure that he has never seen these objects in his past life.

However, he was not surprised about that. From what he had deduced, this steel ball was used to teach the descendants of Runcandel directly the clan swordsmanship. However, Jin was not talented enough to enter the middle class and train with his uncle in his first life.

Yoke, buk.

Each time they dropped the ball onto the floor, it left a dent on the hard ground.

Zed only told them to stop after the three boys had moved about fifty steel balls.

"Do you know what this ball is?"

He asked while putting one of them on the table. The ball was now sitting slightly below the height of Zed's waist.

"No sir."

“This steel ball is called Clear Stones, because you can hear a clear echo echo as you hit it.”

The Tona twins tilted their heads in confusion. They did not understand why they needed these stones to train their swordsmanship. Meanwhile, Jin did not show his emotions, but he wanted to know how they ended up using these Clear Stones.

Zed slowly unsheathed the sword attached to his waist and placed it on top of the Clear Stone.

“I will swing my sword down to this ball three times. Try comparing the sounds made.”

First swing. Zed did not put much strength behind his sword and simply lowered his sword into the ball lightly.

duh…

A somewhat thick and murky voice resounded in the room. It felt as if one would feel nauseous by listening to it for a long time.

“Not a pleasant sound, is it?”

Shortly after, Zed hit the ball again. This time, his swing contained more power and speed than before.

The claaang!

This time, a pure and elegant voice that matched the name of Clear Stone echoed in the room. It was like a sound entered their ears and calmed their entire body from within.

“Ooh!”

Call the twins at the same time. Jin's eyes also widened as he stared at Clear Stone.

“Hm, that's also pretty fun for me to hear. It's been a long time since I last heard this voice. As you have seen, Clear Stone let out a thick, murky sound as you hit it weakly, but it created a beautiful sound when struck with the perfect amount of strength.”

That's a simple principle.

But Jin is worried about how Zed is not telling them what exactly this 'perfect amount of power' is. Thus, he immediately realized the purpose behind this training method.

'The purpose of this exercise is to create a beautiful sound every time you hit a Clear Stone.'

Attacking him with the perfect amount of power and speed would once be easy to achieve. But after observing Zed's behavior, it seems that achieving it at all times is a much more difficult exercise.

They have to hit the ball many times until they find the perfect strength. However, boys will most likely be distracted by the unpleasant sounds created by their imperfect attacks at all times.

Even so, just because their concentration is impaired does not mean they can abandon this exercise. In other words, this exercise was also to train their willpower and mental strength.

"But why did he say he was going to hit her three times?"

The first and second swing is to show the importance of good control over one's strength.

The third swing is most likely for the same purpose. Jin could not see any other reason behind hitting Clear Stone.

'We did this exercise because it fits perfectly with the physical capabilities of the Runcandels. Uncle said that this training was simple and unsophisticated. However, there are too few dangerous dangers in this exercise.’

Runcandel-style swordsmanship is about defeating others and ruling by force. In other words, their techniques were powerful enough that they could potentially harm their users. So, it is unlikely that an exercise that is only accessible to pure-blooded Runcandels would be so safe and risk-free.

'There must have been something vibrating inside Clear Stones when I picked it up. It felt and sounded like a piece of metal.’.

Uh!

Jin found the answer to his question as Zed raised his sword one last time. He then immediately grabbed the back of the neck of the Tona twins standing on either side and pushed.

"And now, the third attack."

"Down!"

Jin shouted while pushing them forward. The shocked twins fell to the ground along with their younger brother because of his strength.

As soon as they touch the floor, the twins will throw a curse at Jin, but can only blink their eyes in surprise when they see the situation happening.

Boooom!

With Zed's last swing, Clear Stone exploded with a deafening roar.

And from inside came dozens of steel marbles. They flew in all directions like arrows. The average person would easily die from being punctured by all these powerful projectiles.

“Eh... Huh?”

"What-what!"

The twins stared around them. They felt their heart fall as marbles rolled on the ground.

“The youngest has great instincts. These Clear Stones have been designed to explode if they withstand a collision that is too large.”

Zed spoke with a happy smile on his face.

Jin got up and cleaned himself up. It seems that his uncle is also insane. He had put his nephew in life-threatening danger without a word of warning beforehand.

Is there anyone in this clan who is truly sane?

Anyway, Jin started to ponder.

'Every Runcandel has gone through this training. Since most of my brothers have been taught by Uncle Zed as well, they somehow survived this dangerous demonstration.'

In Jin's case, he survived the explosion by landing on time thanks to his instincts. The Tona twins survived thanks to their brother.

Then what about the others?

As they see Zed laughing out loud, the Tona twins once again realize that their upcoming adventure in the middle class is full of pain, suffering, and struggle.

Meanwhile, Jin felt proud of the fact that they were the first to be unharmed after Luna.

“Uncle, may I ask how Eldest Brother Luna avoided this steel projectile?”

“Hm, you will be angry if you hear it. At least, all your other brothers were angry when they heard what he did.”

"No problem."

“Technically, Luna can't avoid marbles like you. In fact, none of your siblings managed to avoid them all. He had just received them directly, but was unharmed. He is so strong and strong.”.

Just as Zed had warned them, it was a rather disappointing story.

Even so, Jin was quite satisfied. Had one of his brothers avoided all the pellets while ignoring the dangers of this demonstration, it would have meant they were more talented and talented than Jin himself.

“However, I assume that the three of you have understood the contents of this exercise. From today onwards, you will spend the afternoon swinging your sword at the steel ball every day. You will only stop when you are able to attack Clear Stones under any circumstances and manage to create a clear and beautiful sound at any time.”

luna Room.

The woman in question spent a peaceful and relaxing time inside, sipping a cup of tea with her nanny.

'It's about time that the youngest began to show some results from our Eye of Mind training sessions. It would be painful if he was hit by a Clear Stone projectile, but I'm sure he'll succeed in doing something. It's nice to see it grow and become stronger.”

Siilp.

“Nona Luna.”

“Yes, Nanny?”

“I believe that Lady Anne and Myu are quite suspicious. There was an incident where they tried to keep Young Master Jin in consideration.”

They both talk about the prospective suspect behind the 'killing attempt' on Jin when he was just a year old.

There's been an assassination attempt on me. I never talked about it with anyone else. Not even Gilly. And because of that incident, my fight has already begun.

Ever since Luna first heard Jin's words when she visited him at Storm Castle, she has been searching for the culprit to this day. He had not given up even after five whole years.

It was because he cared so much about his youngest sister, but that was not the only reason.

It was an old and traditional taboo within the clan for the pure-blooded Runcandel who lived in the main house to target the lives of family members who had yet to leave Storm Castle.

If Luna told Cyron about this incident, it would cause great chaos within the clan. However, she judged that it would not benefit Jin, so Luna decided not to report to her father.

Moreover, they had no evidence to show Cyron about this attempted murder.

“Hm, it's true that they are both very domineering and tend to overstep boundaries, but I don't think so. Are they crazy enough to try to kill someone inside Storm Castle?

Technically, Jin was not the target of an assassination attempt, but rather the target of the 'Bladed Illusion' curse'. However, Luna had yet to realize this truth.

“To be honest, I believe that there is a possibility that Young Master Jin is lying to you. He was only 10 years old back then, so wasn't that very likely? We haven't found anything after so many years.”

“I don't think Jin lied to me. At that moment, he was alert to me. Not because she felt awkward to interact with me for the first time, but because she was wary. His gaze.. It was the gaze of someone whose life was threatened.”.

"Then should we investigate Lady Myu and Anne for now?"

“Yes, I'll leave it in your care. I'm more worried about the fact that we haven't found anything so far. Something is wrong... I have a bad feeling.”

"I feel the same. But I'm more worried about you, Miss Luna. I'm afraid your brothers will break your heart again.”

"Haha, I'm in my thirties, Nanny."

Luna hid her bitter smile with her teacup.

***

And, one day passed.

Jin and the Tona twins had yet to create a beautiful sound by hitting Clear Stones. Fortunately, there was still no incident where someone accidentally blew up a steel ball.

The tooomp…!

Thuud…!

Ominous voices have been echoing inside the hidden training room for four consecutive hours.

'I can state with certainty that among all the training I have done in my life, this is the most disgusting.'

These disgusting sounds had disturbed his concentration. The twins had already vomited on the ground several times. Meanwhile, Jin sweated a lot, but somehow managed not to let go of his sword and fell to the ground.

In the morning, he had experienced middle-class hell training, and in the afternoon, he was constantly hitting Clear Stones; jin was on the verge of death. He could not get used to these unpleasant sounds and echoes no matter how hard he tried.

"Rest for five minutes."

As soon as those words came out of Zed's mouth, the three boys sat cross-legged on the floor. However, the Tona twins' posture was very poor as they were exhausted both mentally and physically.

In fact, a five-minute break is not a 'break'.

According to Zed's training regime, the boys had to hold their swords straight and cover them in aura while sitting upright and maintaining that position during the so-called 'break'. So rest is, in other words, an exercise in which they exercise their aura.

Jin's hand trembled as they squeezed the handle of the sword, whereas the Tona twins couldn't even hold it properly.

Although it was the most disgusting training Jin had ever experienced, it was not the most difficult.

In his previous life, Jin had trained several tens of times more than others to become a 1-star knight at the age of 25. Compared to his desperate and miserable days back then, the practice with these Clear Stones was somewhat bearable.

'The purpose of this training is to increase the destructive power of our aura.'

Zed had destroyed the Clear Stone without using any aura, but it was only possible because he was an 8-star knight. The three boys first had to train and develop their aura to attack Clear Stones with enough force to make a beautiful sound, let alone make them explode.

“Daytona, Haytona. Sit upright. If you can't stand this, you won't be able to survive inside the.” clan

As Zed spoke calmly, the twins improved their posture with tears in their eyes. It was extremely difficult for them, but Jin knew that they would succeed in becoming the clan's flag bearer thanks to the knowledge of his past life.

'Even my foolish brother managed to become a flag bearer in the past, so there's no way I won't be able to do it.'

Therefore, Jin did not need to feel impatient.

The boy closed his eyes and focused his senses on the aura covering his sword.

Toooomp, Toooomp.

Although he could hear the rest of the auditory hallucinations from the echoes earlier, Jin still closed his eyes and concentrated. He was quite good at erasing all disturbing thoughts and closing his eyes.

'I also noticed him on the first day, but the boy. The Tona twins aren't too bad either, but this one... He might even break Luna's record.'

Zed praised Jin in his mind but did not express it out loud.

He could always praise the boy when he broke Luna's record.