Chapter 23 Samurai Hearts – For Revenge (9)

“Hey, little bro. Assuming you can take them down quietly, how many at once do you think you can handle?”

“Hmm. Maybe five? If I activate Sword Soul, maybe even seven.”

Dohyun answered, recalling the enemies he faced during the tutorial, in response to Seung-yeon’s question.

Seung-yeon tilted her head at his answer.

Then, as if realizing something, she exclaimed, “Ah.”

She realized that Dohyun didn’t know the enemy soldiers in the tutorial were somewhat weakened.

So Seung-yeon asked again.

“What if the enemies are stronger than in the tutorial?”

“It depends on how much stronger, I guess? But unless they’re Sword Master level, I can still take down about three without much trouble.”

“Three, you say.”

Seung-yeon’s eyes sparkled.

Three wasn’t bad.

She had carefully examined the composition of the enemy soldiers and found that they usually moved around in groups of four.

If Dohyun could take down three enemies without any problems as he said, then she would only have to handle the remaining one.

“Let’s start from the outer walls and slowly whittle them down. The soldiers are in groups of four, so if we encounter them, you take three, and I’ll take one.”

“Okay.”

“And could you watch me fight after you take down your three as quickly as possible? Before I properly learn, I want you to figure out what my problems are.”

“Got it. I’ll try to take them down as quickly as possible.”

Having roughly decided on a plan, the two approached the outer walls.

Since the soldiers didn’t patrol all the way outside the castle, approaching wasn’t too difficult.

However, not long after crossing the walls, they ran head-on into soldiers patrolling nearby.

“Who are you!”

A Nagamatsu soldier shouted threateningly, pointing his spear at Dohyun.

Dohyun calmly examined the enemy soldier.

The first thing that caught his eye was their equipment.

They were wearing armor that looked sturdier than the soldiers he had seen in the tutorial.

The spears they were holding also looked to be of good quality, and they each had a short dagger hanging from their waist.

Indeed, Seung-yeon was right to say that they were stronger than in the tutorial.

The difference in equipment alone was quite significant.

“Answer quickly! Who are you!”

Ignoring the soldier who was pointing his spear at him, Dohyun looked at Seung-yeon.

His eyes asked, ‘Take them out?’ and Seung-yeon nodded without hesitation.

“You, suspicious fellow…!”

The moment Dohyun drew his sword, he swung it at the soldier.

The soldier’s neck was severed along with the shaft of the spear he had been pointing at Dohyun.

Dohyun’s sword accurately cut through the area not protected by the armor, and the soldier, who had been shouting with veins bulging in his neck, couldn’t stop it.

The enemy soldier at the front collapsed, gushing blood from the gap in his severed neck.

Soon, the other soldiers noticed the anomaly and thrust their spears at Dohyun.

Clang!

Dohyun tilted his sword to deflect two spears aimed at him.

There was no need to block the remaining one, as Seung-yeon, who had jumped out from beside him, had already blocked it.

“Intruder!”

“I can beat some small fry!”

While Seung-yeon faced off against one soldier, Dohyun looked at the soldiers in front of him.

They had fallen over after being deflected by his sword, but they were regaining their posture, taking advantage of the moment Dohyun glanced at Seung-yeon.

Of course, even if the soldiers regained their posture, the outcome wouldn’t change.

‘Let’s take them down quickly.’

Recalling Seung-yeon’s request, Dohyun immediately activated Sword Soul.

Whoosh-

A powerful force surged from deep within him, filling his body.

The cloak that had been hanging limply fluttered wildly as if blown by the wind, due to the flow of power emanating from his body.

‘Quickly and efficiently.’

Dohyun narrowed his eyes.

Two soldiers stood before him, spears extended defensively.

One was standing slightly in front, while the other was slightly behind, guarding the right side of the soldier in front.

The optimal movement to take down the two soldiers was drawn in his mind like a picture.

And so, he decided to move as his talent dictated.

“Die!”

No sooner had Dohyun taken a step than the soldier’s spearhead lunged at his chest.

It was an attack he had already anticipated.

Dohyun dodged the spear by simply tilting his body to the side and immediately grabbed the spear shaft.

The blade of his sword plunged deep into the throat of the soldier who was pulled forward, making a sound of surprise.

The soldier behind, startled by the sight of his comrade being taken down in an instant, hurriedly thrust his spear.

This, too, was something he had predicted.

As Dohyun twisted his body, the soldier who had been pierced through the neck by the sword was completely exposed to the trajectory of the spear.

Thwack!

The spearhead pierced through the soldier’s back.

The soldier, who had already been stabbed in the neck, died with his heart pierced by the spear.

The spear that had been extended to kill Dohyun had instead claimed the life of his comrade.

“Ugh!”

Dohyun pounced on the soldier who was horrified by the fact that he had killed his comrade.

Dohyun extended the sword he had pulled from the dead man, aiming for the soldier’s heart.

The soldier hurriedly tried to block it with his spear, but his spear was still piercing the corpse of the dead soldier.

Before he could even lift the spear halfway, the soldier was pierced by Dohyun’s sword.

Just like his comrade had died.

Dohyun felt the trembling of the twitching soldier stop and pulled out his sword.

The time it took was only 30 seconds.

Light called Yul streamed into Dohyun from the corpses of the fallen enemy soldiers.

‘I guess I caught them quickly enough?’

Dohyun smiled contentedly, sheathed his sword, and turned his head in the direction where Seung-yeon was fighting.

Unlike him, who had taken down two more soldiers in an instant, Seung-yeon was facing off against one enemy soldier and was just starting to fight.

“Everyone, watch how well I fight. I’ll show you that the one-second kill was just because the opponent was bad!”

-Tutorial my ass

-Yeah, next one-second kill ^^

-Are you embarrassed? Are you making excuses? Can’t do anything, can you?

“Hiyah!”

Seung-yeon yelled and swung her sword.

As always, a straightforward downward slash.

Needless to say, no matter how weak the enemy was, they wouldn’t fall for such an obvious attack.

Clang!

The soldier deflected the sword by swinging his spear to the side and immediately extended his spear.

Startled by the spearhead aiming for her neck, Seung-yeon jumped back.

Blood trickled down her cheek.

It was a close call where her head would have been pierced by the spear if she had been even a little late in dodging.

“That was, that was dangerous…”

-Close

-Ah, she survived

-Small fry, hang in there! You can do it!

-Just a little… just a little more…

“Hey, whose side are you guys on! You should be cheering for me, me!”

-Of course, we’re on the soldier’s side ^^7

-Loyalty loyalty ^^7

-We’re cheering for you ^^7

-Hang in there, soldier ^^7

Seung-yeon trembled at the content of the chat room.

It was obvious to anyone that the chat wasn’t cheering for her but mocking her.

‘I should have taken him down in one go.’

If she had, she would have been able to regain at least some of the pride she had lost by being one-shotted in succession.

But her ambitious plan had been completely derailed from the start.

The soldier she thought was just a small fry had become stronger than she had expected.

If it had been during the tutorial, the soldier wouldn’t have been able to deflect her spear, and she would have continued her offensive and taken down the soldier.

But the unweakened soldier was too strong for her to take down in one go.

‘Can I win?’

She herself wasn’t even sure if she could win against the even stronger small fry.

What if she lost to a small fry here?

Not only would she be clipped, but she would also be exported to countless broadcasts and communities, raising the name of the spicy taste streamer.

It’s true that it’s a good thing as a streamer, but…

‘It’s not good as a person! No matter what, I can’t lose to a small fry again!’

“Sigh, haaa─”

Seung-yeon took a deep breath and calmed her mind, taking a middle stance.

The opponent was a small fry that was lying around everywhere, but to her, it was no different from a boss monster.

If she never forgot this fact and kept it in her heart, she would be able to catch it somehow.

No, she had to catch it!

‘I’m going to win!’

She gritted her teeth and rushed towards the soldier.

But just because she gritted her teeth and made up her mind, her terrible physical skills wouldn’t suddenly get better.

If that were possible, there would be no reason for Seung-yeon to be called a spicy taste streamer in the first place.

“Die, intruder!”

“You die-! Please! Please die!”

-A cry from the depths of her abdomen;;

-Have I ever heard such sincere words today…

-It’s so touching, sob sob

Seung-yeon and the soldier were in a dogfight.

They swung their spears and swords at each other, deflected them, and dodged them, but the process was truly unsightly.

There were no fancy attacks or light dodges.

They swung the swords and spears they were holding like clubs, and when they dodged, they jumped back.

At the end of that petty struggle, Seung-yeon finally emerged victorious.

She took advantage of the enemy soldier’s hesitation after being hit by a barely successful deflection, and managed to knock him down almost by throwing herself at him, then plunged her sword into his neck and killed him.

Seung-yeon, panting on the soldier’s corpse, clenched her fist and raised it.

“I won!”

-No way she won this;

-lol

-So boring

-Victoria, where did your streaming experience go;

-Honestly, she should have lost this;

Seung-yeon ignored the viewers’ reactions and reveled in the joy of victory.

It wasn’t a one- or two-day thing that they reacted to her victory like this.

After enjoying the joy of victory for a while, she looked at Dohyun.

She asked the question with sparkling eyes full of anticipation.

“How was it, Master? Can the human-making project succeed? Right?”

“Um… well, there’s that, sis.”

“When you’re Master, call me disciple, and say everything you want to say comfortably! It’s okay.”

“Um. Okay. You said to, sis? Don’t say anything else later. And calling me disciple is a bit…”

“Then it’s okay to call me sis, so please give me feedback quickly. What do you think my problem is, Master?”

Dohyun took a deep breath.

To be honest, it was a story that would be a bit hurtful, so he hesitated, but anyway, he had no choice but to tell her since she said it was okay.

And Seung-yeon was the one who suggested this content in the first place.

It was up to her to take responsibility.

“You asked what the problem is? Sis, I’ll just say it bluntly. It’s everything, everything, from beginning to end is a problem. There are so many problems that I’d rather you ask me what’s not a problem. It’s a complete disaster.”

-Complete disaster lololololol

-Sis’s physical skills are out of this world

-Fact) It’s a fact

Once he opened his mouth, it was easy to continue the story.

Dohyun moved his mouth non-stop.

“It was full of problems from the first time you swung your sword. Why did you swing it so openly, asking to be deflected? You should have defended and then counterattacked. And why do you jump around so much when you dodge? Are you a grasshopper?”

“But I’m scared of getting stabbed!”

“Even if you’re scared, you can’t dodge like that! Aren’t you thinking about the next attack? You have to dodge appropriately, even if it’s not the minimum movement. The next thing is also a problem. Isn’t that a sword in your hand right now? But why are you swinging it like you’re handling a club?”

“Did I do that? That’s weird. I’m sure I swung it properly.”

“You did. You hit the soldier’s shoulder with the flat of your sword earlier. If you had swung it properly, it would have taken less time than it does now.”

-Wow, is this cider

-I really agree with what you’re saying

-I grabbed the back of my neck when I saw you hitting him with the sword lol

Dohyun listed the problems that Seung-yeon had shown one by one.

In fact, it was no different from verbally listing the battle that Seung-yeon had shown.

Because, in Dohyun’s eyes, her battle was all problems.

From beginning to end, everything!

“But I can fix it because I know the problems! Master! Let’s fight one more time!”

Seung-yeon shouted energetically without giving in to the merciless fact attack.

She herself knew that there were many problems with her fighting style, so she was already prepared to hear a lot of scolding.

Rather, she was even excited that she had finally realized her problems properly.

It meant that if she fixed this, she could at least become something close to a human!

But Dohyun’s expression wasn’t very bright as he searched for soldiers.

‘Will it really work?’

He was worried about the bleak physical skills that Seung-yeon had shown so far to be optimistic.

There’s a possibility, but…

Soon, they found another group of soldiers and fought.

Dohyun, who had become more accustomed to handling a body enhanced by Sword Soul, quickly took down three soldiers and looked at Seung-yeon.

Seung-yeon was holding her sword with a tense expression, recalling the advice Dohyun had given her.

“Focus on defense, dodge by jumping appropriately, cut with the blade…”

But if she improved just by listening to advice once, Seung-yeon would never have been called a spicy taste streamer.

Seung-yeon, who had initially taken a plausible stance, soon got caught up in the same dogfight as before.

Tumbling, jumping to dodge, and hitting each other with the flat of their swords and spears in a poor fight.

Dohyun, who had been watching quietly from behind, covered his face with his hands to block his vision.

He couldn’t bear to watch this poor fight until the end…