Possessing Nothing

< Shaolin-3 >

I've never heard of geography. But the shaman, the Immortal Ambassador, told me. The future of Shaolin. It was a sudden rain check, but Lee Sung-min did not complain. Even if you lose, there is something you can get because you lost. It was the same with Namgongheewan. Losing his battle with Nam-guiwon, Lee Sung-min learned about his shortcomings.

Under the watch of the Immortal Ambassador, Lee Sung-min faced geography. Geography holds no weapons, and Lee Sung-min raises his spear. Lee Sung-min looked at the immortality ambassador because he wanted to be okay with lifting the real window, but the immortality ambassador smiled with Lee's gaze.

“Can your spear pierce steel? ”

He was frightened. If what the Immortal Ambassador said is true, geography has become an immortality. Lee looked at the geography while swallowing. The geography of the body similar to that of Lee Sung-min did not seem to be significantly different from that of Lee Sung-min.

The choreography started.

And it was finished at the end of the 100-second workshop. It was the defeat of Lee Sung-min. He sat on the floor and looked up at the geography with a hollow look. Geography looked unscathed, but in contrast, the morale of the Lee Sung-min was not good. The immortal ambassador who was watching Lee Sung-min sat down laughed loudly.

“Of course. I see why that girl asked you to guide her shaman. ”

Seeing the immortal dialogue laughing while clapping, Lee Sung-min sharpened his teeth. Does this make sense? Lee Sung-min was knocking on the door of the supernatural past the climax. But geography played with Lee Sung-min like a child. Even though I had lost to Nam Gongheewon, I was not treated as a child as I had lost to the geology department.

“Geology. How was it? ”

Geography looked up while bowing his head in unison. He looks at the Immortal Ambassador once and tilts his head.

“… how should I respond? ”

“As you feel, answer me honestly. ”

The immortal ambassador who urged the answer did not have the slightest impression that he was a virtuous monk. A moment of thought opened the mouth of geography.

“There's not enough. ”

I pierced Lee's heart with my language.

“What is lacking is experience. I'm pretty sure the spear you've learned is the stuff of the ages... but you're not getting the spear right. I don't think we know how, not because we're not yet familiar with it. ”

I also heard that from Hwang Hee Won Nam.

“I'm not used to dealing with internal affairs. It does not seem to lack internal air, but there is a lot of interference with the overall flow. ”

“It is because the balance of Sim, Gi, and Sieve is not right. It wasn't a beating of the gonads, but the depths of the gonorrhea made it incredibly high. The symmetry and the chi go forward, and the sieve falls behind. It's dangerous.”

The answer to geography adds immortality.

“Aha. You don't seem to understand. So... this is it. If both legs are the right length, there's no problem walking and running. However, if one leg is too long or short, it is difficult to walk or run. It won't be long before I have to walk and run. The problem is... even if the metaphor can be so simple, your condition is not so simple and easy. ”

“… What should we do? ”

“The first thing to do is hit the foreigners' veins. If you're lucky, that solves the problem. As the flow of energy goes smoothly, the irritation with the flow of energy will disappear. In fact, the easiest way to do this is to perform a phantom dislocation... Chuckle! It's not that easy to do a dislocation. ”

The immortal ambassador raised his body while saying so.

“Geology. You take her and watch the skies for a while. ”

“I understand.”

Geography sent a message to the Immortal Ambassador returning to the cave. Lee Seong-min took a deep breath and woke up.

I climbed to the top of the Mesh Mountain and learned strength in the battle with Eine. So... I thought I was stronger.

Actually, it wasn't wrong. Lee Sung-min has become stronger. He has already surpassed the point in his previous life. He is not weak. Among unmanned men of similar ages, Lee Sung-min is probably the best.

I just didn't like the opponent. Gumrong Nam Gong-hee-won was considered to be the next household owner of Nam Gong-seo family and superior to the current household master, King Jeon's Sword.

“Don't be so discouraged. ”

It was the same with geography.

“Your skills, objectively, are never lacking. It's rare for an unarmed person to reach the age of 18. ”

“… but didn't you treat me like a child? ”

“I don't like to say it because it sounds self-indulgent. I'm hearing that it's the best thing that's ever happened to this land since Shaolin was founded. I was in Shaolin before I even took a step, and as I grew up, not only the immortal ambassadors, but all of the great Shaolin dancers are teaching me how to be free. I shared their realization and grew up taking all of Shaolin's shamanism and elixir. ”

Geography did not change its face, but said so. Lee Sung-min got tired of saying that. ‘The future of Shaolin.’ I understood what the immortal ambassador meant when he introduced geography.

“Even so, I couldn't beat the Little Horse. ”

Geography muttered in a small voice. That said, Lee Sung-min's mind flashed.

“Have you ever fought? ”

“Yes.”

“Son of a bitch... Why did you come here? ”

“That's why I wanted to see Shaolin. ”

Geography replied with a grave expression.

“It was a surprise visit. She... crossed the Shaolin Gate by herself. And I said, I want to see Shaolin. ”

It's ignorant behavior. That's what Lee thought.

“I want to see Shaolin. This is a 17-year-old girl who has not yet reached the terms and conditions. But no draw there could blame her or make fun of her. I was there too... and it was... a very mysterious, humiliating... experience. I never thought that one's presence could overwhelm space like that. ”

“… and then? ”

“The Immortal Ambassador himself said he visited the nobles. And then I had a conversation with Wijihoen and the Ambassador of Immortality, alone. I don't know what went on between them. Afterwards… I rubbed my hands with Wijihoen. He said he wanted to see Shaolin, and he said," The future of Shaolin is seeing me. "”

The result was also known to rational people. It's because geography has already told us.

“It's a big world. ”

Geography closed its eyes, muttering like that.

“A little over 100 seconds. No... It was because it was soapy. I wouldn't have lasted 50 seconds if I was alive. She called herself the Little Horse, and I couldn't understand the stars. If she's a little girl, who's a little girl? ”

Lee Sung-min doesn't know about Ji-hoon right now. I've never met him. I was thinking that she would become strong, but I was vaguely unaware of how strong she would become.

The strength of Ji Ho-yeon from geography was surpassing the imagination of Lee Sung-min. Ji Ho-yeon played with the geography that Lee was playing with as a child.

“… W. Hoenn... How far along are we?" ”

“I don't know, but this one's for sure. She is already beyond the pinnacle. I don't know if it's knocking on the door, or if it's going beyond that door into a new direction. … What is your relationship with W. Hoenn? ”

“… a friend. ”

“I see.”

Geography nodded and murmured. Lee Seong-min staggered and woke up. Geography looked at Lee Sung-min raising a spear and asked again.

“What you lack most is experience. The you I saw... you're not doing a very good job of it. It will be complemented by a variety of practices. ”

“… Got it. ”

“It might be... a little funny that I'm saying this. Don't be too frustrated by defeat. ”

“You don't have to worry about that. ”

Lee said, smiling bitterly.

“I'm used to frustration. I'm used to standing up. ”

I'm just used to it.

It's not easy.

I felt far away. Lee Sung-min, who left the Immortal Ambassador's residence, went down to Shaolin first. What I felt was not the way to Shaolin.

I thought... I thought I was getting closer. Not right in front of you, but just a little more. And I thought I might be able to reach out a little further.

I was mistaken. Ji Ho-yeon was farther, farther, than Lee Sung-min thought. Maybe Ji Ho-yeon is not far away, but Lee Sung-min is slowly approaching. It's too far to reach either way.

‘Not enough.'

I feel inadequate. Lee looked down at the spear in his hand. The spear was not heavy, but Lee Sung-min missed the weight he felt on the mountain of the Mesh. Every day that was invisible, smelly, and noisy. If you think about it, even though life at that time was hard as crazy, it was not more faithful than the moment when Lee Sung-min lived.

What did I do after I got off the mountain?

Walk down the mountain path without jumping. Lee Sung-min listened to the cry of the mountain worm and watched himself. After coming down the mountain of the Mesh... What did you do? I went to the Mercenary Guild and became a mercenary. Class S mercenary. I was satisfied with the high grade I had never been close to in my life. I thought the suffering that I did on the mountain was proven, and I was delighted that the 'now’ self was different from the previous self.

Months after that. I made money completing a quest. I made spears out of the money I earned. I was... satisfied. I had fun holding a good weapon that I had never held before in my life.

Yeah, it is.

I've been doing it for months. I moved for self-satisfaction. I like to be recognized. I like to be recognized. A power I never had in my life. In her former mercenary guild, Behenger, she enjoyed watching people she knew treat her differently. At some point, I was not so eager to perform. I had memories of my past life, because I knew about a tool called Barding.

We don't even know it's a trap.

I relied on memories from my past life You try to cross the wall with a barding. Effort. … Effort? Lee Sung-min laughed in vain. All I did for a few years on Mt. Mesh was try. What have you been working so hard for? In the end, Lee Sung-min was no different from his previous life. I made a day and lived a day. It's just like when you were a Class C mercenary. You can play because you risked your life for a quest. Drinking, hugging women. Something is different from when I was drunk with compensation and living every day. I have suffered on Mt. Mesh, so I can rest a bit.

I've done enough. I worked hard. I didn't have that much skill! Lee Sung-min chuckled. The road to Shaolin looks far away. I want to see the end of nothing. The enormous thought that I held in the mountains of Mesh was only hypocritical to my detestable self-satisfaction.

I knew the reality.

I thought I didn't want to be a cicada, and I thought the larvae were naked.

I was mistaken.

Lee Sung-min was still a larva.