Kim Joohyuk basically couldn't use a weapon he didn't know how to wield.
Of course, among the weapons he could use, there were some where his proficiency was exceptionally outstanding, but fundamentally, there was no weapon he couldn't use.
Why?
Because 300 years ago, he wasn't in a position to be picky about weapons.
The era Kim Joohyuk lived in 300 years ago was a world half-destroyed by monsters. In that world, anything with even a slightly sharp edge was treated as a weapon.
From sickles to trowels, since he lived in an age where anything capable of inflicting a wound could become a weapon, Kim Joohyuk fundamentally had no weapon he couldn't handle.
Especially swords (Geom — double-edged sword & Dao — single-edged sword) were among the weapons Kim Joohyuk used most frequently.
[Shhhhk! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!]
The students watching Kim Joohyuk all had their mouths hanging open.
It was understandable.
The 120 monsters, which seemed absolutely impossible for Kim Joohyuk to handle alone, were decreasing in an instant the moment he stepped out gripping the dao.
Kim Joohyuk's dao moved slowly, carving a diagonal line.
Compared to Yoo So-yeon, the dao lacked both mana and speed.
However, the surrounding monsters were drawn toward Kim Joohyuk's blade as if sucked in by a vacuum, and in an instant, their necks were severed, flying into the air.
A truly grotesque-looking sword technique.
It was as if gravity itself clung to the weapon; every time Kim Joohyuk swung the dao once, several monsters approached it directly to meet their deaths.
However, the students observing this bizarre martial prowess from inside the barrier, and Kim Yi-gun who had lent him the weapon, knew the truth.
'What on earth… is that…!'
The blade Kim Joohyuk was holding was just a cheap, mass-produced iron dao provided by Valhalla.
"…Crazy."
Watching silently, a curse burst from Oh Se-hyuk's lips, while Yoo So-yeon's eyes followed Kim Joohyuk without blinking even once.
But among them, the girl standing at the very edge, Choi Ah-rin.
"...."
She was looking at him with an expression as if she were entranced by Kim Joohyuk himself.
Regardless of whether the students were watching him intently or not, Kim Joohyuk continued his thoughts while slitting the throats of the monsters flocking to him.
'When I first saw them, I thought they were made quite well, but I guess because they're fake, they're lackluster.'
[Thwack!]
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'They certainly feel lively, but their movements are too mechanical.'
[Shhhhk!]
[71]
'Their movements are easy to predict, so swinging the sword is comfortable too.'
The bizarre sword technique that all the students felt possessed a gravitational pull was simply Kim Joohyuk swinging his sword exactly where the monsters were going to move.
Right. To Kim Joohyuk, the dao he was wielding now was merely that.
[52]
'Since this body is trash, I can't use martial arts properly, so it is a bit tiring.'
[30]
'Starting from this time, once I get to the dormitory, I need to begin training martial arts in earnest.'
[18]
'After all, I have to find that too.'
[Thwack!]
[0]
Seeing the corpses of the monsters covering the ground vanish simultaneously as his dao pierced the neck of the last remaining Orc, Kim Joohyuk turned his gaze to look at Kim Yi-gun.
"...."
Unable to say anything, Kim Yi-gun stared at him with a blank expression.
Behind him, the students were also staring at Kim Joohyuk, but he just smirked as if he didn't care.
"I want to go down to the Constellation's Room. You'll keep your promise, right?"
Saying that, he sheathed the dao he was holding.
"Since it was the first class, you must be tired, so everyone return to the dormitory and rest easy today."
4 PM.
Watching everyone rise from their seats as Valhalla's first class ended, Kim Joohyuk stretched as if exhausted.
'No, why is the class so long?'
It felt new, but Kim Joohyuk had never properly attended a school before.
In the era he lived in 300 years ago, attending school was only possible for children of somewhat wealthy families. For people like him who lived a low-class life, school was practically nonexistent.
Well, he had gathered disciples and taught them himself, but that was when he was the master. Being on the receiving end of teaching felt very different.
'I really need to get what I need and bounce quickly.'
Anyway, from the perspective of Kim Joohyuk, who had never attended school, the class was boring aside from gaining a few pieces of information.
'…Certainly, the content about Constellations wasn't bad.'
Constellations.
In fact, until now, Kim Joohyuk didn't properly know about 'Constellations.'
The reason he even knew the word 'Constellation' in the first place was because he saw the phrase 'Constellation's Room' floating in the System window after reincarnating.
'There were no Constellations when I was alive anyway.'
Let alone Constellations, there wasn't even anything similar to them.
'Well, now that I know, it's fine.'
Kim Joohyuk stood up, briefly organizing the information about Constellations he had heard earlier.
'Constellation' is a term generally referring to those who built up great Karma (Deeds) and transformed into gods. Most Constellations form contracts with contractors through their Holy Relics (Artifacts) and grant them special powers. Valhalla in Korea is the academy possessing the third-largest number of Constellation Holy Relics in the world.
This was the only information he gained from today's class.
Other than that, the rest was about how to handle basic weapons or how to kill monsters practically—honestly, from Kim Joohyuk's perspective, it was just chatter from guys he considered assistant instructors, so nothing else remained in his head.
'Well, first, shall I go to the dorm and do some proper martial arts training today?'
"Excuse me,"
Just as he was thinking that and getting up from the classroom where no one else remained, he turned his gaze at the voice he heard.
"?"
There stood Choi Ah-rin.
Teacher's Lounge on the 1st Floor of Valhalla Main Building.
"…Certainly, you must have had a hard time."
"Honestly, rather than a hard time, I just embarrassed myself for no reason."
At the words of Valhalla's combat instructor Lee Sang-cheol, the teacher Kim Yi-gun, who had conducted the first day's homeroom earlier, sighed and scratched his head.
"No, but no matter how I think about it with common sense, I don't understand. Is that guy really a high school student?"
As he vented his frustration recalling the scene Kim Joohyuk showed earlier, Lee Sang-cheol, who was listening quietly beside him, scratched his head and replied.
"Well, honestly speaking, he is a bit… strange for a normal high school student."
"It's not just a matter of being strange! The monsters I created in the Combat Simulation Room to assert dominance were 120 in total. But…."
"He killed them all? A high school student who hasn't even met a monster yet?"
"That's what I'm saying!"
At Kim Yi-gun's expression of dying from unfairness, Lee Sang-cheol stroked his chin a few times and spoke.
"Certainly, Kim Joohyuk is a bit strange. At least based on the personal file I saw, Kim Joohyuk shouldn't have such good physical specs."
"Were there no special notes at all?"
"It's not just that there were none. That guy is an orphan."
"…An orphan?"
"Yes. Furthermore, he's from an orphanage in a high-risk area that's nothing special."
"Then don't tell me… forgery?"
At Kim Yi-gun's words, Lee Sang-cheol shook his head.
"It's not that either."
"…Is that so?"
"Yes. If he tried to enter Valhalla through forgery in the first place, he clearly would have entered to do something specific. If it were you, would you enter so flashily?"
At Lee Sang-cheol's words, Kim Yi-gun thought for a moment and replied.
"…That's certainly true."
There was no need for a guy who entered Valhalla through identity forgery to do things that would needlessly attract people's attention.
"Besides, the background check is already finished."
Kim Yi-gun fully accepted it upon hearing Lee Sang-cheol's words.
Since no issues were raised at the point the background check was completed, it meant Kim Joohyuk's personal information wasn't falsified.
"More importantly, Kim Joohyuk asked to be let into the Constellation's Room?"
"Yes, that's right."
"The Constellation's Room… Originally, he would naturally be able to enter after passing the first semester? Well… since you made such a promise first… if I ask the Chairman, I think he might let him into the Basement Level 1 at least."
"Thank you again and again."
"Well, it's nothing special. It's not difficult to let him into a place everyone can enter anyway, just a little faster. Though I don't know about the 'Complete Restricted Area' on Basement Level 5."
—Besides, since I brought you here, I have to take responsibility.
At Lee Sang-cheol's words continuing behind that, Kim Yi-gun sighed in relief but soon made a tired expression.
"Still, I'm worried about the next year."
"Because of Kim Joohyuk?"
"That too, but fundamentally, my class has three children from the Five Great Families excluding Kim Joohyuk. Honestly, I think controlling even one would be overwhelming…."
"Well, still, don't get too stressed about it. The guy in the class next to yours is a transfer student from the Ventric Family."
"…Ah, that must be quite the ordeal."
Kim Yi-gun nodded as if unknowingly accepting it at Lee Sang-cheol's words.
The Ventric Family.
This family in England was a very old family that possessed a Guardian Constellation, just like the Five Great Families in Korea.
If that were all, both Lee Sang-cheol and Kim Yi-gun would have just accepted it.
However, the problem was that perhaps due to the characteristics of the 'Guardian Constellation' protecting them, the Ventric Family's power was immensely strong.
No, beyond being strong, currently, it was to the extent that one could say the Ventric Family practically controlled England.
And perhaps because of that, the children of the Ventric Family, whether direct or collateral descendants, possessed extremely arrogant attitudes.
Arrogance that crossed the line a little too much.
"Is the guy who entered the next class this time Lokdil Ventric?"
"Hmm? You didn't even know a transfer student from the Ventric Family came until a moment ago, but you figured it out well. How did you know?"
"Ah… I wondered just in case, but as expected…."
"Why?"
"That guy, the rumors about him aren't good. Doesn't Hyung know that too?"
"I'm not particularly close with such rumors."
"Ah…."
"Well, I do know that the guy who came as a transfer student this time did something at a private academy in England to end up here. Though I don't know the exact circumstances."
He pondered for a moment at Lee Sang-cheol's words.
"Still, I should take comfort in the fact that a Ventric didn't come to my class."
Kim Yi-gun was about to say something but ended the conversation with Lee Sang-cheol by sighing and complaining.
And the next day.
"Kim Joohyuk, don't you want to gain power? If you come under me, I will grant you a blessing—"
"What is this retard saying now?"
Kim Joohyuk ran into Lokdil Ventric.
(End of Chapter 5)
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