I Became a Time-Limited Swordsmanship Genius at the Academy

24. Frost Highlands

Beautiful.

A lake made of blue jewels was prettier than a beauty in Gyeonggukji.

The curious thing is that there were 7 ice statues in the shape of women around the lake.

“What is this, Professor?”

“That was… When I was young.”

Professor Durrahan was ashamed to show his students dark history.

Ice statues.

It was once made by G-Gren while he was still alive, informing him of the frost sword.

It is so detailed and so dynamic that you don’t need a separate book.

But Professor Dyurahan was embarrassed for another reason.

“Professor, did you look like that when you were little?”

“…Thank you. I’m a monster right now.”

Big eyes with thick eyelashes.

Clear features that instantly tell you that she is a beauty.

A ponytail tied back so as not to interfere with training.

A lively and lively appearance is a very pretty beauty to anyone’s eyes.

But G-Gren really didn’t like that.

– hahahahaha, a woman with a sword? Do you know that little kid knows honor?

– Don’t lift such a heavy piece of metal, how about carrying my stick! Make me a lot happier Ha ha ha!

Various obscenities are standard, and women are often excluded because they are not trustworthy.

When a mission fails, he is immediately pointed out and poisoned, and has been fighting a desperate struggle to explain himself alone.

Even if you vomit resentment out of resentment, all you get back is ridicule.

Of course, he had a successful performance later and froze all those who criticized him, but…

In the past, G.Gren lived through that era.

Even now, when I look at female knights, there are more than one finger pointing at them. It’s getting better and better as the generations pass, but there are still old people whose thoughts themselves have not changed.

‘Does L student think so…’

I was afraid.

Professor Durrahan has not yet informed other students of his gender. Swordsmanship instructors discriminate against her even if she mentions that she is a woman.

As for the voice, there were no vocal cords, so only the voice of an eerie specter came out.

Wouldn’t she be disappointed because she is a woman? Although I have improved a lot these days, the memories of the past remain as trauma and I am still anxious.

“You’re amazing.”

But I heard the exact opposite.

I spoke calmly as I touched the ice statue.

“This splendid and sophisticated swordsmanship. With a sword that does not waste any energy. You can tell at once that you have reached a high level. But before that, holding a sword with a woman’s body must have required great determination.”

“……”

“Besides, with such a pretty appearance, there would not be a few people who would attack you to rape you at night, but also some people who would spit in your face. I’m sorry that I didn’t dare to understand the pain.”

“No, no… Thank you enough for saying that…”

Professor Durrahan was momentarily moved by the tears welling up inside him.

I can’t believe there’s someone who understands this much!

Too much. Thank you so much.

If she had met El when she was alive, she might have fallen in love with her.

‘…What am I thinking.’

For a moment, I shook my head in vain delusion.

She herself is a professor and El is a student. And she herself is a monster. It was impossible to have a deep relationship with a human being.

But no matter how much I deny it, the kind words that linger in my ears gradually made me recognize L.

‘Human relationship starts with empathy.’

L looked at her statue and nodded her head.

Since ancient times, society is empathy and empathy.

If your girlfriend comes back from a bad day with her boss and complains to her boyfriend, what would happen if you couldn’t empathize?

– I was really upset with my boss. It’s not my fault that things went wrong!

– What happened?

– I accidentally forgot the part I was in charge of in the project, but my boss only blamed me and scolded me!

– You’re wrong.

– What?

At that time, it’s like saying that you die and then I die.

It was very easy for me to empathize with even the smallest things because I was already tired of social life.

“Thank you, student L. I didn’t expect to be acknowledged until after I died…”

“It’s just very sad that people who worked hard didn’t get rewarded.”

Professor Dyurahan, who became much more comfortable, smiled (I felt that way) and approached L.

“If you’ve developed a tolerance for the cold, it’s okay to move on to the next step right away. The next goal is to freeze this lake.”

“Freeze the lake?”

“Yes. Watch what I do.”

Professor Durrahan recalled an enemy who would be alive.

Create blood veins. It is so cold that you freeze just by touching it.

Saaa ㅡ

It sounds like a snake crowing.

The cold air coming through the veins freezes the entire air. Just getting closer slows down your body and hardens your skin.

Professor Dyurahan dipped his feet into the lake in that state.

Damn it…!

“This is enough. How about it? It’s simple, right?”

Crystals bloom on the frozen lake.

Flowers carved out of ice are placed beautifully. The fish in the lake were also startled and turned into sashimi.

Literally a natural disaster. This all happened with one foot dipped in.

“…That’s amazing. Is this the default?”

“Of course. You have to learn all of this process. I will teach you slowly, so if you don’t understand something, ask questions right away.”

Professor Dyurahan lifted his shoulders with all his might at L’s admiration.

To be honest, I didn’t have to show ice flowers or cool ice, just showing the frozen lake water, but…

One minor difference that she showed a little more cool was proof that she was already quite aware of L.

Ji-Gren, a virgin who stayed with her sword until her death, hadn’t noticed that feeling yet.

“I had no choice but to create frost with the body of the dead, but I have to learn how to make it naturally. There are two main ways. One is to develop affinity through the process of getting used to ice, and the other is to drink elixirs filled with yin energy. There is. The simplest way is to take the elixir, but honestly, I recommend the former method.”

“Is it because it’s more efficient?”

“Exactly. An elixir containing yin energy can easily ruin the body.”

I had no intention of eating it anyway. Even if you eat a full elixir filled with yang energy, is it yin energy with a hat?

No matter how greedy I was, it was impossible.

‘But can’t I turn that into money?’

Chicken instead of pheasant.

Suddenly, I remembered the goblin statue in the dormitory.

A pendant around Ladia’s neck. If you sell it to Ganelle, the goblin who sold the artifact like last year’s scare…

‘It will make good money. Or exchange it for another elixir.’

For a moment, this place looked like a golden fishbowl.

“El student?”

Professor Dyurahan saw the drooling El and tilted her head.

…As expected, it would be right to ask the professor for permission before taking it.

‘I need to get close quickly.’

I was determined.

This is the first step towards that.

‘I tried to freeze water like breathing. It just freezes when you get close to it. But can’t I intentionally wield that power?’

It was an idea I had never thought of before.

I approached the lake and scooped up the water with my hand.

The water in the palm of my hand makes a clicking sound and then starts to freeze.

“Oh no…?”

Professor Dyurahan was surprised with his whole body at the incomprehensible sight.

It didn’t stop there.

Let’s reconsider the meaning of the syllable. It is a rare disease in which the yin energy is so strong that it clogs the blood vessels. On the contrary, it means that there is an enormous amount of yin energy dormant in the veins.’

Can’t I just pull it out?

I was curious.

Man was a creature who couldn’t hold back his curiosity.

Push away.

I tried to pierce the clogged veins by pushing and pushing the yin qi.

“Keep it off…!”

But that was an unreasonable attempt. The palatal artery is never something to be treated lightly.

In an instant, blood vessels freeze and break.

Death begins to come slowly due to the cold that penetrates the body.

“Eh, Student L! What’s wrong?!”

Professor Dyurahan was surprised to see El, who turned pale for a moment.

It’s as if a dead body has been buried in the snowy mountains for a long time!

The cold air it exhaled freezes the air and clings to the armor of Dyurahan standing nearby.

I realized at once that it was a dangerous situation and put my hand on El’s back.

‘This, what is this?! Blood veins are abnormally tangled!’

It is safe to say that this is already a corpse.

The blood vessels that were tangled like a spider’s web hardened and froze to sleep.

If this wakes up…

El will die.

I feel impatient.

‘El’s veins are moving. It’s because I said to freeze the lake.’

So am I going to kill you? The new apprentice?

She tightened her hand.

‘I can’t let you die like this. As a teacher, I will save you unconditionally.’

When L’s reckless attempts and G-Gren, who had mastered the extremes, met, the impossible happened.

El felt a new energy enter her body.

‘It’s cold. They’re guiding me as if they were telling me to come this way.’

Closer to her death, her head subconsciously made the best decision.

Professor Dyurahan leads the way.

Cleave and dig out the clogged sound.

If it seems impossible, it creates a blood vein made of negative energy.

Originally, all of these courses were later accepted as official disciples. At least it should have been done when I had perfect resistance to cold, but it wasn’t the time to argue about that in an emergency.

I followed the new road.

Just as a newborn child crawls to find her mother, following the nature to live, the blood veins made up of yin qi are completed.

All those roads were eventually frozen and ruined by the palatal artery, but the new vein was different.

‘The full and wasted chill is melting away. Inside the body too.’

The chill melted inside and met the Earth Dragon’s soul.

Awesome!

The earth dragon opened his mouth wide as if asking what kind of rice cake it was and ate it all up. At the same time, he felt the aura inside him grow more and more.

How much time has passed.

I was able to open my eyes only after countless repetitions.

“Student L. Are you awake?”

“…Yes.”

What G-Gren passed on to El was the polar negative body.

Because it contains the energy of extreme cold, it transforms into a body suitable for learning the swordsmanship of extreme ice.

Originally, it was supposed to have a lot of yin qi to create resistance to cold and blood veins, but it was accomplished very easily thanks to the syllable vein.

A coincidence coincided with that, and the spirit of the earth dragon ate up the overflowing yin energy and obtained an unbelievable chance.

I could see that the entire lake was frozen over, not just parts of it.

***

Professor Dyurahan touched the lake water that was crafted like a jewel.

“It’s perfect. You did more than I could have hoped for.”

The lake of Seoridogen is not a place made of simple water.

Thousands of years. Or, after being hit by pouring snow for tens of thousands of years, they evolved through evolution and gained special powers.

“Do you know why I set the goal of freezing this lake?”

“Did you have a different reason?”

“Of course! This lake does not freeze easily. It has been influenced by many things, but above all, Frost Plateau is… Alive.”

Alive? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.

I only thought I had a special power…

‘Is it because I became close with Professor Durahan?’

Saying this, but thanks to my sympathy, I think the good feeling has done its job.

I didn’t know the details, so when I looked at Professor Dyurahan, he held out his hand as if to tell me not to worry.

“Isn’t it hard to understand? Surrey Plateau is still alive. But the moment you step outside, you’ll understand what I’m talking about.”

I went outside holding Professor Dyurahan’s hand.

A long time seems to have passed as expected, and an eerie wind passes through the skin on a dark night.

I immediately understood what it meant to say that the Surrey Plateau was alive.

“Aurora…”

“Student L knows what this is. Isn’t it beautiful?”

The green shimmering light seemed to say hello.

I was completely mesmerized by the aurora, which I had never seen in real life.

“Whenever we are tired, the Glenn family always looks at this sky to soothe our weary minds and bodies. It is not only so beautiful, but it has a charm that makes you fall in love with it the more you look at it. But what’s even more amazing than that is that sometimes the sky rains down strange things.”

“Yes? Give me something?”

“We think he’s a god, but he never showed up, so we’re just guessing. Would you accept this?”

Professor Dyurahan took something out of his armor.

‘What is it?’

It’s a strange bracelet.

It is made of blue color, and there are many unknown characters written on it.

“It’s an artifact called the ‘Suhriri Rune Bracelet’. Its effect helps to control the yin energy inside the body. I used this to take the yin qi out of the body and made a shield or sword for training. If El students follow the same, they will be able to master swordsmanship. Of course, you will be able to calm down the yin energy in your body.”

“Is this also from heaven?”

“Yes. Artifacts like this are not easy to obtain even in dungeons.”

What kind of honey artifact is this!

He grows up quickly, but these items were like giving a tiger wings.

“Then I’ll end here today. It’s late and L must be very tired.”

“Thank you Professor.”

As Professor Durahan said, my body wasn’t normal. It felt as if a wet dishcloth had been squeezed out like a twist.

I couldn’t even move on my own, and the new veins were as unfamiliar as any other body part.

Returning also used a twisted space.

***

The place where L and G.Gren left.

The serene Seorey Highlands begin to move.

A huge snowball falls from the sky and gets stuck. The wind that blew like a storm turned into a blade and cut in all directions.

Even the aurora, which was the only light in the dark night, disappeared as if it had fallen.

It was to the point where I doubted if it was really the Seorey Highlands.

“……”

A snowy night.

Someone with purple eyes was carefully looking at the portal L and G.Gren left.