Perfect World [EN]: Chapter 310

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“Hmm. Is that so? Then you must have borrowed quite a bit of money.”

“Yes. I don’t know the exact amount, but it must be around tens of millions of Crangs [Crang is the currency in this world].”

Beom-seok replied in a quiet voice.

“But how did you know that the money was borrowed from the members of the Kendo Association? Did you hear it from your father?”

Riza calmly nodded her head.

“Yes. He told me, saying that I should become a professional gladiator in the future and pay it back without fail.”

“So, are you planning to pay it back?”

“Of course. It’s a matter of my father’s honor, so I must pay it back someday.”

Beom-seok smiled slightly. If that was the case, recruiting Riza might be easy. He could bring her onto the team on the condition of paying off her debt.

“Then, by any chance, do you have any plans to pay it back right away?”

She looked at Beom-seok in surprise. If she had a way, she wanted to pay off the debt immediately.

“How?”

“You earn it and pay it back. How about it? Will you pay it back?”

Riza looked at him as if he was being absurd. If she had the ability, she would have paid it back long ago.

“Are you kidding me, Instructor? There’s no way I have that much money.”

“Yes. Depending on your decision, you can have it.”

“Really? How?”

“It’s about signing a contract with our team and becoming a professional gladiator. How about it? Are you interested?”

Her eyes widened.

“Instructor’s team?”

“Yeah. Actually, I’m currently running a Central League team called Gods Knights. If you promise to join our team, I’ll pay off all your debts with a 6-year contract and give you an additional 5 million Crangs as an annual salary. In addition, salary increase negotiations are possible depending on your performance.”

Riza didn’t even need to think about it. From what she had learned while hospitalized, even professional gladiators didn’t receive huge salaries.

Especially if she joined a team like the Area League, she wondered if she could ever pay off that much debt even if she worked as a gladiator for the rest of her life. But Beom-seok offered to pay off all her debts with just a 6-year contract and an annual salary of 5 million Crangs. It was an offer that she, with her low reputation and no foundation in the gladiator world, could never receive.

“Is it really possible? It seems like a pretty unreasonable offer.”

“It is unreasonable, but I have to give that much consideration to my junior. How about trying it?”

With a happy heart, Riza hugged Beom-seok tightly. Now, once she paid off that debt, not only would her father’s honor be restored, but she would also be able to leave this forest freely. All her worries would disappear.

“Thank you, Instructor! I’ll follow your instructions unconditionally from now on!”

He momentarily bent his waist, feeling her soft skin and breasts intimately. His ‘treasure’ started to protest again. Beom-seok barely pushed Riza away and said.

“O, okay. Then let’s go home for now. We need to write a contract and eat.”

“Yes. I understand.”

The two looked at each other and smiled. It was a satisfactory contract for everyone. Beom-seok was happy to be able to recruit a gladiator with outstanding skills, and Riza was pleased with the fact that she could pay off her debt and restore her father’s honor. Soon, they returned home, had a meal, and finalized all the contracts.

That day, Beom-seok told Esther to prepare the funds. First of all, in order to lift the wanted order for Dante, he had to pay off all the borrowed debts.

After that, Beom-seok spent a few days with Riza, visiting the Kendo Association members who were the creditors, handing over the money, and asking for forgiveness. Fortunately, they resolved their past grudges as soon as they heard the situation. They couldn’t have been unaware that Dante had died not long after borrowing the money, so it was impossible to even ask for understanding, let alone repay the debt.

The total amount of funds Beom-seok used at this time was 67 million Crangs: 58 million Crangs in debt and 9 million Crangs for three years’ worth of bank interest.

Oink. Oink.

In the quiet mountains on an autumn afternoon, a wild boar, almost the size of a bull, was screaming in pain and running through the dense bushes. Several wide throwing knives were stuck all over its body, and blood was constantly flowing out. But the wild boar didn’t stop at all and ran and ran.

It was trying to protect its life from the pursuer chasing behind.

“Riza! Turn to the right and block its path! It’ll be a headache if it goes that way!”

At Beom-seok’s shout, Riza came down from under the tree and hurriedly started running. The place the wild boar was heading now was towards the cliff. If it fell down, it would be quite annoying. The thought of carrying that bulk and climbing up and down a cliff over 100 meters was terrible.

Soon, Riza overtook the boar and blocked its path, then took out the throwing knife stuck in her waist and threw it with all her might.

Whoosh. Thwack. Oweeek!

The wild boar, which rolled roughly on the floor, got up again and ran towards Riza. The throwing knife she had just thrown hit the boar’s shoulder, so it didn’t inflict a fatal wound. She had no choice but to pick up her sword and run towards the wild boar. Unless it changed direction, she judged that it would be better to cut it down in one stroke and end its life.

“Come on!”

The wild boar rushed in with bloodshot eyes. Riza slightly dodged to the side and then strongly struck the boar’s waist with her sword.

Slash. Oweeek. Thud.

The wild boar, which slipped while scattering thick dirt and leaves everywhere, trembled, its whole body covered in blood. It didn’t die immediately, but it was obvious that it would soon die. Not only the spine but also more than half of the waist was severed, so no living thing could survive.

Beom-seok, who was looking at the entrails and blood scattered on the floor, walked over while roughly exhaling.

“Hey! Riza! How could you kill it like that! All the juices will drain out and it won’t taste good! You have to kill it gently!”

Riza scratched her head and stared at him. The reason why she had been chasing the wild boar even though she could kill it in one shot was to minimize the wounds and improve the meat quality. She had finished it off so miserably at the last minute, so all her efforts had been in vain.

“I’m sorry, Instructor. This guy ran towards the cliff, so I was in a hurry.”

Beom-seok tapped the wild boar and frowned.

“Even so, there’s no need to kill it like this. It’s completely tattered. Don’t you know how to control your strength? You can just lightly strike the spine and cut it off, and it won’t be able to move at all!”

“I’m sorry. It’s a habit.”

“What habit!”

“It hasn’t been long since I received the body modification surgery. Before that, I couldn’t knock it down in one shot unless I put all my strength into swinging my sword.”

He frowned.

“Hey! It’s been a while since you got the modification surgery; you should have fixed it! It’s already been 3 years, 3 years!”

“But you started fixing it after you came, Instructor.”

“Hey! Still, if you’re aware of it, why can’t you fix it! It’s because you’re paying attention to other things. You’re really going to have a hard time if you play gladiator matches like this.”

Then Riza looked at Beom-seok with a subtle gaze. She had decided to become a gladiator, so she couldn’t help but be interested in gladiator matches.

“Why?”

“Think about it. What’s the motion needed to strike the sword strongly?”

“Well, it’s to pull the sword back a lot.”

“Right? Then what’s the phenomenon that occurs at that time?”

“Hmm. Wouldn’t the attack tempo be somewhat slower? The motion also becomes larger, and the balance of the body is also disturbed.”

“That’s right. Then, of course, the opponent will have a greater chance of recovering from the crisis and blocking it, right? Don’t you think so?”

“Yes. I guess so.”

“But in gladiator matches, you get points just by giving a certain amount of hit. You don’t have to put in unreasonable motions to get the desired results, so there’s no need to hit hard and delay the timing. Do you understand what I mean?”

Riza nodded her head as if she understood. Certainly, if she could achieve the same results, there was no need to hit hard. But on the other hand, there were parts that she didn’t understand.

“But Instructor. When you spar with me, you always swing your sword fiercely at the last moment. What’s the reason for that?”

Beom-seok blinked his eyes and looked at her.

“When did I do that?”

“What do you mean? You definitely hit hard. Even more than me.”

“There’s no way? There’s no way the perfect me would do such a ridiculous thing.”

Riza pouted at his brazen answer.

“You really do. It’s clearly shown in the video footage.”

“Really?”

“Yes. If you’re really suspicious, let’s go home and watch it.”

Beom-seok made an awkward expression. Riza was so sure of herself that he wondered if it was true. Well, he had experienced actual combat for so long, so he thought that such a habit might exist. But he couldn’t admit to her that he, who should be a role model, had shown such behavior.

He pretended not to know and said.

“Ah. That’s probably a feint.”

“A feint?”

“It’s a move to deceive the opposing team. You may or may not know, but the competition in the gladiator world is very fierce. Especially when you go up to the Central League, each team has its own information analysis teams. What these people do is analyze the match data that occurs in every game and collect data on the opposing team’s gladiators. It’s to take effective countermeasures. So, if you don’t take actions to disrupt the data whenever you have the opportunity, your combat tendencies will be completely revealed to all competing teams in 1-2 years. Do you know what I mean?”

“Ah. So. That’s why Instructor did such absurd things. I knew it…….”

“Yes. So, when you go out to gladiator matches, you have to manage your data whenever you have the opportunity.”

“Yes. I understand. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Beom-seok sighed in relief as Riza showed a consenting action. He had scolded her at length, but if he had the same habit, his face would be damaged.

‘Hoo~ I had such a tendency. I should check it out.’

Beom-seok soon drew his sword and completely cut off the wild boar’s waist. Anyway, it had come to this, so it was necessary to cut it in half to make it easier to carry. He made Riza carry the heavier upper body part, and he carried the lower body part on his back.

“Let’s go. Let’s go eat lunch quickly.”

They soon returned home with the wild boar dripping with blood. Today’s lunch menu is whole pig barbecue. It was a feast with fresh ingredients after a long time.

At the same time, in front of a huge building in Meyren City, a man with brown hair was entering the entrance with a spotted dog. Since pets were prohibited from being brought into the building, the guards immediately rushed out to chase him away, but they hesitated when they saw the owner’s face. They recognized him as Henry’s son, the group chairman.

An elf guard approached with a troubled look and barely managed to say a word.

“J, Julian. What brings you to headquarters…….”

“Ah. My grandfather and father called me.”

“B, but, what about the dog?”

“This is Dalma, my pet. Isn’t it cute?”

‘What’s so cute about it?’ It looked extremely ferocious, baring its teeth and growling.

“You’re not planning to take this dog to the chairman’s office, are you?”

“Yeah. I bragged that he was a smart dog, so my father said he wanted to see him sometime. So I brought him with me today.”

Then there was nothing the guards could do. No matter how much it violated the rules, they couldn’t chase him away when the group chairman said he wanted to see him. Henry was the owner who paid their salaries. The only action the guards could take now was to escort Julian to the chairman’s office as discreetly as possible.

“Ah. I see. Then please follow me. I’ll take you to the VIP elevator.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

Julian soon took the VIP elevator according to the guard’s guidance. He got off on the 32nd floor and went to the chairman’s office.

“Father, I’m here.”

Henry, who was sitting at his desk and working, greeted Julian with a happy face. He was well aware that he had been running the Dark Hyenas team well recently.

Although he was somewhat worried about losing the opening game, he had been on a winning streak since then and was brightening the promotion tournament this season. In addition, the media was touting Dark Hyenas, along with the Chaplin Whisper team, as likely candidates for promotion to the World League next season.

As a result, the group’s management was also satisfied with the Dark Hyenas team under the Julian system.

“Okay. You came well. Is the team running well?”

“Yes. The team atmosphere is good because the results are good.”

“Really? Then there are no difficulties?”

Julian made a somewhat troubled expression. To be honest, there was one thing.

“Actually, I’m worried because it seems like Coach Dyson is going to the Devil Spirits team.”

The Devil Spirits team was a strong team that had won the championship for two consecutive years last year and the year before last. Of course, it was possible with Amelia’s loan, but even before that, it was a prestigious team with a long history that was always in the top ranks of the World League. It could be said that it was a somewhat overwhelming team for Coach Dyson to go to.

“Really? Devil Spirits is quite a prestigious team. Coach Dyson is going there?”

“Yes. Devil Spirits has not been doing well recently, so they fired the coach, and it seems that Coach Dyson is being considered as the successor.”

“Why?”

“The fact that he kept Dark Hyenas, which had somewhat weak power, in the World League for several years and the recent good results of our team also played a role. And everyone knows about Coach Dyson’s ‘Ibagu’ [a Korean word meaning ‘story’ or ‘background’].”

“Ibagu?”

“It seems that he was bragging to the people in the gladiator world that he had picked up Zakid himself. And Devil Spirits was tempted by that.”

Henry unknowingly showed a worried look. Coach Dyson was not the best, but he was a good coach. The problem was that he showed some light behavior, but if he left the team, there would be a lot of leakage in the team’s power.

============================ Author’s Notes ============================

Ah. Kingpanworld and Perfectworld are now available as e-books on Tistoa. The first volume is free, so please download it.

Then everyone have a nice day. I’ll see you again tomorrow.