Chapter: 51

“You’re here.”

“Yes, Instructor.”

“Are you all fine now?”

“Yes, sir.”

“That is good... I taught you already, but I’m sure you know where your place is?”

Impeng didn’t really seem all that excited to see Yeowun back. The formation battle required every individual to not fail for it to work well, and while Yeowun’s spot was the least important, it still was concerning.

“Yes, sir.”

“Good. Then go take your place.”

Impeng pointed to the location. Yeowun knew that he wouldn’t be welcomed for missing two weeks already, so he quickly took up the sword and shield and got to his location. Today was the real sword practice day that only came once a week. Mukeum tried to growl at Yeowun who was running toward him.

“You finally here? You cowardly chicken bas...”

But Yeowun ignored him and simply ran past him. Mukeum became dumbfounded, but something was off. Yeowun didn’t seem to fear him at all.

‘What is it? His look... it doesn’t...’

Instead, it looked like Yeowun’s eyes were telling Mukeum to challenge him to a fight.

“Let’s begin! Keep your distance! If there are any more accidents, I’ll expel you from the academy!”

“MADO!”

The training began. Impeng, however, was only focused on one person. The other students had two weeks of training together, but Chun Yeowun did not have any. It was apparent he would make mistakes. And the problem regarding today’s practice was that they were using real swords. There was an accident in the last sword practice, so Impeng was nervous.

‘Dammit! Why am I stuck with him?!’

No one wanted to take Chun Yeowun since he was taken to the medical room, and Impeng offered to take the lottery. Unfortunately, he ended up taking the boy into his group.

‘Please don’t make any mistakes. You don’t have much to do anyway.’

At least Yeowun’s spot required the least amount of work. Impeng then flashed the red flag that called for the first formation change.

Students quickly took the proper steps to move into place. The ones who needed to move the most were in the front row while the group leader in the middle needed to lead the others nicely.

“Good!” Impeng shouted. Everyone did it perfectly without any mistakes. Mukeum was arrogant and violent, but he managed his group well and made them follow his orders. And as for Chun Yeowun...

‘Huh?’

He was doing quite well. Unlike the other students who had a hard time following the formation in the beginning, Chun Yeowun was following along quite nicely.

‘Is he following what the others are doing?’

Impeng was curious, but he just figured Yeowun was copying the others well. The problem with this formation was that the students had to maintain the formation without moving.

“Keep the formation!”

Students had to hold up their swords and shields and stand still for quite some time. This required muscle strength. Everyone was holding on, but the weaker students’ arms began to shake.

If the shield shook and clashed with another shield, there would a sound. It wasn’t that loud when it was between wooden shields, but the clang between the iron shields was very clear.

“Get it together! Don’t even think about beating other groups with such endurance!”