All Warriors Are My Disciples

66. Unwelcome place

“Yup!”

All I could see was a single flash of light.

Other than that, nothing came into sight.

Even if you try to block it, even if you want to block it, even if you want to do it like crazy.

I couldn’t block an attack I couldn’t see or feel.

“Twenty-second time with this one hundred times. The number of times those behind you died. Gerard.”

“… Coke, Coke.”

“Even now, it’s not too late. You can throw away the shield and choose something else.”

At those words, Gerard looked up at his opponent for a moment.

A man who said that he would make him stronger and that he would not lose anyone anymore.

He chose the shield without any hesitation, but he kept trying to convince himself.

“… No, I don’t want to. Master.”

“You are stubborn.”

“….”

“What kind of shield is it if it can’t protect anything?”

At the harsh words of the man, Gerard bit his lip.

And I remembered the past that I tried so hard to forget.

I am the only one found in a village attacked by monsters.

It is said that passers-by rescued a person who almost lost his life.

A place where there are children who barely survived and are in the same situation as you.

I wanted to continue my life in an orphanage in the city.

Even the orphanage he lived in was devastated by the monsters’ attack.

The friends who shared the pain together died, and the teachers who comforted them died.

I couldn’t do anything, I couldn’t stop it or protect it.

My teacher came to me who was desperate to survive alone in the midst of it.

I said that I don’t want to lose anymore, and that I don’t want to struggle with shame anymore.

At his words, Gerard nodded, biting his lip until his blood bleed.

As the man said, I didn’t want to lose it anymore, and I wanted to keep an eye on it.

You must be prepared to die, no, to endure even more harshness.

Even at that, Gerard firmly nodded and followed him.

And from that day on, rigorous training began within the male fence.

The man thought that the one who became his teacher would be strong.

Because only the strong, not the weak, can utter such confident words.

So I was honest about wanting to become stronger myself by leaning on that strength.

“Keep it off! Kuck, Kuck!”

“Wake up.”

“Keuuugh….”

“I told you to wake up, Gerard. How long are you going to lie down?”

I really didn’t expect it to be this level of ignorance.

He didn’t show mercy and stepped on Gerard very mercilessly.

It wasn’t just the body that was trampled on, the mind was also completely crushed.

As if they were trying to make it impossible to happen again, as if they were trying to completely ruin them.

“This is the third. Everyone behind you is dead.”

.”

“Become monster food, and after a while, you will become monster sh*t.”

“Keugh… !”

“Will there ever be such a pitiful life?”

“Aren’t you doing too much!”

“Go and tell the monster that. I wonder if I did too much. They said, ‘Oh, we were the bad guys. It’s black.’ Do you think you’ll shed tears of reflection? Stop talking nonsense.”

“But….”

“Keep it or kill it. Either one. Among them, you chose to keep. And this time, you couldn’t stop it, and you couldn’t protect it. What is this guy trying to say?”

Gerard’s mentor was harsh, extremely cold, and sharp as a sharpened sword.

He didn’t allow any mistakes and he didn’t allow any gaps.

Sometimes I felt that such a teacher was savage and hateful.

I work hard, I work really hard, but I see even that being shattered.

There was a time when I lamented why I had to be like this.

Cheak!!-

That man, his teacher.

Kieek!

Catching monsters and monsters for a village without anyone knowing.

Until I witnessed the scene.

“Whoa.”

After killing all the monsters and monsters rushing towards the village.

His own teacher disappeared as if he had been exercising after dinner.

In the empty seat, Gerard had to stand and think in his thoughts.

“….”

Strong, really strong. I am so strong that I dare not even dream.

Because it is so strong, it can cut without hesitation against the approaching threat.

In that person’s eyes, I must be an idiot who can’t even block first.

‘… But. Still, I want to be that kind of person.’

Although not as overwhelmingly strong as that person.

Although you can’t crush enemies with transcendental force.

If I can protect the innocent people who stand behind me with my will and my patience.

It would be nice if I could do that.

I really want to, but I can’t and I’m so mad at myself.

“Do you want to try again?”

When he returned to his quarters, the man said so and threw away his shield.

Gerard stared at the shield for a moment before holding his breath and standing in front of him.

Abandon all the arrogance to protect the world, country, city, and village.

I only have the heart to protect even just one person.

It doesn’t have overwhelming power, but with the will to protect it to the end even while vomiting blood.

There is no sharpness that would cut you if you touch it, but with a steel-like hardness that does not let go easily.

Kwagwagwagwa!!-

It wasn’t until I endured with both legs firmly in front of my master’s sword for the first time.

Finally, Gerard knows who he is and what kind of existence he is.

And he knew all the answers to what to do next.

‘I want to be like Master. I want to become a hero who can protect them.’

As he muttered, Gerard clenched his fists tightly.

“Death penalty.”

One day, a strange girl who came in later than he did approached him.

I’m a noble, but I’m not like a noble, and I can’t win, but I keep running into my master.

By Gerard’s standards, she was a sister-in-law that was hard to understand.

“Why is that, Iris?”

“Has the death penalty ever defeated Master?”

At her words, Gerard twisted her face.

My sister-in-law is always like this, always talking nonsense.

Who beats whom? Why are you talking about the impossible?

“Say something that makes sense. How to beat that guy And I don’t even want to win.”

“Really? I want to win I want to win very intensely, like crazy.”

Well, there are all these ridiculous guys.

The word

Was Gerard, rising right down his throat.

But sometimes Iris’s words made sense.

My own sister-in-law, Iris Frisiana, who is beaten up every day.

In order for her to endure to the end, she was beaten and beaten again and again, and her own situation was very similar.

‘Yes. Someday, someday, at least once….’

I wanted to stand there and block my master’s sword very firmly.

And I wanted to shout confidently.

I blocked your attack.

As a warrior of guardianship, as a solid shield, I said that I did it without fail.

* * * * * * * * * *

“What is it? Why is the face of the death penalty the way it is? It looks like it was beaten by someone.”

“You say that, but you don’t look very well.”

“Me? It was me, of course, who attacked Master and then burst right away.”

“… Don’t pretend I’m the same However, I’m not rushing like you.”

“A. Wouldn’t it be better to jump in and get hit? I didn’t fight, but getting hit is more stupid.”

“Noisy. Hurry up and have breakfast.”

Gerard and Iris seem to be of completely different types.

There are also some corners where the two fit oddly.

Maybe it’s because they grew up under me similarly at the same time.

In a similar case, Garam and Xenia are anxious because they can’t eat each other.

Still, I’m relieved that the two of them seem to be getting along well.

In fact, even if it’s not Iris, Gerard gets along well with other people.

I don’t have any angular parts in my personality, and maybe it’s because I rolled it so much that it became rounder.

If you think about the letter you sent to Garam right now, aren’t you extremely courteous?

That’s how it is, despite being the only male disciple.

This is probably the reason why other disciples do not distance themselves or distance themselves.

“… Have you beaten two people since morning?”

Muttered Iris, who was quietly eating breakfast next to me.

By the way, are you saying something that can cause a lot of misunderstanding?

It wasn’t that I was beating up, it was that one guy jumped at me because he wanted to be beaten.

The other guy only gets stronger when I hit him in the first place.

So I had no choice but to put a little ruthlessness in my hands.

This guy is slandering that he beat him without even knowing it.

“Iris? You are the only one I beat up for no reason.”

“Eh?! Why! Why!”

“Isn’t that the kind of guy who wastes time without even dreaming of becoming stronger?”

“I-I’m working hard on my own, too?! It’s unfair, Master!”

“If you feel unfair, you get stronger, so suk suk! And it would be enough to drive the enemy.”

There are no hidden stats or skills as a regression perk.

It seems that only future experiences and memories are the weapons Iris possesses.

If that’s the case, then you should know how to become stronger even faster.

Unfortunately, Iris’ growth rate was slower than the other students.

If the absorption rate of the other disciples is 10, should I say that Iris is about 6?

It was at the level of suspicion that it was probably some kind of balance patch due to regression.

“… What can I do? This is my limit.”

Iris murmurs in despair.

It’s not a joke or acting, it’s a sincere thing.

You probably know best that your ability to grow is slow.

So I try, but it doesn’t work.

It is clear that he repeated it several times, despaired, and then stood up again.

“So follow me.”

“….”

“If you follow along well, Master Lee will help you become a hero properly.”

“… Yes.”

I will leave the west soon and head for my next destination.

Meanwhile, she felt that she should pay more attention to Iris.

“Now, everyone gathered, right?”

“Yes, Master.”

After finishing breakfast, with her three disciples in front of her.

I started explaining my future steps.

“Everybody must have had a good rest for two days. There is no problem with moving now.”

“Yes. It was like a vacation.”

“From now on, we will all head to the center of the continent, to be precise, near the capital.”

“… Do you mean royalty? Take all the people with you?”

As I nodded, Gerard’s expression darkened.

I noticed that he was worried about something, so I stared at him.

“Is something wrong, Gerard?”

“It may offend you to say this, but….”

“Never mind, Gerard. Say it.”

“It is true that I am a little worried.”

“Worried? What are you worried about?”

Actually, there is one thing I have a rough idea of.

Without ever being attacked by monsters or monsters.

Why is the capital city maintaining the strongest defense posture?

Why did my disciples and the warriors of the continent arrive in front of the capital one step too late?

If you look at those parts, there is something that boils down to one.

“On the royal side… Our warriors won’t be happy to come close.”