I Became An Academy Spearman - Chapter 66

I Became An Academy Spearman — Chapter 66. Unbreakable Will (2)

Han’s body trembled as he entered his room, barely remaining standing as he slowly closed the door behind him. He leaned against the wall next to the door to keep his balance.

“I really feel like I’m going to die,” he breathed out, numb with the realization. This item was more incredibly difficult than he had anticipated. All his strength had vanished. He laughed out loud.

“Reality is unforgiving.” He had gained more today than he had imagined.

It wasn’t like yesterday’s sparring session, when he had evolved the level of his attribute, or that he had immediately become stronger.

This time, it was his mentality that had changed. This was more important to him than anything else.

Before entering the Academy, he constantly repeated in his head phrases for mental preparation like, “it’s okay to lose”. This became a habit.

And he was even more aware of this after his chance encounter with Glesia. By now it was second nature to force himself to have self-confidence in order to eliminate self-doubt when it came to doing anything in this world. If he didn’t have that attitude, he wouldn’t be able to accomplish anything, let alone finish the academy.

He knew all of this from the beginning. He needed to have a unique identity in order to live at the Academy with the common-grade attribute, Spearman.

And he could build his identity around his will. He could distinguish himself from others if he honed his will. In other words, unbreakable. He had to be confident to overcome everything. That’s why he had chosen to delude himself.

But now, he didn’t have to do that anymore.

Eventually his body acceded to gravity as he leaned against the wall, sliding downwards until he was able to sit down on the floor.

“Everything’s easier when you accept it.” Then he remembered fragments of the training with Carly, a training session that had lasted for hours. He couldn’t even be sure how many times he had fought with her.

He was only sure of one thing.

He might seem like a troublemaker from Carly’s perspective. Although he knew she appreciated the effort, she had never had a cadet as insistent as he was.

“Hahaha…” He laughed, exhausted, like a fool at the memory of his behavior. But he had no remorse for his actions, even if it would turn out that she hated him tomorrow. He couldn’t get over himself if he didn’t constantly get up after falling countless times.

Unless he achieved miraculous results like in yesterday’s fight with Leonhard, there was a high probability that he would lose future fights. He could not try to deceive himself.

“No. This is great,” he said aloud, almost oblivious to the fact that he was speaking to an empty room. He was very pleased with the situation. It seemed silly that he was happy despite all he had suffered.

But now he had the confidence to keep going no matter what. Maybe he could laugh at himself even if he lost.

Today, he had that certainty.

That was when his thoughts turned to a different realization – the limits of the art of the spear.

He himself had to determine the limits of his attribute.

“Status window.”

He said with his gaze focused on the dark void in front of him. A transparent light immediately appeared to illuminate his vision.

Name: Han Seong

Sex: Male (20)

Title: None

Height / Weight: 178cm 67kg

Current continental influence: 207

Stats

[Physical Strength 13]

[Agility 21]

[Stamina 20]

[Mana 10]

[Luck 5]

Possessed Attributes [1]

[Spearman Lv. 4]

Skills [0]

His status window had not changed much. However, it was incredible that he had increased some stats a bit. His physical strength and stamina had increased by 1.

It seemed that nothing had changed.

But that wasn’t all.

“……”

His gaze shifted to his Spearman attribute.

Today he finally understood why the art of the spear existed only as a Common grade.

“It’s weaker, sure, with all the limitations of the spear as the designated weapon. But, that all depends on what you do with it.” It was like a clue, initially. Now he could see it clearly.

His attribute was weaker on the surface. However, this meant it was more elastic than higher grade attributes. He could create skills faster than even a Legendary-grade attribute.