Chapter 60 (1/2)

SoJ Episode 4 Chapter 60

Episode 4: The Great Colonizing Age / Chapter 60: Demon Lord (1)

TL: emptycube

Editor: Obelisk

Full name: Alexei Romanovich Ivanov.

Alexei was a 15-year-old boy who had come from Russia. He was also a famous Berserker who was amongst the first to awaken through the {Ring of Rebirth}.

The reason why Alexei, who was Russian, joined Korea’s main clan, Choi Hyuk’s ‘Berserkers’, was purely because of Lee Jinhee.

He fell for her at first sight after coincidentally watching a video of her fighting. He came to Korea and became a member of the Berserkers partly because of his puppy love and longing, and partly because he seriously respected and wanted to learn from her.

Although he was young, like many members who were the first to awaken, he had lost his family and had become an orphan so he didn’t have anything holding him back. At first, he used the Language Resonance Device to converse with Koreans, but perhaps it was because he was young, he quickly picked it up.

Alexei was tagging behind Lee Jinhee. Lee Jinhee looked at Alexei who appeared to be holding filming props and let out a sigh.

“Rosha, Youtube again?”

‘Rosha’ was a nickname only his family members and close friends could call him. Out of all the Berserkers, Alexei had only told Lee Jinhee his nickname. There was a time when a Berserker shouted, ‘Hey Rosha!’ and that day, an intense fist fight broke out. Although he was a boy with a small figure, Alexei was an expert as one of the first to awaken, and the majority of the Berserkers never called him Rosha after that day.

Only Baek Seoin would occasionally tease him with a ‘Rosha~’. Alexei had become famous for never replying back.

“Yes! Please take care of me, Captain Lee Jinhee!”

Alexei replied in fluent Korean and began to film. Lee Jinhee said, as if dumbfounded.

“Just from where did someone like you join our clan? You should have gone to Jessie’s clan, why’d you come here?”

Jessie was a popular American sovereign. He was handsome and had gained popularity from both his stylish fighting style and lectures on fighting techniques posted on Youtube. He liked to be in style and was known for being showy. Even the name of his fate was ‘Superstar’. ‘Superstar’ was a fate that increased his karma the more his fighting techniques were complimented and the more people were influenced by his techniques. It matched well with Jessie. As the sovereign was like this, his followers were the same. The fighting lectures and best battle videos that dominated Youtube were mostly from Jessie’s clan.

Lee Jinhee often teased Alexei, who liked to film, with this.

And whenever she did that, he would hop up and down.

“What mean words…! I have no interest in those with flashy outer appearances. The legit ones are those that are compact and fatal! And if you combine that with Captain Lee Jinhee’s beauty! Keeu…!”

“The heck…”

As if embarra.s.sed, Lee Jinhee pressed her hat down.

“In any case, for Baek hyung to permit something so useless… Haa.”

“Useless?! How is filming Captain Lee Jinhee’s techniques and using them as the Berserker’s training aids useless?”

“You said you’re going to release it to others.”

“That’s to promote ourselves. You can’t ignore the effect of promoting ourselves. Even I came running here after watching a video. You need to show something cool if you want to gather really talented and pa.s.sionate clan member

s. Berserkers are already known for their small numbers, and the flow of new recruits is declining as more time pa.s.ses. Promoting ourselves is very important.”

“Brrr…. Did you know you’re saying exactly what Baek hyung said?”

“Although Captain Baek does a lot of useless things, I think he really did well with this decision.”

Alexei replied without a moment’s hesitation. Of course, his heart was filled with happiness for being able to film Lee Jinhee’s movements to his heart’s content and being able to show such treasures to other people.

“Haa… I don’t know. Anyways, what I am going to teach today is running vertically using karma.”

Lee Jinhee eventually surrendered and looked away from Alexei to stare at a building in front of her. It was a high-rise apartment with 30 floors. Lee Jinhee put her foot on the wall.

“There are two main methods. One where you focus on body control and another where you focus on your karma control. First I’ll show you the method focusing on body control.”

Lee Jinhee jumped slightly and stepped on the wall with her right foot before dropping down.

“In parkour, we usually tilt our upper bodies back when we step on walls. If we don’t and we lean forward, our bodies get too close to the wall. If we do that, our strength isn’t applied vertically but horizontally, and we slip. Like this.”

Lee Jinhee explained with her words before showing a few good and bad examples.

“We can now apply original parkour movements to go up even further. I mean, our physical abilities have completely changed, right? First, you run towards the wall faster than before. The trick where you lean your upper body slightly back and step is the same. It’s like shooting towards the wall like an arrow. Next, you need to move your body in rhythm. The movements of your upper body and toes are important. You need use your toes to create thrust while you still have vertical momentum to go up the wall. At the same time, you need to lean your body forward and kick upwards. Then, when you step forward with your left foot, you need to lean back slightly to get a better grip. And you repeat that. Like this.”

Lee Jinhee swiftly dashed forward and ran up the wall of the building. Her body swayed rhythmically. Her breathtaking balance between her toes and body was beautiful.

Alexei filmed her figure with a blank expression.

Lee Jinhee, who had climbed to the top, shouted,

“This is the technique that focuses on body control. Now I’ll teach you the second method! If you are confident with your karma control, you can move karma between you and the building and grip the wall yourself. If you try hard, you can even do this.”

Lee Jinhee walked down the wall. She used her rotating karma to grip the wall.  As if gravity had been reversed, she walked down the wall to the ground naturally. A few drops of sweat hung on her forehead.

“Even though I invested a lot into Control because my trait is Explosive Blood, it’s still not easy. However, those guys with the Mind’s Eye trait should have an easier time. Also, in my opinion, the best method is combining these two techniques.”

She said before going up and down the wall a few times. She used her karma to create a decent grip while performing effective movements to minimize her karma consumption.

Alexei filmed each movement with s.h.i.+ning eyes.

After she finished her demonstration, Lee Jinhee came down and said.

“That’s enough. Stop filming.”

“No, a bit more…”

“Shush. Now you try, Rosha.”

After refusing Alexei’s right to talk, Lee Jinhee sat on the floor. Alexei ran up and down the wall while being criticized by Lee Jinhee and had even fallen a few times due to mistakes.

Lee Jinhee grinned while she looked at him. Although he said he couldn’t be bothered to, Alexei was a talented warrior, and she enjoyed teaching him. He was cute too.

“Rosha! You have to move your hips there! Are you going to move like that?!”

“I’ll do it again!”

“Of course you will!”

Alexei and Lee Jinhee were, in fact, quite similar. They both became Berserkers because they longed to make everyone stronger.