Chapter 14 (1/2)

It felt similar to when one listens to music and is moved, by both body and mind As a classicalto the delicate notes of classical ly easily

'Shoo- shoo-shoo- P-P- Ping-'

Her fingertips cut through the air Her toes, knees, and waist flexiblytraces in all directions She continually bent her waist at various angles Like the dazzling movements of modern dance, her body stretched and rotated continuously, har with each other to create a fantastic dance The only difference was that each of herdone over double the normal distance…

“Great!” San exclaimed To beconize it when he was in this state himself, but as an observer, he could tell that the power of acceleration was tremendous

“I think we can attain this et used to these ht?” San ree”

Their eyes met Biyeon nodded her head It looked like her confidence caet real field practice There's nothing like a living body, right? It's training time! Let's build up our bodies quickly!”

Episode 1 Book 2: Unravelling – Chapter 8

Their training was frustrating from the start They performed several basicseeether In the accelerated state, they found that the speed of their bodies and the speed of their minds were completely different A flicker of their ars, and if they tried to run, they'd start accelerating and slon unexpectedly, jerking like an old junk car

“Well, it's not as easy as I thought It's like learning how to drive all over again”

Sansome basic Taekwondo and etting the ti, he felt as though his aro His movements were out of control

His eyes were able to see everything in slow motion, but the problem was his mind Since his motions alent half a beat or a beat ahead of what his mind expected, the next action didn't take place This prevented hi under acceleration, and the speed advantage was lost

“The speed of thought and the speed of bodyseparately Does it ht is slower than the body?”

Biyeon was also experiencing the same difficulties Movements that were unconsciously connected were okay, but when her consciousness intervened to try so different, her movements becah the ether

“Nor, but it seems like we need to predict the result of thethe result of theeach successive action Our speed of thinking is the same Ah! My mind is in a hurry, but my body doesn't follow Wait, is it the opposite?” San ed the proble aand looked towards her

“The speed of thinking is, after all, just the expectation that experience has et used to from experience are the issue Our previous experiences interfere with this new sensation Resolving this is like learning how to use chopsticks Once one trains the et used to a speed, there's only one way to do it The speed of thinking is just as fast as the speed of light After a few ti quicker in executing them,” she calmly stated towards San

“In the end, it just boils down to constant practice to get used to the new state of sensations and patterns, right?”

“That's right,” Biyeon answered

They trained diligently and continuously to the point of getting cramps in their hands and feet Their serious attitude in taking the most basic of actions see how to move to the point where they could make specificto walk for the first tiain, every step was taken with care and caution Each action was done with prudent consideration and extrapolated towards connecting movements What made this practice ravity Can one really learn new sensations in common body movements? They observed and deconstructed every an finely controlling their consciousness and movement They had to control this skill in order to survive Furthermore, their desperation pushed their concentration to the li this tifro' in the darkness squeezing out these beings They were very, very large

“They look like giant sea urchins ings,” San muttered

“They're at least 10 s If we include its wingspan, each one is at least 30 meters wide” She looked at the sky with a tired expression

Soroups of three There were about thirty of these beasts being dropped by the winged creatures However, the winged creatures stayed suspended in the air, as if observing and awaiting the i battle below

“Is that the Alpin?” asked San after bringing his eyes back down to ground level

“It seems like it”

In front of them, unpleasant and eerie beasts, ere just dropped by the winged creatures above, were slowly approaching They looked like s bipedally The beasts were completely red without any hair on their whole body Their snout protruded out, and their arms were covered with a crustacean-like hard shell They also had sharp, saw-like attachments where their hands should be

“Let's see These also feel dangerous… Woah!”

“What?”

San spun around, grabbed Biyeon's collar, and rolled around the ground while wrapping her in a hug Lying on the ground in his ar eyes and a confused expression

However, he wasn't looking at her His gaze was fixed toward the front With one ar hili, he turned toward Biyeon and smiled They were so close that their noses almost touched She could feel the warmth of his breadth

“There are a lot of them, and we're just two In addition, they seeood for our battle?”

“Huh? Yes?”

“You're an intelligence officer, right? So you also deal with planning, no?”

“… A narrow terrain where you can see your opponent whileit difficult for many to attack at the saht?”