The Art Of Sword

Sunz immediately wakes up from his dream and thinks (That is one way to wake up.) while the knocking still going on. Sunz removes the blanket from his face, sits up, and waits until the knocking goes away.

Sunz grabs his phone and sees that the time is 5 a.m, then he checks all of his social media and sees that none of his friends are online and their last online was hours ago. So that must mean neither Jihu nor Grace is knocking on his door.

5 minutes go by and the knocking stops. Sunz thinks that must be all, then he receives a call from a random number. Curious of who is calling him at this hour Sunz answers the call.

Sunz: Uh…Who is this?

A female voice on the other line answers: Is this Sunz’s number I’m calling?

Sunz: Yes. Who is this?

Female voice: It's me Sogae! Who do you think would be awake at this hour?

Sunz: Oh! So why are you calling me this early?

Sogae: Well I was visiting your room earlier and you didn’t answer. So I’m calling right now!

Sunz gets off his bed, and walks toward his door while still on the phone with Sogae “The person that was knocking on my door before was you?!”

Sogae said on the phone “Yeah!... Wait you were awake this whole time!?”

The call end then the door in front of her open fully. But no one was standing at the entrance. Sogae put her phone away, walk inside the room, and close the door behind her. Then she sees Sunz standing in the corner of the room with his sword ready.

Sogae is confused and asks: What are you doing?

Sunz sighs in relief: It really is you. I thought I was going to be assassinated if I opened the door.

Sogae asks “How so? And here this is yours.” Then throw Sunz’s Windbreaker at him.

Sunz immediately put the Windbreaker on and continued: Well random knocking then a phone call this early in the morning plus I’m a nobody that can use different Elements!

Sogae slaps Sunz on the back and laughs: Haha! I didn’t know you were this paranoid. So let me tell you this, the best time for you to be assassinated in this hotel is midnight and through the balcony… How do you feel now after hearing that, positive or negative?

Sunz: Both! But has anyone ever been assassinated here?

Sogae: I don’t think there are any but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.

Sunz: Ok… So why do you need to meet me this early in the morning?

Sogae: Let’s just say I’m going to teach you a unique skill that I developed myself.

Sunz immediately remembered the conversation he had with Sogae about her water bottle. Then he asked, “Are you talking about the thing that we talked about before in the elevator?”

Sogae: Precisely! You have such good memory.

Sunz: And you said that I can’t refuse this offer, right?

Sogae: Exactly! Do you have any questions before I drag you out of your room?

Sunz: Probably just one. Why are you teaching me this skill of yours, when we aren’t even that close? You and I are total strangers to each other.

Sogae: Isn’t that a bit mean? Calling me a stranger! We both interacted quite a bit since the start of the tournament. So we should be pass the stranger phase already.

Sunz: But it's true tho. Most of our interactions happen because you work every job in the hotel. (The front desk, the weapon shop, event organizer, doctor…)

Sogae: And you still think we are strangers, after everything that had happened?

Sunz thinks for a bit and speaks up: I guess you’re right… how about associate? I don’t think we are at the friendship level yet.

Sogae: Now that’s better. Oh yeah, this relationship stuff between us has no connection to me teaching you!

Sunz: Then why did you make me justify that?

Sogae: Because you ask!... We have spent too much time doing nothing. Now follow me! We’ll continue this in the elevator.

Sunz said “Ok.” Then follow Sogae to the elevator where their conversation continues.

Sogae: Do you have everything with you?

Sunz: Well I have my Windbreaker and my sword.

Sogae pulls a water bottle out of her pocket and tells Sunz “Here take this.”

Sunz is hesitant to take the bottle from Sogae’s hand.

Sogae thinks to herself “Oh right!” then quickly puts the bottle into Sunz’s Windbreaker pocket and tells him “The bottle is new. So I didn’t do anything to it. But you will later.”

Sunz opens the bottle and takes a sip from it. Seconds go by, and Sunz doesn’t feel anything different so he closes the bottle and puts it back in his pocket.

The two then stay quiet until they reach the floor that Sogae chose. The elevator opens and Sogae says to Sunz “See, it's safe. Now follow me!”

Sunz walks with Sogae for a few minutes across the hotel without questioning where is she taking him. One thing he noticed was the longer they walk the more mist appear around them.

Sogae: We are here!

Sunz looks around confused and asks: Where is HERE actually? We are surrounded by mist… And what are you doing?

Sogae: Just grabbing my weapon… Here it is!

Sunz: How did you find it in this mist? You don’t have any special ability like ‘Supersense’ or ‘Enhance eyesight’?

Sogae: Just use GPS. Simple as that!

Sunz: GPS, how?

Sogae: Once you join the clan you’ll get one. Now let's start!

Sogae pulls her sword out of the sheath and performs a powerful swing. Her swing causes a powerful whirlwind that clears up all of the mist in the area. Which reveals the environment around them.

Sunz: So these are what were hiding inside the mist.

Sogae: Beautiful aren’t they?!

Sunz: Is this place a garden? I didn’t know the hotel had one.

Sogae: That means you haven’t been to this floor before. This floor is called the Flower Forest. A public floor that anyone can visit… And the section we are in right now will not and will never be available to the public.

Sunz: Ok…

He took a glance at Sogae’s sword and saw something unusual. So he asked her “Does your sword supposed to drip water?”

Sogae: If there isn’t any water on your sword after performing that move then you have to try again. Also, our time is limited to an hour max.

Sunz asks “Is the mist important to perform this skill?” Then pull out his sword.

Sogae: It is the most crucial part of the skill. And don’t worry it reset really fast.

After Sogae said that, the mist started to engulf the whole garden again.

Sogae: Good luck!

The mist has clouded Sunz’s vision of Sogae. Now it's only him and his sword. Right before delivering his first swing something come across his mind.

(What is the basic of this skill? All she did was swing her sword… Once!), ignore that moment Sunz starts swinging his sword with as much force as he can.

After a while nothing changed. Sunz wasn’t able to clear out the mist and the hand that was holding onto the sword started twitching just like in his dream.

Sunz said to himself “I’m not fighting against anyone else so why are you acting like that?”

Then he hears “A weapon liability can also be its strength. If you can’t overcome that then…You shall be trapped here Forever!”

Suddenly part of the mist around him cleared up and turned into 3 Mist Soldiers each wielding a different type of weapon Katana, Battle Axe, Daggers.

Sunz: This isn’t what I expected!