Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 216

**Chapter 216: The Holgazan is Examined (1)**

“This world is too unfair.”

Wei Yanho snapped his tongue.

The eliminations are reasonable and sensible, but when that wisdom begins to discriminate, it becomes somewhat cloudy.

Of course, it’s reasonable.

But the fact of classifying those who must participate in the qualifiers and those who do not, based on reputation, leave a bad taste of mouth, as if one had not been cleaned after going to the bathroom.

Of course, what bothered Wei Yanho the most was that he also had to participate in the qualifiers.

“What are you mumbling about?”

“Nothing.”

Wei Yanho’s mouth stood out.

The only acceptable thing is that the eliminations are limited to the Wei Yanho generation. According to this criterion, Wei Sanho, Jangil and Peng Dogeuk do not have to participate.

And the rest…

“……no joke.”

Eon Hyo was sweating cold.

The old man of Monte Hua in front of him was clearly of Chung’s generation (). The judges are of the same rank as the current leader.

‘Three seconds.’

He doubted if he could block even a second if he used all his strength. But, since it is not a real battle, the old man on the other side, who quietly smiles, will not attack him with all his strength to cut him in two.

He’ll control his strength, of course, but that doesn’t mean he can relax.

Who would relax if a tiger said, “I’ll only bite half of you”?

Eon Hyo couldn’t even wipe his sweat off his forehead.

‘I will not be eliminated immediately.’

Most of those who had participated in the qualifiers before had not passed. You can’t say “all”, but “almost all” is a good description.

The elderly seemed to want to minimize the number of people passing the qualifiers, as they felt the pressure of having to pay more for food if the tournament was prolonged due to the increase in participants.

‘Otherwise…’

Some thirty participants have to undergo the qualifiers, but of those thirty, less than three have so far passed. Considering that more than half have already been examined, the approval rate is approximately 10%.

And if Eon Hyo fails now, the approval rate will go down even further.

“Your posture is correct.”

Cheonggongja (the old man) was his name?

As expected from Monte Hua. He had never heard that name. There are some famous elders in Monte Hua, but this Cheonggongja was not in his memory.

Still, I couldn’t guess the depth of his strength.

In his eyes, looking at him as if he were evaluating him, there was a severity like a sword.

“But you’re not mature yet.”

Cheonggongja slowly lifted his sword and pointed it at him.

A very common position.

But at that time, Eon Hyo felt that Cheonggongja’s sword covered his entire vision. It seemed like the world was full of swords.

♪ Swish. ♪

And then a hit.

“Kuk!”

He didn’t even know how he attacked, nor how he dodged it. Cheonggongja’s sword was about to touch his forehead before he could notice, and Eon Hyo twisted his body to avoid it.

“Huh?”

Cheonggongja looked at Eon Hyo with surprise.

“Did you escape?”

Cheonggongja’s brow frowned.

In his opinion, Eon Hyo should not have been able to dodge that blow, but Eon Hyo, though hastily, had managed to avoid it.

‘Was it a coincidence?’

Sometimes, you catch a mouse with the back leg of a cow. So there was no choice but to check it again.

“Receive this too.”

The tip of Cheonggongja’s sword trembled, and then three rays of energy, like rays of light, flew to Eon Hyo’s head, chest, and abdomen. An attack pointing to the center of the body is always the hardest to avoid.

“Aaaaaah!”

Eon Hyo shouted loudly and twisted his body.

He avoided the sword that came to his body in despair. His muscles were torn by pressure.

♪ Swish! ♪

The sword passed by his body and cut his clothes on his back. He felt a sharp pain, probably had been cut slightly.

“Wow.”

Cheonggongja frowned and withdrew his sword.

“What a strange thing.”

And then he started snapping his tongue.

If he could not avoid it, he intended to withdraw his sword just before he beat him. But as it seemed that Eon Hyo was going to avoid it, he did not withdraw it to see the result.

The result was a success.

Although he had received a slight wound, he had dodged it.

“Hmm.”

Cheonggongja looked at Eon Hyo and nodded.

“Approved.”

Eon Hyo’s eyes were filled with questions.

Didn’t you have to avoid it for three seconds?

“It looks like I got a little excited. The attack now was impossible to avoid. I shouldn’t have used that in the qualifiers. Still, you avoided it, so you’re approved.”

“…….”

“You have an exceptional ability to avoid attacks compared to your ability. It’s amazing that you’re so good at it. If I had evaluated your overall ability, I don’t know, but as we decided to do it this way, you should be approved. You can go.”

Eon Hyo felt like he was possessed by a spirit.

Approved?

Why?

Among those who had failed before, there were some with reputation and skill that Eon Hyo could not match. If even they had to participate in the qualifiers, Eon Hyo thought it would be better to quit to save time and energy.

But it had been approved.

‘My ability to dodge?’

He could imagine why he said that.

‘Right…’

Recently, his training had focused on that.

How to dodge, how to take less punches.

If I had trained like this since I was a kid, it would be twice as strong. Although I said I was training hard, I really didn’t. Eon Hyo realized that training more than others wasn’t enough.

‘Effort means doing everything you can.’

Thinking this discovery could change his life, Eon Hyo slowly stepped off the stage.

“Next! Wei Yanho of the Righteous Martial Alliance.”

♪ Zong! ♪

When Eon Hyo heard the name Wei Yanho, his mind, which had calmed down like a lake, began to shake as if there was a storm.

‘Finally!’

Even though it wasn’t his turn, Eon Hyo couldn’t help but be nervous.

Why were Wei Jeonghan and Seokmuncho ignoring this?

Wei Yanho in the playoffs.

‘He must be stronger than the examiner…’

Cheonggongja is strong. Even if he had a hundred people, he could not face Cheonggongja.

But even if Cheonggongja were strong, it did not seem that he could play with the Two Demons of Sword and Ghost as if they were children. If that were possible, Monte Hua would have already conquered the world.

Wudang, who always despises Monte Hua, would be recording designs of plum flowers at the Shangcheng Palace and practicing the method of the flower sword.

Eon Hyo looked back.

Cheonggongja, who had so far seemed confident, began to seem miserable.

‘That’s the way life is.’

Sometimes unexplainable things happen. Eon Hyo closed his eyes and shook his head.

“Wei Yanho of the Righteous Martial Alliance!”

Cheonggongja shouted again.

But no one showed up on stage.

“……Is he not here?”

Will he have gone to the bathroom?

Of course, as they had not announced the order in advance, he could not be blamed for being absent briefly, but normally, one would wait nervously.

Cheonggongja looked at the Righteous Martial Alliance group with an uncomfortable expression.

“Huh?”

Something strange was happening.

The others looked at him with strange expressions, and Wei Jeonghan, who was leading the Righteous Martial Alliance, entered the back with his red face.

After a moment of struggle, a young man with a big bump in his head was dragged by Wei Jeonghan.

‘What’s going on?’

Wei Yanho, from the Wei family…

He must be Wei Jeonghan’s son. Why was this young man beaten and dragged?

“Come on up right now, you brat!”

“Yes! I will!”

It was a strange conversation between father and son. Wei Yanho, who had been scolded by his father, walked toward the training camp.

“This is crazy.”

I didn’t know why he was saying that, but Wei Yanho wasn’t an ordinary person.

Cheonggongja looked at Wei Yanho, who walked slowly and stood on the other side.

‘How is it possible that…’

His job was to select the future leaders who weren’t strong enough to participate in the main tournament, but that doesn’t mean they’re not good warriors.

Time is right for everyone. It is natural for those who have had the longest to be stronger.

If they have the same talent, those who have trained three or four more years will be stronger.

Those who had failed were young and had not had enough time to train, but they were all talents that could lead the martial world in the future.

It was natural, as they were carefully selected.

But…

‘I never thought I’d see someone with that look.’

Loose eyes, tears in the corners of the eyes, fallen shoulders.

How can someone with that appearance participate in the tournament of future leaders?

I didn’t expect a warrior of that age to have a sharp look, but at least he should show some enthusiasm.

Cheonggongja, who almost said, “Are you so tired?”, squeezed his lips hard.

He had to evaluate his ability, not his attitude.

‘It must be strong.’

He is one of the future leaders selected from the Righteous Martial Alliance. Although he is young, he has a bad posture and seems to like to be beaten, he must be assumed to be strong.

It’s hard to believe, but you have to believe it.

“Ugh.”

Cheonggongja raised his sword with laziness.

“If you avoid or resist three attacks, you pass.”

“Yes.”

“…if you have any other questions…”

“No.”

It’s obvious.

He’s got a bad posture and he’s rude.

The corners of Cheonggongja’s eyes trembled as he saw such a rude future leader.

‘Good!’

The only way to teach manners and rules is…

Cheonggongja, who decided to correct his arrogance, firmly grabbed the handle of his sword.

“One second!”

At that time, Cheonggongja’s sword flew towards Wei Yanho.