“The only weakness of the battle?”
“okay. It is a perfect swordsmanship, but it is also an imperfect swordsmanship.”
“What do you mean by perfect and imperfect?”
“It’s a simple thing. Because it was Enya who made it.”
Enya, who created the end of the ride, had a constitution that could not accept the aura.
Because of this, this swordsmanship was also a half swordsmanship dedicated to swordsmanship, excluding rigid body techniques.
“It is better to show than to tell. Follow me.”
An empty lot in downtown Sanctum Keep.
Cain and Noah stood there.
Originally a school, this site had become vacant due to the previous Witchbeast incident.
These places were all over the city.
In the first place, it was an urban battle situation where the enemy had appeared in the city.
In this place, which was originally a school, Cain started his classes.
“You are only using half of your current abilities.”
“yes?”
“It means that the balance of the swordsmanship is out of balance, and it is not being able to display everything it has.”
What did you mean by that?
“Since you entered Night Ray, your sword skills have grown rapidly, and the balance between your sword skills and martial arts has collapsed. In other words, it’s like holding a real sword that a child can’t even wield because it’s so heavy.”
Children had children’s swords, and adults had adult swords.
And Cain was saying that the current Noah had a sword skill that was not suitable for martial arts.
“I’ve never felt so much pressure to use sword skills.”
“Yes, it is because you have the basic skills you have accumulated under Mr. Vincent. However, if you are at your level, it is normal to be stronger than you are now.”
Until Noah entered school, the swordsmanship he had learned throughout his life was right before the completion of his ki.
However, for the past year, Noah has completed his ki and has been passing through the mastery of victory.
It means that he has been driving a level up that is equivalent to what he has learned in his entire life over the past year.
“You have a natural sense. Thanks to that, I can always use my ability in its best form.”
“yes? But until just now, I can’t use my strength… … .”
“right. It doesn’t mean that the best is the best.”
The story Cain wanted to tell was simple.
“Your body is tuned to make the most efficient use of what you have. However, there is a difference between excellent value for money and excellent performance.”
Let’s say you have a car that travels 10 kilometers on 1 liter of gas.
If you double your speed, you can only go 5 km on a liter.
In this case, the fuel efficiency is reduced, but the speed is doubled as usual.
In a situation where you only have to go 3 kilometers, the latter is clearly superior.
“Throw away efficiency and take efficiency. That is the first gate you must pass.”
“If that is the first, is there a second?”
“okay. The second gateway is rigid body art.”
The first step is to adjust what you have now.
The second barrier, on the other hand, was learning new things.
“In swordsmanship, rigid body technique is as important as sword skill. But there is none of that in the finale.”
“Your mother fought well, though.”
“But you are not your mother. There is no reason not to use what you have.”
Cain gave a specific example.
“Thinking simply, what do you think would happen if you use the current Colossus without rigid body techniques?”
“It will die. Or you could be hurt to the point of death.”
The collapse of the world basically spreads shocks in all directions.
Then, what about the one with the sword after putting the beaten one aside?
‘No matter how well you control the direction, you’ll be crushed by the aftermath. That’s enough.’
“If you can use Disintegration perfectly, then you don’t need rigid body art. However, once you reach that level, rigid body techniques will be needed to use the next level of skill. In the end, it means that rigid body art raises the difference in the realm by one level.”
keying!
As an example of this, Cain used Disintegration on his palm.
Cain’s perfectly controlled collapse of the world was the length of a dagger and took the shape of a sword.
As Noah looked into it, Cain soon caught the collapse of the world with his bare hands.
Bang!
“Wow!”
Collapse of the universe erases everything that exists in that space.
Noah, who was embarrassed to think that Cain’s hand was going to be cut off, opened his eyes wide.
Surprisingly, Cain’s destruction of the world was caught in his hand like a fixed intangible sword.
“Voila.”
He smiled mischievously at Noah’s startled look.
He said, juggling with the devastation.
“If you perfectly control your power, you can play with it like a toy like this. You know what this means.”
“Since there is no wastage of strength, I can pour all my power into the enemy, right?”
“That is correct.”
Cain directed the collapse of the world to the sky, and then released the stabilization at the tip.
aaagh!
Then, like the wind escaping from a balloon, the collapse of the world was launched toward the sky.
All-destroying rays pierce the sky.
A hole is punched in the clouds
The torn air roared like thunder.
Citizens around them looked at them, startled by the sudden roar.
“This is Cheonwon, one of the three swordsmanships using the collapse of the universe. It’s a herbivore that is the basis for the other two.”
Noah’s eyes lit up when he heard that there were two more such skills.
“What are the other two herb foods?”
“If I write it here, it will cause a stir, so I’ll explain it separately later. So that I can learn on my own whenever I have time.”
Since he couldn’t leave Arni alone, Cain planned to remain in the Sanctum Keep for a while after the Executioners left.
Therefore, it was not that long for Noah to learn swordsmanship from Cain.
“Anyway, that’s the case with the sword technique, but this side just needs to do what it used to do. Because the swordsmanship of the winning battle is perfect. What I will teach you is the rigid body technique to assist with that.”
“But didn’t my father say that he abandoned rigid combat? Did you study rigid body art under that circumstance?”
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“I threw it away. But since I threw it away, I had to study even more.”
No matter how strong he was, he could have been beaten by a blind sword if he didn’t have strong martial arts.
Even if it’s not that, the basic physical strength itself is lowered, so the durability of battle is also lowered.
“There was a lot of realization in the process of trying to find a way to replace rigid body somehow. What I am going to teach you from now on is the result.”
“What kind of technology is it?”
“A skill that allows you to control the runaway aura at will.”
“yes?”
A runaway aura that was attempted as a last resort in the Crescent Islands.
Ordinary people would lose control of their bodies and die when the aura ran rampant, but Noah was able to move his dying body with the power of Ki.
As a result, he was able to use the tremendous power created by the runaway aura in a time-limited state.
“If you learn this, you will be twice as strong as you are now. If you master victory again, you will become twice as strong there.”
at least 4 times.
“I can’t sleep because I feel unfair when my son is beaten by guys who aren’t even Master Knight.”
* * *
After that day, Arni was spending busy days with no eyes open.
All of the forces of the White Witch were either killed, captured, or turned into dumb beasts.
Citizens were enthusiastic about Arni’s appearance during the incident.
Arni, like the other citizens, was an ordinary person who had not learned swordsmanship.
The way she took the lead in giving orders to the knights and saving people was like a spokesperson for the people in a world dominated by knights.
As the citizens gave her unlimited support, even the neutral lawmakers had no choice but to follow Arni.
In the Sanctum Keep, which quickly became a one-party dictatorship, Arni was practically the Führer.
And in these emergencies, top decision makers have to keep busy.
“good. The preparations are perfect today.”
However, Arni had a schedule that he could not miss for the past few days.
“Miss Noah! I brought a packed lunch!”
“Oh, good. It’s rice time!”
Noah, who was devoted to swordsmanship training all day long, was bothered by finding a restaurant for each meal.
In fact, the city was in such a mess as if it had been bombed, so it was difficult to find a restaurant that was open.
Upon learning of this, Arni was packing lunches every day.
“I’m sorry I must be busy.”
“are you okay. After all, I’m not an expert, and there are other practitioners. Besides, there are things I haven’t mastered in rigid body technique, so the people around me are considerate of my workload.”
“Then it’s fortunate, but it won’t be easy to prepare like this every day.”
“If you know, you just have to repay me by eating as delicious as possible.”
It wasn’t empty talk.
Arni, who was confined to the house due to his constitution, had only family close to him.
Now that Lexy, who was like her older sister, died and the North Sea Sword King fell, it could be said that she was able to maintain herself thanks to Cain and Noah.
Arni felt good just by seeing Noah eating the rice he had made for him.
‘At first, I started it to repay you even a little bit, but now… … .’
Even just looking at it makes my heart beat.
Every night I think about what kind of food to prepare for tomorrow, and even in my dreams, I dream of Noah eating a lunch box and smiling.
At one point, she cried, lamenting that she could not learn swordsmanship due to her constitution.
However, I didn’t even think about it now.
Rather, it made her feel blessed to think that Cain had shown interest in her because of this constitution and had become a link with Noah.
He knows that these thoughts are strange.
‘But it actually feels that way.’
She was in love with Noah.
“Then I will go back. Train hard.”
“Uh, yes. Be careful.”
After breaking up with Noah, Arni headed to a makeshift dungeon instead of returning to the official residence he was using as his home.
There, Tara, who was captured alive in this incident, was imprisoned in a miserable state.
Upon entering the prison, Arni took off the youthful atmosphere he had just a moment ago.
No matter how much she was, she wasn’t kind enough to make even the ‘enemy’ smile.
rather the opposite.
Because I love people, I hate my enemies that much.
Arni could be vicious if he wanted to protect his people.
That was her determination to be in a precarious situation from Lexie to the North Sea Sword King.
“what… … I said everything I know… … .”
“yes. You must be. But you who have been tortured more might have something to say, right?”
She took out a rusty dagger that had been roughly soaked in boiling water.
“Tell me anything that could put Noah at risk.”
“Stop it! That’s all I know!”
“yes. Then we will begin.”
While Arni was ‘working’, the guards were silent.
They lost their colleagues and family members to the organization as well.
Pain justifies anger.
Arni was their spokesperson.
* * *
“Heuk!”
The shadow world behind the imperial palace.
The flames attached to the alter ego did not move, but the pain was carried over to the main body.
In the midst of the intense pain, Zhishengjie found an existence walking towards him.
“The Seed of the End was stolen. Thanks to this, the imperial palace’s security was strengthened. It would probably be difficult to steal the imperial family’s belongings any more than this.”
“… … Goseongje.”
Just like the Noble Truth, he appeared as one of the Four Noble Truths.
“I would have told you not to come here if possible, as there is a possibility that Emperor Gwanghwi might find out. Did you succeed in securing the Book of Unknown Swordsmanship?”
“yet. Still, there was income in the process of checking all the records of the Purple Sector.”
The record of the Purple Sector only remained until Master Night, and there was not much content after that.
In the first place, it was just recognized as a master night and entered.
It was created with the intention of sharing each other’s realizations, so it was not necessary to record all of the funds according to growth.
However, from Vincent Lichtenauer’s records, Ko Seong-jae was able to indirectly obtain information about Enya.
“Now that we have sorted out the contents, deliver this to the headquarters through your alter ego.”
“Don’t order me. you and i are equal Or did you decide to become Emperor Guanghui’s dog just because you became the vice-captain of the imperial family?”
“I?”
At those words, a darker heart than pitch black overflowed.
“A position like this means nothing to me.”
The Empire’s youngest Master Knight.
Aslan replied.