Episode 167 – Road
Push Shoot!
Blood spurts from the numerous wounds on the Minotaur’s back.
But….
‘It was too shallow.’
The guy’s black skin wasn’t just tough, it was something beyond skin.
It’s safe to say that it’s a huge armor that doesn’t cause any discomfort in movement.
It’s not impenetrable, but… Normal attacks cannot deliver a fatal blow.
I wish I could fight without worrying about my physical strength….
Here, you have no choice but to believe in the purple star that has reached its fifth star.
Kiyiing——!
The giant star in the center and four stars revolving around it, including the newly born star, spew magic and rotate.
It is simple to keep your stamina intact against strong enemies that are difficult to deal with moderately.
If you fight against such an enemy and the battle lasts for a long time, you will suffer physical damage, so I would rather do my best and finish the fight quickly.
The loss of stamina is less than the long battle.
If the battle is prolonged, you may accidentally get hurt.
Of course, doing your best doesn’t mean spending your remaining stamina while writing copies….
Roughly… I mean like this.
Shuuooooo!
Durandal starts consuming mana like crazy.
Since you can’t even inflict proper damage with a small attack, it’s definitely the strongest attack.
Moreover, my spear has considerable penetrating power that can pierce even hard things.
‘… At this point, I’m a little worried that it’s not a spear tool.’
What can I do? It is not an easy task to create such a simple yet reliable technology.
Unless it’s real Siwoo, it’s impossible for me to produce great technology as if it were mass-produced.
But Bruce Lee said this.
People who practice one skill 100 times are much scarier than people who practice 100 skills once.
Therefore, I only sell spears.
Koo-goo-woo!
The sword spirit of the spear that began to cover the surface of Durandal trembled like crazy and began to take over the surrounding space.
‘… Eh, why is this?’
Come to think of it, I hadn’t done my best to prepare for death since Pennheim.
Even if Stia was stronger than me, it was a bit like trying to kill her.
In terms of martial arts, does it feel like they don’t take out grass in Dalian?
I’ve had many times running full force against Stia, but I’ve never used a spear with full force.
The spear is a skill that not only stabs the enemy, but completely pierces it through.
Stia would definitely stop it, but if Adari didn’t get hit, she would be fatally wounded.
That’s why I’m panicking right now. Very.
Because I never imagined that the spear I put all my heart into would grow to this extent.
Now I feel like I can pierce through anything.
‘It’s not really something that can penetrate anything, but….’
I am a person who is very good at self-objectification.
However, its power was more than enough for the Minotaur, the boss of the first floor of the labyrinth.
I tried to be wary of the Minotaur as well, wondering if it was aware of that.
“Ha!”
Kagagak! Visor!
Because of Kania who wields the sword right in front of her eyes, she can’t keep me in check while preparing the spear from behind.
Whoaaa————!
The Minotaur’s roar shook the entire space.
If it was even a little too late to protect my ears with magic, my head would have been shaken and I would have collapsed bleeding.
Kung!
Perhaps it was his intention to clear Kania first before the spear was fully prepared, he stomped her feet hard and swung two greatswords in front of her.
But.
Kagagak! Squeak.
Rather, it is the Minotaur that is wounded and bleeds.
Since she also has her stamina intact, she may look formidable right now, but with all her might, she can take down the Minotaur by herself.
Even if you try to reduce her stamina consumption, it is natural for her to stop with all her heart if she is in a situation where she might get hurt.
Kania, who had put her blood on her sword and started scattering her blood, easily deflected her greatswords and even counterattacked her.
Her eyes, which have always had inorganic eyes, turn red and at the same time become shiny and lively.
There are only two times when Kania reacts like that, one is when he drinks my blood and the other is when he is fighting a strong opponent.
Squeaky. Squeak. Squeak.
What follows is Kania’s merciless combo… !
The Minotaur tried to block it with a greatsword several times, but suffered numerous wounds and was forced to retreat.
The time it took to start preparing her spear was only 5 seconds.
Boo-woong!
At that moment, the Minotaur stretched out his greatsword to both sides and spun as quickly as a wheel wind.
At the same time as keeping Kania in check, do you want to avoid dying right away by interfering with me?
I’m sorry, but it’s already too late.
The spear was prepared earlier. I was just aiming for the right timing to blow it up.
And now the perfect timing has come.
Stab Durandal.
There was an illusion that time had slowed down. Everything around seemed slow.
However, Durandal advances without hesitation. Tearing up space.
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“…… !”
At that time, I saw ‘it’ in my eyes.
A thread of light that I can’t understand why it exists here.
It didn’t take even a moment to realize what it was, even though it was my first time seeing it in person.
A sword that appears in numerous legends and myths, and is said to be visible when the skill level of the sword reaches a certain level.
In some books, as thread, in others as light, and as waves.
Each person had a different way to express it, but in today’s world, the words to express it have been unified.
Road.
The world called it a road.
If you swing your sword along the way, it is often said that the blow becomes perfect.
With the most perfect and complete sword.
Under any circumstance, no matter how narrow a gap is, it squeezes in and produces the best result.
Of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds.
Even among people who have lived their lives wielding only a sword, most of them die without ever seeing the road in their lifetime.
When a person with the best talent has tried his best.
Because the only way to be able to see is when such a person’s concentration reaches its peak.
Besides, just because you saw the road doesn’t necessarily mean you’re good at it.
If you get flustered and lose your posture even a little, the road will instantly melt and disappear.
Not only that, but if you have seen the road once, you should train yourself to always see the road in any situation.
If a genius worked hard and worked like that, he would always be able to see the way.
That person will remain in history and be called a swordsman or a sword master.
So, to become a swordsman, looking at the road is the minimum qualification.
The world has not yet become a swordsman, but those who can see the road are called short swordsmen.
‘Now… Did he really become a small swordsman?’
It’s not just the name of the small sword engraved on the status window.
Durandal advances along the road.
There is no blockage or snag in the process.
I don’t even feel like I’m pushing it with my own strength.
As if… The feeling of just putting your hand on the gently flowing water.
The sword moves on its own.
Following the most perfect sword path.
Combining overwhelming skill with a large amount of mana, it creates a scene that is not easily seen in ordinary times.
With Durandal as the center, the space around it bends.
I felt it the moment I saw it.
Those who say that once you become a Sword Saint, you can split mountains and seas, it wasn’t all bluff.
Rather, the rumors were reduced.
The existence of the Sword Saint was a being that made even the common sense impossible of cutting through space with a single sword possible.
Finally, Durandal reaches the Minotaur.
No, it doesn’t reach.
Flesh is crushed even before it touches.
Cut. Tore apart penetrated blow it up altogether
And when Durandal is fully extended.
The upper body of the Minotaur had already exploded and disappeared.
Nothing else has changed.
Iron f*ck! The lower body of the Minotaur that fell over. The Minotaur’s flesh and blood burst out and clung to the walls, the floor, and Kania’s body.
However, Kania, whom I thought was within my attack range, was not injured in the slightest.
‘No, this is….’
Originally, using a spear penetrated the enemy and dealt damage to the back.
But… Now, all the spear’s damage was focused only on the Minotaur.
Such was the sword of the Sword Master.
A sword that only cuts through enemies if not needed, and even slices through mountains, seas, and space if necessary.
A blow in which the mana that ran rampant like a madman is completely restrained.
I felt a strong sense of pleasure.
‘I mustn’t forget the feeling from before.’
You have to keep remembering. Remember and reproduce.
You must make it entirely your own.
Even if I don’t care about the status window, the status window is not something that can be turned off.
Of course, when I grow up, there will be notifications that I have learned these things.
But he didn’t come just now.
In other words, the state of a true swordsman cannot be dared to follow through the status window.
It was a state beyond the status window that I had longed for.