"Give me 10 seconds!"
With a low roar, I unsheathe both of my swords at the same time. Facing the incoming wave of Undead, I unhesitatingly charged at the very front.
"So fast."
Killing was an art, and art required the devotion of the body, mind, flesh, and even the soul.
On the battlefield, there was no need to think too much. Give up everything and let the instincts of the body rule over everything.
The exclamations behind me were no longer important as I fully focused on swinging my swords.
As a close-combat job, swordsmanship would forever be the foundation of everything, and I was, without a doubt, a master swordsman.
In Aichy, where cold weapons were the king, swordsmanship was a skill that brought death. Thousands of years of development and inheritance had given every country and region their own swordsmanship schools. Pure warriors might not have the Holy Knight's gorgeous Holy Light, nor the Arcane Knight's profound magic, but they would always stand at the peak of close-combat jobs. What they relied on was the sword in their hands and their well-tempered physical bodies.
The sword was the king of all weapons. Among warriors, there would always be the most sword users. However, even though everyone could train in swordsmanship, those who could reach a high level were few and far between. If someone's swordsmanship reached a level that mortals couldn't reach, they would receive the title of Sword Saint. This had nothing to do with a person's identity, job, or power level. The only thing that mattered was their swordsmanship.
Sword Saint, the Saint of the Sword, a swordsman who transcended the mortal world.
I was a Sword Saint. Furthermore, I was a wild Sword Saint without any inheritance and self-taught on the battlefield.
Due to my unorthodox background, my swordsmanship wasn't as mystical and varied as the mainstream swordsmanship in this world. I didn't have the noble inheritance of Kasolan's Soaring Eagle Sword, so naturally, I couldn't soar and pounce like the Soaring Sword. I didn't have the unpredictability of Solo's Illusory Dragon Sword, and I couldn't create Phantom Clones that could create nine shadows with one sword.
As for Auland's Collapsing Dragon Sword's aura and the endless shockwave of the sword's aura, it really makes me envious. As a Holy Knight of the Holy Church, I didn't even learn the elegance and beauty of my own Mist Sword. Compared to the mystical swords that have been passed down in various countries for thousands of years, which only rely on swordsmanship to achieve magical effects, my sword is just a pure art of slaughter. It is the summary of my experiences on the battlefield, simple to the point of being ugly.
Even though I was born unorthodox as well, even before I received the Inheritance of the Phoenix, Adam's swordsmanship had the elegant and majestic aura of a grandmaster. After receiving the inheritance, his power increased tremendously. His sword was like the soaring of a phoenix, filling the sky with afterimages of his sword. Every time he swung his sword, there would be the cries of a phoenix and the faint image of a phoenix. It was extravagant to the extreme. When he fought with all his might, it could be seen from several kilometers away. In fact, he even had the reputation of "Red Lotus Sword, Phoenix Clouds Fill the Sky".
As half of his swordsmanship tutor, my swordsmanship was still the simplest basic swordsmanship. What was impressive was that it was just that little bit faster, that little bit more accurate, and that little bit more vicious. Just based on appearance, I couldn't even be considered a grandmaster swordsman, much less a Sword Saint. If it wasn't for the fact that I had defeated a few Sword Saints with my swordsmanship, even I wouldn't believe that I had become a Sword Saint.
I started off learning basic swordsmanship. After so many years, I had learned countless famous swordsmanship and grasped many profound meanings. However, the swordsmanship that I was most proficient in and most commonly used was still the ugly and simple basic swordsmanship.
Basic swordsmanship, as the name suggested, was a basic battlefield swordsmanship that every swordsman, Holy Knight, and Black Knight would learn. Stabbing, hacking, pointing, and sweeping were the basics. Speed, accuracy, and viciousness were the essentials. Strength, eyesight, and agility were the basics. Everyone knew and understood it. If someone said that they could become a Sword Saint just by using this swordsmanship, they would probably laugh their heads off.
The Red Lotus Sword Saint Adam is a world-renowned Great Sword Saint, and is even regarded as the pinnacle of human swordsmanship. However, Adam, this brat, has never been able to win against me in a contest of swordsmanship.
The reason? To be honest, I didn't know either. It was probably because I really liked playing with swords. Just by relying on swordsmanship that everyone could learn, I was still the most famous Sword Saint of my generation.
The Holy Sword in my left hand glowed with a dazzling rainbow light while the Ice Magic Sword in my right hand glowed with the brilliance of an aurora. The beautiful sword light was like a butterfly spreading its wings. The colorful wings suddenly spread out to form a three-meter wide rainbow light. Then, I swung it down, causing the entire ground to tremble. At the same time, I had already turned into a destructive hurricane.
With the help of the two swords that had their own attributes and the Holy Light, my ordinary swordsmanship had a little more color to it.
The Ice Magic Sword in my left hand, which was intentionally thickened, was edgeless. However, the thick body of the sword made it convenient for me to play with all sorts of tricks.
Zombies had boundless strength, thick skin, and didn't fear pain? I slashed off the head with a slash and sliced off the bone marrow. The fulcrum of the body was destroyed, and Sleepless's corpse was completely reduced to a pile of flesh.
The skeleton general's skeleton was like steel, and it didn't fear piercing or sharp weapons? With a sweep of my sword, the huge door-sized sword turned into a huge club. In an instant, the skeleton's body would fall apart, or even be beaten to the ground.
Undead Knight? I heard that you are highly skilled in martial arts, and that you also know some dark and undead magic? Hey, what do you mean by falling with a single slash? Why are you so fragile? Little Lionheart was already thousands of times stronger than you when he was just revived.
Banshee, I heard that you don't fear physical damage, and that you are skilled in all sorts of weakening spells and curses. You are basically a close combat killer? Un, curses are a big problem. Eat my Profound Seven Bitterness Sword … Hey, hey, hey, why are you running? Can't you have some dignity as a high-level undead? You are throwing the face of a Banshee. Look at the Banshee Queen on your shoulder, she can't even bear to look at you.
Knock, tap, smash, slash! Heavy hammer, rapier, club, two-handed blade! Even though it was a heavy and clumsy sword, I was able to use it in countless ways. My accumulated swordsmanship foundation allowed me to casually turn the huge sword into a sure-kill sword that targeted the opponent's weakness. Since the start of the battle, at least one opponent would fall with every slash, and my armor hadn't even taken a single hit.
This was just the ice sword in my right hand. The sacred sword in my left hand was even simpler. After I infused sufficient Holy Light into the sacred sword, 'Judgement of Justice' began to announce the end of the Undead.
【Judgement of Justice: Activate the power of judgement bestowed by the Soul Gem. After the sacred sword strikes a Chaos being, it will be judged. If the other party doesn't pass the judgement, they will be completely destroyed. Duration: 10 minutes. Number of uses per day: 3】
As long as they were to be struck, even if it was just a slight graze from the wind of the sword, the weak undead would be reduced to dust. After realizing that this special effect was very effective against undead, and that the undead's counterattack was laughably weak, the sword in my left hand, which was originally mainly used for defense, started to be used for offense as well. The efficiency of my killing instantly doubled.
My heavy ice armor was roughly the weight of a thick chain mail. My seemingly ordinary physical body actually possessed the strength of a thousand kilograms. Even though I was wearing a thick armor, I was still able to dance around the battlefield like a paladin.
But in reality, it was all for naught. Needless to say, I wasn't even able to receive a single blow from the enemy, not to mention getting injured by my defense.
I finally realized that I had accidentally made a mistake. Comparing the strength of those fellows in Sulfur Mountain City to the newly born undead in front of me was like comparing a kindergarten kid to a super soldier who had been through hundreds of battles. Both of them were humans, but the difference between them was like the difference between heaven and earth. If I were to use the strength of a special forces soldier to deal with a kid, I reckon that it would be a one-sided massacre.
Just as I was killing excitedly, the area in front of me suddenly cleared up. There were no longer any enemies around me.
Thus, making use of this opportunity, I gripped the sword with my left hand in a reverse grip and my right hand in a straight grip.
"Slow, slow, foolish. Do you think that you can compete with me like this? Dream on! "
After a furious roar, both of my swords burst forth at the same time. Sword light swirled around me and my entire body started to spin, turning into a tornado of death.
As the two swords spun, the whirlpool filled with sword energy started to overflow. Following which, the excess and rampaging sword energy started to spread and the rapidly spinning blades drove the sword energy to spin. Finally, my entire body turned into a formless and fatal sword energy storm.
【Ding! Congratulations for comprehending the Legend-rank common swordsmanship secret: Blade Storm: Using this skill, you will turn into a high-speed spinning storm of swords. The rapidly spinning blades and sword energy will deal heavy damage to all enemy ground troops in the vicinity. Under the influence of Blade Storm, you won't feel pity, regret or fear. Other than death, there is nothing that can stop you. Prerequisites: 20 Strength, 10 Agility, 15 Stamina — — Those who have motion sickness, boat sickness and low agility should use it with caution. I won't tell you that the invincible Great Sword Saint Hodall was killed by a group of Kobolds while vomiting because he got too dizzy from spinning.】
Although I said that I comprehended it, in reality, it is just a memory. Swordsmanship can be used as long as the basic stats are up to standard. I have already "comprehended" countless swordsmanship along the way.
There is a reason why Blade Storm is the Sword Saint's favorite secret. It has a wide attack range, allowing the Swordsman to kill a large number of enemies in one go. It is the best method to deal with encirclement. Of course, its weakness is that it can't be stopped after using it. Furthermore, the trajectory of the movements will become very obvious. If I meet a strong opponent, this drilling top can easily become a target.
At this moment, the Undead that come into contact with the Blade Storm are basically being attacked by two swords at the same time. It is already very strong to be able to last for two seconds. As I move, not a single Undead can escape. The Blade Storm starts to devour everything.
When I finally stop, the area in front of me is already wide open. There are only hundreds of Undead corpses on the ground.
"Hahaha, I am already invincible … Damn, where did this thing come from?" Looking at the new opponent, I, who was just getting carried away, turns around and runs without hesitation.
The reason? The newly arrived Undead army has dragged over high-level siege cannons. Not to mention, the floating battleships in the distance are slowly starting to move and the heavy magic cannons are already starting to aim. As long as I am hit by one of the cannons, I will definitely be smashed into smithereens. I can reincarnate once again.
"The rewards are really not bad."
In just a short while, this great experience gift pack has allowed me to level up once again. Just now, the System seems to have notified me that I have received some spoils of war. However, now is obviously not the time to organize the rewards.
Just as I return to my teammates, I realize that everyone is looking at me as if I am a monster.
After all, I only said that I would charge out to attract the enemy's firepower for ten seconds. However, in the end, not only did I go out for a few minutes, I even single-handedly cleared out the Undead on the pier.
"I'm sorry, they are really too weak. It was too easy for me to kill them, so I didn't leave any for you … Why are you all looking at me like that? Oh, didn't I say that I am a Sword Saint?"
Alright, they are shaking their heads in unison. Only Kelly, who already knew about it, smiles and nods her head slightly. On the other hand, Renée has a look of shock, regret, and happiness on her face.
"As expected, his usual sloppy and unreliable personality isn't the truth. The true Holy Knight Roland is still terrifyingly strong. I am still far from his level."
Originally, she was delighted that she was able to become an Aurora Knight. She was even more delighted that she seems to possess the strength to suppress the current Bronze-rank teacher. However, from the looks of it now, even though she doesn't know why he has fallen into a state of decline, the legendary Holy Knight Roland is still a legend. Just his swordsmanship alone is enough for him to dominate the world.
"A Bronze-rank Holy Knight Sword Saint. This is too inconceivable."
The other new Knight retainer, Katherine, is also stunned. She was originally dissatisfied with her teacher's strength, but from the looks of it now, not only is he more than capable of teaching her, he is even capable of teaching her father.
After all, swordsmanship requires a large amount of practice, basic abilities, and the accumulation of practical experience. A Holy Knight spends most of his time focusing on Holy Light and Divine Arts. For a Sword Saint to emerge from a third-rate Holy Knight is already inconceivable. Not to mention, the fact that a low-rank Holy Knight has become a Sword Saint goes against all common sense.
"As long as your talent in magic is half of your talent in swordsmanship, you won't become the shame of all mages, the Mage Heavy Cannon Tower."
On the other hand, the black cat on my shoulder, as usual, is unable to utter anything decent. As usual, I ignore it.
However, this wasn't the time for idle chatter. The mage towers that served as the base's defense began to flash, and on the tallest mage tower, a pitch-black figure stood up. That familiar skeleton that was overflowing with death magic made me sigh in admiration — "It's actually another one that's running around naked. Are liches allowed to be naked? How uncivilized, how indecent. The Undead's culture is just this corrupted. If this was Sulfur Mountain City, you would have long been beaten up by the Town Security. "
What's even more dangerous is the airship that is floating in mid-air. The pitch-black Magic Heavy Cannons that are docked at the port have already begun to charge.
As for me, I am completely unmoved.
* Pak! *
With a snap of my fingers, two heavy cannons open fire at the same time. However …
* Boom! * * Boom! *
The airship's target isn't us. Two of the Mage Towers in the base are shot at the same time. One of them even has a hole in the middle and starts to collapse.
"I've never seen such a lousy cannoneer. Stupid Shorty over there, raise the angle by 10 degrees and tilt left by 30 degrees."
The loud voice of the ace hunter, Lowens, could be heard in mid-air. From his proud commanding, it seemed like he was the one who shot the cannon that destroyed the tower just now.
"Idiot, I was aiming at the Lich just now."
"Then you missed even more. You hit the wrong Mage Tower. Raise the angle by 40 degrees and tilt right by 30 degrees. "
At the same time, Diana and Kolos appear on two separate airships. Look, we attracted the enemy's attention and allowed the two strongest Mages to sneak onto the airship with the Shorties who specialize in cannons. Our plan to take over the two airships at the port and use them as our fighting force has been a great success.
"Hah, I told you that we're already invincible … Ugh, looks like I really can't say that."
A few warehouses in the base are opened and 4 identical airships start to float up. It seems like our plan isn't complete enough. After all, airships aren't ships. Since they can fly, they can easily hide in the base.
"Those above, focus on dealing with the airships. Leave the Lich to us!"
Allowing the Mages to do as they please is equivalent to courting death. Looking at the Lich who is being protected by a group of Undead Knights, the Yeti Knight who acts as a meat shield has already charged to the very front. The Knight fearlessly starts to charge, so how could I possibly fall behind?
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