The idea of learning swordsmanship from Miyamoto Musashi was not a whim of Ryuga, but after careful consideration.
Since he became an assassin, although Ryuga's means were not simple, after all, it was not rich enough. In most cases, he could only use bombs to blow up the target, but if he couldn't kill the target, he would use weapons such as pistols, taser guns, and anesthetic bullets.
But after Ryuga became a [Demi-Servant], the people around him changed from normal people to magicians and monsters in the inner world, and his means seemed to be a bit limited.
Compared to the battle with Yin-yang and Hakuchun Rixu, it was clear.
When facing those two people, Ryuga always used bombs to hit their faces, but the other side's reaction speed and physical strength were far beyond ordinary people, the bombs were often avoided by the other side, leading to useless efforts.
In the end, he often needed to use a pistol to finish the battle.
Obviously, he had become a [Demi-Servant], and he had far beyond ordinary people's physical strength and ability, but he only relied on pistols to fight. At the same time, he couldn't use his extraordinary qualities at all.
In the field of [Servant], pistols were not a terrible thing.
Even Ryuga, who was the weakest among the servants, had reached E class nerve reaction speed and Future Sight. He was confident that he could easily avoid bullets. As long as it was not a gun such as a sniper rifle, it would be difficult to cause much damage to him.
If he wanted to confront a powerful servant, relying on pistols was completely impossible.
He must learn other powerful means.
Most of the servants used cold weapons to fight. Of course, the cold weapons in the world of servants were completely different from the cold weapons in the eyes of ordinary people. The swords and spears in the hands of servants had the speed and power beyond the limit. Most of the time, they were their noble phantoms, which were powerful enough to match or even surpass missiles. It was enough to determine the outcome of a battle.
If it was possible, Liu Xia would definitely want to obtain such powerful armaments to make his Noble Phantasm. However, it was a pity that he did not have the means to do so. Even if he could obtain those armaments, he might not be able to use them and make them his Noble Phantasm.
Now, Musashi's swordsmanship was the only thing that Ryuga could get. It was enough to develop his new way of fighting and improve his combat power.
"Now that I have become a [Demi-Servant], I will encounter all kinds of enemies beyond imagination in the future. Whether active or passive, I can't escape from this whirlpool."
Ryuga didn't want to hide it from Musashi. If he concealed a little bit of this kind of thing, it would easily cause Musashi's disgust. Although he hid a lot of things from her, he absolutely couldn't lie about teaching her skills.
"I have to learn a new way of fighting … It's … It's not a big idea. You should be a little disappointed, right?"
The Inner World was the same as the Surface World. It was a huge aggregation of human beings and was no different from 'society'.
Once a group like this got involved, there was no way to get out.
"I see, I understand."
Musashi nodded thoughtfully and said, "There's nothing to be concerned about. Although your reason is ordinary, sometimes the ordinary is the truth. This is because the vast majority of people in this world choose to become strong to protect themselves from the start."
"And, don't misunderstand, Ryuga Jann, I don't intend to not teach you. I'm just thinking about what to teach you."
At the same time, Musashi's face couldn't help but show a little embarrassed look. She touched the back of her head and said in a straightforward tone.
"To be honest, because it's my first time teaching others, I'm actually a little confused …"
Musashi, who was about twenty years old, was far from reaching the peak of her life. Now, she was only at the stage where she was still traveling around and learning from famous swordsmen. Not to mention the most famous [Book of Five Wheels], even the [Niten Ichirō] had not been fully established.
"Well … Ryuga Jann, although this world is very exciting, I shouldn't stay in this world for long. During the time I'm still in this world, I will try my best to teach you my sword skills, but I won't teach you my [Way of the Sword]."
Miyamoto Musashi pondered for a while and made a very serious statement to Ryuga.
[Sword Skills] and [Way of the Sword] were two different concepts, and also two different choices and paths.
Most of the swordsmen in history only studied [Sword Skills] to reach the peak of their skills and become a powerful swordsman who left his name in history.
However, there was still a portion of them who were naturally different. Compared to [Sword Skills], they paid more attention to their [Way of the Sword] and worked hard to achieve their [Way of the Sword].
The so-called [Way of the Sword] was a kind of pursuit. It was something that one had to achieve even if they exhausted all their efforts in life.
Take Miyamoto Musashi in history as an example. His [Way of the Sword] was the Way of the Void.
Void was zero.
It was also called [Void], and it was the supreme realm of the Way of the Sword.
It meant 'invincible', which was also 'infinite'.
In the book that Miyamoto Musashi wrote before his death, the fifth volume of the [Book of Five Wheels], there was a description of the [Void] realm. He left his own understanding of the Way of the Void … However, what was written in it was extremely mysterious, and basically, not many people could really understand it.
In short, a swordsman who only studied [Sword Skills] and a swordsman who loved [Way of the Sword] were completely different.
Ryuga did not have his own pursuit, nor did he have a goal that he had to spend his whole life to achieve. In other words, he was not a swordsman who loved [Way of the Sword], but a swordsman who chose to use the sword as his own tool and only studied [Sword Skills].
"So I will teach you my [Sword Skills], but I don't plan to teach you my [Way of the Sword]. Although I have not completed my [Way of the Sword], I can't teach you even if I want to. Hahaha!"
Musashi's face showed an extremely bright smile, and he let out a hearty laugh that was pleasing to the ear.
"It's enough, thank you."
Ryuga nodded and thanked Musashi.
Under Musashi's description, he had a rough understanding of [Way of the Sword].
The so-called [Way of the Sword], in his opinion, was a path that needed to be paved with one's own feelings.
But Ryuga did not have any feelings, and there was no obsession to speak of. It was impossible for him to love [Way of the Sword]. In his heart, not to mention the sword, even Musashi himself, who taught him [Sword Skills], was just a tool that he used to achieve his goal.
He was born not suitable to comprehend [Way of the Sword]. It was enough to learn Musashi's [Way of the Sword] and turn it into his own combat power.
Anyway, in most cases, the battle between servants was a showdown of absolute power and concepts. The strength of [Way of the Sword] was not important at all.
"Moreover, the [Spiritual Base Upgrade Ability] in my [Anonymous Spiritual Base] is not to be trifled with …"
Spiritual Base Upgrade referred to the unconditional upgrade of the spiritual base level.
That meant that perhaps even [Way of the Sword] could be possessed and surpassed.
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