Overpowered Sword Chapter 51

Level up with swords (51)

Dagger.

This little blade looks pretty weak. There are times when a fatal wound cannot be inflicted even if the entire body of the knife is inserted, and no matter how deep the cut is, the blade is too short to cut off a limb.

Compared to a spear whose length remains even after piercing multiple enemies, or a long sword whose blade remains even after cutting off a waist, it is disadvantageous in many ways.

Therefore, dagger users often apply poison to the blade or attack from close range, which can reverse the gap between superiority and inferiority. The reality was that the majority of occupations that used daggers as their main weapon had no choice but to become assassins and rangers.

A cold weapon not suitable for head-on confrontation. That was a cold and accurate evaluation of the dagger.

It lacks power.

There is not enough space.

In situations where no poison is applied or surprise attacks are made, the dagger loses most of its power. This is why adventurers and mercenaries do not treat daggers as anything more than secondary weapons.

but.

Kakakakakang!

The blade bounces off after hitting it five times in an instant.

There isn’t even a moment to breathe. Leon tightened his numb grip and twisted the hilt of his sword. The difference in attack speed is more than three times. Even a brief delay makes it difficult for the next attack to catch up.

Contrary to common sense, single-hit killing in dagger techniques is rare. The rule was to quickly repeat shallow attacks to wear down the opponent’s body, exhaust their combat power, and then deliver the final blow.

Just like Karen is showing right now.

‘Quick!’

Leon’s eyes move up and down and left and right. Even in a world slowed down by <Anbeop>, it is difficult to see.

He also studied at the academy.

When competing in martial arts excluding Aurors, the spear is said to be three times stronger than the sword. The gap in the gap is absolute, and even if the gap in capabilities is significant, it is not easy to narrow the gap.

Above all, the gap between the sword and the dagger was even greater. According to common sense, it should be difficult for Karen to approach him.

“What, are you good at blocking?”

But Karen never once let go of the initiative.

Holding two daggers, one in each hand, she lowered her body and grinned. Leon knew very well how terrifying an attack could come out of those slender fingers.

‘Is this the level of mastery (advanced)? .’

El Cid said.

Up to intermediate level, you are nothing more than an ordinary skilled person, and from advanced level onwards, it is the realm of true experts. A world of skill that surpasses common sense, where people can use weapons more skillfully than their own bodies.

Her dagger skills had reached that level.

By using its short length to rotate the dagger in the hand, it goes beyond the limits of not only its trajectory but also its power.

“From now on, are you going to increase the tempo by two?”

Karen, who said that, said ‘Pot!’ And disappeared.

That’s an absurd speed. That speed was a more dangerous factor than dagger technique. Even with Leon’s eyes, he can only see a faint afterimage.

“―Because the hero’s eyes are a bit foul.”

It is impossible to trace the location by the voice you hear.

This is something she herself taught me. One of the assassin’s secret arts is to distort sound. When she turned her head at the whisper that came from behind her, she was able to catch the gap.

That’s why Leon narrowed his eyes.

Don’t rely on sight. As she dealt with Karen’s ‘Mirage’, her ‘eyesight’ advanced a step further, but perhaps because of that, she pointed out to her the tactics of relying on her vision. It was from then on that she started aiming for the dead, just like she does now.

‘You must know how to use Aura Sense properly.’

An invisible energy flowed around Leon’s body.

An aura of density that is even faint. After the five senses that we are born with, the sixth sense opens our eyes.

It felt like I was scanning a radius of several meters like the palm of my hand.

Still, it’s a bit lacking.

Karen’s aura was as rare as her ghost-like presence. Even in a state of extreme concentration, she wonders if she can feel it or not.

“Whoa… .”

Relax your whole body with natural deep breathing.

I channel my will into the aura leaking out of my body, making my senses clearer. It’s the same trick Karen taught me. Just like dealing with blood vessels extending outside the body, the flow of aura starting from it forms a skin-like membrane.

Radius 1 meter.

This was the Aura Sense’s boundary range for dealing with Karen. Anything beyond this is of little significance as the accuracy drops significantly.

‘Where are you?’

Many stimuli pass by my sharpened senses.

A change in wind direction, the smell of bread flowing in from somewhere, even the shaking of the ground that Karen must have passed over… .

It was a time where every second felt like a minute.

Concentrate.

I was just concentrating without thinking about anything.

Kaaaang!

I accepted it.

“Oh, I got caught.”

Karen, who sensed the surprise attack, giggled and pulled away. The way he fought was as an assassin, not as an adventurer. After hiding and striking, if it fails, it immediately leaves and attempts the next attack.

Just repeat it until you succeed.

If once doesn’t work, then twice. If twice doesn’t work, then three times. When your stamina runs out, just run away and wait for the next opportunity.

‘You don’t have enough speed to chase after it, and if you try to counterattack clumsily, you’ll die on the spot.’

In an open flat area, without using ‘shadow’, this is the extent of it. What kind of fear did those who were targeted by ‘Gwanjigi’ feel? Leon somehow seemed to know how they felt.

Shake off distracting thoughts.

Once again and again.

Leon eventually withstood Karen’s sneak attack eight times. He reacted on the ninth too, but he misread the trajectory.

“Good, I blocked you twice more than the day before yesterday.”

Karen praised as she removed the dagger from the nape of his neck.

“It’s not that I’m used to my movements, but that I’m handling my body more efficiently? “I guess the training that didn’t rely on the eyes worked well.”

“Well, maybe so.”

Leon responded as if he agreed to those words, but he knew that wasn’t true. The reason his movements improved was because he reviewed the movements El Cid had shown him three weeks ago.

Three sword strikes.

It was a little off the first time, but it was perfect the second time, and even that perfection was surpassed the third time.

‘I can’t believe my body could move that much… !’

I thought I knew my own limitations. This is a body that has been trained every day. I was thinking more foolishly than anyone else that even if I used my sword with all my might, it wouldn’t make much of a difference.

‘It can be much better than it is now.’

Fingers, wrists, shoulders, waist, knees, ankles.

I saw a ‘model answer’ that I couldn’t understand even if I tried to explain it verbally. That ideal movement still lingered in my senses.

In that case, all you had to do was look at the answer and learn it.

In fact, even though he only improved a few movements, Leon’s skills were quite advanced.

“Hmm, then it’s my turn.”

At that time, Cesare, who had been watching the two people training, walked out.

Karen, startled by those words, asked back.

“Are you going to continue without taking a break?”

“Yes, Aurors were hardly ever used.”

“That’s true, but… .”

Karen looked a little tired, but Cesare looked back at her with a bright smile.

“With the warrior’s mental strength, there is no problem. “Isn’t that right?”

“… … after.”

Leon wiped the sweat from his palms and held the sword again.

It wasn’t wrong.

Training with Karen involved strictly using only the body, so all I had to do was recover some of the stamina I had used up. All he had to do was take a few sips of water and focus on deep breathing for a moment.

“Let’s get started.”

“very good!”

As Leon raised his sword with his middle finger, Cesare grabbed the chain that separated the iron ball in both hands.

At the same time, two colored auras bloomed.

Ugh… !

Cesare’s auror was silver-white, just like before, and Leon’s counterpart was golden.

sun and moon.

The two Aurors trembled as if resonating with each other.

‘I feel a bit more stable now.’

Leon looked down at the golden aura flowing on his sword.

Auror Typing.

It was last week that we reached this point, but it was only recently that we were able to maintain stability. Training with Cesare was also a routine that started from then.

Since it is still difficult to use it actively, I was training in a way that corresponds to Cesare’s moves.

“going!”

‘Chrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrva!’ A chain stretches out with a sound.

Cesare has already reached expert level. The end of the chain wriggled like a living snake, swirling in several directions simultaneously as it swept around Leon’s body.

Although the strength was controlled, it was an attack with a chain that became an ‘Auror Weapon’. Even if you just brush against it, your skin will tear.

‘You must combine evasion and defense.’

Leon widened his eyes from the center of those chains.

Phew!

When the chain, which was avoided by a narrow margin, struck the ground, the ground split open and stone fragments flew out.

Then, he throws the chain in front of his eyes with his sword face, and hits the chain that was trying to wrap around his neck from behind with all his might and throws it away. As I took two steps back through the gap I created, the siege was loosened.

“It’s not a one-time thing!”

But Cesare’s skills don’t end there.

This time, several chains stretched out as if crawling on the ground, and jumped up with the same force as a poisonous snake.

The human body is vulnerable to downward attacks due to its structure. Cesare’s attack was a technique aimed precisely at that.

‘You can’t just avoid or block.’

Leon read the chain’s trajectory and stabbed his sword.

Kigigigigeek!

The two colored auras collide and cut each other down.

In terms of compatibility, the sun is slightly more advantageous, but unlike the shadow, it is not a one-sided advantage. Cesare’s auror, who had been training for a long time, had a much higher density than Leon’s.

Still, the force is enough to push the distributed chain.

The chains pushed by the holy sword’s thrust collided and became tangled, deviating from the cunningly planned path.

‘now.’

Take a step into that gap. Even if you fall to the side or backwards, you are out of range of the chain. In that case, it was better to approach the enemy.

For weapons like chains, maintaining distance is key.

If you get close to it, half of its skills will be blocked.

“Good judgment, warrior.”

Cesare praised him but quickly played with his hands. The chain dances, blocking the way.

Although it was possible to cut off one strand, four or five strands was impossible.

‘―No, maybe it’s possible?’

My body was faster than I thought.

By tilting the entire body diagonally, the aura of the entire body flows onto the blade in a strange manner.

Type 2 of <Seven Star Sword>, Merak.

It is a horizontal slash that cut off the cave giant’s arms and neck with a single sword.

‘I’m still stuck at the releasing stage, but if you think the other way… . ‘If you just swing it that way, that’s it.’

The blade with most of the aura poured into it shines brightly.

A dazzling golden light. The output was clear enough that Leon felt dizzy for a moment.

Leon first raised his mental power.

The power that El Cid called ‘will’ in the past is expressed not through unconsciousness but through one’s own will.

Fit!

Perhaps because of the reaction, blood burst out from one nostril.

Still, it’s worth holding on to.

As he concentrated without wavering, the golden auror began to move following Leon’s mental power.

Compress.

It is piled up on the blade and piled up again and suppressed.

Leon poured so much mental power that his eyes became bloodshot until only the blade was stained with a soft golden light. In this state he had to swing his sword.

‘At most, two times, but even if you risk fainting, three times.’

It is possible at least once.

Sword of Eclipse.

Barely moving his body, which had stopped breathing, he slashed the golden blade diagonally with all his might.

Keying.

A sharp sound rang out once.

and.

Clap la la la rock!

The chain hanging on the track was cut off and fell to the ground, making a loud metallic sound.

Even Cesare couldn’t hide his surprise.

“Hero, this is… .”

“It’s still an imperfect technology.”

There is still a long way to complete ‘Seven-Star Sword’.

Even though I knew all the sensations, I couldn’t follow them. Leon felt a sense of shame and relaxed his numb hand.

This technology is ultimately just a temporary measure.

It could be said that it was Leon’s own expedient way to use a perfect technique in an unfinished manner. At least I had created a hand that could give me one hit.

“You are amazing! A person who has just learned to use an ‘Auror Weapon’ has this much cutting power… !”

So he didn’t really feel Cesare’s praise.

It was right then.

“hey?”

Karen, who had gone out before they knew it, was standing at the back door, dressed in street clothes, looking at them.

When the two turned around, she smiled brightly and said.

“A guest from the guild came.”

Leon put down his sword and asked back.

“who?”

“Miss Rize. know? “Working as a receptionist.”

“It’s my responsibility, of course you know.”

I knew what her visit meant.

He picked up the towel he had hung up and wiped his sweaty head. As the sweat cooled and my scalp became cool, my head, which had been intoxicated with martial arts, returned to its usual way.

Leon realized quickly.

Now the time has come to leave this city.