Chapter 116 – Master of the Sword (02)

Even in the first round without any mods applied, if you came to visit the Dnevarin family, you could meet the swordsmen being trained inside and say hello to their parents.

Due to the size of the game, it was difficult to implement the home of friends who briefly stopped by during vacation, so most of it consisted of mass-produced NPCs and mansions that looked like they had been seen before, and there were no particularly important events, such as home visits during vacation.

Of course, the content of the conversation was nothing special, and the main points were that you could easily increase your affinity and that if you saved up points, you could buy a sword from a famous family cheaply. If you want to buy it from outside, you can ask for a sword from a famous family that costs over 50,000 points directly here and buy it for 20,000 points. It was possible to purchase with around points.

Thanks to this, it is an excellent sword to the extent that there is a strategy to easily get through the middle stage by saving points in the middle stage, obtaining a sword from a famous family, and handing it over to Sailian or another swordsman character .

Except for that, the mass-produced NPCs only output certain lines such as ‘Welcome to the Dnevarin family’ or ‘The swordsmanship of the famous family is the best in the kingdom!’

Then, Marian’s father, Sir Andre, offered to look after the sword in particular if they met face to face a few times. He could either reply that he would do it there or he could reply that it was meaningless since he was not a swordsman.

In fact, this was a typical trap option.

With Aren’s 5-level ability, rather than being able to see Sir Andre’s blow, he suddenly faints and wakes up when he leaves the Dnevarine family, no matter how much time is left.

Marian said she was sorry and took care of her without learning anything, so the reward is that her favorability increases a little …

“Whoop… Whoop…”

Now I was on the sparring grounds to experience that event.

‘There is nothing to gain from the game system alone…’

But it’s different now.

Since I entered this world, I have been able to know that this world is not just about the stats of strength, agility, stamina, intelligence, and mental power, but that other aspects are important.

Criticality probability, counterattack probability, evasion rate, basic defense, etc.

Of course, these are also parts that appear in the status window, but they change slightly depending on what your posture is at the time, how much you are concentrating on the battle, or your remaining vitality or concentration.

In the game system, if you are surrounded by enemies, you receive a penalty and your counterattack rate and evasion rate are reduced, but now you can see it changing in real time.

The reason why Cylian was basically selected as the strongest in class F was because his [Prince of Light] Trait was strong, but beyond his abilities, because he was a blessed royal, there were corrections to his counterattack probability and evasion rate .

In fact, if we were to express these as one, we could call them ‘skills.’

In other words, it is about how ‘well’ you fight.

Originally, Sir Andre would have been difficult to detect with my level of skill, but now in the sparring hall, he was treated as a hostile opponent, so rough information was visible.

Vitality or abilities cannot be measured.

Counterattack probability 99.9%, Evasion probability 99.9%

In other words, no matter what I attacked, it wouldn’t work.

Sir Andre, who was watching my movements while holding the sword of the Highborne, would have swung his sword right away and knocked me unconscious if the original event had proceeded, but now he was carefully waiting for me to take my stance and understand his condition his his.

“The basics are surprisingly well established.”

“If we are to be honest, I am also a disciple of a famous swordsman.”

“That’s what I’m saying. However, it feels a bit like the swordsmanship of the royal family is mixed in.”

That was because I learned the sword from Sailian.

Even though he intentionally tries to use only the famous swordsmanship, some habits remain, and Sir André was strong enough to understand even the smallest habits and what kind of swordsmanship it was originally.

Isn’t he a man best suited to the title “Sword Master?”

In this worldview, there were no concepts such as sword energy or aurors, so he could not manifest them, but in terms of the treatment he actually received and his skills, he was infinitely closer to the concept of a sword master.

‘If you look at the characteristics alone, your daughter Marian will be at a disadvantage because she has the golden [Sword Master] Trait and Sir Andre has the red [Sword Master] Trait…’

Red [Sword Master] Increases related abilities by 25%. It was a bit inferior to the golden trait, but it made me wonder what meaning even 5% had in front of the prosecutor in front of me.

Grumbling…

After taking a moment to catch my breath while holding the famous sword that felt comfortable in my hand, I took the initiative and bowed first to Sir Andre.

“I will attack first.”

“Come.”

There were no gaps. But once you don’t attack, nothing happens.

Feeling like throwing an egg at a rock, I held the sword of the famous family with both hands and stepped on the steps to get within Sir Andre’s range.

As if asking you to watch on purpose, Sir André showed the most basic horizontal cut.

Compared to his abilities, he wasn’t that fast or strong, but I was surprised that the sword’s trajectory was as clean as a ruler, and it was easy for me, who knew the swordsmanship of a famous swordsman, to dodge

‘I’m just saying I’m watching!’

Instead of making an exact attack that I can narrowly avoid and taking advantage of the gap, he retrieves the sword again and waits for time.

Since he was holding on to his original position as if telling me to try again, I stepped back and attacked again.

This time, I tried to make a feint motion on purpose, but Sir Andre did not make any movement, and only swung his sword when I was looking for an opening and stabbed him with my sword.

Boom!

‘Wook!’

I didn’t intentionally hit the sword straight ahead, but held it at an angle so that my sword would miss, but even so, a strong pain saw into me as if my grip would be torn apart.

As I watched him retrieve the sword as if telling me to do it again, instead of trying to recover from his collapsed posture and attack, I absorbed the rebound force into my body on the spot and rushed forward again.

Kaaaaang!

This time, as the sword hit me head on, blood poured out of my palm and the inside of my thumb hurt as if it had been broken.

Even though I relaxed my hands and prepared myself to absorb the impact, even though I was in the attacking position!

The famous sword, which had been made just recently and had its durability at the highest level, was already falling apart due to the difference in skills and abilities. I didn’t have time to check the item’s abilities, so I couldn’t check it, but it would be strange if its durability had already dropped to 300. It seemed like it wasn’t there.

‘It’s a ridiculous monster!’

In the war part, you have to visit each force and make them allies or wage war and inflict great damage. Since he is the head of the force that appears when destroying each force, he has a similar level of ability to the final boss, the awakened form of Ophelia.

And Sir Andre was the final boss of the Dnevarin family.

In reality, if you fight a battle of destruction in the war part, the forces hostile to that force will come to support you, so there was no need to deal with Sir Andre in full condition like this.

‘It won’t get stuck in its current state…!’

It wasn’t a character created from the beginning with the assumption of 1:1.

The boss battle involves thoroughly engaging the hostile forces of Dnevarin through related events, draining their stamina and power, and mobilizing all party members to take down the injured Sir Andre, but now I was facing him alone.

Wow!

The sword of the famous family begins to split.

My grip was already tattered, but the durability of the sword was falling faster than I could give up.

In other words, skills and abilities are declining. However, since the swords were facing the same way, it was only right that my weapon was shattered.

‘It’s an event you have to lose anyway, right?’

Nothing was given for winning.

At first, I thought about taking lessons and training my ‘skills’, but now, after using the sword a few times, I was able to understand.

Against Sir Andre, the difference is too great to learn.

Like Priestess Beace, you need to meet the minimum level to learn something, but Sir Andre was a character who couldn’t match 1:1 even if he had the specs to see this crappy game through to the end.

She wasn’t actively attacking, so she had some leeway, but that was it.

To end this situation, induce a moderate counterattack and then give up your defense to not hit, or you will end up fighting like crazy until your sword breaks.

There is nothing left to learn whether you learn a skill or not, it is still a trap event.

The sword I was holding from a famous family was already cracked and bent to the point where it was hard to tell if it had just been released or if it had been used without maintenance for several years. The blade was sharpened like a saw blade, so it couldn’t be called a proper sword.

‘The weapons are almost the same. However, since there is a difference in skills and abilities, if this is the case…’

I changed my idea.

Then, if I overwhelm in weapons.

‘Can we close this gap?’

If only I could learn even a little bit of this overwhelming skill.

Even with this trap-like event, wouldn’t there be something left?

Whoops!

The sword of the famous family that had forcibly blocked the counterattack was now almost bent into a U shape and had become a waste product that could not even be used as an iron bar.

Jiiig!

Instead of stopping the recoil, I deliberately stepped on the shadow and slashed it with my foot, opening the [Shadow Pocket].

The moment I put down the blood-soaked sword of the famous family and pulled out the wooden sword.

“Whoop… !”

The air current has changed.

‘This wooden sword… At first, I thought it would deal good damage even if I swung it randomly…!’

Even if you lightly touch it, the enhancement is set to 99999, so the damage is high, and even if you swing it with all your might, I thought there wouldn’t be much difference depending on the damage caused by the enhancement.〈 Br〉

However, after experiencing the power of crushing Drake in one blow last time, I was able to realize it.

‘If you swing it using proper sword techniques, its power is amplified…!’

Previously, if you hit something, it would break that part, but now just swinging the sword ruptures the surrounding air and creates a shock wave.

Thanks to this, just by pulling it out of the [Shadow Pocket], The surrounding air takes damage and explodes, creating a gap, allowing you to safely pull out the wooden sword…

‘Ah…!’

The [Sword of the Master] That Sir Andre was stabbing was flying towards me, ignoring the explosion created by my wooden sword.

Impossible to avoid. Unable to defend.

‘I can see it…!’

I couldn’t see a way to avoid it or a way to stop it.

However, because Sir Andre was a master swordsman with such precision, he was able to predict his trajectory right away.

‘Counterattack… Possible!’

There was only one action I could try.

He grabbed his wooden sword with his blood-soaked hands and, taking advantage of his short stature, dug into Sir Andre’s arms and swung his wooden sword.