Chapter 73
Enhancement
Translator : PolterGlast
After ten days of
special training to defeat the Knight of the Holy Remains, I finally finished
charging MP and was able to expand the training room.
Improving my stats was
urgent, so I tried it out as soon as the expansion was finished.
The results were
mostly as I expected.
The only surprising
thing was that the area was much bigger than I imagined.
By expanding it, the
overall area had more than doubled.
The reason for this
was simple: the number of training equipment had increased.
A large number of
unfamiliar equipment had been added, and next to the equipment I had been
using, there was equipment that looked like its 2P color.
By expanding it, I was
able to raise stats that I hadn't been able to raise before, such as MP and HP.
I don't plan to raise
anything other than attack and agility for now, so even if I do use them, it
will be a little later.
By the way, the newly
appeared equipment can raise stats by 2 with the same three hours of training.
The 2P color similar
machines seem to be able to raise the stats that used to be raised by 1 to 2 by
increasing the difficulty.
Now that this has come
out, there's no reason to use the old machines, but... I don't understand why
new ones were added next to them instead of the machines themselves being
upgraded.
For now, I decided to
raise attack and agility by 1 each using a strange machine that looked like a
punching machine attached to a treadmill.
After repeating this
for about twenty days, when about a month had passed since I started training,
I was able to clearly feel the results--.
"--Shh!"
I unleashed a
counterattack against the Knight Revenant's downward swing.
I dodged his sword by
a hair's breadth and interrupted his attack at the moment he was defenseless as
he pulled his sword up from the downward swing.
Just as I was about to
deliver the finishing blow, Wind Search sensed a presence.
I dodged the attack
coming from behind and flew far to the side, and saw a hammer of earth swinging
down where I had been a moment ago.
The Revenant, who had
taken a blow to the arm, adjusted his stance and continued to swing his sword.
Perhaps it was
strengthened by mana, but even though I had inflicted a deep cut that should
have reached deep, there was almost no change in his movement.
A blow that exceeded
the limits of the human body was swung with human technique.
Its terror was truly
indescribable.
A barrage of attacks
rained down from above, below, left, and right.
The sword flashed, and
a flower was born.
The technique of
killing people, when honed to the extreme, even takes on beauty.
"...Suuu..."
I took a deep breath
and exhaled slightly.
I swung my sword, one
by one, in time with my breath.
Just as the opponent
used inhuman strength, I also had a power that was beyond human reason.
I matched my attacks
against each blow and completely blocked the Knight Revenant's attacks.
With the same stroke,
I struck his neck.
A critical blow easily
sent his head flying.
I dashed forward
without using magic against the Mage Revenant, who was preparing magic to
attack me.
I couldn't cut down
magic like what the Knight of the Holy Remains did, but I could avoid it in
time with the opponent's magic.
Countless thorns
jumped out from the Revenant's feet.
I measured the distance
while deliberately moving in a large circle to avoid their trajectory.
I grasped the distance
between us while running.
The decision was
instantaneous--I jumped.
A flash.
The Revenant, who was
cut in half along with his robe, let out a groan.
After killing the
Priest Revenant next to him, I turned around.
There was the Samurai
Revenant, trying to unleash a fatal blow at me.
He unleashed a
super-fast draw technique.
I deliberately readied
my sword again to block it head-on.
I grabbed the scabbard
with my left hand, lowered my waist, and gripped the hilt with my other hand.
He had a full charge,
and I had an instant activation.
Drawing Technique can
increase the power of a single blow by charging while using mana.
The moment of drawing
the sword is instantaneous.
The Samurai drew his
sword and unleashed a flying slash that became a white shock wave.
I drew my sword from
the scabbard in an insufficient state compared to him.
Our flying slashes
collided.
--The outcome was
instantaneous.
My blow deflected his
blow and attacked the Samurai with slightly weakened momentum.
The Samurai, who was
maintaining his stance, took the full force of my blow and was severed from the
torso.
"Phew..."
I released my stance
and wiped the sweat from my forehead with a handkerchief.
This is the arena on
the eleventh floor.
What I just did was
not a simulation, but a real battle.
My body was not
covered in white light or purple lightning.
--That's right, I'm
not using any magic buffs right now.
I'm only using my raw
physical ability and the Body Enhancement skill.
After a month of
struggling to learn swordsmanship, I was finally able to completely defeat a
party of Revenants without using magic.
I entered my home and
went straight to the simulation room.
What appeared before
me was--the Knight of the Holy Remains in Revenant state.
"Please treat me
well."
I bowed lightly and
entered a battle stance.
This time, it was a
battle with all buffs applied and magic unlocked.
One exchange, two
exchanges, three exchanges. I was able to exchange blows properly.
I could understand his
movements, I could see the logic behind his swordsmanship.
I was still at a
disadvantage, but everything else was vastly different from before.
I had grown enough to
move on to the next stage--the battle with the degraded version of the Knight
of the Holy Remains.
I still had a long way
to go.
But perhaps because I
had a sense of steady progress, I didn't feel tired at all.
And the moment I
landed Gungnir, inwardly pumped my fist in excitement while thinking, "I
finally landed an effective blow!" I was defeated by a counterattack that
exploited that opening... Damn it. I still have a long way to go.
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