Chapter 346 The cause and effect of the matter

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In the not-so-spacious courtyard, extremely heavy air flowed in it, making everyone's hearts gradually lift.

Gazef, Gagrain, Evileye, and Climb could no longer say a word. They just stared at the two people confronting each other in the courtyard, as if they were holding their breath unconsciously.

Li Ge and Brian stood opposite each other, one stood there very casually, the other calmly lowered his body, put one hand on the knife at his waist, and made an attack posture ready to draw the knife at any time.

On the surface, many people should think that the winner of this fight will be Brian, right?

Brian, who completely got rid of distracting thoughts and returned to the posture of a swordsman, was not only majestic and showed no flaws, the force exuding from his body was also extraordinary, and his extremely calm expression and eyes exuded a kind of aura all the time. The feeling that a well-tempered warrior should have, no matter from which aspect, one can easily see his strength and concentration.

On the other hand, Li Ge stood casually, moved loosely, and did not even hold the handle of the knife. His whole body was full of flaws, and his overly young appearance only gave others a feeling of ignorance, leaving no one doubting his face. For Bryan, it only took a second for him to lose.

However, even though this was clearly the case, it was Brian who looked solemn, not Li Ge.

Li Ge just stood there relaxedly, which already brought a terrible pressure to Brian.

"Who is this guy...!?"

There was only one question in Brian's mind.

He racked his brains desperately, intending to find information about a strong person from his memory that matched the image of the young man in front of him, but no matter how much he thought about it, he could never think of any strong person in the human race who was like this. Young and powerful.

Could it be the leader of [Blue Rose]? That priest warrior who has already entered the realm of heroes at the age of 19?

But isn’t that person a woman?

Moreover, although the opponent has entered the realm of heroes, he is not as strong as the young man in front of him, right?

At least, Brian didn't think that a warrior priest who had just stepped into the heroic realm could bring such pressure to him, even if he hadn't stepped into the heroic realm himself.

So, who is this young man in front of me?

Brian couldn't think of a result no matter how hard he tried.

but……

"Now is not the time to think about this, is it?"

Brian suppressed the surprise in his heart and focused on the next battle.

Otherwise, he would have no chance of winning. As a warrior, his keen intuition told Brian this.

Therefore, Brian further eliminated distracting thoughts and allowed himself to focus more.

At this time, Li Ge, who had been staring at him, suddenly spoke without any reason.

"Before you draw the sword, why don't you tell me what happened to you?"

This sudden inquiry made Brian startled, and he fell into a long silence.

After a long silence, Brian spoke.

"...It doesn't hurt to tell you."

Perhaps because he had regained some dignity as a warrior, Brian finally relented.

He just started talking about his experience in front of everyone.

"Since I lost to Stronov in the Royal Tournament, in order to become stronger and acquire higher skills, I joined a group of thieves."

This is to get the opportunity to kill and hone your skills between life and death.

"The predecessor of the thieves group was a mercenary group that specialized in fighting for the country during wars. When there was no war, they would attack some wealthy businessmen or nobles to obtain money."

Brian's words made many people present frown.

Obviously, this job is not that glorious.

But Brian didn't seem to care.

"I will join them, not for money, nor to exercise violence, but just to not waste my skills and to have the opportunity to kill people legitimately."

"So, as long as it's a mercenary group, I don't care what kind of mercenary group it is. With this idea in mind, I joined them."

"Then that happened to me."

That was an incident that happened in the fortress city of E-Rantel more than two months ago.

At that time, Li Ge was just an adventurer who had just reached the Mithril level, and Feifei and Nabe had not yet begun to become famous.

But in the northern forest of E-Rantel, a powerful vampire appeared.

"At that time, the mercenary group I was in happened to live in that area, and it was in that forest."

"They focused on a wealthy businessman's daughter who was said to be from the empire. She squandered money in the glittering pavilion of the most exclusive hotel in E-Rantel and became extremely wealthy. As a result, she was unfortunately sent out to be followed by us. People are being targeted.”

"I still remember it. It was a very peaceful night. The wealthy businessman's daughter left E-Rantel overnight because of the accidental fire in the Golden Shining Pavilion. The people sent out were led to the forest."

"Then something horrific happened."

Brian's voice began to tremble.

"I don't know exactly what happened because I was not personally involved in the robbery at the time."

"I was just staying in the base area when I suddenly noticed an earth-shattering roar and movement. Then someone came running back and said that all the people we sent out were dead and encountered a very scary vampire. The vampire also fought with someone. look like."

"I ignored the base camp which was in complete chaos and ran out alone."

"As a result, guess what I saw?"

Brian's expression twisted.

"I saw two guys fighting."

"Every time they fight, there will be vibrations that will break the ground."

"Every time they collide, the trees in the forest will fall down in pieces."

"I couldn't even see their appearance clearly. I could only see two shadows chasing each other. Everything they passed was like a natural disaster passing by. The whole world was being destroyed due to the battle between them."

"And I, just to survive in the aftermath of that battle, used all my strength, but I still almost died."

Brian's words made everyone present feel as if they were on the battlefield at that time, and they could clearly feel the fear, terror and despair in Brian's heart.

In the face of natural disasters, human beings' powerlessness is vividly reflected in such scenes.

Brian was still talking.

"Afterwards, there was an even more terrifying explosion in that forest. I just happened to escape from the center and was not affected. I was lucky enough to save my life."

"But when I think about what happened at that time, the power and terror I felt at that time, I feel that all my hard work has become a joke."

"Can you imagine? While we were working hard to practice our sword skills in order to cut down a tree, those real monsters could easily turn over the entire forest by relying on the aftermath of a battle. "

"It was in that situation that I realized that humans are weak and powerless. No matter how hard we try, we can't compare to those naturally powerful alien races."

Brian's hand holding the knife was so hard that it bled, and his eyes seemed to be able to shed tears of blood.

"In the face of that kind of power, no matter how hard I try to wield a sword for ten years or practice sword practice for a hundred years, I still can't put up a decent resistance, right?"

"What is the use of such sword training? What is the use of such strength training?"

"It's better to go back to my hometown and farm!"

Therefore, Brian lost all his spirit and had all his self-confidence shattered. He escaped from the forest in embarrassment, escaped from E-Rantel, and fled all the way to the royal capital.

This is what made Brian Unglaus look like this.

"…………"

Everyone present fell into silence.

Especially Gazef and Gaeglen, the way they looked at Brian could be said to be particularly complicated.

They could understand Brian.

The more powerful the warriors are, the more effort and training they have put in in order to reach their current state, which is unimaginable by others. Therefore, they know very well how much blood, sweat and tears they have put in, and what they have experienced in the process. What kind of hardship and persistence.

After training so hard and fighting so desperately, it is extremely difficult to survive in the aftermath of a battle. He has no choice but to escape. Such an end is indeed too sad.

Even Climb fell into silence, unable to speak for a long time as he looked at his hands that had been worn out countless times due to his efforts in sword practice.

"well……"

In the end, even Evileye couldn't help but sigh. It looked like he was expressing sympathy and pity.

Only Li Ge, listening to Brian's words and looking at the unwillingness and sadness on his face, there were strange emotions in his eyes.

"...Okay, I understand what you're going through."

Li Ge scratched his cheek, as if he had accidentally done some excessive prank, and spoke to Brian.

"I won't say any more nonsense. You can draw the sword first."

Hearing this, Brian took a deep breath and cheered up his heart that was about to collapse again.

Now, Brian didn't want to think about anything but the knife.

This might be my last swing of the sword, so let everything come to a perfect end here.

"With just one blow, I will give everything I have."

Let all the hard work you have done over the years bloom in this knife, and give yourself an explanation.

"【power enhanced】."

At that moment, Brian began to use martial arts.

This is a martial skill that can improve physical ability by one level in a short period of time. It is a more comprehensive improvement than simple [physical strengthening].

Under such circumstances, Brian focused all his consciousness on one point and allowed his senses to begin to expand outward, clearly sensing the surrounding sounds, air, and vibrations.

This is Brian's original martial art, which allows him to clearly grasp all movements within a three-meter radius and increase the attack hit rate and evasion rate to the limit. It is called - [Field].

After so many years of hard work, Brian created many unique martial arts skills.

[Field] is just one of them.

Brian also has another original martial art, which he created in the process of pursuing a fatal blow faster and more accurately than his opponent. It is called - [Instant Flash].

[Instant Flash] is a super high-speed slash, a slash that maximizes attack speed.

In order to become familiar with this martial art, Brian has put in extraordinary training. He has swung the sword hundreds of thousands of times, even millions of times.

Continuously practicing the [Instant Flash] martial arts like this has caused Brian's hand holding the knife to grow a callus specially designed for this move, and the handle of the knife he used has been ground to the point where it becomes hand-held. shape.

The result of such constant pursuit of the limit is the birth of a new martial art. The attack speed is even higher than [Instant Flash]. Even the blood will not be left on the blade after slashing, making the opponent unable to even notice the attack trajectory. An impossibility.

This move was named by Brian - [Divine Flash].

Brian combined [Divine Flash] and [Domain] with each other, fused the two major martial arts, and finally developed a fast slash that was absolutely sure to hit and unavoidable.

Secret Sword——[Tiger Luo Flute].

"This is my... knife!"

Brian put his whole life's efforts into this knife, making it bloom at this moment.

"Bang!"

With a violent stamping on the ground, the genius swordsman roared.

He turned into a gust of wind and turned into a shadow. Like an arrow that was shot out, he rushed towards Li Ge with roaring energy.

"Zhi!"

The knife was unsheathed in his hand.

It was a quick and urgent blow.

When Brian pulled the knife out of the scabbard, in just a fraction of a second, the cold light of the knife was already slashing at Li Ge's neck.

No one could react to the blow.

Regardless of whether it was Gazef or Gaigelan, they all felt that an arc of light flashed in front of their eyes, and then they could no longer see anything.

Among the people present, only two people reacted to Brian's quick and urgent blow.

One is Evileye.

The pupils under her mask suddenly shrank, as if she was shocked by the speed of the knife.

The other one is Li Ge.

He stared at Brian, staring at the knife issued by the opponent, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Then——

"Ding--"

A crisp sound suddenly appeared.

That was the sound of Brian's knife being pinched.

Yes.

Brian's knife was pinched.

It was pinched between two fragile fingers.