The Magic Sword

Chapter 46: Magic Sword

"Whoosh!"

The sound of wind whistled through the mountains.

It wasn't the wind of nature, but the wind created by a person.

The petite, black-robed girl transformed into a gust of wind at that moment, surging forward while looking up at the lizardmen. Her eyes beneath her hood gleamed with a cold light.

The next instant, a pair of weapons appeared in the girl's hands.

They were a pair of blades with ferocious, serrated edges.

Wielding these highly lethal blades, Tier darted into the midst of the lizardmen.

"Hyaa!"

"Hyaa!"

The lizardmen cried out.

But that was the only reaction they could manage in time.

"Splat!"

As the sound of flesh tearing echoed, one lizardman was cleaved in half by a ferocious blade before it could even react, splashing a large amount of blood.

Tier swiftly and cleanly took down the closest lizardman, then flicked the blood off her blades.

"Hyaa!"

"Hyaa!"

The surrounding lizardmen finally reacted. Witnessing this, they all became enraged and closed in on Tier, their longswords slashing towards her without hesitation or mercy.

In response, Tier seemed to have already anticipated the enemies' movements and intentions. Her body flashed and darted like a fierce wind, creating a trail of afterimages as she evaded all the incoming sword strikes.

Moreover, while evading, Tier utilized her footwork and the momentum from her dodges to rapidly close the distance with the lizardmen, riding along their weapons.

"Splat!"

A flash of the blade decapitated a lizardman, severing its head from its body.

"Splat!" "Splat!" "Splat!"

The blades flashed in succession, mercilessly slicing through the bodies of the lizardmen.

Tier continued to dart and weave at high speed, her dual blades like a grim reaper's scythe, constantly reaping the lives of the lizardmen.

It was, to say the least, incredibly bloody.

"She..."

Shien's expression turned to surprise.

Even he could tell that Tier's combat prowess was significantly higher than the others in the same party.

Vivian, as if she had expected this, smiled slightly.

"Tier is a skirmisher type warrior who focuses on attack power and burst damage. She excels at instant kills and striking weak points. To eliminate enemies as quickly as possible, she established the optimal skill build at level one and, through rigorous training, successfully mastered them."

Vivian gazed at the figure darting like the wind and spoke word by word.

"The skill that enhances blade techniques and attack power—Dual Blades."

"The skill that can ignore a certain degree of defense—Penetrate."

"The skill that increases her own speed as her level rises—Accelerate."

"The advanced extension of the Evasion skill, which allows her to perceive enemy movements, not only dodge enemy attacks but also use all means to get close to the enemy at the fastest speed—Close-Quarters Evasion."

"Combined with the Enemy Perception skill, which can detect hostile targets, all of Tier's learned skills are designed for closing in, perceiving, and accurately killing enemies. Furthermore, she has already raised all of them to level five or higher."

Since skill points are also determined by individual talent and potential when acquired, the fact that Tier could raise so many skills to level five or higher indicated how many skill points she received during leveling up, and how great her innate talent and potential were.

"Her current level is fifty-nine, just one step away from becoming a Rank 6 adventurer at level sixty. Tier is only sixteen years old this year, a full two years younger than me, and even Lumya is a year older than her. Therefore, Tier is considered the most famous genius in Lamigium, with a level of talent and potential so high that perhaps only one person in the entire Kingdom of Mithra surpasses her."

Vivian's explanation caused Shien to raise his eyebrows, his gaze also turning towards Tier.

"I didn't expect this girl to be such a renowned genius."

Moreover, she was the strongest member of Vivian's party, and her level was a staggering fifty-nine. Shien hadn't anticipated that either.

What surprised Shien even more was that Tier was the youngest member of Vivian's party. Lumya, who always clung to Vivian and treated her as her pillar of support, was a year older than her.

As for Merika, who wasn't mentioned, this elf girl was likely the oldest in Vivian's party.

After all, Shien remembered that the Adventurer's Guild staff had mentioned that elves were only considered adults at the age of one hundred and fifty, at which point they could become adventurers.

In that case, Tier was naturally the youngest in the party, but also the strongest and most talented.

Then...

"Tier has one more skill she has learned."

Vivian said with a tone of considerable amazement.

"Watch her closely, that skill is quite something."

Truly incredible.

After all, Shien had already witnessed Tier using this skill.

"Yikes!"

With her companions being slaughtered one after another, a lizardman, who was to be Tier's next target, seemed to be overcome with fear. It immediately abandoned the longsword in its hand, instead raising the round shield equipped on its other arm to firmly protect itself.

However, facing an enemy that had raised its shield, Tier didn't bypass it. Instead, she accelerated and charged forward.

"Hum!"

In her hand, one of the dual blades suddenly vibrated.

A surge of Magic Power flowed into that blade, covering its edge and making the blade flash with a red light.

"Die."

Tier declared mercilessly in a cold voice.

"Squelch!"

With a flash of the red-glowing blade, the lizardman, along with the round shield it had raised, was cut in half.

"That's..."

Shien's face once again showed surprise.

Vivian's explanation immediately came from the side.

"That's an advanced skill that's supposed to have an extremely low chance of being learned only at level seventy—[Magic Sword]."

Vivian said this.

"As the name suggests, it's a skill that can imbue one's weapon with magical attack power. The higher the level, the stronger the power, and it can freely extend, retract, and change shape. Even at level one, its attack power is enough to cut through steel. Historically, there are records of people using [Magic Sword] to cleave castle walls, and there are even legends of a Hero using [Magic Sword] to split the sea. It's a skill that all melee fighters dream of."

"The status of those who learn this skill in the industry is vastly different from those who don't. This is because the defense of high-level monsters and even demons is usually very high, making physical attacks difficult to inflict considerable damage. This skill can even deal effective damage to elemental monsters that are completely immune to physical attacks and incorporeal monsters."

"Tier learned this skill three months ago and has leveled it up to two. This is also the reason why she has become a renowned genius."

Upon hearing this, Shien's mind began to race.

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