Magic Sword

Whoosh!

The wind howled through the mountains.

It was not wind brought by nature, but wind brought by a person.

At that moment, the petite girl in the black robe became a gust of wind. As she darted forward, she raised her head and looked toward the Lizardmen, cold light gleaming in her eyes beneath her hood.

The next instant, a pair of weapons fell into the girl's hands.

They were a pair of sharp blades with vicious serrated edges.

Wielding those highly lethal blades, Tier shot into the crowd of Lizardmen.

"Hah!"

"Hah!"

The Lizardmen cried out.

But that was the only reaction they had time to make.

"Slash!"

As the sound of flesh tearing rang out, one Lizardman was sliced apart by a vicious blade before it could even react, blood spraying everywhere.

Tier cleanly killed the Lizardman nearest to her and flicked the blood from her blade.

"Hah!"

"Hah!"

The surrounding Lizardmen came to their senses. Seeing this, they all flew into a rage and surrounded Tier, slashing their longswords at her without the slightest mercy.

Yet Tier seemed to have already grasped their movements and trajectories. Her figure flashed and darted like a gale, leaving a string of afterimages as she dodged every incoming sword strike.

As she evaded them, Tier used her footwork and the momentum of her dodges to rush along the Lizardmen's weapons, closing in on them at astonishing speed.

"Slash!"

A blade flashed, severing a Lizardman's head from its body.

"Slash!" "Slash!" "Slash!"

The blades flashed again and again, mercilessly cutting apart one Lizardman after another.

Tier darted about at incredible speed, the Dual Blades in her hands reaping the lives of Lizardmen like the scythes of death.

It was simply a bloodbath.

"She..."

Shien revealed a surprised expression.

Even he could tell that Tier's combat strength was clearly far greater than that of the others in her squad.

As though she had expected this all along, Vivian smiled faintly.

"Tier is a guerrilla-type warrior who focuses on training attack power and explosive strength. She excels most at one-hit kills and attacking weaknesses. In order to kill enemies as quickly as possible, she planned the optimal skill allocation from Level One and underwent harsh training to master every one of them."

Vivian watched the figure darting like the wind and spoke word by word.

"A skill that improves bladed weapon technique and attack power—Dual Blades."

"A skill that ignores a certain degree of defense—Pierce."

"A skill that increases her speed as her level rises—Acceleration."

"A superior extension of Evasion that allows her to see through an enemy's movements, dodge their attacks, and use every possible means to close in on them as quickly as possible during the process—Close-Quarters Evasion."

"Together with Enemy Perception, which allows her to detect those hostile toward her, every skill Tier has learned is the kind used to approach, detect, and reliably kill enemies. She has also raised every one of them to Level Five or above."

Since the number of Skill Points one received depended on personal talent and potential, the fact that Tier had raised so many skills beyond Level Five made it easy to imagine how many Skill Points she gained upon leveling, as well as the extent of her talent and potential.

"She's currently Level Fifty-Nine, only one step away from becoming a Rank Six adventurer at Level Sixty. Yet she is only sixteen this year, a full two years younger than I am. Even Lumya is a year older than her. That is why Tier is considered Lamigium's most famous genius. In terms of talent and potential, there is probably only one person in the entire Kingdom of Mithra who surpasses her."

Vivian's words made Shien raise his brows as he too turned his gaze toward Tier.

"I never thought this girl was such a famous genius."

Moreover, she was actually the strongest member of Vivian's Squad, at the astonishingly high level of fifty-nine. Shien had not expected that either.

What surprised Shien even more was that Tier was the youngest in Vivian's Squad. Lumya, who always treated her as the backbone of the group and clung to her side, was even a year older than her.

As for Merika, who had not been mentioned, that Elves girl was probably the oldest member of Vivian's Squad, wasn't she?

After all, Shien remembered an Adventurer's Guild employee saying that Elves could not be considered adults or become adventurers until they reached one hundred and fifty years old.

In that case, Tier was naturally the youngest in the squad, yet also the strongest and most gifted.

Then...

"Tier has learned one more skill."

Vivian spoke in a rather awed tone.

"Look carefully. That skill is incredible."

It truly was incredible.

Because Shien had already seen Tier use it.

"Hah!"

As its companions were continuously slaughtered, the Lizardman that had become Tier's next target seemed to grow afraid. It directly discarded its longsword and raised the round shield equipped on its other arm, firmly protecting itself.

But rather than going around an enemy holding up a shield, Tier accelerated and charged straight at it.

"Buzz!"

One of the blades in her hand suddenly began to vibrate.

A surge of magic power flowed onto the blade and covered its edge, making it glow red.

"Die."

Tier coldly delivered her merciless declaration.

"Slash!"

With a flash of the red-glowing blade, the Lizardman and the round shield it held up were both cut in half.

"That was..."

Surprise appeared on Shien's face once more.

Vivian's explanation immediately came from beside him.

"That is an advanced skill that normally only has an extremely small chance of being learned at level seventy—Magic Sword."

Vivian explained.

"As its name suggests, it is a skill that adds magical attacks to one's weapon. The higher its level, the greater its power. It can also extend, retract, and change shape freely. Even at Level One, its attack power is enough to cut through steel. There have been people in history who used Magic Sword to cleave open city walls, and there are even legends of a Hero using Magic Sword to split the sea. It is a skill every close-combat fighter dreams of."

"Those who have learned this skill hold vastly different standing in the field from those who have not, because high-level monsters and even demons usually possess extremely high defense. Physical attacks have a hard time dealing meaningful damage to them. Even elemental creatures that are completely immune to physical attacks and monsters without physical bodies can be effectively harmed with this skill."

"Tier learned this skill three months ago and has trained it to Level Two. That is also one of the reasons she became known as a genius."

Hearing that, Shien's thoughts became active.

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