Because Yoru Machi was simply too fast, everyone present had not even had time to react before they saw him appear in front of the enormous crimson fireball.
Just as everyone wondered what he intended to do, Yoru Machi tightened his grip on the crudely made bone blade, gathering his spiritual pressure... Magic Power into it before swinging his blade!
"Yagami Ichi-ryu—Divine Severance!"
Yoru Machi had his own school of swordsmanship. Although he came from Rukongai, he had encountered a grandmaster of a swordsmanship school there in his early years. Because he had taken particularly good care of the old man, he had been taught his martial arts.
No matter how powerful a martial arts grandmaster was, there would always come a day when he died of old age. And according to the setting of the Soul Reaper World, the dead would become wandering souls or fall into Hollows.
Since many martial arts grandmasters were already elderly when they died, they were rather inconspicuous in Rukongai. But Yoru Machi knew how to make reasonable use of his own advantages before he had obtained any cheat abilities.
It was not just swordsmanship. Whether it was Hakuda or other Combat Skills, Yoru Machi had learned quite a lot long before entering Shino Academy.
That was also why, as an ordinary person with no lineage, no background, and no cheat abilities, he had initially been able to leave the other original supporting characters far behind.
What should have been a high-density Spirit Energy Slash formed by wrapping spiritual particles around his blade had been transformed in this world into a slash of purely compressed magic power.
The bright white slash solidified due to the compressed magic power. The instant it flew from the blade, it became a crescent nearly several meters high and effortlessly split the Crimson Fire Cannon Yoru Machi had released earlier straight down the middle like cutting a watermelon in half!
"Boom—!"
The instant the crimson fireball was split apart, its terrifying energy erupted. The intense heat immediately engulfed the surroundings. Not only did the ground seem to be crushed by some immense force, forming a pit several meters wide, but the surrounding floor was scorched black by the heat, while the temperature in the air rose by several degrees at once.
But what was even more outrageous was the slash Yoru Machi had used to split the fireball. The crescent slash, several meters tall, not only plowed a deep furrow through the ground, but even the ceiling failed to escape damage.
After splitting the enormous crimson fireball in two, it continued onward without losing momentum, cutting through every table and chair in its path before finally leaving a deep blade mark in the wall of the Adventurer's Guild!
Everything that had just happened had taken place in an instant, so everyone present was only now standing there in stunned disbelief.
When they finally came back to their senses, the way they looked at Yoru Machi was completely different from before.
No wonder Rex had looked as though he were facing a formidable enemy. If such a terrifying guy counted as a rookie adventurer, then they did not even count as babies in diapers, did they?
"Miss Sonya, I'm truly sorry. It's been too long since I last fought seriously, so I didn't control my strength properly just now.
"We'll compensate for all the damage here. Although I'm a little strapped for cash right now, I'll earn money soon."
If they had heard Yoru Machi say something like that before, everyone present would probably have thought this rookie was boasting without knowing his place.
But after witnessing that battle, no one present had the slightest doubt about Yoru Machi's words anymore.
After all, although the battle between Yoru Machi and Rex had been brief, Yoru Machi had thoroughly demonstrated his impressive martial arts, immense Magic Power, and astonishing physical prowess during it!
His impressive martial arts were shown by the slash that split the fireball apart. His immense Magic Power was shown by the Crimson Fire Cannon he had cast. His astonishing speed referred to the ultimate movement technique that had allowed him to appear before the crimson fireball as though he had teleported.
Whether it was martial arts, magic power, or physical prowess, Yoru Machi far surpassed every adventurer here in every regard. Though he had only just registered as a rookie, he was undoubtedly the strongest rookie in name and reality!
"I was partly responsible for this as well, so I'll bear part of the losses.
"I thought it would just be a little spar, but I never expected that the little bit of strength you said you had was this little."
To be honest, Sonya truly had not expected Yoru Machi's spar with Rex to escalate to this extent.
She had initially thought Yoru Machi was a complete newbie. Even if they did not go to the training grounds in the back and sparred in the guild hall, she had not expected them to cause much damage here. But who would have thought...
"Then, Miss Sonya, now that I've proven my strength, can I take dangerous missions above E-rank?"
Rex: (ToT)/ Who am I? Where am I? Did you all forget about me?
When Yoru Machi walked out of the Adventurer's Guild again, his face was filled with satisfaction. After proving his strength, he had not only received a high-level quest, but an A-rank quest at that.
An E-rank rookie adventurer accepting an A-rank quest was something he would never even have dared to imagine before.
Yet the Guild Master of the Adventurer's Guild had personally granted Yoru Machi that privilege.
Originally, the man had been upstairs drinking black tea and leisurely chatting about life with his sweet little secretary. But the enormous commotion had made the Guild Master think his wife had come knocking, so he immediately recalled his little brother, who had already calmed down, shoved away the coquettish secretary in his arms, and hurried downstairs.
After learning the full story, he made the decision to grant Yoru Machi such a privilege.
There was more than one Adventurer's Guild. Generally speaking, any somewhat larger town would have one, and every year the headquarters conducted performance assessments of Adventurer's Guilds across the various regions.
The stronger the adventurers gathered in a town were, and the more numerous and difficult the commissions they completed each year, the better it was naturally for the Guild Master.
Thus, after realizing that Yoru Machi was a young man with considerable potential, the Guild Master generously declared that Yoru Machi would not need to compensate for the damages. He even granted him the privilege of accepting high-level missions.
However, even as the Guild Master, he could not use his authority to directly raise Yoru Machi's adventurer rank to the corresponding level.
Adventurers had to complete the required benchmarks before their ranks could gradually rise. That was the rule of all Adventurer's Guilds, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Yoru Machi did not care much about that, though. He had never been particularly interested in things like fame.
His current goal was to make money. As long as he could accept high-level missions, he could quickly make money.
Whether he wanted to quickly understand this New World or strengthen himself, money was indispensable.
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