"Mighty, my lord!"
"Your swordsmanship has reached perfection, my lord."
"I'm far too inferior to you, my lord!"
"Same here!"
With Russell moving as gracefully as a butterfly among flowers, he unleashed the peerless Radiant Sword Technique, carving the Green Skin before him into a corpse stump.
The four Knight Retainers immediately began loudly showering him with praise, doing an excellent job of setting the mood.
Although Knight Captain Eric said nothing, he nodded repeatedly. He, too, felt inferior to Russell's swordsmanship.
"Unfortunately, my Battle Aura still isn't solid enough. It takes dozens of moves just to kill an ordinary Green Skin." Russell was not overly pleased with himself. He knew his current strength well; no matter how good his swordsmanship was, it merely added icing to the cake.
After all, strength could overcome ten thousand techniques. If his Battle Aura was not solid enough, he could not bring out the true power of exquisite swordsmanship.
"My lord, you have only just completed your coming-of-age ceremony. You still have plenty of time to temper your Battle Aura. Sooner or later, you'll become a Great Knight and contract a Phantom Beast," Tom said with a smile. Then he stepped forward and smashed the Green Skin's head with his broadsword.
He crouched down and dug the Hail Bead out of its head—Russell did not need to handle such dirty work himself.
Just then, a knight came galloping over with a message from Baron Roman. "The support units are to catch up immediately. The Knight Order is about to advance!"
"Good." Russell nodded.
The knight squad promptly assembled, caught up with the main force ahead, and continued along the trade route toward the next Cold Spring Point.
After arriving at the Cold Spring Point, the Knight Order began to rest.
Russell went to