Before Seiya returned to the Dark Empire, the three of them made another trip to the end of the Flaint Mountain Range. Seiya mainly went to help Kirito and Eugeo bring back the Blue Rose Sword.
The Blue Rose Sword had a priority level as high as 45. If Kirito and Eugeo had tried to carry it back to the village themselves, transporting it alone would probably have taken several months.
When Kirito and Eugeo saw that the Blue Rose Sword, which took both of them considerable effort just to lift, was being swung around as lightly as a feather in Seiya's hand, they realized that Seiya seemed to have grown much stronger lately.
Yet Kirito, unwilling to accept this, had not forgotten his original intention. He insisted that good physical abilities did not necessarily mean good swordsmanship, and stubbornly demanded a spar with wooden swords.
After hesitating for a moment in response to Kirito's challenge, Seiya ultimately accepted with pleasure.
Having encountered swordsmanship earlier, Seiya had a certain understanding of both the Imperial Sword Arts of Norlangarth in the Human Realm and the swordsmanship schools of the Dark Territory.
So, Seiya wanted to see just what level Kirito's Aincrad Sword Style was at.
While the two sparred, Eugeo and Lybia watched from the side.
Eugeo was also curious about which of his two close friends possessed the better swordsmanship.
Since childhood, Seiya had been the hope of the entire village. His talent with the sword and reputation as a genius were known to every household in the village.
Over the past few months, because he had been learning swordsmanship from Kirito, Eugeo had also learned that Kirito's so-called Aincrad Sword Style was extremely formidable, far beyond what Imperial Sword Arts could compare to.
Thus, Eugeo could not tell which