There was more?
Uesugi Tetsu lowered the Kaga Kiyomitsu in his hand, tapping the rough ground with its tip, looking slightly surprised.
He had not expected the three-star slashing force to be the limit of the Slash Test. There were actually even higher-tier rewards. They certainly seemed generous.
Feeling Uesugi Tetsu's calm gaze settle on him, the clerk in the long robe trembled twice. He hurriedly apologized to him, then asked him to wait a moment longer.
Immediately afterward, he pushed open the door and hurried into the courtyard behind it, seemingly going to fetch an even higher-grade Slash Test Maru.
The clerk even took a hard fall on level ground before entering the door, but not one of the many people present had any mind to laugh at him.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the ordinary young man in plain clothes, his face hidden behind a lifelike White Brahma mask.
Of course, some people were more enamored with the Kaga Kiyomitsu standing on the ground than with Uesugi Tetsu, but they were very much in the minority.
"This is... a true genius."
This thought surfaced in everyone's hearts at the same time.
They all practiced breathing techniques and trained their swordsmanship, horsemanship, and archery every day. Nearly all of them could unleash a force of over five hundred kan, making them reserve warriors.
Naturally, they understood far better than ordinary people who knew nothing what that sword had meant.
Some had even slain monsters alone before. At full strength, they could smash the ordinary red-and-black Slash Test Maru, making them far stronger than common warriors...
Yet the limit they had seen and cut had been that blue Ashigaru Slash Test Maru.
It was said that anyone capable of moving an Ashigaru Slash Test Maru was at least a fierce