Anelace walked through the gate, and it slowly closed behind her. Darkness stretched out before her.
She opened her eyes, hoping to see something, but she could see nothing at all. Everything before her was black; she could not see her hand in front of her face.
She could only feel her way forward as she drew the sword in her hand.
Heaven's Crimson Tear Sword—this was the strongest weapon Anelace had managed to buy. It was not incomparably hard, but it was certainly more than enough to deal with minor monsters.
She swung her sword, and countless afterimages of the blade blossomed with faint light in the darkness.
What were those sword shadows...?
They turned out to be sparks created by the heat of friction as Anelace swung her sword through the air. The speed of her strikes was evident from that alone.
Yet she still could not see anything.
Suddenly, she heard a voice.
"Swinging your sword nonstop in here won't do you any good."
Anelace knew that voice very well!
Who was it?
"Is that you, Grandpa Yun?" Anelace cried out.
Yun Ka-fai was Anelace's biological grandfather, as well as the swordsmanship instructor of the Sword Saint Cassius Bright. During Cassius's early years of sword training, it was Master Yun who guided him.
Of course, Cassius later surpassed his teacher. Even Master Yun could no longer stand against him, much less now, when Master Yun was already seventy years old. Facing a young, powerful Cassius at the height of his strength was simply impossible.
But he could still toy with Anelace, a current senior bracer, as if she were a child.
"Grandpa Yun, where are you?!"
As Anelace fumbled through the darkness, she heard the sound of a sword being swung from somewhere nearby.
"Can you find