At this moment, Ryan had become their savior. When people were drowning, they would desperately cling to anything.
"The captain's sword strike seems different from before!" Kid said as he watched Ryan, the center of everyone's attention.
"Yeah, it is different!" Beli nodded as well.
Ever since childhood, he had always stayed by Ryan's side. If anyone in this world understood Ryan best, it was undoubtedly Beli, in every respect.
Therefore, Beli was certain that Ryan's strike was completely different from anything before. It was neither One-Sword Immortal Kneels nor Iai Swordsmanship, but a sword technique Ryan had never used before.
Hawkeye, however, watched Ryan with a thoughtful expression. He remembered Ryan once telling him that one day, he would let him see a sword technique that belonged solely to him.
"So this is the sword technique you spoke of?" Hawkeye murmured.
He recalled the first time he had met Ryan—the peerlessly sharp Sword Intent that seemed capable of cutting through everything. Ryan's sword now gave him that same feeling. In that instant just now, no matter what stood before it, it would be cleaved apart by a single stroke.
Meanwhile, Ryan completely ignored everyone's excited gazes. Instead, he closed his eyes and immersed himself in his own world.
That strike had come to him in a flash of inspiration. Since it was his first time using it, he was still somewhat unfamiliar with it.
A long while later...
Ah! It still feels like it's lacking something! Ryan sighed inwardly.
Creating a sword technique of his own was something he had always been working toward. His attainments in swordsmanship were already extremely high, yet he had never created a sword technique that truly belonged to him. Of course, that was also because Ryan wanted to create the sword technique he