Arthur heard Malinda boasting on his behalf.
But Arthur did not contradict her.
Because-
Arthur had a thick skin.
Of course, aside from his thick skin, Arthur did have a little confidence to back it up.
After all, on his way back to South Los, Arthur had just spent some points on an upgrade.
On [Swiftbird Swordsmanship Lv5]!
The 3,000 XP he had acquired was gone in an instant, but the changes it brought were enormous.
Even Arthur still felt shaken when he recalled the scene he had "seen" during the upgrade-
Gales ravaged the earth.
The flat ground was scoured into countless gullies and ravines.
Flowers, grass, trees, and loose stones were all swept into the sky.
These gales brought despair.
These gales snuffed out all life.
Yet these gales were merely the wind raised by a bird's wings as it flew past.
It had done so unconsciously.
It had never paid any attention to the earth.
All it yearned for was the sky.
It chased the sun and saw a three-legged creature of its own kind upon it.
It played with the moon and saw a woman sleeping with the moon in her arms.
It roamed the starry sky and saw something different upon every star: a monster with a pig's head and a human body slept soundly on a bed of countless stars, mumbling in its dreams, "Cuilan, Cuilan."
Someone used stars as game pieces, never regretting a move, yet was overcome with sorrow, murmuring over and over, "O vast and endless heavens, why do you treat me so harshly?"
Someone else feasted on stars, constantly muttering, "Delicious. This one's delicious. So is this one!"
There was even someone who, like it, roamed among the stars, sword shadows blooming like lotuses as he sang with fervor and