Immediately after the Bloodline [death serpent] came [Swiftbird Swordsmanship]-
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[Swiftbird Swordsmanship Lv5 → Lv6]
[Swiftbird Swordsmanship Lv6: Swordsmanship began with imitation. During the age of the Empire, the ancestor of South County's nobles once saw a divine bird called the "Swiftbird." Watching it fly unhindered through the shadows left him deeply shaken. After exclaiming that it was impossible, he began imitating its movements, creating the earliest form of this swordsmanship.
As time passed, this swordsmanship was continually refined, but also continually questioned.
No one questioned its benefits to the bloodline.
But everyone questioned the "Swiftbird" it originally described.
No one acknowledged the existence of this divine bird.
Except you!
Through your diligence and hard work, you have brought it to an extraordinary level, while your bloodline has allowed it to begin displaying its unique effects. You know what kind of technique you have mastered, and after consuming Sithidal's scales, you have finally glimpsed a sliver of its original, true form!]
[Effects: 1. Extreme speed; 2. Rapid strike; 3. Blood flourishing; 4. Bird-serpent sword intent]
[Extreme speed: When using the Swiftbird Sword Stance, your sword speed gains +6 on top of its normal "physique"-based value.]
[Rapid strike: When using the Swiftbird Sword Stance, the speed of your next sword strike gains +2.5. This can stack consecutively up to 3 times.]
[Blood flourishing: The power contained within your bloodline is slowly being awakened. It will gradually become purer. This will be a lengthy process, but having pursued the "truth of swordsmanship," you have accelerated it. During this time, however, your appetite will increase enormously, while the quality of your sleep will be enviable. The trace of Golden Tree sap remaining on Sithidal's scales, which have merged into your body, further improves the effect of