Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

After the sparring with Khalid, I was resting in my room that Travis had prepared for me.

[Havenberg Swordsmanship – Beginner]

A swordsmanship in which all the essences of Havenberg Argen are concentrated. As your proficiency increases, your understanding of the sword increases.

– Proficiency 80.8327%

# Each time you swing the sword, your mastery increases.

[Havenberg swordsmanship 1st season – Veil stabbing]

– Havenberg swordsmanship beginner proficiency reached 80%

– Veil Stab (2/100)

# If all are met, learn Havenberg Swordsmanship 1st Season – Veil Thrusting

“ha… … .”

I sighed as I looked at the system description of the technology floating in the air.

I finally tried to show the season of Havenberg swordsmanship, but as expected.

There’s no way you’ll be able to perfectly perform Veil Stab with only 80% mastery.

After meeting all the Havenberg swordsmanship proficiency, a new condition that had not been seen before suddenly popped up.

‘Aren’t there other conditions?’ I was devastated at first, but the words of my ancestors, ‘If you succeed in 100 tent thrusts, you will be able to complete your tent thrusts’, gave me hope.

That meant that if that condition was met, I could really get a season too.

“Is it enough to succeed only ninety-eight times in the future?”

The first time was successful after filling up the proficiency level and learning the intuition through the spirit of the ancestors, and the second time was a success in sparring with Khalid.

What if I failed, but I was really lucky.

“Is this the season? Isn’t it a decisive power? So, you mean that the people of Argen in the past spread this tentacle as if they were eating?”

It was not a trump card, but it was not understood that it was used as a check in a duel or just a slightly superior move.

This kind of skill allows a low-ranking knight to kill a high-ranking knight with a single shot.

‘Of course, the knights who already know about this technique and prepared for it may not be defeated.’

operation and usability of the machine. At the same time, it is a necessary skill to expand the senses.

A technique that can succeed only when you can deceive the opponent’s senses and only be able to sense the opponent.

As I said at the time, this stabbing with Khalid was incomplete.

The timing of the curtain opening was slow, and the disturbance of the senses was clumsy.

Moreover, because the veil did not last long, the veil quickly lifted, and the timing of my stabs became halfway.

If Khalid hadn’t panicked, if he had prepared for the upcoming attack without attacking first, it would have been blocked.

It is clear that we were lucky in many ways.

Khalid, who faced him directly, still didn’t realize it at all, but Layton and Cohen, who watched the scene from the side, were exactly aware of the loophole.

– Is this the famous Arjen’s Veil Stab? It’s a little different from what I’ve heard. It still seems unfinished.

– Lord, you said that you studied on your own without learning in Argen, but you shouldn’t settle for that. If you don’t complete it, your sword will be blocked by Arjen before you realize the aspiration your lord said.

The bitter voice of the two people came to me quite painfully.

Especially Cohen’s words.

‘My sword is blocked by Arjen… … .’

see-

He pulled out the sword hanging from his waist.

The sharp sound of foot swords echoed through the room.

Standing in the middle of the large room, I closed my eyes and thought of Arzen from the past.

There was a lot of power in the hand that held the first marriage.

When I open my eyes, Fletcher Argen is standing in front of me.

“father… … .”

“You’re too poor to be my son.”

His voice stabbed like a dagger in his chest.

“Go away. This place is a daunting place to have you guys.”

The resolute voice that did not acknowledge me until the end lingers in my ears.

“Father hee hee!!”

Caan-!

He tried to wield it with all his might, but he couldn’t pierce even the small dagger he took out of his chest.

“It still sucks.”

“Haaa… … .”

I closed my eyes again and took a deep breath.

Then, his figure, which shimmered like an illusion, disappeared as if it had been washed.

He put his sword in and put his hand on his chest.

My heart was beating like crazy.

“Haaa… … . Whoa… … .”

Take a big breath in and exhale.

Just by repeating it a few times, my throbbing heart quickly calmed down.

I opened the curtains covering the windows and saw Leighton and Cohen walking out of the mansion.

“You are wrong. father.”

I grabbed the coat that was hanging from the chair and went outside.

* * *

We rode Travis’ wagon and headed back to Brillant.

Every time I move, it feels like there is work to do.

Things went well this time at Travis, but there was another headache.

‘Well, there’s nothing special for me to do.’

Most of it was just waiting for the people of Travis to work, so I just had to do my own thing.

The banquet that Luca Rogers is hosting is a month away.

Until then, I’ve told Cohen and Layton what to do, so they’ll take care of it.

‘I’ll have to focus on completing the Veil Stab for a while.’

The confrontation with the third of the Kar family is not far away.

I’m not particularly worried because my opponent is a low-ranking knight, but I don’t know what variables will always arise, so it’s essential to be fully prepared.

Moreover, it’s a confrontation with a first marriage, but you can’t be careless.

“Grandfather.”

– Are you here?

“What kind of training should I do to perfect the veil thrust?”

– You’re asking something obvious.

My ancestors look at me with pitiful eyes and shake their heads.

– Of course you should practice stabbing. That’s the most important thing.

“The stab is working hard.”

– You shouldn’t just work hard. Only when the sword is wielded with a precise purpose can true power come out.

“yes.”

– Even when you stab, where to stab, what strength to stab, fake, what technique to use, what situation you want to induce, etc. Everything has to be taken into account.

I nodded and engraved the words of my ancestors in my head one by one.

– Fighting is also something smart guys are good at. Don’t just rely on your instincts. Develop yourself constantly. The head, body, and mind must all be trained.

“All right.”

– Do you know why Veil Thrust isn’t a decisive battle?

“I do not know.”

– That’s because it’s a skill for defense, not an attack skill.

“yes? Is that a defense technique?”

How can that threatening technology be called defense?

It is a technique that disturbs the opponent’s senses and stabs the opponent’s vital points by surprise.

No matter how much I think about it, it only seems like a technique to kill the opponent?

– What did you feel as you unfolded the veil stabbing?

‘What I felt… … .’

In the duel with Khalid, I won the duel by accurately countering with the Veil Stab.

However, if you think about it carefully, wasn’t it that the veil stabbing was used to block Khalid’s technique in the first place?

‘Counter is also part of defense… … .’

Maybe I had misunderstood the nature of this technology until now, so I couldn’t properly unfold it.

– Raise your sword. And remember the most intimidating technology you’ve ever seen.

“A dangerous technology… … .”

I have met many strong people in the past.

From Jane’s escort Sika to Warlock, Scarlett, Cohen… … .

Even if it was a high-ranking knight level that I had sword to sword with, this was about it.

There are much more if you think of the knight-level skills below.

Among them, the most dangerous technology is… … .

‘As expected, Cohen’s spreading the glacier.’

Sika’s shadow sword, Scarlet’s moonpa, and the black mage’s black magic.

All of them were attacks that I could never stop as I am now, but the most threatening was Cohen’s glacier slicing.

‘Except for my ancestor’s third decisive battle, the moon strike.’

It was excluded because it was seen from the caster’s point of view.

– Did you remember?

“yes.”

– If so, try to spread the curtain stab thinking you are blocking it.

“However, Veil Thrash is not suited to block that skill.”

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Glacier Slicing is a technique that literally sprays sword energy that is strong enough to slice through a glacier.

The cold that spreads around and the cold that freezes opponents makes sensory disturbances useless.

– Don’t put yourself in limits.

“but-.”

– Are you sure that the technology you came up with will be stronger than the technology I am thinking of right now?

“… … .”

Looking at the face of my ancestors looking down at me with calm eyes, I don’t think so at all.

How strong technology is unfolding in this person’s head right now.

My ancestor’s sword must have blocked those attacks I couldn’t even imagine.

“no.”

– Then pick up your sword and concentrate. Try to stop it by any means.

got a sword

I remembered the time when Abel entered my body at Travis’ grave.

When I thought of the scene where we met Cohen, when the eyes of the two crossed and the pure white sword flew over the sword, Cohen was standing in front of me.

– Did he appear?

“yes.”

– Then concentrate. So that you can open the veil stab at any time.

operated slowly.

Compared to the time when I didn’t even feel the energy, the difference was impressive.

However, the opponent in front of me has a lot of energy that is incomparable to my current energy.

– Get ready. come.

At the same time as the ancestor’s words, Cohen’s sword soared and cut through the air with force.

The pure white aura of his sword spread in all directions, turning the surroundings into winter.

how can i stop that?

How can I stop the cold and make winter fall?

‘Don’t get stuck in the limit.’

My heart, which had been cold, began to heat up.

‘can do.’

It is to enlighten the imagination.

You wield it with your black body, mind, and head.

‘okay… … . To let go of winter… … , Isn’t it something that can be done if spring comes?’

Thoughts were organized, images were materialized, and the sword moved naturally.

Blue flowers begin to bloom along the beautifully waving sword path.

The surrounding background that has fallen like a blackout.

It spreads its energy along the splendidly moving sword path and blows strong images into it.

A new picture I made was drawn along the black background.

‘Yes, this is… … .’

At that time, the flower garden of spring, which had been made smoothly, was broken in an instant.

The flower petals created by the sword are scattered and try to block the cold.

“Keugh… … !”

The petals froze and crumbled, and the raging winter wind covered me.

I closed my eyes, knelt down on the floor, exhaled a heavy breath, and stood up.

[Stamina increases by 0.5.]

Was there something burning inside your body?

I don’t feel good at all, even though I’ve grown up.

It wasn’t just because I lacked energy.

The vast gap of realization between Cohen and me. I felt that the difference was clear from the materialization of the image.

– Couldn’t you stop it?

“… … yes.”

– What a pitiful bastard.

It was a familiar scolding, but for some reason, a part of my heart hurts.

There’s no way I can stop Cohen’s technique that even Abel couldn’t block.

– If you can’t even feel that you’ve done well, how are you going to raise your sword?

“… … yes?”

Is what I heard right now correct?

– Good job.

“… … her.”

– her?

“Oh, no. thank you.”

I involuntarily let out a laugh.

Because I didn’t think I would be praised.

– Tsk, but don’t be conceited. I asked you to practice the Veil Stab, not to invent another skill.

“… … yes? Are you saying I created another technology?”

– okay. It seems that you have inherited even a little bit of my blood after all.

Looking up with a blank face, I could see a shallow smile on the corner of my ancestor’s mouth.

How many times have you seen a smile?

– The technology you unfolded is the same technology I used in the past.

“… … yes?”

I don’t know how many times I’m repeating the same thing now.

– Havenberg swordsmanship, the 5th solar term, a technique called Gaehwa (開花).

“… … yes?”