303 139th Battalion

Ryuu parried the spear as it went to skewer which he dodged by simply side stepping before he send a flurry of sword strikes towards her, Siri was able to block most of it, but a few still managed to break through her defense effectively injuring her.

Frank watched like a hawk at the duel between his subordinate and the new recruit, and so far he was pleased with Ryuu's result they had yet to use any skills or technique just plain simple duel which Ryuu seemed to be winning so far as he has yet to receive any form injuries so far. He let out a small sigh at that as he mused inwardly, 'The Special Cadets are really something else, I have yet to say that anyone amongst them is a mediocre, they are all better than their normal fellow brothers or sisters in arms, always has been and so far the new recruit looks promising.'

Siri huffed at as she spoke with a tired sigh, "What level are you in 'Sword Cultivator?"

Ryuu gave a small smile as he spoke, "I am at Mid Legendary level ma'am."

At his exclamation everyone was stunned into silence, even the head of their camp before people started shouting in denial, no matter what many may say mastering any Dao that is of Grand level is very difficult and to have mastered one to near Legendary level may not be unheard of but are very difficult to find as there lies a huge chasm between Grandmaster Rank and Legendary level that many may not even cross their entire life.

Frank raised his hand causing the cacophony to die out as he spoke while leaning forward, "Reaching the Legendary Rank enables one to gain something known as Domain, Ryuu would be kind enough to demonstrate it."

Ryuu nodded at that as he replied seriously, "It would be my honor Sir, although I would like to point out that I lack proper adequate control over my domain as such I risk harming Lady Siri grievously."

Frank nodded at that as he spoke, "I would be displeased if I lose one of my best subordinate as such Siri be a dear and stand aside.", upon hearing her orders Siri simply bowed as she went back to stand by Frank's side as he spoke, "Well Ryuu the field is empty now please."

Ryuu nodded at that as he held his sword with his hand while he closed his eyes and soon enough the entire world seemed to have disappeared from before, he could not hear anything, nor he could smell anything the only thing that remained was him and his sword nothing else.

Others looked at him curiously as he suddenly opened his eyes it was as if Ryuu and his sword had become one and the same before he spoke in a deep voice, "Ballad of Blades."

For a few second nothing happened but then hundreds of spectral swords of all shapes and sizes were flying freely around him in every direction possible encircling in what look to be cocoon of swords, then he raised the sword in his hand as suddenly all the swords stopped before they started rearranging themselves in orderly fashion like troops lining for assault but before he could do anything more Frank clapped his hands drawing everyone's attention as he spoke, "Enough! That was a marvelous display of your skills, now Siri go and get yourself treated and Ryuu follow me."

A large sound of glass shattering was heard as the spectral swords disappeared from view while a tired looking Siri left the place with a salute her face devoid of any emotion as left to seek medical help, as Ryuu briefly followed after him as Frank spoke, "Nice fight though both of you held back a lot and fought without using any techniques not to mention the marvelous display, it was a nice duel upon saying that is there any other profession that you follow that I should be wary of."

Ryuu replied to him in a serious manner, "Well Sir I am proficient in alchemy and in array."

Frank nodded at that as he spoke with small smile, "Well if you are as good in your professions as you are with your sword then I think I will be blessed, after all no matter how many alchemist, array masters, poison masters or blacksmiths joins us we are always on shortage of fine goods, as such any practitioner of those crafts are always welcomed here."

Ryuu simply nodded at that as he followed wordlessly as Frank went near a building where he knocked as a man came out who upon seeing Frank saluted as he spoke, "Master Alchemist, a new recruit give him the usual test and if he satisfies you then proceed with much advance tests."

The man simply nodded at that as Frank spoke, "Well I hope you are able to satisfy my Master Alchemist, I hope to see you in my unit till then."

Ryuu looked at the hunched back elder standing in front of, as the smell of various medicinal plants entered his nose, although he had a stoic visage on his face inwardly he scrunched up in disgust, 'This filth is master alchemist, how disgraceful.'

To normal people that kind of smell is testament to hardworking alchemist someone whom others should look up to bit to his teacher that is a very good example of a lazy bum that should be flogged for being such a disgrace after all the one of the most important rules of being an 'Alchemist' according to his teacher is being always clean, getting the smell of medicinal plants on oneself is a obvious but one should wash himself or herself off as soon possible to prevent the smell from being stuck too much as smell of different medicinal plants causes decrease in quality of a medicine, he himself had to take so many special baths with hard scrubbing since he was young every time he was about to concoct a pill.

The man in front of him sighed as he spoke, "Stop giving me that look Junior, I am too shorthanded to even have time for my personal grooming and as for the test well you will be helping me and others who are present here, do you have any problem."

Ryuu shook his head as he spoke, "No senior."

The man nodded at that as he turned on his heel as he spoke, "Follow me junior."

Meanwhile Frank looked at file intently as he skimmed through the information he had just received,

Name: RYUU

DATE OF BIRTH: [REDACTED]

AGE: [REDACTED]

PARENTS: [REDACTED]

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CULTIVATION RANK: MYSTIC IMMORTAL EMPEROR

NOTE: CADET HAS ENLIGHTENMENT IN DAO OF ASURA

Frank sighed for the nth time, whenever he received any new cadets in his unit he got a similar file, with in depth description about them to the point that they might even have mentioned how many times that person had wet himself as a toddler but this, it was completely and utterly ridiculous they might have never given him anything at all, he would strangled the person who filed the report on Ryuu but alas it came from higher up in chain of command there is nothing he could except grumble about it when he is alone.

"Sir are going to introduce him to rest of us?", a voice came from one of the darker corner of his office.

Frank skimmed through his paperwork as he spoke without even looking up from his work, "No until and unless I judge him trustworthy, he will have to deal with the decoy battalion stationed outside, only the best of the best are allowed in, although judging by his strength he has already fulfilled the minimum criteria, let us see about his knowledge and then we will move to other tests.", he finished his sentence with a dissatisfied tone in his voice.

"Something bothering you Sir?", Frank grumbled as he send a jade slip towards the speaker who promptly read its contents as he spoke out in disbelief, "Is this a joke? Are the higher-ups pulling our legs?"

Frank snorted at that as he spoke, "Nope and I think it is high time I have a meeting with Lieutenant Colonel on this matter post haste, there are laws in military and they are already stretching too far on this matter."