Book 2: 314

Book 2: Chapter 314

Translator: Seven

Editors: Ana_Banana, Sei

Snow realised that she couldn’t teach Lukas like a normal Swordsman. This man in front of her was a rare breed of Swordsman who possessed a special never before seen battle style.

More importantly, he was very intuitive and had an outstanding personality.

Neither his intuition nor his personality could in any way be considered weakness.

In other words, Lukas didn’t need any help from her with regards to those two factors. This meant that she could focus her attention on other things.

For example, the openings that even Lukas himself didn’t realise he had. The most efficient way to do this was to teach him the pros and cons of specific stances.

Fortunately, Lukas’ comprehensive ability was extraordinary.

No, it was even more than just extraordinary.

Snow had encountered many geniuses.

And among them, she’d even met ‘unprecedented geniuses’ with ridiculous talent like Peran.

But none of them had the same qualities that Lukas did.

For example, when someone became aware of a bad habit, it usually took them a few months or even years to fix it, even if they knew that they had it. (Note: I’ve been trying to stop biting my nails for 15 years T~T.)Fôll0w current novÊls o/n n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(c/o/m)

Habits were called such because they weren’t easily fixed or changed, and in some cases, they were even harmful to the body if left unchecked.

But Lukas was different.

As soon as this man heard Snow’s advice, he would nod once and immediately get rid of the aforementioned habit.

‘That means he has complete control of his body.’

She was amazed by this fact, but she was all the more disappointed.

If the condition of his arms and legs was better, and if his tenacity towards swordsmanship was a bit higher, a Master Class Swordsman would have been born as easily as having a meal.

In fact, the thing that disappointed her the most wasn’t Lukas’ disability, it was the fact that he didn’t seem to be very interested in swordsmanship. This wasn’t that different from saying he had no talent for it.

In any field, it was impossible to succeed without tenacity and a certain amount of obsession.

—After she’d finished giving him a rough explanation about stances and swordsmanship, Snow focused on giving him more theoretical explanations.

“Consider the sword as your life.”

“...”

A warm wind blew across the clearing. It was unpleasant, like someone licking his skin with a slimy tongue.

...It was probably just in his head.

Shaking the thoughts away, Lukas decided to head over to where the tents had been erected in the clearing. There, he found cooking and eating utensils.

Now that he thought about it, he felt that he should probably eat something. After all, he hadn’t had a single bite since entering the forest.

Heading over to the nearby river, Lukas filled a bucket with water and caught a few fish. Afterward, he returned to the clearing and made a bonfire.

Luckily, firewood had already been stored beforehand, but it still took him a while to start the fire.

This was because he’d tried to cast Fireball with his steel sword.

As he expected, it was much less efficient than Deukid, so it took a while for him to get the hang of it. In the end, he was only able to make the Fireball after trying for 10 minutes.

If this was how long it took to just make a Fireball, then he wouldn’t be able to get much practice. Nevertheless, there was some fortune in his misfortune. It was the fact that he would be able to greatly reduce the time through practice.

Of course, for him to use high level magic, he’d probably need better equipment or a more suitable environment, but at the very least, he would be able to use low level magic after he got the hang of it.

There was another thing that he realised.

‘I can’t do it with my fingers.’

Nor could he use a tree branch.

In order to wrap mana around an object, it seemed that a certain amount of metal was required. In addition, the tip of the blade was very sharp, so it was very suitable for arranging and rearranging the mana. On the other hand, his fingertips were blunt, so it was impossible for them to carry out such a delicate task.

At this point, Lukas was no longer using his sword as a sword. Instead, it was more like a staff that just happened to be in the shape of a sword.

He roughly grilled the fish and ate it before continuing to practice his swordsmanship.

Lukas decided to simply name his swordsmanship the Zero Technique. (Note: Or zero style?)

It was only possible for him to use low level magic, but Lukas found that training with the sword was pretty fun.

However, he didn’t know if he could climb back to the Absolute level with just this.

...To become an Absolute.

For now, he could only look at it as an incredibly distant goal.

‘...power.’

In the end, the thing Lukas lacked the most was power.

If he had power, he could have revealed himself in a spectacular manner during the meeting. He could have asked them about the strife in the Circle without needing to worry about anything.

He needed power.

But he didn’t have any now.

With this thought, Lukas immersed himself in his training.