"...a good sword."
The violent airflow collision was centered on the point where the heavy sword landed, and flew loudly along the edge of the entire garden. The soil with a trace of bloody smell was also lifted up from the ground at the center point, along with the snow spirit fantasy ice. The bodies flew together to the distance where the breath exploded. The body was slightly distorted due to the forceful tilt. Gomez, who maintained the posture of dropping the sword, then stood firmly in place until the others around him who were staggering due to the collision of the airflow struggled to get up. , he uttered his first words after dropping the sword: "What kind of sword is this?"
"The sword is named Dragon Tooth and was given to me by a nobleman."
As expected, she was blown away into the distance. The cloaked woman named Xue Ling Huan Bing then slowly appeared at the entrance of the garden where the smoke and dust gradually dispersed. She first glanced in the direction where Duan Qing fell. Then he stood up holding the white long sword stuck upside down on the ground: "It's just an ordinary long sword. It probably won't be able to catch your eyes."
"Ryuga...hum, I understand."
His eyes lingered on the surface of the milky white long sword in Xue Ling Huan Bing's hand for a while. Finally, Gomez slowly put away the fallen weapon: "But... if I want to block the sword just now, I’m afraid it’s not just the dragon’s tooth itself that I rely on.”
"You want to know the secret?" Slowly standing up straight, Xueling Huanbing once again assumed a sword-wielding stance: "Then let's do a few more rounds."
"...No need."
His eyes moved from the blade of the long sword to the top of the woman's head. Gomez's tone became much lower: "A promise is a promise. I will keep my previous words. Now that you have accepted this sword..."
"Then you have passed this level."
After saying the second half of the sentence, Chris, who was sitting in the pavilion at the back, clapped his hands again: "Wonderful battle, I haven't seen such a battle for a long time! Madam, may I ask your question? Who is your sword master?"
"I can't call it swordsmanship or anything like that, it's just my own understanding of how to use a sword."
After exchanging glances with Duan Qing, who was slowly getting up behind him, Xue Ling Huan Bing finally shook his head and replied, "I'll make your Highness laugh."
"Accurate, nimble, and one hit."
After rubbing his chin and thinking for a while, the blond young man stopped his thoughts of reminiscing: "Speaking of which, your adventure group is called Qingling Adventure Group, right? Sure enough..."
"It's very similar to your name."
He clapped his hands, and the smile on his face became more and more satisfied. Duan Qing, who had been blown away by the previous sword energy impact, gradually walked back with his shoulders and looked up at the prince with indifferent eyes: "Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness... Do we qualify like this?"
"It's qualified, at least it's qualified for me."
After stopping clapping, His Royal Highness Prince Chris, who had been sitting at the stone table in the pavilion, stood up again: "But... you still have one last hurdle to pass."
"Is there still one last step?" Duan Qing blinked his eyes, and then showed an innocent expression: "Isn't it already passed?"
"When Mr. Bamos proposed this suggestion to me before, he also asked the Mage Tower for their opinions."
Pointing to the tall tower surrounded by purple light standing under the clear sky in the southwest direction where they were, Chris shook his head helplessly: "The tower managed by Master Violet... I remember it is called Tower of Violet, for future cooperation and just in case, they also designed a test of their own."
"You need to unlock this magical mechanism."
He waved his hand, and then sent a small gold coin emitting hazy purple light to Duan Qing through the hand of another royal guard: "As long as you untie it..."
"I will personally write your names on the list of my escorts."
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"So there is a problem with their method of issuing commissioned tasks."
Some time later, in the suburbs of Tanzania City, deep in the vast wilderness mixed with hills and rocks, figures belonging to Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing appeared in the wilderness between only a few weeds. He stopped in an area that was easy to find and could be used to rest: "There were competitions and martial arts competitions, and in the end, there was actually a test on magic knowledge... If they can select a qualified player like this, I will Eat the staff in my hand!"
"There is no need to think about this issue anymore. Anyway, we are now on the approved list."
Following the opponent's footsteps, Xueling Huanbing slowly stopped in the middle of the weeds not far behind Duan Qing: "It's just that I didn't expect that you could solve that magic mechanism so quickly."
"That magic mechanism is actually difficult to solve."
The gold coin he had been holding in his hand was exposed to the spring sunshine, and Duan Qing's eyes showed a sinister look in the distance of the wilderness: "My magic knowledge is definitely not up to the top level of the Free Continent. I just used my alchemy potions to forcefully destroy those magics."
"...Huh?" Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had just wanted to cross his arms, opened his eyes wide when he heard the sound: "Is this okay?"
"Since it is a puzzle created by the Violet Tower, its difficulty and precision must be unparalleled in the magical world."
Recalling all the experiences he had seen in that high tower before, Duan Qing sighed slightly: "Although it is almost impossible to crack this level of magic mechanism, the more sophisticated the mechanism, the easier it is to lose its original balance. , so I poured my fusion potion and mana burning potion on it, and finally got this result."
He spread his hands and his eyes stayed on the purple fluorescence that gradually bloomed on the gold coin for a while: "Look, isn't this back to its original state?"
"This, this is..." Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes opened a little wider: "What's going on?"
"In order to protect such delicate mechanisms from damage, magicians usually add corresponding insurance to these magic arrays." Duan Qing explained in a low voice: "What you see now is one of them - magic The art of memory.”
"It is a perfect method to deal with this kind of test that needs to be repeated." He grinned at this point: "But it also gives people like me who like brute force cracking an opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes. It’s over.”
"Didn't they see that?"
"Of course they can't see it."
Duan Qing tossed the gold coin with purple fluorescence up and down, and then threw it into Xue Ling Huan Bing's arms: "No matter how powerful that imperial prince is, he is not an expert in the magic world. He just showed them the results and deceived them." If you pass..."
"No wonder you asked for that gold coin in the end."
Taking the gold coin, Xue Ling Huan Bing shook off her long white hair under her hood against the wind blowing: "Are you worried that this secret will eventually be seen through?"
"For someone as generous as the prince, most likely he won't notice this secret."
Shaking his head, Duan Qing then sat down on the ground against a nearby rock: "I guess the Lord of Violet must have given him many similar gold coins. This is just one of his. I can't figure out this." He probably doesn’t know how to deal with the magic above..."
"So you brought it out?" Xue Ling Huanbing walked slowly to Duan Qing: "To prevent him from accidentally discovering your trick?"
"His Royal Highness is not the person most likely to discover this trick, the owner of the Violet Tower is."
Looking behind the two people in the direction they had just walked in, Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "Don't forget what we saw in that tower... that woman named Violet, this Maybe he’s still satisfying his voyeurism everywhere.”
"Be careful, that woman might be watching here now."
"If she is really that capable, then it doesn't matter to me to admit defeat."
After grabbing the purple gold coin from the opponent's hand, Duan Qing, who was still sitting on the ground, then started another alchemy preparation: "Okay, I'm going to officially start. If you don't have anything else to do... "
"Officially starting?" Xue Ling Huanbing put down her hands in surprise: "Start with what?"
"Of course we have to break this magic mechanism." He placed the bottles and jars in his arms around him, and placed the gold coin on the alchemy table with his back to Duan Qing, who was sitting in the shadow of the rock: "You Do you think I would really bow my head and admit defeat in front of the Lord of Violet? If I really would admit defeat, I would not have accepted her proposal before."
"I finally got this opportunity for self-breakthrough. I want to study it carefully."
He waved his hand, no longer looking up, and then buried himself deeply in the sight of bottles of colorful potions rolling back and forth. The faint magical aura followed the man's movements and blew along. The wild breeze spreads around the hills. Gently brushing his long white hair with his fingers, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had already taken off his hood, quietly watched Duan Qing's alchemy process until the wind in the wasteland no longer moved between the two of them. When there were any ripples in the air, she slowly gathered her thoughts: "What if..."
If this kind of time could last forever, it wouldn't be bad.
She thought with some annoyance, and the gradually leaving steps further widened the distance between the two people. Her calm eyes then turned to the surroundings of the wasteland together with the snow-white sword she drew out again. The sharp long sword made of dragon teeth sank into the earth and rock ground of this wilderness as easily as ever. As the woman stood with the sword in hand, it was reflected around Huangfeng. Her thoughts continued as she watched the movements around her. He floated away, but in the end he involuntarily returned to the sword he had completed in the previous test.
That was the most perfect sword she had completed after practicing the Heart Sword recently - using the sharpness of the dragon's teeth and the strength of her whole body, she stabbed the Imperial Royal Guard head-on with all her strength at the perfect time. That strike Integrated with the glorious power of the Imperial Legion, the slash that became as heavy as a mountain also successfully deviated from the trajectory it should have fallen on due to his exhaustive efforts to break through. Although she had had thoughts of death before, she did not expect that she could really successfully complete the deflected sword technique this time. This also made her unable to gain peace of mind for a long time after practicing the Heart Sword. Gotta settle down a little bit.
"It's just... if you want to practice the Heart Sword well, you need more than just a little understanding of swordsmanship."
Holding the end of the long sword hilt with her hands, she closed her eyes and slowly pulled out the dragon's tooth: "It seems to make sense, but it turns out you are not a good teacher either, strength, Skills, experience against each other..."
"The path you chose for me is actually the most difficult one."
The buzzing sound of the sword cutting through the air instantly cut through the air of the wasteland, driving the body of Xueling Huanbing to fly forward with the wind, and the woman who floated away like catkins into the distance then unfolded her own The long snow-white hair, together with the snow-white sword blade, were swung around his body. There was no terrifying momentum or ear-piercing scream, and the ordinary slashes that still did not show any power then surged around the Snow Spirit Fantasy Ice again and again. The seemingly unorganized swordsmanship was... In the dance like mercury pouring down the ground, the roots of weeds that had been cut off at some point were flying around.
"……ha!"
She arched her waist, held up the tip of the long sword with her left hand, and then thrust the sword forward with her right arm forward towards the front of the deserted wasteland. The silent thrust then drove her body to stretch forward, and the weeds flying around her were bundled forward into a straight line. The sword energy that seemed to be finally irrepressible also followed. With the appearance of this stab, it spurted out in the direction pointed by the dragon's fang, causing a scream in the depths of the distant wilderness: "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"Come out."
Still maintaining the forward thrusting posture, the woman with long white hair gradually falling down raised her eyebrows slightly: "Well, I remember you are..."
"Hahahaha, what a coincidence."
The silly laughter then sounded below the horizon at the far end of the weeds, accompanied by the figure of a heavily armored warrior climbing up from the bottom of the hill in a slightly embarrassed manner: "I just, just want to I came out to relax, and I didn’t expect to meet you two..."
"Now one."
Turning around and looking at Duan Qing's position, which was already far away from him, Xue Ling Huan Bing stood up straight with a slightly cold expression: "Now that you're out, why not be more honest?"
"Uh...sorry."
After scratching his head and stopping a few steps away from Xue Ling Huan Bing, Goldman heard the sound and replied with a low smile: "I did happen to see you two, but we were just in the city. I saw it occasionally, and I followed you all the way because I just wanted to have a chat with you two... I'm sorry, is it convenient for you to talk now?"
"Okay, I just wanted to ask a question."
Looking at the other party's still indifferent face, the heavily armored warrior then pushed his hands innocently: "You..."
"The mission you went to the canyon to complete before was a trial mission for you to establish a guild, right?"
