After all, she completed the task before dawn. After dragging her exhausted body and mind, Artolis redeemed the points she deserved from the commission department.
In this way, the points held are enough to redeem the "Phantom Sword Array". In the early hours of the morning, Artolis came to the points exchange office, thinking that there was no way she would have to queue up at this time, but as she looked, there was still a long queue.
“…..”
No, everyone has this idea!
"I always feel like my luck has been running low recently." Artolis let out a long breath and then lowered her head. Forget it, let’s continue queuing…
"So you specially invited me here just to be your sparring partner and help you try out new skills?" He leaned on the soft sofa and looked around. His eyes swept across the gorgeous halls of Herpes Castle and finally fell on the girl opposite. On his body, Stanley showed a little surprise.
"Why me?" As soon as the words came out, Serena, who was wearing a maid outfit, brought two bowls of tea to the two of them.
"Oh, thank you." It was also at the moment when Serena appeared that Stanley realized that the status of the girl in front of him was no longer what it used to be. Realizing the disrespect of his casual words, he suddenly became cautious.
Seeing Stanley's change in mentality, Artolis found it a little funny. Recently, she learned from Eiffel that Stanley had broken through the fourth level and was qualified to advance to the second level of the world, so Artoris immediately invited him over.
Already full of curiosity about the second world of the World Tree, and receiving an invitation from Artoris, how could Stanley refuse. In order to catch up with the progress of Artoris and others in the past two years, Stanley also put in considerable efforts for this, and even lost contact with everyone for a long time. Under such circumstances, Artolis immediately contacted him after he broke through the fourth rank. It was precisely because of this that Stanley came here with emotion in his heart and gratitude.
People say that Herpeth is a barren land, but when he saw the mountains of tea trees and lush forests with his own eyes, Stanley was surprised that the differences between the descriptions by outsiders did not match those described by outsiders. The luxurious Viscount Castle in front of her also proves that Artolis's current status is extraordinary.
Meeting Stanley's doubtful gaze, Artolis smiled and said: "I told you at that time that when you reach the bottleneck, I will continue to teach you subsequent sword skills. I have only taught you the Kelid sword skills, and I also need to try out my newly learned moves, and there is no better candidate than you right now."
Stanley's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that he was going to teach the follow-up moves of Kelid's swordsmanship. He remembered that Atoris did say such words to him at that time, and Stanley himself had completely mastered the first three moves of Kelid's swordsmanship in the past two years, and there was almost no one to teach him the subsequent moves.
The Infinite Sword that Stanley has mastered is not a "Run Dance" like Artoris. The Infinite Sword is Zhishi. This is the direction Stanley is taking. If Artoris can teach him subsequent sword skills, then he will definitely make breakthrough progress in swordsmanship.
"Really, you want to teach me subsequent sword skills?!" Stanley looked a little excited.
"Otherwise." Artolis couldn't laugh or cry: "But before that, you have to cooperate with me to try out my skills."
Asking Stanley to teach him the subsequent Kelid swordsmanship is the first time, and trying his own new skills is the focus. The description of the phantom sword array is that the four clones of the overlapping shadow and the main body perform continuous slashes on the target locked by the sword array.
This is a skill that needs to be locked on the target to be used. If you want to test it, you must find a partner. The cutting damage of the sword array cannot be determined. Atoris does not dare to test it on beautiful girls like Xilu. It would not be good if the opponent is hurt, so it must be a man, and it must be a fourth-level existence, so as to ensure that the opponent is harmed. It can withstand the slashing blows of S-level stunts.
This excludes Lancelot and Geraint, who are still in the third level. Gawain's profession is a magician, and his defense is not high, so he is not suitable. It happened that during this period, Barong was busy with matters and had no leisure time. Besides Stanley, is there any better choice among the people you are familiar with right now?
What? You mean Kazan? Artoris felt that she was not that familiar with the other party, and the rare communication between them was all because of Kukuki's existence.
"So, there is no one more suitable than you." Looking at the young man in front of her, Artolis smiled.
Stanley reacted the moment Artoris spoke. Although there has been little contact in the past two years, and Artoris's identity has changed from an ordinary girl to a viscount in charge of a party, she is still the familiar look in his memory and has not changed. Just like that, Stanley smiled happily.
"It seems that I have no reason to refuse."
"That's how it should be!"
…
Standing in the courtyard behind the castle, listening to the sound of wind passing by her ears, Artoris took a step forward, pulled out two ordinary sword blades, and assembled them into a sword-blade bow. Looking straight ahead, under the bright spring sunshine, the young man wearing armor said:
"Is this all right?"
"Yes." Artoris nodded, and then disassembled the sword-blade bow into a string blade and held it in her hand, "It's my first time trying it, so I can't judge the effect of the skill, so be careful to protect yourself."
The breeze blew by, causing the petals of floating flowers to fly among the bushes. The girl's vision gradually became serious, and the string blades in both hands also glowed with scarlet light at this moment.
"Then, let's begin!"
As soon as the words fell, Artolis started performing stunts. Focusing on the weapon in his hand, a golden-red light gradually rose from the end of the string blade. Closing her eyes and sensing the changes in her own power, Artoris intertwined the two string blades under the guidance of Mingwu. The momentum did not rise as a result, and it seemed to be the same as usual, but the calm pressure penetrated deeply into Stanley's chest like a sharp sword.
Suddenly, Artolis opened her eyes.
"This is the Phantom Sword Formation!"
Because the target of the other party's test was himself, Stanley did not relax at all and was always vigilant for Artoris's changes. However, just in the next second, Artolis' figure suddenly blurred in his field of vision.
Visual distraction? Stanley was startled, but as a swordsman and having fought for a long time, he quickly calmed down. Artoris said that the effect of this special skill can create clones. This must be a precursor to what the other party said!
But there was one thing that puzzled Stanley. It is said that the expansion of the sword array requires a designated target, but why can Artolis directly transform into a clone?
Directly transforming into a clone, who are you kidding? In Artolis' eyes, the sword formation has already been unfolded!
"Bang~" Feeling the impact on his chest, Stanley's first reaction was to lower his head. Where he looked, a prominent sword mark appeared on the armor on his chest.
"Don't be dazed!" The girl's call came from my ears.
Stanley raised his head suddenly, and almost at the same time as the breastplate's defensive stunt was unfolding, four golden-red sword energy burst out from the sword marks, deflected at the moment of being hit by the protective barrier, and shot out in four directions. And as Stanley shouted violently, surging crimson air waves erupted from his body, directly crushing all the scattered sword energy.
Holding the blade tightly in his hand, Stanley's vision suddenly froze as the air that spread out visually broke the flower petals floating in front of him into two petals. The next second, five layers of brilliant golden formations engraved with complex sword patterns rose from all around Stanley. While Stanley was frightened, he couldn't tell whether it was true or not. Girls with the same appearance from five directions looked resolutely, swung their shining string blades, and struck hard towards Stanley.
