Chapter 95: Sword Soul's New Skills! Fate Has No Free Gifts
Sensing the turmoil of the battle in the floor lord's room, Ais Wallenstein headed over at the fastest speed. According to her time estimation.
By the time the Familia expedition ended, Goliath would also be at its respawn time.
She hadn't found any trace of Liam in the first half of the floor. Now that a battle was occurring up ahead, she had to go check it out no matter what.
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The result was not outside Ais's expectations. After arriving at the floor lord's room, she found many adventurers gathered here.
Among them, one group had unfamiliar faces, but she recognized the uniform crest of the "Freya" Familia.
It seemed they were challenging the floor lord Goliath. Her gaze swept around, and just as she was about to leave, an extremely familiar figure.
Dashed towards the monster at an extremely high speed.
Maintaining a relatively far distance, and having only met Liam twice, Ais didn't recognize him instantly.
But when the other party used that somewhat unfamiliar... yet familiar swordsmanship.
"Found you, Liam Moon."
The commission from Miss Eina of the Adventurer's Guild was to ask her to take care of Liam a little. It was just that looking at the battle ahead.
The cool-tempered young woman's perpetually calm face remained as usual.
But her clear, light golden eyes, upon noticing the sword aura slashes emitting a flowing light, her pupils contracted slightly.
"This is..."
"What kind of combat method?"
To be given the title "Sword Princess," she naturally had some attainments in swordsmanship. But observing Liam's battle.
It gave Ais an extremely unfamiliar feeling.
Their true first meeting was when she was hunting down the Minotaur after her Familia expedition. Liam's extremely unfamiliar yet exquisite swordsmanship.
It was probably like the Far Eastern proverb, "The stones of other mountains can be used to polish jade." (One can learn from the strengths of others.)
It made Ais develop a slight interest in Liam's swordsmanship. And having not seen him for only half a month, looking at the battle scene before her.
It was no longer unfamiliar…
But made the young woman feel astonished from the bottom of her heart.
Having just broken through to Lv2, Liam, during his Familia expedition, could rely on his own strength to kill the Lv4 Goliath!
She recalled her own experience as an adventurer.
Undergoing level sublimation, it was still from killing the half-floor-lord Young Dragon in the upper levels. And not long after she had just advanced to Lv2.
Could she have done what Liam did?
Even Ais, she felt a slight doubt about this matter!
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Whether it was speed, technique, or special combat skills…
Judging from an objective perspective, Liam didn't seem like a rookie at all, more like a veteran who had experienced countless Dungeon explorations.
Possessing the strength to solo a boss of a higher level, she didn't think any adventurer in the middle levels could pose a threat to Liam.
"A swordsmanship spar..."
Ais reached out and tucked a strand of hair falling by her cheek behind her ear, not forgetting the sparring promise she had made with him when they first met.
The time probably wouldn't be too long.
She was very much looking forward to the surprise he would give her then. Consider it completing Miss Eina's commission along the way. Without lingering further.
The young woman's agile and graceful figure decisively turned and left the boss room.
The rich experience points gained from killing the floor lord Goliath allowed the "Sword Soul" class level, which was just on the cusp, to rise to 35.
This was something Liam had expected.
His gaze swept around. Not minding the Freya Familia members in the distance, he immediately checked his class template.
The skill levels were still the same, but there were two new skills available for learning.
「Auto Guard」
「Level Requirement: 35」
「Cost: 20 SP」
「Skill Effect: Block with a swordsman's instinct one second before being hit. The effect lasts for a certain period of time.」
「Reversal Counter」 「Level Requirement: 35」 「Cost: 20 SP」 「Skill Effect: Can counter-attack when attacked from behind.」
Both "Auto Guard" and "Reversal Counter" were methods leaning towards defense, especially in the lower levels.
When ambushed by stronger monsters, the effect of these two skills would be maxed out!
"These two skills... are surprisingly quite good."
Liam gave them a simple glance and decisively consumed 40 SP to learn these two mastery-type skills.
After mastering the skills, his previous Dungeon adventure experience and the slight precognition of danger he had cultivated gradually transformed into a latent instinct.
The level-up didn't enhance his combat methods, but in a sense, it improved his combat methods for sparring with other adventurers.
As for what came next, the more anticipated skills in the Sword Soul template.
Were probably "Dragon Tyrant" and "Illusion Sword Dance." As for when he could touch the threshold of a class awakening.
There was still a relatively long distance to go.
Closing the Sword Soul template, Liam's eyes were full of anticipation, "I just don't know if there will be any requirements to awaken as a Sword Saint?"
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After observing this battle, Bell's mood was somewhat complicated. He felt that for a strong person with Liam's firm beliefs.
Being able to do such a thing was unexpectedly logical and reasonable.
Even the admiration in his heart grew stronger. As for other complex emotions, they could probably be described with a slight sense of defeat.
"Becoming adventurers at the same time, yet my strength has been left far behind by Liam."
Not only that, but every time he encountered an unsolvable problem, Liam would always appear in a timely manner. Was this perhaps a coincidence?
The young man's complex emotions gradually disappeared. He looked at the figure in the distance.
Still the same attire, a grayish-brown cloak covering the disease on his hand. His physical disability still couldn't block his path forward.
He had even less reason not to work hard!
Bell murmured softly, but noticing Liam walking over, he had prepared many drafts of greetings in his mind.
What came out in the end, however, was a serious greeting, "Mr. Liam..."
"Just happened to be passing by after finishing the Familia expedition and ran into the floor lord Goliath. To avoid causing trouble for other adventurers."
Knowing what Bell was thinking, to avoid deeper misunderstandings, Liam explained calmly, "So I just took care of it along the way."
"It was a good opportunity to test the limits of my strength."
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Regarding the first half of the statement, Bell held no doubts. Their first meeting in the Dungeon was for a similar reason.
He couldn't quickly deal with the Killer Ants and was besieged by the swarm.
It was also Liam who helped him out of goodwill. He didn't pay attention to the first half of the sentence; his focus was all on Liam's latter half.
"Test the limits of my strength."
Unable to hold back his curiosity, Bell couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Liam, we became adventurers at about the same time."
"...And you now..."
The fastest to break through to Lv2, with the title Sword Soul, and now even crossing the boundaries of ability scores to slay the floor lord Goliath.
All sorts of miracles. Bell really didn't know how to express it.
And Liam, who was just about to leave, paused his steps and turned his head. Noticing the bewilderment in the young man's eyes, if he had to say.
They both had cheats, but his own stats were indeed a bit more exaggerated than the rabbit's…
The grimoire that helped him comprehend "Warlord's Fervor" was a gift from Freya. Then this encounter with Bell in the Dungeon.
Was clearly the price.
Helping him determine and firm up his path of growth.
Thinking of this, Liam wasn't as serious as usual. He explained patiently with a normal smile, "Do you feel I'm moving too fast?"
Worried about being misunderstood by Liam, the young man's slightly childish face widened its eyes, filled with awkward panic.
He waved his hands frantically. Before Bell could explain in detail.
He only saw Liam's figure brushing past him, and those extremely plain words, "The path of cultivation is not about surpassing others…"
"But about surpassing oneself."
"If you think I'm moving too fast, then start running."
Without any fancy embellishments, these words could even be said to be easier said than done. But falling on Bell's ears.
They pointed straight to the deepest part of his heart.
He looked at Liam's departing back, and finally, a heartfelt, earnest smile bloomed, along with a yearning to catch up!
"I will."
(End of this chapter)
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