Chapter: 39

�Who the hell are you? Where did you learn that swordsmanship?�

Shirone dropped his broken sword.

He sensed with the first blow and analyzed Rian with the second blow.

And on the third blow, he did it, The Thunder Strike he had practiced for three years.

�I never learned any swordsmanship!�

�Shut up! You�re rotten to the core! How did you succeed in doing Sword Smash?! If you�re trying to make fun of me, I won�t let you off so easily!�

�That was Thunder Strike.�

�Thunder Strike?�

�My father is a hunter. Since I used to live in the mountains, I used to cut down a lot of trees. Since I was neither big nor strong, I had to learn how to cut down trees in a more technical way. It naturally came to me. Among the lumberjacks, this skill is called Thunder Strike.�

Rian�s thoughts were all tangled up.


�Mountaineer? You went around cutting trees? What the hell are you talking about? I�ve been holding a sword for 15 years now. Sword Smash is not a skill you can learn through cutting trees.�

�None of my peers ever succeeded in casting Sword Smash. But if I had to name someone who could��

Rian thought of one.

�Rai Ogent!�

He was the second son of the Ogent family. He was two years older than Rian.

He was also a genius in swordsmanship. He�s considered to have the greatest talent in the history of the Ogent family.

Rian clenched his fist tightly because he envisioned his brother laughing at him.

�Damn it!�

Rai first succeeded in executing Sword Smash at the young age of 12.

His family gathered to celebrate and their father held a week-long party.

Rian clearly remembered his emotions on that day, as now, even the child of a mountaineer had surpassed him.

�I can�t accept it!�

He let out a thundering cry as he needed to vent his emotions.

�But�why?�

�How come he became something� While I�m still a nobody��

�Young master, I�ve shown grave disrespect��

�Shut up! Nothing�s over yet! No one�s lost!�

Rian headed to the outskirts of the training grounds.

There, equipped with various weapons, he returned with a high-class long sword used by aristocrats.

The sight of the sword gave Shirone shivers. JrNovels.com