Hero of Darkness

Chapter 22: The Newcomer

Kahn looked at the old man Arkham, focusing his sight on any slight movements the old man might make. His Survival Instinct alert & then he activated his Hunter's Intent.

Kahn knew that no matter how accurate his perception or Survival Instinct blessing was, if he didn't have enough reaction speed or strength to defend himself against a truly strong enemy; his life would be forfeited right on the spot.

"You have some good senses, kid. Now let me see if you actually know how to fight." said Arkham as he took his first step towards Kahn.

WHOOSH!

Arkham's image flickered the next second and Kahn sensed an impending doom coming towards him.

Clang!

Just as the Arkham was about to hit Kahn, the young man quickly used the sword to block his left-hand side and finally, Arkham's figure appeared in front of him.

Author: Consider his sword similar to the one in the cover art of the Novel, with a black hilt and guard.

The surrounding people gasped with surprise!

Even the other instructors were amazed. Because until now, Arkham never used his speed to attack any of the examinees. He only parried and dodged them before landing a fatal hit with his wooden sword. But now he was taking the approach of the attacker against the young man.

And to add more surprise to this, the young man actually blocked the strike that everyone standing there failed to see.

"Nice sword." said Arkham and he swung his wooden sword again. Kahn was barely adjusting to the grandmaster rank swordsman's extremely quick speed and attacks.

Each strike looked very simple but only Kahn knew that Arkham was trying to either land a fatal blow or disarm him. Not a single movement from the old man was wasteful and as Kahn kept defending against these flawless strikes that followed a form of rhythm to them, leading his hand movements when he was defending against the strikes; Kahn realized that he was being too overconfident of himself when he asked the old man to attack him first.

"Is defending all you can do?" asked Arkham with contemptuous eyes as if he was disappointed with Kahn's skills.

Ding!

[Host has improved the Weapon Mastery for Swords.

Current progress : 35% at Master Rank.

unlocked the Combat

progress : 15%

system notification rang in his head but Kahn didn't lose

I'd still win if I lasted for a while against the instructors. Don't try to goad me into attacking and give you an opening, old man." said Kahn as he firmed his defensive stance

show you the difference between our skills." said Arkham and finally released

Boom!

an unimaginable pressure as if a mountain was thrown on their shoulders as

examinees fainted right on the spot while others slouched

facing the pressure 3 times more than what others felt. His body having no strength to even move a muscle or

he was nothing but a prey in front of a predator beast. A prey that didn't

popping out. The old man with a benign smile on his face

War Dominance!

blessing and felt the

hand had a riddled expression on his face. He only felt some sort of slight aura from Kahn before but now however, not only his aura was waning in front of the

Very interesting." said Arkham as contained his

defend and maintain his footing against the heavy and quick attacks. His new sword possessing extreme

his face. Because with every strike he was defending against,

noticed this smile on Kahn's face felt irritated as the new guy in front of him was successfully defending against a skilled veteran

attack me. I will only defend. How about

me, you have a reputation to protect here." said Kahn as he gave

updates and decided to go along with Arkham's proposal. Because he won't be able to improve his weapon mastery & combat techniques mastery by defending alone. He had to attack as

shouted Kahn and charged at

longsword vertically trying to land a lethal hit at the old

Thang!

stone banging resounded in the training

grounds were immersed in looking at Kahn and Arkham's fight. The newbie managing to last for so long against the famous Arkham,

sword just landed. Arkham had

the attack, Kahn noticed that even though Arkham was using a wooden sword, there was a layer of protective aura or some kind of barrier that was covering the sword. And the source of it was none other than

single hit. Not only was made of extremely good quality materials, but it was also very sharp and heavy at the same time. So Arkham using some sort of skill or magic that was enforcing the wooden sword was the only

stop there. He adjusted his footing to not leave an opening and twisted his body in a circular motion, using the momentum of his body to pull the sword out of the ground and making a