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.

has unlocked the Combat Techniques, Defensive

progress : 15%

lose his attention and kept focusing on the enemy in

to goad me into attacking and

wrong. Let me show you the difference between our skills." said Arkham and finally released his aura to the full

Boom!

mountain

of the other examinees fainted right on the spot while others slouched under this

more than what others felt. His body having no strength

was nothing but a prey in front of a predator

bones clattering under this pressure and his veins popping out. The old man with a benign smile on his face was a

War Dominance!

Dominance blessing and felt the pressure

his face. He only felt some sort of slight aura from Kahn before but now however, not only his aura was waning in front

Very interesting." said Arkham as contained

also tried his best to defend and maintain his footing against the heavy and quick attacks. His new sword possessing extreme durability and very easy to

swift attacks, Kahn had a joyful expression on his face. Because with every strike he was defending against, his weapon mastery and Combat techniques mastery was

this smile on Kahn's face felt irritated as the new guy

give you a chance to attack me. I will only defend. How about it?" asked

right? Because unlike me, you have a reputation to protect here." said Kahn as

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 well to improve his skills. Otherwise, he'd be just swinging a sword

Kahn and

quickly swung his longsword vertically trying to land a

Thang!

and stone banging

people who were either practicing or giving their tests in the adjacent training grounds were immersed in looking at Kahn and Arkham's fight. The newbie managing to last for so long against the famous Arkham, one of the strongest adventurers in the entire city was a miracle to

crack in the floor where Kahn's sword just landed. Arkham had parried

noticed that even though Arkham was using a wooden sword, there was a layer of protective aura or some

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

to not leave an opening and twisted his body in a circular motion, using the momentum of his body