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.

host has unlocked the Combat

: 15% at Master

lose his attention and

to goad me into attacking and give

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

Boom!

if a mountain was thrown on their shoulders as soon as Arkham revealed his

of the other examinees fainted right on

pressure 3 times more than what others

but a prey in front of a predator beast. A prey that didn't even have the right to fight

this pressure and his veins popping out. The

War Dominance!

War Dominance blessing and felt

before but now however, not only his aura was

as contained his aura

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

Because with every strike he was defending against, his weapon mastery and

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

will only defend. How about it?" asked Arkham in a playful

Because unlike me, you have a reputation to protect

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 like an idiot

Kahn and charged at

vertically trying to land a lethal hit at the

Thang!

sound of metal and stone banging resounded in

a hundred or more 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

in the floor where Kahn's sword just

layer of protective aura or some kind of barrier that was covering the sword. And the

his sword wouldn't be able to break open a wooden sword with a 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

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

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