บท 82: Dahlia’s Swordsmanship I
"Unfortunately, no we can't. After all, if they find out that we sell human hearts, we might be in trouble."
Regis responded seriously after a while. He was really flabbergasted at what she said.
After all, even a former demonic human like him hadn't thought of harvesting the hearts of humans in order to sell them.
Just thinking about the contrast between her innocent face and dark thoughts made him shudder.
"Anyway, let's sneak inside the village and get our belongings before we get going"
"Okay!"
The two of them conversed as they soon left the Goblin Forest.
At this moment, Joka, the heavy armored adventurer who was unconscious immediately disappeared into wisps of black energy.
The black energy was subtly absorbed by Regis under the cover of the night's darkness.
'I gained many things today ..'
He smiled internally as he carefully sensed the increased quantity of his mana and aura.
Even though Indiscriminate Absorption would absorbed the 100% of the target which would lead to decrease in purity, Regis was able to eliminate this side effect.
Through his Corruption Manipulation, he was able to separate the impurities from the energy.
This made it so that the aura and mana that he absorbed from the three adventurers became purified.
Of course, since his demonic power thrived on impurity and corruptness, the impurities of the energy merged with it.
Through this process, he eliminated the consequences of Indiscriminate Absorption while using said consequences to strengthen his demonic power.
'Although I repeatedly told myself to not rely on demonic power, I need it in order to quickly get stronger.'
Regis smiled bitterly as he deeply felt the hypocrisy of his actions.
Of course, there was also the fact that he could not use this process repeatedly without increasing the chances of being discovered.
Therefore, he decided to only use this method when it was absolutely safe.
Otherwise, he would stick to training.
***
In a beautiful backyard…
A variety of colorful flowers adorned the terrain as paths made of marble stone could be seen.
Clang— Clang— Clink!!!
In a certain part of the grassy field, two figures were sparring with each other.
One was a bulky man who looked to be middle age while the other was a girl in her adolescent years.
The bulky man held a war axe in his hand while the girl was holding two swords.
As she dual wielded her swords, the girl relentlessly attacked the bulky man without even sparing a single breath.
She masterfully used her two swords in order to block and counter the bulky man's attacks.
Staring at the girl who was continuously pushing him back, the bulky man felt proud of her, 'To think that Dahlia will be able to reach this stage in less than a year.'
That was right, the two figures who were sparring were none other than Doron and Dahlia.
Doron's amazement was understandable.
After all, Dahlia was now pushing him back as they fought with pure technique.
One must remember that Doron was a Master Warrior. This meant that Dahlia was now capable of suppressing a master warrior's techniques.
Still, Doron felt pity, 'If only her talent in aura was 10%- No, even just 1%...'
The reason why he felt this was because even though she was able to improve her swordsmanship, her star only has four points.
This meant that Dahlia was currently at the Mid Stage of the One Star Realm.
Of course, this was not to say that her talent towards aura was poor. It was just that it was average.
However, even though Doron felt that it was a pity, he didn't believe that it would be able to restrict her in fighting across realms.
"Don't just rely on your swordsmanship! Use your aura arts too!"
"Yes, Uncle!"
Dahlia obediently replied as she took a deep breath and chanted.
[Floral Sword Dance]
Wooong—!!!
Pink, glowing petals soon emerged from her as she took a step while brandishing her swords.
Of course, it was not that she created flower petals. It was that her aura took the form of beautiful pink flower petals.
Wooong!!! Wooong!!!
With every step, her figure moved smoothly as if she was gliding through the wind.
With every stroke of her sword, pink flower petals bloomed from her sword.
It greatly contrasted her shell-pink hair as it, too, flowed freely in the wind.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
The sounds of the war axe and two swords clashing loudly resounded in the area.
Doron smiled as he thought, 'It's crazy how she can perfectly master any sword-related aura arts in a single glance.'
This was one of the monstrous traits of Dahlia's gift.
It didn't matter if she saw someone doing a sword attack or if she read about it in a manual.
She was able to perfectly execute it.
In Dahlia's mind, the vivid figure of a boy with snow white hair and blood red iris appeared.
From the moment she learned the fact that Regis was still alive, she did everything in her power to grow stronger day by day.
Her Uncle Doron had also told her about what he and Regis talked about.
Thus, determination remained prevalent in her eyes, 'I must become strong if I want to meet him at the Grandella Academy…!'
Even though she was aware of her average talent in aura, she had thought of countless ways in order to make her perfect swordsmanship make up for it.
Therefore, she put all her strength into every slash of her two swords.
'Tsk, I still can't penetrate Uncle's defenses…!'
Dahlia thought in dissatisfaction. Currently, Doron has started mobilizing his aura.
Although she could push him back when it came to pure weapon techniques, it was another matter altogether if he started to use his aura.
There was also the fact that he still hadn't used aura arts. Only the basic reinforcement of aura.
'I can't be satisfied with this!' Dahlia thought as she tried to think of ways in order to defeat him while he was using aura.
That or she would also be happy if she could at least force him to use an aura art.
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CheekyForehead I was not able to upload yesterday due to being buys.
As I have said, I'm moving apartments so there might be some days where I'm not able to upload.
Don't worry, I'm not dropping the story or anything, just a little busy for now~
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