Chapter 124: Nameless Blade Technique
He wrote his own choice on the paper page. Soon, these paper pages flew up again and returned to the hand of the man in black clothing.
He placed his finger above the book, many pages quickly flipped over, then it closed.
“Very good, your choices this time happen to have no overlapping parts, which also saves the coordination process.”
“Afterward, I will make a letter of recommendation for each of you. After arriving at the outpost, hand the letter of recommendation to the local Woodland Association, and they will tell you the subsequent process and arrangements.”
Afterward, he dismissed the crowd and left with the thick-shelled book.
At this time, among the nineteen students in the hall, some went straight back to their rooms to rest, while others stayed to talk with people they knew. Xilutiya saw Aideqin talking with several students dressed as nobles on one side, and on the other side, Florera walked toward her.
“Tiya, which outpost did you choose? I’m going to ‘Orchard’, which has the Woodland’s only elf organization ‘Crown Lily’.”
“I chose ‘Golden Plain’, it’s said to have a lot of people there.” Xilutiya answered.
“‘Golden Plain’, huh, I’ve noted it down. I’ll send you a letter when I have time later.” Florera nodded.
“Me too.” The two walked to one side, talking about their plans and ideas for the future.
It seemed he heard Xilutiya mention ‘Golden Plain’. A young man wearing loose flax clothing with a saber slung over his shoulder walked over.
“You’re going to Golden Plain, right.” He had unkempt scattered black hair, but fortunately it wasn’t dirty.
“Yes, may I ask who you are?” Xilutiya didn’t recognize this student.
“I’m Agrun, third floor room 11.” He drew out the key hanging from his waist, spun it between his fingers, then paused, letting the two look at it.
“I have something to ask of you. I know the blacksmithing skills in ‘Golden Plain’ are exquisite, and there is high-quality ‘Golden’, so I want to trouble you to find a blacksmith for me to craft a good saber.” The saber on his shoulder was indeed somewhat inferior, not even a refined steel saber, just made of wrought iron.
“I don’t have gold coins, but this should be worth quite a bit of money.” He casually took out a strange ram’s horn from his clothing.
【Black Ram’s Horn】（Second Order·Nightmare）, black screw threads cover the long horn, forming a certain bend, with the end like jade quality, which can be used for crafting some artifacts, or simply ground into powder as potion raw material.
Second Order material, price around 20 gold coins, Xilutiya estimated in her heart.
“If I help you find someone to craft the saber, how will I deliver it to you afterward?”
“That’s easy, I’ll tell you the outpost I’m going to, then you can have the Woodland Association mail it over.”
“By the way, I can teach you a set of blade technique. You can customize the blade’s feel according to the techniques of this blade technique.” Agrun continued.
“This?” Xilutiya blinked, a bit surprised.
Was the other party so sure that she could learn his blade technique in a short time? There were only a few days until departure.
“What, you don’t want to learn?” Seeing Xilutiya didn’t answer immediately, the other party asked back.
“I’ll try to learn it.”
“Afternoon, third floor training ground, I’ll wait for you.” Agrun tossed the ram’s horn to Xilutiya, then walked away without looking back.
“What a strange person, Tiya.” Florera looked at the other’s back, then lowered her head and touched the ram’s horn in Xilutiya’s hand.
“This thing’s quality isn’t bad.” She nodded.
“I’ll come watch when you learn in the afternoon, Tiya.”
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At noon, the two had a meal together, rested for a moment afterward, then came to the third floor training ground.
Because there were very few students on this floor, the training ground was usually empty. After they arrived, they easily saw Agrun standing there exercising himself.
He held the saber in hand, swinging it seemingly not fast, but the faint airflows it brought up were strangely wondrous, as if condensing into lines visible to the naked eye.
After finishing one set of exercises, he stopped his actions. By now, he had also noticed the two who walked in.
“Once you’re here, let’s start.” He didn’t mind Florera listening on the side, seemingly thinking this elf maiden wouldn’t learn even if she watched.
“This blade technique is passed down from the East, I mean the even more distant Eastern Continent, but after many generations of improvements, it has undergone many changes from its original form.”
“Sword technique emphasizes sharpness and piercing penetration, but blade technique emphasizes fluency, especially on the battlefield, riding a horse like the wind, slashing open the enemy’s defense in the most labor-saving way to cause damage.”
“It originated from Eastern rangers fighting in the streets and alleys, summarizing a set of saber techniques, then through wars and battlefield tempering improvements, it became an excellent mounted blade technique.”
“Later, with merchant caravan trade, this blade technique spread to other continents, especially some wilderness areas with frequent caravan crossings. Such terrain is very suitable for horse bandits and robbers, and they improved and promoted it further.”
“Finally, merchant caravan guards also gradually learned the same counter blade technique, and under constant competition, this blade technique became more and more exquisite and practical.”
“I really like this life of riding horses and galloping freely. This blade technique is also my favorite; it must be matched with a good blade. Now you should roughly understand my state of mind.” After speaking, he demonstrated in front of Xilutiya.
“Watch carefully, this is the first move, used to counter enemies when starting off, and can connect to various other moves afterward depending on the situation.”
He explained in detail to Xilutiya the use of each move, the changes, how to exert force, how to break down and counter enemies. This was not just a blade technique, but a set of combat techniques for chaotic battlefields.
After demonstrating the first time, he handed the saber to Xilutiya, letting this maiden grip and swing it.
“…That’s right, at appropriate times, it can change to two-handed grip on the saber, making it faster and stronger.”
After Xilutiya practiced the blade technique moves completely once, he demonstrated it again himself, this time clearly faster.
“Follow the speed I just did, practice it once more.”
“Okay.” Xilutiya thought for a moment; she should be able to do it.
Sure enough, when she practiced, the speed of her saber swings gradually caught up to Agrun’s demonstration speed, though there was still some youthful inadequacy in details and fluency.
“Very good, I’ll demonstrate the third time.”
At this time, Agrun picked up the saber again to demonstrate, and this time he held nothing back. The saber blade swung like a storm of flowing wind, fierce and fluent, and the entire training ground could hear the whistling wind howl.
Finally, he slashed down with one saber strike. Even without using any extraordinary power, the airflow it brought up hit the target like a whip, making a slight pop sound.
“Now, have you learned it?” Agrun sheathed the saber and slowly adjusted his aura.
“I probably forgot a bit again, but it seems I’ve grasped a bit of the feel.”
In Xilutiya’s eyes, during that last demonstration, Agrun’s blade technique didn’t completely follow the taught moves, and even the details were somewhat deformed, but these changes made the whole more fluent and natural, like wind blowing through a cave, forming flawless flowing trajectories.
“Very good, it seems you and I are fellow travelers, hahaha.” Hearing this, Agrun knew that the maiden before him had truly understood, and his earlier demonstrations weren’t wasted on the blind.
“Your physique isn’t strong; those heavy and powerful orthodox sword techniques aren’t suitable for you. Using a more fluent and light blade technique will be better.”
The sword techniques of Regas Kingdom mostly derive from knight sword techniques, like the broadswords, broadswords, greatswords that Suolin and Mike often use, which indeed lack flexibility and lightness.
Seeing the two communicating happily, Florera on the side was full of doubt. She really couldn’t understand the blade technique they were learning; it felt like three demonstrations used three kinds of combat techniques, not like the same set at all.
“Communicating with someone like you is so straightforward.” After happily exchanging insights with Tiya for a while, Agrun was in a good mood.
No way around it; he had encountered too many fools he couldn’t teach before. Some friends even always thought he was deliberately hiding things, which annoyed him endlessly.
The reason he proactively mentioned teaching blade technique in the morning was that he felt this maiden before him had stable footwork and balance. She was clearly someone who controlled her own power to the point of effortless release and retraction, naturally meticulous, so he judged she would learn sword techniques or blade techniques very easily.
And the answer proved to be just as he thought; his judgment was verified.
“Thank you, classmate Agrun.” No matter what, Xilutiya was still very grateful for him imparting this set of blade technique skills. At least it elevated her combat response ability by another level.
“Haha, since you also approve of my combat style, then properly find a blacksmith to craft it for me; consider that your repayment.” He shouldered the saber and casually bid farewell to Xilutiya.
『Nameless Blade Technique Lv.2』: Saber technique moves and combat techniques iteratively improved many times, with a fluent and light style, flexible adaptation, suitable for mounted combat and high-speed combat.
