Baron Cullen

Chapter 103 Powerful Killing Move

After leaving the Order Keeper branch, Karen went straight home.

Having survived the perilous ordeal in Kuroki Village, he felt it was necessary to go back and see his family.

Everything inside the mansion was as usual.

However, when the servants saw Karen return, their eyes held a mixture of awe and curiosity.

This young baron is now not only a member of the warband, but has also joined the mysterious Order Keepers.

Clearly, he is no longer the good-for-nothing playboy he once was.

Since regaining his title of Viscount, his father, Jocelyn Waller, has been quite busy, and is currently in his study dealing with some documents sent from the city lord's mansion.

When he saw Karen, who hadn't returned for a day and a night, his anxiety finally subsided, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

When younger sister Cecilia returned from school at the Mage Guild and saw Karen, she was even more excited, chattering about all the exciting things that had happened at the guild.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was warm and cozy.

When Jocelyn asked about Karen's recent mission, he hesitated for a moment and omitted the most dangerous and potentially panic-inducing part: the vampires.

It was only briefly mentioned that he went to a village outside the city to investigate some extraordinary events.

"Blackwood Village?" As a viscount, Jocelyn was quite familiar with the area around Absolute Breath. "The forests there are deep, and it's said that wild animals occasionally attack people."

"Did you encounter any danger during your investigation?"

"It's alright, just some minor troubles, nothing dangerous." Karen didn't want her family to worry, so she downplayed it. "However, Father, things outside the city might not be too good lately, so you and Cecilia shouldn't leave the city for the time being."

Jocelyn nodded, her expression turning serious. "I understand. I'll ask Mr. Phelps to handle the business matters and try not to make the long trips himself."

As he spoke, he looked at his daughter beside him: "Cecilia, did you hear that? Go home immediately after the association's course ends, and don't wander around in the city, no matter what."

Cecilia nodded obediently, "Yes, Father!"

Then, she looked at Karen with admiration and said, "Brother, you're so amazing now! You've actually managed to join the Order Keepers!"

The association's apprentices all say that the Order Keepers are full of true powerhouses!

Karen smiled and ruffled her sister's hair: "It's precisely because it's full of strong people that I chose to join."

Only in this way can her brother become stronger and protect Cecilia.

After dinner, Karen went to the training ground in the backyard of the mansion.

As night deepened, a few oil lamps were still lit around the training ground, dispelling much of the darkness in the open space.

He went to the center of the open space and took out the booklet that Fiona had given him earlier that day.

Tier 3 combat skill, "Hundred Edge Slash"!

After the battle of Kuroki Village, he could feel that the remaining warrior's secret medicine in his body was almost gone.

Now, if I can master this combat skill, I should be qualified to advance to the third-tier warrior!

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Karen opened the booklet made of some kind of tough animal hide and carefully read through it in the not-too-dim light.

According to the booklet, the essence of "Hundred-Edge Slash" lies in the fact that the power of the hundreds of slashes triggered by the special method of exertion and the extraordinary elements depends on the power of the initial sword.

Although the subsequent wide-range slashes are only half the power of the first sword, the stronger the power unleashed by the first sword, the more terrifying the effect of the subsequent wide-range slashes will be.

Even when facing dozens of enemies, they can be killed in an instant!

Karen activated the mysterious runes deep within his right eye, carefully reading each word.

The essence of these hundreds of slashes lies in the diversion of extraordinary elements injected into the blade through a unique muscle tremor.

In an extremely short time, it replicates the power of the first sword strike, transforming it into dozens or even hundreds of sweeping slashes.

The trajectories of these slashes may appear chaotic, but they actually completely cover every corner of the fan-shaped area in front of the user.

In other words, as long as the enemy is within the fan-shaped area in front of the user, it is almost impossible for them to dodge the attack of this combat technique.

Therefore, the difficulty of this combat technique lies in the need for extremely high control over the body and extraordinary elements.

After finishing reading, Karen put down the booklet and closed her eyes.

With the help of the mysterious runes, the complex techniques described in the book were completely analyzed, and the core operating routes and muscle exertion methods were clearly presented in a very simple way.

He picked up the enchanted longsword beside him and drew it from its sheath.

Based on the results given by the analysis of the mysterious runes, he began to mobilize extraordinary elements and inject them into the blade, while simultaneously mimicking that extremely unique way of exerting force.

The next moment, he took a deep breath and slashed his long sword diagonally upwards, unleashing an extremely solid wave of energy that struck the training stakes in front of him!

clang!

The shockwave slammed into the outer iron sheet of the wooden stake, leaving a very deep mark!

Meanwhile, Karen kept her eyes closed, using all the knowledge she had about "Hundred Edge Slash" in her mind to control her arms to swing the sword in a peculiar way, while keeping the muscles in her arms trembling.

Moreover, the extraordinary elements within the blade, under his control, flowed out along different routes as the blade was swung, like water diverted into channels!

In an instant, an extremely dense, ear-piercing sound of air being torn apart suddenly rang out in a fan-shaped area in front of him!

Dozens of tiny but incredibly sharp slashes appeared out of thin air, covering the area in front of them like a storm!

As the booklet states, the subsequent strikes are indeed less powerful than the first sword strike, but they are numerous and have tricky trajectories.

In an instant, the ground in front of Karen was covered with a crisscrossing pattern of shallow marks.

The most important iron-clad wooden stake was cut into pieces by the hundreds of slashes, and even the iron sheet on it was chopped into pieces!

It is evident that if the power of the first sword can be continuously increased, then the subsequent continuous slashes will undoubtedly be extremely terrifying killing moves!

Become!

Karen sheathed his sword and stood up, slightly out of breath.

If I had to point out a drawback, it would be that this combat skill consumes a tremendous amount of resources.

Although each strike requires very little extraordinary element, if one were to simultaneously satisfy the needs of hundreds of strikes, it would almost instantly drain half of his extraordinary element.

Although his face showed signs of fatigue, his eyes held a hint of excitement and anticipation.

With the help of the mysterious runes, he mastered the third-tier combat skill at an astonishing speed as before.

Although he is still a long way from mastering it and maximizing its power, at least from now on, he has another powerful trump card!

With the successful mastery of "Hundred Edge Slash", he clearly felt that the last bit of warrior's secret medicine in his body was also completely digested and absorbed.

He vaguely sensed that an invisible bottleneck within his body had disappeared, and he was just waiting for new power to be injected.

Now, he can finally prepare to advance to the third rank.