Mercenary Wars

Chapter 146 Swordsmanship at Max Level
Gaucano left the church.

The young pastor who had led him into the chapel earlier accompanied him for a while, during which the two exchanged a few words.

"You're also called Fabian?" Gaucano was slightly surprised to hear the news, after all, the name Fabian wasn't as common as John or James.

The young pastor smiled and nodded: "Yes, Fabien is my secular name and first verse name, and that's why I joined the Pentecostal Order. After all, you know, the full name of the Pentecostal Order is the 'Fabien Pentecostal Order,' which is the legacy of Saint Fabien on earth."

“Of course, you can call me ‘Little Fabian’ when the teacher is also present,” he added.

Young Fabian was dressed better than old Fabian. Although he also wore a patched linen coat, it was still relatively clean, so Gaucano shook hands with him.

After leaving the church, Gaucano went straight to the Grey Eagle Camp, where he found a skilled swordsman in the training ground and had a swordsmanship sparring session.

Lately, besides waiting for Bishop Fabian at the church, he has been practicing his swordsmanship.

As he sparred with the warriors, two lines of information appeared in Gao Jiano's mind.

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 485/500]

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 486/500]

After a while.

"I'm not fighting anymore!" the soldier said, leaning on his sword and panting. "You've only been practicing for a few years, and you're already better than me. I've been practicing swordsmanship for over twenty years since I was a child, and I've ruined countless wooden stakes."

His tone was a mixture of admiration and jealousy.

Gaucano put away his practice sword: "Hasn't Instructor Cassandra returned yet?"

"No," the soldier shook his head.

"Where did she go?" Gaucano wanted to practice swordsmanship with Cassandra, both from the perspective of the practice itself and from the perspective of personal feelings.

"I don't know, maybe she went back to her hometown," the soldier said. "I heard her hometown is quite far from Nanhai Town."

"Let's practice a little longer."

"No, Michael will be back in a few days. You can go find him then. He's a better match for your swordsmanship."

"Buying you a drink."

“I won’t even buy you a drink.” The soldier changed the subject. “Or I can practice hand-to-hand combat with you. I was once the second-level boxing champion of Nanhai Town.”

The other party insisted on not practicing swordsmanship, and Gao Jiano had no intention of practicing unarmed combat either.

He just wants to level up his swordsmanship to level five as soon as possible.

In fact, even without an opponent, he could choose to practice on a wooden dummy. However, for level four swordsmanship, the improvement efficiency of practicing on a wooden dummy is extremely low, ridiculously low.

He would rather not practice than waste time chopping wood stakes.

The best way to quickly improve your swordsmanship is to spar with someone, and the stronger the opponent, the better.

So Gaucano found a few more opponents.

The opponents varied in skill level, but they were all much better than wooden stakes, which allowed Gaucano to improve his swordsmanship proficiency in just a few days.

Then Cassandra finally came back.

Gao Jiano immediately sought her out for a duel.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang——"

As the two figures moved swiftly and agilely, their two practice swords clashed rapidly, sparking bursts of light on the Gray Eagle training ground.

"Cassandra, where have you been lately?" Gaucano couldn't help but ask during a pause in his swordplay.

"The Kiso Mountains." Cassandra's sword strike was powerful and heavy.

"Clang!" Gaucano quickly parried, a look of surprise on his face. "The Kiso Mountains? Such a dangerous place... Did you go there alone?"

“What else?” Cassandra said.

Gaucano hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

The sword strikes and sparks continued unabated, while the two remained silent for a while.

Then Cassandra suddenly said, "Your swordsmanship is almost at the limit of prayer. If you're willing, I'm going to increase the intensity!"

"Alright!" Gaucano gritted his teeth, and ten swift breezes swirled around him. Cassandra smiled slightly, and flames suddenly rose from her sword, the same color as her hair.

"Clang—clang—clang!"

The two sparred more and more fiercely, and each clash of their swords sparked even more dazzling sparks, which turned into arcs of flames between the wind and fire!

Gaucano was having a very difficult time dealing with it.

His overall strength may not be much worse than Cassandra's, but in sword sparring, basic attributes and swordsmanship level undoubtedly play a decisive role.

His basic attributes are clearly inferior to Cassandra's, whether it be physique, strength, or agility.

Even more problematic is his height.

The height difference of over thirty centimeters meant that Cassandra could easily split mountains in her arms, while Gaucano could only parry from below, making it extremely difficult for him to withstand.

However, under intense combat, swordsmanship improves very rapidly.

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 491/500]

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 492/500]

The information on the panel flashed by one after another.

At the same time, their eyes met like swords—sharp eyes!
But the blade gradually lost its sharpness.

They were using practice swords, of poor quality; Cassandra's sword was even on fire.

Before long, their swords became increasingly broken in the fierce battle, with various chipped edges, nicks, and even twisted blades.

With a deafening clang, both swords shattered simultaneously, metal fragments scattering in the wind and flames, startling the nearby onlookers.

Although the sword broke, the two of them did not stop moving for a moment.

They clashed with broken swords in mid-air, as if the missing blades were still whole in their eyes.

Meanwhile, Gaucano's swordsmanship improved even faster.

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 493/500]

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 494/500]

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 495/500]

……

Finally, amidst a howling wind and fire, a few lines of long-awaited information flashed through Gao Jiano's mind.

[Level 4 Swordsmanship: 500/500]

Learned level 5 swordsmanship

Constitution +2, Strength +2, Agility +1

[Experience +25]

[Obtained: Prayer with Sword]

[Effect: When holding a sword, you can make a prayer and may receive a response... The target of the prayer can only be the god who wields the sword, and the content of the prayer must be related to the sword. If the target of the prayer is your name caster, the chance of a response increases significantly.]

The practice period lasted three and a half years!
Swordsmanship maxed out!

Five points of attribute growth, plus a skill "Sword Prayer"!
Noticing the sudden change in Gaugano's expression, Cassandra stopped what she was doing and said with a smile, "It seems that the tip of your sword has already pierced the eyes of the gods."

“Thank you, Cassandra!” Gaugano said breathlessly.

He was about to say something more when it suddenly occurred to him that one condition for praying with a sword was that the content of the prayer must be related to the sword, so...

Is Cassandra related to swords?
After all, he was his swordsmanship instructor.

Gaucano began to have some rather unserious daydreams.

Until Cassandra waved her hand at his wandering gaze: "What are you thinking about?"

(End of this chapter)