Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

The territory of Fituia, the city of Roya

This is a territory of the Kingdom of Asura, and the lord of this place is Sauros Boreas Grerat, the head of the Boreas family.

His son, Philippe Boreas Greirat, was the mayor of Luo Yacheng, and Alice, whom Gilead mentioned, was Philippe's daughter and the eldest daughter of the family.

On the way to the territory of Fetoia, Girenouil instructed Wood most often to avoid provoking this young lady named Alice Boreas Greirat.

Wood learned from Gilead that this young lady named Alice had a long list of vices and misdeeds.

He was expelled from school when he was five years old for beating a classmate to the point of near death.

Left with no other option, the Boreas family had to find a tutor for Alice.

Unfortunately, due to Alice's arrogant, savage, and manic personality, almost none of the tutors who came with high salaries were able to last more than three days.

Kyrie Irvine was able to serve as Alice's swordsmanship instructor because Alice herself had a great love for swordsmanship, and also because she inherited her grandfather's preference for orcs, which is why she has been able to persist to this day.

Alice was somewhat tolerant of her family, but when it came to outsiders, the hot-tempered Alice was no joke.

Gilead is not yet clear on Wood's strength, or whether he is really as strong as Paul claims.

But no matter what, she didn't want the child Paul and Senis entrusted to her to be crippled by the volatile Alice.

As a lord, Boreas's mansion was naturally quite luxurious, with a mansion covering several acres and separate gardens and training grounds, which made Wood sigh that medieval nobles were indeed corrupt.

Although he was a distant relative of Grellat, Paul had already abandoned his noble status, and Wood was only the second son, not Paul himself, so his arrival naturally did not attract any attention.

However, after arriving at the Boreas family home, Wood was at least given a private room, and his meals were provided.

After arranging his luggage, Girenouil checked the time and then immediately said that now that they were back at the Boreas house, the next step was to proceed as planned and see how Wood's skill level was.

Alice's swordsmanship lesson was about to begin, but not wanting to waste time, Gilead pulled Wood along this time.

When they arrived at the spacious training ground, a beautiful red-haired girl, half a head taller than Wood, was already standing there, ready to go, as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"Gilead, you're too slow today!"

Seeing Gilead arrive with Wood, the red-haired girl's face was filled with displeasure.

If it were anyone else, Alice might have already attacked them, but Gilead was one of the people Alice admired most, so although the girl was somewhat unhappy, she still suppressed her anger.

"I'm sorry, Alice, but something else came up today. Let's begin training."

Upon hearing what Gilead said, Alice glanced curiously at Wood beside him.

However, her interest was quickly replaced by the sword in her hand, and without saying a word, she rushed towards Girenau.

Compared to the wooden swords that Wood and Paul used to spar, Alice and Kyrie Irvine in front of them actually started fighting with iron swords right away during their sparring session!

Furthermore, the strength displayed by the girl named Alice truly surprised Wood.

With her incredibly resilient body, agile movements, and decisive attack style, it's no wonder that Kyrie Irvine previously thought Alice was the most talented swordsman he had ever seen.

Wood's current level is largely due to accumulated experience and external help, but the girl named Alice genuinely possesses this level of skill at the age of eight or nine.

Putting aside other aspects for the moment, based on the level of strength Alice has shown so far, she could easily defeat ten Rudys at this stage in terms of swordsmanship.

Despite Rudy's current mastery of "Water Saint-level" magic, he'd likely fare poorly if Alice got close, as magic has significant limitations in close-quarters combat.

Not only are they sometimes unable to react in time and can be instantly killed by swordsmen at close range, but sometimes powerful magic can not only harm the enemy but also accidentally injure themselves.

"Alice, your strength has increased again. At this rate, you should be able to become a senior swordsman soon."

Despite Alice's exceptional talent, the gap between her and the "Sword King" is clearly not small.

Although she had launched an all-out attack on Gilead, and was finally exhausted and panting, she unfortunately did not manage to touch Gilead even once.

During his sparring session with Alice, Gilead was on the defensive the entire time. Until Alice was exhausted, Gilead didn't break a sweat, as if he had only warmed up.

"Next up is you, Wood. Let me see just how outstanding your talent is, the talent that has even astonished Paul."

Alice, lending him your sword first and then going to the armory to get another one would be too much of a waste of time.

At first, Alice was reluctant to lend her sword to Wood, but when she heard that Wood was going to spar with Gilead, she suddenly became quite interested.

Although she had heard from the servants that a distant cousin was coming to stay with them for a while, Alice didn't care.

However, seeing her distant cousin, who was two years younger and even shorter than her, trying to challenge Kyrie Irvine, Alice suddenly became quite interested in him again.

Alice threw the small iron sword from her hand, and it flew towards Wood at an extremely fast speed. However, judging from the angle of flight, it seemed more like Alice was targeting Wood than throwing the sword normally!

At that angle of flight, if Wood didn't dodge, although he wouldn't be directly pierced through, injury would certainly be inevitable.

Alice's thinking was actually quite simple: if Wood couldn't even catch the sword she threw, then he was not qualified to study with her, much less challenge Gilead.

"Just as Kyrie Irving said, she's a rather spoiled and temperamental young lady... no, she's more troublesome than I imagined."

Seeing the iron sword flying straight toward him, Wood stood still and didn't move. Even when the iron sword was less than a few dozen centimeters away from Wood, Alice panicked.

She threw the iron sword, just to see if Wood could catch it, but she never expected that Wood couldn't even dodge it!

Chapter 247 Let me see your level

"Idiot, get out of the way! Do you want to get stabbed through?!"

Although Alice's temper and personality aren't great, there's always a reason why she throws a tantrum.

She had only just met Wood and had no grudge against him. Besides, he was her distant cousin. Alice only wanted to scare him and didn't really intend to kill him.

"clang------!"

A sound of the sword vibrating echoed in the air. The iron sword, which had been flying towards Wood, was kicked away cleanly and decisively by Wood when it was about to reach his face.

The kicked iron sword flew high into the air and spun rapidly like a windmill before falling straight down due to gravity.

However, just as the spinning iron sword fell in front of Wood, he used astonishing speed and eyesight to accurately grasp the hilt of the sword and assume a swordsmanship starting stance.

"so beautiful……"

With a stylish sword kick and spin, and a clean and crisp movement, Wood's unintentional display of skill completely stunned Alice, who had been looking flustered.

However, the girl quickly realized that her loss of composure had made her quite embarrassed.

So the girl quickly forced a disdainful expression and said, "Hmph, it's just a bunch of fancy tricks, all show and no substance."

Compared to Alice, who feigned indifference to save face, Gilead saw much more in Wood's sword-kicking action.

To the untrained eye, Wood just seemed to be showing off.

However, in the eyes of Gilead, who possessed considerable swordsmanship skills, Wood's attempt to appear cool required a certain level of skill; it wasn't something he could simply do on a whim.

First, you have to kick away the longsword that is flying at high speed, and then make the longsword spin and fly out. This requires a certain level of control and timing.

Then, while the iron sword is spinning at high speed, it takes extremely fast speed and sharp eyesight to accurately grip the hilt.

Because if you're not careful, your fingers might grab the sharp blade instead of the hilt, and if you don't time it right, you might lose your entire arm.

"It seems I underestimated you before. However, this level is far from enough compared to what I told Paul."

Facing a "Sword King" level expert, who is two levels higher than Paul, Wood has little room to hold back if he wants to defeat him.

However, he doesn't necessarily need to defeat Gilead; he only needs to gain Gilead's approval.

The moment he gripped the longsword, Wood's body moved as well. The otherworldly, scaled-down version of "Six Styles: Shave" made Wood's short figure as swift as a cheetah, instantly closing the distance between him and Kyrie Irvine.

Gilead, who had been quite relaxed, was clearly taken aback when he saw Wood move. He then dropped his relaxed attitude and began to look at Wood with a serious expression.

"Ding------!"

In the blink of an eye, Alice found that her distant cousin, who was two years younger than her, had appeared in front of Girenu, and his iron sword had already clashed with Girenu's iron sword.

"Very good speed, but slightly lacking in power."

Gilead, who received Wood's sword strike with considerable ease, offered an objective assessment.

To put it bluntly, Wood's attack just now was already at the level of an intermediate swordsman, and all of Kyrie's previous doubts about Wood have now vanished.

However, it was precisely because of Wood's demonstrated strength that Gilead realized Paul's words were true, and Gilead was now even more eager to see what would happen next.

Because Paul had said that Wood was no longer just an intermediate swordsman, but a super genius who could rival an advanced swordsman.

With a burst of slightly dark muscles, Kyrie Irvine, though a woman, was a genuine orc. Using only the strength of one arm, she sent Wood, who was wielding a sword with both hands, flying, sword and all.

And while kicking Wood away, Gilead didn't stop; instead, he started running at top speed on the ground.

It is difficult to control one's body when in the air, so Gilead predicts Wood's falling position through his movements and never pursues him before he stabilizes his body.

Kyrie Irgen is a werewolf orc, and his speed is naturally extremely agile. Without even using his full strength, he had already predicted Wood's landing point and easily arrived at that location first.

With a thrust of his longsword, Wood, whose body had been sent flying earlier, now had no way to dodge in mid-air. In this situation, Wood was completely defeated.

Even Gilead himself thought so, so the longsword aimed at Wood's heart moved noticeably slower at this moment.

"That's enough, Wood. The outcome of this battle is decided."

Adjusting one's body in mid-air is an extremely difficult skill; even Gilead doesn't think he could do it, let alone Wood.

Naturally, she also believed that this exchange should end there.

"It's not over yet, it's too early to talk about the outcome!"

If Wood were in the One Piece world, dodging Gilead's sword strike in mid-air would be too difficult, but the current Wood clearly doesn't have that kind of strength, so he really can't dodge it.

However, the inability to avoid it does not mean that he is necessarily the one who will lose!

Kyrie Irvine, who had originally intended to stop there, even wanted to advise Wood not to be reckless. However, he soon discovered that Wood in the air had changed his sword-holding posture.