Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

If the other "Blessing" holders are the world's benefactors, then Reinhard is the world's favorite son.

Reinhard was a member of the Royal Guard Knights, so it was impossible for him to save a notorious assassin.

Therefore, the Bowel Hunter concluded that the other party had clearly mistaken him for the victim and the blond handsome man for the killer.

After all, he was covered in wounds and was clearly at a disadvantage, while Wood exuded a murderous aura and, judging from his previous behavior, didn't seem like a good guy...

And indeed, that is the case. Reinhard, as the strongest swordsman of the time and the strongest knight of the kingdom, is a well-known figure. It is not surprising that the Bowel Hunters, who are assassins, would know him.

As for a character like the "Gut Hunter," he might have some reputation in the underworld, but in the eyes of the noble knights of the kingdom, he is really not a big shot.

After parting ways with Wood, Natsuki Subaru went to find the town's guards as planned.

As a result, thanks to his exceptionally high luck, he unexpectedly encountered Reinhard, the strongest knight who was diligently patrolling even on vacation.

After hearing Subaru Natsuki's description, Reinhard realized the seriousness of the situation and left the slow-moving Subaru behind to rush over to the side.

When he arrived at the slums, he happened to see Wood swinging a slash at the Bowel Hunter.

On one side was a wounded, mature, beautiful woman, and on the other was a blond man brimming with murderous intent. As a third party who had just arrived, Reinhard, out of chivalry, naturally would not witness the weak being slaughtered in front of him.

Previously, when Subaru Natsuki was explaining the situation of the Bowel Hunter to Reinhard, he deliberately avoided mentioning that the Bowel Hunter was a woman because he was ashamed of being defeated by a woman. He only described her strength to the best of his ability.

So when Reinhard arrived at the scene and saw Wood swinging down in a slash, and then looked at the restless Dragon Sword Red at his waist, he naturally assumed Wood was the "Gut Hunter" that Subaru Natsuki had mentioned.

After Wood and Reinhardt separated with a single blow, they each retreated a distance of 100 meters.

With a cracking sound, the ice blade that Wood had just reconstituted shattered into ice shards.

"It seems that the first step of the plan needs to be changed. The mass-produced longswords are enough to deal with ordinary small fry, but they are clearly insufficient for the real strongmen of the enemy."

Lacking a suitable sword, Wood sighed helplessly and once again used ice magic to conjure a longsword in his hand.

However, unlike before, this time after Wood condensed the ice blade, a wave of energy quickly appeared on his arm, and a black color, like cast iron, extended directly from his arm to the entire ice blade.

The ice blades, which were originally ice blue, were now completely black, and even shimmered with a metallic luster under the moonlight.

"It seems that the use of Haki is not excluded in this world. Although it is still not on the same level as the opponent's sword, at least it should not shatter at the slightest touch."

Chapter 342 The Sword Saint with Over Forty Blessings!

After strengthening his ice blades with Armament Haki, Wood pushed off the ground with both feet, and his body shot out again at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, Reinhard, who was opposite him, made the same move.

"clang------!"

The moment the black ice blade clashed with the Dragon Sword Red, a powerful storm swept outwards from the two of them.

The ground, unable to withstand the impact of their collision, cracked open a deep trench between them.

And this was just the beginning. As the two separated with a single blow, Wood and Reinhard disappeared from everyone's sight once again.

And when they reappeared, they were already a hundred meters away from where they had been before, and their swords had once again clashed.

Every time their swords clashed, the mana in the air would become restless, causing enormous damage to the surrounding terrain.

When Subaru Natsuki finally arrived, he was quite happy to see Emilia and Felt standing together, both unharmed.

However, when he saw Wood and Reinhard collide in the distance, turning a plain into hills, he was instantly dumbfounded.

"What are Wood and Reinhard doing? Why are they fighting? And what about that guy, the Bowel Hunter?"

According to the original plan, shouldn't Wood be the one to drag the Bowel Hunter away, and then go to find the town's guards to arrest him?

But now that Wood is fighting with Reinhard's own people, Natsuki Subaru is a little confused.

Could it be that these two people had a personal grudge?

"Oh, you found this place too? Is that knight also your friend?"

I think he might have misunderstood Mr. Wood. We must stop them, otherwise things will get out of hand if they keep fighting like this.

Emilia is a half-elf whose physical age is actually 107 years old. However, she was frozen for a hundred years when she was 7 years old due to a magical outburst. She was later rescued by Puck and lived with him for 7 years.

So his apparent age is 18, but his mental age is only 14. He is usually quite dependent on Parker, who is like a father to him.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control and that it seemed to be all because of her, the girl could only subconsciously turn to Natsuki Subaru, who was quite familiar with her, for help.

Seeing Emilia looking at him with a pleading expression, Natsuki Subaru's heart almost melted. A man should naturally help his goddess in need.

But when Natsuki Subaru saw the two fighting on the field, his originally imposing aura immediately deflated.

There was no other reason than that, although Natsuki Subaru also wanted to stop the fight and show Emilia that he was capable, the two people fighting on the field were simply too inhuman. If he, a strong man with a grip strength of 60 pounds, went up there, he would probably be killed by even a slight touch.

"This is what you call an ordinary knight? This is what you call having a little confidence in your own strength?"

These guys are all liars! Why do I feel like my protagonist role is fake, and you guys are the real protagonists?!

Watching Wood's powerful slash easily create a trench several kilometers long in the ground, and then seeing Reinhard's sword completely shatter a boulder weighing several tons, Subaru Natsuki was truly speechless.

When Natsuki Subaru encountered Wood in the alley earlier, he asked Wood about his strength.

The other party's response to him was that he was somewhat confident in his own strength, at least a hundred million times stronger than the few thugs who had fainted on the ground.

It was for this reason that Natsuki Subaru believed that Wood was not strong enough to defeat the Bowel Hunter, but could at least buy time.

When he encountered Reinhard on patrol on the street and inquired about his strength, Reinhard replied that he was just an ordinary knight.

But looking at the earth-shattering battle before him, Natsuki Subaru could only think, "What the hell is this ordinary knight? What the hell is this confidence?"

If this is considered "ordinary" and "somewhat", then what about Natsuki Subaru, who was previously very confident in his grip strength of 60 kilograms?

The battle between Wood and Reinhard continued on the field, and as the battle went on, the situation became increasingly intense.

Emilia and the others who were watching earlier could still barely make out Wood and Reinhardt's figures, but later on, they couldn't even catch a glimpse of the two fighting anymore.

But the battle was undoubtedly still going on, as evidenced by the occasional sounds of weapons clashing in the air and the changes in terrain caused by each collision.

"Hyakki Mitsurugi-ryu - Wind Attribute One-Sword Style - Kamaitachi!"

The azure slash, powerful enough to easily cut through concrete and accompanied by a whirlwind, hurtled towards Reinhard.

Having fought with him for so long, Wood could assure him that Reinhard was definitely the strongest swordsman he had ever seen in this other world.

It wasn't just his swordsmanship; his combat talent and awareness seemed innate. Although his combat experience wasn't extensive, he was always able to dodge Wood's attacks.

The "Kamaitachi" that Wood unleashed this time was the only weakness he had discovered in their battle so far.

The timing of the slash is aimed at the opponent just after they land, when their body is still stiff.

A cyan wind blade slashed towards Reinhard, but Wood didn't expect such an attack to defeat a strongman like Reinhard.

However, in his mind, inflicting some damage on them and gaining an advantage should not be too difficult.

To Wood's utter surprise, the opening he had painstakingly seized and the slash he unleashed, the Kamaitachi, grazed Reinhard's body as it flew toward him.

The slash, which flew past Reinhard's ear, plowed a trench a hundred meters long in the ground, then shaved off a small mountain behind it before disappearing into the sky.

Upon landing, Wood looked at the unharmed Reinhard before him and said with a knowing expression, "So that's how it is. Is this also your protective power?"

The accumulated sword skills and insights from several worlds have propelled Wood's swordsmanship to an extremely high level.

A swordsman of his caliber would never miss a strike; in fact, his attack just now was more like "dodging" Reinhard than missing.

"That's right, this is indeed one of my protective abilities, called 'Blessing of Evasion'."

Any long-range attack cannot hit my body.

As a knight among knights, Reinhard believed that although Wood was an opponent, the knightly virtue of fairness made him not hide his protective power from Wood, but openly and frankly reveal it.

"So, being able to retreat unscathed from the exploding flames before was also part of your 'protection' ability?"

Wood had never understood why Kagura was completely unharmed when she was within the range of the flame explosion. Now it seemed that it was due to the effect of the "blessing" power.

If long-range attacks are ineffective, does that mean that my sword strikes and most of my magic are ineffective against the opponent?

"That's not true. The initial fire explosion wasn't a long-range attack, so 'Blessing of Evasion' didn't have any effect."

The effect comes from another of my blessings, called "Fire Protection," which reduces the power and effectiveness of fire magic applied to me to only twenty percent.

Is she a double-protection user like me? But is it really such a coincidence that my only two chances to inflict damage on her were both resisted by her protective abilities?

“You are the strongest opponent I have ever seen. In fact, this is the first time I have ever seen Dragon Sword Red so excited, so I don’t want to take advantage of you.”

Besides the "Blessing of Evasion" and the "Blessing of Fire Resistance," I have several other protective powers that I frequently use in combat.

Upon hearing Reinhardt's words, Wood was stunned, because the other party's use of "there are several other blessings" was so insightful that Wood didn't know how to respond.

However, Reinhard seemed oblivious to Wood's surprise. Seemingly focused on fair combat, he directly listed out his most frequently used combat buffs.

"The Blessing of the Sword Saint" is also Reinhard's most core blessing. Its effect is to be able to cut down things that cannot be cut down, to use the Dragon Sword Red, and to maximize the power of the sword.

"Blessing of Arrows": Your long-range attacks will always hit.

"Protection from Evil": Nullifies spells, various debuffs, and buff support effects.

"Blessing of the Wind Spirit": Can absorb 80% of wind-attribute magic effects.

"Blessing of the Earth": Reduces the effects of earth-attribute magic by 80%.

"Water Spirit's Blessing": Can reflect 80% of water-attribute magic effects.

"Dark Blessing": Nullifies 80% of Yin-attribute magic effects.

"Blessing of Light": Transfers 80% of the effects of Yang-attribute magic to other opponents.