In the other world, women only slow me down.

Claude was puzzled by this, but he still answered truthfully:

"Boss, I don't know any Tifa."

Lin Qi looked very regretful, shaking his head and saying:

"What a pity."

I thought I could see the legendary Jerusalem.

Claude remained silent about this.

When you don’t know what your boss is thinking, the best option is to keep your mouth shut.

Lynch naturally wouldn't make things too difficult for Claude. His purpose in coming here was very clear, which was -

Become stronger.

This is a world of extraordinary power after all.

Individual strength can sometimes even play a decisive role.

In the face of absolute violence, Lynch's current financial resources and power are nothing but empty talk.

It's like the world after the Seven Shields Alliance was destroyed.

No matter how noble or wealthy you were, you will be of no use under the iron hoof of the Black Dog Mercenary Group.

Women either die young or become toilets.

There is no third option.

The same goes for men flirting with women in groups.

Either go along with the crowd or turn into a corpse.

If you want to avoid such an outcome, you must possess absolute power.

"Claude, practice swordplay with me."

Lynch picked up a long sword and said this to Claude.

"Boss...this..."

Claude looked a little embarrassed.

Putting aside his identity as a succubus that is not easily seen in public, Lynch's current apparent strength is only that of a junior swordsman.

And he is the lowest among the junior swordsmen.

According to general grade classification standards.

Level 1-level 25 is called a primary swordsman, but Lynch’s current swordsman level is only level 3.

Although the [Noble Swordsmanship] among the skills has reached an advanced level, this skill itself is more inclined towards ceremonial and routine.

In actual combat, it seems unremarkable.

Claude's swordsmanship level has reached lv44, which is considered to be in the upper middle level among intermediate swordsmen.

The gap between him and Lynch can be imagined.

"Boss, how about I find someone with similar strength to you to practice swordplay with you? I... I'm a big, rough guy, and I'm afraid I might hurt you later."

Claude hesitated for a long time, and finally said this.

"Tsk, just stay with me if I ask you to. Stop talking so much nonsense."

Lynch frowned and said this.

Claude had no choice but to pick up his weapon and walk to a nearby open space with Lynch.

When the surrounding soldiers heard that their boss was going to practice sword fighting with the captain, they all gathered around and joined in the fun.

"Boss, you don't seem to be very good at swordsmanship, right?"

"Yeah, what if the captain loses control and injures the boss?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The captain should have a certain degree of severity when hitting me."

"Boss, come on, don't die. We are still waiting for you to lead us to achieve great deeds and become nobles!"

"Just shut up. If you don't know how to speak, don't speak!"

"...the air is cold and Wu④ is left behind. The air is strange."

The soldiers were talking quietly around.

Obviously, they are not optimistic about Lynch.

Although Lynch's previous performance has impressed the warriors, they know that their boss is a charismatic leader and believe that he can lead them to a bright future.

But the objective gap in strength is also something they cannot ignore.

Generally speaking, if the level difference between the two combatants is within 5 levels, there is still a possibility of the weak defeating the strong.

But once the gap exceeds 5 levels.

Then there will be a huge gap between the two sides in terms of strength, speed, and vision, and there will be almost no possibility of a comeback.

Unless you use some special skills or have any special equipment.

The level difference between Lynch and Claude is a full 41 levels.

With such a big gap, should I hit him with my head?

Just as the soldiers were whispering, Lynch and Claude in the open space also made their own preparations.

"How about this, boss."

Claude said to Lynch:

"You attack, I defend."

He was really afraid that if he took the initiative, his boss would die young.

Lynch didn't object to this, but just nodded slightly.

Then, Lynch raised the sword in his hand and rushed towards Claude.

"too slow……"

Claude shook his head and easily blocked Lynch's attack.

But Lynch was not discouraged at all. Instead, he continued to attack Claude without any pause.

While Lynch was attacking.

His brain was working rapidly at the same time.

With one thrust of the sword, he was able to quickly analyze the gap between himself and Claude, understand Claude's defensive pattern, and improve it in the next strike.

[Extraordinary understanding].

This was a talent Lynch had acquired in the fighting arena before.

There was no place for it to be used before, but now it finally has a place to be used.

Ding ding ding ding——

A series of metal collision sounds continued to ring out in the open space, and Lynch kept thinking about launching an attack on Claude.

At the beginning, Claude looked uninterested and just dealt with it casually.

But as time went on, he gradually sensed something was wrong.

Generally speaking.

A low-level swordsman has a relatively small stamina bar. After such a long period of offensive sparring, his offensive power and speed should be getting less and less, and slower and slower.

But that's not the case with Lynch.

From the first sword he attacked Claude, the power he displayed far exceeded that of a normal level 3 swordsman.

After a series of attacks, his attack speed became faster and stronger.

And what surprised Claude even more was...

Lynch's attack angles became more and more tricky, forcing him to become cautious.

An unbelievable thought slowly emerged in his mind.

The boss...

It seems to be getting stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As soon as this thought came to mind, Claude shook his head repeatedly and said to himself in his heart:

Impossible.

But in this moment of distraction, Lynch instantly seized the opportunity and stabbed his sword past Claude's defense, heading straight for his throat.

"what?"

"Boss, be careful!"

"Beware!"

Seeing such a thrilling scene, the soldiers watching on the side couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

No one expected it.

Claude, who they had placed such high hopes on, was actually going to be defeated by a boss who was only level 3?!

Chapter 28 Why not sell arms?

boom--

Just when Lynch was about to hit Claude, Claude's body suddenly emitted a brilliant white light. The strong sword energy quickly covered Claude's whole body and continued to expand outward, suddenly colliding with the long sword in Lynch's hand.

Lynch only felt a shock in his palm, and felt as if a sword had hit an extremely hard armor.

click -

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of metal breaking. Under the collision of these two forces, the sword in Lynch's hand was directly exploded into pieces.

"...The gap is still huge indeed."

Lynch looked at the bare hilt in his hand and shook his head helplessly.

Of course, he knew that the gap between himself and Claude was huge, and even with the bonus of various talent attributes, it would be impossible to make up for it in such a short time.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work..."

"The gap in strength is still too big."

"But... being able to force out the boss's protective fighting spirit is pretty impressive, right?"

"One thing to say, one thing to say, indeed."

"..."

It can only be said that it is fortunate that Lynch was unable to defeat Claude in the end, otherwise the worldview formed by these warriors over decades would probably collapse completely in this instant.

But compared to the other warriors' gradually relaxed expressions, Claude's face looked as if he had seen a ghost.

He admitted that he had been a little absent-minded before.

But Lynch's extremely tricky sword left him with a lingering fear.

If it weren't for the fighting instinct honed from thousands of battles, which allowed him to summon up his fighting spirit at the last moment and condense a layer of armor on his body, Lynch's sword might really have taken his life.

This is simply not something a level 3 swordsman can do.

Even adding another twenty to his level wouldn't be right.

This is really shocking.

"Boss...you, you..."

Claude is a military commander and not good at speaking.

He just kept looking at Lin Qi in shock, and after a long while he finally managed to utter a sentence:

"Are you really only level 3?!"