A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

"Take that girl away!" the leader of the men in black said in a deep voice.

After the leader of the men in black gave the order, someone grabbed Marlene's small hand, intending to forcibly take the girl away.

Suddenly, the person felt a tap on their shoulder.

"Hey, I need to talk to you about something," Bray said to the man in black who was holding Marlene's hand.

The man in black looked at Bray with impatience.

Bray's lifeless face was unpleasant to look at.

“You can’t take this girl with you.” Bray patted the man in black on the shoulder and sighed.

"Huh?" Just as the man in black was beginning to wonder, everything went black.

Before the man in black lost consciousness, he heard a faint sound.

"Because she's my employer."

Meanwhile, the other men in black were still waiting for him to bring the girl over.

"What's wrong, Number 21? Hurry up!" the leader of the men in black shouted.

"puff--"

The man in black, who was called number 21, fell straight to the ground.

"!!!!?" The men in black were stunned.

"Number 20, keep an eye on that girl!" The leader of the men in black understood what had happened as soon as he saw Bray's actions.

Bray just knocked Number 21 unconscious with the hilt of "The Last Echo".

Bray was immediately identified as an enemy.

The leader of the men in black moved erratically and arrived in front of Bray in just a few breaths.

“peng——”

Bray's movements were not fast at all, yet he managed to block the leader of the men in black's extremely swift attack.

The hilt of the "Final Echo" sword steadily blocked the blade of the dagger.

"What!?" The leader of the men in black was shocked.

Faced with the attack launched without warning, Bray pursed his lips in exasperation.

"Can't we all take a step back?" Bray said, his eyes lifeless and his voice flat.

"This sword is really troublesome to use to cut people." I don't even know if this broken sword can make a wound.

"..." The leader of the men in black had no interest in chatting with Bray.

The leader of the men in black took a small step back and looked cautiously at Bray.

"Sir! We can wait for the others to arrive before dealing with this guy!"

"No... we can't wait." The leader of the men in black said in a deep voice.

"This person... is very strong."

The leader of the men in black's words took Number 20 by surprise.

“But he’s weaker than me.” Then the man in black launched another storm-like attack on Bray.

The sounds of daggers clashing against sword hilts blended together.

Although Bray's movements were not fast at all, and could even be described as slow, all of the black-clad leader's attacks were rendered ineffective.

Staring directly at Bray, the leader of the men in black remained silent, but in an instant, he assumed a fighting stance.

"The stream has stopped flowing!" "The stream has stopped flowing!"

“peng——”

However, Bray did not fall as the leader of the men in black had imagined.

“Actually, I’m really weaker than you, but if you want to show off your skills, you’ve chosen the wrong person,” Bray’s voice rang out.

Along with the words, the greatsword resounded.

Bray sheathed "The Last Echo" with his left hand, turned his body, and smoothly drew the greatsword from his back with his right hand.

"Water flow interrupted" or "Diversion interrupted".

The leader of the men in black turned around, intending to dodge with his agility, but was horrified to find that he had no way to dodge.

A sword is swung out, but the trajectory of the sword is constantly changing, just like the flow of water.

To the leader of the men in black, that heavy greatsword looked like a bird in flight.

"This is!!! 'Water Flow Interruption'!?"

The leader of the men in black was violently thrown into the air and slammed into the wall of the carriage, blood gushing from his chest.

The movements were fluid and seamless; Bray finished his move by hoisting his greatsword back onto his back.

Surprisingly, there wasn't a single drop of blood on the greatsword.

Compared to "The Last Echo," "Beers" is definitely sharp enough; one strike could kill in an instant.

However, Bray's strength was not strong enough, so he did not kill the leader of the men in black with one blow.

"Why... 'Severing the Flow of Water'..." The leader of the men in black was horrified to discover that the other party's mastery of "Severing the Flow of Water" far surpassed his own.

Although the leader of the men in black couldn't use "Severing Flow," it didn't stop him from recognizing the swordsman, since he himself was a swordsman who practiced "Severing Flow."

“The moves are too outdated,” Bray said with a shrug.

"Honestly, you insist on comparing your moves with me."

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Blakes

Humanity

Inherent ability: None

掌握能力：「烹饪lv2」「基础剑术lv89」「鉴定术lv1」「断刚剑术lv68」「古流剑派lv59」「断水流lv62」…

quality:

As for "speed," it's at least worthy of a D-rank adventurer.

A single, powerful punch might be enough to kill an old farmer.

Why is your skill level so high?! Just how good are you at it?!

"Body" farming is not tiring

"Heart" and "Iron Will" are not even enough to describe it.

Does "technique" count as identification technique?

Overall assessment: There's simply no way to say what your skill level is!!!

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"At least let me know my exact stats," Bray thought wearily.

"Bray!" Marlene tugged at Bray's sleeve.

"What?" Bray ruffled Marlene's hair.

"Look over there," Marlene said, pointing in a direction.

Then Bray fell silent.

Many people, many people in black.

"Ahem, if you leave that girl behind, you'll be fine." The leader of the men in black was unable to move, but he could still speak fluently.

They showed absolutely no awareness of having just been proven wrong.

"Have you ever seen an adventurer who takes money and doesn't do any work?" Bray said sternly to the leader of the men in black.

"I've met you before." The leader of the men in black seemed to have no intention of giving Bray any face.

“You’re such a boring person,” Bray muttered.

Seeing the countless men in black closing in, Bray needed to think about how to escape.

And they have to escape with Marlene too, which is really difficult.

The aisles on both sides of the carriage were blocked by men in black who had arrived, which annoyed Bray.

I always feel that it's really inconvenient not having an AOE skill that can wipe out a whole area at once.

"No matter how strong you are, you can't possibly defeat a dozen elite soldiers here." The leader of the men in black coughed up a mouthful of blood and said arrogantly.

"Please, if you're bleeding so much, don't talk." Bray really couldn't understand this kind of behavior of trying to look cool even if it meant dying. Didn't he know that if he was spitting out a liter of blood every time he said a word, he would easily die?

"I also feel like I can't win against that many."

Bray glanced out the window of the railcar and noticed that the car was starting to slow down.

It seems the railcar was about to stop because the Imperial soldiers overturned. But that also means the railcar's commander already knew about the Imperial soldiers' atrocities on the passengers.

The tank commander didn't react at all as the citizens of the Empire were slaughtered by the soldiers... Although the military may have given prior notice, it was still hard for Bray to accept.

“Human life is worthless in every sense of the word,” Bray remarked.

This is not the first time I've witnessed how cheap human life is.

Bray gripped the hilt of the greatsword on his back and took a deep breath.

““Beers.”” Bray lowered his eyelids and murmured.

For an ordinary person, splitting wood requires a great deal of force, but in swordsmanship, sometimes only a fraction of the force is needed to split wood.

If you attack the right place from the right angle, many things will become very vulnerable.

The heavy greatsword was instantly drawn, a black light flashed, and the greatsword swept across the iron wall of the railcar without any resistance, as easily as cutting tofu.

Then Bray once again sheathed the greatsword in the scabbard on his back.

“peng——”

The iron wall of the railcar was cleaved open by Bray's sword.

The noise of the wheels speeding along the tracks reached everyone's ears with crystal clarity, and the wind rushed into the car through the crack, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

This swift and decisive sword strike left everyone around in awe.

However, the leader of the men in black was not stunned.

"What are you standing there for! Kill him!"

After hearing the leader of the men in black's angry shout, the group of men in black finally turned around and began to move towards Bray, forming an encirclement.

"Hold me tight." Bray patted Marlene's little head.

“Yes.” Marlene nodded.

"What do you want to do?!" the leader of the men in black shouted in alarm.

“Jump out of the car.” Bray laughed.

After speaking, Bray jumped off the railcar.

"At this speed and at this height, I won't die in the crash!" Bray silently repeated some familiar, dangerous words to himself.

In an instant, Bray seemed to ride the wind, controlling its flow, his movements agile and swift.

After the greatsword was drawn from behind his back, it was placed at Bray's feet. The entire action was completed before Bray even hit the ground.

Bray stepped onto the greatsword and landed straight on the ground near the track, kicking up dust several meters high.

The legendary greatsword was placed under Bray's feet, and now it carried Bray across the ground like a skateboard.

If Carlogaris saw Bray using his greatsword like that, he might just strangle Bray to death.

"Get him off the sword!" How could the leader of the men in black allow this guy to injure him and then escape unscathed?!

At the leader's command, the men in black pulled out countless hidden weapons from their trench coats and hurled them wildly at the mine.

"Wow!!!! He didn't die from the fall after all." Bray lowered his eyelids and exclaimed in surprise, completely ignoring the projectiles that were thrown at him.