Alexander’s Mentality

Grand Marshal Geraint and General Shingen's eyes almost popped out of their sockets after seeing Alexander's facial expression.

There was…nothing…his face was as blank and focused as ever.

Alexander learned from Blanc that there was no merit in worrying over victory or defeat. If anything, worrying over it would only contribute to your defeat.

Because of this, Alexander trained his mental fortitude to the point where it was all "just a job" to him.

He can't get any advantage? Doesn't matter, it's just my job to fight this guy. If I lose? Not my fault, I did my best if it wasn't enough then so be it.

This is currently Alexander's mindset so even if he loses one thousand or ten thousand exchanges, it doesn't matter. He will fight until he can't lift his sword anymore.

This time, it was General Shingen who was slightly rattled. 

"Why?! Does this guy not care if he wins or loses in front of his men?! If you're so unmotivated, then just lose to me already! Let me finish you off!"

General Shingen thought to himself. He couldn't understand what Alexander was thinking to be so unbothered by everything.

On the contrary, it wasn't that Alexander was unmotivated, it was that he was so motivated and determined to win that he had already discarded everything that would contribute to losing.

Fame and Pride, the top two catalysts of losing had long been discarded by Alexander after losing to Blanc.

He noticed that he didn't need to chase these two things at all. Yes, it would feel good if you're famous but the point is, as long as you keep focused on winning, fame will naturally come to you.

On the other hand, General Shingen was using these two things against the "young and inexperienced" Alexander not knowing that these two things had already been discarded by him.

Thus, he was currently a bit lost on how to defeat Alexander and unconsciously, he was the one who started to worry about his "Fame and Pride".

As the more proficient general in terms of swordsmanship and experience, everyone expects him to defeat Alexander.

The longer it took for him to defeat Alexander, the more it would damage his reputation.

General Shingen, although a bit uneasy, charged towards Alexander again.

*CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG*

"What's wrong Alexander Lionheart? Is this all you got? Your men would be disappointed at this rate! You haven't been able to get a single advantage over me. Why don't you give up? It's obvious that you can't win against me!"

He tried to provoke a reaction out of Alexander but Alexander didn't even have a slight change to his facial expression.

Like Blanc, he kept a straight and expressionless face and just stared at General Shingen's eyes.

"Tch! You want to play this way? Then let's play this way!"

General Shingen stopped talking and continued attacking Alexander with a bit of fury in his eyes.

*CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG*

By this time, the two of them exchanged more than three hundred blows and it was still General Shingen who was the aggressor.

Resonance City's soldiers were so anxious that some of them forgot to breathe for a few seconds.

However, General Shingen didn't notice that his attacks were getting too predictable and that Alexander was spending less and less energy defending against his attacks while he was on full throttle the whole time.

He was so caught up in the idea of breaking Alexander's mentality and he didn't notice that his own body was slowly breaking.

He forgot that he was older than Alexander so it was inevitable for him to be exhausted first. 

Instead of using more compact blows to save energy, he used complex and quick combinations without rest while Alexander merely stood his ground and focused on moving his arms to block the attacks.

*CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG* *CLANG*

More than five hundred moves and General Shingen still wasn't able to finish off Alexander. 

He was able to sneak in a kick or two sometimes but it was nothing to the young Alexander.

Grand Marshal Geraint now watched the match with slight anxiousness. After a long time of combat, Alexander was still as stable as a mountain while his very own right-hand man was overexerting himself.

"Haaahh…Haaaah…Shit…I fucked up…"

Finally, after more than 600 exchanges, General Shingen noticed that he overexerted himself. He was now sweating hard while Alexander was breathing normally.

Alexander immediately seized the chance and activated his blue sword intent.

Geraint was slightly shocked after seeing Alexander's blue sword intent.

"Tch! So he's blue! Shingen had chosen the wrong strategy to fight against this guy!"

Blue sword intent users were known to have an extremely stable state of mind. 

Although they didn't have anything special, having the blue sword intent was very rare since not everyone was confident about their own strength.