Changes in William

William finally stopped training like crazy. Instead of training like crazy, he spent most of the day holding his sword and looking at it seriously.

The other students looked at him curiously, but immediately dismissed it and put it to the back of their heads to continue their training.

It wasn't the first time William had done something crazy, so they were used to his antics by now. Besides, William would continue with what he was doing and not care what others thought of him.

However, William's movements were too strange. They aroused the curiosity of many people. There were even several professors who pretended to stop by just to see what he was seriously doing with his sword.

One of the knights walked by and looked at him with an expression that screamed "What the hell are you doing?"

But his expression quickly changed when he got a good look at what William was doing.

"Blood aura compression?"

William was inserting and compressing small amounts of his mana into his sword. He knew that he couldn't make a compressed mana sword the first time, so he was trying to increase his skill by continuing to compress small amounts of mana into his sword.

"Have you already set his path for the 4th Star?"

The 4th Star was the stage where one needed to apply the aura his way in handling the sword or parts of his body. However, finding the right way through various practices would need countless repeated hard training. So it was surprising that William had already found his way.

"What the hell..."

The gentleman instructor gaped as he stared at William. But William simply continued to compress his mana in this snowy weather.

Raimon who was standing far away watching him train also gaped at William's changes after awakening his bloodline.

Raimon achieved that step in Castle Cailleach with the help of Leona and his mother Dalia in two weeks while it took William only one week alone.

When the knights and warriors at the Academy had seen him train in basic swordplay, they thought he was just reinforcing his fundamentals. This was usually the case even for people who had only learned Basic Swordsmanship anywhere would think the same. However, it seemed that he had already chosen his path.

And the path he had chosen was extremely simple. He would continue to compress and compress his mana until he could create a sword that was harder, stronger, and unbreakable compared to any other sword.

The path of the Duchy's sons already has a summary after so many generations so it is easier to follow what others tell you to do.

Depending on the bloodline you awaken in the family the training methods are different. In the case of grandfather Balar who awakened thunder giant blood. Most of the time his sword and training had to have been placed with this element.

For Raimon's father, as most of the descendants had the blood of the God of war so he had to practice in places with a lot of blood and full of death.

William's path may have seemed simple, but it was extremely difficult to achieve.

For others, repeating something simple over and over again was easy. However, repeating it over time became difficult. Once they reached a certain level, they began to feel conceited. They thought they had already achieved perfection in those movements. This meant that they were bored with doing it over and over again.

At that point, they would have stopped practicing these simple movements instead of continuing to pursue a much more perfect form. This was the reason why there were many complex sword techniques and aura utilization that had been created over time.

The creation of complex techniques would generate a stronger swordsman, so the fundamentals would be forgotten for a long time.

But there were so many people living in this world that it was not unusual for unusual people to appear. In the long history of the continent, there was also a being who had reached the 9-star level with just the basic sword skill.

The basic sword, what William was trying to achieve right now, was a technique that this person had created.

With a deeper look, the knight could see that this was what William intended.

"Destruction..."

The knight smiled at the sight of William holding his sword like that. It felt like he was looking at the real sword of Destruction.

"I hope you get it."

As a person and his superior who longed for the power of this sword path, he hoped that William would be able to achieve his goal.

William's training, something that made the knight surprised, continued until the end of his fourth month. Finally, William and his contemporaries finished their 4th month and entered the half-year.

All students entering Anthos Academy were very afraid of the mid-year exams. After all, they would eventually be evaluated and it would be determined whether they would go to elite units or be retained and remain here.

In addition, they would be sent to the Red Fortress front for three months and would be recruited as trainees and not as officers. They were usually ignored by ordinary soldiers even during the actual battle. In addition, they were often treated as extra baggage. All that combined was what they had to endure before they could successfully graduate from the famous Anthos Academy.

However, it seemed that those things were not a problem for this year's students.

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"You should have told me that before you beat up my students."

"From now on, there are only two choices for you. Either you just die cleanly by revealing your identity, your purpose, your base of operations."

Slap, scumbag.

Heinz slapped him across the cheek and said the backstab.

"Or after you shut your mouth and die, create a situation where Duke Raion must exterminate all humans involved with you. Choose well."

The eyes of the attacker, who heard Heinz's voice, trembled like mad.

"I don't intend to give you much time. You'd better stop thinking."

"Really...well."

"If I tell you, are you going to kill me and be done with it? Duke Raion's retribution... I know it's not just that... "

"Normally. But I am a person who keeps his promises. My name is Heinz and I am an advanced warrior. I repeat for my honor and that of my family. Open your mouth and your family and friends will not get hurt."

The assailant turned his head and turned to the students. The students were seen nodding silently.

"I'll tell you."

"It's a wise choice."

"I belong to a mercenary organization called Black."

Black.