"Agusheed seems quite happy..."
"I didn't expect him to like Himmel so much—"
In the Library on the third floor of the Heaven Vein Dragon castle, which stored all the magic Agusheed knew—
Frieren, long disturbed by the commotion caused by Himmel and the Imperial Prison Dragon,
While using Magic That Can Clearly See Distant Places to observe her old father's expression...
Sighed to the Hero of the South, who was sitting beside her and had been sent by Agusheed to help her interpret divine-age magic.
Happy...
Like?
Faced with the white-haired elf's abnormal thought process and overly optimistic ideas,
The Hero of the South put down the magic tome recording Divine-Age Magic - Tears of the Sleepless City.
Shaking his head with a light laugh, hesitating to speak.
"No..."
"I think this has absolutely nothing to do with liking."
Huh?
Not understanding, Frieren tilted her head, quite puzzled by the Hero of the South's words.
"But Agusheed is indeed very happy right now..."
Seeing the fleeting upward curve at the corner of her old father's mouth in her eyes,
The magic little elf smiled slightly, remembering after a long time those days when the family was together.
Especially that time when Agusheed hadn't yet lost Flamme...
"I think the teacher's current emotion can't be called happiness. More accurately, it should be satisfaction—"
The Hero of the South's words made Frieren turn her head.
"Satisfaction?"
"Why?"
Because any old father would be extremely depressed seeing his cabbage about to be stolen by a pig—
The Hero of the South didn't voice this thought.
He just shrugged, looking past Frieren's obstruction to cast his gaze toward Agusheed's direction.
"Who knows?"
After counter-questioning, the Hero of the South chuckled.
"Perhaps it's because Himmel did something the teacher least wanted to see..."
Something he least wanted to see?
After brief contemplation, the white-haired elf became even more confused.
Because she really couldn't think of anything other than being unable to see Flamme again that could make Agusheed unacceptable.
Shaking her clever little head, Frieren chose not to think about this complex problem anymore,
And instead, while slacking off, looked once again toward her old father who was observing over there.
—
"Responding quite well. Seems he's not completely stupid."
"The level of these sword techniques..."
"Hehe, the experience I gave wasn't completely wasted."
This was Agusheed's current evaluation of Himmel's series of counterattacks.
However...
Supporting his chin with one hand, Agusheed calmly watched the increasingly obvious deep red in the distant storm's eye.
—Whether Himmel could pass his test today
Still depended on whether he could directly withstand the Imperial Prison Dragon's breath.
His finger, ready to destroy his own specimen at any time, lightly tapped his knee.
Agusheed silently observed everything without saying a word.
After all...
The strongest Grand Demon absolutely didn't want to see his daughter's sad expression no matter what.
—
The Stripping Sword Style was used quite timely.
The moment Himmel drew his sword,
Facing the brightness that swept across the entire storm before him,
He was grateful he had made the right choice—
The sword light drew closer and closer.
And the deep red in his vision that instantly became dazzling, like a falling sun, was the same.
The hero's sword technique tore through the hurricane.
The Imperial Prison Dragon's breath also burst through the wall from the storm's eye—
BOOM!!
As expected, the Imperial Prison Dragon's breath was invincible.
Despite the Stripping Sword Style timely dispersing the impact, Himmel's figure still flew backward.
"That was really dangerous..."
After inserting his long sword into the ground and dragging out sword marks to steady himself, Himmel couldn't help but breathe slightly.
Facing the Imperial Prison Dragon's unavoidable breath head-on—
Although it was undoubtedly a desperate situation,
With the Stripping Sword Style he had obtained a week ago that could disperse attacks,
Himmel still successfully blocked the Imperial Prison Dragon's full-power strike in an almost uninjured state.
However...
If he had a few more days to let the Stripping Sword Style improve further,
Perhaps he wouldn't have been sent flying backward so awkwardly.
—Himmel was undoubtedly a genius.
But what made him confident that he could make further progress in the Stripping Sword Style in just a few days wasn't his talent,
But the experience provided by the Equal Contract.
Experience that would give him feedback anytime, anywhere, as long as he kept practicing.
"Whew..."
"Although being electrocuted doesn't feel good, these rewards are really generous—"
"I really don't know how Mr. Agusheed manages to do such things."
Standing among the scattered debris of the broken hill,
Himmel squinted, looking directly at the Imperial Prison Dragon circling around the hurricane in the distance.
The title of Northern Strongest Dragon was absolutely well-deserved.
If it had been Himmel from before this training...
He would undoubtedly have been seriously injured by that strike—
"If we set aside the electrocution..."
"The time training at Mr. Agusheed's place will probably be my most memorable experience."
Casually sweeping away the dust before him with one sword strike, Himmel sighed in a matter-of-fact tone.
Over thirty comprehensive sword techniques.
The power that had significantly improved in all aspects made the hero unable to help but sigh like this.
His slender cloak fluttered in the hurricane's aftermath.
While gripping his long sword and whispering, Himmel's gaze never left the Imperial Prison Dragon soaring in the sky above.
Bone Dragons don't have the concept of stamina depletion.
Although without Mr. Agusheed's amplification, the bone dragon's endurance would definitely far exceed his own as a human.
So a prolonged battle would definitely be disadvantageous to him.
Moreover...
What Mr. Agusheed over there wanted to see probably wasn't a boring chase—
So...
Based on his analysis and summary of the battle situation,
Based on his concern for his evaluation in his future father-in-law's heart,
Raising his long sword and looking at his own reflection on the blade, Himmel made his decision with a smile.
End the battle as quickly as possible...
Or rather,
Right here, right now—
Decide victory with the strongest strike!!
Looking up at the Imperial Prison Dragon that dominated above the storm and was accumulating breath again after a brief interval,
Himmel took a long breath.
Then assumed the stance for the strike he was most familiar with and most powerful over this half month—
'The Escald family's swordsmanship is completely designed to resist demons'
'So from beginning to end, every strike emphasizes killing with one blow'
Agusheed's words flowed in his ears,
Himmel kept the core philosophy of Escald Flow in his heart.
Witnessing firsthand the Imperial Prison Dragon's breath falling from the sky—
The hero gripped his long sword tightly,
Counterattacking with brilliant sword light.
"Escald Flow Secret Technique—"
"Absolute Death, Absolute Fate"
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