Academy training ground.
"Don't think of 'sword intent' as a rigid force that can only be used with a sword... You should think that every single object in this world can become your sword; moreover, your own body is a sword too..."
Rio flicked his finger slightly, firing a concentrated arc of sword intent that instantly split the practice dummy in two.
With a simple flick of his finger, Rio split the practice dummy enhanced with rank B magic into two pieces.
Seeing Rio's amazing display of strength, Meng seemed to have stars shining in his eyes.
"No matter if you have a sword or not, sword intent can't be restrained... This is the unstoppable 'flow' of the 'law of sword'..."
Rio didn't even tell Jin about this trick, but now he's telling it to Meng because, unlike Jin, Meng already has 'Sword Intent' and it would be impossible to use this trick without having 'Sword Intent' in the first place.
Since it was the last training session today, Rio didn't mind telling Meng some simple tricks.
Meng can learn them eventually himself, so it doesn't matter if Rio tells him about them a bit earlier.
As long as he can master this trick, he can also fight mid-range battles; he can fire massive sword-intent attacks without even bothering to get close to the enemy.
This is a must-learn technique.
Although you can still fire concentrated arcs made of various elements that suit you, they are obviously much weaker when compared to an arc fired in sync with sword intent.
Seeing Rio's skills, Meng instantly became motivated and went over to another practice dummy to work hard and practice his sword skills more.
He wants to become as strong as Rio one day, so he doesn't hesitate to work hard.
Rio nodded his head in satisfaction and walked over to a nearby bench to sit down.
'Training others is not really my type of thing... If not for Mr. Jin, who pestered me to teach him about sword intent, I wouldn't have gone out of my way to do all this...'
Ever since Rio has awakened the 'Sword Heart', he feels even more empty than before; getting involved with others feels more boring to him nowadays.
Moreover, Lia and the others have been concentrating on their training since their loss to Rio, so they rarely visit him nowadays.
'It's been three months since I went on a date with Lia... The last one was that café date that got nearly wasted by him...'
As he has only been talking to Lia via messages, he hasn't gotten to see her recently.
'Last time I saw her was at the opening ceremony when we got our 'badges'; it's already been three days since then...'
'My lipium meter is running low... I've got to go through all the past pictures of her on my phone...'
(Lia+Copium= Lipium... Yeah, he is addicted to this 'stuff' called lipium; it's super addictive; don't try it at home... cough!)
Just when Rio was about to open his smartphone to stare at Lia's photo, two familiar faces appeared in his field of vision.
One of them had greenish hair and pupils, while the other one had golden hair and pupils similar to Lia's.
Rio immediately glanced at the golden-haired guy, and a thought came to his mind:
'Wait, does Lia have a brother or something? I don't remember that, though... Why do this guy's hair and pupils look so similar to her? Could it be that Lia's father had a hidden affair or something...'
If Lia had heard those words, she would have smacked him angrily for thinking like that.
While Rio was contemplating it all in his mind, Ars and Leo came towards him and greeted him politely.
"Good evening, Senpai! Nice to meet you.... I'm Leo Roserolt."
"Good evening, Nice to meet you... I am Ars Lothario."
Leo's voice seemed more polite and nervous, while Ars talked in a more stern and confident voice. The difference between the two was really vast.
Rio tilted his head in confusion and said,
"Yeah, nice to meet you. I am Rio Flash. Did you need me for something?"
Hearing Rio's question, Leo nodded his head and said in a nervous voice,
"Uh... W-We know that you are the son of the leader of the assassin organization 'Scourge of
the Darkest Nights', uh... we are technically affiliated with that organization-"
Before Leo could finish his sentence, an immensely strong pressure appeared and pressed him and Ars to the ground in an instant.
Even the ground started to crack from that massive pressure.
*Clink*
The sound of Rio unsheathing his sword made Ars and Leo tremble in fear.
"Hoh... How do you know about that... Have you been running background checks on me? I kind of don't like that kind of thing, you know..."
With the addition of 'Sword Intent' and 'Sword Heart', Rio's aura has become extremely condensed and strong; it won't be wrong to say that his aura has already become as strong as an S ranker.
Seeing that Rio was quite unhappy about the news, Ars immediately started to explain everything in great detail.
Only then did Rio relax his immense aura and stop pressuring them.
After 15 minutes,
After a whole fifteen minutes of explanation, Rio finally got the gist of the whole picture. "So, you are saying that there is an old man named Irvin who used to work as my father's henchman, and now he wants to meet me for something?"
Leo and Ars both nodded their heads at those words.
"We used to be orphans; he took us in as his grandchildren and raised us as skilled assassins... Our weapon skills are given by him; he asked us to request that you visit him at least once..."
Hearing their words, Rio fell into thought,
'I never thought that there were still some remnants of the assassination organization that this body's father disbanded so many years ago... What do I do now... I kind of don't want to
go...'
Rio glanced at Ars and Leo, who were staring at him with excited looks in their eyes.
"Just so you know, I am not planning on becoming an assassin; I don't want anything to do with the kind of work you guys do..."
"If you are thinking that you can ask me to recreate a new assassination organization just like my father, then you are just dreaming; I have no interest in that..."
Hearing Rio's words, Ars and Leo were a bit disappointed.
They wanted to work together with someone as strong and skilled as Rio at least once.
Staying with him will definitely increase their skills, but if he doesn't have any interest in creating a new assassination organization, then they will have no reason to stick to his side. "Er... Well, that aside, all we want is for you to pay a small visit to Grandpa Irvin... He has never made any requests to us before; we want to pay him back for all that he has done for us, so can you please at least come with us?"
"The travel cost will be on us! No need to worry about that!"
Hearing those enthusiastic words, Rio fell into a dilemma.
He also wanted to know what the old man, Irvin, was planning, but he didn't really have any great motivation to go either.
Just when Rio was about to deny, Ars and Leo looked into each other's eyes, and they decided to use their trump cards to sway Rio's decision.
"Grandpa Irvin said that he knows a lot about the sword that you are using... He once had a great talk with your father about it; if you come with us, he will tell you everything about it..." Hearing those words, Rio finally felt that it was worth making a trip to this old guy named
Irvin.
"Hoh, you have piqued my interest... Very well. Let's set off tomorrow morning then... I would like to see what secrets your old grandpa is hiding..."
Ars and Leo nodded their heads at Rio's words and added their contact information to his
phone.
"We will meet at the bus stop outside the main gate of the academy tomorrow morning,
then..."
They both waved their hands to say goodbye and left with happy smiles on their faces. Looking at their fading backs, Rio sighed and thought to himself.
'Sigh, and here I was thinking that I would relax for a few more days, but now new problems have come up... The life of an 'extra' is really quite difficult...'
Rio glanced at Meng, who was still training in the distance, totally oblivious to all the things that happened here, and shook his head.
'Forget it; I have already taught him enough... He would progress on his own now. I should go
back and sleep early today...'
Rio is not sure which rank that old man Irvin is, so he's going to do things with the utmost
caution.
If that old man has the slightest bit of 'killing intent' for him, Rio will slice him into a million pieces, and if that old man is an S-ranker, then he will just run away at the slightest hint of
killing intent.
With the help of 'Imperfect Sword Heart', Rio has become extremely fast nowadays. Although
he still can't fully defeat an S-ranker as of yet, he can at least run away, and the opponent won't be able to stop him at all.
'I just hope he has some valuable information about my sword... Otherwise, this trip will be a
waste of time...'
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Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! It seems Rio is finally going to meet Irvin!
Question of the day:.
Who would you like to get trained by?
1. Rio
2. Lia
3. Link
4. Liam
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