To say I wasn’t surprised would be putting it lightly.

I didn’t think I was going to be hearing those words when coming here.

Especially not from the robotic old man, I myself had even forgotten that I’d celebrated my birthday not long ago, since it felt like it’s been ages since then, when it’s barely been what? Two weeks? Give or take?

Nevertheless..

"Thanks old man, though your gifting sense is questionable, I still appreciate the thought."

Bonk!!!

"Owwww!!! Why???"I asked as I held my head in pain, finally, I could move again, but damn it!

"What do you mean you’re questioning my gifting sense? Do you know where I got this from?" The old man asked, apparently offended, I couldn’t tell, his face had returned to being indifferent..

"Huh? Where?"

"The tower of ascension, it was the result of my wish after passing the test of the 500th floor." The old man answered...

"Woah! Five hund... damn, how?" I was stumped.. floor 500? Of the real tower? What the hell kind of of power would you need to climb that far? I’d gotten smoked on the 70th floor of the budget version of the tower, yet this old man was saying he’d climbed up till the 500th floor like it was nothing?

"Damn!! You’re some hot stuff huh?" I couldn’t help complimenting the old man, only for his reply to floor me..

"What do you mean I am? I did that a few days after we got back with the corpse and soul of the dragon the weapon was forged from." The man’s indifferent voice made my head spin a little..

"Wait, old man, how long have you had this thing?" I raised the book as I asked.

"How old are you now?"

"I just turned eighteen."

"that long."

"Damn!" I had to truly reevaluate the thing in my hands.

This old man had held onto this thing for eighteen years? How valuable must something be to demand such devotion?

"I’d planned on giving it to you the day Regulus gave you the halberd himself, after all, I can’t be looking bad as the godfather when you were receiving such a heavy gift right? So I’d gotten this from the tower, it should suit you perfectly."

Man, we gotta tell this man to stick to being a robot, why the hell is he over here trying to make me tear up.. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Man up Dante. No tears today.

(A/N: hehehe... wuss..)

"Hooo... so, what does this, nameless art do? How’s it any different from normal arts?" I asked..

"Do you know what arts are?" He asked instead of replying..

"I have some ideas, though I’ll be needing a more comprehensive explanation." I replied honestly..

"Unfortunately that’s not my forte, but I’ll break this down for you as best as I can, so even a child should be able to understand." My lips twitched, this was a get back wasn’t it?

"Nameless arts, unlike regular arts, don’t have fixed abilities or techniques, it is the user that determines how they’re created, either from his will, imagination or consistent practice, a nameless art is nameless until its user names it according to his wishes."

"Basically, what it means is, the art will give you all the necessary knowledge about halberds and how you wield them masterfully, but it won’t give out any abilities or skills, you’ll have to create those yourself from whatever you can comprehend from the art, the possibilities are endless, since you can incorporate your own abilities into whatever you wish to create, be they your laws, talent skills, bloodline abilities, you can incorporate them into the art’s abilities, elevating them into vastly superior counterparts."

"That is the beauty of nameless arts, that’s why they’re nigh impossible to find, afterall all the arts currently existing were each born from a nameless art."

Well, that was eye opening..

So, I was basically holding the beginnings of a totally new breed of halberd arts, is what I’m hearing.

And I could make it tailor fit for my own personal use? I don’t want to admit it, but the old man had gotten it dead right this time..

I didn’t bother with thanks, we were past that already.

So, wasting no more time, I hurriedly opened the book in my hands and the moment my eyes landed on the pages..

[Chaotic comprehension activated...]

Insights flooded my mind like a dam of knowledge had been broken..

Holds, stances, movement patterns, all the wielding techniques that a halberd user would need.

But that wasn’t all.

The halberd was effectively a fusion of not one but two weapons, an axe and a spear..

So, within the art itself, there were spear wielding techniques and axe wielding techniques..

It was a wholesome experience and I couldn’t help letting myself get pulled into it....

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Valen watched quietly as Dante’s figure went still the moment he laid eyes on the book..

The air around the young man was trembling as a terrifying aura started slowly building up around him..

"What a horrifying level of comprehension." He couldn’t help but shake his wryly..

He’d seen his fair share of monsters during his years.

He’d even been a part of one group of said monsters.

Yet sitting here now, watching Dante gain enlightenment into a nameless art within mere moments, something that had taken regulus, the man he’d known to have had the greatest level of comprehension ever, almost an entire week to do.

He realized in bitter clarity, "truly, my foolish brother, you were right, he is definitely a monster, one I’m sure you would’ve been proud to see traumatize a whole generation."

He smiled melancholically..

HUMMMMMMM!!!!!

A deafening hum broke him out of his thoughts as he focused on Dante.

A deadly sharp and lethal intent had filled the surrounding ten meters around the youth..

SWOOOSHH!!!

The sound of air splitting rang out soon after as the silhouette of a halberd unleashing a cleaving strike manifested above Dante, the attack tore through the devastated landscape, brushing past Valen, as it went on to reduce the little hut into a pile of splintered wood.

"Impossible! Not this fast!" Valen was still somehow shocked when he witnessed what had just happened..

Yes, Dante had gotten into an enlightenment state, yes he’d expected Dante to comprehend it fast, faster than Regulus, but that time frame extended to two days, or at the very least, a full day, not.

"Thirty seconds.. ha..hahaha...hahahahahahaha.. ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!" Valen laughed.

He laughed like a man possessed..

"Truly, Seraphina, Regulus, just what the hell did you guys drop off on my head like this?"

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The sound of manic laughter faded in and out of my head as I was finally starting to come to, exiting the state I’d gotten drawn into earlier..

"So this is what those protagonists felt when they fell into enlightenment?" I hadn’t intentionally used Chaotic Comprehension like this before, so it was my first time, well, not first entirely, but it was my first getting fully immersed in the process.

And I must say.

"I wouldn’t mind actively using it more if I’ll always get into such a state." I smiled as I finally looked at the notification flashing before me..

[Comprehension successful.]

[You have comprehended the <Nameless Halberd Arts>.]

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A/N: Bro is actually wasting this ability’s potential, sigh.. this is what thinking about women all the time will do to you..

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