Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 454 - 69: Comparing with Others

"Uncle John was a senior who took care of me from a young age, just like a godfather to me."

"At that time, when I wanted to learn martial arts with Henry, he secretly taught me some techniques and later took me out hunting, using wild animals to practice on."

"Actually, he was a retired knight; the position of Knight Captain was a retirement post my father left for him. He really didn’t have to join this war..."

Eleanor looked at the gravestone with a kind of forced repression in her sorrow and whispered,

"I just... just didn’t expect him to die in a place like this."

"Ellie." Nora was also somewhat sentimental, silently grasping her hand.

"People always make their own choices," Thira said softly.

"Yes." Eleanor pressed the corner of her eye and closed her eyes, "I heard that on the battlefield, he died trying to save Henry, struck in the throat by a Synthetic Human’s blade."

"I think even if he had another chance, he wouldn’t regret his choice."

"Perhaps," a hoarse voice sounded.

Turning her head, Eleanor saw her second brother, Henry, approaching with a haggard look, still holding a beer bottle in his hand.

"I didn’t expect you to be here," he said softly, looking at his sister.

"What are you doing here?" Eleanor asked coldly, "Didn’t father confine you to quarters?"

"I sneaked out to have a drink with John." Henry raised the bottle in his hand and said with a bitter smile.

Eleanor gave a nonchalant nod and turned to the others, "Let’s go then."

It seemed the girl had a falling out with her second brother because of Knight Captain John’s death in battle.

After all, it was their family matter, and since the others didn’t know the full story, they could only follow her and leave.

Aske walked at the end and as he passed by Henry, he only heard him say in a low voice,

"Take good care of Eleanor... Thank you." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Aske gave an imperceptible nod and then followed Eleanor away.

Now only Henry was left at the scene, tilting his head back to take a swig of liquor, staggering as he sat down in front of the gravestone.

"You were right, I shouldn’t have been so rash at that time," Henry said softly.

"Sorry."

"I got you killed, John..."

He buried his hands deep into his hair, closing his eyes in anguish.

Eleanor led everyone back to the market, but by now, no one was in the mood to continue shopping, so they simply said goodbye and headed back to Fire Island.

Aske touched the ancient book entrance, wondering if it was time for an investigation mission, when Eleanor turned around, her eyes seemingly suppressing some intense emotion.

"Aske, I need your help," she said slowly but firmly, "I need to master the Unyielding Holy Sword as soon as possible."

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The Unyielding Holy Sword, as one of the extraordinary swordsmanship skills, was notoriously difficult to master.

Even in the previous gaming world, only a player by the name "Thunder" had ever successfully cultivated it.

Its effects granted a temporary invincible state, with maximum offense and defense. Initially, he could only maintain it for 3 seconds, but eventually extended it to 10 seconds.

A 10-second invincible state wasn’t enough to secure victory for a team, but it was enough to break through most tactics and turn the tide in various disadvantageous situations.

After the 10 seconds passed, the user would enter a so-called state of mental sluggishness, with both reaction speed and muscle control power greatly diminished.

Like the Star Nine Forms, there were no prerequisites for practicing the Unyielding Holy Sword, but possessing a "Will" Sequence could increase the chance of successful cultivation and the duration of the swordsmanship. The player known as Thunder, who was of the Will Main Sequence plus the Will Law, was dubbed "King of the Hills" by fellow players for his unmatched bursts of power within those ten seconds.

Although he would be spent after that, it was undeniable that he was incredibly strong, absurdly so, for at least the first 10 seconds.

Therefore, for Eleanor now, the Unyielding Holy Sword was indeed the fastest way to enhance her strength. After all, although she had advanced to Lv.10, she hadn’t accomplished Law Condensation (not to mention her Law Condensation task was so abstruse).

Waiting for her to condense the Law and then apprehend the skill could take forever, so Aske had no choice but to wrack his brains, trying to use some techniques shared by Thunder during casual chats to see if he could help her master this swordsmanship more quickly.

"We won’t be using swords this time." Aske snapped off a branch from a small tree in the Fire Island forest, "First, try to cover it with your will."

Eleanor did as instructed, and a milky radiant glow began to emerge from the palm of her hand, slowly spreading and climbing up the branch.

Unlike the foggy state of the Will Sequence, the will condensed using the Unyielding Holy Sword’s technique was liquid in nature, which was very strange.

Of course, this was still not enough. The sign of successful cultivation was said to be its solidification; only then would the will be hard and strong enough.

Seeing how Eleanor’s speed of condensing will had significantly improved, Aske thought to himself that he was right—could it be the sacrifice of Knight Captain John had some impact on her?

And if she had witnessed my death like Peggy did at the beginning... cough cough! Aske quickly expelled the thought from his mind.

The girl didn’t even like him, so such a thought was really shameless.

"Then try to swing it, just through the air," Aske continued. "Since you don’t need to collide directly with a target, the will during an air swing is less likely to dissipate. Now, try swinging it while maintaining the structure of the liquid will as stable as possible and practice repetitively."

Eleanor trie to swing the branch, with the encased white will showing slight fluctuations under the force of inertia.

"I understand." Eleanor, fully focused, continued to condense and compress her will, persistently swinging away.

The girl had an unyieldingly strong tenacity. Counting from when she first got the text from "Song of Roland," she had been learning the Unyielding Holy Sword for nearly a year now.

If Peggy was like a protagonist who got a shortcut from a wise mentor, then Eleanor was clearly the underdog who starte from scratch, relying solely on her own effort and struggle. It reminded Aske of himself when he first learned extraordinary swordsmanship.

Truly heartwarming.

As he watched Eleanor practice, Peggy ran over from the path in the forest, hugging a fish tank.

"Aske, look!" She held up the tank like a treasured item for Aske to see the black koi inside, "I bought it at the market outside the barracks!"

"You went shopping too?" Aske turned his face away.

Compared to the diligent Eleanor next to him, Miss Peggy was a classic example of wasting time and squandering talent. Despite having an amazing set of starting abilities, she loafed around all day, not at all appreciative of her advantages. Thinking this, Aske could not contain his irritation, asking with a kind of tough love:

"Did you practice the four skills I assigned for the Death Law? Did you complete the routine course for the Undead Illusion Sword? Did you memorize over two hundred movement formulas for Punic Tactics, as I told you last time? Have you fully understood and integrated the combat technique of the Lord of Filth Bloodline?"

"You didn’t do anything, and you actually went shopping?!" He snatched the fish tank and set it on the ground next to him, then pushed a crestfallen Peggy next to Eleanor, "Start your daily lessons now! From here on, I’m not going anywhere else, I’ll sit here and watch over you!"

"Train!"

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