Way of Overlord
Chapter 253: Sword Training

Chapter 253: Sword Training

Aeryon then went out of the warehouse and instead of going back to the tent, he rides his horse toward the Steppe.

Some of the guards wanted to follow him but he dismissed them.

Aeryon rides his horse and he close his eyes as he feel the rushing wind blowing around him.

He takes a deep breath, taking the scent of the morning, the grass and the scent of the Great Steppe.

And then he opens his eyes and keep riding, while he look at the greenery around him. He smiles a bit as he could also feel that the horse beneath him is also very happy.

"Heh, you must feel stuffy after being stuck in the settlement all day"

Aeryon has never seen such place that is so full with greens.

And he never felt so free.

Nor as energized.

Even though it is winter, the winter is about to end.

At least it would end in this region. He could feel it.

That the cold of winter is slowly dissipating.

Aeryon passes through a creek and after a while, he is far away from the settlements. He check his status window again

"I should promote some of my quest" the winter is about to end, and a new battle is waiting for him that time.

It is better to strengthen himself right now. He did not need to worry about the army right now, he did not need to worry about external problem and internal problems.

This is the perfect chance for him to practice.

Aeryon jump down from his horse. And he began practicing with his sword.

Aeryon moved according to his heart.

He moves with the wind.

Moves with the swaying of the grass. Sometimes his sword move is gentle, sometime it burst into action like an awakened dragon

His movement grew more and more agile. Aeryon ability is already high level even before he has the system. Now, with the system, it is like attaching wings to a tiger.

Aeryon did not need to train too hard. He did not have any manuals of practicing swords. After the battle of Nurshira, he did get many of these sword manuals

When he read it, Aeryon notices something odd.

That all of this manual is probably a sham manual. It only taught movement method and there is no corresponding internal energy art or mana or Kusa or Sahir of whatever you want to call it

Without it, it would loo just like some kind of beautiful sword dance without any power. All style, no substance.

And some of them is even more ridiculous showing sword moves that could not be practiced.

And these farmers practicing all of this and thought that they could be strong. Yan people even ripped off their own people in the face of interest.

So, what did Aeryon do?

He could only practice it. His passive skill incudes swordsmanship, Archery, Horsemanship and Stealth

As long as he practices swords, one day, it would surely break through the Beginner level.

He also has some insight on how passive skill work.

Either you get it from ability cards or if you train in something long enough for it to be included in the Passive Skill.

this is only his assumption and he would not know until he tries it

For now, he is just focusing on training his swordsmanship. Aeryon could feel it as he swing it.

He feel that he is getting faster. Not his body. But his sword

Faster in that the sword become more familiar to him. Lighter. Swifter. And then he felt like his hand merged with his sword

When he swing his hand, he is swinging his sword. There is no difference between it.

His horse is drinking from the stream while he is waving his sword.

He did not have any particular move but he simply moves according to the position he wanted to

In his mind, he tries to do a mental training. Facing the enemies that he had killed during his battle in Nurshira.

His movement is like a swimming dragon, flexible and natural

The hand moves and the sword moves following this hand move, the hand is flexible, the sword is flexible, the moves are natural

Fast and slow.

At certain time, he would slash the sword and his sword is flashing fast as lightning, rising and falling like wind whipping up and fog descending, coiling and dancing like shooting stars embroidering the sun.

Lump of iron in his hand turns like a spinning ball. Each one is fast and generate winds and air around the sword, the spiraling force gathers and converge, releases and burst

This time Aeryon focused on quickness of movement and gracefulness of bearing

The sword is swift, like a dragon swimming in the clouds, at times, hidden and at time revealed itself to attack

It is said that the spear is the dragon of weapons, the saber is the tiger of weapons, and the sword is the phoenix of weapons.

In this saying, the spear’s strength lies in directness, the saber’s strength lies in fierceness, and the sword’s strength lies in using angles.

When did Aeryon learns of this saying?

It is from those sword manuals.

Even though those sword manuals are mainly a sham and a scam, it does have some wisdom.

Probably some wisdom that is stolen from a real authentic sword manual.

Aeryon knows that a sword technique could increase one strength.

Duka could fight against innate strength people with his technique of wrestling and his proficiency in saber.

And that old man could even fight him even when he is already advanced in age.

Why? Because he knows how to use his strength. People with innate strength is powerful because the energy in their body is overwhelming.

Hence, they are not very good at controlling their energy

But there is no need for them to control their energies.

Because their energies has always been overwhelming.

Aeryon as he swings his sword, he feel into a state of enlightenment.

Is it because of his perception stat?

or is it because he has been practicing this sword swinging since the returned from Nurshira?

Whatever the case, he is now seemingly in a possessed state

He makes a move and the sword twirls on both sides. Not pattern, no moves in mind, but it is elegant and powerful

To one side, the sword flashes its dangerous glint and the body of the sword is hidden away

The edge is keen, like a dragon swinging its tail.

Another move, another sublime method, like a divine being on top of a slope, the sword is difficult to guard against

Fluttering and agitating go on unpredictably, full of tappings and stabbings.

Swish!

Swish!

Aeryon movement become faster and faster.

The grass around him sways according to his move. Before the wind make the grass sways. Now, it is Aeryon that is making them sways

When his sword goes left, the grass goes left

When his sword goes right, the grass goes right.

Small dust and stones began to levitate and follows his move, gathering with the droplets of water at the edge of the grass blade.

A mystical scene appears.

When he moves, natures follows.

Absorbing and thrusting seem to alternate continuously, full of stealth and concealment.

The arms spread like wings, and while slanting, retracting, inclining, or turning, the intention is of flapping.

Like a bird. Like a hawk. Like a phoenix.

Quick and nimble. The body is lightened and, in this state, Aeryon began jumping while his sword still moving.

Jumping into the air, the grass, the dust, the small stones, the nature follows.

The sword suddenly turns, suddenly fall down, suddenly rising,

He can raise his sword, stab his sword, withdraw his sword or unfurl his sword.

The sword is double edges, moving in every direction, threatening every direction. Hard to defend, making one have the feeling that all other weapons are inferior.

Like flying phoenix. Full of elegance, quick, nimble and dignified.

Aeryon did not learn this method or movement from anyone.

He simply moves his body, his sword according to his desire.

Today, he wanted to train sword. And when he wanted to train with the sword he thought of quickness, nimble and elegance.

So, he moves quickly, he moves nimbly and he moves elegantly.

He put all of this desire in his mind, his mind translate it to his move, the sword follows his move and a martial skill is created.

Flying Phoenix.

That is the kind of sword moves he had made. He is in this enlightenment state and in this state, he did not feel at all tired or exhausted.

Instead, there is this kind of joy that he found it hard to explain.

He uses the sword, and uses sword method to create this kind of sword move.

Right now, his mind is only on the sword, and all he sees are the opponent that he conjured up in his mind

He uses hacking, raising, smearing, stabbing, drawing, uncovering, crossing, and overturning sword moves to create this kind of sword move

But the sword is not the only important point of this skill that he had created.

The feet has to move in accordance else he would trip up when he uses these moves.

And then after around fifteen minutes, Aeryon suddenly stops.

And like he is awakened from a sleep he look left and right.

"Hoh!" he exclaimed

He could not believe what had happened when he was in that state.

The area around him...

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