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“Listen up, Alice,” The scene changed to a large tree on a hill.
Rhynes was teaching a young Alice swordsmanship.
“What I’m teaching you today is my hidden sword technique. This move requires you to pour in all your strength and release it with decisive intuition. You must not have any hesitation when striking. Any doubt will dim the power of the sword in your hand. Therefore, I won’t teach you the method for this technique. You must figure out on your own how to release your sword intent through a seemingly ordinary swing without any hesitation. Do you understand, Alice?”
Young Alice, while diligently practicing her swings, nodded hesitantly.
“Mhm, I understand, Master!”
Under Rhynes’s guidance, Alice held the wooden sword, her eyes closed, concentrating all her strength into the sword in her hand. She felt the wind and grass around her.
“Don’t hesitate… don’t hesitate…”
She softly murmured the key points Rhynes had taught her.
Then, as if sensing something, she suddenly opened her eyes and swung the wooden sword forward.
A gust of wind suddenly swept past the large tree.
After a brief silence, the large tree slowly split in two. One half crashed to the ground, while the other half remained standing on the hill, as if it hadn’t even noticed it had been sliced.
Seeing this, Alice jumped up excitedly.
“Master! I did it! I did it! Is this the sword technique Master taught me? It’s incredible!”
“As expected of Alice. You easily grasped the necessary state of mind for this technique. With two or three more years of practice, you’ll surpass your Master and become a swordsman as powerful as your father.”
“Is that so? Then I must continue to work hard!”
Alice showed no complacency and continued to practice her swings diligently.
“By the way, Master, what is the name of the sword technique you just taught me?”
“Its name is…”
“Sword Skill—Peak Attainment!”
In an instant, Alice’s figure shot down like a falcon, turning her Holy Penetration Blade into a sharp tooth that precisely bit through the neck of the struggling skeleton.
All of her power was poured into the dragon bone.
The dragon bone finally couldn’t withstand the pressure of the Holy Penetration Blade and snapped completely.
The moment the dragon bone broke, the surrounding skeleton also collapsed. The magic circles attached to the other bones burst like fireworks.
The dragon that had caused so much trouble was finally defeated by the combined efforts of Charlotte and Alice.
However, this was no time to celebrate. After defeating the evil dragon, the two of them plummeted rapidly from a great height.
If they didn’t take any measures to save themselves, they would surely be smashed into pieces upon hitting the hard ground, their bodies mixed together in a gruesome mess.
Fortunately, after the giant dragon was defeated, the True Chaos Magic aura that permeated its vicinity also vanished.
This meant Charlotte could use magic freely now.
Just as they were about to hit the hard ground, Charlotte gently waved her hand. Instantly, a powerful gust of wind blew up from the ground, countering their descent. They landed safely on the ground.
At this time, the other warriors of the Holy Knights also rushed over.
“Commander, are you alright?”
“Commander, you were incredible!”
“Commander, you must take us with you the next time you fight a dragon!”
The numerous warriors surrounded Alice, asking about her condition. Charlotte, meanwhile, was completely ignored, as if she were “sentient air.”
“Hey, I helped too! Why isn’t anyone worried about me?” Charlotte complained, full of resentment.
Because she had been swallowed by the giant dragon, her witch’s robe was tattered, like a heavily damaged ship girl, exposed everywhere.
But since Charlotte had such a disappointingly small body, even if she were standing there naked, only wearing panties, no one would pay her any mind.
If it were Alice, a girl with both ambition and a shapely body, the entire Holy Knights would have been instantly captivated.
Alice did not bask in the victory. She walked out of the circle of warriors and extended her right hand to Charlotte, a gesture of successful cooperation.
“Heh heh, of course! With a genius witch like me around, I can handle anything that happens. Though I didn’t actually contribute much this time.”
“A genius witch? Speaking of which, I think I met another magical genius once. She looks almost exactly like you. Judging by the timing, she should have already entered the Starsea Magic Academy by now.”
“Oh? Is that so? What’s the name of that magical genius? When I get back, I’ll go find her and see who the most talented witch in the world is!”
“I remember her name is Shaula. She also said to just call her Ula-la.”
“Ula-la…” Charlotte frowned slightly. “Isn’t that my sister’s name? Wait a minute…”
Saying this, Charlotte suddenly remembered that a year after she started traveling with Master Chloe, she met a red-haired girl swordsman in Snow Lotus City. At that time, she used the name Shaula. Coincidentally, the Holy Penetration Blade Alice was using looked exactly like the sword that girl used.
And the name of that girl swordsman was also Alice… Everything connected.
‘Is the Alice before me the same girl swordsman I met before?’
‘I can’t believe she grew up to be so tall and developed in just a few short years, while I haven’t grown at all and am still a small, white loli.’
“Hmm? Witch-sama, are you thinking about something?” Alice noticed the strange look on Charlotte’s face and asked.
“No, no, no, it’s nothing.” Charlotte quickly waved her hand.
At this point, she couldn’t admit that she was the Shaula Alice knew.
‘It’s too shameful to have zero growth after all these years.’
“By the way, I suddenly remembered I have something to do. If you have nothing else, I’ll be leaving now!”
Charlotte said this, mounted her magic broomstick, and flew into the sky, ready to part ways with Alice.
Alice looked surprised. She hadn’t expected the little witch to leave so soon. She seemed very busy.
“Witch-sama, safe travels! We’ll meet again someday!”
After waving goodbye to Charlotte, Alice turned around and called for the surrounding warriors to clear the battlefield.
She then fell into deep thought.
‘Something is not right. The entire giant dragon incident was highly unusual.’
‘Normally, reinforcing the seal shouldn’t cause such a major problem.’
The magic circle left at the scene was the one the witch Noelle had set up. The Barrier Masters checked it, and it was fine.
Yet, an accident suddenly occurred during the reinforcement. Why?
‘Did someone add a strange magic circle at the scene, causing the magical power used for the seal to flow backward into the dragon bone, creating the giant Magic-Armored Golem with the dragon bone as its core?’
If so, who did it, and what was their purpose?
‘Could the person who did this be that person?’
No, she couldn’t jump to conclusions yet. She had to gather the remaining clues at the scene again.
Thinking this, Alice walked toward the cave entrance, which was buried under debris.
Charlotte, flying in the sky, turned her head to look in the direction Alice was going.
However, she wondered if she was seeing things. She saw a wisp of black energy suddenly flash through Alice’s hair.
“Hmm?”
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