"What the heck?" Joseph blurted out a curse.
Alice promptly explained, "Sect Master Taric and my grandpa are the best of friends. Sect Master Taric was a fighting maniac back then who wanted to do nothing other than swing his sword and look for fights. One day, he challenged my grandpa in a battle and he managed to overwhelm my grandpa when it comes to the way of the sword..."
"Unfortunately, before the battle could be decided. Grandpa broke his prized sword. In the end, he lost, not because he was weak, but because the quality of his weapon was far worse than Grandpa. He vowed since then that he'll become a proper blacksmith while also keeping his attention on practicing his way of the sword."
"Now, he's a genuine Advanced Blacksmith and as for his Way of the Sword. He's now a Sword Connoisseur, a Realm higher than me who is only a Sword Adept."
