'One with the Sword? How do I become one in the Sword' Leon thought about his words trying to find out the deeper meaning.
'I should treat the Sword as my hand's extension, how do I treat my hand? '
Leon slashed and slashed, hours passed in the Soulsubspace but he didn't stop. As he slashed he kept cracking his brain to think of an answer to Gladius's words but found nothing.
[Strength: +2]
[Agility: +2]
[Stamina: +1]
After slashing nonstop for an hour right now, He got an additional two stat points added respectively to his strength and agility stats, And one stamina point added to the stamina stats.
Nevertheless, he did not let his gain distract him but continued to train hard while at the same time thinking of an answer.
Sometimes he slashed while holding the Great sword in one hand, and sometimes he slashed while holding the hilt of the Greatsword in two hands, but still, the results were the same, his slash was never able to connect, and the waterfall pressure was still reflecting his attacks like crazy.
But then...
Leon got an answer to the question in his head, Though it's not the answer, it's still something close.
'I should treat the sword as my hand's extension, but my hand is something I can use subconsciously, Does he mean that I should train much harder until using a greatsword becomes part of me!? '
Though Leon was not sure that this was the answer, but still he is sure that at least, he must be somehow close to getting the answer.
But he was sure about one thing.
If becoming one with the sword meant that he would have to train extra hard to reach that stage, then Leon did not have a single problem going extra hard.
Though he had been trying his best, he still felt like he was not trying his best, the frustration of failing time and time again had started seeping into his heart, bringing with it, despair. Because with such slow progress, Leon was starting to get despaired that he would never reach that stage... But all that is about to change now.
With this, a resolute look appeared on his face...
His determination is at the top.
Just like that, the entire day passed with Leo going nothing but slashing his Greatsword through a waterfall.
But unlike before, he was starting to see some improvement and at this point, he could now slash his great sword before his sword gets deflected midway.
Before, his slash was not able to connect at all!
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One week passed in the Soulsubspace, Leon spent most of the week slashing his great sword through the waterfall, and now, he can finally slash through the waterfall without his Greatsword having a deflection or change in direction in the slightest.
It was now that Leon confirmed his previous theory; to be one with the sword he had to slash the Greatsword multiple times till Greatsword slashing became incorporated into his bones and subconsciousness.
Leon had lost count of how many times he had slashed, but he had a feeling that it was close to a million slashes after all he did nothing the entire week but slash his sword through the waterfall, so it was only natural for him to reach such a huge number of slashes.
"Waterfall training is over!" Gladius, who had been watching from a distance said with a smile on his face.
"A million and another thousand slashes, you are doing great. I believe with this training, your foundation should be pretty solid. Now we can move to the next step" Gladius added.
"Slash your Great Sword at me." He ordered.
Leon did not let him repeat twice, he slashed his great sword at Gladius... "Woah!"
He slashed at Gladius, but Gladius dodged the attack like a graceful swan.
This was not what made awed Leon, but the feeling he felt when he slashed at Gladius.
After slashing through the waterfall pressure, slashing through air felt natural to him, it was as if it was the easiest thing in the world, he felt as if he could do this nonstop.
It felt good, this feeling was inexplicable. The feeling was hard to explain.
But one thing was sure if Leon had loved Greatsword before because they make the wielder look cool, he now loves it because of this feeling... And his love for the great sword had gone deeper.
An excited expression appeared on his face... He laughed hysterically and continued slashing at Gladius. "Hahaha, I love this feeling!!!"
Everything felt good to him, in response, Gladius dodges his attack and then smiled 'He has finally reached that stage...'
As if on cue to Gladius's thoughts, a prompt appeared in Leon's view.
[Sword Mastery: 1% Congratulations on becoming a true swordsman]
"Hehe..." Leon grinned.
He knew that just this one percent alone is enough to dominate the Adventurer's Guild test.
However, he also knew that this path is not going to be smooth in the least, if the Sword God himself, with his infinite talent with swords, his obsession, and everything took millions of years to reach 50% Leo knew that it would take him a very long time to reach that level.
HA!!!
He exhaled loudly.
'I have gained so much.' He smiled, satisfied with how good things were progressing.
During the entire week since he entered his soulsubspace, Leon gained a total of 25 stats points to strength, 25 stat points to agility, 15 stats points to stamina, and one level up.
'System'
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God Of Souls System
•─────⋅☾ Host's Details☽⋅─────•
Name: Leon Maxwell
Title: Soul Mancer
Physique: Divine Soul physique.
Affinity: Soul
Soul: 1
Level 8
Hp: 800
Energy: 800
•─────⋅☾ Stats ☽⋅─────•
Strength: 155
Stamina: 108
Agility: 136
Defense: 50
Intelligence: 50
Perception (Hunter's Instinct): 1
Soul Defense: 3
Luck: 5
(Available point to distribute: 0)
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Hall of Skills (0)
Skill Points (0)
•─────⋅☾ Dungeon ☽⋅─────•
Dungeon (Unlocked)
•─────⋅☾ Shop ☽⋅─────•
Shop (locked: reach level 15 to unlock)
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Looking at his stats, Leon was satisfied with his progress.
He knew how hard it was to level up, if not that the system gave him a mission to train himself, he wouldn't have leveled up to level 7.
Thanks to Gladius's training, he has finally leveled up without a mission.
So, of course, he was satisfied with his progress, but of course, he also wanted more!