Chapter 480: 221: Storm Crow (Two-in-One Mega Chapter)

Chapter 480: Chapter 221: Storm Crow (Two-in-One Mega Chapter)

At that moment, there was suddenly the sound of boots ‘tapping’ outside the door. Upon hearing it, Rein’s ears twitched; it was Major Maryka’s footsteps.

“Thud Thud Thud!”

“Come in!”

As expected, the one who opened the door was Maryka, clad in a fitted navy uniform.

Maryka had intended to say something, but the presence of the two members of the Fish-Dragon Squad caught her off guard, causing her to hesitate momentarily. However, she quickly put on a bright smile and said,

“It seems that the two gentlemen from the Fish-Dragon Squad are much quicker in action than I had anticipated, Lord Reine. It looks like there is no need for me to relay the message from the fleet anymore.”

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“Indeed, that’s the case, Major Maryka,” Rein said with a smile.

“Gentlemen, I shall not interrupt your conversation any further.” Major Maryka smiled and then turned to leave.

She left behind a silhouette with the broad curves of a pencil skirt uniform, prompting Trevo and Nathaniel to exchange a look before turning to Rein and chuckling. “Lord Reine, it appears that Major Maryka, the ‘Flower of the Sixth Fleet’ of the Imperial Navy, is quite concerned about you.”

“Hmm?” Rein glanced at the two men, noticed their knowing looks, and couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback before he shook his head in denial, “Gentlemen, there’s nothing going on between Major Maryka and me.”

“We merely have a professional relationship.”

“Haha, Lord Reine, there may be nothing now, but it doesn’t mean there won’t be anything in the future,” Trevo said with a wink and a laugh.

“Trevo, since Lord Reine does not wish to discuss this topic, let’s get down to business first,” Nathaniel suggested, his teasing gaze eliciting a wry smile from Reine.

“Indeed!”

“Lord Reine, before I teach you the ‘Sharpness Technique’, I will need you to sign this confidentiality agreement.” Trevo took out a thin sheepskin scroll that emitted a faint energy fluctuation and handed it to Reine.

“Of course.” Reine nodded and began to examine it closely.

The items listed on the scroll were various prohibitions, like ‘Without the consent of the Imperial Navy, no witchcraft or Extraordinary Battle Technique obtained from the Imperial Navy may be disclosed to others, limited to personal practice and use…’

The faint energy fluctuation seemed to be from some form of witchcraft spell.

Soon enough, Rein picked up a quill and swiftly signed his name.

After signing, he keenly sensed that the energy fluctuation was undergoing a subtle change and was establishing some kind of connection with his own spiritual power fluctuation, likely due to the spell on the sheepskin scroll being triggered.

Seeing this, Trevo smiled, handing over another pale yellow beastskin scroll to Reine, “Lord Reine, this contains the introduction and witchcraft model of the ‘Sharpness Technique’. Take a look at it, and later we can discuss it further.”

“Alright, thank you, Trevo,” Rein replied with a smile.

After seeing the two men out, Rein carefully perused the beastskin scroll.

After reviewing it several times, he realized that the complexity of envisioning the witchcraft model for the new metal-based ‘Sharpness Technique’ was similar to that of the fire-based ‘Scorching Touch’, not overly difficult.

As Rein had already mastered three spells—’Scorching Touch’, ‘High-Temperature Force Field’, and ‘Scorching Touch’—he did not encounter much difficulty when learning this new metal-based witchcraft.

About half an hour later, after failing five or six times, Rein succeeded in his first attempt!

The Glimmering Greatsword he held shimmered on the surface with a sudden and slightly dazzling silver radiance, different from the prickling kind of light, more akin to a flowing waterlike halo.

At that moment, the light flowed over the surface of the greatsword like liquid silver, quite beautiful.

Then, the system prompt followed:

[You have studied the Sharpness Technique; comprehension has increased!]

[You have grasped a new Skill—Sharpness Technique]

[Your Skill, Sharpness Technique, has improved, Experience +1]

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Simultaneously, on the Wizard Apprentice (Transcendent) panel, next to the icon for Scorching Touch, a new icon appeared.

The frame of the icon lit up slightly, and the icon itself displayed an image of a glowing handleless blade, surrounded by multiple short lines symbolizing sharpness.

Rein focused his attention on the new icon, which had a line of small text underneath.

Sharpness Technique lv1 (1/100)

Sharpness Technique lv1 effect: Consumes a certain amount of spiritual power to manipulate nearby metal energy particles with a specific witchcraft model, enhancing the sharpness of a designated metal weapon for approximately one minute.

(Note: Casting time is 3 seconds, and the power is proportional to the caster’s spiritual power.)

After some thought, Rein took down a decorative steel shield from the wall of his room and gently swept his sword across it.

A sensation of cutting into tough leather emanated from the greatsword’s hilt.

Even though he had anticipated it, Rein’s eyes still narrowed in surprise at the effectiveness of the Sharpness Technique; it was better than he had expected.

He recalled the scene when he sparred with Trevo a few days ago and realized the Sharpness Technique that Trevo had used, although quick, did not seem to have such a potent effect.

Could it be because of his metal element affinity that he achieved a better effect than what Trevo had demonstrated?

That must be it, Rein concluded with a nod.

With a light wave of his hand, Rein canceled the new witchcraft and then channeled his Great Knight’s primal force into the Glimmering Greatsword, causing it to emit a faint luminescence.