About a year has passed since I was trapped in this space.
Now, I've been swinging the [Never-Breakable Stick]. The reason is simple: I had to do something, otherwise I would go crazy with anxiety about the future.
Of course, I expected my status to increase with the swing of the "Unbreakable Stick," but as usual, my status remained at 0.1. As I thought, it's not so easy.
Anyway, I've been training in swordsmanship since I can remember, so I was able to forget everything when I was wielding a stick.
--Ten years after the start of the game.
Many years have passed. For a few years, I had carved dates on the precipice wall in 30-day increments and counted them, but along the way, when I learned that the numbers were listed on a stone tablet in the temple and that they indicated the date, I began to use them.
Until the first few years, I missed my home and family every day. But when you get the idea of playing a virtual game with people you've trained with before, you don't miss them as much.
--Forty years after the game began.
He defeated his classmates in the same dojo and the adults in the dojo in a virtual match by image. And when he is finally able to win over his master's generation--.
You have fulfilled the requirements to acquire the Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu Itto-Ryu Hatsuden. I will acquire the skill [Kai-ryu Kenjutsu Itto-ryu Hatsuden].
An inorganic female voice echoes in my head.
'Heh?'
It's been a long time since I've been able to suppress my feelings of agitation at the changes, but I put an appraisal on it.
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Skill--Kairyu Kenjutsu Itto-Ryu, Hatsu-Den]: The first sword technique to be used. The status is slightly improved by fighting with a sword in real combat.
Practice sword simulations for 12 hours or more every day for about 40 years.
Rank: Beginner
Rank up: 12 hours or more of mock sword fights every day for 120 years
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I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it.
Of course, I didn't do any mock battles. It's not that I'm not a fan of this, but the fact is that I'm not a fan of it. In any case, the only connection I have with others is that imaginary simulated battle. I have no choice but to keep going.
--800 years after the start of the game
Curved sword dance like running water. Now the stick is able to move like my hands and feet.
The [Kai-ryu Kenjutsu (Kai-ryu Kenjutsu) Itto-ryu, Hatsuden] goes through the Chu-den and reaches the Okuden.
I've been told that as long as the battle is with a sword, it is effective in increasing status, but I think it is because of the virtual mock battle. I don't feel that my physical abilities have improved at all.
Well, now I know that swordsmanship is not a physical ability or skill.
In fact, I am able to defeat my grandfather Elm Heinemann, the sage of swordsmanship, without a hitch, even though I have the physical ability of an infant. In the past, my grandfather was a member of a brave party that fought against the four great demon kings. His abilities are well-documented. This shows that in swordsmanship, physical ability is just a minor factor.
This is true. The path of kenjutsu, or kendo, is one that transcends technique and physical strength.
It's not yet at its peak. The world is still full of strong men.
Before being captured here, my grandfather took me to various tournaments and dojos. Day after day, I think it was because I was always thinking about how to defeat my opponent with the sword. I've forgotten everything that happened before I was captured here, but I'll never forget the great skills of those who I witnessed with my grandfather in their swords.
The strongest swordsman in Isabelle's law country - Gram, the double-sworded sword, who wields two swords as if they were arms and legs.
Silver, the magic sword, is said to be the strongest creature in the elven world, combining magic and swordsmanship.
The old sword emperor of the Gritnir Empire - Ashburn.
The world is still full of powerful people.
I am immersed in the journey of the sword with great joy.
---- 1500 years after the game began
More years pass. Having defeated every swordsman I had ever seen, even my grandfather in his heyday, who was shaped by my imagination, I imagined and created the first Kensei, who was considered the most powerful swordsman in the long history of the sword. Of course, I have never met the first Kenshyo. It was just my imagination, but I believe it's not wrong.
And when I finally defeated the first Swordsman, I came to the end of my life.
---- 3000 years after the start of the game
After my victory over the first Sword Sage, I decided to take on the biggest and most difficult enemy that I had long since decided to train with. It was the supreme warrior at the top of the sword that I had heard about from my grandfather. The supreme god of the sword, who is well versed in all kinds of martial arts and has mastered the way of the sword. Now that I've defeated even that most powerful swordsman, I should be able to create this ideal swordsman.
However, the image of the god of war, which should have been composed perfectly, was ironically Kai Heinemann, my current self.
Then I started to train against my highest ideal self.
After many years of swinging my stick at the perversion and contradiction of my ideal self, I finally triumphed and reached the "Itto-ryu Kenjutsu Itto-ryu Kyokuden".
The Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu Itto-Ryu Kyokuden seems to have the effect of polarizing the status of swords in combat, but status is just an appendix for swordsmen. It's not of much use. It's not a very useful ability.
Incidentally, as a result of eating poisonous insects every day, it has transformed into the ultimate in Poison Assimilation through Poison Resistance, Poison Invalidating, and Poison Absorption. This 【Toxin Assimilation】 is an ability that allows you to become one with the poison, and when you receive it, it absorbs the poison and restores your HP and MP. It's not much use in the life of continuously wielding a stick, but well, it's somewhat better than nothing.
Now, I think it's time to go.
After finishing the meal by [Hard Poisonous Insects], I stand up with the [Never Breakable Stick].
Anyway, too many years have passed. I don't remember the slightest bit of what happened before.
But what I've been motivated to do for these more than a thousand years is to walk the path of the sword. That's the only thing that motivated me over the past thousand years to walk the path of the sword. Everything else was just trivial to me.
So when I learned that I had defeated my ideal self and mastered the path of the sword, I was greatly dismayed for the first time. Because the goal that had been standing in my way was no longer in my way.
Defeating myself had been my life's bread and butter in recent years. Now that it has been accomplished, I must find another goal. If I don't, I will cease to be me. It is a fact. But now that I have defeated myself, there is no enemy left to defeat. It was then that I came to the most basic question of why I began to practice Kenjutsu. It was dark under the lamp post. I suddenly remembered that what I now crave from my soul is beyond that temple.
It's a laughably silly story. Even though I had been striving for the path of the sword, I had forgotten the place where I would fight for my life with such an exciting and powerful man.
In the past, I had never even the slightest idea that I was going to conquer the dungeon at the back of that temple. It must be a literal dead zone in there. A battle that should not be won. There's nothing better than this. Maybe this could be a new high wall for me to cross.
Hmmm. I'm loving it.
While trying hard to keep my cheeks from loosening, I walk towards the dead ground with the [Never Breakable Stick] in hand.
A grasshopper (grasshopper) man slowly walks towards me from the front.
When I appraise it, it only displays 【Name--Grasshopper Man】. Hohoho, it's impossible to evaluate an enemy's ability value, even with an appraisal. Interesting! It's a bit disheartening, as you seek strength in numbers and only choose to struggle against enemies weaker than you. I rather like this!
Now, thanks to the effect of the Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu Itto-Ryu Kyokuden, my total ability value has risen to an average of 50. I'm looking forward to seeing how far I can resist him. I'm really looking forward to it.
"Hey, Grasshopper," he said, "show me the way forward. Show me the way to go!
I shouted, bursting with joy as I walked leisurely toward him.
You'll be able to duck the locust man's claws with the tip of your nose, and also the full-bodied mid-right kick, which seems to be the backbone of the guy, is easily flung with a stick.
"This is how it goes: ......
Only a few times, I noticed. I'm not going to be able to reach me with such a refined attack, even if it takes a hundred years. It's just a locust that was nothing more than a locust .......
I managed to hold on to my disappointment and held up my stick. And then--.
"Itto-ryu kenjutsu, Ichi no kata--death line.
A line runs across the Grasshopperman's chest. The line runs through the body, the limbs, and the head.
GIGAECK.
Those were the last words of the Grasshopper Man. Each part of the Grasshopper Man's body shifted out of place, spraying green blood splatters and collapsing into disparate pieces of fine flesh.
After shaking the stick and dropping the blood spray, I put an appraisal on myself.
His bare average status had increased from 0.1 to 0.2.
Apparently, defeating enemies also improves your physical abilities. The opponent was a small fish, which was a bit of a disappointment, but nah, sooner or later I would meet an absolute powerhouse that I couldn't win. Then, I'll strengthen my body for the fight against the strongest person I've ever seen.
In that case, it would have to be to defeat the demon.
That's right. That's my immediate goal. I started hunting the bugs in earnest with 【Never Breakable Stick】 in hand.