"You actually know the lost Twenty Slashes! Who taught you that?!"
Rodriquez was shocked after his defeat.
His teacher was the North Emperor, Peacock Sword Aubel. His strength was at the Saint level, like Shirou, and he was even considered one of the best North Saints.
Because the North God Style is a practical fighting style, after the members finish their training, they travel around, going to different places in the world to find strong people to fight, to improve their skills.
That's why he came to the dangerous Demon Continent, using difficult battles to toughen himself.
In reality, Rodriquez's strength was enough to survive on the Demon Continent.
Even in a dangerous place like the Demon Continent, full of scary demons and monsters, a North Saint could easily go anywhere.
So, Rodriquez was confident that he had the ability to fight any strong enemy.
He even thought he was good enough to fight a demon king.
Of course, Rodriquez still had some idea of his limits. He knew there was a big gap between him and any demon king.
So he decided to improve his skills further, and after his strength reached the North King level, he would try to find a strong demon king to fight.
That was his original plan.
So, when Rodriquez heard of the Black Wolf Second team's fame, and heard that each member was strong, he naturally went to challenge them.
Yes, in almost a year, Shirou and the others' Black Wolf Second team had become famous, and even become an A-rank adventurer team.
Their stories could be heard in different places on the Demon Continent.
They had become somewhat well-known.
That's why Rodriquez came to challenge them, and wanted to fight Ruijerd, who was obviously the strongest in the team.
Rodriquez didn't expect that Ruijerd wouldn't accept his challenge.
The red-haired boy next to Ruijerd accepted his challenge.
From what Rodriquez knew, the red-haired boy was a good Swordsman, trained in the Sword God Style, and his strength should be at the Sword Saint level.
Such a young Sword Saint was rare even on the Demon Continent.
It was naturally shocking.
Most people paid more attention to Shirou than Ruijerd in the Black Wolf Second team, thinking that the young man's future was unlimited.
At least a Sword King level person.
And there were not even five Sword Kings in the world.
That shows how important it is.
Of course, Rodriquez wasn't like most people, who would respect Shirou just because he was a Sword Saint and so young.
As a North God Style user, he knew that some school-trained Swordsmen, even if they had great skill and talent, had very little fighting experience; they were just newbies.
Even if that kind of Swordsman had great strength and talent, their future achievements were still limited.
Rodriquez didn't pay much attention to Shirou.
Even though Shirou took his challenge instead of Ruijerd, Rodriquez was still calm, even arrogant.
He thought that Shirou was so young, even if he was a Sword Saint, he would have little fighting experience.
So, he just needed to find a way to block the Longsword of Light, which couldn't be seen, and he could easily win the fight.
Although the Longsword of Light was hard to dodge for most people, it wasn't impossible for a North Saint to see through.
Even Rodriquez's teacher, the North Emperor Peacock Sword Aubel, could see through the Longsword of Light at the Sword Emperor level.
That shows that the Longsword of Light, although strong, wasn't unbeatable.
Rodriquez thought that even if Shirou used the Longsword of Light, it wasn't impossible to deal with it.
But he never expected Shirou to not use the Longsword of Light. His moves didn't even seem like the Sword God Style, but felt like the North God Style.
In the chaos, Rodriquez was shocked to see Shirou draw his sword from the right side, and then quickly put it back in from the left.
He had done a near-perfect North God Style sword-drawing technique - Twenty Slashes!
This technique was one of the secrets of the North God Style. His teacher, the North Emperor Aubel, didn't know this move, and neither did Rodriquez.
But that didn't stop Rodriquez from recognizing the signs of Twenty Slashes.
Because he didn't expect the secret sword art of the North God Style to appear, all of Rodriquez's preparations for dealing with the Longsword of Light were useless.
So, he, a North Saint, was easily defeated by Shirou using an upper-level North God Style move, and lost a lot of face.
"I taught myself Twenty Slashes."
Shirou quietly replied to Rodriquez's surprise.
In reality, his Twenty Slashes mainly copied the movements of the Undead Demon King Atofe, and with Ruijerd's help, he made his own version.
It wasn't really self-taught.
But he couldn't talk about his fight with Atofe, so he could only lie.
"To teach yourself the secret of the North God Style... that's unbelievable."
Rodriquez was speechless. He couldn't imagine that there was such a genius in the world. All his previous scorn and doubt for Shirou were covered by deep respect.
Swordsmen always worship stronger Swordsmen.
Especially when the other person shows talent beyond imagination.
Because the gap was too big, he couldn't even feel envy or jealousy, just shock.
Rodriquez finally said, "I've completely lost. I didn't expect there to be such a great person... the world is so big! So, may I ask your name?"
"I am Shirou Greyrat."
"Shirou Greyrat? I haven't heard that name before. Who is your teacher?"
"My teacher is Ghislaine."
"I see, it's the Black Wolf Sword King. No wonder your team is called Black Wolf Second."
The name of the Black Wolf Sword King Ghislaine was very famous, at least in the world of Swordsmen, almost everyone knew it.
Rodriquez then said, "Well, I was thinking that you have such talent, maybe I could take you as a student and teach you the North God Style. But since you already have the Black Wolf Sword King as your teacher, I don't have the ability to teach you further. But if you're interested in the North God Style, I can introduce you to my teacher, Peacock Sword Aubel. He's one of the few North Emperors, enough to take you further in the North God Style."
"The North God Style..."
Shirou hesitated at Rodriquez's words.
He was indeed interested in the North God Style and wanted to learn more advanced sword skills, but he didn't want to completely switch to another style, and he couldn't abandon Ghislaine to find another North Emperor to be his teacher.
So, he refused, "Sorry, my teacher is Ghislaine, and I plan to go to the Holy Land of Swords to improve my Sword God Style skills. Thank you for your kindness."
"I see. Well, the Sword God Style still has a living Sword God who can teach you. The North God of the North God Style hasn't been heard from in a long time."
"The North God of the North God Style?"
"Yes, since Kalman Rebak created the North God Style, almost no one has been able to inherit the title of North God. Only several hundred years ago, someone who inherited the North God Style killed the King Dragon in the King Dragon Mountains. That made people know that there was a second North God. But that was also hundreds of years ago. The North God Style hasn't had a North God-level person in a long time."
"..."
Shirou learned some useful information about the North God Style.
He also remembered that the husband of the Undead Demon King Atofe seemed to be the first North God Kalman Rebak.
"It's a shame that you don't want to become a disciple of my North God Style. Then we'll have to say goodbye. By the way, if you're interested in the North God Style, you can go to this address to find my teacher. Even if you don't learn the North God Style, it's good to exchange skills."
Rodriquez wrote down an address. Shirou looked at it and found that it was the royal capital of the Asura Kingdom.
He didn't expect that not only the Water God, but also a North Emperor, was in the royal capital.
You can imagine how complicated it is there.
Shirou had only glimpsed the darkness of the royal capital.
Rodriquez also gave Shirou a North God Style token, a necklace.
He said that he could use it to see the North Emperor Aubel.
Rodriquez then talked with Shirou about sword skills, and said that he would go to the Holy Land of Swords in the future, and might see him again.
After saying that, Rodriquez left freely.
After this fight, he had a clearer understanding of his own strength. He definitely wouldn't challenge a demon king in the near future, and might not even think about it even if he reached the North King level.
There were too many strong people in the world.
After saying goodbye to Rodriquez, Shirou and the others continued their journey, and finally reached their destination after a year.
The southernmost port city on the Demon Continent, Wyn Port.
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Wind Port.
This is the only port city on the Demon Continent.
The terrain in the town has many slopes, and you can see the whole street from the entrance.
Most of the buildings are made of earth and stone, typical of the Demon Continent, but you can also see some wooden houses.
There are also shipyards in the corners of the town.
Perhaps because it's a port city, there aren't many street stalls near the entrance. The area near the port is full of life.
It's a town with a different style from other places.
On the other side of the port, outside the town, is a wide ocean.
Blue sea, waves, and birds that look like seagulls. There are also sailing ships, but the sailing ships in this world don't just rely on the wind. You can see obvious signs of magic, using special magic to move the ships.
Eris was very excited when she saw the sea, luckily Ruijerd stopped her from running to the beach.
The three then went to the adventurer's guild, but this time it wasn't to take on a job, but to find out how to get on a ship to the Millis Continent.
They got two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news was that there was a way to get on a ship, the price wasn't high, and it was easy to get to the Millis Continent.
The bad news was that the ship's destination was the Holy Millis Kingdom, which hated demons, especially the Superd race. If they wanted to get off the ship, they would have to be inspected.
If they were found to be Superd, they would not only be expelled from the country, but would also be arrested by the Holy Knights of the Holy Millis Kingdom, and would definitely be imprisoned.
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