The Four Sages.
Now they should be called the Five Sages.
At Miss Astrea's invitation, they now used the Astrea Family villa as their team's base.
For this, the Four Sages were extremely grateful to Miss Astrea, but they had no idea that Miss Astrea simply didn't have the money to hire servants to take care of the villa.
However, for them, having a safe and sufficiently large residence was indeed a very fortunate thing.
One must know that in their team, apart from Arsye, whose family was noble, the other three basically lived in inns. The environment of an inn, of course, was not as comfortable as living in a large villa.
The front courtyard and training ground of the villa had also been tidied up. This morning, Tsukasa and Herculean were training with swords in the training ground. Arsye and the others were also observing their training from the side, as they were very curious to see what kind of demeanor this Miss Astrea would have when she picked up a sword.
After all, she was the descendant of the peerless Sword Saint, and the stories of the Sword Saint were no less widespread than the legends of the Thirteen Heroes.
The Sword Saint was the founding Grand General of the Empire.
His achievements were no less impressive than those heroes, and there were even legends that the first Sword Saint fought the Dragon King to a draw.
Even if later generations of Sword Saints were not as good as the previous ones,
each and every one was a powerhouse. Even the previous Sword Saint, that unreliable playboy, his strength was still the strongest in the Empire. No one could have imagined that such a powerful individual would die after triggering a trap while exploring ruins.
Herculean was now holding a sword and said to Tsukasa, "You said you've never used a sword before, so now you go first and attack me. Let me see what your foundation is like."
"Okay."
Tsukasa didn't hesitate. Since Herculean, temporarily her teacher, asked her to do so, she would do it.
That sword strike was both fast and fierce!
When Herculean saw this sword strike, he only had time to exclaim 'monster' before he dared not hold back any longer. In the end, he even used a martial technique to barely parry Tsukasa's attack. The immense force transmitted from the sword directly knocked him to the ground, and he rolled several times in a terribly disheveled state before recovering, truly losing face spectacularly.
Tsukasa stopped moving.
She had considered whether to hide her physical capabilities before, but this was not something that could be hidden just by wanting to.
Furthermore, she couldn't use her skills freely yet.
And since she was going to learn swordsmanship, to achieve the best results, she felt it was necessary to let her teacher know her physical capabilities.
As for whether exposing her physical capabilities would reveal her true strength? There's no need to worry about that at all, because her average physical attributes are around 5000-
And her strongest magic power had already broken through before she transmigrated,
points. If anyone truly thought this was her full strength, then she thought it would be quite good to be misunderstood like that.
"That is the power of the Astrea Family, as exaggerated as the rumors of monsters." Imena clearly saw that Herculean had been forced to use his full strength just now, yet he couldn't even Block a single sword strike from a novice. This showed just how strong Miss Astrea's physical capabilities truly were.
Ropatik and Arsye's expressions were exactly the same as hers at that moment.
Both were equally astonished and shocked.
Herculean got up from the ground, wiped the dirt from his face, spit out the sand that had rolled into his mouth, and then pretended not to be injured as he said, "Very good, I roughly know your level. From your actions just now, you indeed don't know how to use a sword."
However, with that kind of physical capability, even without swordsmanship, she was not someone an ordinary person could deal with. Herculean dared not underestimate this new team member any longer, because even if she couldn't cast magic, or use martial arts and swordsmanship, her strength alone, like a humanoid tyrannical dragon, was already the strongest in their current squad.
"Yes, that's why I want to learn swordsmanship from you." Tsukasa asked, "Do you think my performance just now showed talent for swordsmanship?"
"…" Herculean felt her words were quite provoking, but seeing the young lady's serious gaze, he could only say with a pained expression, "Yes, I'm certain you're very talented!"
Please, with your physical capabilities, just a little practice would already make you the strongest in the Empire!
He finally understood the Blood Emperor's feelings back then.
No wonder the Blood Emperor was so enraged back then.
This kind of talent!
Why would you not be a proper warrior and go learn magic instead?!
Upon hearing Herculean's answer and seeing his reaction, Tsukasa couldn't help but frown. She wasn't satisfied with Herculean's reply.
Because what she wanted to know was whether she had the talent to learn swordsmanship, not to use a sword by relying on her physical capabilities.
There was a certain difference between the two! No matter how strong one's physical capabilities were, if they lacked talent, they couldn't master profound swordsmanship. If she was merely going to swing a sword with brute force, then she might as well honestly go back and continue to delve into her magic.
"I ask you again." Tsukasa said seriously, "Captain, please teach me true swordsmanship!"
Herculean: "..."
He didn't quite understand what this young lady was saying.
What was 'true swordsmanship'?
Such a profound question—had she already gained such insight after only using a sword for the first time? Was this the talent of a Sword Saint's descendant?
If he could just figure out this question, would his swordsmanship advance to a higher level?
He didn't understand.
But the young lady's eyes seemed to think he should understand.
Herculean was in a difficult position for a moment.
Fortunately, Imena reminded him at this point, "Since you said Miss Astrea just started learning swordsmanship, shouldn't you teach her some basic swordsmanship first?"
Herculean inwardly thanked his girlfriend for helping him out, looked at Tsukasa, and asked, "What do you think?"
Tsukasa nodded.
"No problem, thank you."
Herculean breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then I will teach you the most basic Imperial Swordsmanship. This set of swordsmanship is said to have been created by the Sword Saint for the Empire's warriors as a foundational swordsmanship, making it most suitable for you as a beginner."
He also had his own school of swordsmanship.
But his own swordsmanship was simply not presentable right now. This young lady's talent was too terrifying, so he could only teach her the Imperial Swordsmanship, rumored to have been created by previous generations of Sword Saints.
Although he personally felt that set of swordsmanship was truly basic, perhaps Miss Astrea, as a descendant of the Sword Saint, could comprehend something different from it.
With this thought in mind.
Herculean began to teach Tsukasa Imperial Swordsmanship.
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