"Who are you and why did you kidnap me and let me out..."
Raymond didn't expect to see the once proud and arrogant Dunn in this dungeon.
This blind old man is obviously the kind of strong man who is ruthless and doesn't say much.
Yesterday, Raymond told him about Dunn, a guy who killed his master and hooked up with his wife. The little old man didn't say anything at that time, which made him think that the old man didn't care at all. But he didn't expect that he was a practical person and didn't care at all.
Beep beep, he immediately ran over and kidnapped the person, and locked him up in an abandoned cell here.
Raymond thought that the blind old man just made a deal with Capone to protect himself for a period of time.
With such a master of swordsmanship by your side, it would be a waste of resources if you don't make good use of him.
He had already planned it, whether it was through side attacks, stalking, or bullying... no matter what method he used, he would get some rare swordsmanship skills out of this guy.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he said that he wanted to learn swordsmanship, the old man agreed without hesitation.
It simply makes people feel like they are in a dream.
Then,
The old man didn't do any ink, and directly led Raymond to the cell where Dunn was held.
it's here,
He saw Dunn who was almost going crazy after being imprisoned.
Raymond thought that the old man did not kill this scumbag because he was preparing to torture him. But he did not expect that for a long time in the future, the reason why Dunn would be alive was because the old man wanted to torture himself.
...
The dark underground cell was damp and cold. It was a private dungeon built by a certain nobleman to satisfy certain evil habits. The thick iron walls and rough fences all gave off an aura of despair.
Dunn didn't hear any noise all day, and he thought he would be trapped here alive.
When he used the dim light to see clearly Raymond following behind the old blind man, he was startled at first.
Then like a mad lion, he climbed on the iron cage and roared: "Raymond... is that you? What... do you want to do! You don't know what you are doing now!"
He thought that Raymond was behind his kidnapping, and shouted angrily: "I am a high-ranking noble of the territory! If I die here, the Public Security Department will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly, and you will not be able to escape the involvement by then, even if there is someone
Lord, I guarantee you that our Gustav family will never give up!"
There was nothing wrong with what he said originally.
After all, the Gustavus family controls the military power of the territory, and is the most powerful family in the territory besides the Philip family. Moreover, the Gustavus family has been an instructor at Tianlan Royal Naval Academy for several generations, making it a well-established military family.
Therefore, the current head of the family, Oleg, has a tough military style in both his skills and his style of doing things.
This also means that if someone really dares to murder the first heir of their family, the lord may not be able to survive.
Unfortunately, that was in the past.
Lei Ming looked at the poor guy who was being slaughtered, and said calmly: "Your poisoning of Daru has been exposed... Mrs. Moreau was killed on the spot because of her arrest last night."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, Dunn's face changed suddenly.
He had suspected that Raymond might have known some inside information before, but now it seems that his scandal may have been exposed by him!
Daru owns a kendo gym in his territory and has a good reputation. Moreover, he has a noble title. Even if a high-ranking noble kills him, he will still be in big trouble.
Moreover, he also knew that once his story of killing his master and seducing his master's wife to corrupt human relations was exposed, his reputation would be ruined.
"It's over, everything is over..."
The moment Dunn heard the news, he felt as if someone had hit his head hard, and the whole world suddenly became dim.
Raymond added: "I forgot to tell you... your Gustav family's secret collusion to fund the Blood Skull Pirates has been exposed. Now your father Oleg has been dismissed from all positions for colluding with pirates.
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After hearing this, Dunn's eyes turned. Instead of being angry, he calmed down.
"Haha...how is it possible! How could my father collude with pirates? He is the lord's most trusted subordinate, how could he do such a thing?"
Dunn even felt happy.
Maybe this guy is just bluffing!
He was afraid that he had just heard some hearsay information somewhere, but there was no evidence to prove that he poisoned Daru... Then he thought of kidnapping himself, and then tortured him to extract a confession and convict him through false accusations?
He seemed to have seen through all the conspiracies, and suddenly his confidence came back, and he sneered: "Your story is not very advanced!"
Seeing that Dunn's expression didn't look like he was acting, Raymond frowned.
He had some doubts in his heart. The Gustav family secretly funded the Blood Skeleton. Could it be that this guy really didn't know anything about it?
its not right...
If he didn't know about it, why would he take the initiative to contact Aphra?
Or is everything being over-controlled by his family elders?
At this moment,
Dunn sneered again: "My Gustav family controls most of the territory's defense and military forces. Do you think it is necessary for us to secretly fund a dirty pirate group? We remember that what we need cannot be obtained through normal channels.
You have to hide yourself and help some pirates? Haha, your story is not good at all!"
Although there is nothing wrong with saying this, the evidence is now conclusive that the Gustav family is indeed colluding with the Blood Skull, and Defense Minister Oleg has also resigned.
Although he also felt that it was a little strange, Raymond didn't intend to think about it in detail.
After all, he originally just planned to state this fact to a dying man and did not want to argue.
At this time,
The old blind man who had been silent for a long time also spoke and said: "Since Junior Brother Daru has entrusted me to clean up his family, it is natural to do this. I originally planned to kill you like this, but thinking about it, I can't
You died so easily."
"Are you...that old Dong...mentor's senior brother?"
When Dunn heard this, he finally understood why he was kidnapped.
It turns out that it was not Raymond who was instigating the blind old man, but that the old man was actually Daru's senior brother, so he came here for a reason!
No wonder I had no power to fight back in the hands of this guy yesterday. My swordsmanship was plotted everywhere. It turns out that the root cause is here. If he is really a descendant of Sodros's lineage, then there is no way to see through his own swordsmanship.
It makes sense.
"No... the person who poisoned me was the poisonous woman of Moro, not me! Yes... she seduced me. I didn't want to kill my mentor."
Even now, he still wants to make a quibble. Anyway, didn't that guy Raymond say that Moreau is dead? There is no proof of his death. If they really believe it, maybe he still has a chance.
Hearing this, Raymond looked at the expressionless old blind man next to him, his expression a little strange. Haha, do you still want to lie and quibble in front of this humanoid lie detector?
Sure enough, the old blind man sneered after hearing this, ignored the rhetoric at all, and said directly: "I will give you a chance to live now!"
"What do you mean?" Dunn was stunned.
He turned his eyes and squinted at the two people in front of him.
The old blind man continued: "Now I will give you a chance. As long as you can kill him within a quarter of an hour, I will let you out."
"Kill him?"
Dunn originally thought that the old man wanted to take the opportunity to humiliate and make things difficult for him, but he didn't expect that it was just such a simple condition. When he heard this, he glanced at Raymond from the corner of his eye, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Raymond on the side thought he had heard wrongly and was suddenly startled.
It's none of my business if you want to clean up the house?
Hearing the word "kill", he even immediately had the idea of escape. Is it possible that your sword teaching is just a lie, and the purpose is to kill?
But just now, the old man killed a Sequence 5 Transcendent as easily as he killed a chicken. He was so powerful that it was unparalleled... There was no need to go to such trouble to kill a weak chicken like himself.
But...why did you say that just now?
Thinking of this, Raymond could only bite the bullet and ask, "Senior, are you kidding me?"
"Don't you want to learn to sword?"
The blind old man said calmly: "Now I have sealed 90% of his vital energy meridians. In a moment I will throw you into the cell and fight to the death with him. Within a quarter of an hour, whether you can survive it or not, I will never
I won’t help you.”
"Sealed 90% of the true energy?" When Raymond heard this, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, although Dunn was good at swordsmanship, without the suppression of his rank, he just relied on his own methods to kill him.
He doesn't have any difficulty.
Is this a test for the old man to teach him swordsmanship?
Haha, it doesn’t seem too difficult.
At this time, his lucky smile had not yet fallen, and the old man added calmly: "In a life-and-death fight, you can't use any other means except swordsmanship. Otherwise, even if you survive a quarter of an hour, I won't do anything in the future."
I will teach you some sword skills!"
"..."
Raymond's eyelids twitched.
Just sword fighting skills?
He is very self-aware,
Now, even if ten of me put together, I can't beat Dunn, who has been systematically learning swordsmanship since childhood!
At this time, the old blind man continued: "If you can persist for a quarter of an hour today with sword skills alone, then the day after tomorrow I will unlock 20% of his true energy and you will fight to the death again... and the next time it will be 30%... until
The tenth time! Either he kills you, or you kill him!"
Dunn was happy at first, but when he heard this, he frowned.
Looking at his posture, was he being used as a whetstone for training his disciples? Was he locked up and treated like a monkey?
He cursed angrily: "You blind man, are you fucking kidding me? If you have some sense, let me go quickly, otherwise my family will never let you go! If I die, so will your Sodros family.
You want to be buried with me!"
"You were supposed to die yesterday. Now that I've given you the chance to live, take advantage of it..."
The blind old man said coldly.
His tone sounded overbearing and unquestionable, "Don't say that I am not sincere in giving you a chance to live. If you can kill this kid, I promise to give you a chance to live, and I will definitely fulfill my promise. If you can
If you fail to kill him after ten attempts, then...I will kill you with my own hands!"
At this moment, Raymond also understood.
Is this why the old man agreed to teach him swordsmanship?
Every time it's a fight to the death, this method is a bit cruel...
He suddenly regretted that he had found such a weird old man to learn swordsmanship, and it seemed that he was going to suffer a big sin.
Then,
Before he had time to think more, he felt his body light up and was thrown into the cell.
Crack, crackle!
There was a sharp and crisp sound of weapons clashing, and sparks flew in the dungeon.
...
A quarter of an hour later,
Raymond was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and his head was covered with bruises.
Dunn taught him how to be a new man in swordsmanship.
He was carried out of the cell by the blind old man like he was strangling a dog to death.
If it weren't for the unopened blunt knife used in the deadly fight, that guy Dunn would have cut off his head without hesitation.
Under the crushing sword skills, he could barely even block.
Throughout the entire duel, Raymond was pressed to the ground and rubbed, unable to fight back at all!
It's like a primary school student competing with a high school student in mathematics. As soon as they get on the stage, they are overwhelmed by the technicalities and there is no room to breathe.
However, even though he was beaten badly and his bones were broken in many places, Raymond only used sword skills to fight Dunn from beginning to end, barely meeting the old man's requirements.
Fortunately, the dungeon is big enough. Even if you can't defeat it, you can still run around...
He hasn't yet been able to fully appreciate the other benefits that vampire blood brings to him, but his resistance to beatings has indeed been greatly enhanced!
This knot had been struck by dozens of swords. Although it screamed in pain, it was not fatal...
Before he converted to vampires, I'm afraid his few lives wouldn't be enough for this beating.
...
"You stinking blind man, if you give me a few more breaths of the world, I will definitely be able to kill him... Just give me a few more breaths of the world and that's enough..."
In the dungeon, Dunn roared angrily. He watched helplessly as the chance of survival escaped from under the sword. He was so angry that he roared like a wild beast.
It wasn't until the iron door of the cellar was closed, completely cutting off the underground world, that Raymond felt his ears clear.
But...
There was no joy in his heart about surviving the disaster, only bitterness.
This time I got through it,
The next fight to the death,
Raymond will probably meet a madman who wants to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
If I win next time...
And next time...
Until you face a prosperous Dunn, or kill him with swordsmanship...
but,
As a reward for being beaten this time, Raymond also successfully coaxed the "Furious Wind Mental Technique" from the blind old man.
[Secret Technique·Storm (b)]
Detailed explanation: [Thirteen Ways of Raging Wind Swift Sword] Mind Technique; practice both at the same time, sword skill damage 230%; attack speed 100%;
The two are combined into one, and the basic swordsmanship in the skill bar becomes a complete A-level swordsmanship [Swift and Furious Wind Swordsmanship (a)].
finally,
It’s also a knot in my mind.
...
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.
Relying on the fact that he still had some skill points left, Raymond did not hesitate to increase the level of Stormrage Sword Technique by two or three levels.
It was also because of this "cheating" method that he managed to survive several deadly battles with Dunn.
However, even though he was beaten badly every time, his swordsmanship proficiency and actual combat ability improved very quickly.
Almost visible to the naked eye, Raymond upgraded his A-level Stormrage Sword Technique to level five through battles, and was finally qualified to learn the "Secret Art: Thunder Snake" move.
However,
When he looked at the huge potential points needed to upgrade this secret sword move,
He fell into isolation again.
Raymond discovered that although this blind old man was not famous in the Black Sea Kendo world, no one even knew that such a master existed in the game in his previous life.
But regardless of his strength or understanding of kendo, this old man can definitely be called a master of kendo, no worse than Sodros in his youth.
He is the only descendant of Sodros's lineage who has fully understood the inheritance of "Jokudou One Sword Style".
Now that he was actually teaching, Raymond gradually changed his tune and called the old man his mentor.
Although this old man seems to have a cold temperament, he is very interested in educating himself.
The few times that Raymond secretly used the system to add points to upgrade his sword skills, he achieved the effect of rapid improvement in sword skills... This cannot be explained, and the old man only thought that he was gifted, and he taught him carefully.
Raymond thought that the old man probably wanted him to pass on the swordsmanship of Soderos. He not only regarded teaching him as a transaction, but more like accepting the last and only disciple in his life.
That persistence allowed him to see the blind old man's good intentions in not wanting his mentor's "Jokudou Itto-ryu" inheritance to be cut off.
Later, the two became familiar with each other,
The old man and the young man got drunk alone several times.
gradually,
The old man also revealed some bits and pieces of past events from that year.
Only then did Raymond know why he was blind.
That's a sad story.
...
The old blind man's name is Eriksson.
Back then, both he and Daru became disciples of Sodros before he reached the peak of swordsmanship.
Both senior brothers have excellent swordsmanship talents, and are deeply loved by Sodros. They devote themselves to teaching swordsmanship...the two of them are the most outstanding inheritors of the "Jokudou One Sword Style".
The subsequent plot is a bit cliché.
The two senior brothers fell in love with the junior sister of their sect at the same time.
Warriors are warlike, and swordsmen are even more so.
Therefore, the two proud and arrogant people chose to fight in a duel to decide who had the right to pursue their junior sister.
The losing side leaves Sword Castle.
This battle was a chaotic one. The two swordsmen were equally skilled. If they didn't go all out, there was no way to tell the winner. If they wanted to tell the winner, they couldn't hold anything back... In the end, Eriksson
Daru's right hand meridian was accidentally cut off, and he won tragically...
The meridians in Daru's right arm were disabled. Even if he was cured, he would lose the chance to reach the peak of swordsmanship. Most of the sharp sword in his right hand that he was proud of was also disabled, and he has been unable to recover since then...
Later, Daru left the Sword Castle as promised, and after many journeys, he came to Philip's territory, married a noble woman, and opened a kendo gym... From then on, he never publicized that he was the descendant of Sodros.
In fact, after that battle, Eriksson also blamed himself for seriously injuring his fellow disciples. Others did not know why they killed each other, but when they witnessed Daru's departure, they all criticized him, even if it was just a simple matter.
Dros himself also expressed his extremely disappointed attitude towards him...
What's even more outrageous is...
The junior sister was actually raped by her mentor's dandy son! Later, because of the matchmaking and mediation from all the families in Sword Castle, the two even became a couple...
The old blind man did not elaborate on some of the later details.
Raymond probably speculated that the junior sister died of depression after giving birth to Aphra...
Later, Sodros left the Black Sea to pursue the supreme swordsmanship. After all, Eriksson couldn't stand the test in his heart and stabbed himself blind. He never touched a sword again...
After his mentor left, there was no one who cared about him in Sword Castle. Eriksson never spoke again and was gradually forgotten by everyone... and was finally regarded as a blind old slave who looked after him.
After listening to this story,
Raymond also understood why the old blind man was so unconcerned about the fact that Sodros's family was slaughtered by pirates.
He only cares about Aphra because she is his junior sister's daughter.
Now that she dies, Sodros's bloodline is cut off, and the knot in his heart is dispelled.
In the words of the blind old man who occasionally sighed, "At the beginning, the master never cared about anything else, and he was even indifferent to his family. The only thing he insisted on in his heart was the way of the sword."
At this moment, Raymond only saw the way of the sword from the old man, and nothing else.
It was precisely these twenty years of dedicated and painstaking practice that allowed him to realize the core method of the "Jokudou Itto-ryu" - "Jokudō Sword Intent"!
...
The days pass day by day,
The situation under Philip's leadership is getting worse and worse.