Chapter 695: Sanada Yukimura

"Alright, Battousai, I've finished teaching. Both sisters have good talent, especially the older one. These Sanada parents are lucky to have given birth to such an excellent pair of daughters."

Ten minutes later, Yagyu Jubei found Dorothy waiting at the entrance of the village and said.

At this, the Home Witch also agreed.

Weak witches giving birth to children is actually like gambling and drawing cards. They have already seen the end of their own lives, and life basically has no big hope, but unborn children have infinite possibilities. If they give birth to a mutant genius, it is possible for the entire family to benefit.

Of course, just like most gamblers don't have a good end, witch families who give birth to children with such profit motives actually mostly lose everything. After all, the probability of a little witch's talent mutating is lower than the probability of drawing a gold card directly in a game.

However, the world is so big, there will always be some lucky ones. This Sanada family is like this. They not only produced an SSR big daughter, but even the little daughter is an SR with online strength. This pregnancy luck is really no one else's.

And from the short contact just now, this family is not the kind of heartless people who treat children as tools. Their family saves money and everything is for investing in their daughters. Such a family does indeed have a certain probability of successfully achieving class leap.

Of course, it's only a probability. After all, a genius who hasn't grown up is worthless, and the distorted environment of Yingzhou Island now is clearly not suitable for the growth of civilian geniuses without foundation.

Although the Sanada family has saved enough tuition for their daughter to learn sword art, this little money really enters those sword halls, and it might only be enough to learn some basic moves. As for higher-level breathing methods, secret sword mysteries, etc., that's not even thinking about it. That's no longer a matter of money.

"How much did you teach?"

Looking at the sword-master miss in front of her, Dorothy asked curiously.

"Of course, all of it. The Sanada family gave me all their savings, so naturally, I should teach everything to that pair of sisters."

Yagyu Jubei said as a matter of course.

"However, the time is indeed a bit tight. I only had time to demonstrate the basic sword moves on the spot. As for the secret sword mysteries, I wrote them all in the sword manual. Once the two sisters are proficient in basic moves and their sword art enters the hall, they will naturally be able to understand them. Those two children are really good seedlings. The Sanada family is going to be successful."

She said while smiling, feeling happy for the excellence of her friend's children.

Dorothy was surprised to look at this sword-master miss.

Although she was happy to see this result, if she thought about it from the perspective of the Yagyu family, this Yagyu Jubei was really a prodigal.

The reason why the noble families could rule Yingzhou Island steadily for tens of thousands of years relied not only on the monopoly of land resources, but also on the monopoly of knowledge and power.

Whether it was sword art or Yin-Yang art, the foundation of these powers and knowledge might still be passed down, but when it involved higher-level secret swords or secret arts, there were hidden identity thresholds in the learning conditions.

Nobles could easily learn them, but commoners had to go through eighty-one difficulties, like taking the true scriptures, and they might even have to sign various unequal treaties similar to slave contracts or son-in-law books.

In short, basically, there were only two paths for civilian geniuses on Yingzhou Island to obtain higher-level magic power. One was to climb the Monster Mountain, and the other was to be a dog for the nobles.

It is said that in the true Yingzhou of the East Universe, those big families actually have a "son-in-law adoption" system, and when they arrived at Yingzhou Island, they were all witches, so it was easier to marry into the family.

But now, the sword-master miss was directly selling off the foundation of the Yagyu family. This was really a cub selling the grandfather's field without heartache.

"Battousai, thank you for your guidance. I finally understand the truth of 'teaching a man to fish is better than giving him a fish'."

Yagyu Jubei suddenly bowed to Dorothy and said so.

She looked back at the Sanada family one last time, feeling a lot of emotion.

She had saved the Sanada couple once, but she hadn't completely saved them. This family had always been bullied by others, and their lives were very difficult.

But it would be different from now on. As long as the sisters grew up, relying on the swords in their hands, no one would dare to bully their family easily.

Gold yuan is a good thing, but in this world, money alone is not enough. You must have a sword in your hand. Truth only lies in swords and magic bullets.

"I also told the sisters that they should pass this sword art to more people who need help after they learn it. I hope all oppressed commoners can possess the power to protect themselves. This is the true meaning of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu living-person sword."

The sword-master miss said.

Fire was flashing in her eyes, her sword intent was bursting, and the sword art realm that had been stagnant for a long time was loosened because of new understanding. As long as she settled down a little, she would soon have a new breakthrough.

However...

"I didn't teach anything. Don't talk nonsense. I just wanted to collect the debt."

For Yagyu Jubei's gratitude, Dorothy shook her head. Finally, she issued a soul-searching question.

"Then have you ever thought about what to do if these Sanada sisters bully others with your sword art in the future? If everyone in the world holds high-level sword art, then those whose sword art is not good enough won't dare to go out?"

Sword-master miss: "..."

Ah, this...

Yagyu Jubei fell into confusion again.

The group walked toward the next house...

And a few weeks later...

"Phew, finally learned this first sword."

Sanada Kana sheathed her sword, wiped the sweat from her face, and showed a happy smile.

"Must hurry to tell mother and sister this good news. I can protect them from now on."

The little witch couldn't wait to share this joy with her family. She packed up her things and prepared to leave this hunting house on the mountain.

The Sanada family had always been hunters, so they had a temporary hunting hut on the mountain. She had been practicing sword art here for the past few days. After all, it wasn't convenient to practice sword art in the village.

It wasn't that she didn't want to share it with others in the village, but wealth shouldn't be exposed. If sword art had no reasonable source, it would cause inquiries from the noble lords, which would be very troublesome.

However...

Sanada Kana had just gone down the mountain and looked far toward the direction of her home. Her face suddenly changed, and her eyes widened.

From far away, she saw fire in the village, smoke rising everywhere, and a bad premonition suddenly surged into the little witch's heart.

"Di—"

She hurriedly whistled, and then a huge eagle demon flew in the air. She reached out and grabbed the eagle demon's claws, and the eagle demon spread its wings and galloped toward the village.

As a hunter, she naturally had animal partners, or familiars. This eagle demon was her familiar.

The eagle demon's flying speed was very fast. The little witch had always let it fly slowly on weekdays, but now, she kept urging her familiar partner to accelerate. The fire in the village made her anxious.

And in the air, magic power flashed in her eyes, and the Eagle Eye Technique was activated. She finally saw the situation in the village clearly.

But looking at this, she became even more anxious. She saw a group of samurai wearing armor surrounding the village. All the villagers were surrounded in the square in the center of the village. The little witch saw her mother and sister among them.

In the village...

"Recently, the Matsumoto Lord's mansion was slaughtered, and that Battousai is cruel and lawless. We were ordered to come and capture her. And there is news that that Battousai once appeared in your village. Speak quickly, what is your relationship with her?"

A samurai wearing big armor pointed his sword at the villagers surrounded by the samurai and asked loudly.

A samurai wearing heavy armor pointed a sword at the villagers surrounded by many samurai and asked loudly.

"Master, we are wronged! We are just honest farmers, how could we possibly be related to that monster Battousai? We hope Master will calm his anger."

Among the villagers, an old grandmother stood out; she was the village chief, and at this moment, she gathered her courage to plead like this.

However, before she could even finish her sentence, she was kicked to the ground by a samurai beside her.

"Our boss said there is, so there definitely is. Are you doubting our boss's words?"

This samurai shouted with a fierce look on his face, and as he spoke, he added a few more kicks.

"Old thing, hurry up and confess honestly."

The old village chief wailed helplessly while dodging weakly.

"Master, samurai Master, our village really is full of good citizens."

Among the villagers, several young witches saw the village chief, who usually took such good care of everyone, being humiliated like this, and their anger flared up. A few people wanted to rush out, but they were all held back tightly by their respective family members.

If they rushed up, they would just be throwing their lives away. The others were samurai Masters with swords in their hands who knew sword techniques; how could they, these farmers who only knew how to farm, possibly win? Going up would just be serving as target practice.

The samurai leader wearing the heavy armor saw this, and a smile appeared on the face hidden beneath the armor.

Of course, she knew these villagers were innocent; after all, how could these lowly commoners possibly be related to that terrifying Battousai? That fierce person was someone even the noble Masters found troublesome.

And she had only brought people here this time under the orders of the noble Masters to conduct routine searches in the surrounding area.

Of course, they absolutely did not dare to actually go and search for Battousai; after all, they had seen the miserable state of the Lord's mansion before. All the corpses were cleanly and efficiently cut in two with a single strike; she never used a second strike to kill, which was simply horrifying.

If they really encountered Battousai, they would likely end up being killed one by one with a single strike.

However, while they didn't have the guts to search for Battousai, they did have the guts—and quite a lot of it—to use the name of searching for Battousai to fish around in the nearby villages and snatch some beauties and gold coins.

Tsk, come to think of it, there are quite a few beauties in this village, especially the two with the little children; this family of three are all beauties. This wave is another big harvest.

She swept her gaze over the trembling villagers; this feeling of holding power and being feared by others made her intoxicated.

Seeing that the old village chief was about to be kicked to death by her subordinates, she prepared to call them off and then take those beauties away on the charge of harboring a criminal.

Among the villagers, the Sanada couple was also very conflicted. They thought they had harmed the village and felt very guilty seeing the village chief like this, but for a moment, they lacked the courage to stand out.

They themselves were not afraid of death, but the children beside them were still young.

However, seeing that the village chief was about to be kicked to death, the two could no longer endure it. They exchanged a glance and prepared to fight.

Just then...

Screech!

An eagle's cry rang out in the sky, and then a small figure descended from the sky, carrying a blinding silver-white sword light.

The next moment, the samurai who had been humiliating the old village chief was neatly sliced in two. Her twisted face was still full of cruelty even in death.

Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, Sanada Kana, reporting for duty.

The little witch drew her sword and stood in front of the villagers behind her. The small girl gathered her courage to confront the jackal-like samurai around her.

"Good swordsmanship, but where did a village girl like you learn such brilliant sword techniques? The evidence is conclusive; you must be an accomplice of that Battousai."

The samurai leader was also shocked by this scene for a few seconds, but then she shouted in ecstasy.

She had thought that the family of three from before was already a rare beauty, but she hadn't expected an even more exquisite one to appear. Although this little girl looked to be only eight or nine years old, she was clearly a beauty in the making and would definitely be extraordinary when she grew up.

Moreover, she possessed mana at the level of an adult witch at such a young age, and combined with that swordsmanship, it was wonderful, wonderful! She would definitely sell for a good price.

As a servant of the nobility, the samurai leader knew very well what her masters needed. The nobles were long since bored with money; it was just a number to them. What the Masters truly needed were beauties, especially beauties with good aptitude, as this meant higher-quality bloodlines, stronger heirs, and the continuation of the family.

Even if that didn't work out, keeping them as dogs would also do.

The samurai leader herself was one such person; she had been bought by the Masters when she was young, but unfortunately, her looks weren't good enough, so the Masters hadn't taken a fancy to her. Thus, they only taught her some sword techniques and let her serve as a guard.

But as long as she presented this little girl to her master, the master would definitely reward her handsomely.

The samurai leader's heart burned with heat.

And just as she was thinking this, the little girl actually charged at her without fear of death.

"Heh, overestimating your own strength."

The samurai leader couldn't help but sneer.

Then, she drew her sword and easily blocked the little thing's full-force strike.

She was different from the small fry who had been killed in seconds just now. With her strength, she shouldn't have been just an underground guard; if her looks hadn't held her back, she could have actually been a close personal guard to the young Masters.

And this powerful strike from the samurai leader sent Sanada Kana flying. The little witch's arm broke instantly, and she spat out blood.

"Kana..."

The Sanada couple hurriedly caught their daughter, feeling heartbroken and desperate at the same time.

They had originally been rejoicing that at least their eldest daughter wasn't home and could escape this disaster, but how had this silly child thrown herself into the net?

The little witch, lying weakly in her mothers' arms, felt pain all over her body, but her heart hurt even more than her body.

"Damn it, in the end, am I unable to protect anything? If only I were a little older, if only I had more time to practice swordsmanship."

The little witch thought this in her heart.

She only hated herself for not practicing swordsmanship diligently enough these past few days; if only she could be even a fraction stronger now.

However, there were no "ifs" in reality. Looking at the samurai leader walking over like an evil ghost in her heavy armor, the family felt despair, and the little witch shed tears of unwillingness.

"Hehehe, now you know how to cry? Cry, scream! You colluded with Battousai, the evidence is conclusive. Even if you cry until your eyes go blind and scream until your throats break, no one on this island can save you. If you want to blame someone, blame that Battousai. Who told her to offend the noble Masters? She will soon end up the same as you..."

The samurai leader threatened them like this. She really loved this feeling of being able to toy with the fate of the weak at will. The ugly face beneath her mask smiled even more hideously.

Then...

Then, a cool mountain breeze blew past, and the samurai's head flew into the sky like a dandelion blown by the wind, including that of the samurai leader.

The face hidden by the armor's hood rolled out from the helmet at this moment.

Hmm, it was indeed very ugly.

And in the wind, a small ninja figure was revealed.

"Pah, you think you're worthy of evaluating my Lord Ghost King?"

The Kamaitachi witch spat at the ugly head with disgust.

Such a turn of events left the villagers unable to recover their senses for a moment.

Sanada Kana, however, quickly breathed a sigh of relief. That's great, Amaterasu bless us, the village and everyone are saved.

She rejoiced that the village was saved.

Sanada Yukimura is in progress...

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(End of chapter)