Chapter 455

The sound of the dojo's main gate shattering attracted the other Sword God Style disciples; this group of martial men glared hatefully at the outsider who had broken in.

"What, do I still need to pass a test, knock all of you down, before I can see the master of this place?"

Broly looked at the Sword God Style disciples surrounding him; he didn't mind knocking down a few more people.

"Stop embarrassing me, all of you get the hell back inside."

At this moment, a hoarse rebuke came from inside the dojo building; a man with multiple knife scars on his face and a sharp look in his brows walked out.

"I'm sorry, Master, I've shamed you."

The Sword King, who had been blown away by Broly, apologized and came to stand beside the man.

"This guy's strength is sufficient, right?"

Gal Farion didn't blame his disciple, but asked about Broly's strength instead.

"Very strong. He can emit the Light Blade with a hand knife; he defeated me in just two moves."

The Sword King, whose chest still ached faintly, answered his master honestly.

"Emit the Light Blade with a hand knife?"

In that instant, Gal Farion thought of the Dragon God, ranked second among the Powers; in his youth, he had also been defeated by the other's hand knife, and it was precisely because of that defeat that his unwillingness to accept failure drove him to become the Sword God of today.

However, even now Gal Farion still carried a considerable psychological shadow regarding that guy who had defeated him by emitting the Light Blade with a hand knife.

Still, Gal Farion glanced at the boy at the gate, confirmed he was absolutely not the Orsted he had met back then, and relaxed.

As long as it wasn't that terrifyingly extreme guy, no one else in this world was worth him, Gal Farion, taking seriously.

This was a guy with extreme confidence in his own sword.

"Being able to defeat my gatekeeping disciple proves you have the qualification to come see me; state your name!"

"Broly."

"Good. I am the current strongest swordsman of the Sword God Style, Sword God Gal Farion. Here, I ask you, bastard: are you here as a Sword God Style swordsman wanting to seize my Sword God title, or as a representative of another style, wanting to seize the Sword God Style's hegemony in the Holy Land of the Sword?"

The former is an internal struggle within the style; the latter is a confrontation between different external styles. In this world there will always be people who create their own swordsmanship styles and name them, but ultimately they all fall under the shadow of the current Three Major Styles.

Naturally, no matter which kind of challenger comes kicking the hall, Gal Farion will not yield his current status, nor the status of the Sword God Style he represents.

Others respect him as Sword God; he rightly shoulders the banner of the current era's Sword God Style, defeating all challengers who dare challenge him or the Sword God Style.

【Does this mean a battle not restricted to a swordsmanship style, versus a battle restricted to only using Sword God Style swordsmanship?】

Broly thought for a bit, felt the other was the Sword God Style's strongest, and he ought to challenge the other's strongest aspect.

So he said to Gal Farion: "I will only use Sword God Style swordsmanship to battle you."

"Coming for my Sword God title, huh? Then I'll let you taste the flavor of defeat!"

Gal Farion drew the sword at his waist, stepped into the courtyard and stood opposite Broly; a crowd of disciples served as audience, watching this showdown that might mark the changing of the old and new Sword Gods.

Facing this Sword God hailed by gods and men as the human race's First Strongest, Broly did not act arrogantly; he drew the King Dragon Sword at his waist.

After adjusting his Ki to a low-Ki state matching the other's, with the cry of a passing bird, the battle between Sword God Style swordsmen began.

No fancy techniques whatsoever — just fast sword against fast sword, mutually hacking at each other; onlookers could only see countless sword shadows appear around the two, and alongside the clang-clang-clang of metal striking metal, countless sparks flashed with every collision of sword on sword.

"Ah—"

The Sword God Style's high-speed slashes forced both Broly and Gal Farion to let out roars from their chests; only after they roared out the last breath in their chests did the clang-clang-clang of clashing swords stop.

Nina Farion widened her eyes; Gino Briz also widened his eyes; all the Sword God Style disciples widened their eyes.

Because with their strength they fundamentally could not distinguish which of the two who had stopped exchanging blows had actually won.

"I rarely praise others' swordsmanship, but your swordsmanship deserves praise; it is fast, and also keen."

Sword God Gal Farion spoke first, and at that moment the clothes before him slowly split open, having been slashed.

"I lost. If your sword hadn't intentionally feinted, my left shoulder would have been cut off by you."

Broly is a man who can accept defeat; he acknowledged his loss. The Sword God Gal Farion's Ki was too low — lower than the alien experts he had met before. Under nearly equal Ki, using only Sword God Style swordsmanship, he had failed to cut this man down.

However, although he lost, Broly still gained new comprehension of Sword God Style swordsmanship; from the Sword God before him he saw the technique for even faster slashes.

Just as Broly prepared to take his leave, Sword God Gal Farion called out to him: "Hey, you bastard, any interest in becoming my disciple?"

"Huh?"

Broly stopped, turned his head and looked questioningly at the Sword God who had spoken.

"I don't know who you are, but with your ability to gradually keep up with my sword during our exchange, if you can receive my dedicated guidance, perhaps you can defeat that guy."

Although it was only a single exchange, Gal Farion noticed Broly's terrifying talent for learning swordsmanship in battle.

Thinking of that Dragon God who had once given him a miserable defeat, the idea arose in him to take the boy who had challenged him as a disciple, transmit all his swordsmanship to him, and then have him defeat the Dragon God in his stead.

Upon hearing that Sword God Gal Farion wanted him to defeat the Dragon God afterwards, Broly gladly accepted the proposal.

However, not by becoming his disciple in name, but by using the swordsmanship the other taught him to later battle the Dragon God and accomplish the task of defeating the Dragon God.

For this, Gal Farion didn't particularly mind; whether he had the title of master wasn't very important. What mattered was that he saw the hope of defeating the Dragon God, ranked second among the Powers, in Broly.

Broly thus stayed at the Sword God Style's head dojo, and in the following 10 days, in a low-Ki state, surpassed Sword God Gal Farion's Sword God Style swordsmanship.

The boy's swordsmanship talent gave Gal Farion a bit of a blow, but after enduring jealousy toward a genius student, what followed closely was joy.

The more monstrous Broly became, the greater the probability he could defeat the Dragon God. It was after Broly mastered the peak of Sword God Style swordsmanship in ten days and graduated that Gal Farion brought him into his Sword Collection Room.

"Although you already have your own sword, as a graduation gift, I still have to give you the right to choose a graduation sword."

Although Gal Farion kept saying "I" this and "I" that, in teaching disciples he had no intention of holding anything back.

After a disciple graduated, he would always gift the graduating disciple one of the famous swords or magic swords he had collected over the years, as a graduation gift.

Their time together was short, but Broly's impression of this Sword God who kept saying "I" wasn't bad at all. After selecting a Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword shaped like a curved saber, he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher Gal Farion, do I really only need to replace you and defeat the Dragon God?"

"Right. This is my sole obsession. It sounds laughable: I now lack the courage to face the Dragon God, yet I entrust the hope of defeating him to someone else."

Sword God Gal Farion mocked himself, then set his face and warned Broly: "However, you brat must not bite off more than you can chew. Although you can now use Sword God Style swordsmanship to defeat me head-on, your swordsmanship is still far from being able to deal with the Dragon God. You must not go looking for the Dragon God after leaving the Holy Land of the Sword; I don't want my only hope of defeating the Dragon God to die miserably."

"That might not work, because the Dragon God is currently blocking me right outside the Holy Land of the Sword."

Broly could sense Orsted's Ki, and the fact that the Little Man God hadn't shown his face these past days likewise proved this point.

"What?"

Gal Farion's eyes widened, as if he hadn't expected this disciple of his who had graduated in record time to say that the Dragon God was blocking him outside the Holy Land of the Sword.

"Are you kidding me? Why would the Dragon God block you? Wait, that's not right either. That guy, Dragon God Orsted, really would suddenly do something heart-to-heart like that to someone else (a Human God Apostle). What did you do to offend that terrifying guy?"

"Nothing much, just killed him a few times before."

"You? Killed the Dragon God?"

Gal Farion wore an expression of 【you've got to be kidding me】.

"Pure Sword God Style swordsmanship definitely wouldn't work. I won using pure strength."

Broly explained, but Gal Farion felt he was spouting nonsense.

"That sounds just like when you fought me, you were holding back big time."

Broly didn't bother explaining further.

Since the Dragon God had already come knocking, he wouldn't avoid him either.

It just so happened that in this loop, this Sword God Teacher Gal Farion still had a request for him to help defeat the Dragon God.

"Teacher Gal, wait for me. I'll go out and be right back."

Broly ran straight out of the Sword Collection Room.

"Senior Brother, wh-where are you going?"

Nina asked with some curiosity at the boy's hurried appearance.

"I'm going outside to fetch someone."

Broly dropped those words and took flight right in front of little Nina.

"Huh?!"

The little one's eyes went wide, her mouth fell open, and the others looked much the same.

The Dragon God, who was staking out the Holy Land of the Sword, sensed a powerful presence approaching, abruptly raised his head, and saw the Human God Apostle Broly descending from the sky.

He drew his sword, about to begin the previous loop's battle routine, when Broly raised a hand to stop him: "Wait. If we're fighting, can we change locations?"

"What do you mean?"

Orsted narrowed his eyes at him.

"My teacher, Sword God Gal Farion, wants me to defeat you, and I want to defeat you in front of him."

Broly explained.

Orsted: "..."

"How about it? If you agree, this time I'll only use Sword God Style to fight you."

Broly proposed.

【A trap?】

Dragon God Orsted's gaze swept past the King Dragon Sword behind Broly. Before encountering Broly in his reincarnation loops, he had crossed swords many times with that Kalman III, the guy who always made excuses for his own defeats, so he recognized the other's treasure sword. He could confirm that this loop's Broly had contact with the North God Style.

And the North God Style would set traps at duel sites, a school that would stop at nothing for victory. This made the Dragon God suspect whether this loop's Human God Apostle Broly had already teamed up with this loop's Sword God.

However, even with such doubts, Orsted still believed this matter was worth a gamble.

A Human God Apostle is not entirely a puppet of the Human God. Although they become enemies with him due to the Human God, they also act according to their own will.

So, the other party saying he would only use Sword God Style swordsmanship to fight him was not impossible. Even if it was a trap, with Sword God Gal Farion's strength, his sword moves — which Orsted had already memorized completely — could not possibly cause him any trouble.

After weighing it in his mind, Dragon God Orsted agreed, and followed Broly toward the Valley Town of the Holy Land of the Sword.

The curse he carried caused everyone who sensed his aura to freeze rigid, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying, something evil.

If not for Broly, this disciple taken in by the Sword God and then publicized as the next Sword God Sword Child favored to surpass his master, being present, the swordsmen in the Valley Town would likely have fled long ago, or drawn their swords against the Orsted who inspired such fear in them.

The Sword God Style Main Dojo fell into a silent stillness after Broly brought Orsted up the mountain.

Feeling his muscles tremble uncontrollably, Sword God Gal Farion, seeing the terrifying Dragon God again, wore a complex expression.

His crash-course graduate of a disciple went out once and actually brought Dragon God Orsted back, looking dead serious, preparing to have a fair 1v1 duel with the Dragon God using the Sword God Style swordsmanship he had taught, right before his eyes.

Gal Farion was roaring inside. If Broly lost and was killed by the Dragon God, he would feel despair. But if Broly beat the Dragon God, he would feel even greater despair, because that would mean Broly had indeed been holding back a lot when they sparred before.

But whatever Gal Farion thought, the battle between Broly and Orsted began regardless.

The contemporary pinnacle of Sword God Style swordsmanship, fully mastered by Broly, combined with Saiyan power raised to a Ki level corresponding to the Dragon God's, displayed sword techniques with more pressure than those of the human Gal Farion.

Even the Dragon God, who had memorized Sword God Gal Farion's sword moves, was caught off guard when first facing Broly's version of Gal Farion's Sword God Style swordsmanship, and had to tear three Enhancement Magic Scrolls in a row before gradually stabilizing the battle situation.

Broly was stronger, yet also weaker.

Stronger in sword technique skill, weaker in base stats.

Overall combat strength hadn't changed from the previous loop, yet it gave Orsted this strange feeling.

Even when he used Enhancement Magic Scrolls to burst with power, the other party could burst with corresponding power.

Like a bottomless pool — no matter how far he probed with the bamboo pole in his hand, he couldn't plumb the other's depths.

Sword God Style swordsmanship was ferocious to the extreme. As the scale of the battle escalated, the buildings of the Sword God Style Main Dojo began to groan under the strain.

Sword God Style disciples ran out. They couldn't get close to the two fighting wrapped in countless sword lights, and could only stand in the distance with their master, looking like mere extras.

Not until the cliff supporting the Sword God Style Main Dojo gradually developed cracks from the rampant Sword Qi affecting the ground, looking ready to collapse, did this group flee down the mountain in panic.

Watching the dojo gradually destroyed by the battle between crash-course disciple Broly and Dragon God Orsted, the severed cliff, Sword God Gal Farion finally realized belatedly and cried out in despair: "My swords! My home! My dojo!"

Home destroyed, dojo ruined, collected treasure swords falling into the deep valley along with the crumbling cliff — at this moment, it seemed that besides his daughter Nina and the other disciples, Gal Farion had lost everything.

And even more despairing than the Sword God was Orsted, facing Broly's sword, gradually falling into an irreversible losing situation.

Even though this Dragon God had long since memorized Sword God Gal Farion's sword moves in the endless reincarnation, before the brand-new version of Saiyan stats, he still could not reverse the situation before him.

Especially since Broly had come to fight him for someone else this time. Upon discovering equal Ki couldn't reliably suppress him, he adjusted his Ki to a level just a notch above.

After being pierced through the heart by a sword, Dragon God Orsted grabbed Broly's hand and asked the possibility that had surfaced in his mind — another one, one he was unwilling to believe.

"You, this guy, are also able to retain your own memories in the Time Loop, correct?"

"Eh, did you previously think I couldn't retain memories?"

"No wonder, no wonder..."

Orsted cut off his breath with an incomparably ugly expression; Broly's Eighth Loop of coming to This World also abruptly stopped along with his cutting off of breath.

(Chapter End)