Chapter 680

【If I were to provide lateral reminders and commands to that white-haired boy myself, what kind of reminders and commands would I make?】

The Sword Princess thought, and began to attempt it.

"Right side jump-step two and a half steps, dodge horizontal sweep attack (magic hand claw attack), horizontal slash (side slash)~"

The Minotaur's abdomen took a sword strike.

"Back jump, sword held before body, block (block) the swinging fist, unload force in mid-air."

Bell was blown away, yet perfectly unloaded force and landed.

【Taking advantage of the Minotaur exposing an opening, charge forward with a thrust, deliver a fatal blow.】

The Sword Princess thought in her heart, originally believing the supporter boy would synchronize with her thoughts, but the other party gave a different reminder.

"Don't rush in recklessly, continue to weaken your opponent."

Bell stopped his feet that wanted to charge forward in time; he indeed wanted to rush at the wide-open Minotaur and conduct a pursuit attack.

【Why not seize the opportunity to launch an attack?】

The Sword Princess was somewhat puzzled, but soon she noticed the wounds on the Minotaur's body and suddenly reacted, realizing.

【I am using what I myself can do to make demands of the boy currently fighting the Minotaur, yet did not consider that the white-haired boy's strength might be unable to deliver a fatal blow to the Minotaur; once that situation appeared, that boy would very likely be severely injured by the Minotaur's counterattack……】

After realizing this point, the Sword Princess's gaze looked at the supporter boy somewhat differently, realizing the other party was completely immersing himself in the boy's perspective, using the boy's capabilities, to conduct reminders and commands.

Of course, there is also a part that lets the boy himself freely perform the battle.

The boy's swordsmanship, in Ais's view, was not very exquisite, yet had a kind of solid feeling.

And if paired with the supporter boy's reminders and commands, it becomes able to achieve all kinds of just-right situations at critical junctures.

For example, just-rightly dodging attacks, just-rightly counterattacking, every movement very clean and crisp, not the slightest bit sloppy or dragging, under the premise of guaranteeing personal safety, inflicting maximum damage on the Minotaur.

【This is a swordsmanship master!】

Just as the Sword Princess girl realized the other party was a master, a questioning voice came from behind from the werewolf companion Bert: "Ais, what are you doing standing at the tunnel entrance, has the fleeing Minotaur been solved?"

"No, there is someone, currently using it as a whetstone."

The Sword Princess girl did not turn her head, calmly giving her companion an answer.

"So it's encountering other adventurers, looks like the battle is about to end."

The werewolf Bert arrived at the girl's side, looking at the battle situation inside the cave and said.

"Mm, about to end."

Ais agreed with her companion's words, and at this time Bell had already charged at the Minotaur with severed Achilles tendons; following a sword thrust into the bull-headed monster's throat, he then retreated with a back step quickly jumping back a large distance, dodging the Minotaur's death-throes counterattack, and the battle announced its end with the gradually dissipating Minotaur scene.

"Since the Minotaur has already been solved, then let's go back."

The werewolf Bert said; to him the Minotaur was merely a monster exterminable with a wave of the hand, he had no interest in who killed it, as long as someone solved the Minotaur that had run amok up to the upper floors.

"Wait a moment……"

"What is it, Ais?"

The werewolf looked at his companion in puzzlement.

"They helped solve the Minotaur, we ought to go thank them."

"Nothing went wrong, tch, truly troublesome enough."

"Also, I want to get to know that person outside."

"Eh?!"

Hearing this, the werewolf Bert instantly widened his eyes, turned his head to look at the three-no girl, and asked in disbelief: "You've taken an interest in that white-haired brat outside who defeated the Minotaur?"

"Not him, but that one over there."

Ais shook her head, raised her hand and pointed toward the outside cave, at Broly who was congratulating Bell on defeating the Lv. 2 Minotaur.

"Uh, a Pallum supporter boy, Ais, y-you actually like this type of opposite sex?"

The werewolf Bert was even more shocked.

"He is a master, in the swordsmanship aspect, I can feel it, I want to deeply exchange with him."

The Sword Princess girl answered thus.

"Huh?!"

The werewolf Bert looked at the supporter boy outside, then at the gold-haired girl beside him, his expression instantly becoming somewhat strange.

There are swordsmanship masters among supporters too, and one who can make his own companion possessing the Sword Princess title produce the thought of wanting to get to know and exchange?

The werewolf somewhat suspected this was merely the Sword Princess girl's surface excuse, but thinking carefully, his own companion wasn't that type of person.

Naturally airheaded or whatever, how would she use this kind of excuse!

"Bell, congratulations, you defeated the Lv. 2 Minotaur."

"Ah, not at all, this is all because Broly-san you commanded well; if it were just me alone, I definitely would have lost my life."

"Don't be modest, remember the feeling just now, you will eventually be able to respond on your own."

"Speaking of which, why would a monster that only appears in the middle floors appear in the upper floors?"

Liliruca asked with some doubt.

【Could it be the Dungeon sensed that I really wanted to compete with a Lv. 2 monster, so……】

Bell thought thus, and then a voice came from behind.

"Sorry, that Minotaur was scared up here by us."

"Ah, you are……"

【Discovered new capture target, Ais Wallace, current happiness value 2 (excitement at sight of prey)】

"The Loki Familia's Sword Princess, Sword Princess."

Liliruca exclaimed.

"And the Fierce Wolf."

"Uh, Miss Arde, is this a famous person?"

Bell asked in a small voice.

"As long as an adventurer has been in Orario for a while, there is no one who hasn't heard of them. After all, they are one of Orario's top-tier two factions, a First Class Adventurer inside the Loki Familia."

Liliruca similarly gave the ignorant boy a popular science explanation in a small voice.

"Thank you for helping solve the Minotaur, not letting it harm other rookie adventurers."

The Sword Princess bowed in thanks.

"Ah, a First Class Adventurer is thanking us, she really is polite!"

Liliruca was somewhat surprised, not expecting that among adventurers, there would unexpectedly be such a polite High-Level Adventurer treating Low Level people.

"You're welcome, we just happened to encounter it."

Broly's gaze observed the exquisite-looking, doll-like beautiful girl, then he replied to her words of thanks.

Just as he was thinking about how to propose getting acquainted without appearing too abrupt, the golden-haired girl across from him spoke a step ahead: "I am the Sword Princess of the Loki Familia, Ais Wallenstein. May I ask who you are?"

"Hestia Familia, Broly."

Broly replied directly.

"Also Hestia Familia, Bell Cranel."

Hearing Big Bro reply and introduce himself, the boy also proactively followed up and introduced himself.

"Liliruca Arde, I am of the Soma Familia."

The Pallum girl also followed close behind.

"I just witnessed your command, and felt your swordsmanship should be very powerful. I want to exchange pointers with you, may I?"

Unlike the Werewolf Bert who was surprised that among the three people before him, two were actually Familia members of gods who don't get along with his own Main God, Ais Wallenstein directly stated her request.

"Ah, did I hear wrong, Bell? Her meaning, is she wanting to fight Broly-san?"

"I think, probably yes."

Bell nodded.

"A Lv. 5 wanting to battle a Lv. 1, isn't this a bit too much bullying?!"

Liliruca immediately shouted.

"Please rest assured, it is only an exchange of swordsmanship technique aspects. I will not use power exceeding your capability values."

Ais Wallenstein hurriedly replied.

【Is she a battle-loving type, or rather a girl who likes swordsmanship?】

Broly thought, and on his face he nodded in agreement.

"Good, I can exchange pointers with you."

"Then, please."

The Sword Princess drew the sword at her waist and said.

"Eh, right here in the Dungeon now?"

Liliruca asked.

"Mhm, if it's inconvenient, we can change places."

Ais blinked her eyes, then expressionlessly added.

"No need, the Dungeon here is quite good."

Broly put down the Support Backpack, had Bell put away the Minotaur's drops, then also drew the Fire Joy at his waist and stood opposite the Sword Princess girl.

【Lv. 5 fighting Lv. 1, can this really exchange any techniques?】

The Werewolf Bert somewhat grumbled in thought, but still acted as Referee, coming between the two and raising his hand.

"Swordsmanship technique exchange battle, starting now!"

As the words fell and the hand fell, neither of the two moved.

"How about it, not attacking over?"

Broly asked doubtfully.

"I only know your swordsmanship is powerful, and don't know your capability values. I need to first witness your speed and strength, only then can I control my own speed and strength."

The Sword Princess girl seriously gave her answer.

"I see, then let me attack first."

Broly nodded, stepping forward one step.

The next moment, he was like an arrow leaving the bow, lowering his body and rushing to thrust at the golden-haired girl opposite.

And this is a common opening move of the Sword God Style, diving forward and suddenly swinging out an extremely fast horizontal sweep slash.

Those who respond poorly might directly be cut in half at the waist.

The Sword Princess's expressionless exquisite features, eyes widened slightly, yet she made a timely response.

Only a crisp *clang* was heard, and the Despair Sword in her hand intercepted Broly's Fire Joy.

Following the first collision of sword and sword, close behind came the *ding-ling-dang-lang* sounds of clashing blades.

"Hey hey hey, this is a Lv. 1 adventurer?"

The Werewolf Bert looked at the intense battle situation over there, couldn't help but widen his eyes, and looked at the two people beside him with a displeased face, issuing his interrogation: "You two wouldn't have falsely reported his actual level, right?"

"Absolutely not."

"Broly-san really is Lv. 1, it's just that he is a very powerful adventurer, just like a hero."

"Tch~"

The Werewolf Bert originally wanted to spray that the two were lying through their teeth, but thinking that his own Sword Princess is a Lv. 5 First Class Adventurer, and the power and speed the boy displayed were at most Lv. 3 degree, he let it go.

Anyway, someone of this level wouldn't be a match for Eis...

Right now Eis was being suppressed, probably experiencing the opponent's strength level, deliberately defending just so she wouldn't exceed the opponent's power.

【Such a fast sword?!】

However, the Sword Princess girl facing Broly's attack head-on was nothing like her werewolf companion thought, leisurely testing the waters.

On the contrary, Eis felt the boy's sword was too swift; this swiftness wasn't physical speed, but the speed she sensed from this opponent.

【This boy, just like how he commands that white-haired boy, his swordsmanship has almost no unnecessary movements...】

Eis knew why she felt the boy's swordsmanship was fast, but had no good way to deal with it, because the opponent's attacking sword was tricky, forcing her to make many unnecessary movements to parry and intercept.

【I can't just defend anymore, I have to break his attack rhythm like a raging storm!】

Eis thought so, and let out a spirited cry, using power clearly exceeding Lv. 3, she knocked aside Broly's Fire Joy.

The Sword Princess girl began counterattacking, turning the initially suppressed, defensive-only situation into an evenly matched exchange.

Sword against sword, both blades had the Unbreakable attribute, sparks flying around them as they clashed.

Just as Eis thought she could gradually master the rhythm of this swordsmanship exchange, the boy suddenly changed his technique.

From the Sword God Style pursuing swift and fierce attacks, he switched to the Water God Style with a lingering quality; the short sword, like a flexible swimming snake, wrapped around the girl's sword and came close, aiming straight at her wrist gripping the sword hilt.

"Clang~"

The Sword Princess girl forcefully drew back her sword, emitting a piercing screech of friction, relying on her Lv. 5 ability stats to avoid being disarmed by the boy.

However, the somewhat airheaded Sword Princess girl hadn't realized this (that she had used more power than her opponent), but had started treating the supporting boy before her as a serious opponent of the same level.

After pulling back and regrouping, Eis took the initiative to attack Broly's side, and her Lv. 5 ability stats directly put the Saiyan with only 3S stats at a disadvantage.

Just as the werewolf Bert showed a【As Expected】expression on his face, Eis also believed she was about to win this swordsmanship contest.

"Bel, throw your sword over."

Broly spoke up.

"Okay, Broly-san, catch!"

The white-haired boy hesitated not at all, directly throwing his long sword over.

"This is..."

Eis Aiz Wallenstein stopped her pursuit, not stopping the opponent boy from catching the long sword thrown by the youth.

"Dual-wield?!"

The werewolf Bert looked at Broly with the long sword on his shoulder and the short sword held before him, somewhat surprised.

"Hmph, just showing off."

But he soon snorted coldly, not believing the boy could beat his companion just by using dual swords.

The Sword Princess thought the same; it wasn't that having one more weapon doubled combat strength.

In fact, unless one had specially trained in dual-wielding, most people using a single sword were actually stronger than using dual swords.

However, after the Sword Princess girl who thought so charged up again, she found the situation completely wrong; the boy's swordsmanship became more bizarre and hard to grasp.

Moves that looked like openings—after she attacked, she'd be caught by the opponent seizing the opportunity for a counterattack.

Moves that looked flawless made her mistakenly think they were carefully laid trap openings, but after the opponent withdrew from her attack range, she only then realized the opponent was bluffing, but it was too late; the boy had already withdrawn from her attack range, leaving her to waste a pursuit opportunity.

Long and short swords, one fast one slow; moves that looked like openings were traps, moves that looked like traps might just be the opponent unable to defend, bluffing to scare her—but when she thought so, it might be the reverse.

Eis Aiz Wallenstein's combat rhythm was instantly thrown into disarray by the fast-slow sword dual-wielding style Broly used; this move was exactly the signature sword art of Broly's old friend in the Six-Faced World, one of the Seven Great Powers, Death God Blueford—the Illusion Sword.

Of course, it was a Plus version Broly improved into his own after learning it.

Eis Aiz Wallenstein felt extremely uncomfortable, because the opponent's swordsmanship was full of temptation and traps, with various situations countering experts' attack instincts—attacking wasn't right, not attacking wasn't right either.

【Such disgusting swordsmanship...】

After charging up to slash once and nearly having her face cut by a counterattack, the Sword Princess girl had this feeling.

And this feeling was also what Broly felt when facing Blueford's Illusion Sword for the first time; the Death God's sword specifically countered experts who thought too much during battle.

The correct solution should be to just be a brute—you fight yours, I fight mine, don't be led by the nose.

But unfortunately, Eis didn't realize the correct solution; after a few strands of her hair were cut off, she chanted her short spell magic: "Tempest (Awaken)!"

Magic wind swirled around the Sword Princess girl; this wind could strengthen her attack, defense, speed, and grant her short-distance gliding flight ability.

"Eis, stop!"

The werewolf Bert, upon noticing the girl using magic, also realized his companion wasn't controlling the water temperature; on the contrary, to deal with that boy's swordsmanship, she had been forced to use her magic.

But the girl using this magic found it hard to control her sword; if she couldn't pull back in time, what was just a swordsmanship exchange might turn into a serious situation where someone lost their life.

However, when he shouted this, the Sword Princess girl wrapped in wind had already charged toward the boy opposite at extreme speed.

Just as Bert was about to step forward to stop this somewhat uncontrollable battle, flames lit up from Broly's hand.

No, that wasn't flame, but the radiance of Fire Joy; the short sword forged from Red Mist Crystal only revealed its true face beneath the black when encountering magic or being wrapped in Qi.

A reverse-gripped downward slash directly shattered the wind around the girl; with a swing of the long sword, the charging girl only had time to raise her sword to block before being sent flying.

Equipment that absorbs magic like me?

The werewolf Bert exclaimed in surprise.

"Not absorbing magic, but shattering magic; that sword is forged from Red Mist Crystal dropped by Anphisbena."

Eis denied her companion's claim.

"You held back at the end?!"

Broly waved the long sword in his hand, speaking a questioning statement in a definite tone.

"I lost; we agreed it was just an exchange of swordsmanship techniques, but I used my full power."

The Sword Princess girl admitted defeat very straightforwardly; when the werewolf Bert shouted stop, she had already realized it, just couldn't stop her charging feet.

"Actually, I don't mind you using your full power."

Broly shrugged, and when fighting this new capture target girl, he actually wanted to raise his hand.

Of course, raising a hand wasn't surrender; he just wanted to tell the girl before him: your swordsmanship still needs practice!

Overall, the girl before him had higher stats than he did now, but not high enough to match his level of overcoming skill with brute force.

In terms of swordsmanship technique, Broly could give this girl a saint's level, meaning a level among the upper ranks of Saint-ranked Swordsmen.

"But, this is something we agreed on before, I'm very sorry."

Ais Wallenstein apologized in a neat and orderly manner.

"Bell, I didn't hear wrong, right? The Sword Princess of the Loki Familia surrendered to Broly-san?"

Liliruca couldn't quite believe it.

"Miss Eard, you didn't hear wrong, Broly-san won."

Bell nodded.

"Lv. 1 beating Lv. 5, do you think that's reasonable?"

Liliruca had only known Broly was strong before, but she hadn't witnessed just how strong he was with her own eyes; now she had.

"Others being unreasonable makes sense, but Broly-san being reasonable makes sense."

Bell showed a look of it being only natural about this.

And as for why, naturally it was because that Lv. 1 competitor was Broly-san.

For the little fanboy Bell, Broly being able to defeat any opponent was normal.

"Tch, not that I won, it's just that my companion held back in time."

Werewolf Bert was very angry hearing this; the two little brats didn't see it, was it Ais who held back?

"Bert, in terms of swordsmanship, I lost."

However, the Sword Princess girl corrected his words.

"Ah, Ais, I was speaking up for you!"

The werewolf looked over.

"Lost is lost, I'm not so shameless as to refuse to admit it."

Ais shook her head; this time she lost and was completely convinced.

Perhaps if she went all out, she could win in the end.

But comparing swordsmanship technique, she was indeed completely defeated.

"Mr. Broly..."

"Hmm?"

"Can I ask you for swordsmanship instruction in the future?"

The Sword Princess girl asked.

"My instruction isn't free."

"I understand that; I'm willing to pay the price for it."

Ais thought it was tuition that was needed, and she said there was no problem.

"No matter what the price?"

Broly asked.

"As long as it's not something that harms heaven and reason, then no matter what the price, I'm willing to pay it."

The expressionless girl nodded very seriously and replied just like that.

"That's fine; I very much welcome you to come ask for swordsmanship instruction."

Agreeing to be his wife shouldn't count as something that harms heaven and reason; Broly didn't hesitate and directly agreed to the girl's request.

"Then, sorry for disturbing you; we'll take our leave now. We need to return to our Familia members, otherwise our Regiment Leader will worry about us."

Ais bowed and then turned to leave.

"Wait, you're only saying this now? Don't you think it's a bit late?"

Werewolf Bert retorted with a sentence, then hurried to catch up, and the two soon disappeared at the corner of the fifth-floor Labyrinth Tunnel.

"Ais Wallenstein, it seems she's someone who really loves swordsmanship!"

Broly looked at the Crystal Palace Panel; after the Sword Princess girl fought him, her Happiness Value rose to 10 points, and he muttered a sentence to himself.

(Chapter End)