Chapter 687: Miss Eis Who Wants to Learn the North God Style

"Early in the morning, Eis, what are you preparing to go do?"

Loki, a bit hungover, heard some noise and came out to check the situation; from upstairs she asked the two girls below, who were equipped and looked ready to head out.

"Mr. Broly came over, saying Lady Hestia allowed him to instruct me in swordsmanship, and he invited us to the Dungeon to instruct me there."

The Sword Princess girl raised her head and answered her own Main God's question.

"Eh, is that Pallum young man that efficient? He only said it last night, and now he's run over to our Familia Residence to make good on it?!"

Loki was somewhat surprised, but even more surprised was that the other side seemed to have persuaded Hestia, getting that Small Dwarf to allow him to do this.

"When you go to the Dungeon, be careful, and don't let yourselves get hurt."

Eis had a history of facing monsters in a fight to the death without retreating since childhood, and when going to the Dungeon with her own Familia's team it didn't matter because someone (Riveria Ljos Alf) was watching, but going with others made Loki unable to avoid giving a word of warning.

"Yes, please rest assured, I'm only going to receive swordsmanship instruction, and won't let myself get hurt."

Pausing, the Sword Princess girl added another sentence.

"And I won't let Lefiya get hurt either."

"Lady Loki, I'll be careful myself, and won't drag Miss Eis down."

The blonde Elf girl beside her also guaranteed it.

"No need to be so serious, I was just saying that.

Ah, my head is still a bit dizzy, I drank too much last night.

No, I need to go back and sleep for a while."

Loki waved her hand, held her forehead, and walked back to her own room.

After lying back on the sofa, this Main God suddenly thought of something.

"Wait, Eis went to receive swordsmanship instruction, but why is Lefiya coming along too?"

Not long after the confusion arose, this God of Deceit gave herself an answer.

"Perhaps Eis wants to take care of her Junior, so she brought Lefiya, who gets nervous casting spells when facing monsters, down to the Dungeon to train?!"

Thinking this way, Loki stopped worrying so much; although her Sword Princess had a strong personality, she surely wouldn't bring her own Familia Junior, whom she often took care of, to adventure in some dangerous Labyrinth floors, right.

Broly's party added two girls from the Loki Familia, and the group of five headed along North Main Street to the Central Square.

On the way, Broly asked the two if they had eaten; after getting a negative answer, upon arriving at the Central Square side, he took everyone up to the Babel Tower first.

"Breakfast can't be skipped; you have to eat your fill before you can train well."

That was what he said.

"Okay."

The Sword Princess girl did not refuse.

"Ah, thank you so much, Mr. Broly."

Lefiya hurriedly thanked him.

After all, it was being treated to breakfast by someone they had only met last night.

And while eating breakfast, Broly also introduced Liliruca Arde and Bell to the two, or rather, to the Elf girl.

"This is Liliruca Arde, this is Bell, they are my important Companions."

"Miss Liliruca Arde, Mr. Bell, hello to you both, I am Lefiya."

The Elf girl greeted them, showing not a bit of the airs of an Lv. 3 Adventurer.

"Miss Lefiya, hello to you too."

Bell responded in a fluster.

"Don't be so formal, Miss Lefiya, today we're Companions going down to the Dungeon together, you can just call me Lili."

Liliruca Arde said with a smile; if she wanted to help Broly win over the girl, she naturally had to prepare to become her friend first before helping.

Of course, since they had just met for the first time, doing too much would be too obvious; for now, they could only draw closer in their relationship through forms of address.

Everyone ate breakfast upstairs, and when coming downstairs, they happened to meet a Half-Elf girl coming to the Babel Tower side for duty.

"Miss Eina, good morning."

Broly greeted her, then motioned for Bell to step forward.

"Miss Eina, this is the gift I bought yesterday."

The white-haired boy took out a pen with a Magic Stone embedded at the back end from his pocket and handed it over.

"A small token, not much of a courtesy, I hope you like it."

"Eh?!"

Eina was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected the boy's intention to give her a thank-you gift to be serious.

And if it were some other valuable gift, she would definitely refuse.

But it was just a Magic Pen that looked not bad; she hesitated slightly, then chose to accept it.

"Bell, thank you for your gift, I like it very much."

"Ah, as long as you like it, then I won't disturb your work."

Bell was very happy, waved at Eina, and returned to Broly's side.

"Eh, the Sword Princess and the Thousand Elf?"

Eina also saw the two extra girls in this party at this time; due to some private relationships with the Loki Familia's Nine Magic Princesses, she directly recognized them, her eyes widening, but before she could ask anything, Broly and the others had gone downstairs.

"Loki and Hestia, have those two Main Gods' relationship improved?"

The Half-Elf Guild Staff girl was somewhat confused.

"That's great, Bell, Miss Eina accepted your gift."

The Pallum girl seemed to be hinting at something as she spoke to the returning Bell.

"Mm, this is also thanks to Miss Anna; she helped me pick out the gift yesterday."

Bell replied with a smile.

"Civil servants definitely won't accept overly precious gifts; rather than giving expensive but impractical gifts, it's better to choose something thoughtful yet affordable.

For a Guild staff young lady, she probably does a fair amount of paperwork every day; perhaps a good magic pen would be a nice choice……"

Recalling the flower shop clerk girl's appearance when she helped pick out the gift and spoke yesterday, a faint blush rose on Bell's fair face, visibly giving off the look of someone who likes the mentioned girl, which made Ais and Lefiya both regard this boy with a sideways glance.

Too bad Miss Anna isn't at the scene; otherwise, one might be able to ship a CP.

Mm, there's already a CP inside the Loki Familia, often shipped by other members.

(The extraordinary couple Loul and the catgirl Angie)

Shipping them is sweet indeed.

The party of five was delayed no further and went straight down to the Dungeon's Tenth Floor.

Upon reaching the tenth floor, Broly began making arrangements.

"Lili, you and Bell stay here and fight monsters for practical combat training.

Miss Ais, you come with me to the side; I'll give you swordsmanship guidance.

As for Miss Lefiya, I need you to help keep an eye on Bell and the others while I'm guiding Miss Ais in swordsmanship."

"Ah, help keep an eye on Miss Lili and Mr. Bell?!"

Lefiya pointed at her own nose, asking with some disbelief.

"Right, I heard from Lili last night that you're a Lv. 3 Thousand Elf; therefore, I invited you to come to the Dungeon together today, thinking that while I'm guiding Miss Ais, I might not be able to look after everyone else, so having you come along is to ask you to help look after my companions. Of course, you only need to step in and help a little when Lili and Bell are in danger."

Broly nodded and said.

Of course, this is just a surface pretext; guiding a girl with Saint Rank swordsmanship prowess wouldn't make him unable to look after Bell and the others, but this is precisely to invite Lefiya out together.

When inviting the Elf girl to form a party, the Sword Princess girl asked nothing, and the Elf girl also agreed directly without refusing; only now that they've arrived at the Dungeon did Broly bring out this reason and say it.

Lefiya: "……"

She's Lv. 3 alright, but as a member of the Loki Familia, she still belongs to the somewhat dragging-her-feet Junior category; even though she joined the Loki Familia at 12 years old and it's been three years until now, she still can't fix the habit of getting nervous easily.

And yet this her, who always needed her companion (Miss Ais) to look after her, now has to come look after others, which leaves the Elf girl feeling a lack of confidence inside.

"Lefiya, if you can't do it, don't force yourself."

Just then, the Sword Princess girl spoke a sentence, and just that one sentence made the Elf girl set her determination: 【I must definitely help the senior Ais who always looks after me, so that the swordsmanship boy beside us can guide Miss Ais in swordsmanship wholeheartedly.】

"Miss Ais, I have no problem; this is only the Dungeon's Upper Floors, monster levels don't exceed Lv. 2, and I'm a Lv. 3 Loki Familia Adventurer; merely helping look after people in the Upper Floors is definitely no problem. This matter is left to me; Miss Ais, you just need to practice swordsmanship properly."

Lefiya said thus.

"Mm, then it's entrusted to you."

Seeing her companion so confident, Ais also nodded.

Green-skinned Beastmen from the White Tree Forest came over; Bell and Lili actively went to meet them.

Compared to yesterday when they still needed Broly's reminders, today the two of them dealt with the monsters here with much more ease.

Lefiya stood to the side with eyes wide open, staring dead at the two fighting monsters; from time to time she would chant some magic incantations in her mouth, but upon discovering Bell and Lili were in no danger, she would immediately stop the incantation, her focus maxed out — or rather, her nerves were a bit too tense.

However, although the situation is like this, Broly merely felt this Elf girl was a bit too serious; he didn't feel a Lv. 3 Adventurer would fail to handle an Upper Floors problem with only Lv. 1 monsters.

So Broly only kept a small portion of attention on Lili and Bell's side; the rest of his attention was all given to the Sword Princess girl before him.

"I already saw your swordsmanship yesterday; my evaluation is that it's quite fierce, just a bit lacking in system — it feels like it's all for dealing with monsters, not like it's for dealing with people."

Broly said.

"Mm, it's for dealing with monsters, because most of my enemies are only monsters."

Ais nodded.

"You hope I guide your swordsmanship, and I have two general swordsmanship guidance directions here; I can tell you about them……"

Ais nodded and puffed out her chest, looking like a good student listening attentively in class, so Broly gave the girl a general introduction to the Sword God Style and Water God Style swordsmanship philosophies.

"The Sword God Style focuses on offense, fighting by instinct and intuition — the emptier the mind, the better……"

The Six-Faced World's Holy Ground of the Sword, also known as the Illiterate (Length-Nurturing) Holy Ground, isn't without reason; the lower the cultural level of the swordsmen there, the stronger their swordsmanship often is — although not absolute, the majority are like this.

"The Water God Style focuses on defense and counterattack, fighting by experience and prediction; the more experience accumulated, the more moves one can predict, the stronger one's ability to anticipate the enemy and strike first, thereby making one's swordsmanship stronger……"

Theoretically, Water God Style swordsmanship would be stronger than Sword God Style, because one always stands on the shoulders of predecessors' swordsmanship, but once encountering an opponent who can predict moves even better than oneself — for example, a certain Dragon God who memorizes move sets — it very easily turns into a one-sided situation.

Of course, on Earth one probably wouldn't encounter that type of opponent.

"Overall, those are the two directions; you can pick a combat style you like, and I'll guide you according to your choice."

Broly spoke to here and stopped, waiting for the Sword Princess girl's choice.

"Mr. Broly, may I ask, when you fought me, what swordsmanship did you use?"

Ais merely pondered a moment, then raised her hand to ask.

"That was the North God Style swordsmanship; it doesn't belong to either of those two styles."

Broly answered.

"North God Style?"

"That's a practical school of swordsmanship; some moves aren't even considered swordsmanship — for example, look, behind you……"

Broly suddenly widened his eyes and pointed at the girl's back; the Sword Princess subconsciously looked back, found nothing, and when she turned her head back, discovered the Saiyan boy had already arrived before her, raising his hand to tap her throat.

"See, this is the North God Style — as long as it's useful and achieves one's goal, whatever move works gets used."

"Mm, I've decided."

"Which one?"

"North God Style."

"Eh?!"

"As long as I can get stronger, then no matter what tricks, I want to learn them all."

"Uh..."

"Can't I?"

"It's not that you can't, just a bit unexpected, that you would actually choose this."

North God Style somewhat has the meaning of playing dirty; Broly previously thought the girl before him liked swordsmanship, so from the start he didn't mention this North God Style swordsmanship which, in the eyes of normal swordsmen, is somewhat unorthodox, but unexpectedly the Sword Princess girl would choose to learn this.

"Because I have a reason that I must get stronger."

"May I ask deeply, just what is it that makes you want to get stronger?"

Broly was somewhat curious.

"Sure, this isn't some secret worth hiding either."

The Sword Princess girl fell silent for a moment, then answered.

"My former parents and family all died at the hands of a Terror Magic Beast (Black Dragon), I want to take Revenge for them."

In the eyes of the Sword Princess girl calmly narrating her reason for wanting to get stronger, a flame named Hatred burned in silent stillness.

This is what she considers the one thing she should do, and must achieve, while she still lives in This World.

At the same time, it is also the only obsession that let her persist in the darkness and cold during that long stretch of dark and cold time when her life went from stagnation to flowing again.

"I see, then you are indeed very suitable for North God Style."

Broly nodded, indicating recognition of the girl's choice before him.

"One last question, Miss Ais, are you more willing to take Revenge with your own hands, or is it fine as long as the result of Revenge is Achieved?"

"What's the difference?"

Ais blinked at the boy, asking somewhat Naturally Airheaded.

"The difference lies in the former being you acting yourself, the latter you can Entrust someone else to do this kind of work."

Broly just short of indicating he could take the job, thinking to do a Speedrun Mode Capture.

"If possible, I want to take Revenge personally."

Pity, the Sword Princess girl's answer was not Unexpected.

"Fine, then I'll teach swordsmanship of whatever style, as long as it can raise your Strength/Power.

However, this will be very hard, are you Prepared?"

"Mm."

"Then, let's start training now, first Sword God Style, use your full power to start Swinging Sword."

Hearing this, the Sword Princess girl first looked at the Long Sword temporarily lent to her at her waist, thinking her full power way of using a sword would very Easily break the sword, she couldn't help but hesitate a bit, asking: "Do you need me to cut some Target?"

"No need, just empty Swing Sword is fine, I only need to see your full power Swing Sword, whether it has ultimately reached your current phase's full power."

【If no need to cut anything, it shouldn't break, right?】

Holding this thought, the Sword Princess girl used her Magic, the Long Sword was drawn, wrapped in Wind, and was fiercely Swung forward by the girl.

Sword Wind like blades, Bisected the white mist of the Dungeon Tenth Floor Labyrinth before the girl, some Unlucky Magic Beasts were also Wiped Out by the fierce Sword Wind Magic Bring Along.

"About right, it's this Degree."

Ais Turning Back said.

"Setting aside the Amplification brought by Magic, your Swing Sword movements actually still have some room for improvement, currently still not reaching the so-called full power Degree."

"Please instruct me, Mr. Broly."

"My instruction may need to Touch your Breasts, feel the power generation and force operation of various parts of your body, can you allow this kind of thing?"

"Mm."

Getting an affirmative answer, Broly also no longer stood on ceremony, guiding the girl to adjust Swing Sword movements, using his hand to Touch certain body parts of the girl's body that would generate force.

It's not that he was Intentionally taking advantage of the other party, but this is the normal operation of one-on-one, Customized guidance, otherwise, not understanding the body's specific situation, what would he use to Customize guidance.

When the Sword Princess girl was being Touched on the body by the boy, at first she was still somewhat Not Too Adapted, but after the finely adjusted Swing Sword movements played out Stronger Sword Wind, she quickly threw this Uncomfortable feeling to the back of her mind, the real Strength/Power increase making the girl feel Surprise and delight.

Of Course, just the current adjustment hasn't reached a perfect Degree yet, and just finely adjusting a simple single forward Swing Sword movement requires Broly to feel the girl's power generation then finely adjust Many Times, let alone after fine adjustment, still having to let the girl use body Memory to remember the finely adjusted Swing Sword movements.

These all need time to grind and practice, Sword God Style practice somewhat has the same situation as reading a book a hundred times its meaning self-sees, only it becomes Sword Swing thousand times, ten thousand times, hundred thousand times.

Of Course, Broly this famous teacher's guidance, counts as giving this kind of swordsmanship practice a speed boost.

If described in terms of Excelia, that is, the Sword Princess girl practicing herself, even if bitterly practicing, but under not obtaining the knack, every Swing Sword practice, Swordsmanship Excelia would only be add one add two, or even fundamentally not increase situation.

But with Broly this famous teacher's guidance, Swordsmanship Excelia becomes add five add six, even add ten add twenty situation, and also won't have Bottleneck problems.

At least, before she reaches Broly's Swordsmanship Height, there is no so-called Swordsmanship Bottleneck, what would appear are only bottlenecks similar to Swordsmanship techniques that the other party's body Basic Stats can realize.

(Chapter End)