[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game":3,"chapter-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-470":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How to survive in the Romance Fantasy Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1218462,1604,"Chapter 470: Lighting Degree 6","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-470",470,"\u003Cp>Chapter 470: Lighting Degree 6\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the game, mastering the [Hidden Blade Technique] was as easy as dumping points into the skill description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just allocate, level up, and boom — mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, it wasn’t that simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Progress only came from repetition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Constant, focused repetition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that part, at least, hadn’t changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dashing deeper into the forest, I tightened my grip on the blade — still sheathed — while igniting my mana with more control than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No flares, no surges. Just calm, steady flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill: Hidden Blade Technique (S)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[First Form: Blue Moon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade slipped free in less than a second — a clean arc — and returned to its sheath just as fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees and brush in front of me were sliced apart before they even realized they’d been cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin trails of electricity flickered across my limbs, a side effect of mana moving through my body with that much force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the first form was easy to get used to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t even been ten minutes, and I could already feel the rhythm of the technique settling into my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core idea behind it was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now all I needed to do was fine-tune the range and adjust the mana output depending on the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, my sword wasn’t exactly made for this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valeria was a longsword, not a katana, and that alone should’ve made this harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But surprisingly, the damage output wasn’t suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not enough to matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valeria was still the best sword for me — not because of its shape, but because it scaled off my strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once I activated my Divine Will and blessing, the way I swung the sword hardly mattered anymore as Valeria will just adjust her shape in no time to match my strength….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stance, grip, form — all of it became secondary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for now, there was no need to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Second Form: New Moon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BZZZT…!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a single, light step — I was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body shot forward, launching into motion like a bolt of lightning. Leaping from branch to branch across the snow-covered trees, I felt like I could circle the entire forest in seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything around me blurred. The wind couldn’t catch me. Even the sound of my movement was being left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fast — faster than both Dash and Blink Step by a long shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in terms of how it worked, it wasn’t the same kind of speed buff. It didn’t stay active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t like Haste, or Dash, where you could keep your speed going over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just a short burst — one step, one direction, full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the [Hidden Blade Technique], this was the ideal movement skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when used right after the First Form, the result was deadly. In that instant of movement, I could cut someone down before they even realized I’d moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full hit combo — clean, precise, invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is probably one of the reasons why the technique earned its name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hidden Blade wasn’t about flash. It was about silence. Suddenness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You wouldn’t even see your own death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landing in the middle of a clearing — one I’d just carved out with my own speed — I stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My boots hit the ground like thunder, kicking up snow and dust in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drew in a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana flared once again, flowing through me with purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening my eyes I activated the next technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third Form: Full Moon]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWIISSHH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next breath, it was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the trees around me — within a meter, then five, then ten — were shredded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean, perfect cuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Branches, trunks, even the snow in the air got sliced apart. It was like a storm of blades had exploded outward from my position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the First Form was a single, unseen slash — and the Second Form was a burst of movement — then the Third Form was what you used when you were surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took the same clean motion as the First Form, but turned it outward in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No gaps. No delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the strain was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the form that hurt the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body had to move in all directions at once, over and over, at blinding speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could feel my muscles tightening, mana burning faster than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with my current strength, I knew I couldn’t spam this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still… it was worth it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clean defense. An absolute offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Full Moon — a perfect, beautiful storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned toward a nearby boulder — a massive one, buried deep into the snowy ground like it had always been there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I didn’t keep Valeria in her sheath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drew the blade out slowly, deliberately, as my mana surged and flared again — but unlike before, it didn’t just wrap around the blade. It condensed into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valeria began to glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pale blue-white light crackled along its edge — lightning, compressed and focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just surrounding the sword anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana sparked across my body as I shifted into position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy buzzed against my skin, warning me of the pressure building in my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fourth Form: Eclipse]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whizzztt…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, I was in front of the boulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three slashes, fired off all at once — a triple strike meant to overwhelm defenses, no matter what kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I barely felt the resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The edge of my blade cut clean through before the sound of the impact even registered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boulder crumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chunks of it slid apart and collapsed into the snow with a dull thud, dust and steam rising from the cuts where the condensed mana had carved through solid stone like it was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t much different from the First or Third Form at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same basic principle — fast, clean, overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the difference was in the condensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fourth Form focused all that energy into three simultaneous strike points, making it more like piercing through a shield than slicing a target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was meant to break through. Period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely more of a supplementary technique than a core move — a finisher, or maybe something to throw in mid-combo after the First or Third Form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, its use was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The control it needed reminded me of Aura techniques — precise, balanced, and heavy on focus. But that also meant it wouldn’t be too hard to master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hoo…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I exhaled slowly, letting the cold air escape my lungs as I drew my mana back in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flare around my body died down, and for the first time in a while, I let myself relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of all the forms, this was the one I’d used the least — maybe less than five times in total — but even so, it felt strangely familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comfortable, even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right behind the First Form, this was probably the one I had the most natural connection with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lifting Valeria, I held the blade upright in front of me. Still. Calm. Focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana began to gather at the tip, but it wasn’t violent like before — it didn’t roar or crackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hummed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air quieted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow stopped falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the sound of the wind faded into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like the world itself was holding its breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This technique ignored everything — armor, shields, barriers, even presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t care what stood in its way. It just… cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was its whole purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I could feel it working perfectly with everything I’d learned up to now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every skill I had, every technique I’d practiced — they all fed into this one moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I brought the sword down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just… deliberate. Controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the world darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Final Form: Null Space]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VOOOSHHH…!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wave of dark violet energy erupted from my blade, tearing through the ground in a straight vertical arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t flashy — it was clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precise and Final.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy left behind a long scar in the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ground itself had been carved through like thin paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing had been spared — not the snow, not the trees, not the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning — a faint, purplish hue — danced through the destruction like it was alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thin puff of smoke escaped my lips, fading into the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…This one’s gonna take the longest to control.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That much was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the other forms, this one didn’t just build on speed or pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took everything — precision, movement, timing, control — and forced them to work together perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was drawing power from all the earlier forms and pushing it out in one cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cheat technique, basically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it lands, it kills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless, of course, the thing I’m cutting down can’t be killed just by being cut like the White Queen for example… but most of the monsters and bosses in the future isn’t a cheat like the White Queen or any of the other epilogue bosses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I’ll probably need a few monsters to test it on to effectively increase proficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willing Valeria back into my hand, I felt the stigma on the back of my hand flicker with a faint light before fading. Just a brief glow — a quiet reminder of the bond between us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheath I’d been using, though… was completely done for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t handle the mana pressure anymore. I’d borrowed it from the armory, just a common piece meant for standard weapons, but Valeria wasn’t something that could be contained so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t even need a sheath in the first place — I just used one out of habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should probably return it. Or pay for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again… considering the armory technically belonged to my household, would that even matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The butlers would probably intercept any attempt I made at reimbursement anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still… maybe I’ll leave a note or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not important right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhaling, I calmed my thoughts and let the last bit of mana flow naturally through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My progress with the Hidden Blade Technique had come far — especially considering I’d been practicing alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few more solid sessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few monster hunts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then maybe I could officially say I’d mastered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I wasn’t arrogant enough to think I didn’t need guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I could learn the technique solo, having someone who knew the ins and outs — someone who created it — would push my understanding to the next level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And speaking of that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any moment now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This much bait should been more than enough for that old man…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, right on cue—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BZZZT—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten meters in front of me, purple lightning struck the snowy ground like a meteor, exploding with enough force to crack the earth and send debris flying in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure that followed wasn’t just heavy — it was suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t need to see who it was to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt just like the Grand Duke when he wasn’t holding back his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or Lavine, when she’s in her true form and let her real strength show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human — but one who had climbed past the limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who had reached the peak of what a mortal could become.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ascended…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the smoke began to clear, a silhouette took form in the center of the destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Broad-shouldered. Calm. Still crackling with energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smoke cleared and I saw him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clan head of the Gyeoul Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who created and perfected the [Hidden Blade Technique] himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beon Gyeoul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood there, silent, with his sharp eyes locked on me — and within them, faint arcs of purple lightning danced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was here.\u003C\u002Fp>",1995,"2026-06-03T14:40:38.926Z",1,"novelbin.me","bbe5ce74dc77ab6d8199e7bad20a272da5edc0005c7be598fba8ba61949ac98f","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-471","how-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-chapter-469",727,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-to-survive-in-the-romance-fantasy-game-cover.jpg"]