Chapter 75: It was worth it?
-Winter of the year K428-
For several months now, great news has been circulating around the world.
All of them revolving around the sixth world power, the Sword God.
And it is that for more than twenty years it was known that Gull Farion was the current God of the Sword, but last year all that changed.
It was out of nowhere like the previous successions.
But the most important thing was the name "Gino Britzs"
A completely unknown name, there was no record of him in any type of story or important feat unlike his predecessor
It was searched for in many places and if it had not been for the Water God and the North EnperorAubert Corvette who gave their testimony that it was true, the identity of this Gino Britzs as the new Sword God would have been discredited.
Gino Britzs' name came out of nowhere, many wandering swordsmen went to challenge him when news of his new position went viral.
Many said that he had gained that position due to a treacherous attack, many speculated that this person had killed Gull Farion while he was asleep, others speculated that he had poisoned him, But those rumors were quickly denied when the strength of the new swordsman was seen.
He was able to defeat Sword Emperors effortlessly He even defeated the God of the Channel with a single attack.
But what stood out most about this new Sword God was his age.
When he defeated Gull Farion, this young swordsman was barely fourteen years old.
His talent was said to be the greatest ever seen in a swordsman, a total prodigy in his class.
Gino Britzs was also said to have four wives, the most famous of which were the Sword King Ghislaine Dedoldia and the daughter of the previous Sword God, Nina Farion.
Not much was known about the other two, only that they were of the human and demon races respectively and that one was a saint-rank swordswoman and the other a king-rank magician.
But despite all this, many called him an impostor due to his lack of feats, some even called him the weakest Sword God.
But those were just names, now the young swordsman spends his days in the sacred land of the sword, teaching new talents and sword saints.
The little that is known about him before his rise to God rank is that he was seen on the Begaritt continent and together with a group of adventurers, he defeated the teleportation labyrinth and then went to the sacred land of the sword.
In addition to all that, Gino Britzs confirmed that his predecessor was still alive, but had gone into self-exile out of shame. Many rumors say that he now wanders the world as a wandering swordsman and working as an adventurer, but none of that has really been confirmed.
It is also known that this new God of the Sword is a more enlightened man and open to conversations.
"I don't want those of other sword styles to think that we are impulsive brainless people" he said when Asuran knights came to visit him.
The future of the Sword God Style seems uncertain with such a young swordsman in charge, but it is only a matter of waiting.
-Extract from the book "Great People of Renown from Yesterday and Today in the World" " K400-K499 edition"
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I opened my eyes and I was in my room and by room I mean the one that was Gull Farion's room before, I turned my head and next to me was Nina, last night we had a good night of passion, I smiled at this and after petting his head for a moment, I headed out to do my daily workout.
I was fifteen now, it's the summer of the year K428, but here, it's still cold.
After I became a Sword God, many swordsmen tried to disown me and tried to challenge me, including my father.
But after defeating them all and returning their senses back to their heads, they accepted me as their new Sword God… well, everyone except for my father.
After I defeated him we had a heated argument, the argument being that he wasn't ready for the position, I agreed but Gull had left without giving any explanation.
Since Gull is Dad's teacher, he made the decision to leave the sacred land of the sword anyway, tragically my mother followed him, but we continued to share letters.
And from your most recent letter, they settled in the Neris district with my father opening a dojo.
It was good, so I could go visit them when I could but that didn't mean that it didn't hurt.
But unfortunately I have not been able to visit them, and since I took office, wandering swordsmen have come to the central dojo almost daily trying to challenge me.
But most of them can't even defeat Eris or Nina so it doesn't matter, but that doesn't mean it's annoying to see unknown men barging into your workplace without warning.
But fortunately he was recognized by Aubert as the God of the Sword and when he returned to Asura he gave his testimony of it, Reída also returned and she immediately challenged me again.
But fortunately I was able to defeat her in one hit and thus my legitimacy increased.
Leaving all that aside, when I turned fifteen I married all my womens.
I decided to do the same strategy as Rudeus in the novel and not put them in a hierarchy based on when they became a couple with me.
Another great news is that Roxy and Ghislaine are pregnant, both seven and eight months respectively.
That's why now I spend most of the nights with Nina and Eris, both of them also seem to be getting pregnant but it's too complicated for them.
Although I know why, it's simple: they both train too much, overexerting their bodies and killing the fertilized egg in the process.
I have already told them about this, and although they have lowered the intensity it seems that it is still not enough.
I have mixed feelings about being a father at this age, but more importantly, I remain overly vigilant about Roxy, if we are lucky, our baby will be the savior of humanity which Hitogami fears so much, and when it is born I will have to meet Orsted again.
"Fuuuu...what a life, huh?" I muttered to myself as I stopped jogging.
I looked up at the sky and it was still a little while before dawn, so I decided to go back to the dojo and do some swinging, if I stop training as a Gull I will probably retire very young...
When I thought of this I heard the snow crunching behind me.
I turned around quickly and it was a person in a hood.
Another challenger?...shit.
I silently looked at the figure approaching me, he had two swords at his waist and was advancing at a short pace.
I arched an eyebrow at this as I opened my palm to search for my sword...aaah shit, that's right, I don't carry my sword when I jog.
"I always wondered how a powerful swordsman would perform without his sword, would he still have the same speed or is it all due to his enchanted sword?" A raspy male voice came from the masked swordsman's figure, it was dark so I couldn't see his face.
" that's a good question, but I guess speed is up to you," I replied, shrugging my shoulders.
The hooded man stopped about five meters away from me and looked at me in silence.
"tch...I hate sarcastic bastards, besides you're a child, you expect me to believe that you defeated Gull Farion?!" The guy said unsheathing his sword.
"Believe it or not, that's how it happened, and from what I see, you want me to kill you, eh?" I murmured.
"Jah! Don't make me laugh! I studied you for months and you never use a sword when you try and for that mistake I will kill you and become sixth on the list!!" The man shouted getting into a combat stance.
I could only raise an eyebrow at this, I honestly never noticed anyone spying on me during my training, but it wasn't something to be alarmed about either.
"Ha, I see, you waited for the perfect moment when I was unarmed and so kill me eh? How cowardly, honestly!" I said with a mocking smile.
"No one will know" he said as he crouched slightly, ready to attack.
I quickly put myself on guard in the same way.
The guy lunged at me quickly, probably a sword saint and an average one.
With one leap, the hill, the distance between us, threw a long sword of light at me, but for me everything was going in slow motion.
But since I didn't have a sword I couldn't repel the attack, so I had no choice but to resort to magic.
I quickly ducked down avoiding the attack, the guy fell about two meters away from me, clicked his tongue and ran back towards me.
I put a hand on the ground and created a wall of dirt, the guy was visibly surprised but it cut through the wall like butter, But this gave me enough time to throw a stone bullet at him that hit him right in the left shoulder.
"aaagh!, fucker!" He screamed, losing his balance.
"Did you think I would be defenseless? You should be ashamed of yourself!" I screamed as I threw another stone bullet at him that he was barely able to repel.
"Shame?! Shame on you! The great Sword God using magic to defend himself!!" The guy said as he got up from the ground.
But besides that, the way he repelled my attack was very familiar, the guy used Flow... he's also a water saint...
This is getting interesting...
"I see, if you defeat me now, don't you think others like you would challenge you? You know my wife is a Sword King, right? What's stopping her from cutting off your head?" I asked as I accumulated mana in my hands.
I couldn't see the guy's expression but I bet he was hesitating.
I took advantage of this distraction and pushed him away from me with a Sonic boom.
"aaagh!, damn cheater!" I screamed as I was lifted into the air.
I put a hand on the ground and conjured a hedgehog, the guy noticed and tried to avoid it by falling right next to it
But fortunately he increased in size and a stone thorn stuck into his already damaged shoulder, completely mutilating his arm on the spot.
"aaaargh!!!" The guy screamed in pain as he writhed on the ground.
I just watched him in silence as the guy writhed in pain.
But something that surprised me is that the guy still got up and took something out of his pocket.
"You bastard! I will never forgive you!" He shouted, throwing a bag to the ground that quickly turned into smoke.
It was the same type that Gesee used against the Hydra in Rapan.
It was cold and I was sweaty so I have no patience for this, So with this in mind and with wind magic, I cleared the smoke around me just to show the hooded guy that he was ready to throw a sword at me.
I raised an eyebrow at this as I looked at him.
"Haaa.... die!!" He screamed as he threw a sword at me.
It was not an act of desperation, it was a It was a refined movement, a signature technique of the North God Style technique.
But I just stepped aside and the sword embedded itself in a nearby tree.
The guy froze as he looked at me.
He had a short sword on his waist but it apparently broke when he fell into the hedgehog.
"Was it worth it?" I asked as I approached him.
The guy froze in fear and started running away from me, but with a quagmire I made the ground around him turn to mud and he fell face first onto the ground.
Because of his missing arm, the guy had a hard time getting up and when he did, I simply fired a stone bullet at his head, killing him instantly.
I didn't feel anything in particular when killing him, since I was younger I had been indifferent to killing this type of people, since before I was even a sword saint, I hated them and this one was no exception.
I can't tell if he was brave for challenging me, a coward for attacking me unarmed, or an idiot for even doing so.
I decided to classify it as all of the above and burn his body on the side of the road to finally return to the dojo and do my swings as if nothing had happened
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