Rebirth: Blades Of Exile

surrounding me were 5 stone figures, slightly smaller than the stone warrior I faced before, each one of them armed with a short stone sword of his own.

surrounded I was, but I couldn't be more relaxed, after all, I walked into this situation with my own feet.

Breaking the standstill, one of the stone swordsmen sprinted towards me, his sword, raised up high, about to slash downwards towards my skull.

he's agile, but unfortunately for him, I am faster, stronger, and smarter.

all it took for me to dodge his outbreak was to slightly lean to the side, the heavyweight of the stone short sword made any minimal change of trajectory almost impossible for the stone swordsman, thus ending his stoney life.

with one horizontal slash, I lacerated him into two halves, immediately dodging to the right, right after, while shutting off another slash that was aiming towards my shoulder.

I titled my sword while sidestepping, severing the balance I achieved with the stone slash, responding right after with a wide slash of my own.

2 down 3 to go.

the three stone swordsmen left, appeared to be discouraged because of my performance,

clearly wavering they rushed at me.

with their spirit broken, they were much easier to deal with than before.

1 meter...half a meter.. the moment they reached me, with their swords I made my move.

I parried the three strikes at once, impaling them directly, their carcasses, split into halves, hit the dirt.

looking at their corpses, I couldn't help but be surprised at how strong I came to be.

all the abilities I gained, especially lesser gravity, made me the monstrosity I am right now.

lesser gravity was quite the peculiar ability since stats right now we're raised through points, it didn't hinder my growth potential, rather it gave me a constant limit breaker like buff, but slightly weaker.

so my stats right now didn't showcase how truly powerful I am.

shaking the thought that this might just be a dream, link sat down near the carcasses, resting for roughly 30 minutes then got up and checked the loot drop.

1634 Coins 5 advanced Health Potion and a curved blade.

Grieg's Messer of chilliness.

Quality: Impressive

Durability: 543/543

Attack: 417~789

+35Armor penetration

Conditions: 50 STR, 80 AGI, 90 DEC

A long knife crafted by a master blacksmith of an ancient civilization long forgotten and buried down beneath the sands of despair.

another blade of impressive quality, it's stats were slightly better than those of the lost sands fang, a qualitative upgrade to my weapon.

feeling reluctant to part with a blade such as the lost sands fang, link started playing with his blade using his left hand.

it was something he used to do in boredom, it served to make him get more accustomed to the presence of a blade in his left hand after his right arm was incapacitated in his previous life, his emperor level blade mastery was nullified, so he had to build it up once again using his left hand, eventually reaching grandmaster level, but coming to a halt there because of his depressed state.

but he never thought that even that hopeless effort, would come back today as a not so hopeless effort.

[Link has been detected to be proficient in using blades in both hands, proceeding to merge proficiency]

[Dual-Blades Mastery (King) has been awakened]