"Aren't you going? Or do you want to handle me alone? It seems like you're very confident in your swordsmanship."

Sino looked at Justice, who was still standing in place, and asked with a playful tone. He didn't have much information about Justice from Brad, after all, even Brad himself had never seen Justice fight. He only knew that Justice had a Knight level of seven.

"One person is enough, and besides, I have to take down the Tower of Magic."

"Have to?" Sino frowned. Although he hadn't taken the level test at the Knight Association, his own strength was already at level nine. His strength had even improved after his last battle with Tiran. It was a bit arrogant for a level seven knight to say that.

"More importantly, you are clearly someone from His Highness Brad's side. Why did you tell us about His Highness?" Justice asked.

"Well, there are many reasons. For example, the fight I had with His Highness Tiran at Hesse Manor last time benefited me greatly. I don't want to see a strong opponent like him being manipulated by some scheming individuals." Sino pulled the black falcon from the ground, an invisible air current wrapped around the blade. "And most importantly, I'd rather fight against someone who uses a sword than fight against some fiery demon!"

Before the words even fell, Sino swiftly stepped forward and attacked with his sword. The blade instantly erupted with a burst of light. It was unbelievable that one person could create a whirlwind of fierce blades from all directions with just a single sword.

!!!

Justice's reaction couldn't keep up with Sino's speed. When Sino's attack arrived, he could only step back half a step and raise his sword to defend himself.

The blade descended, leaving several shallow and deep wounds on Justice's body, and his servant outfit was soaked in blood.

Justice's temporary half-step back saved his life. Sino's attack was precise. If he hadn't stepped back, all of his limbs would have been severed.

"Tsk, you're indeed strong." Justice gently wiped away a drop of blood that oozed from the shallow wound on his cheek, and he gripped his sword and faced Sino again.

While blocking Sino's attack, Justice struck back with extraordinary speed, breaking Sino's force by aiming at the weakest part of his longsword.

"Not bad, your sword is quite impressive." Sino glanced at the simple and unadorned cruciform sword in Justice's hand. Although it looked ordinary, it was already a rare weapon that could withstand his beloved sword, the black falcon, without being damaged.

The two fought again.

It had to be admitted that Sino's strength far exceeded that of a level seven knight. His sword had no fancy Chi, only terrifying speed, fast, even faster.

Just like it was described in martial arts novels, the world of martial arts is only invincible with speed. Similarly, as long as the speed is fast enough, there is no defense that can't be broken. Even if the opponent is a Holy Knight clad in heavy armor and wielding a sturdy shield, Sino had confidence in using his longsword to sever their throats.

Justice's swordsmanship was excellent, and his predictive ability was also outstanding. Each strike could perfectly appear where Sino's sword would fall, but even the most perfect swordsmanship would show weaknesses against absolute speed.

Although Justice was doing his best to defend against Sino's attacks, drops of blood were already dripping on the floor beneath his feet, and his body was gradually accumulating wounds. His well-made and well-reinforced servant outfit was almost becoming tattered.

After another clash, Justice forcefully pushed Sino away, supporting himself with his sword, and took deep breaths. However, his gaze towards Sino remained unwavering.

"Still want to fight? Your swordsmanship is good, but it can't keep up with my speed at all." Sino shook his head, feeling a bit frustrated.

The eastern swordsman has always pursued the ultimate perfection of swordsmanship in battle. During his last fight with Tiran, that prince clearly had excellent swordsmanship and could surpass his speed, but he always used strange moves instead of having a proper sword duel with him. And now, after finally encountering an opponent that suited his taste, their strength was a bit lacking.

Tsk, so annoying. Is it so difficult to find a good opponent? The Sword Saint couldn't help feeling aggrieved.

"Use your Chi, shouldn't Western warriors like you have similar abilities? The ability to materialize attacks and enhance strength and speed, and so on." Now he just hoped that his opponent's Chi could bring him some surprises.

"Chi? Do you think I haven't used it?"Justus steadied his rapid breathing and forced a smile.

Sakino looked at him with a hint of confusion. After wandering in the West for so many years, he was quite familiar with "Chi". Generally speaking, regardless of whether it was strong or weak, whenever Chi was used, there would always be various colors of light. Even the powerful Silver Battlefield Princess couldn't avoid it.

"Not fast enough? Then... I'll give you even faster!"

Justus suddenly disappeared in place, and the next moment, Sakino felt the chilling sword Qi from three different directions at the same time!

"What...?!"

By relying on his footwork, Sakino avoided two swords, and he used the Black Falcon to deflect the last one. Although he wasn't injured, Sakino felt a real threat from the stunning swordsmanship displayed by Justus.

"How did you do that? Did you not show your true power earlier?" A touch of surprise appeared in Sakino's eyes.

"Is this speed enough to satisfy the Sword Saint? Justus raised his sword, and the blade radiated with brilliance.

The two figures clashed again, and their weapons collided at an almost invisible speed. And the speed at which they attacked with their swords even increased. In the end, even the edge of the sword became invisible, and only the air distorted with faint light, colliding and bursting with sparks.

There were no fancy moves or dazzling Chi, only a pure speed duel and the collision of sword and blade!

"Interesting, interesting! Why didn't you use this speed earlier? It's amazing to meet such an opponent!" Sakino laughed wildly while swinging his sword. Even the previous battle with Tirum didn't feel so exhilarating.

Justus chuckled to himself as well. Of course, if I could have used it earlier, I wouldn't have wanted to take so many hits.

Like he said, Justus didn't refrain from using Chi. On the contrary, he had been channeling Chi since the beginning, but he hadn't used it for combat. Instead, he channeled all the Chi into the sword in his hand.

【Sword of Growth】, this was the name of the sword in Justus's hand. Contrary to the plain appearance of an ordinary standard longsword, this sword was a rare Magic weapon.

As long as the user continuously infused Chi into the sword for a certain period of time, the Sword of Growth would feedback a significant attribute boost to the user, such as strength, speed, resistance, and even various elemental attributes.

The higher the quality of the Sword of Growth, the more stages of attribute enhancement it could provide to the user. Legend has it that a nine-stage Sword of Growth could even allow a knight with no Magic foundation to use forbidden spells when all the elemental attributes were stacked. The Sword in Justus's hand had six stages of growth space, and its value was immeasurable.

"Unfortunately, the pre-buffer takes too long, and the effect disappears once the Chi infusion stops..." Justus sighed inwardly and regained his focus, increasing his speed once again.

This time even Sakino slightly changed his expression. It seemed that his opponent wasn't much slower than himself anymore, and it seemed like he still had some energy left.

...

"Raise your shields! Everyone hold steady and maintain formation!"

A few minutes ago, the gates of the palace finally collapsed, and the rebel army swarmed in, engaging in fierce combat with the well-prepared Royal Palace guards in front of the palace.

The entrance of the palace gates was already quite wide, enough to accommodate several carriages side by side, but compared to the tens of thousands of rebels outside the gate, it was still too narrow. Therefore, even though the number of rebels was ten times that of the defenders, they couldn't deploy their formation, and the archers couldn't use their bows effectively. They could only employ the tactic of adding fuel to the fire and charge one unit at a time.

The Royal Palace guards were, after all, the elite troops guarding the palace, and among them, there were many powerful knights. The close-quarters combat allowed their formidable individual combat strength to be fully displayed, and they even managed to drive the enemy back two or three times with powerful counterattacks. In the end, it was only with the support of the elite officers of the Iron Wall Battalion that they barely maintained the balance against the skilled fighters among the Royal Palace guards.

But Eomer didn't show any relaxed expression. He knew very well that even in a war of attrition, his side couldn't afford it at all. Everything they were doing now was just buying time for Justus and Mimi over at the tower of magic, as long as they closed the Magic array and successfully evacuated the king from the capital, it would be an invincible position.

He glanced back at the still shining tower of magic, and Eomer couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. You two had better hurry up."Your Highness, the frontline attack has been hindered, and the resistance from the defending army is much stronger than anticipated," Corinne frowned as she received the battle report from her subordinate.

"That's expected. They are the palace guards. Even with equal conditions, we wouldn't be able to break through their triple-layered iron shields, let alone the fact that they currently hold the advantageous terrain," Brad said, holding his spear with a relaxed expression. "Unfortunately, our conditions are not equal at the moment. The person the bishop invited should be arriving soon, right?"

...

"That was the Holy Knights Order just now?"

"Who else could it be?" Tiran rolled his eyes and quickly made his way through the alleys.

"Shouldn't we find a place to hide and wait until we regain our strength before making our move? Aren't you afraid of being caught by running around like this?" Aya sighed as she followed behind Tiran. At a time like this, it would be best to lay low and avoid trouble.

"Waiting around is so boring. I want to do something before I regain my strength," Tiran glanced back at Aya with a sinister smile. "Besides, it's rare to encounter such a commotion. It would be a waste if I didn't take advantage of the situation caused by our dear brother."

"...Hey, hey, who's the villain in this story anyway?"

And also, this direction is towards... the city walls?