Chapter 57: 'Venom Blade' vs. Rain
Chapter 57: 'Venom Blade' vs. Rain
Under the cover of night, Rain proudly carried a large sword wrapped in sheepskin, heading home.
At that moment, a middle-aged man in black with an ordinary appearance approached him with a smile and asked, "Hello, could you please tell me how to get to the Oak Tavern in Shiny Gold Town?"
The Oak Tavern?
Isn't that the place owned by the Eyebrow family?
Just as Rain was about to give directions, a sudden alarm bell rang in his mind! A flash of black light, swift as lightning, was heading straight for him.
"Halt!"
In the blink of an eye, Rain twisted his body and swung his two-handed greatsword with all his might, delivering a powerful downward strike towards the stranger. It was a fierce slash!
Almost simultaneously, a streak of black light flashed by, and Rain felt a slight pain in his right rib.
"Clang!"
Rain quickly recalled everyone he had offended.
"Damn it, who was it that said he was just a farmer's son with some sword skill, and his strength was only slightly better than a militia soldier!"
His furious two-handed greatsword heavily struck the short dagger.
If not for that, he would have been in real trouble!
The opponent's dagger stabbed into the blood groove of the wide greatsword, but it was ineffective.
First of all, the style of the attack was off, and Eyebrow's resentment towards him didn't seem to reach such a level.
Without the power of a blacksmith, Rain's strength would be significantly diminished, perhaps only equivalent to that of a Squire Knight.
Venom Blade had clearly overestimated Rain.
Especially since they had misjudged Rain's extraordinary burst of strength!
After a day of clearing out the Fishmen's camp, Rain had been constantly using and practicing this move.
"It's a dagger!"
"Pfft!"
Rain thought for a moment, considering that both the Jackal Gang and Count Hubert's offspring had the motive and means to hire an assassin.
"Damn it, I've been set up. A skilled assassin comparable to a near-knight was written off as only slightly stronger than a militia soldier."
Under the influence of Rain's raging strength of 16 points, the assassin was like a straw, easily folded in half by the strike!
Additionally, a single exceptional skill can be enough to triumph.
But the opponent was lucky!
No wonder they moved so quickly, instantly dodging his counterattack.
Rain felt a strong sense of urgency again.
He swung his five-foot-long two-handed greatsword, creating a beautiful semicircular glow.
The assassin struggled to get up several times, but each time they managed to crawl halfway up before clumsily falling back to the ground. Rain's previous whirlwind slash not only severed the opponent's arm but also severely injured their ribs and internal organs.
"The power of that strike just now, exceeded that of a typical Level 3 Squire Knight!"
"Bang!"
Such a contrast would be unbearable for anyone.
If it weren't for the other moves of the Grizzly Sword Technique, Rain might not have been so skilled and swift. But the whirlwind slash was his forte!
The black-clad assassin lying on the ground raised his head to look at Rain with determination in his eyes. A moment later, black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
Dust flew!
As the assassin lifted his arm to shield his eyes and quickly retreated, Rain swung his two-handed greatsword, executing a semicircular area-of-effect attack—Whirlwind Slash! This sword technique, which Rain had used multiple times during the Fishmen's extermination, was now even more swift and fierce after being battle-tested.
Suddenly, the black light struck again! "Guard Stance!"
The assassin's eyes revealed despair as he watched Rain approach.
"Assassin!"
Rain had failed for the first time.
"Blacksmith's Strength!"
"Whirlwind Slash!"
Then, with another 'bang', he was knocked back by the tree trunk, falling to the ground and vomiting blood.
This assassin actually committed suicide! Such a professional assassin?!
Just as Rain quickly approached, intending to force a confession, he muttered to himself.
"Could it be that the news of my killing Blackbeard has reached the leader of the Jackal Gang, Cole?" Rain whispered.
But the counterforce caused the assassin in front of Rain to hesitate slightly! "Great opportunity!!"
There are currently only two possible explanations.
"Strength! I need to enhance my strength!"
Rain instantly realized that this unfamiliar middle-aged man in black was most likely an assassin.
Unfortunately, Rain couldn't hear the thoughts of 'Venom Blade,' otherwise, he would have touched his nose and told 'Venom Blade' that he was blaming the wrong person, and there was no issue with the intelligence investigation.
Rain's arm span, combined with the length of his two-handed greatsword, made it impossible for the assassin to dodge in time, despite his high-speed retreat. At the very least, he was half a meter short of escaping the attack radius of the greatsword, and the assassin could only forcefully twist his body, raising a small dagger to guard his waist, blocking Rain's ferocious greatsword attack.
"Or is it because I inadvertently got involved in the dispute among the heirs of Count Hubert?"
The assassin slammed heavily into a tree as thick as a man's embrace and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then, with a loud 'Bang,' he was sent flying like a cannonball into the forest by the roadside.
If it weren't for Rain's 'Danger Sense' skill and the fact that the assassin's strength was within his manageable range, he wouldn't have been able to turn the tables.
"Not good!" Rain quickly ran over, but it was already too late.
Rain instinctively used a defensive sword technique against high-speed moving enemies, which was the only one in the Grizzly Sword Technique, raising his steel greatsword to block the assassin's black light attack.
Secondly, the fee for hiring such a professional assassin was most likely not something a teenager could afford.
The freakish skill 'Blacksmith's Strength lv3' combined with the 'Whirlwind Slash' directly struck 'Venom Blade' so hard that his intestines almost came out!
But the tragedy still happened!
However, Rain's skill 'Blacksmith's Strength lv3' was too freakish, instantly increasing his strength by sixty percent, turning the cat into a tiger!
The assassin's dagger was clearly not an ordinary weapon, and Rain's two-handed greatsword strike didn't shatter it! If it were a dagger made of ordinary material, it would have been shattered or broken on the spot, and the person would have been cut in half.
The first one had thick eyebrows, but judging from his previous employment of "Drunk Jack" and his request to break his hand, this ruthless and merciless professional assassin didn't seem to be hired by the other party.
Rain kicked the wide spine of his two-handed greatsword, causing the tip of the sword to leap up and cover the opponent's entire body with a shower of sand, forcing him to wave his hand to block it.
An ordinary person would have died, but this well-trained assassin with a tenacious will to live managed to endure.
It must be said that this assassin's close-quarters combat skills were truly formidable. Even in this situation, he was able to make a defensive posture in mid-air, avoiding being cut in half by Rain's two-handed greatsword! "Clang!"
His wrist holding the dagger was now twisted in an eerie manner, and his forearm had completely broken, with the broken radius and ulna protruding from the flesh.
Therefore, the intelligence report stating that Rain's strength was at the Militia+ level was indeed quite accurate, with minor flaws but not entirely wrong.
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As Rain was about to walk forward to collect the loot, he suddenly felt a slight dizziness in his head.
He looked down and realized that the bloodstain on his right lower rib was shallow, and the bleeding wasn't severe, but the torn flesh had already lost all sensation!
This immediately made him realize.
"Damn! This son of a bitch poisoned me!"
(End of Chapter)
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