Wintertown, Knight Fortress, Training Ground.
Levi and Isabella were sweating it out together on the training ground.
Levi had been training under Isabella’s close guidance for three consecutive days.
The two of them were not only together during meals and training, but even slept in the same room.
After all, it was still unknown whether there were other assassins remaining, so to protect Levi and prevent the incident from happening again, Isabella could practically be said to stay by Levi’s side every step of the way.
She even eagerly wished she could sleep in the same bed with Levi.
Of course, this was solely to protect Levi, and had no other meaning.
But with Levi being of such noble and precious status, how could she possibly make such an offensive request.
Back to the matter at hand.
Under Isabella’s guidance, Levi’s swordsmanship could be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds.
He was even able to go toe-to-toe evenly with Isabella, who had suppressed her strength to the first tier.
Isabella’s ponytail was tied high, and she wore training leather armor and coarse cloth practice clothes.
Even though it was quite plain, worn on her, it looked exceptionally good.
Compared to her usual aloofness and majesty, the red-haired and red-eyed girl now before Levi possessed a hint of the youthful beauty appropriate for her age.
“Your Highness, your learning ability is simply too strong.”
Isabella lowered the training wooden sword she had raised, unable to hide the astonishment in her brows and eyes.
In a mere three days, Levi had actually mastered the Roland Basic Swordsmanship that she had spent a full month completely mastering.
This set of swordsmanship was called Basic Swordsmanship, reportedly originating from a Sword Saint from a thousand years ago, Roland.
Legend has it that it contained the lifelong experience of this Sword Saint, allowing one to comprehend his profound mysteries from it.
Although up to now not a single person had comprehended Roland’s profound mysteries from it.
Despite this, the majority of swordsmen still chose to study it.
The reason was very simple…
There were simply too many pirated copies of this book.
From the royal capital down to the countryside, no matter what bookstall it was, you could buy a copy of Roland Basic Swordsmanship”.
Exactly because it was fundamental enough, it was extremely important to every single swordsman.
After all, all swordsmanship skills were nothing more than combinations and derivations of basic swordsmanship.
Because he learned so quickly and standardly, Isabella couldn’t stop praising him these past three days.
Levi was even a little embarrassed by Isabella’s continuous praises over the past three days.
He quite frankly stated his own feelings:
“I just felt that my body quickly remembered these moves by itself.”
Levi came to a conclusion: Steve Physique also had the function of quickly memorizing movements.
After all, it was an existence capable of controlling various movement modules, so having MAX plasticity was extremely reasonable.
Levi thought to himself secretly, it seemed that Sword Saint Roland’s profound mysteries were not in this book of basic swordsmanship.
Otherwise, Levi, who possessed the Steve Physique, would probably have directly comprehended those profound mysteries.
If in the future he could truly get his hands on a book genuinely recording Roland’s true profound mysteries, Levi would definitely read it.
No matter what, the other party could still be considered his guide in the Dao of the sword.
Facing Levi’s “talent”, a trace of envy appeared in Isabella’s eyes.
She finally knew what she looked like in the eyes of others.
A genius girl who ranked among Second-Tier Professionals at the age of twenty, and was even at the Second-Tier peak, needing only an opportunity to step into third-tier strength.
Yet such a genius, in front of Levi, only felt that she still needed to practice more.
Isabella’s somewhat aggrieved little gaze stared at Levi until he felt a bit embarrassed.
I didn’t even do anything to you.
Wasn’t it just learning a bit faster?
Isabella withdrew her aggrieved little expression, preparing to start the next stage of teaching:
“Your Highness, next I will teach you deeper content.”
“After mastering movements and combat skills, the next thing to pay attention to is —— breathing techniques.”
“Do you know why, compared to standard movements and various skills, breathing is the critical factor determining the direction of a battle?”
“Oh? How so?” Levi stared into the other party’s rose-colored pupils, transmitting a signal of curiosity.
The corners of Isabella’s mouth curved slightly upward.
Hum-hum, she had finally recovered a bit of face.
Actually, I am also very outstanding, aren’t I?
She did not reply directly.
Instead, she thrust the teaching wooden sword in her hand three inches into the ground, and the morning mist spiraled up along the blade.
“Does Your Highness know why a dragon’s breath can melt city walls?”
Levi rubbed his chin and replied, “Because the temperature of a dragon’s breath is very high?”
“Your answer is not wrong, but what’s more important is ——”
Isabella’s fingertips brushed two inches below her collarbone, inexplicably carrying a hint of seduction.
“They engraved the boiling rhythm of a volcano into their bone marrow.”
Just after this sentence ended,
Levi suddenly discovered that her breathing frequency had changed —— along with the weeds at the edge of the training ground swaying in sync with the undulations of her chest.
Her breathing was actually in sync with nature?!
Isabella’s tone appeared much more ethereal:
“Adjusting your own body frequency to be the same as the surrounding environment,”
“allows you to adjust your state to the one most suitable for combat in this environment.”
“Speed, energy, reaction force… almost all aspects of ability will be enhanced.”
“However, finding the environmental frequency at the beginning can be a bit difficult, so we can take a shortcut first.”
“A shortcut?” Levi looked at Isabella with puzzlement.
What kind of shortcut method?
“Your Highness, please come closer.”
Isabella hooked her finger, signaling Levi to approach.
“Alright.”
Levi walked forward a few steps, and the distance between the two became just a step away.
Levi could even hear the other party’s gentle breathing.