Swift Swordsman

A pure white space filled completely with white tiles.

Inside it, I began stretching by extending my body long and wide.

"Huu~."

As I inhaled and exhaled, the air in my lungs was filled with a scent that seemed to mix with the unique iron smell of the virtual combat training ground.

After simply loosening my body, I tapped the sword sheath out of habit, and with perfect timing, the angel popped out right beside me.

"Player-nim!"

"Onya."

Now I can predict when the angel will appear.

This guy probably monitors me and pops out exactly when I need him.

For a moment, does that mean he witnessed the real thing between me and Alice this morning?

Thinking about the angel's lewd smile as she watched the strip show of the spirits, I kind of feel like I know the answer...

"Hehe! Player-nim, you were waiting, right?"

The angel rubbed her hands briskly, with a slightly coquettish tone, looking at my eyes.

I chuckled and stroked the angel's hair.

"Hey! Since I had sex with Alice this morning and got my mood relaxed, it's fine now, stop trying to read my mind."

"Ah! I see! So the morning's that thing was...."

The angel blurted out something and blinked her big crimson eyes in a daze, as if she had realized something.

The angel who got hooked on the bait I threw once, as expected, this guy saw it.

"Hey man. You said you're neutral, why are you so bright?"

Well, the angel seeing my sex only a couple of times, but she's seen all my sex life in detail, so I can't say much now.

"Hehehe... It's because the old habit remains..."

"Sigh."

The angel, rubbing ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠her hands like an uncle asking for forgiveness, I lightly nodded.

"So, you know what I'm going to do, right?"

"Of course!"

The angel skillfully extended her fingers in the air and tapped, opening my interface window.

"Choose between these two... but your mind is already made up, right?"

"Yeah. Of course."

Since yesterday, there was only one choice in my heart.

The absurd swiftness Tialfi showed.

If I saw the absurd scene of cutting space, blocking attacks, erasing everything with one strike, and then reattaching it, anyone who uses a sword, not just me, would have made the choice.

"But angel, have you gathered all the causality?"

I gathered quite a bit in the anti-war, but just in case, I asked the angel.

"Hmm... Yeah. You don't need to worry about causality so much now. I'll give you clean benefits exactly when you need me, Player-nim!"

The angel, after a moment of hesitation, answered brightly with a smile.

Yeah, if the angel gives benefits, I have to admit it. The angel who saved me when I died.

Now she's a soul mate who lent me her life, not just a colleague.

"Okay, come on, Swift Swordsman!"

"Neep! Player-nim! Job change starting!"

I swallowed saliva while watching the interface float in the air, and soon a blue window appeared with familiar sound effects.

"Okay! I shouted the three magic words that Korean reincarnated in the game must know."

"Status window!"

In the job section, next to the Spirit Swordsman, the Swift Swordsman was added.

"Kuhuu!"

With a trembling hand, I scrolled down, and various changed status windows came into view.

The remaining stats were about twenty from the anti-war and previous savings, but that wasn't important.

The core of the new job is potential ability.

Skills are good, but if the potential that forms the basis of the job is crap, the rest will naturally be crap.

You can see from the Spirit Swordsman's potential.

[Can converse with all attributes and increase affinity. All attribute damages double.]

Just looking at the overpowered texture, I instantly knew the Spirit Swordsman is OP.

So this Swift Swordsman's potential should be good too.

First, the newly added Swift Swordsman's potential is simply Quick.

A deceptively simple name for a potential ability.

Didn't you say simple is best? This potential displayed with one word must be good...

With a pounding heart, I clicked Quick.

What is this?

I wondered if I misread, rubbed my eyes and checked again.

But the growth impossible was still firmly embedded in the potential.

Is this really it?

I shouted at the angel.

"Angel!!! There's a bug!!!"

"What?! No way..."

The angel flapped her wings, looked at my interface, and nodded as if it's fine.

"Yeah, this is fine, right?"

"Doesn't this show up?!"

I thought my beloved angel's eyes were wrong, kindly pointing to the growth impossible.

"What is growth impossible?! Growth impossible!! This is just crap!"

The biggest reason I cleared the previous game was grinding the potential.

Since only potentials with growth attached were picked to max out growth for skill limits, the presence of growth ability is very important.

But this damn Quick is growth impossible.

"No! This skill is a tailored potential for Player-nim!"

The angel shook both arms vehemently against my words.

"What? This?"

"Yeah! Really!"

"Kuuung..."

Doubts flooded, but since the angel said it's good, I let it go.

Still, the highlight of this job is the skills left!

If they gave such a potential, the skills must have devastating power.

Huu.

With a trembling heart, I scrolled down to check the skill window.

"Haa..."

I stared blankly at the skill window, tilting my head.

More ambiguous explanations listed.

Ambiguous characters different from previous Spirit Swordsman.

"This job's concept is control! Control!"

The angel, seeing my questioning expression, patted me saying don't worry.

Control? But if it's just control, Spirit Swordsman also has many.

Skills with simple effects like Spirit Slash are skill spam, but controlling Spirit Qi or natural world requires full player reliance.

The angel read my thoughts and added explanation.

"Of course! Spirit Swordsman also needs control, but this job is a real pure control job! Do you remember when you first handled incantations?"

"Yeah, of course I remember."

I suffered a lot figuring out the irresponsible texture that affinity to natural world increased.

"After understanding that, when you applied it, it was really good, right?"

The angel's tone was like a merchant selling medicine.

The angel's words were vague, but I nodded.

"Yeah! This Swift Swordsman is also perfect for Player-nim once you get used to it, right?!"

The angel's quick conclusion made me object.

"No angel. That affinity also has limits per growth. Only by maxing growth stats can you increase the capacity you can handle, but this is growth impossible! Growth impossible!"

"Yeah! That's right, Player-nim!"

Instead of agreeing, the angel clapped my words, making me flustered.

"Right?"

Asking again in confusion, the angel said 'Yes, Player-nim! Accurate!'

"Originally, since Swift Sword itself has no 'capacity', there's no growth stat!"

Huh?

I was momentarily stunned.

Does that make sense?

"Player-nim, did you see it? Tialfi slicing space with his sword."

Nod nod.

I nodded unconsciously to the angel's words.

How could I forget? It's still vividly imprinted in my brain.

"That's it! Without capacity stat, you can theoretically cut space later when Player-nim realizes it!"

Oh my god.

My hand trembled.

I... can I use space cutting?

Just drawing a sword and the world tilting, disappearing, overlaying?

"Really...? Angel?"

I asked again with a pounding heart.

"Yeah really! Theoretically possible!"

Even though 'theoretically' was attached, my surging heart didn't care about that.

'Possible'

All my heart was concentrated on that one word.

In my heart, it was already me, not Tialfi, cutting space with the sword.

"Good! Fuck! Training time!"

Not now, I need to hurry to get closer to Tialfi.

Quickly manipulated the panel to summon a dummy in ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the center of the combat training ground.

"Player-nim, fighting!"

The angel gave a cute cheer and cheered for me.

"Onya!"

I answered vigorously, then slowly approached the dummy, thinking.

First, to match the Quick potential, I need to understand the mystery of Swift Sword first.

Huu.

Inhaled, relaxed muscles.

Ha.

Exhaled, tensed muscles, drew the sword.

And instantly slashed horizontally, cutting the dummy in half.

Swoosh.

A thin line appeared in the center of the dummy, and soon half collapsed with a plop.

"Uum..."

Did something change?

It seemed cleanly cut better than usual, but vague.

I didn't think I'd understand it.

First, I should test it.

'Quick.'

Activating the skill, vitality surged in my body instantly.

Like releasing the overflowing vitality, I slashed the dummy that returned to original state.

Swoosh.

The slash was clearly different from before.

The performance was definitely as good as the skill that just increased agility by 20.

"Okay then, this is good."

Quick was just a simple buff.

Then now...

'Swift Sword Dance'

The hand holding the sword moved, quickly drawing 5 true slashes.

Pah!

The dummy scattered into several pieces and fell to the ground with thud thud.

It felt strange.

When I used instant skills like Spirit Slash before, it felt like something other than me was controlling my body to swing, but here I alone drew 5 true slashes, but it felt like someone was assisting.

"Well this is also good..."

The remaining skill is only Meditation.

A skill that seems useless at first glance: 'Contemplate yourself.'

"Hmm..."

With doubt, I activated the skill.

Huh?

As soon as I activated the skill, my consciousness flew away.

Not "flew away" but "sent somewhere" would be more appropriate.

I was aware of seeing the scenery with my eyes, but ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠my consciousness was pushing it away and seeing from a higher place.

It was really mysterious feeling.

All senses: sight, hearing, smell.

My all senses were pushed away, feeling like I was distant from myself, but also a sticky feeling like close.

Move.

I told myself.

Slowly I drew the sword.

Now it's time to slash.

Not just slash, but mix the mystery of Swift Sword.

Suddenly, Tialfi's slow true slash came to mind.

Slow, but faster than ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠anything.

I unconsciously slashed the sword.

Swoosh.

The dummy was cut at the same time consciousness returned.

"Eh.. eh?"

What is this?

I stared blankly at the dummy I cut.

The upper body split into two pieces, same result, but something different.

From the feeling of the hand, the cut surface was clearly different from before.

Turning my head to see if it's right, the angel was crying and shouting.

"That's it! Player-nim! I told you! It's perfect for Player-nim!"

Ah... angel.

I walked silently to the angel.

Tatak!

I high-fived the angel.

You are truly an angel!