Chapter 5 : Unexpected encounter

"There isn't any need to become so happy. This quest is extremely difficult to complete.

The Absolute Sword Monarch expects the best from his successor so his trial will be anything but easy. Thousands of talented candidates such as yourself have failed over the years," The old man said; he sounded serious.

Indeed it was very difficult to become the Successor of such a mighty figure. Myles also realized this.

"You are right, sir; I will take the trial when I am prepared. I shall be taking my leave now" Myles said respectfully.

"I am certain that someone who possesses a sword heart as young as you stands a fair chance of passing," The old man said.

Upon hearing the word sword heart. He knew that the old man knew something about it so he quickly asked.

"Sir, what is the use of the sword heart?" Myles asked, his voice carrying curiosity

"You don't need to know much about this currently. Just know that it's a very important skill for a swordsman" The old man said as he grinned.

Myles tried to get more info out of the old man. But he was unwilling to say anything more.

Left with no choice, Myles let out a sigh.

and was about to make his way toward the Eldoria Kingdom. However, the old man's voice resounded through his ears causing him to halt his steps

"Wait a minute, I have something to give you," The old man said.

He turned around and stared at the old man. Just a second later, the old man threw something towards him.

He caught the item which was thrown towards him. He opened his palm and looked at it.

A small shining blue pearl rested on his palm. It was slightly bigger than a fingernail.

"That pearl will start to glow brightly when you get close to the dungeon where the heritage of the Absolute Sword Monarch is located. Don't lose it; without it finding the cave is almost impossible," The old man exclaimed.

Myles nodded and stored the pearl in his inventory.

Myles nodded and started to make his way towards Eldoria Kingdom. He made sure to advance carefully to not attract the attention of any beast.

Nearly half an hour passed away in the blink of an eye. Yet he didn't spot the gate of the Eldoria Kingdom.

However, he halted his steps all of a sudden as he saw a person standing in the distance.

The person was wearing a simple robe like himself but the difference was that he had a spear on his right hand and a big shield on his left hand. He looked like a perfect knight serving a king.

However, a name tag was floating above his head signaling that he was a player like Myles. The name of the player was Tankiestknight6584

"What do you want? Let me go. I need to reach the Eldoria Kingdom," Myles exclaimed as he tightened the grip on his sword.

The player shook his head upon hearing this. He pointed his sword towards Myles signaling that he was far from friendly!

"Kill me if you want to reach the Eldoria Kingdom" The player exclaimed as he charged towards Myles.

Upon seeing this Myles narrowed his eyes as he began to analyze the combat style of his enemy! A few seconds later Myles had completed the analysis.

"He has a shield which looks quite heavy. His speed and attack power must be affected by it, so I must take advantage of this," Myles thought to himself as he prepared to counterattack.

He channeled mana into his sword. The sword glowed brightly. A notification flashed in his but Myles ignored it

He quickly got into formation. The third movement of the basic sword art had been activated. Hence, he waited for his enemy to come within range.

Just a few seconds later, the player had gotten in range. The player didn't waste any time and swung his sword towards Myles' neck.

As if already expecting this, Myles lowered his head when the sword was just a few cm away from him. The player will at least take a few seconds to retreat the sword.

This presented an opening for Myles to strike!

Myles quickly scanned the body of the players and found that the player's entire body, apart from his head and lower leg, was guarded by its shield!

"I will strike the lower parts of the leg. Striking his head is far too risky" Myles thought to himself.

He turned his attention towards the leg of the target. Around half of his legs were unguarded! Myles didn't waste any more time and swung his sword by 180 degrees horizontally intending to slash the two legs in one swift slash.

The player saw this, he tried to lower his shield but it was far too slow. Myles grinned when saw this.

"It's far too late" Myles exclaimed

Just a few seconds later, his sword managed to slash the two legs in one swift go.

(You have dealt 40 damage to the Player Tankiestknight6584)

(The legs are seriously injured)

(The mobility of the player is affected)

The player let out a weak scream as his legs started to bleed. His moments had become a bit clumsy due to his injuries.

"I need to keep pushing before he regains his ground," Myles thought to himself.

Myles took a deep breath and kept launching one attack after another, exiting the defensive formation. He had gone to full attack mode completely forgetting about defense.

However, surprisingly the player was blocking all of his attacks using his shield. As for attacking his legs and head? Myles tried but his attacks were blocked by the enemy's sword.

"I will keep attacking his shield! He will eventually fall" Myles thought to himself.

He kept stroking the enemy's shield without mercy for a few minutes. The player was clearly showing signs of exhaustion, and so was Myles.

"I think my stamina has dropped to a dangerous level but so has he. Whoever stamina reaches zero will lose" Myles thought to himself.

In the end, it boiled down to the fact whose stamina will run out first. Myles hoped that the enemies' stamina would run out first.

Myles kept launching one strike after another.

Just a few seconds later, with a single slash of his sword, the shield of the enemy was sent flying signaling that his stamina had dropped to dangerous levels.

Myles narrowed his eyes and launched a devastating slash towards the heart of the enemy.

"Kill me, you bastard. I may have lost today but I will hunt you down" The player said as he gritted his teeth

His enemy had lost the will to fight, he had given up. Myles didn't say anything, he was unfazed by such a threat.