Absorbing

"Is there really a need to prove whether ]the Rebirth Sword Technique is harmful?" Hoppes shook his head. "This is just an excuse. Since someone started the first step, there would naturally be people who are driving the rest of the events.

"Do you know that when I first saw the Rebirth Sword Technique, what I felt wasn't just excitement but more so of terror?

"If the Rebirth Sword Technique is really able to increase one's potential by ten times or more, then how much more powerful would all the Knights, Conferred Knights, and Knight apprentices become?

"If it is real, then what is going to happen to the Nurturing sword techniques from the other factions? What would the other factions do? Would they give up on their own Nurturing sword techniques? Then would they still have any apprentices? What if they don't give up on their own Nurturing sword techniques? Then would their apprentices be gradually surpassed by the others in the Empire?