CH 404

Quantity of Info

“I imagine you both already know this much but let’s start from the beginning………Klaus Sparling. My younger brother and the man deemed the closest to being a ‘hero’ in our country, the [Sword God]. My father taught swordsmanship to pretty much everyone in our town but, Klaus was actually born a very frail child and would often remain sick so I don’t think I ever even saw Klaus hold a sword properly for the majority of our childhood.”

And the first time I did see him hold a sword, it was pointed directly at me.

That scene of having a real blade aimed at you with the intent to kill……..even if I settle the matter with Klaus, I think that scene will haunt my dreams for years to come.

“You’re telling me he still got given the [Sword God] job even though he had never even held a sword before! This Heaven’s blessing is really incomprehensible huh.”

“And I, who had been made to train with the sword since childhood got given a [Farmer] job. I can only think of it as the God being whimsical and nothing more. Well, maybe it is based on the potential hidden inside the body rather than how much hard work you have put towards something though.”

I thought I had moved on from my past but, recalling that day still makes me irritated to no end.

“I didn’t really understand the first time you told us this but, now that I think about it properly……….your situation at that point must have been completely insane huh Chris! Just imagining me sends me the shivers!”

“At that time, my world revolved around my father. Ironically, if he wasn’t always so cold and shitty to me, I don’t think I would have ever recovered from being abandoned afterwards.——–ah but we digress, this is the time to talk about my past, we’re talking about Klaus. Anyway, even though he had never properly held a sword until he was 16, within three days of awakening as a [Sword God] he instantly surpassed me in strength. Of course, I was still better in terms of actual technique and skill but, all that was basically useless in front of overwhelming amounts of raw strength. I learnt that harsh lesson the hard way on that day.”

“I did hear how he tried to kill you but, you guys actually clashed swords huh. We never got the full details so I thought he may have tried to attack you in your sleep or something.”

“yeah, it was no ambush or anything. He attacked me head on and tried to kill me. I only had a wooden sword and had no intention to kill him then but, he was already ready to kill me so there was that difference too but………I doubt that alone created that much of a gap.”

Even if I had a real sword and had wanted to kill him, I probably would have lost anyway.

After all, at that point in time, I had no way of dealing with [Sacred Slash]. Nothing could have saved me from that.

“10yrs of hard work surpassed in just 3 days! Damn, that must’ve hurt.”

“Rather than feel hurt, I had already accepted my loss as a human being, so while I felt a lot hate for God, I didn’t really feel hurt per se……….but we digress again. Anyway, if he grew so much in just 3 days, who knows how much he has exploded in strength by now. I know both of you also have a vague image of Klaus inside your head but it’s better to assume he’s at least twice as strong than that.”

“I had him already set up as the strongest person in the world in my head but, I still need to double his strength above that?”

“No harm in it, is there?”

“I suppose so. I mean he is younger twin. If I were to imagine him as a Chris that was also blessed with a great job………….even the demon lord might run away from a monster like that no?”

I feel like Ralf overestimates me a bit too much as well but, if that makes him more cautious of Klaus, maybe that’s for the better.

“Yeah, you can think of him as a monster of that kind indeed. We don’t even have that much info on his abilities either.”

“Do you personally know anything Chris? I mean you did clash swords with him once right?”

“Like I said, that was just 3 days after the [Heaven’s blessing]. He was powerful even then but it was completely unstable back then. And the only skill I actually saw was his [Sacred Slash] skill and that’s all.”

“Is that so…………by the way, what kind of skill exactly is this [Sacred Slash]?”

“Remember the projectile slash that Heracberg used that we fought in the depths of the Roza great Forest? It’s like that. Well, his is a lot more stronger than Heracberg’s though.”

“Ah that one horned monster in the cave eh! I recall that attack being super strong but his skill is even many times stronger than that you say!?”

“He needed time to gather the energy and seemed to have a tough time moving after firing it though.”

“I see. So it’s not just a high power skill with no deficiencies then.”

“That’s right but, this info is also old info. There’s a good chance he may have become capable of using them consecutively by now as well.”

If I keep thinking like that, there’d be no end it to but, if I have gotten much stronger than the last time I saw him, he has to have obviously grown a lot as well.

I can’t think of myself as someone special. The day I took Heaven’s Blessing made sure to erase any thoughts like that.

I am a ‘loser’ like Ralf and Esta as well, and so that I don’t have to taste the same bitter experience ever again………I cannot be negligent with anything. Not even one bit. All I need to think about is how I kill Klaus.