Chapter 1046 Truth of the World
After the First Emperor of the Empire of Space aka the 6th Hero of Space, stated his conditions as per their previous agreement… Omega was left shocked.
"Master, what does that mean? Why are we joining the Hero of Space''s party? n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
Is there something I''m not aware of?" asked Omega to Kahn, still befuddled.
"Consider it as something unavoidable… something preordained." said Kahn and didn''tin.
When Miyamoto Musashi made this condition during their negotiation where Kahn proposed to be taught swordsmanship skills along with the knowledge of the Space Law… this bizarre demand left him gobsmacked too.
But then he remembered what Future Kahn told him. One of the things he had to do before the Great War officially began was also to forge ties with the Hero of Space.
In the original timeline, both the Martial Emperor and Hero of Space had an ambiguous rtionship.
In Future Kahn''s own words… they were neither friends nor enemies. On asions, they joined forces but also fought against each other if the situation demanded it.
The surprising part of the negotiation was this condition was particrly ryed to Miyamoto Musashi by the God of Space himself.
So considering the future possibilities and things he was already told to do by the original Kahn, the current one epted it withoutining.
Thus, he became fated to meet the Hero of Space many years beforepared to the original timeline.
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In a couple of days,Kahn began his training montage.
He started learning samurai swordsmanship using Muramasa directly from the sword saint himself.
Omega on the other side, received the tutge of the sword saint as thetter agreed to impart the dual-handed samurai swordsmanship technique called Niten Ichi-ryū.
[[Author: I''m purposefully skipping the training montage here because we''ve had a lot of them and you guys will me me for another stretched-out arc if I write 10 chapters about the techniques, powers, skills, and achievements in detail.
I will only reveal them when necessary and at a proper time such as a fight or a plot incident. But do know that I shan''t offer a detailed exnation and couldpletely skip over many of them since many readers find the info dump insufferable nowadays.]]
Meanwhile, Kahn also received lots of books and research material that the 6th Hero of Space wrote when he was alive.
It was all written in Kanji, anguage Kravel didn''t know of so his Gifts called ''Knowledge of All Languages known to War Deity'' didn''t work here.
Rather, it was Kahn''s memories from Earth that helped him because, unlike 99% of weebs and otakus, he learned to speak, read, and write Japanese, which was derived from Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. So he was fluent in it. This was also a blessing to Kahn in disguise because the entire Erdve Empire, which was reformed by Miyamoto Musashi who was summoned here more than 500 years ago, now spoke Japanese as their mainnguage.
In a way, the Empire of Space was very simr to Edo-era Japan but obviously had its own unique cultural differences.
Weeks went by as their new training regime progressed.
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In the secluded realm forged by the sword saint''s mastery, a quaint vige nestled beside a winding river, frozen in the timeless embrace of its ancient allure. Here, amidst the ethereal beauty of a bygone era, the dual-sworded samurai materialized in his prime, a vision of formidable skill and unwavering resolve.
d in the traditional garb of the samurai, a striking blend of ck and crimson, he stood with amanding presence, his two katana des resting resolutely at his left hip. His countenance bore the marks of a life steeped in honor and battle, a subtle beard framing rugged features that spoke of countless trials endured and victories won.
"I guess you''ve noticed it too after spending so much time in Vantrea." said the sword saint while showing Kahn the basics of an advanced swordsmanship technique. "Noticed what?" asked Kahn curiously.
"I didn''te across many cultures or countries during my era and the way to ess information was very limited in those times… but even I could feel it." he borated.
Kahn nodded in return.
"In my time, we have something called the Inte.
It''s an advancedmunicationwork that can be essed by anyone from any corner of the world with proper tools.
Not only that… you can gain ess to any desirable information and even learn about current events such as wars or even genocide happening in faraway ces like from a country that''s on the other side of the world." he spoke about the marvel of technological advancement humans had achieved.
"Many cultures, religions, information, knowledge, and even their mythologies can be learned from a small device in your hand.
Humanity has progressed beyond your imagination." said Kahn.
"That sounds wonderful. But is it any better than Vantrea?" queried the sword saint with an expectant gaze.
Kahn gave it a thought and replied in a calm voice...
"Not really. Although the magic and world energy aren''t there… Everything else is the same.
Even the sense of freedom and democracy is just a sham if you pay attention.
There are always people in power controlling everything and no one is truly free." revealed Kahn as he let out a sigh.
"Wars are waged to acquirend, resources such as oil and minerals, or just some made-up excuse like the country being invaded having ''things'' that are a possible threat.
Humanity, as a species, has not changed at all. Just that most of the world is at peace but many still suffer and die no less than how it was during your time." he stated with a burdened voice.
"It''s just that many people are too blind to see the reality or acknowledge it unless they''re forced to experience it themselves.
The time Ie from... at my side of the world, everyone was busy pretending to be morally superior than the other guy, yet absolutely doing nothing to change the world for the better."
This was what Kahn perceived of the era he lived on earth as Elric Johnson.
"The abstract of civilization called society is still pretentious, less bloody, but still pretentious.
There is nomon ground until both sides benefit. The weak countries still suffer and the strong ones with more power still abuse others and call it… Freedom.
I wouldn''t go as far as to call it pure evil; because if the roles were reversed, the oppressed would be the oppressor in the kind of world earth has be." he said without a bias.
"And funnily, the whole is in debt… as if it loaned money from some other in the sr system.
We work to live every day and survival is hard enough, no different than how it is in Vantrea." he said and continued emting his new sword mentor''s movements.
"I see. So it looks like I didn''t miss much either way." said Miyamoto Musashi.
Kahn then spoke…
"However, since I''m from a generation who has ess to a lot of information if one were to look for it…
I know a lot more than you when ites to different cultures, religions, countries, history,nguages, and mythologies as well as folklore.
I have some suspicions. And I hope you can clear them for me" he iterated and his expression turned somewhat anticipatory.
The sword saint nodded and replied...
"I know what you''re going to ask."
Kahn''s eyes widened.
"So it''s true, isn''t it?
Damn, there were so many obvious signs. I just didn''t see it because a lot of media such as mangas, novels, and literature took inspiration from them.
I always wondered why this thing I read about in the history of the world, a particr empire, a person, a monster or an event… was here." said Kahn as a sense of revtion dawned on him.
The 6th Hero of Space nodded again and responded...
"I too experienced it many centuries ago.
There are simply way too many species, powers, skills, sses, societal hierarchy, ces, and beings in this world that feel like they belong in our times instead."
"It all makes more sense now." spoke Kahn, his body shivering in anticipation and mild excitement.
"You''re correct." spoke Miyamoto Musashi and made a firm deration.
"Earth in itself… is a variant of Vantrea."