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    "Mountain Splitting Sword!"


    I nced at ude, who was quietly saying the name of his skill.


    It seemed that he and Raiz had defeated the golem.


    It looked like there was a pile of rocks and gravel right behind them. The mounds of rocks and gravel were just like miniature mountains. And on top of the miniature mountain, there was a brightly colored magic crystal.


    With the presence of the magic crystal and the pile of rocks and gravel, it signaled Raiz and ude''s victory against the golem.


    I was almost fooled by the sparkling light of the magic crystal.


    Unfortunately, for now, I didn''t have the time to pick up the magic crystal from the golem monster.


    Shamelessly, my poor soul kept rebelling to get out. Luckily, my poor soul failed toe out.


    The reason was ude''s attack.


    A very dangerous-looking sword attack came at me.


    It wasn''t a physical attack from a sword held by ude, but rather an attack full of aura. The attack heunched was almost simr to a magic phenomenon produced by a magician.


    It was almost the same, but I knew that those two things were different.


    All ude did was sh his sword in the air while chanting the name of his technique. He didn''t cast a spell like a true magician.


    However, a green-colored air that had a shape simr to a crescent moon burst out from his sword and continued walking towards me, ready to split my body into a thousand pieces.


    ''Aura realization?''


    I widened my eyes slightly as I saw that he could perform aura realization.


    Aura Realization.


    Or that''s what people often call it.


    Aura realization was a phenomenon that could only be done by a grandmaster rank warrior.


    Unlike a master rank warrior who can only manifest aura, a grandmaster rank warrior can go as far as realizing aura.


    The difference between these two things, between being able to manifest aura and being able to realize aura, was very, very far.


    If manifesting aura was mostly just to strengthen weapons, overall body strength, or scare people, where it could be likened to a show of strength without being able to make much use of it, a warrior who could realize aura would be able to make more use of it.


    Just like the Mountain Splitting Sword skill used by ude. He could release an aura from within his body. That already defied the rule that a warrior was only an internal mana user. Because he could clearly release power from his body.


    Actually, even grandmaster-rank warriors are not free from thew that they can only control mana internally.


    They can still only do mana control inside their bodies.


    However, a grandmaster-rank warrior was characterized by their proficiency in skills that could release mana from inside their body to form a powerful attack.


    There are also other advantages.


    Just like a magician who would learn about spells ording to their attributes from the start, a warrior who had reached grandmaster rank did the same. Their aura would also be realized in several main attributes, whether it was air, earth, fire, or whatever it was when it was released from their body.


    Therefore, a warrior who had reached grandmaster rank was a warrior who could already be considered a very dangerous opponent for a magician.


    The assumption that a magician was superior to a warrior could be dismissed if you had reached that rank.


    The main factor was that a warrior did not need to cast spells when performing skills that could realize aura. Meanwhile, a magician still has to cast the spell.


    That would be the key factor in a one-on-one battle between a grandmaster rank warrior and a magician.


    I heard a lot from people who were in the war that only a warrior-rank grandmaster could defeat a magician.


    They used to tell stories among themselves about some famous warriors who defeated magicians. Whether the opponent of the warrior they were talking about was a low- or high-grade magician, I didn''t really care.


    ''There is no time to reminisce about the past.'' <novelsnext></novelsnext>


    It was indeed surprising that I would meet someone who could go as far as to perform aura realization; however, don''t forget that I was also able to perform aura realization, and I had the skill that could prove that.


    That skill was the additional option of the swordsmanship skill, Three Sword Paths to Heaven.


    Indeed, I had never said anything about why I could immediately use skills that could realize Aura. In fact, only a grandmaster rank warrior was supposed to be able to do it.


    It''s all because the highest rank I reached in my previous life was the peak rank of grandmaster.


    So, I have experience with how to operate aura, another name for internal mana.


    However, did that make me reach my full power in my previous life? Of course, it didn''t.


    Don''t get me wrong. Although the level of a warrior had been regrly divided into several levels, the true strength of a warrior could not only be seen from the general level.


    Admittedly, it was very rare, but there would always be cases where a low-ranking warrior defeated a high-ranking warrior. Of course, that was only possible if their ranks weren''t too far apart.


    I don''t want to be too arrogant, but in my previous life, I had already reached the peak of grandmaster rank, and I felt that I was about to break through to an even higher rank, a level of warrior that was outside of the general warrior rank division.


    Somehow, I felt that I had to raise all my stats in my status window to S, and then I would be able to have my powers from my previous life.


    In essence, my power level in my previous life was far different from that of ude, whom I judged to be a premature grandmaster.


    Moreover, in general, the current me can also be judged as a warrior who has reached the grandmaster rank.


    Thus, there was no need for me to fear ude.


    Even so, I can''t underestimate ude''s attacks.


    Fwoosshh!


    ude''s attack had already reached me.


    The first thing I did in response to ude''s surprise attack was to remove the Svangur sword from Fidel''s body.


    Fidel''s body was already dry. He was already as light as paper when the Svangur sword sucked his blood out. There were no signs of life in his body if you looked at his wide-open eyeballs without blinking.


    In other words, Fidel''s body was already a hunk of a corpse.


    Without much sympathy, I immediately threw Fidel''s body right into the direction of ude''s attack.


    ''As I had expected from the attack of a premature grandmaster.''


    When Fidel''s corpse shed with ude''s attack, ude''s attack didn''t manage to prate Fidel''s corpse, so I remained in a safe position.


    ude''s attack did disappear upon impact with Fidel''s corpse. However, not only did ude''s attack disappear, but Fidel''s corpse also disappeared. Fidel''s corpse scattered in the air into dust grains, merging with the disappearance of ude''s attack.


    That proved that ude''s attack was also strong.


    "Oh, good response."


    Apliment I got from ude''s mouth.


    "If you have that skill, you should have been able to finish off the golem you were fighting earlier and prevent me from killing your people."


    "Why did you wait until your people died at my hands?" Because I was curious, I asked bluntly.


    "It would be better if you looked at your backside first."


    Instead of getting an answer to my question, ude smiled and gave me a warning.


    I looked at my backside, as ude suggested. And there was already Raiz holding his shield horizontally. He intended to stab me with the pointed bottom of his shield.


    Raiz''s body and shield were already wrapped in the aura.


    He had a happy smile on his face. He seemed ready to inflict pain on me.


    However, right at thest second before the sess of his attack, a magic circle appeared under Raiz''s feet. The magic circle illuminated his face and made him cancel out the smile on his face. His mouth and eyes both widened in surprise.