Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 63: The God Sacrifice Competition is advanced! (Part 1)
Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword Hall.
"Ha..." Mikami slumped down at the edge of the dojo, "I'm so tired... I don't have any strength left..."
Ogata, who was sitting next to him, also smiled and agreed:
"Me too...I can't fight anymore..."
After the people from Ishikawa Sword Gym raided their Sakakibara Sword Gym a few days ago, many of their disciples from Sakakibara Sword Gym were seriously injured.
Ogata's junior fellow apprentice, Makino, was one of those who was seriously injured.
Because Makino is still lying in bed recuperating, he has not been able to come to the dojo to practice sword these days.
Therefore, the person that Ogata most often looked for for training in the past two days became his senior brother, Mikami.
In order to improve the level of "Muga Nisō-ryu" as soon as possible, Ogata has been "torturing" himself every day for the past two days.
Even though he had "tortured" himself in this way, Ogata's "Muga Nisō-ryu" had not yet been upgraded.
There are still 130 experience points left before upgrading.
There are many reasons why it has not been upgraded yet.
One reason is that the experience points required to upgrade "Nudi-sword Style" are, for some reason, quite a lot.
To upgrade the "Muga Nissō-ryu" from level 1 to level 2, Ogata needs 300 experience points.
Another reason is that when sparring with Mikami, Ogata did not win every battle.
When sparring with Mikami, Ogata deeply realized that when fighting with others, even if one's skills are far superior to those of the opponent, if one is not careful, he is very likely to be defeated.
Although Ogata's strength, stamina, and vitality attributes are still 5, his agility and reflexes have reached 8 points.
At the same time, Ogata's sword skill "Bird Thorn" has also reached the "advanced" level , which is Ogata's strongest attack skill at present.
In addition, he also mastered the two auxiliary skills of "Breath of Source" and "Blade Return".
However, even so, when Ogata competed with Mikami, he could not guarantee victory in every battle.
Although in every sparring match with Mikami, Ogata won most of the rounds.
But Mikami would occasionally defeat Ogata for a few rounds.
As for those competitions that ended with Ogata's defeat, the reason for his defeat was without exception - Ogata was distracted and careless.
He was distracted for just a moment, and Mikami seized the opportunity and successfully killed Ogata.
This made Ogata realize how terrifying swordsmanship is.
Even if your skills are far superior to your opponent's, there is still a great chance that you will be injured or defeated by your opponent if you are not careful.
Today, Ogata and Mikami fought many rounds in a row, and now both of them are out of breath and can no longer fight.
Although both of them were now sitting on the edge of the dojo to recover their strength, Ogata was actually not idle.
“Hiss…ha…”
Ogata adjusted his breathing.
Gradually, Ogata's breathing changed from ordinary breathing to "Original Breathing".
Since unlocking the skill "Breath of the Origin", Ogata will use "Breath of the Origin" whenever he has free time.
Whether in battle or in daily leisure.
The reason for doing this is purely because Ogata intends to use "Origin Breathing" to conduct a new experiment.
Ogata planned to experiment - could he upgrade his skills through hard training alone, without relying on skill points?
Ogata still has only a vague understanding of the various functions and settings of the system.
Without using skill points , can the skill point level be increased through hard training alone? Ogata believes that this experiment is necessary.
But this experiment is destined to be a long one.
Take the example of the downward chopping technique of Sakakibara Ittoryu, Waterfall. God knows how long Ogata had to practice Waterfall before he could upgrade the level of Waterfall from the intermediate level to the advanced level.
Compared to attack skills like Water Fall and Bird Thorn, skills like "Origin Breathing" are the most suitable for this experiment.
Because "Breath of the Origin" does not require you to hold the sword.
No venue is required.
You can start practicing anytime, anywhere.
Therefore, it would take much less time to conduct this experiment using "Breath of the Origin".
Currently, Ogata can only use "Origin Breathing" for about 4 minutes.
After 4 minutes, Ogata's breathing will gradually become disordered, and he will be forced to stop using "Origin's Breathing".
After continuous practice during this period, Ogata vaguely felt that the usage time of "Origin Breathing" seemed to have become a little longer.
Although it didn't get much longer, it was probably just a few seconds longer.
Although Ogata didn't know how long it would take him to upgrade the level of "Origin Breathing" from elementary to intermediate without using skill points, he was ready for a protracted battle.
At the same time, I was also prepared for the worst outcome: "Under the limitations of the system, hard work alone cannot improve the level of my skills."
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After the hot sweat stopped flowing and his originally hot body gradually cooled down, Mikami turned his head and looked at the sky outside the dojo.
"The sky is already dark..." Mikami said, "Let's stop practicing here for today."
"Yeah." As soon as Mikami finished speaking, Obe next to him said, "That's what I was thinking. It just so happens that my body is too tired to fight anymore, and I'm hungry, so let's go home and have dinner."
Ogata said as he stood up.
However - at this moment, a hurried figure rushed into the dojo.
Because the footsteps of this hurried figure were so loud and urgent, it attracted everyone's attention. After this figure rushed into the dojo, Ogata and others in the dojo immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
After seeing the figure clearly, Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Master?"
The man who rushed into the dojo in a hurry was Ogata and his friends' master, Sakakibara Hanbei.
After entering the dojo, Hanbei looked around anxiously, looking for someone in the dojo.
Because it is getting late, there are not many people practicing sword in the dojo.
So, Hanbei quickly found the person he was looking for.
"Ogata!" Hanbei rushed towards Ogata and said urgently, "Something big has happened!"
"Master, what happened?" Ogata asked puzzledly.
"Just now, the family elder suddenly summoned me and Ishikawa Heima." Hanbei said in a deep voice, "The family elder asked us to advance the time of the festival competition!"
"Moving the time of the Shinto Festival Competition forward?!" Mikami, who was standing next to Ogata, was the first to exclaim after hearing Hanbei's words, "Master, how far can it be moved forward?"
Hanbei gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow! Tomorrow morning! This year's festival competition will be held tomorrow morning!"
