—What is this power!?
Barely stopping it, Eugeo opened his eyes wide. Humbert, who doesn't
work up a sweat much typically and spends all his time inspecting the
forms of styles, even when he comes to the practice arena, should not
possess this much strength. If this wasn't physical strength... is this the
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«pride as a source of strength» that Kirito was talking about? Prizing
himself and looking down on others; was the power granted to his sword
with that disposition, incompatible with Eugeo's values, enough to
overturn days after days of training?
I can't believe it. I definitely don't want to believe that the God of Creation
Stacia could forgive such a way of life.
The moment he tried to deny the phenomenon happening before his own
eyes, Humbert bristled his hair with a wicked expression on and
murmured.
"Did you think you could beat my sword with a cowardly sneak attack?"
"Co... wardly...?"
"Indeed. What could you call pretending to get beaten before coming out
with that skill without a style or anything else, but cowardly?"
"Th... That's wrong! This is my school... this is how the «Aincrad-style» is!"
Eugeo instinctively shouted back. If the High Norkia-style was a school that
focused on the force and form of techniques, the Aincrad-style was a
practical school that focused on the basic point of landing a hit with the
sword beyond anything else. As such, it strives for speed in the activation of
secret moves, even possessing «consecutive hits skills» that other schools
do not have