novelraw Chapter 46 : Power of the Vortex
Chapter 46 : Power of the Vortex
Chapter 46: Power of the Vortex! Dungeon Offense and Defense!
After speaking, Eve waved her hand and quickly left.
After this Beast Calamity, there was a great deal of reconstruction work in the city.
She needed to do her best to help her father share the burden—this was her responsibility as the young lady of Blackstone City.
Meanwhile, Leo simply ate lunch in the Training Room. Without wasting any time, he went straight to the adjacent Dungeon.
When he had come here for the first time this morning, he had already conceived an idea.
This place held quite a number of Beastkin.
They were most likely the raw materials for Lady Manta’s potion preparations.
And his job was to feed these Beastkin.
The food for the Beastkin had already been listed in the form of recipes and handed to Leo, mainly consisting of live chickens and ducks.
His work was very simple—deliver the food to these Beastkin at fixed times and locations.
With his experience in Mount Control, Leo quickly summarized a workflow.
In less than half an hour, Leo completed his first round of feeding.
However, he did not rush to leave the Dungeon. Instead, carrying his Iron Sword, he walked toward the outermost cell.
Inside was a Beastkin he was very familiar with.
Holding up an oil lamp, Leo jingled a string of keys and opened the cell door.
As the door opened, a low growl echoed from within.
Looking into the shadows, there was a Blood Goblin whose limbs were bound in shackles.
It was most likely the one Eve had captured alive.
Back then, he had only barely managed to fight one to the death by exploiting its weaknesses shown on the panel, along with the assistance of so many Knight’s Squires.
‘Teacher is truly formidable… to actually have a way to capture this Blood Goblin alive.’
At this moment, the creature was tearing apart the duck Leo had thrown in.
Upon seeing Leo, it stopped eating and let out a roar at the Human.
It wanted to charge forward and attack Leo.
But bound by shackles, it could only produce a series of clanking chain sounds.
Because this type of Beastkin had strong burrowing ability, it had been specially equipped with shackles.
At this moment, Leo steadily approached the Blood Goblin.
Seeing Leo draw near, the red-skinned Goblin bared its fangs and brandished its claws, venting its fury as if it wanted to tear this Human apart.
Leo set down the oil lamp, estimated its attack range, and raised his Iron Sword.
He currently lacked an opponent—so this was the perfect living target to test his Power of the Vortex.
Leo stepped to the edge of the safe distance he had calculated.
At this moment, the Goblin was only two steps away from him.
With a roar, the Goblin lashed out with a claw toward Leo.
But Leo showed no panic at all.
Clang!
The iron chain locked to the Goblin’s leg snapped taut, restraining it firmly just short of reaching Leo.
At the same time, Leo raised his sword and blocked the vicious claw.
A numbing shock ran through his arm and wrist, forcing him to take two steps back.
Although the Blood Goblin was restrained, its strength was still astonishing.
The raw power of the Beastkin was far beyond what Humans could compare with.
Even with Leo’s strength attribute now exceeding 2 points, he was still slightly inferior.
Thinking back now, if he had not exploited its weakness at the time, he might not have won.
But in the next moment, Leo stepped forward again and beckoned at the Goblin with his finger.
Enraged by the provocation, the Goblin roared furiously and slashed again.
Driven by anger, it erupted with even more terrifying ferocity than before.
But this time, Leo raised his blade to meet the incoming claw.
The motion of his sword was somewhat strange, yet it traced a beautiful arc through the air.
Clang—
There was no loud collision this time. Instead, the claw was deftly deflected aside by a clever application of force.
The Goblin’s expression changed.
It looked at its own claw in disbelief—its attack had been brushed aside as if it were nothing.
In the next moment, staring at the Human who toyed with it, it erupted again with savage ferocity.
Both claws swung wildly, attempting to tear this detestable Human to pieces.
Behind it, the two chains trembled violently, occasionally scraping out orange sparks and producing a continuous clattering sound.
Meanwhile, Leo’s Iron Sword traced continuous arcs, deflecting all incoming attacks.
The sword shadows connected into a single flowing pattern in midair, like rapidly spinning fan blades—or like a vortex in the ocean that devoured everything.
The Goblin’s hard claws were repeatedly knocked aside by Leo’s sword, their force seemingly swallowed into nothingness.
Its attacks simply could not break through Leo’s defense.
Meanwhile, amid offense and defense, Leo rapidly familiarized himself with the application of the Power of the Vortex.
At the same time, on his panel:
【Tide Cross Sword Second Stage 2/100 → 3/100】
His swordsmanship experience began to rise once more.
Time slowly passed, until the Blood Goblin’s movements grew increasingly sluggish.
Eventually, it began panting heavily and gradually came to a stop.
Leo looked at it—after more than three hours of practice, the Goblin’s stamina had been completely exhausted.
On the panel, his swordsmanship experience had increased by nearly ten points.
【Tide Cross Sword Second Stage 10/100】
This was the first time Leo had encountered such a hardworking sparring partner.
It was far superior to those soft, weak Knight’s Squires—this single Goblin was worth all of them combined.
Its formidable strength, deep stamina, and explosive temper—
combined with its thick hide and durability, meant Leo didn’t have to worry about injuring it.
Sparring with it felt close to real combat.
Leo had not experienced such rapid growth in experience for a long time.
Later, he could even feed it more and cultivate it as a long-term sparring partner.
Seeing Leo’s thoughtful gaze, the Blood Goblin suddenly shivered.
It had not expected that its short life would end in such a peculiar way.
After the battle just now, Leo had gained a deeper understanding of his swordsmanship.
The Power of the Vortex.
It was a completely different method of exerting force.
If the Power of Dark Tide was an offensive technique that built momentum and crushed the opponent with force—
then the Power of the Vortex was a defensive technique that used softness to overcome hardness, dissolving incoming attacks.
One rigid, one flexible. One offensive, one defensive.
Together, they formed an exceptionally perfect offensive and defensive swordsmanship system.
At this rate, he might even be able to break through to the third stage of his swordsmanship within about half a month.
That would be the third move Eve had yet to show him.
But even without reaching the third stage yet—
his actual combat ability was already very strong.
If he were to face a Blood Goblin again now,
Leo was confident he could resolve the battle within just a few moves.
“Take a rest. From now on, after every meal, I’ll accompany you for some exercise.”
Faced with Leo’s concern, the Blood Goblin’s expression stiffened.
Although it could not fully understand what Leo was saying, it could judge from his tone that this Human youth sounded gentle and seemed very kind.
But its tribal mother had warned—
the more kind a Human appeared, the more cautious one should be.
Leo locked the cell door.
This Blood Goblin possessed the strength of a Level 2 Beastkin.
There were several other Level 2 Beastkin over there as well.
And that Thunder Lizard…
seemed to be a legendary Level 3.