Chapter 265: Act 56: Invitation to the Unity of All Things

The battle ended before it even began—

Brand ordered the Rubis Mercenaries to throw the two unconscious sergeants of the Silver Wing Cavalry into the corner of the room. He then thought that the swordsman might have already been chasing them. He held his left shoulder—the wound from the thrusting sword earlier still burned painfully. With his current level of strength, any slight hesitation in front of a Gold rank swordsman could be fatal. This was different from competing with the Crusader Executioner or White Knight Albton. The gap was nearly twentyfold, and experience mattered little.

In other words, if Test went all out, Brand’s senses wouldn’t even be able to capture the opponent’s movement.

He wiped the sweat off his pulsating brow and couldn’t help but grow suspicious. Although he wasn’t sure what kind of person the opponent was, the fact that they immediately targeted him made Brand wary. He thought the opponent might be a killer from the All Things Return to One because that was the only organization he had offended.

But it didn’t seem quite right. The All Things Return to One acted discreetly and secretly. Even if they sought revenge, they wouldn’t choose a public place like an auction.

Unless they were colluding with Madara. But that was even more ridiculous. The All Things Return to One worshiped Chaos and were secret followers of the Dragon of Dusk. There was no way they would mix with the Order within the Darkness—Madara. Brand shook his head, dismissing the chaotic thoughts in his mind. He pointed to a few of his ‘subordinates’ and instructed, “You six, run in different directions.” The most urgent task was to survive.

He gave this order but immediately felt he might have been too hasty. Brand almost wanted to call them back immediately. However, after some thought, he decided against it. Having a backup plan couldn’t hurt, and it wouldn’t make much difference whether they were there or not.

In the ‘Amber Sword,’ a person of his level having twelve Black Iron Lower strength warriors at his command would be pretty satisfying. But in this cold, unfeeling real world, there was now a third-level power swordsman seemingly set on giving him trouble. This made him rather uneasy.

Someone with third-level power had an average strength of at least one hundred energy levels. Brand figured the opponent was an uncommon thin sword user, likely following the dexterity route of elven swordsmanship. If they had more than one hundred and twenty energy levels of dexterity, their reaction speed would be twenty-three times that of an ordinary person, and their burst speed forty-seven times.

With such abilities, the opponent’s straight-line running speed could reach over seven hundred kilometers per hour, more than double the top speed of a Formula 1 car and nearing the speed of the first-generation jet fighters. Their constitution would be strong enough to support such speed, withstand drag, and handle the pressure on their internal organs.

According to calculations in the ‘Amber Sword,’ a character with one hundred and twenty energy levels of dexterity would have at least sixty energy levels of constitution. Such a person’s skin alone would provide defense comparable to over 200 millimeters of inclined armor. Brand considered what damage his strongest attack, the ‘Wind Bullet,’ could do to a slanted 200-millimeter steel plate—

At most, a dent.

In other words—a third-level power swordsman was virtually a human-shaped monster.

Brand couldn’t help but wonder if clashing swords with such a person would send him flying through the auction house. If that guy wanted to, he could search the entire auction house within seconds. Therefore, even if he sent out all twelve of these people, it would only delay him by a few seconds.

A few seconds might not mean much to him, but it would be enough for the opponent to kill him several times over.

Brand took a deep breath. He believed that ever since coming to this world, everything had largely stayed within his anticipated scope. He had been careful, avoiding those high-level beings. Throughout his adventure, the only flaw was accidentally offending the All Things Return to One, but he had been careful to avoid their attention.