CHAPTER 163: CHAPTER 163- HOLY KNIGHTS VS DIVINE PALADIN (2)

"Battle? You don’t mean that the holy knights are going to fight each other? Will this city even hold out if they start using their strengths?"

"Haa, you really are an idiot, aren’t you? Of course, they will hold back their strength to the level where they don’t do environmental damage. Hmph, even we knights can destroy a city if we are allowed to go all out and use our skills."

Vangeance looked at Kevin in a strange way. When it comes to sword fighting, this boy was a genius. However, in everything else, he was as dumb as a rock.

That said, even Vangeance was worried. A high ranking knight was called a high ranking knight for a reason. There was a huge watershed one that was impossible to bridge between a level 7 true knight and a level 8.

Any talented knight in this world, as long as they possess the will and put on the corresponding amount of hard work, there is a possibility that they might reach level 7.

However, starting from level 7, it’s all meaningless, no matter how incredibly talented or genius you are. At this point, it is more about accomplishing feats than anything else.

Knights must achieve notable accomplishments— like defeating powerful enemies, surviving deadly trials, or providing a significant contribution to the world.

It is through the accumulation of these contributions that one can level up after reaching level 7. It was also tied to receiving special and rare classes and ultimate abilities somehow. However, Vangeance was not too clear on that part as he was still a level 6 True knight.

Nevertheless, even if the holy knights hold back, the sheer power residing within their bodies would still be able to level this place.

The knights of the Order of the Temple of Light thought that the holy knights would be fighting each other. However, they couldn’t be any more wrong.

"Looks like you all are raring to go," A voice filled with divinity and authority rang out as a tall man with defined muscles, golden hair, and extreme handsomeness entered the circle.

Immediately, the crowd which was already abuzz from the sensation of seeing the holy knights enter the circle, reached a critical point.

The Commander of the Order of the Temple of Light had actually entered the ring. What’s more, he stood in the inner circle while using his left hand. The same handicap all the knights faced.

However, to the man who is lauded as the hero among knights, was there even such a thing as a disadvantage for him? The knights felt like even with one hand, Reinhardt was still as formidable as before.

"Haha, Commander, you really are absurd."

It was not only the knights, the holy knights also felt the same. However, as a high ranking knights, this kind of deterrent wasn’t enough to stop them. They swung their bodies left right and brandished their wooden practice sword.

When high ranking knights fight, even a wooden sword can become lethal. As such, to make sure that no one was hurt too badly, Reinhardt ordered that for this fight, everyone would use a practice sword.

Of course, this did not apply to Zerina, who used her claws to fight.

"No worries, if I can’t use my claws, then I will just punch"

BANG... Saying that, Zerina punched the air; the force behind her punches caved the air, leaving ripples behind.

"Heh, Reinhardt, today is the day I finally beat you. You are the one who came up with this training, so you can’t go back".

It appears that this woman, who was highly competitive, was still salty over the fact that she couldn’t even touch him during their training in the jungle.

"Haha, please remember not to go all out. I can’t have you destroying the city that is rebuilding itself." Reinhardt smiled humbly.

"Commander, you said that we cannot use more than Low (High) of our stats. That goes the same for you, right?"

The holy knights also looked raring to go.

"Since we are high level knights, simply restricting your skills isn’t enough. Even with your high stats, you might just destroy everything. As such, we needed another handicap. Don’t worry, the same goes for me too."

He nodded. In this fight, all of them were only allowed to use their strength up to Low (High). Any more, and his [Heaven’s memory] and [Divine Rememberance] were warning him that they might just destroy the town.

"Haha, we are not worried. This is a one time opportunity".

"That’s right, we won’t get a chance like this again".

"To fight with the Commander on equal grounds".

Fires of battle intent blazed in the eyes of Bob, Marcus, and Grey.

Heh... Looking at them, Reinhardt grinned. They were just like lambs coming to a slaughter. They thought that just because he had limited his stats to the same level as theirs, they were on an equal ground now.

Haha, who can explain these shadows that they were trying to fight their master? Even with the same stats limit, he still had an abnormal amount of overpowered passive divine traits, much less needs to be said for a body forged by Dioanax.

Anyways, he cannot deactivate his passives. Divine traits were like gifts or talents; some were always active, some came into play when he entered combat or under certain conditions. Nevertheless, this was the most he could do in terms of weakening himself.

"Before we start, let me show Zerina, who has never seen it before, the [Holy Blade Arts]," saying so, he displayed the first three techniques of the sword art.

Of course, now that he was capable of controlling his strength to Low (High), he can display the sword technique without breaking the wooden sword.

"What a profound skill. The more I try to understand it, the deeper it becomes. It’s like an abyss that has no end." Zerina was not exaggerating. The [Holy Blade Arts] of Reinhardt’s was so profound that they used the formidable state of transcendence as a basis for executing the techniques.