CRACK—
The Wooden Sword in Bill's hand broke in two.
Everyone was stunned.
They hadn't even seen what happened.
"Why did Teacher Bill's sword break?"
Riel asked in confusion.
Bill slowly turned and saw Lian raising his sword in a blocking stance.
Lian had actually blocked his last strike.
And he'd broken Bill's sword in the process!
'How in the world had Lian done it?'
'His movements were so fast, even I couldn't see them clearly!'
Bill was utterly dumbfounded.
He couldn't believe it was real.
'How could this boy—a talented Apprentice Knight who had only been learning Swordsmanship from me for a week—block a strike delivered with eighty percent of a Three-star Glory Knight's power?'
Bill felt like he was seeing the ghost of a young Land John. They had entered the Knight Academy together, but Land John had become a Six-star Glory Knight in just thirty years, while Bill himself had stalled as a Three-star Knight.
'Is hard work really useless, then?'
