Swordmaster: The Origin

Teamwork

Nix ran towards the monster before him.

The monster was Tyrant, a human-bodied monster with a snake head that had the ability to spurt poison from its mouth.

3 Tyrant tails that were in front of Nix spewed poison from their mouths.

Nix jumped up to avoid it.

After dodging it and landing right behind them, Nix chopped off their heads at once with his sword.

*glash!

The decapitated head of Tyrant was rolled on the ground

"Elvia! give me some support!" Nix Sayings

"B-well!"

Elvia gives Nix a speed buff.

Nix who felt that he could run faster than before, dashed towards the Tyrant herd that gathered in front of him.

The 10 Tyrants who saw Nix running towards them instantly opened their mouths to spurt out poison.

However, Nix, who was moving faster because he got an additional buff from Elvia, decapitated all the Tyrants before them before spitting out the poison.

Tyrant's head fell around Nix.

"Great-great...Who is he?"

"I've never seen someone who could move like that before."

The other party group that saw Nix slaughter all of Tyrant's herds were single-handedly amazed by his fighting ability.

"Eeehh?? I just killed 2 tablets." Frederica.

Frederica who was still behind looked at Nix with a sad look.

"Ah, sorry-sorry, I seem to be overzealous." Nix scratched his head.

Elvia and Frederica who were at the back immediately ran towards Nix.

"It looks like you're used to fighting Nix." Elvia.

"I used to fight with my father a lot, so I'm used to it." Nix is looking for an excuse.

"Heeh. but from what I saw earlier, it doesn't seem like it's the ability of someone who has never been to a dungeon at all." Frederica.

Nix forgot that he should have held himself back a little so as not to make his party friends suspicious.

It was caused by her being able to possibly defeat many monsters at once without any help from her team at all.

However if he was too much in helping them defeat monsters, they would not gain enough experience, and would probably rely on Nix.

Therefore, Nix needed to hold himself back a little in the upcoming fight.

"D-rather than talk about it, let's move on immediately." Nix is trying to shift the topic.

Frederica still intends to ask him about his fighting ability in defeating a group of Tyrants all by himself. However, given the purpose she had taken part in this exam, Frederica paused her intentions and sighed resignedly

"Alright, then let's hurry, we have to find the key to the labyrinth before anything else." Frederica.

"You're right." Elvia.

After a short conversation, Nix and his party continue their journey into the labyrinth.

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After passing through the various passageways in the labyrinth, Nix and his party had been completely separated from the other students' party.

Now, Nix and his party are searching for a labyrinth boss room that most likely contains a treasure chest that holds the key to the labyrinth.

The labyrinth boss room was a slightly different room from the usual monster room.

In comparison, the labyrinth boss room usually has a large door guarded by several monsters around it, while the usual monster room was a large room without doors that had little propability in finding a treasure chest.

But the labyrinth boss room is very difficult to find, usually they are found in a considerable depth in the labyrinth

But the deeper it entered the labyrinth, the stronger the monsters it fought. And students who could not fight were likely to fall and be forced to withdraw from the exam.

Nix intends to enter more into the labyrinth, but he is worried about his party who does not seem to have enough ability.

Therefore, Nix decided to search the sub-boss room instead of the labyrinth boss.

Sub-boss is version 1 of the lower level of the labyrinth boss, it has a room with the same door as the labyrinth boss room. But the difference was their vastly different levels of strength.

Therefore, Nix was confident that his party would be better prepared to deal with sub-bosses than the labyrinth boss.

"Frederica, beside you!" Nix.

"okay!" Frederica swung her pendang

*glash!

A monster's head fell rolling under Frederica's feet.

"Still 20 Ymor left, are you still strong?" Ask Nix

"Of course, even 100 ymor I can!" Frederica was excited.

Right now, Nix and his party were in a monster room right in front of the sub-boss room.

Ymor is a monster with a mix of hedgehogs and bears, they can attack and defend using their back spines.

Ymor is one of the opponents that is difficult to face if not careful, because its poisonous duration can make a person who is affected paralyzed instantly.

Ymor can also spread spines on his back, so a quick dodging reflex is required.

But Frederica who has excellent evasive reflexes, can easily avoid the thorns that are fired.

"Frederica, can you lure them?" Request Nix.

"Of course." Frederica ran towards the group of Ymor in front of her.

Ymor who saw Frederica running closer towards them instantly spread their spines around.

Frederica quickly dodged the thorn while running.

Nix who saw Ymor focused on Frederica, immediately ran up behind her and jumped forward.

"Elvia!" Call Nix.

"B-well!" Elvia gives Nix support magic.

Nix who had already landed in the middle of the Ymor crowd, quickly twisted his body as well as charged around using his sword.

*glash!

Ymor's body that was around Nix split into two in an instant.

"Frederica, I'll do it now!" Nix Sayings

"okay!"

Nix then continued by raising his sword to the sky and slamming his sword into the ground.

*Out!

As the earthquake occurred, the ground around Nix shook, causing Ymor who was in front of him to lose his balance and fall.

The reason Nix could do that was because he got a named support buff (Impact) from Elvia.

Impact is a buff that increases attack penetration as well as great destructive power for 5 seconds.

Nix could easily split Ymor's body in half as well because of the buff (impact) he received.

Previously, Nix, Frederica, and Elvia had devised a plan to finish off Ymor who was in front of them.

First of all, when they had already killed Ymor who was in the front row, they would proceed to the crowd of Ymor who were behind by using Frederica as bait to have them focused on him.

And when Ymor was already focused on Frederica, Nix would quickly run towards the crowd and jump into their midst while signaling Elvia who was behind to give her the support buff in the form of Impact.

Nix, who will kill Ymor in the vicinity in an instant, will continue by making an earthquake that will make the balance of Ymor still remaining fall.

And after the earthquake happened, Frederica's last task was to finish them off at once.

"I'm advancing!" Frederica ran towards Ymor who had fallen due to loss of balance.

With his accurate and agile run, Frederica was able to maintain her balance despite the vibrations in the ground.

*glash! *glash! *glash!

In an instant, Frederica instantly split Ymor's three bodies into two.

"It'll be over quickly." Frederica continued her assault on the remaining 4 Ymor.

*glash! *glash! *glash! *glash!

No more than 15 seconds, all of Ymor had been wiped out by Frederica.

The tremors in the earthquake also stopped.

Nix and Elvia who were at the back immediately followed towards Frederica who was at the front.

"Woahhh, that was so fast Frederica!!" Elvia.

"Hehe, great right? keep praising me dong."

"Frederica's good work, it was a beautiful move." Nix.

Frederica turned her face away from Nix with a frown

"I know you can do more than this, so don't be arrogant!"

"i-that's not right, you really did a good attack earlier." Nix tried to convince Frederica.

Frederica turned her face towards Nix and smiled.

"Thank you." Frederica smile.

Nix pointed his right thumb at Frederica.

After a short conversation, Nix and his group turned their eyes towards the large door that was before them.

"Then let's continue." Nix.

Elvia and Frederica nodded vigorously in response.

With a single touch of a hand on the labyrinth door, the sub-boss room opened...