
Deep in the mountains to the north of the Cadia Riverlands, there is a quiet and peaceful village. This village was the residence of the legendary Tianyin Swordmaster Sect, and was also the place where Duan Meng spent his childhood refining his techniques.
When his age was enough to hold a bamboo sword, Duan Meng was determined to become a great swordsman. While everyone else was still sleeping, he would wake up and train hard, and would continue until the sun had set and the moon had risen and shone on the sky.
He knew that the requirements to enter the Tianyin Swordmaster Sect were so high, and hence, after training day and night in storms, rain, and snow, he said, the gate of the holy temple was finally opened for Duan Meng.
Not long after, his extraordinary talent and obsession towards swordsmanship attracted the attention of their leader, Master Longma, who used to be a disciple of the Great Dragon and the spiritual leader of the Tianyin Swordmaster Sect. Under the guidance of Master Longma, Duan Meng began to surpass his peers and become the leader of the new generation disciples.
As time passed, Duan Meng grew tired of the boring life in the mountains. His obsession with swordsmanship and ambition made him want to challenge stronger opponents so he could create his own legend and spread it around the world, like the legendary swordsman who inspired his personal journey. However, Master Longma refused his request to leave the mountain.
“It's not time yet. You have not become an invincible swordsman.” The young and vigorous Duan Meng refused to obey his evil words. He was quite confident in his abilities and hoped to improve his swordsmanship by only going through continuous battles.
Over the years, Duan Meng ventured all over the Cadia Riverlands, defeating one swordsman after another, including the Dragon Altar folk. He kept getting closer to the title of “Greatest Sword Expert” without suffering a single defeat.
These were the moments before Duan Meng met someone who would become his greatest rival, Zhixu. This person came out of nowhere and had no teacher. His life was like a sword, perfectly shaped and equipped by himself.
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...Meeting With a Strong Enemy...
In their fight, Duan Meng was defeated, and was not even able to fight back. In order to defeat Zhixu one day, Duan Meng excommunicated herself in the mountains and trained hard for three years.
At the end of this three years time, Duan Meng felt ready to fight back with Zhixu, and descended from that mountain range. But fate said otherwise, his opponent had grown even more rapidly within these three years. He lost again, and even his sword was split in half by his opponent.
Duan Meng's failure reminded him of his teacher's words. “It's not time yet. You have not become an invincible swordsman.” However, Duan Meng knew that he had done everything he could, and there was no way to make the sword in his hand go faster or stronger.
In search of a completely invincible style of swordsmanship, Duan Meng left the Cadia Riverlands region and ventured all over the Land of Dawn. On his way, he heard the news about the Laboratory of 1718, that they can stimulate the potential of the human body through artificial transformation, giving more power to a person.
At this time, the evil scientist from the Laboratory of 1718 was also interested in this swordsman from the east. They are preparing a new augmentation project to create a human weapon. When both parties agreed to the project, the transformation began.
After several experiments and operations, the project was finally successful and a creature with mechanical strength and sword skills and the ability to feel like a human was finally born.
But after waking up, Duan Meng had forgotten everything about him, including his own name. He was later given a new name by his creators: Saber. Weapons from the 1718 Laboratory, Saber became a tool used to hunt down those who opposed them.
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...Laboratory Killer Machine 1718...
Of course, this was all the plans of the Laboratory of 1718. They intend to lure the right people to help them complete this manusa weapon plan.
After the transformation had been completed, Duan Meng, who had once dreamed of reaching the highest peak of swordsmanship, was no longer alive. Instead, a mechanical assassin, Saber, is born.
Although the creators of Saber were convinced that they had succeeded, as time went on, familiar movements, the feeling of holding a sword in his hand, murder after murder, day after day, were not familiar, something began to dabble in Saber's heart.
As a fighter, he was unable to accept his status being revealed to be a mere killing machine, and could feel a memory buried deep within his fighting mind to recall. He begins to question his own past and the meaning of his life.
Late one night, tormented by pieces of his memory, Saber destroys the implant that controls the nerves in his head, destroys the humanoid weapons project's laboratory, and embarks on a long, lonely journey.
Years later, the Laboratory of 1718 never gave up on the pursuit of an object considered a failed product. Through the whole fight and the journey after. Saber is determined to rediscover her name and origin.
The pieces of his memory keep coming back, guiding him to slowly discover his past. There was only one thing he believed in, he knew that he was not yet a truly invincible swordsman, and that he still had opponents looking forward to their next fight.