Chapter 609 - Double-edged Sword Dance (1/2)

“…!”

Several Elves sucked in a deep cold breath. Rhode squinted and scrutinized the young ladies before him. This was the first time Gracier and Madaras revealed their weapons and they were extraordinary.

Snowy razor-sharp blades shimmered in a dark, menacing radiance. The length were slightly longer than their palms, which fit perfectly like a pair of viper fangs in a glance, ready to strike anytime.

Concealed blades…

Rhode’s heart skipped a beat.

Concealed blades were highly popular among the players. After all, one could carry them around conveniently to assassinate and dash through the cluster of flowers suavely. Most Thief class players tried using concealed blades as their main weapon, but their luck was on the down side because concealed blades was the main weapon of the Dark Elves and the players had to enter the deep underground, avoid the wandering high-level monsters, search the underground city of the Dark Elves to become one of them, and finally, accept their path. However, the players’ reputation in the Elf Kingdom would fall to ‘Hostile’ instantly as soon as they had chosen to join the Dark Elves and they could never win their trust back. As for their reputations in other Human nations, they would fall to ‘Indifferent’ and ‘Normal’ no matter how much reputation one had earned previously. Their only home left would be the Country of Darkness and they had to find their meaning of existence under the hands of the Undead Creatures.

The loss of their reputation was secondary because the most troublesome area was to increase their mastery of the concealed blades. 15 Skill Points were required to upgrade from Mastery E to D, which exceeded the total degree of difficulty for every other swordsmanship technique. Even the Legendary swordsmanship techniques would require 6 to 8 Skill Points, which was extremely tough. However, the concealed blades required 15 Skill Points at the start and needed 20 Skill Points thereafter, which meant that players would face difficulties in building other techniques.

However, concealed blades were tough to master unlike other weapons. They had high level of concealment and was extremely dangerous. Rhode remembered that there was such a saying in Chinese wuxia novels: longer blades would have a wider range of stronger attacks and although the shorter blades would have a shorter and riskier attack range, they could be used to launch much quicker attacks. The dangers of concealed blades were double-edged. They were difficult to use as daggers for attack and defense because they were only longer than their palms by a little. In fact, the players would often feel helpless whenever their PVP opponents in the Assassin and Swordsman class were welding concealed blades.

But now, the atmosphere had changed.

When Gracier and Madaras flashed their concealed blades, Rhode sharply detected the bewilderedness in the crowd. The Dark Elves’ assassination technique came from the Carlesdine and they had naturally inherited the Carlesdine’s specialized weapon. But after the disappearance of the Carlesdine, there naturally weren’t any places for the existence of concealed blades. Even in the game, most of the players treated concealed blades as the Dark Elves’ specialized weapon, which explained the crowd’s reaction.

If Gracier and Madaras didn’t have the distinctive features of the White Elves, perhaps they might have been judged as the Dark Elves’ scouts.

“Oh?”

Dale was also astonished when he witnessed their weapons. He slowly drew his sword and widened his stance.

“Leader, who are they?”

Rhode turned around and saw Anne’s curious emerald eyes gazing at himself. Not only Anne, but even Lize and Snow also looked at him dubiously. After all, they had never met the two young girls and it would be even more suspicious if they didn’t have any doubts.

But Rhode didn’t answer. Instead, he placed a finger on his lips.

“I’ll tell you about them later.”

Rhode turned his attention to the circular plaza. The battle was about to begin.

Dale raised his sword in an upright stance without any traces of hesitation in his eyes. Shortly after, powerful blade air streams rose from the ground and shrouded his body. In the blink of an eye, Rhode sensed that the Elf Knight had merged with his sword as one. Sharp, bone-chilling blade air stream emanated from his body and rustled the innocent leaves on the tree branches.

What a powerful blade aura.

Rhode’s heart skipped a beat. As a Spirit Swordsman, he clearly knew what a blade aura meant. Currently, Rhode could only accumulate his blade aura slowly before emanating it. However, Dale was different. He was like a sword that withdrew out of the sheath in a clean draw and the ice-cold blade aura burst into the air instantly. This speed was sufficient to prove that Dale was an exceptionally powerful swordsman. Rhode was sure that he would die under Dale’s sword miserably if they dueled using swords only.

It was due to this that Rhode was curious to witness Gracier and Madaras’s performances.

Dale had made it clear that he wasn’t holding back. So, could Gracier and Madaras stop an Elf who had entered the Legendary Stage? Rhode knew that their current strength was powerful. Both of them hadn’t enter the Legendary Stage and he had no idea about their swordsmanship standard. Their Stealth Skill could hide them from detection, but could it guarantee their victory?

If it was true, then these two daggers would be too important for him.

Rhode focused his attention and stared at the circular plaza.

The two young girls were unfazed. They presented gentle smiles and took two steps back, dropping their arms to their waists relaxedly.

Then, everything flashed before the crowd.

Dale stepped back abruptly and let out a deep grunt. The glass sword in his hand exploded with immense radiance, spreading wild air streams forward.

However, there was no one to receive his attack.

As the dazzling, ice-cold radiance ripped through the air in a sharp, ear-deafening screech, everyone shockingly realized that the two young girls had disappeared as though they didn’t exist in this world.

However, Dale’s reaction was equally quick.

He drew a circle swiftly with the tip of his sword before leaping backward. In the blink of an eye, layers of protective crisscross blade rays spread all around him.

But there were still no signs of the two young girls.

As though they didn’t exist.

How powerful.

Dale kept his sword and made a defensive stance. Although he stared forward calmly, he wasn’t as composed as he appeared. Even when the two young girls were standing before him, they were like phantoms that didn’t exist. And now, he had proven that it wasn’t his misconception. Dale had struck out a wave of powerful attacks to force the two young girls into fighting him face to face. However, he didn’t expect that they would vanish into thin air as soon as he struck. Even though his senses had been heightened to the maximum, he still couldn’t spot their tracks!

It’s truly the Carlesdine.