Shiro looked satisfied after obtaining his harem, then turned toward Ghost Blade and spoke in a curious tone:
"By the way, I thought you would try to ambush us or something like that, but I didn't expect you to be so obedient and wait for us to finish talking."
"I was just curious. I didn't expect the Princess of Deviluke to be such a naive person. That really surprised me."
Ghost Blade had originally thought that the Princess of Deviluke, as one of the rulers and heirs, should be outstanding in all aspects. But he never expected her to be such an optimistic, somewhat naive, and foolishly sweet person who was so easily deceived. This left him speechless. Of course, what confused him the most was this young man from Earth, from whom he couldn't sense any aura at all, or rather, any aura of a powerful person. What was up with him?
After all, the other party was far too calm, as if he had completely seen through him.
Therefore, he didn't mind waiting a bit longer to see what kind of tricks the other party would pull.
As for whether he would be defeated, he had absolute confidence in himself. He knew that his fifth place on the assassin list had been earned through killing, and that he had personally slain countless rulers.
So he wasn't afraid at all.
Shiro waved his hand.
Zastin, who was lying on the ground, miraculously felt his body partially recover and stood up again.
He touched his body, feeling very strange.
And Shiro directly said:
"Take Lala aside, don't interfere with my fun."
Zastin wanted to say something, but the moment he heard that sentence, his body unwillingly straightened, and he immediately pulled his Princess to the side. His heart felt heavy; he didn't know why he had instinctively acted that way just now.
It was as if the words of this seemingly ordinary young man from Earth were a royal decree, leaving him not the slightest thought of resistance.
Shiro didn't waste words; a longsword appeared in his hand, and he looked at Ghost Blade.
"Let me ask you something. When you were in front of my house just now, were you planning to destroy my house as well?"
Ghost Blade was startled when he heard that, then for some unknown reason, unwillingly answered the question.
"Indeed, I originally intended to turn that place into the tomb of this Princess, but I didn't expect you to take her away, so I was forced to chase you."
As soon as he finished saying this, he immediately fell silent, then drew the sword from his back. The moment the sword was drawn, an immense killing intent and a chilling aura erupted.
At that moment, he lost his composure and looked at Shiro seriously. After all, he hadn't expected himself to unwillingly answer such a question while Shiro seemed to be speaking as if in a dream. This situation was strange, and combined with Shiro's calm demeanor, something was definitely wrong.
The two on the side couldn't help but raise their arms to shield themselves from the killing aura.
But Shiro was completely unaffected.
Then, without any hesitation, Ghost Blade moved in an instant and appeared in front of Shiro, his sword slashing down toward Shiro's head. The speed was incredible, but in the next moment, with a loud bang, Shiro's longsword collided with his.
An energy shockwave burst out from the point of collision and instantly blew away everything around them.
Seeing that his first strike had failed, Ghost Blade immediately slightly withdrew his sword, separating it from the longsword. Then he vanished in an instant and appeared behind Shiro, swinging his sword again.
Shiro also turned to block, but just at the moment when he thought he had blocked it, the opponent suddenly changed his move.
He stepped back to create distance, and the sword he was swinging now thrust straight forward.
Shiro could only defend. As the opponent kept changing moves, Shiro could only follow along, but just when the tip of the sword was about to touch the longsword, the opponent suddenly used both hands and forcefully changed the thrust into an upward slash.
Because of the opponent's immense strength, Shiro's mind was already thinking as the opponent executed these moves: "I have to say, these guys really mess with the balance. I have max-level swordsmanship from Earth."
But unfortunately, it didn't have much effect against opponents like this. At the same level, he would have already been cut down. Especially this upward slash, he hadn't expected it and was caught off guard.
But unfortunately for the opponent, Shiro's strength completely surpassed his. No matter how the opponent changed his moves, in his eyes they were all too slow. He even had spare time to think about other things. Therefore, he decided to use this guy for practice and not kill him too quickly.
Ghost Blade calculated that his upward slash would advance and just reach the opponent's head, grazing his chin.
However, to his extreme surprise, Shiro's longsword strangely blocked right at his chin, causing his blade to almost touch his face.
Ghost Blade didn't understand what had happened, but with so many years of combat experience, if one strike failed, the next would immediately follow. Since the opponent's sword had blocked, he couldn't continue the upward slash, and his blade was facing the opponent's body. Therefore, without hesitation, he forcefully slashed upward. He immediately stepped forward and executed a direct thrust, trying to pierce the opponent's throat.
However, he noticed that the opponent was retreating as he advanced.
But it seemed that the retreating distance wasn't enough. He was confident in himself, so he immediately increased his strength and pressed the sword downward.
And the sword aura was cut outward.
But what was strange was that he had clearly calculated the distance and, based on his combat experience, was confident of success.
But at that very moment, a problem appeared or rather, a big problem. As he swung, he strangely noticed that his sword still had a small gap from the opponent's body. The good news was that the sword aura had already been released. After the deadly sword aura flew out, Shiro moved to the side, while the sword aura directly split a distant tree, which hadn't been blown apart by the energy collision between the two of them, into two halves. And with a loud "hong," who knew how strong the impact was as it struck the public buildings behind it.
And Shiro retreated at that moment.
Although Ghost Blade didn't understand why his calculations had failed, at that moment he decisively chose to close in. After all, he could see that Shiro's combat experience was very weak.
Although the opponent's blocking was very strange, he could guarantee that the opponent was definitely not good at fighting and was perhaps only fast. Otherwise, he would have already been cut down.
After Ghost Blade closed in, he continuously changed moves with each strike, while Shiro could only barely parry, nearly being hit several times.
From an observer's perspective, Shiro's battle was extremely dangerous, where even the slightest mistake would lead to injury or decapitation.
"Lala, be careful. I'll go support this young man."
Zastin drew his sword again, preparing for a surprise attack.
However, unfortunately, he was stopped.
Zastin felt somewhat confused as to why the Princess wouldn't allow him to go and help.
"Zastin, and Shiro. I believe in him. Until now, he has been full of confidence."
Hearing this, Zastin barely managed to see Shiro's expression. He wasn't flustered by the dangerous battle or pressure; on the contrary, he looked calm.
Zastin saw that expression—the same as that of people who didn't take their opponents seriously at all.
Then he observed carefully and discovered that Shiro was becoming more and more fluid in battle, as if he had previously been a beginner with only skills but no combat experience. At first, he suffered losses, but now, as the battle continued, he was losing less and less, giving the impression that his combat experience was rapidly improving.
A terrifying thought occurred to Zastin: Ghost Blade, a five-star assassin on the list, was being used as a sparring partner by this young man from Earth!
And after Ghost Blade's attack was blocked once again, he too noticed the problem, as his offense was becoming increasingly difficult.
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