In the turbulent flow of raging wind blades, finding a stable foothold in the form of a stone to steady oneself and prevent falling into the abyss is a considerable challenge for Charlotte.
But the Examiner's test is not limited to that.
With elusive ghost-like movents and the formidable Judgent Sword, the Examiner rcilessly attacks amidst the chaotic wind blades, overwhelming Charlotte.
This ti, he feels a deep malevolence.
The Examiner demonstrates the principle that every inch matters, showcasing the dominance and intricacy of the Judgent Sword.
A re three or four inches may seem insignificant, but the Examiner makes him experience the full power of the Judgent Sword, and how imposing and cunning it can be.
As their swords clash, the Examiner effortlessly shakes his Judgent Sword, snaking it like a serpent to sever Charlotte's tendons with the tip of his blade. Seizing the mont when he is unprotected, the Examiner pierces his heart and swiftly decapitates him with a flick of his sword.
The Beheader, truly deserving of the na!
In the past, Charlotte mainly relied on the sharpness of the Judgent Sword, often using sweeping strikes against enemies. If the opponent countered with their weapon, he could unexpectedly break their defenses and take advantage to kill them.
But today, the Examiner predominantly uses thrusting techniques, including the previous strike that pierced Charlotte's heart from behind.
"What technique is this?" Charlotte asks with a face full of unwillingness after being repeatedly stabbed through the heart.
"The Fourth Form of the Sword of JudgentRelentless Advance."
By the ti Charlotte receives this answer, he has already lost another life.
After being stabbed to death countless tis, he deeply understands the sharpness of the complete Judgent Sword and feels a strong urge to reshape it.
Once he gets out, he must contact the technician to discuss the matter of reshaping the Judgent Sword.
A broken sword, with its tip, snapped off, indeed cannot pierce the iron armor of the Examiner.
Or rather, before he could pierce the armor, his heart had already been impaled, perhaps even his head had flown off.
Death plays out repeatedly in the storm.
Assassination, decapitation, crushing, torn apart by wind blades...
This ti, entering the mysterious space, his Experience Card expands, offering a rich variety of deaths.
However, death is not without its benefits.
There is nothing more profound than the mory of the mont of death. The Examiner's actions, posture, strength, angle... all are etched clearly in his mind as his head separates from his body.
Gradually, Charlotte starts to find suitable footholds within the storm, easily evading the frenzied wind blades and engaging in close combat with the Examiner, exchanging a few moves.
While attempting to learn the art of shadow mimicry, he continues to enhance his expertise in swift and evasive maneuvers to avoid the attacks of shadows, and then seek the Examiner's vulnerabilities.
Resurrected once again, Charlotte watched as the Adjudicator stood on a boulder one hundred ters away. The stone beneath his feet instantly cracked, and he moved swiftly through the storm.
At the sa ti, the Adjudicator disappeared from the boulder and transford into a shadow, charging straight towards Charlotte in a pure straight line.
In the blink of an eye, they collided with each other.
The Adjudicator's shadow pierced through Charlotte's afterimage, but this ti Charlotte successfully anticipated the Adjudicator's position. He preemptively drew his sword from the side and swiftly aid for his head with an ultimate speed slash.
The Adjudicator countered with a spinning slash.
Clang!
The swords clashed and produced a crisp sound.
Just then, a figure appeared behind the Adjudicator, and a sword pierced through his neck.
The figure and the sword slowly faded away, leaving a bloody hole in the Adjudicator's neck.
"You lose," Charlotte lowered his Judgnt Sword, showing no trace of pride on his face.
"Well done. You have mastered Shadow Trace and Unrelenting, and you can find suitable opportunities to use them in complex combat situations," the Adjudicator said as the wound on his neck slowly vanished, and he sheathed his Judgnt Sword.
"After we get out, I will have the Judgnt Sword reforged," Charlotte said solemnly.
Feeling that it was not strict enough, he added, "If I can afford the technician's fee."
The Adjudicator simply smiled coolly and did not respond further.
The stone beneath Charlotte's feet disappeared, and he unsuspectingly fell.
"Whoa!"
Charlotte sorsaulted off the bed and quickly realized that he was standing in his bedroom instead of continuing to fall.
With a thought, the Judgnt Sword appeared in his hand.
His fingers brushed against the irregular edge of the sword. To repair such a divine weapon, it had to be completely re-forged, like forging a new Judgnt Sword.
This was not a job an ordinary blacksmith could handle. Only the technician who forged the Adjudicator's sword back then could do it.
Charlotte took out his black stone and sent a ssage:
[ Miracle: Master Technician, I want to repair the Judgnt Sword. Could you please help ?]
The black stone vibrated imdiately, and the response ca in seconds.
[Technician: The Judgnt Sword is in your hands? And it's broken?]
[Miracle: Yes, it's broken at the tip. Before the Adjudicator left, he handed the Judgnt Sword to and asked to find you to repair it completely.]
There was silence for a mont.
[Technician: This guy, I can't believe he still cares about the sword even in death.]
Charlotte's eyes brightened. It seed appealing to play the emotional card.
[Technician: Okay, since we're acquaintances, I'll give you a discount. Two million copper coins for the repair.]
Charlotte:...
Two million copper coins? Where could he possibly get that much?
But after calming down and thinking it through, this was the ultimate weapon of a top-level expert, used for clearing demon nests and specifically beheading mother beasts.
Paying two million copper coins for a complete repair... seed... not too unreasonable of a price.
Perhaps they were giving him a friendly discount?
The problem now is that... he doesn't have any money.
He currently has a total of 303,298 copper coins in his hands.
He used to think he was quite wealthy, but after receiving the technician's quote, he imdiately felt like a pauper!
It's like having only thirty in your pocket and the technician asking you whether you want the 399 package or the 499 one.
Although you want to ask what the difference of 100 is, the lack of money in your pockets forces you to turn away.
[Technician: Isn't it too cheap? It's just the price of two bottles of Potion Aversion Elixirs.]
Charlotte looked at the technician's ssage and felt like crying without tears.
Could it be that in the minds of these online friends, he is now a thief with a lot of money?
This is not good. Even if he wants to negotiate a lower price, it won't be easy.
[Miracle: Actually, I haven't received the dividend for the Potion Aversion Elixirs yet. The collaboration with the rchant is settled quarterly, and I still have to deduct the three thousand gold coins owed to the Adjudicator. So... could the repair fee be discounted a little more?]
[Technician: Damn it! Is that rchant so heartless? Did he put the Adjudicator's debt on you? And you accepted it?]
Charlotte was sowhat moved. It turns out there are still honest and kind people in the group.
[Technician: when the Adjudicator asked to forge a sword for him, he still owed the final paynt of three million copper coins. Little Miracle, what do you think... should you help him repay it together?]
Charlotte: ??
Is there still justice?!
Is there still a moral bottom line?
[Technician: I have IOUs here, and everyone in the group can testify. The Adjudicator promised that I would be settled when I returned from the mission, but it turns out...]
[Miracle: When soone dies, the debts disappear. It has always been the rule. You big shots and seniors should uphold integrity and not bully a young newcor like .]
[Technician: I can wait for the paynt, even after you settle with the rchant. However, if you want to repair the Judgnt Sword, you'll need to pay a deposit of three hundred thousand copper coins. The remaining paynt can also be given to after you settle with the rchant.]
[Miracle: What if the settlent with the rchant is not enough...
Charlotte thought for a mont and deleted the edited ssage.
Three hundred thousand as a deposit was almost all the money he had.
The advantage was that he could use this money to restore the Judgnt Sword and obtain a fully restored sword.
The disadvantage was obvioushe would beco poor in an instant, with an empty pocket.
He didn't know how much money he would have in his hands in half a year, playing by the rchant's rules.
After hesitating for a long ti, Charlotte looked at the broken edge of the Judgnt Sword on his hand and made up his mind:
[Miracle: Fine! I'll trouble you then. How do I give you the sword and the money?]
[Technician: If you're in Calva, go find Barton's Shipping Company and entrust the sword and money to them. Let them bring it to the Fortress of Steel, under the na: Technician. I'll pick it up there.]
Charlotte originally wanted to say that he was in the Abyss, but since the technician didn't provide a detailed address, he had to be cautious and replied:
[Miracle: Okay.]
Putting away the black stone, Charlotte rolled on the bed in agony.
So painful!
He hadn't even ward up the massive sum of money in his hands, and now he had to give it away.
But there was no other choice. Who asked him to act pretentious with the Adjudicator in the mysterious space?
Besides, he had to go to Calva in person tomorrow.
With such a large sum of money involved and the Judgnt Sword and mbers of the Red Moon organization, he couldn't trust anyone else and could only make the trip himself.
The next day, Charlotte wrote a letter and entrusted it to the Fox Guards patrolling on Baka Street to deliver to Diana.
Perhaps because of Diana, the Fox Guards treated Charlotte with familiarity and even a hint of respect.
Today, the number of patients in the clinic has returned to normal, and because the clinic's reputation has increased recently, there were even more injured adventurers coming.
To train Vivian, Charlotte let her treat nearly half of the patients.
This greatly reduced his workload, and he even had ti to go out to buy groceries and prepare a sumptuous al during lunchti.
Diana arrived at the clinic on ti for lunch.
The clinic had just finished closing, and Vivian was busy cleaning up.
After drinking a bottle of Strength Potion, Vivian's physical strength noticeably improved. She had been busy all morning but didn't seem too tired.
"You invited to lunch today, planning to get drunk and take advantage of ?" Diana carried two bottles of red wine upstairs and looked at Charlotte, who was arranging the dishes, with a smile.
Charlotte took off his apron and hung it aside. He looked at her and replied, "The wine is in your hands. Shouldn't I be saying that?"
"I heard that Roland ca to drink with you yesterday. And he got drunk?" Diana sat down, her gaze fixed on Charlotte's eyes.
Charlotte took the wine bottle from her hand, uncorked it, and filled two crystal glasses with red wine, speaking nonchalantly, "People with sothing on their mind are more prone to getting drunk."
"Boss, you crawled back to your room last night." Vivian sat down and seriously added, "After drinking."
Charlotte:...
Can't I just pretend to be cool?
Diana burst into laughter, thoroughly amused.
"I want to go to Calva for a trip." Charlotte went straight to the point.
Diana scrutinized him and asked with a soulful tone, "What? Just based on our relationship, you want to make a coback in Calva?"
"I don't have such great ambitions. I just want to see soone." Charlotte shook his head. "As you know, I was expelled from the city back then."
"See soone? Your beautiful and enchanting fiance?" Diana took a sip of wine, her red lips becoming even more enticing.
"Actually... We were quite close when we were young. You could say we were childhood sweethearts."
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