Dragon Order of Flame

Volume 1

Chapter 5 Part 7

As the Count asked Luke with disbelief, Luke was startled. He had no idea that the Count would see through his stage within such a short time.

The Count continued to speak.

"Different from when you control my senses to confuse me, it was clearly a stimulus that I couldn't resist. And my father who had passed away, and his father before him, was also able to reach the stages of being able to expend their ki outwards. During the training with my father, I had tasted this ability many times. Of course, his abilities were much stronger than yours, and was able to knock me down without even moving."

"I guess it's normal for you to notice it then, since you've already experienced the power of being able to expend your ki outwards."

Luke sighed. He had no idea that he would be seen through so easily. There was no way for his father to have noticed anything if he had not experienced it before, so Luke had thought that he had the upper hand against his father.

The Count spoke.

"Hearing you say that, I guess you really did release your ki outwards. How were you able to reach the 5th stage at your level? Just looking at your physical strength, you're weaker than even Marvin, so it would be normal for you to even be unable to reach the 4th stage."

"There are plenty of techniques out there in this world that defy your logic father. My teacher is an ascetic of the 6th stage, and the Sigma Order uses techniques that are much different to normal gangchesul, so it is definitely possible."

Luke spoke in an evasive manner. Although true, not even training from the Sigma Order would be able to make Luke advance in such a logic defying way. However, thinking that the sect might really have such a technique, the Count just accepted Luke's words.

"I see. That's amazing. I can see why you were so opposed to the idea of using the family's techniques. However, Luke, although our family's technique isn't able to help you advance at such a bizarre rate, you shouldn't look down on it."

"I know. I was repeatedly told by my teacher, that a technique from a warrior family has plenty of history behind it and that it's been researched upon that much more."

As Luke nodded his head in agreement, the Count laughed with a "Haha", and got back into his stance.

"It's funny that I'm in such a good mood. I'm supposed to be burning with fury since I got hit by my own son, but I'm laughing instead."

"Thank goodness. I didn't think it would be so refreshing to hit you either, father."

"Ha ha ha! You really have no manners. Either way, it will be different starting from now. Knowing that you're at the 5th stage, I won't be holding myself back anymore. Though, it doesn't mean that I'll be pulling out my sword."

"You know your attacks thus far have already been strong enough to kill people, right?"

As Luke grumbled, the Count laughed. And, as the Count took a step forward, he swung his sword. It was such a sharp attack that it felt as if it would be able to cut off Luke's neck, even though it was still within its scabbard.

Shwing!

Luke barely dodged the attack. However, he soon felt a wave brush past him and he stumbled. While the Count swung his blade, the concentrated energy from his strong sword was released, and the wave that was released was what Luke had been hit with.

Bang!

An explosion occurred below Luke's feet. The Count had used Earth Wave with his legs, while he struck out with the sword.

'Ugh, because he has so much strength left over, even something like this is still possible!"

If it was in the past, Luke would have easily been able to deflect these simultaneous attacks and would have been able to counter attack. But, now he suffered so easily. With overwhelming physical strength, the Count could release more power at once, and at a much faster rate than Luke. And, because the Count wasn't holding anything back anymore, his attacks were much faster than what Luke's senses could track.

Baam!

With a gap being exposed by Luke, the Count's sword attacked. Although Luke quickly guarded against the attack with his arm, he was flung to the side by several meters.

"Mm?"

The Count's eyes were wide with surprise. He did not want to kill his son, so he had controlled his attack before it hit. However, having blocked with his arm, it wouldn't be surprising if Luke's arm was broken. Yet, Luke just shook off his arm as if he was in pain, and nothing more.

"Are you using the strong sword skill on your own body?"

"I don't need to tell you everything, right?"

Luke grumbled. Just as the Count had said, Luke had concentrated his ki onto his arm, and utilized something very like strong sword, and a technique that he had learned from the Sigma Order called Spiral Stream. If his physical strength was 3 times more than it currently was, Luke would have easily been able to deflect the sword attack and counter attacked, but all he could do now was block without breaking his arm.

As Luke caught his breath, he took light steps and started to encircle around the Count. He wasn't doing this just to investigate if the Count had an opening or not. It was meaningless to do so in front of the Count, because the Count's senses and physical strength was much higher than Luke's.

Luke's intention was simply to change locations. As he pranced around the outside of the Count's attacking range, Luke got closer to the burning fire.

Volkar Suddenly spoke.