Upon arriving, Aldarion greeted the elven captain, but he returned his greeting in a very serious manner. Aldarion thought it was strange and suddenly Feladrias attacked him as on the first day, without saying a word.

The two had spent many days fighting, so this time, Aldarion was more prepared so he could stop Feladria's attack without problems.

"Good reflexes." - Feladrias told him as he smiled and kept his sword pressing against Aldarion's.

Aldarion did not have time to answer him. He used all his strength while trying to pull back the elf, but Feladrias had much more strength than him and Aldarion had to change plans deciding to move to the side while the sword of Feladrias slipped.

It seemed that Feladrias had left him an opening, but as soon as Aldarion attacked the elf he blocked his blow easily.

"Good decision making, but it will not be so easy." - The scene repeated itself and Feladrias returned to address him.

Several attacks followed one another and compared to the first time that Feladrias wanted to prove it to him, Aldarion had improved a lot. His resistance had improved a lot, and left many fewer openings than before, he could even make several counterattacks.

In the end, Aldarion could not defeat Feladrias, but the elven captain praised him. - "You have improved a lot since you came here."

"Yes, I have improved, but it seems that I have reached a bottleneck and I can not advance so much in my technique. I feel like I'm blocked." - Aldarion told him concerns directly while he was panting heavily.

"Maybe the time has come..."

"What do you mean?"

"You will see Aldarion. Every warrior can train to the point you have reached, but the only thing that can make you advance further is a sword technique."

"A sword technique?" - Babbled Aldarion.

"Yes, the truth is that the King ordered me to train you up to this point. As far as I know, the King has something prepared for you, so you can overcome the bottleneck."

"Then you will not train me anymore? What are we going to do now?"

"I will return to my position as Captain of the King's Guard while you will go to see his majesty. He awaits you in his office."

After listening to Feladrias, Aldarion said goodbye to him and went quickly to the office of Cirdan to meet him.

When he arrived, Cirdan told him to come in and sit down because they had to talk.

"Aldarion, you have exceeded my expectations. Without a doubt, you have pa.s.sed all my tests and if you are here, that means that Feladrias has nothing more to teach you."- Cirdan told him.

"Congratulations. You have done it much faster than I thought, but I have to admit that you have approved, I have nothing more to teach you."- He continued.

At that very moment the sound of the system burst into his head.

"Ding! System notification: Congratulations to the user for fulfilling the mission 'Pa.s.s the Cirdan exams'. Rewards: +2000 experience points, +50 reputation points."

"Ding! The user's level has gone up."

"Ding! The user's reputation level has gone up. Now the corresponding buffs will be applied."

When he heard the system notifications Aldarion was very happy, but he could not check his status at that moment because he was still with Cirdan and he was still talking.

"I do not know if Feladrias will have told you something, but to overcome your bottleneck I prepared something." - Cirdan told him as he handed him a book.

Aldarion picked up the book and read the t.i.tle out loud. - "The wrath of Ecthelion."

"Ding! System notification: the user is in possession of an SS range sword technique, do you want to learn it?"

Aldarion was so excited when he heard the notification that he could no longer contain himself and told him yes to the system.

At that same moment his eyesight darkened and the data about the technique appeared in his mind.

Name: The wrath of Ecthelion (SS range cultivation method)

Strokes: Killing in seven movements: first movement, killing life; second movement, killing soldiers; third movement, killing sergeants; fourth movement, killing generals; fifth movement, killing oneself; sixth movement, killing all life; seventh movement, killing spirit.

Special move: Death of the Devil (at the time this attack is used, it will kill its target, however powerful it may be.)

Evaluation: The wrath of Ecthelion is the name of the technique with which Ecthelion faced the army of Morgoth and with which he came to kill Gothmog, lord of the Balrogs.

As expected from Ecthelion's sword technique. Before he even cultivated it, a simple look at the introduction resulted in a killing intent that hit his face.

Aldarion recovered his vision and saved the manual. He did not try to grow it immediately. This sword technique needed a quiet place to a.n.a.lyze it and Cirdan's office was not suitable.

Cirdan and Aldarion talked more after this about what would happen now.

"Now that I have finished my lessons and I have pa.s.sed your exams, I can start my journey again, but... first I want to finish helping Erumäre." - Aldarion told him.

"You have helped him a lot. I have not seen her smile for centuries, the evil of her heart has lightened..."

"But I can still do more. I feel I can help her more." - Aldarion cut Cirdan in the middle of his prayer.

"Listen to Aldarion. I know what he feels for her but I think you can not do much more for her. Besides, she is an elf, she is eternal... and I do not want her to give up her life for you." - He said in a stern tone to Aldarion.

Aldarion could not help but get annoyed when he heard the words of the Elf King, but he repressed himself and fell silent while clenching his jaw hard.

Cirdan saw him and frowned as he continued talking. - "Aldarion, I want to save her, I want her to live. Tonight, when you talk to her, you will understand that you must surrender to this and respect Erumäre."

Aldarion heard his last words, said goodbye to the King and went to his room.