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—-Grandmaster Sword Mastery—-

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A powerful Ability that requires an extremely in-depth understanding of the Way of the Sword . This Ability grows in strength alongside the understanding of the user . This Ability allows one to infuse their swords techniques with energy from the environment, granting them incredible cutting power and might .

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The description of the Ability was succinct and actually underplayed how powerful an Ability this was .

While many Abilities could be purchased from the Shop, there were also many Abilities that could not be purchased . Some of these could only be gained by raw talent and practice, using skill or luck .

Many Abilities that related to battle technique or skills often functioned like this .

Basic forms of those Abilities, like Basic Sword Mastery, could be purchased from the Shop . But anything above the basic levels had to slowly be trained, through constant practice and training .

Martial Artists from Earth found themselves at a very large advantage, especially those that were considered experts .

Sword Master was one of the strongest techniques commonly used for battle . There were 7 Stages to this Ability, each one, save for the last, split into 5 internal tiers .

Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, World Master, Supreme Master .

Thanks to his raw dedication and effort, as well as obsessive practice, Micheal had just barely managed to achieve the lowest tier of Grandmaster Sword Mastery .

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The strongest swordsman alive at the time of the final battle, the legendary French Sundering Swordmaster Bastien Amiot, had achieved the lowest tier of World Master Sword Mastery .

Bastien Amiot was a genius that had been studying the blade his entire life, including more than 45 years back on Earth . Micheal had been a regular 18 year old fresh out of highschool .

For him to reach the lowest tier of Grandmaster Sword Mastery, just a single, though full, stage behind the greatest swordsmen the Human Race had alive at the time, it could be considered a huge achievement . The frantic progress Micheal had made was incredible, enough to rank him among the 50,000 strongest living elites of the Human Race .

Alas, it wasn't enough in the end .

'But it will be this time . ' He thought, his eyes flas.h.i.+ng as he tossed the thought to the side, focusing on the present .

The Sword Mastery Ability allowed one to draw upon the ambient energy in the world around them, infusing it into their attacks .

Back on Earth, there were legends of masterful warriors that could split steel in two using a simple wooden branch . Sword Mastery made legends like that actually possible .

Basic Mastery allowed one to imbue their weapon with energy from the environment, making their blows heavier and more powerful .

Intermediate and Advanced were simply stronger forms of this, allowing one's weapon to carry with it a huge amount of force and cutting power . The increase in power between Basic and Intermediate, and Intermediate and Advanced was quite noticeable .

The Basic Sword Master Ability alone allowed one to step into the level of superhumans, able to slice through rock like b.u.t.ter . Intermediate allowed one to cut through steel . Advanced allowed one to cut through any and everything from Earth with ease, the materials there no longer able to hold up .

At Master Sword Mastery, one gained the ability to manipulate the energy they imbued into their sword, allowing one to extend a weapons range, or condense the energy, vastly increasing the power and impact a weapon held .

It was at this stage that one could call themselves a Swordmaster .

And at Micheal's current stage, Grandmaster Sword Mastery, one gained the ability that transformed sword users into lethal weapons of terrifying power .

The ability to send out long distance sword attacks imbued with energy, cutting through the air with terrible force .

'I only just reached this stage, just hours before the final battle happened…' Micheal observed, his eyes full of excitement as he looked over his status screen .

'Now that I have it again, I can actually test it out and use it to the fullest extent!'

He flicked his sword upward, slowly starting to draw upon the natural energy of the world . He felt invisible waves of power begin to concentrate around his sword .

At the same time, however, his body trembled, shaking . He felt a huge amount of strain settle upon him, threatening to crush him . He immediately cancelled his concentration, allowing the invisible energy to dissipate .

'Right… I don't have the same stats that I did back then . I can't go all out currently . ' He frowned, looking down at his trembling arms .

Using powerful techniques required a powerful physique, through a combination of Strength, Endurance, Recovery, and Soul .

'My Talos Mind Power, King Cla.s.s Ki Cultivation, Herculean Strength, Ironblood Body…' He listed off all the rare and powerful Abilities he had gained . The Enhanced Strength and Enhanced Recovery were notable too, but not nearly as hard to obtain .

'Herculean Strength can be purchased in the Shop for 2,500,000 Points, while the others are even more expensive . I can't even get the Ironblood Body anymore . ' He frowned slightly .

'Well, whatever . I need to take care not to fill my slots with wasteful Abilities like last time . I can just concentrate on increasing my Ki Cultivation . ' It was possible to grow that Ability without spending Points . Ki Cultivation was one of the best ways to grow stronger, enhancing one's stats across the board .

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While Micheal was planning and thinking, more and more people arrived . People of all ethnicities and nationalities, a plethora of different faces and types . A businessman from India appeared wearing a traditional blue suit, next to a youth that looked to be around 16 from Belgium, dressed in a set of relaxed jeans and a t-s.h.i.+rt . A rough looking man from j.a.pan wearing what looked like a set of beach clothes appeared next to a nervous looking Australian woman .

There weren't any super young children or babies that appeared in his group, he recalled . One of the strongest powers in the First Layer, the G.o.dfather Organization, had put out a special guaranteed reward for those that protected young children or babies and cared for them until a representative could arrive .

Despite that, those that arrived here truly young were unfortunate . Oftentimes their initial Points were wasted, and the mortality rate of the young was high, even with the Shop providing access to magical medicines in the Artifact section .

'If I can make the First Layer safe, infants and children arriving won't be an issue at all . ' He thought, nodding .

Thanks to the mystical Shop and Spirit that had appeared in the minds of every human being, language barriers no longer existed . Even if you spoke in Mandarin to someone from Spain, they would inherently understand you now .

Soon, more than 30 figures had appeared, all crowded on to the rooftop . Micheal glanced back at them, narrowing his eyes at the familiar sight .

'I think most of them died, didn't they? At least, none of them made it to the final battle . ' He sighed . Billions of humans had died on the journey through the 7 Layers . A huge number of lives were lost here, on the First Layer .

In the distance, Micheal could see similar sights happening on various other rooftops . He could see tens of thousands of humans arriving all around them, all at the same time . The Morenkai weren't active during the arrival of the new Chosen, he remembered that much .

'1,000,000,000 people arrived with the Fourth Wave . ' He nodded, his eyes gleaming . What he could see here was only a small fraction of those that were arriving .

'I need to get to The Towers and find a Subway to the Second Layer as soon as possible . The First Layer gets more dangerous with each Wave . I must prepare the Second Layer to receive humanity, I can't let the Great Disaster happen again . ' He thought, frowning slightly .

'But first…' He smiled,

'I need to find a way to reveal the big secret of the First Layer to the public . '

"Alright, everyone! Gather round, gather round!" A loud voice interrupted Micheal's thoughts as Daniel called out to all the milling Chosen, his voice full of authority . Everyone's attention zoomed in on the burly figure, staring at him . Micheal turned to look at him, his eyes zeroing in .

"I'm sure a lot of you have some questions! Before we do anything else, however, I need to explain to y'all the danger you are in . " Daniel waved his hand around at the various rooftops,

"You are no longer in safe little Earth . You are now in the wilderness of the First Layer, a world of terrible danger, where death stalks the land . If you listen to me closely, you might have a chance at surviving!"

As he spoke, sniffling and cries broke out from a few of the girls in the crowd, wails of panic and fear . Some of those that were transported were teenagers that weren't even ready to live as adults, let alone deal with this disaster . Even many of the adults shook with fear, taking everything rather hard . Very few people wanted to be teleported away from their loved ones to a world of danger .

There were, however, some that took it better than others . Some that looked eager or excited, looking around at the strange new world with a sense of wonder .

"This world is not only home to us humans . " Daniel said, pounding on his chest .

"There is another type of being that stalks the skysc.r.a.pers . Beings of horror that prey upon humans . " His voice was dour as he continued,

"Beings that you absolutely must not fight against if you encounter, but instead must flee . Their strength is far beyond yours, standing up against them alone is the same thing as asking to die . " As he continued speaking, he walked over to the doorway that led down into the skysc.r.a.per, opening it up . He reached inside, grabbing ahold of something .

"A type of freakish creatures that look like this . " Without hesitation, Daniel jerked his arm out, revealing a body . Screams of horror broke out as people saw it, a cacophony of fear .

The body of a lean, skeletal figure that had pitch black skin . It had no eyes, no nose, no ears, only a long, closed mouth on its ghoulish face . As Daniel held it up, one could see that it was abnormally tall, around 2 . 5 meters, with eerily long arms . The very sight of it was one that drove fear into the heart of any human .

It was not a costume or an art creation, one could feel, in a very real sense, that this was a creature that had once moved, preying upon the Human Race .

"The Morenkai . "

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