Winner Takes All

Jack was shocked.

He looked towards Achilles' finger, and placed his gaze at the base of the hilt of the Dragon Cavalry Sword.

He saw a bullet impact crater at the tip of the hilt.

He hesitated for two seconds before he suddenly realized.

"The first bullet was blocked by the tip of the Dragon Cavalry Sword, and the second bullet collided on the base of the hilt thus changing the bullet trajectory path?" "Yes, that's how I did it."

Achilles nodded and smiled, "This is the only way you can simultaneously block two bullets from two different and opposite directions."

Deep down, Jack was really surprised.

He tightly clenched his teeth and took in a big breath.

Even with this method, he felt it would be extremely difficult to pull it off.

The travel speed of the bullets would be definitely faster than human movement.

And through this method, he could reduce the motion time of the Dragon Cavalry while blocking bullets.

That being said, it would be a complete challenge of strength, courage and skill of the person who was performing this swordmanship.

The risk of blocking the first bullet was minimal, so it would be easier to block it.

But the second bullet would be much riskier and more dangerous, because the user would need to hit it with the base of the hilt.

The base of the hilt had a smaller dimension, and it was not as wide as the tip of the blade. In the process of collision, if there were some deviations, it would be possible to get shot by the bullet. "The Commander is really an incredible person to be able to create this kind of the swordmanship that no one had done before."

Jack spoke with a sigh from the bottom of his heart. Now that he had seen the swordmanship with his own eyes, he felt that Zenith was much more phenomenal compared to what he had known before.

He was able to create a swordmanship with just some ordinary and simple moves, paired with the heavy and wide blade of the Dragon Cavalry. And the swordmanship gave part of the soldiers of the Dragon Cavalry the ability to block bullets.

In a trance, Jack suddenly understood what Achilles meant by 'going back to the basics'.

In the battlefield, things would be changing instantaneously. Not to mention, bullets will be flying around as fast as lightning.

The time needed to block bullets would be wasted if there were too much unnecessary and fancy moves.

But with this simple move, you could save more time and perform the swordmanship at once.

The swordmanship looked very plain and bland. However, in terms of blocking bullets, every second counts. Therefore, it would be harder to perform some other moves other than this swordmanship. "You can start training now."

Achilles laughed and pointed at the Dragon Cavalry Sword in Jack's hand, "Actually, on a closer look, the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship is remarkably simple, and it has fewer moves. However, as you can tell, only a few soldiers in the Dragon Cavalry handily perform the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship, comparing it to the three hundred thousand soldiers, this amount is really nothing."

"As for those who had fully mastered the swordmanship, it is even rarer among the soldiers."

"Like your spinning slash just now?"

Jack's eye brightened up and asked.

"That slash?"

Achilles gave a meaningful smile and said, "In the Dragon Cavalry, only less than a hundred soldiers can effectively perform that slash."

Jack was stunned.

This amount was like a drop in the bucket compared to the total number of soldiers in the Dragon Cavalry.

"Don't worry. The Commander specially instructed me to show you the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship. Therefore, I showed you the toughest one."

Achilles raised his hand and slapped onto Jack's shoulders. He gave a meaningful smile and said, “Even for me, I had to practice one whole week just to get a grasp on how to perform that spinning slash. I was even shot by a bullet once before I learnt how to block bullets."

"I'm going to practice the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship now."

Jack nodded his head, kept all his thoughts and walked into the drilling formation with his Dragon Cavalry Sword.

At the same time, the instructor responsible for teaching the Dragon Cavalry Sword came up and greeted him.

The swordmanship of the Dragon Cavalry Sword was not hard. It even seemed easy if you just practice it normally.

The trainer only briefed Jack once on the moves for the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship, and he could memorize all of it already. Then, he blended into the square formation and trained together with all the other soldiers.

In the wind and snow.

The cold was bone chilling.

Before long, Jack could feel heat coming out from his body.

He took off his shirt, exposing muscles from his upper body.

Compared to the soldiers in the square formation, Jack's muscle was considered as 'lean'. His muscles were not bulging excessively like them.

Jack's muscles were well-proportioned.

His muscles were well-distributed. It was as if every single angle and every inch of his muscles was at a perfect and harmonious size. It could not be more or less, or it would destroy that perfect balance. However, under every inch of his muscles were filled with an infinite amount of explosive power!

The dense heat was released from Jack's body as soon as he took off his shirt.

The biting wind swept onto Jack's body, but he could not feel the chilliness. Instead, he felt cool and comfortable.

Even the snowflakes evaporated into water vapor when they touched Jack's body.

"Huff... One more time!"

Jack breathed a warm air out from his mouth and swung the Dragon Cavalry Sword, repeatedly.

Footsteps, movement, and angle. Jack worked hard on all the details, striving for perfection. This was his attitude.

Either he chose not to train at all, or he trained until perfection.

If he chose to stop halfway, wouldn't it better if he chose not to train in the beginning?

Vroom, vroom, vroom...

Strong wind buzzed and whistled through the air with the movement of the Dragon Cavalry Sword.

Jack tightly frowned his eyebrows. At times it seemed like he was starting to understand; at other times, he was back to his thoughts again.

He was training at his own pace. He did not follow along with the other soldiers in the square formation. To him, it was more than a practice.Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.

From time to time, he would even pause and stare blankly at the Dragon Cavalry Sword in his hands,

All the surrounding soldiers saw what Jack did.

They were very confused, and they started whispering to each other.

"What is this newbie doing? If he wants to practice, he should just practice normally. Why is he pausing from time to time? If the entire process is not fluent and incomplete, how is he going to practice?" "You are right. The Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship may appear simple, but it is actually quite complicating. One can only slowly improve it with constant effort and repeated practice."

"He's under Achilles, but Achilles did not even give him any advice. He might as well don't practice if he's going to continue practicing it like this."

Jack did not care about the comments given by the others surrounding him.

He was still training at his own pace.

He finally understood how difficult this swordmanship was when he finally practiced it in real-time.

There is a reason why he would pause from time to time during the practice, and it was because he wanted to go into all the tiny little details in this swordmanship.

If he could get a clearer picture of these tiny details, he would be able to master this swordmanship, and perform it efficiently.

For the others, it would seem that Jack was wasting his time.

However, Jack felt that his time was well spent. The towering buildings were built up from the ground. And for a taller building, it would require a stronger base and a steadier foundation.

It would be true that success could be earned through persistence and determination.

But if you already possessed that kind of determination, why couldn't you add some patience to it?

After two days had passed.

Jack's squad never took part in any of the Dragon Cavalry's mission.

The scout and patrol mission on the first day was to allow the new recruits to quickly adapt and familiarize themselves in the Dragon Cavalry.

After the familiarization part was over, then that would be the time where they would finally learn about the internal affairs in the Dragon Cavalry.

For two days, Jack, Debut Moore and the others all woke up before sunrise. After the bugle call, they would go to the drilling grounds together with Achilles.

For new recruits like them, the only thing they had to do was training seriously!

As they used to say, the person who was well prepared had already won half of the battle. Therefore, to unleash their full potential and strength in the battlefield, they would need to practice even much harder. In addition to the first day when they first came to the drilling grounds, it was three days altogether.

And during these three days, Jack had not stop practicing the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship.

Every time, Jack would practice the swordmanship along with everyone in the square formation. However, after the first round of practice ended, Jack would stop and practice at his own pace.

As with the first day, he would repeatedly pause in between his practice and stood blankly on the spot. In the eyes of the other soldiers, it was as if Jack was loafing around with the pauses and idling. Early morning on the fourth day.

It was snowing as usual.

Jack remained the same as well, as from the previous three days. During the practice of the Dragon Cavalry Swordmanship, he would pause from time to time.

His naked upper body was steaming with dense and hot air.

Once again, when Jack held the Dragon Cavalry sword in his hand, he stopped and drowned himself in his own thoughts.

All of a sudden.

A Dragon Cavalry Sword sliced from the side, brazenly striking the sword in Jack's hand.

Clang!

With a loud bang, the Dragon Cavalry Sword in Jack's hand was struck and fell to the ground. Jack was jolted out from his thoughts, and his face was instantly filled with anger.000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐