Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 660

- Heavy Strike Style has them too. A Near-Pinnacle and a Pinnacle.

“......What?”

- It’s true.

Su-ho blinked both eyes.

“No, but just a moment ago, you clearly said.......”

- I was just teasing you a little. You could call it a small act of spite for forgetting about me all this time.

“Ah.......”

This man, seriously.......

Still, Su-ho had to admit that much.

He really had forgotten about him, and if Spear Venerable had not called him, Su-ho might have skipped over him again this time too.

So it was truly fortunate.

Just as he had told Spear Venerable earlier, he really had felt somewhat disappointed.

When Su-ho’s expression immediately brightened, Spear Venerable chuckled.

- Look at how bright your face became. Are you that happy?

“Yes, I’m extremely happy.”

- Of course you should be happy. Don’t forget about me next time. I was terribly lonely.

Good grief.

Su-ho had thought he was simply easygoing, but apparently, he had this side to him as well.

Spear Venerable continued his explanation.

- Heavy Strike Style consists of a total of seven forms. And you have currently learned up to the fifth form, Ten Thousand Strikes.

“Then the sixth form must be the Near-Pinnacle?”

- Correct. In that case, what do you think the sixth form is?

“I’m not sure. You said Heavy Strike Style is a spear art that pursues extreme efficiency, so I imagine it is related to efficient attacks again.”

- Correct. It is related to attacking. But the principle itself is absurdly simple. Try to guess.

“A simple principle.......”

What could be a simple principle in a martial art that pursued powerful attacks?

If Spear Venerable called it simple, it was probably truly simple.

“You aren’t playing another trick on me this time, are you?”

- I’m not. Once you hear it, it will seem so simple that it feels almost anticlimactic.

“Hmm.”

Su-ho crossed his arms and thought for a while.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he could not come up with anything that seemed like the correct answer.

“I can’t think of anything that seems right. Since you said it is an attack so simple that it feels anticlimactic, all I can think of is hitting twice or hitting the same place again.”

- That’s it.

“What?”

- Hitting twice and hitting the same place again. That is correct.

“What?”

His head tilted, and his brows narrowed.

That really was it?

But Spear Venerable was serious.

- I told you it was a simple principle. Heavy Strike Style consists entirely of thrusting with a spear, so up to the fifth form, in a way, it is little more than thrusting with greater force. One thrust is One Strike, putting the force of ten thrusts into a single blow is Ten Strikes, putting the force of a hundred thrusts into one blow is Hundred Strikes...... But are you truly thrusting several times?

“No.”

- Correct, you aren’t. Literally speaking, you are only putting that much force into it. But what would happen if you truly thrust consecutively with such spear strikes instead of merely calling them that?

“......It would hurt tremendously?”

- Since you have comprehended the fifth form, Ten Thousand Strikes, you will probably use Ten Thousand Strikes as your primary form. But what if you thrust twice in succession with Ten Thousand Strikes? You would be able to inflict the damage of twenty thousand thrusts, wouldn’t you?

“In theory, yes...... But is that principle difficult enough to be called a form?”

- A principle is still a principle. If you want to maximize the damage of a thrust, thrusting powerfully is important, but how important do you think it is to strike the same place again and thrust rapidly in succession? And you’re a Player, aren’t you?

“Yes?”

- Then why are you asking such a foolish question? You should know better than anyone the difference between consciously performing an action and having it automatically activate after becoming a skill.

“Ah, that is true. But after reaching a certain level, things that have become ingrained in my body move on their own even without using a skill.”

- Even so, there is no harm in having a safeguard. And the Consecutive Strikes you are about to learn will probably be somewhat different from the consecutive strikes you originally imagined.

“What difference is there?”

- Do you really think Consecutive Strikes, the sixth form and Near-Pinnacle, ends with only two thrusts?

“......!”

Su-ho’s eyes widened.

Ah, why had he not thought of that?

He had simply thought of it as thrusting twice, so he had assumed that was the end of it.

But Consecutive Strikes literally meant striking consecutively.

That meant that as long as the conditions were met, he could continue attacking as many times as he wished.

- Combine Ten Thousand Strikes, which is unleashed with a single concentrated thrust, with Consecutive Strikes that has become ingrained in your body. Then, if your proficiency in the Near-Pinnacle rises greatly and the conditions are right, the number of consecutive thrusts you can unleash will become unimaginable.

Su-ho imagined it.

Ten Thousand Strikes used under perfect conditions, and the damage that would result if he used that Ten Thousand Strikes endlessly.

As expected of Heavy Strike Style.

It truly was a martial art created for destruction.

- To brag a little here, this can be called an advantage unique to spear arts. Of course, swords can also perform consecutive slashes, but compared to a spear that only needs to pull back a very short distance before thrusting again, the movement and time required would be greater, wouldn’t they?

He was right.

No matter how fast the movement was, with a spear thrust, if one wished, it was enough to pull it back only a very short distance before thrusting again.

Therefore, among consecutive attacks, the spear probably had the highest efficiency.

Su-ho asked with shining eyes.

“It really is a simple principle, but I never imagined it. Then what about the Pinnacle?”

- Curious?

“I am. You aren’t going to say you’ll only tell me after I learn the Near-Pinnacle again, are you?”

- Why? Am I not allowed to?

“Can’t you just tell me? I’m very curious. Ah, I’ll buy the drinks too.”

- What do you mean, you’ll buy the drinks...... Do you even have any currency from this world?

Ah?

He had not thought of that.

This was Spear Realm, Spear Venerable’s world.

Come to think of it, Su-ho did not even know what currency Spear Realm used.

Spear Venerable chuckled and ordered two more drinks.

Soon, two cups of alcohol arrived, and after Spear Venerable emptied about half of his fresh drink, he spoke.

- Thrusting powerfully, thrusting consecutively. Then what comes next?

“Uh...... I’m not sure. Give me a moment.”

He was satisfied. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺