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"Heroine Shana, you haven't even fought this apprentice knight yet?"
A silent breeze blew by—
"hehe."
In the center of the arena, Shana slowly raised her head, her eyes filled with an aloofness and confidence that no one could understand.
"He is actually... already dead."
“No, he doesn’t.” The words had barely left his mouth when Erwin said it decisively.
It seems that muscle habits have already formed.
"But……"
"He wasn't even scratched."
"That's just the surface..."
"Lady Shana, you have exhausted the divine power within you."
"That's just an illusion..."
“In that case, I shall be your opponent.” With a sigh, Erwin drew his longsword.
“Okay, I admit it.” Shana nodded honestly.
"I just let it slide a little..."
"You've gone beyond just releasing water! You've released an entire ocean!!!"
Even the usually composed and unperturbed Grand Master of the Knights, Erwin, finally couldn't help but burst out with a complaint:
"You even fought the most junior apprentice knight for a full ten minutes, and it was a close fight!"
"Even without the protection of the Round Tower, your strength shouldn't be this bad, right?!"
"You're so weak it's making me suspect you're a spy sent by the demons!!!"
"If this continues, your account will either be banned for being 'noob' or 'weak,' you know that???"
"Waaah..." Standing in the center of the training field, Shana gradually lowered her head, and her figure gradually shrank.
"That's so mean, so unfair..." Not wanting anyone to see her about to drop her pearls, Shana muttered in a wronged voice, "Even my brother has never scolded me..."
In the end, Grand Master Erwin of the Knights sighed.
“My apologies, Lady Shana.”
"Please rest for a moment, I need to go and report to His Highness..."
He bowed slightly, turned his head, and walked towards the palace terrace.
On the terrace, Prince Ota sat upright, taking in everything: after exhausting her strength to defeat an elite paladin with a single blow using the Holy Blade of Fire - Darkfrey, Shana's strength suddenly declined, and she couldn't even defeat the most basic apprentice knight... This strange situation made Prince Ota rub his temples with a headache.
He suddenly had an uneasy premonition... it seemed that he was about to be tricked to death by the hero of the Rex family again—wait, why did he say "again"?
"His Royal Highness Prince."
Erwin approached.
"Irwin, what's going on?"
Ota couldn't help but ask, "Heroine Shana, what exactly is going on? Why is your combat ability so...weak?"
“I don’t know either, Your Highness,” Erwin said with a wry smile, raising his head to explain.
"The divine power within Shana is extremely abundant, and her physical qualities have reached the standard for a hero candidate, even surpassing the purity of that Dane candidate's power."
"But for some reason, as if inherently at odds with divine power, Shana's skill in wielding divine power... is absolutely terrible!!!"
"No matter what her starting stance is, she will exhaust all her divine power—"
“Without power within her body, she cannot continue to unleash the power of the sacred artifact, and in terms of combat strength, she cannot even defeat an ordinary apprentice knight. Such a hero is simply… simply…” Erwin was somewhat embarrassed, unsure of how to express it.
On the throne, Ota sighed and spoke for him, voicing his innermost thoughts:
"He is simply the weakest hero in human history."
Chapter 96 My Greatsword Will Not Slay the Old or the Young!
"If this continues, the outcome of the Title Trial... will be disastrous!"
Ota's heart sank.
Unfortunately, the newly born hero happens to be Mino's sister, the successor to the strongest hero in human history... Countless citizens are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the new hero's title.
The process of bestowing a title upon a hero is, in fact, similar in nature to the hero's awakening ceremony. It is a means to artificially create "the one who receives the goddess's gaze (the hero)" in order to quickly anchor the goddess's gaze.
Based on the hero's performance after gaining the goddess's approval, he will be given a substantial title, and the hero's name will be spread throughout the kingdom, enhancing the people's sense of identity with the "hero".
As the people come to accept this title... the goddess's gaze will grow ever stronger, fully amplifying the goddess's blessing bestowed upon the round tower, causing a qualitative change in the hero's power!!!
—The title of hero is spread throughout the kingdom through the absolutely fair "contract technique," so there is no way to fabricate any falsehoods.
"At this rate, we'll probably have to give Shana the title of 'Weak Hero,' the weakest one possible!"
Ota sighed deeply, already imagining the moment such a title was announced.
Forget about increasing the sense of identity within the kingdom; I'm afraid the title of hero will change hands in the blink of an eye!
Most importantly, it is another heavy blow to the human camp.
"Your Highness Ota, the current strength of Heroine Shana cannot even be described as a short period of time, but rather the strength of a hero capable of only one strike!"
"She can't pass any trials like this!" Erwin said anxiously.
“I know…” How could Ota not know?
The titles of heroes are divided into trial titles and achievement titles.
The former is suitable for heroes like Shana who have just come out of the training camp but are still young and have no actual combat record: by passing the trials set by the kingdom, which are divided according to difficulty, they can obtain the corresponding titles and become heroes as quickly as possible.
Mino easily obtained the title of "Sword Hero," which was as powerful as the previous generation's hero, because he passed the highest level of the Sword Saint Trial.
The Shana in front of us probably couldn't even pass the lowest difficulty "Slime Slayer" trial...
Another type of title conferment based on achievements is much simpler. If a candidate for hero has already experienced many fierce battles and enjoys a great reputation in the kingdom before becoming a hero, he or she can be conferred a title directly based on his or her deeds.
Back then, before Mino became a hero, he had slaughtered the Blood Dragon in the desert, a feat unprecedented and unparalleled!
As the first "dragon slayer" in human history, he shook the entire continent! Even the dragon race, which regarded humans as ants and was extremely arrogant, showed great respect to Mino.
Thanks to his glorious achievements in the Sword Saint Trial and the Dragon Slayer, Mino leaped over the title of "Sword" and became the "Hero of Light," carrying the hopes of all humanity!
And now.
"Don't even think about achieving anything more difficult..." Ota sighed, "Even if the current Shana Warrior encounters a vicious mercenary group, it might take her half a day to fight them."
With his eyes closed, Ota seemed to already see the upheaval that would engulf the kingdom after the birth of "the weakest hero in human history."
"Mino, your sister... has really given me a big problem—"
……
Between training sessions.
Watching Erwin's departing figure and the paladins disbanding around him.
With no one watching, Shana's expression suddenly collapsed, and her face turned deathly pale.
She's just a bit immature, not really immature.
"Becoming a 'Kidney Deficiency Warrior'... No way..."
At this moment, the holy sword in his hand trembled slightly.
A somewhat pessimistic and dejected voice surfaced in my mind:
“My lord, I’m a little panicked… Will we become the fastest heroes and holy artifacts to fall?” Darkfrey said timidly.
Shana gradually came to her senses, placed one hand on her blindfold, and let out a soft hum:
"Don't underestimate yourself, Darkfried. You are a Chaos Blade with a dark heritage, imbued with boundless dark power!"
"Uh, let me just say this for now, my lord... I am the Holy Blade of Fire, isn't I?"
"None of that matters!!!"
Shana suddenly swung her arm, her tone deep and confident: "I simply can't use my full strength against these weak humans—"
"Once the seal on me is broken, with my Crimson Demon Eye, I'll cut down anything that's alive, even a goddess!"
"Is...is what you're saying true...?" Darkfrey was somewhat shocked and asked with great respect:
"But your performance just now was a bit... a bit..." It hesitated, finding it difficult to choose its words. As the most difficult sacred artifact to summon, it had very few followers.
Unlike Altotai, it dared not be too offensive to the hero of the contract and bluntly called him a "noob".
"Heh, Darkfried, the mission we bear... is destined to lead us down a completely different path." Shana hung the holy sword at her waist, gently stroking her brow with one hand, her tone gradually rising in intensity:
"My blade will not slay humans, nor will it slay inanimate objects!"
“Whoa whoa whoa—” Darkfrey’s emotions were somewhat stirred.
"Do not kill the weak, do not kill the small fry!"
"Ok!"
"Do not kill the old and weak, do not kill women and children..."
"Um……?"
"Do not kill princes or nobles..."
"Uh……"
"Neither slay the light nor slay the darkness—"
"Wait a minute, my lord?" The sarcastic spirit hidden within Darkfrey was finally unleashed by this hero of the Rek family: "You're not going to kill anything, are you?"
"Don't you understand... Darkfried?" Shana pressed her Crimson Mystic Eye and said in a deep voice:
"The only opponent worthy of us, the one we can defeat... is only one!"
"That is the legendary strongest demon king, the Demon King of Time, who has never been defeated in a thousand years!!!"