In Herven's garden.

Nelly drew her sword and slashed at the dummy, leaving several marks on the training dummy.

The movement and swing of the blade are neither beautiful nor elegant.

But every one of them is fatal.

The dummy would not resist, so Nelly imagined that the dummy in front of her made corresponding actions, its weapon collided with her own blade, blocked, attacked, and counterattacked.

She fantasizes, fantasizes.

Then at some point, the person standing in front of her was no longer a dummy, but her father Ogden.

Ogden Lester said:

"I'm not your father."

Nelly murmured:

"Shapeshifter..."

Ogden said:

"Yes, but you know, I got everything from him. He and I are almost the same person, and I also inherited his swordsmanship."

"Ogden" smiled:

"You saw your father's swordsmanship when you were a child. When he was young, he was able to escape from Wharton with Rebecca because of his lifelong skills. Of course, it is impossible for me to copy his swordsmanship. After all, I am only yours.

Part of it, even though it is the part that you may even hate.

"I bring you respect and fear.

"For you, your father's swordsmanship is such a magical thing. It can make the gangsters in the town respect him, he can easily kill the beasts in the forest, and he can make everyone who hates him smile.

"He is your first hero."

"And I, I am your nightmare, I took your father out of your life forever, I am the destroyer of your life, my hands are covered with blood that you can only see when you are in a trance.

"I am the fear that makes you cry in your dreams.

"And when we become one.

"It's the devil you can't defeat."

Nelly couldn't understand:

"Aren't you me? What do you want to do?"

The shapeshifter laughed and said:

"Are you still pretending to be strong? My child, do you still want to ignore your true thoughts? Or are you even able to deceive yourself?"

Nelly narrowed her eyes:

"I'm not your child."

Ogden smiled:

"Yes, that's the feeling. Come here and kill me, just like Hewen told you. Last time, you couldn't do anything. Now I'm here again, and the opportunity is right in front of you."

Nelly tipped her sword:

"No, it's not revenge, but I will defeat you."

Ogden sighed:

"What an awkward person."

Nelly said:

"You may not be right. Even if you are my defense mechanism, the human brain is the product of countless years of evolution. It only replaces genes for survival and reproduction, but it itself is not perfect. You may also be wrong.

.”

Ogden said:

"Maybe."

He pointed the tip of his sword at Nelly:

"But I will prove that you are wrong. In your fear and powerlessness, you will understand how ridiculous your current behavior is."

Nelly answered with her sword.

Ha La looked at Nelly who was swinging her sword in the air:

"What is Sister Nelly doing?"

Hewen said:

"She was practicing her sword and talking to herself at the same time."

Hala is very strange:

“How can one talk to oneself?”

Hewen smiled and touched Ha La's head:

"Can you still transform? It's not strange that Nelly can talk to herself."

Can't beat it.

Nelly knew that she couldn't beat him.

How could she possibly defeat her own fantasy?

Every sword strike was blocked.

As long as the other party speeds up slightly, he will hardly be able to react.

Hewen stood up:

"If she were to fight a knight now, it would only take half a minute to kill the opponent.

"Although this is based on the premise that the Mortavi Ax makes her senses sharp and her body strong, her swordsmanship talent is better than most people, at least better than most people I have seen, including her

Father.

"If Ogden hadn't settled down early, he would have probably reached the pinnacle of mortals through swordsmanship. It's a pity that he gave up swordsmanship when he was in his twenties, but now his children are showing better skills than him.

Excellent talent.

"And I think this child will probably never give up swordsmanship in her whole life. Even if it takes a lot of time, she will persevere."

Halla looked at Nelly's expression. Although she seemed to be embarrassed in dealing with the air and had been in danger several times, Nelly's eyes did not show any timidity, fear, or wavering.

Concentrate on the illusion of non-existence.

Hala was curious,

If she can really see an illusion of fighting with herself, even if she knows that he probably can't hurt her, when the blade is close to her, humans will instinctively fear the false threat.

So Nelly is rational enough to always remember that the opponent cannot hurt her during the battle.

Or she could not react at all, but even if the opponent's sword could hurt her, she would not show any cowardice in this situation.

You must know that apart from stopping Raven, she has never really been involved in a life-and-death battle. Can she grow to this level after just one battle?

Are there really talents in this world?

Hevin stood up.

Nellie didn't know what Hevin and Halla thought of her at this time.

Because she must concentrate on surviving the attack in front of her.

Every sword attack challenges the limit of her reaction. As long as there is one mistake, she will be defeated in front of the shape-shifting monster, without any chance to fight back.

But even though she faced such a dangerous situation, she never failed.

Even though every sword carries the risk of death, there is still a chance of successful blocking.

And as long as there is an opportunity, she can seize it and make things develop in her favor.

As for how to do it?

It's not difficult.

Just follow your own sword.

Ogden said impatiently:

"You have no hope of victory at all, so why persist? When your physical strength is exhausted, you will lose. You are just wasting time now.

"Putting it off again and again, that's what you've been doing."

Nelly replied in her heart:

"No, that's not the case, I'm not procrastinating.

"I was just trying my best until the last moment. If I just gave up when I saw the possibility of failure, I would lose a lot."

Ogden said:

"Incomprehensible."

Then he turned around and walked out of the mansion.

Hevin has arrived at Nelly's side:

"Very good, maybe it won't take long before you can become a qualified swordsman.

"Now let's take the test.

"It just so happens that I think there is something that is particularly suitable for you to see your thoughts clearly.
Chapter completed!