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d on Eurius’s skills that he had shown so far, he should have been rolling on the ground.

‘It seems impossible to hide my skills from a fourth-stage knight.’

This was the reason why Eurius had been worried.

Knights of the fourth stage were superhumans who had transcended humanity! 

Even if he pretended to be mediocre, it wouldn’t be hard for them to notice that he was holding back after exchanging a few blows.

“I apologize, Count Carlos.
I never intended to mock you!”

Eurius bowed deeply and apologized.

As the crown prince lowered his head to apologize, the Count also looked slightly puzzled. 

Sir Heinz, who had been watching from the corner of the training ground, also approached them.

“I can hardly accept your apology, Your Highness.”

“Your highness, is there a problem?”

Eurius glanced at them both and put on a solemn expression.

“Count Carlos! Sir Heinz! Can you swear that you won’t tell anyone what you saw here?”

[Ding!]

[The trait ‘Emperor’s Dignity’ is activated.]

[Your charisma and charm increase.]

Count Carlos felt a sudden pressure from the crown prince that was only fit for a great king or an emperor.

‘Was the first prince like this?’

He had no interest in the power struggle of the royal family, but he knew that the first prince was talented in swordsmanship, but not very diligent in other matters lately.

“I swear on my knight’s honor that I won’t speak of what happened here to anyone, as long as it doesn’t harm the empire or His Majesty the Emperor.”

Count Carlos decided to find out what the crown prince’s intention was.

“I swear too.”

Sir Heinz was not someone who would divulge something that would harm himself.

Eurius nodded his head.

“Then, Count, please duel with me again.”

“Very well.”

Eurius and the Count faced each other again in the training ground.

‘This time, I’ll go all out.’

Eurius held his sword seriously and aimed at the Count.

“Woong.”

Eurius raised his force to the maximum output from his circle.

His sword was infused with force and glowed blue, but beyond that, tangible force condensed outside his sword.

‘Third stage! And quite proficient at that.’

The Count was surprised inwardly and also prepared himself earnestly.
If the first prince was this skilled, he couldn’t afford to go easy on him.

“Peong!”

As Eurius and the Count clashed, a loud noise erupted in the training ground.

The clash was not just once. 

Soon after, bluish sword lights rained down on the Count’s body like a storm.

But the Count was one of the top superhumans in the continent!

He couldn’t block them lightly like before, but he easily deflected most of the sword lights and stabbed his sword between Eurius’s attacks to disrupt his offensive.

It looked like a one-sided fight at first glance, but with the Count’s skillful technique, Eurius suffered considerable damage.

‘As expected, I can’t win with pure swordsmanship.’

No matter how much he had trained since his previous life, his main job was being an emperor.
He couldn’t compete with superhuman knights who had practiced swordsmanship repetitively since childhood.

‘But I have another advantage now.’

Eurius clenched his fist out of nowhere and charged at the Count’s sword.

‘A fist wrapped in force field? But if he focuses on protecting his hand, the density of force in other parts will weaken.’

The Count looked puzzled and raised his sword to block.
His sword split into two cleverly and aimed at Eurius’s fist and shoulder.

Force field or force grip were useful applications of third stage force in battlefields, but they had very low utility in one-on-one fights with high-level opponents.

They required delicate control, which inevitably made it difficult to control the force that enhanced weapons or defense.
It was more efficient to use the same amount of energy for one purpose rather than multiple ones.

But!

“Peong!”

The Count’s body shook for the first time. 

Contrary to his intention of blocking the fist with concentrated force and piercing through the weakened spot, both of his attacks bounced off.

“!?!?”

That wasn’t all!

The Count switched from offense to defense and felt an invisible hand trying to strangle his neck.

‘Force grip!?’

The Count was a superhuman after all.
It was a sudden ambush, but he managed to block it.
He shook off the force that was squeezing his neck and counterattacked.

But Eurius used force grip to pressure the Count’s neck while also swinging his sword like a storm and pushing the Count back.

This was the power of quad-core!

Ordinary knights, no matter how excellent their force control was, couldn’t simultaneously enhance their body and weapon while manipulating force delicately.

Normally, the force circulating in the circle would enhance the whole body and weapon, but it couldn’t quickly concentrate on other places.

But Eurius was different with his four cores.

The first core assisted the enhancement of his sword and body as usual.

The second core used force grip to hinder the Count’s movement.

The third core condensed force on his fist and feet to launch surprise attacks.

The fourth core used force step to move dazzlingly in the air and aim for the Count’s blind spots.

With these four cores working together organically and freely launching irregular attacks, even the superhuman Count couldn’t regain his composure for a moment.

[Ding!]

[You have created the skill Multi-tasking.]

This was what he called multi-tasking! It was one of the biggest achievements he had gained after his return.

“Chang.”

The Count was flustered and finally a small gap appeared in his impregnable defense!

‘It’s my chance!’

Eurius’s sword could have split the Count’s body in half in an instant.

He put all his strength into rushing at the Count.