The words Seongjin said to tease Emit were not entirely empty.
As he walked roughly toward the training ground, he could indeed sense Orden’s powerful aura emanating with a fierce fighting spirit.
“Anyway, his momentum alone is on the level of a knight commander.”
Though he had only been there briefly, come to think of it, even when he first saw him in the imperial capital, Orden had exuded such an immense presence.
While usually quiet and serious, the aura Orden wielded was extremely rough and domineering.
“Seeing how it’s completely different from the Wolf Knights, it might indeed be the influence of his master, Balthazar…”
Entering the training ground, Seongjin spotted Orden diligently swinging his sword alone in light clothing on this cold day.
And for a moment, his unique swordplay stole Seongjin’s attention.
“That’s the ancient swordsmanship…!”
Orden’s swordsmanship master was Balthazar, the continent’s greatest knight.
Balthazar was famous for teaching his disciples the ancient sword techniques from before Banahas organized them. Thanks to this, there was once a craze for ancient swordsmanship among the continent’s renowned swordsmen.
“If you want to truly understand the essence of the sword, you must master its original form!”
It probably wasn’t a completely baseless rumor.
Indeed, Orden’s movements and aura manipulation carried many subtle flourishes absent from the Imperial Knight Order’s standard swordsmanship. Yet, they had a quaint and…