## Chapter 471 – Sword Energy Man Kim Kat
“What? Levels?”
A quiet afternoon.
Both Karin and Lady Risha were off today. It felt like autumn was slowly approaching, making the weather a bit chilly. After finishing my morning training, I peeled an apple and asked Karin about it.
If I knew about the levels of strength, I felt like I could set a clear goal.
“Tell me specifically about the levels of strength. I really don’t know anything about that. I’m totally ignorant.”
I hadn’t been particularly interested in such things until now, but since I had manifested sword energy, it was my own story. Of course, I was bound to be curious. What level would my strength be in this world? And what about Cloudi? Karin?
“My husband is curious about things like that now? Kya-hya-hya, good times, good times.”
Karin laughed as if she was amused by my question and crossed her legs.
Currently, Karin was only wearing a white blouse and black panties. When she crossed her legs, my gaze naturally focused there.
“Well, levels… It’s about time you got curious. First, what I know is based on the kingdom, so I’ll explain it that way.”
“So, the kingdom specifically distinguishes levels?”
“It’s inconvenient if you don’t. And it’s more convenient to do it. It’s also honorable to be recognized as high-ranking. Those knight bastards are really obsessed with that kind of thing. They’re just murderers with nothing to show off, so they’re obsessed with external titles.”
Gamers are also fanatically obsessed with tier divisions. How much more would sword-wielding guys in a world where people become stronger with mana be?
Humans are inherently trying to distinguish the gap between themselves and others.
It doesn’t matter if it’s tiers, classes, wealth, or intelligence. What matters is recognizing that I am better than the other person and gaining peace of mind. That’s how humans achieve peace.
“Humans are always obsessed with status, no matter where they go.”
“You know it well. Didn’t your tribe have similar things?”
“The warriors fought like crazy, distinguishing who was a platinum warrior, gold warrior, silver warrior, or bronze warrior.”
“Kya-hya-hya, the human world is all the same. Okay, where should I start explaining…”
Karin fiddled with her hair as if she was thinking for a moment.
—From the Royal Knights.
First of all, Karin had experience in the Royal Knights of this country where I stand, that is, the Kingdom of Karga.
I don’t know the specific form of governance of this country, but the Royal Knights are said to be close to the king’s private army. Anyway, nobles without territories or low-ranking children of noble families who don’t have much property to inherit usually join this Royal Knights.
So, the youngest or children of concubines tend to join the Knights.
Anyway, since they were born into noble families, they would have received basic combat training from a young age, so they are suitable talents for the Knights.
And originally, people who clearly recognize themselves as higher and more special than others, like nobles, tend to become inhuman serial killers.
You have to think of humans as pigs or bugs to be able to kill them mercilessly.
The distinction of class has an excellent effect on breaking down that mental barrier. The feeling of a noble killing a commoner would be lighter than the feeling of a commoner killing a commoner. Because this is an era where killing is light in the first place.
Anyway, they know that they are nobles, different from others, and noble, but since they don’t have a territory or property to inherit from their family, their pride is likely to be distorted. Of course, talented serial killers tend to have a distorted side.
Usually, the young nobles who join the Knights are those kinds of guys.
If you tie those noble bastards to the group called military life with brainwashing-like mental education and high-intensity repetitive training, saying things like loyalty to the king, it will work quite well. Either way, serving the king is honorable and has many benefits. The Royal Knights have a high sense of loyalty because they give them honor and status that the family cannot give.
—Of course, this is entirely Karin’s opinion.
I don’t know much, but Karin’s thinking is somewhat twisted, so let’s listen with moderation. Karin also has a tendency to think that human lives or fly lives are not worth much.
But so what? She says she loves me. Just as Karin considers me special, I think of Karin that way too. Even if her ideology is violent, it cannot extinguish my love.
“Hmm.”
Recalling that background knowledge, Karin, who had finished thinking, opened her mouth.
“First of all, the Royal Knights consist of knights without mana, knights with mana but unable to manifest sword energy, and finally knights who can manifest sword energy. Usually, the higher you go, the higher your status and skill.”
“Hehe, of course. After all, sword energy is a transcendent level.”
“You little brat. You like that?”
“I like it!”
“Kya-hya-hya, anyway. But the core members of the Royal Knights are the second group, that is, the knights who have mana but cannot manifest it externally.”
That would certainly be the case.
Because sword energy manifestation is a rare level.
Only some of those who awaken mana and accumulate it in their bodies use sword energy. Since it’s called the Knights, most of them would be mana users.
“Of course, even if you don’t have mana, if you’re a bastard who’s been rolling around in the Knights for a while, you’re still a heinous murderer. But there’s no way to avoid the gap between them and the guys with mana. Ah, the guys in the Knights are all murderers for the most part. They’re also the most dangerous bastards, armed with a sense of authority, honor, loyalty, and pride… Those damn bastards.”
Karin spat out curses passionately.
The Knights must have been very frustrating.
It’s natural since she said she was discriminated against there.
“Calm down, Karin. They’re all pushovers anyway.”
“Yeah… They’re all pushovers to me anyway. And well, if I had stayed there, I wouldn’t have met you… Hey, come here quickly. No, I’ll go to you.”
Karin, who was sitting across from me, came over and sat on my lap. It seems like she wants to have skinship now.
I put my hand inside her blouse and slowly caressed her breasts. “Hyaaa…” Karin made a sound as if she was comfortable and leaned on me as she continued to speak.
“The Royal Knights’ levels are just that. Guys without mana are just extras. No matter how well they fight, they’re just guys with limits, so they can’t really achieve anything, so they don’t have status. The level is just about their swordsmanship skills, that’s it. They’re subtly ignored.”
The world of knights is ruthless.
Those who don’t even have mana are just extras in the end.
“Can I beat them at that level?”
“Hmm… Honestly, I haven’t seen my husband fight in real combat, so I can’t give you a definite answer… But I think you can beat them now.”
“Oh!”
That was very welcome news.
It means that I can somehow compete with the Royal Knights with my current skills. If I can beat the guys who are at the bottom of the Knights, I’m at least in the middle or below.
“You like that… Okay. You can like it. But I don’t know about the guys above that, that is, the core members of the Knights who have mana in their bodies. Those guys are real flying serial killers.”
“Hmm… What do you call those guys? Levels or something.”
“Sword Expert, mid to low level. Of course, it’s just a level that people say, but their strength is all different.”
Even if they divided the levels, they cannot grasp the specific combat power. Levels are just something that people put into words.
“I keep emphasizing this, but you can’t overwhelm and win against the guys below just because you use sword energy? You can beat a guy with mana even if you don’t have mana, and you can beat a guy who uses sword energy even if you can’t use sword energy, so keep that in mind.”
Quite practical advice.
“Believe in your own strength, but don’t be arrogant that you’ll win unconditionally. Confidence is good, but you’ll die if you judge stupidly. How can I live if my pretty husband dies?”
Of course, Cheonma Kim Kat is a man with extremely cold reason. I fight while judging the gap between the opponent and me and my abilities well. And I always do my best.
“Don’t worry. I know my life is precious, so I survived this far. I always do my best even when dealing with kids.”
“Kya-hya-hya, that’s a good virtue, so keep that in mind. Yeah! If you’re a true warrior, you fight with all your might even if the enemy is a kid!”
I smiled and caressed Karin’s chest.
She really likes it when I pull her nipples. I can feel her panties getting wet. I should just do it in this state when the story is over.
“But then, since I can use sword energy, can I say I’m a high-level Sword Expert?”
“That’s right. Once you can use sword energy, you can call yourself a high-level Sword Expert. Of course, not everyone who uses sword energy is strong, but usually only really strong guys or promising guys manifest sword energy. Just like our husband.”
“Wow, damn.”
Surprisingly, Kim Kat was a next-generation talent belonging to the high-level Sword Expert based on the Royal Knights.
“I’m a high-level Sword Expert.”
Of course, even so, I don’t think my skills are better than those knights who are no different from crazy murderers. As I said, levels are just things to use when talking. Only you can know your true strength.
“Once you manifest sword energy, it means you have potential. It’s proof of talent. So you can slowly increase your skills. Even if you’re behind other guys now, you’ll eventually become the strongest type if you train steadily.”
“Hearing that makes me want to go to the backyard and swing my sword.”
“Stop it today. Just play with me.”
“Ah.”
Anyway, I heard that story from Karin while fooling around.
The Royal Knights were nothing more than a symbol of power. Everyone thinks of the Royal Knights and feels strength and power.
If I build up the skills to kill those guys, I won’t get beaten to death anywhere. I’ve heard the explanation, so let’s live even harder to reach that.
“Ah, but Karin. I have one thing I’m most curious about.”
“What is it?”
“What level is Swordmaster?”
“I guess you’d be curious about that?”
“I’ll be there later, so of course I’m curious.”
“What? Kya-hya-hya, you little brat. Okay. You have to have big dreams. Swordsmen all have to be like that.”
Karin, who laughed as if she had heard a funny story, began to rub her body against me. This is a sign that Karin is quite excited.
At the same time, I felt my thighs getting wet.
This older sister is marking her territory on me with her vaginal fluid.
“Are you curious about how strong a Swordmaster is?”
“I’m so curious.”
“To put it bluntly, they’re damn strong.”
“Compared to you?”
“I don’t know because I haven’t fought them, but I don’t want to fight. There’s no need to mess with the kingdom’s official strongest.”
“Is Swordmaster the strongest in the kingdom?”
“The current commander of the Royal Knights is a Swordmaster. The highest level that only the most heinous and worst serial killer can reach.”
The Swordmaster is the strongest in the kingdom and is said to be a heinous being that even Karin has to take a step back from.
“A true slaughterer who has proven his skills and other abilities while performing missions for decades. A madman who can slaughter people in the most ruthless and efficient way. His reputation is very famous. That’s Swordmaster. Of course, he’s the strongest in the kingdom.”
Karin, who was destroying buildings while fighting Liztina, really looked like a god of destruction herself. If Karin says this much, it seems that Swordmaster is a level that transcends humans.
“If there are about ten people in the kingdom who are as skilled as you, the Swordmaster is at the very front of that line.”
Karin had extreme pride and confidence in her skills. But Karin wasn’t recognized in the Royal Knights even though she was so strong… Ah, in terms of time, Karin before engaging in mercenary work might not have been as strong as she is now.
But as I listened to this explanation of strength, one thing came to mind.
“What about the Martial Artist Guild Leader? You won that time, but it was neck and neck until the middle. Is that person also damn strong?”
“You little brat, that woman is all about her weapon.”
“What? Weapon? You’re saying that?”
“Ah. This is real. I use a rare metal sword, but it’s not a top-notch product. But that woman’s weapon is the real deal, no lie.”
I thought of the inhuman gauntlets that Liztina used, which were like the clutches of hellish Satanic devils. That blue thing was an unusual weapon at first glance. First of all, it was damn big, and the five claws were also damn long and ferocious.
It is a heavy weapon used for destructive killing.
Liztina responded by spreading her hands with those gauntlets and blocking Karin’s sword.
“If you look at her real skills, she’s below me. Ah, really? I don’t lie about this. Of course, she’s strong too. She used to kill people with her bare hands in the old days.”
