128. Labyrinth of the Bull's Head

128. Labyrinth of the Bull's Head

Unfortunately, there were no more skills I could acquire as easily as the one from a moment ago.

What could I do? Trying to get everything for free always comes back to bite you. From now on, I would have to spend the time and learn properly.

After a while, the Sword Spirit said it would teach me the aura and sword energy I had been looking forward to so much.

“Aura and sword energy are actually the same technique. When you use a sword as a medium to create aura, that becomes sword energy.”

I more or less knew that. I had realized it after watching this Sword Spirit handle aura.

They were fundamentally the exact same power, merely given different names.

“There is only one reason to call them separately. They are the same technique, but difficult to apply in different ways.”

The Sword Spirit said that as it brought up the boss fight in the Floor 14 labyrinth. That was when I had been unable to fire sword energy because I had miscalculated my mana.

“Even I end up like that if I make the slightest mistake. Even a swordsman who knows how to use aura usually takes a dozen or more years to reach sword energy.”...