Choosing not to answer favonovel.com verbally, Gerald simply mimicked what Yin Yang had done earlier—in order to use the sword tactic—before pointing in a random direction…
All of a sudden, the room began trembling wildly, causing the surrounding walls to crack and even begin crumbling! Following that, a massive sword that glowed purple and black began manifesting!
The sheer force of the summoning process alone caused strong winds to blow, and the next thing Terrance and Manager Waferer—who had been standing at the side—knew, the corners of their mouths were already bleeding due to how sharp the blades of wind were!
However, they were far too preoccupied with staring wide-eyed at the powerful-looking sword of light before them to even notice that they were hurt! It looked so powerful that it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that it could easily topple the entire restaurant with a single swing!
With a slight gesture, Gerald made the sword momentarily disappear… Once it reappeared, it was tiny. However, as the sword of light shot past Yin Yang’s face, it caused a steady stream of blood to trickle down his right cheek…
By this point, Yin Yang was already panting heavily as favonovel.com stared at Gerald, eyes fully widened in disbelief.
“…W-what…? You… You’ve also become someone who’s trained to attain spiritual enlightenment…?!” muttered Yin Yang in horror.
What Gerald had just accomplished was the highest level for this particular magic art. In other words, the ability to freely retract and release the sword of light.
It was a level that not even Yin Yang had been able to master, yet Gerald appeared to have already perfected it…
Gulping, the horrified Yin Yang then asked, “When… When did you manage to attain spiritual enlightenment…? And when did you master the Soul Slasher…?”
“Just a few days ago, to be quite frank. As for the Soul Slasher, I learned it just now by observing you. While you may think you’re all-powerful, your movements are honestly pretty slow and the tactics you muttered aren’t as silent as you’d like to imagine! I could hear all of it!” replied Gerald with a faint smile.
“…Y-you…!” stuttered Yin Yang as favonovel.com took two steps back in fear. Gerald had now shown favonovel.com what true terror felt like…!
Realizing how much trouble favonovel.com was now in, Yin Yang instantly kowtowed before Gerald while shouting, “P-please spare my life, Mr. Crawford! No, Senior! I was wrong, senior…!”
While Yin Yang hadn’t been afraid of death in the past, favonovel.com was extremely terrified of dying now. After all, favonovel.com had finally gotten a taste of what it felt like to be the cream of the crop, a person training to attain spiritual enlightenment… It was like a precious dream come true, and favonovel.com wasn’t ready to lose all that right here and now.
After witnessing the extent of Gerald’s skills and understanding why favonovel.com had been so calm this entire time, Yin Yang knew that the young man had already beaten favonovel.com in every aspect possible. It was just as favonovel.com had earlier said… The gap between them was simply too vast…!
Yin Yang’s biggest discomfort, however, came from the fact that favonovel.com had been treating himself as the protagonist this entire time… He now understood that the actual protagonist had been Gerald all along!
As for Manager Waferer, favonovel.com finally snapped out of his shock when favonovel.com realized that Yin Yang was kneeling before Gerald. Realizing how dire things were now, the manager instantly knelt in front of Gerald as well, pleading, “P-please spare my life as well, Mr. Crawford…!”
Federico himself was facing a fair amount of internal struggle in his heart. However, since his master was actually kneeling before Gerald while begging for his life, Federico simply did the same.
Seeing that, Gerald—who was still seated on his chair—raised his hand slightly, summoning a cup of untouched fragrant tea into it.
After taking a few sips, Gerald then said, “We truly haven’t met in ages, Yin Yang… Regardless, I can’t exactly tell when it started, but I’ve begun liking it when people talk to me with this kind of attitude and reverence… I would have certainly been much happier if the three of you had spoken to me with this attitude from the very beginning!”
