Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube

"Mr. Reiger, you..."

The closest to Reiger, Ian had stopped in his tracks, staring at Reiger who held a bright silver short sword, his face full of astonishment.

The others were more or less the same, having seen Reiger deflect an arrow with his sword, they all had a moment of delayed reaction.

In everyone's eyes, Reiger, who was considered almost useless and lacking in combat power, suddenly became the focus of the entire scene.

Then, the unexpected occurred.

"Clang!"

The first to react, the husky man took the opportunity to strike with his sword, sending Ai En, who had unpreparedly raised his greatsword to block, flying away. Ignoring the sparks that exploded between the two, he turned and burst forth with a surprising speed that did not match his build, charging in front of Reiger.

"Stop!"

"Mr. Reiger!"

Shouts from Ai En and Ian rang out in succession, but it was already too late.

The husky man spared no idle words, his eyes bursting with a murderous intent as he swung his wide-bladed sword like a descending bolt of lightning, chopping down towards Reiger's head with full force.

This chop split the air, carrying with it Magic Power, and the whistling wind it dragged even formed a shockwave, blowing Reiger's hair into wild disarray and even painfully pricking the skin of his forehead.

Under such a powerful slash, an ordinary person's body would likely offer no resistance at all, simply being cleaved in two.

Even a qualified Swordsman would undoubtedly die if struck by such a ferocious blow.

Of course, that's assuming it hit.

"Boom!"

When the explosive muffled sound echoed, the husky man's forceful chop ultimately landed on the ground, just like when Ai En had earlier chopped the floor with his greatsword, shattering the floor into pieces.

Cracks spread out from the ground to all around, and the stones and dust were whipped into chaos by the shockwave.

"What?"

The husky man, seeing his strike hit nothing but air, had his pupils contract.

The next moment—

"Pshht!"

Silver light flashed, grazing the husky man's flank, opening it up.

Reiger had silently flitted to the husky man's side, his expression cold, and in an instant as his short sword swiftly sliced by, it brought up a burst of blood from the man's flank.

"Ugh...!"

The husky man grunted but completely ignored his wound, not even thinking before counter-attacking with his sword, causing the hefty wide-bladed sword to lift dust into the air as he slashed to the side.

Unfortunately, this strike also missed, only raising a chaotic Qi Force.

Then, Reiger appeared on the other side of the husky man.

"Pshht!"

Silver light flashed once more, mercilessly opening up the other side of the husky man's body, forming a symmetry with the previous wound and causing blood to spurt forth.

"Ugh... Aaaaahhhh…!"

Under such severe injuries, the husky man's figure began to falter, but he persisted and did not fall. Instead, he let out a roar and attacked Reiger in a frenzy.

With blood streaming from his body and his wounds spreading, the husky man paid them no mind and just swung his wide-bladed sword. Like a meat grinder, he fervently swung the heavy blade, causing a whooshing sound with each strike, while the sword light and Qi Force seemed like a fierce downpour striking from all directions towards Reiger, intent on killing him.

"Remarkable willpower."

Finally, Reiger spoke.

His tone was as calm as his gaze, with only his figure resembling a drifting leaf amidst the sword light and fierce winds moving back and forth.

His movements were minimal, and his footsteps were impeccably orderly. Relying on minimal dodging, Reiger lightly shifted between retreating, sidestepping, spinning, and stepping to evade the husky man's fierce attacks.

Then, Reiger counterattacked.

The bright silver short sword, resembling a sliver of cold light, appeared silently, its tracing motion blurring its figure, and in an instant, it pierced through the swordstorm conjured by the husky man, striking him squarely.

"Pshht—Pshht—Pshht—"

Whether it was the tip or the edge of the sword, Reiger's short sword in the blink of an eye grazed the husky man's body, slicing it open.

The man's body suddenly thrashed like a branch in a gale, blood spurting from every corner of his body.

It wasn't long before the husky man's entire body was covered in wounds, riddled with scars and dripping with blood.

"Aaahhhh...!"

Under such grave injuries, the husky man finally couldn't hold out any longer. He cried out in pain, his wide-bladed sword falling to the ground as he himself kneeled down, turning into a bloody figure.

This Assassin, who could rival a qualified Swordsman, had no strength to fight back at all against Reiger.

And that was only natural.

From the previous battle between the husky man and Ai En, as well as Ian's personal performance, Reiger had already roughly estimated the strength of these qualified Swordsmen.

In Reiger's view, the strength of qualified Swordsmen was roughly equivalent to that of the worst potential LV.5.

In Earth Mistake World, adventurers can meet the minimum requirements for ranking up as long as one of their ability values reaches the D stage, at which point acquiring sufficient achievements can lead to a successful level up.

Thus, the worst potential strength is achieved by leveling up each time with the minimum condition of "only having one proficient ability at the D stage."

Such cumulative potential is undoubtedly quite poor. Among those of the same level, excluding the power of Magic and skills, it is bottom tier.

Such beings, Reiger at LV.4 could easily beat several at once, and that was without using Magic.

Now, Reiger had already become a Level 5 first-tier adventurer, and upon just entering Level 5, he had thoroughly defeated Ais, the strongest of his tier, without even using magic. He wasn't far from Level 6.

Given this, how could a Level 5 with the least potential stand a chance against him?

If Reiger were to use magic, he could annihilate an opponent of this level in an instant.

You must know that among the magic Reiger had learned, there were also several types of wide-area annihilation spells capable of inflicting massive damage.

Spells like "Simultaneous Fire Spear," in the hands of Reiger, who had already acquired the ability to develop "Magic Conduction" and whose potential in "Magic Power" was also staggeringly vast, could destroy a village, a troop, in one blow if he so wished.

And such a spell, capable of destroying a village or a troop in one strike, is considered as Tactical Level Magic in this world.

In other words, Reiger, who had returned from Dimensional Travel, though still unable to compare with the top powerhouses of this world, unable to rival the invincible Sword Saints or the Strategic Level Magicians who could destroy cities, was now a high-ranking existence within the central ranks.

As a Swordsman, he was stronger than the world's Swordsmen who could take on a thousand enemies single-handedly.

As a Magician, he was almost on par with the world's Tactical Level Magicians.

At the very least, Ai En, Ian, and the blood-soaked sturdy man were definitely no match for Reiger, even when he wasn't trying his hardest.

However, to those unaware of Reiger's strength, this scene was quite horrifying.

"Intelligence is wrong, retreat,"

one of the Assassins whispered, and as he stepped back, he prepared to flee.

The rest of the Assassins also didn't hesitate to follow suit and prepared to withdraw.

"Don't even think about it!"

Ai En and Ian were finally jolted awake and immediately focused their attention on the Assassins present, drawing their swords and rushing forward to intercept.

The fight continued, but the battle between Reiger and the sturdy man was almost at its end.

"Talk, where do you come from?"

Reiger, holding a short sword and standing in front of the sturdy man with a seemingly unguarded stance, looked down at the bloodied man kneeling on the ground, his face expressionless as he spoke.

"Heh..."

In response, the sturdy man just let out a cold laugh, followed by silence.

Reiger frowned, and the next second, he immediately realized something and kicked the sturdy man over.

The sturdy man fell to the ground at the sound of the impact and became motionless.

He was dead.

Dark purple blood flowed from the corner of his mouth; it was clear that he had committed suicide by poison.

Reiger watched the lifeless sturdy man silently.

Before long, silence once again fell over the entire alley, ending all sounds of fighting.

Ai En and Ian had returned.

They came back victorious, having defeated all the Assassins.

The strength of two Sword Saints, even those with the least potential at Level 5, was not something ordinary Assassins could handle.

"Are you alright, Mr. Reiger?"

Ian asked anxiously.

Ai En did not speak, only looking at Reiger with a strange look in her eyes.

"I'm fine," Reiger shifted his gaze away from the sturdy man and asked, "This guy killed himself, what about your end?"

At this, Ai En and Ian both fell silent.

Clearly, the fate of those Assassins was the same.

At least, whether it was Ai En or Ian, both desired to capture someone alive.

With the enemy's identity unknown, since they had been attacked, they naturally wanted to determine the assailants' identity and origins, as well as who was behind them.

Unfortunately, like Reiger, they hadn't had things go their way.

"Where on earth did these Assassins come from?" Ian stared at the fallen sturdy man and said in a low voice, "To think they would discard a top-tier Sword Saint so readily, resorting to suicide without hesitation upon defeat, that is something even most of the great nobilities couldn't manage, right?"

A Sword Saint, each one capable of fighting a thousand men, would be considered an important central force in major countries like the Ginnas Kingdom; which power would willingly discard them so frivolously?

Yet, that very thing had happened.

"Heretic Assassins... huh?"

Reiger narrowed his eyes.

This underground organization, supposedly backed by national forces, seemed increasingly complex to Reiger.

"Let's go, let's head back," Reiger sheathed the Hermit's Sword and said, "Have the Franzel family send some people to collect these bodies and investigate, perhaps they can find out something."

"Yes," Ai En and Ian unconsciously nodded in response.

Their attitude was no different from when facing their own master.

The extraordinary strength that Reiger had suddenly displayed had completely impressed the two Sword Saints, causing them to unconsciously follow his instructions.

This was different from before when they complied with Reiger's orders only because of Yuri's command; this time, both Ai En and Ian didn't even consider Yuri before obeying.

Thus, Ai En took the lead and went back to the Franzel house to bring a group to take care of the aftermath.

Only then did Reiger and the others get back into the carriage, and under the guidance of the new coachman, they headed back to the Franzel household.