This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 86 - 0: Introduction to Meyer Swordsmanship

Chapter 86 -086: Introduction to Meyer Swordsmanship

All HEMA tutorial videos were being transferred into his phone via the data cable, and the slow-moving progress bar indicated at least a 20-minute wait.

Chen Ke was at his wit’s end. The memory card must have been one of the worst kind, with capacity but no speed, and the transmission through the data cable made the writing speed even slower.

While waiting for the data transfer, Chen Ke switched back to the video page and watched the foundational tutorials of the twelve stances of Meyer Swordsmanship a few more times. Feeling he could roughly remember the movements, he got up and took a clothes hanger fork to practice.

Stepping forward with the left foot, strike with the sword from the left; with the right foot, from the right…

Chen Ke nodded with a semi-understanding. No matter whether striking or retracting the sword, one must begin with a stance and end with a stance, while the sword follows the footsteps.

Of course, these were just the very basics. After all, if in every combat you struck according to which foot moved forward, wouldn’t that be too easily anticipated?

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Thus, the subsequent video tutorials included techniques for changing the stroke of the sword through continuously switching between the twelve stances and changing hands…

According to the HEMA club’s website, once practitioners could freely switch between the twelve stances in combat, they were already qualified to compete in tournaments…

“Not bad, not bad… This method is really scientific,” Chen Ke murmured in approval as he mimicked the movements from the video.

Many movies and novels depicted swordsmanship as something trivial, as if mastering simple moves like thrusting, slashing, and chopping, combined with some kind of mental technique, would make one a master swordsman.

What nonsense.

In reality, there was no such thing. Whether in sports or assassination techniques, it was all a systematic whole, part of kinesiology, involving human movement, psychology, and equipment management among others.

Take the Central Axis Relocking System, which Chen Ke was proficient in; this close-quarter rapid response shooting skill was not merely about a few designed movements. It also included knowledge on maintaining firearms under various conditions and methods to handle different environments and situations.

The video transfer finally completed, and it hadn’t taken more than 20 minutes, but a quarter-hour was necessary.

Chen Ke tossed the clothes hanger fork aside, ready to unplug the data cable, when a line of small text caught his eye:

“Mundane Skill: Checking…”

“Introductory Meyer Swordsmanship: 1%”

Heh heh~

Little had he expected that by just watching a few videos and swinging a clothes hanger fork, he’d acquire Meyer Swordsmanship. Chen Ke was quite satisfied, though the progress bar meant that he was 99% away from true proficiency…

However, many people’s reason for quitting halfway through learning something new was precisely because they were unaware of their progress, lacking positive feedback, and seeing no hope.

This progress reminder was very useful for Chen Ke.

Find an opportunity to enroll in a class, and spar in his free time… Chen Ke’s intention to join the HEMA club grew stronger. It would be great to practice and communicate with the students…

Although Chen Ke didn’t currently feel lonely or isolated—after all, he was gradually getting acquainted with the delivery people—but still, the delivery personnel were part of an almost abnormal organization, far too hardcore.

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Being able to communicate with ordinary people living in this world, getting a taste of life’s flair, immersing oneself in sports, and enjoying club activities, was still very appealing to him now.

After all, he now had a 20-hour lifespan and by continually hunting those powerful creatures, whether in the Great Void or in reality, he could increase his own lifespan. And the conditions to increase the lifespan limit weren’t too difficult…

He immediately sat down in front of the computer and began searching for information about the HEMA club. This type of club was similar to the Sunrise Sword Dojo and Taekwondo gyms, where one could become a member by paying a fee and then splurge on a set of beginner’s equipment to train alongside other players.

Chen Ke searched for HEMA clubs in Opportunity City, focusing on the economically depressed Gun Tie District where he was primarily active.

Searching high and low, he found only one club. Without a doubt, it was probably because business was tough that the others had relocated…

He decided to check it out.

As Chen Ke stood up, he suddenly remembered something and looked back at his backpack. Now that he had a place to stay, there was no need to carry everything with him, bullets included.

He emptied his backpack and the contents of his pockets onto the bed…

First were three guns, PPQ45, Spiritual Energy M1911A1, Colt Python, and Glock 17.

The PPQ was Chen Ke’s primary firearm, which he definitely needed to carry with him.

The Spiritual Energy M1911A1 was somewhat useless to Chen Ke—it wasn’t that it had no utility, but it was restricted by the Administration Bureau, and Chen Ke had no other spiritual bullets, making it something he couldn’t freely use.

Especially after encountering Parker in Fan Hede Kingdom, he had been thrown into disarray. If Parker saw that gun, Chen Ke didn’t know what serious paradox might arise.

The Colt Python was practically useless. The PPQ was enough for dealing with people, and for monsters, attributes were more important than calibers. Besides, he now had Holy Relics, which would be his primary weapon against monsters going forward.

As for the Glock 17, it could serve as a memento…

Next were six boxes of .45acp Flame Bullets and four boxes of regular bullets, along with three quick-release magazines and one black silencer.

All were for the PPQ.

The Flame Bullets had their limitations. In Fan Hede’s nationwide ban on fire, Chen Ke’s PPQ was utterly useless.

The greatest advantage of spiritual firearms should be the complete range of attribute bullets, because the attributes of Holy Relics… Chen Ke guessed were fixed, whereas a gun could switch bullets, offering much greater flexibility.

Remembering, he already had a Fire-igniting Broadsword, which had better effects with the Fire Attribute and thus, he didn’t need to use the gun to fire Flame Bullets. Although that sword was still stuck in the floor of the white-top church in Fan Hede…

Chen Ke removed the Flame Bullets from the magazines, loaded them with regular bullets, and slid the PPQ45 into his gun holster.

In the bag were also two stacks of small 8k union coins and some quarter union coins, along with a Black man’s wallet… Chen Ke stuffed all the change into the wallet, filling it bulging.

The United Federation’s banks were aggressively promoting their credit card services, severely undermining cashless payments, so it was still inconvenient not to carry cash, and naturally, Chen Ke had no intentions of getting a credit card…

Finally, he poured out five Holy Relic diamonds and two small Nokia phones with the batteries removed from his bag.

The Holy Relic diamonds obviously had to be carried with him. As for the two small phones… one had been with Lin Mo, and the other was from the blonde Assassin he met in Li Mo’s hideout…

Removing the batteries was to prevent tracking, but just by connecting the batteries and making a call, it could lead the Pankia assassins right to him…

It was dangerous, but it could always be useful…

Outside the window, the sunlight was bright. Chen Ke pocketed the Holy Relic diamonds, PPQ with three magazines, and the wallet, then put on his trench coat.

Since the rental was a bit rushed previously, he had only managed to buy a temporary bathrobe. This time when going out, Chen Ke decided to get a proper set of clothes and take the opportunity to visit the HEMA club.