Battle Harem of the Heavenly Sword

The transmigrator found Rilu's way of fighting eerily beautiful. No wasted movements, each action leading to the next. This elevated his understanding of how system users battled. Compare to him who just swung his sword like a barbarian, Rilu gracefully performed like a ballerina at a recital. He suddenly felt ashamed saying he knew how to fight.

Quickly approaching the ground Hiro didn't want to get left behind, the only way one can improve came in the form of repetition. If you could only swing a sword. Then swing it till your arms numb and go even beyond that.

Hiro aimed his sword at the closes monster in his descent and imagined his weapon growing enough to reach it. "[SWORD DRIVER]! [Straight Pierce]! " The [Blade of Mitsurugi] answered his call and extended to stab the dragsaurian he pointed to.

When he felt the blade connect to the reptile's head Hiro continued with his next action. "[IMPACT]!" If earlier the sword's impact felt like a prick, now it transformed into something akin to a battering ram. The lizard monster's body suddenly got crushed by the blade's enormous weight.

Its natural armor couldn't stop the blow and had itself sliced down the middle. With the giant sword now stopping his descent. Hiro used his sword as a platform and leaped. He didn't forget to shrink the weapons as he rushed his next target.

- Alert: Dragsaurian Level 65 has been defeated 7500 exp gained! -

The transmigrator then noticed two level-up rings quickly enveloped him.

'Lvl 65? Fuck, that can't be good.'

[Straight Pierce] a rank D skill had a basic damage output calculation. It multiplied STR by three and added 300 points to the damage. Meaning with Hiro's base STR of 61 +7 from his legacy, 20 from his sword, and finally 40 points from [Steel blades bow down to no one] his total STR would be 128.

Thus each use of Straight Pierce would have a base damage of 300 + 128*3 for a total of 684 HP, normally for a level 65 monster, this would be far from enough to kill it.

But the game changer was [Sword Driver] and [Impact]. The former increased the size and weight of his sword. In basic numbers, the blade forged by his harem only gave Hiro 50 base attack damage.

By increasing the size, it also increased the damage up to a maximum of 500. A [Straight Pierce] with his sword in its base size would give you 684 + 50 for a total of 734.

The version Hiro just used to stab the lizard was the largest size. Buster mode as Hiro liked to call it. Due to resembling a certain spiky-haired protagonist from an RPG from his home country.

In buster mode, the damage was 684 + 500 for a total of 1104. [Weight Canceler] and the [Rune of Balance] allowed Hiro to wield the sword like a toy despite its massive size.

[Impact] which leveraged the size and the [Rune Of Pressure Concentration] used the blade's momentum for increased damage. Upon closer inspection using the system logs, the transmigrator learned the damage calculation allowed Hiro's AGI to be added to the blow at a multiplier of 2.2.

Hiro's total AGI from the bonus and equipment of the transmigrator amounted to 121. Multiplied by 2.2 gave 266 additional damage. The combined total would be 1104 + 266 or 1370, but [Impact] had one final card. The shifting of balance to the tip. The base calculation increased the total damage by 10.

Thus his one blow took away not 1370 HP but 13,700 HP. At such a magnitude his harem's efforts allowed Hiro to call upon power he normally wouldn't have. This could only work due to Hiro having all three calibers. And each use of [Sword Driver] and [Impact] bit into his calibers harshly.

Each use of [Sword Driver] used 20 AP and 30 MP while each use of [Impact] used 20 MP and 40 SP. Hiro only had 411 MP, 265 SP, and 160 AP. So he needed to use them sparingly.

Leveling up per kill would be a great way to refill his tanks but gambling on level up's was risky. The moment he doesn't, he would immediately be in a dangerous position.

The age-old saying that no power is gained without recompenses still rang true even in Valorious. After the sword turned buster, Hiro could no longer lift it. Thus he needed to use calibers to both modify its weight, as well as enlarge and shrink it. This effectively halved the times he could use the options.

There was no way he could repeat it more than thousands of times to kill every single dragsaurian here. From above the dragsaurians didn't seem large, it was only when Hiro got on the same ground did his resolve start to weaken. The monsters stood over 240 cm and had massive bodies making even powerlifters look tiny.

Even with an increased height of 190 cm. He soon found himself dwarfed by hundreds of massive monsters. Despite Rilu's powerful opening she only managed to kill about a hundred and seventy-five of the monsters. The rest of them recovered from the debuffs and now were now approaching the three interlopers en mass.

Rilu and Gideon glided amidst the monsters like a pair of lovers in a waltz. Gideon defended them with his massive blade while Rilu slashed apart anything that attempted to come near them.

No one got past the Venator despite how many assaulted the pair. And all of the lizards he blocked were summarily executed by the young devoted.

It was a battle tactic taught at the adventurer guild. The famed bladed-shield formation. One of the combatants dedicates everything to defense. Blocks, parries, and prevention of damage became his focus. He form what would be the "shield".

In contrast, his partner would be in charge of choosing the target, attacking, and counter-attacking. This allowed the "blade" to dedicate everything to assault. The blade led while the shield followed.

Akin to a dance, its use elevated its fame due to its terrifying efficiency by those who understood its principles. The bladed-shield formation came from among the numerous tactics left behind by the Saviors