Anime: Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation

Compared to Esther's coldness, Restia is much more frank.

The girl was wearing a black evening gown and a black bow on her hair. She had a lazy look on her face as always. Under her delicate appearance, she had a heart full of mischievousness. There were some ripples in her eyes as she looked up at Luo Ya.

If Esther's temperament is that of an iceberg little loli, then Restia is the type of devilish big sister.

Roya reached out and touched Esther's head, then looked at Restia and asked, "How are you doing recently?"

Restia frowned, as if she was not used to Roya's way of speaking. She slowed down a bit before saying, "It's okay. I can see that you have been very busy recently."

Roya shrugged, not dwelling on the topic of Restia being busy. Roya directly stated his purpose: "I have acquired a new ability that involves the time level. I am not very proficient in this ability yet, so I need your opinions for reference."

Restia raised her eyebrows and said, "No wonder I felt you were weird. Never mind. None of this matters. Let's start your performance."

Roya glanced at Restia unhappily, stopped patting her head, and withdrew his hand at Esther's reluctant gaze.

Restia looked at Esther's little girlish appearance and couldn't help but chuckle a few times. The girl's slightly frivolous smile made Esther feel a little angry. Esther looked at Restia with a cold face and said directly: "What's wrong, dark elf, are you jealous of the relationship between me and my master?"

Restia's lips curled up slightly, with an interested look on her face. She asked directly, "Esther, when you get angry, you're just like a child."

Esther's expression remained cold, but this time it was obviously even colder.

The coolness of autumn could not bring comfort to everyone. For some unknown reason, a chill made Luo Ya shiver.

Luo Ya separated the two of them unhappily, and said helplessly: "Stop, stop, stop, Esther, Restia, you are both my wings, and you are both important to me. Can you please stop quarreling?"

Esther snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Restia still had a smile on her face, but her smile became even brighter.

This was their daily routine. Luo Ya didn't pay any more attention to them and got down to business.

Just like before, Roja simply swung his sword a few times, then accelerated his strikes at a certain speed, and the information he obtained was just as he expected.

The development of Moment does not stop here, this is just one stage of Moment.

There are also the second level, the third level, and then all the way up to the ninth level.

At each stage, the speed increase is 2 to the power of n.

At the eighth level, the speed reaches an astonishing 256 times.

In other words, one second in the outside world is two hundred and fifty-six seconds for him.

Such exaggerated proportions are enough to prove how terrifying Setsuna is.

What Roya is doing now is trying to develop Setsuna.

Because it involves the field of time, Luo Ya himself has not done much research on time, so he may seem a little clumsy in this regard.

Luo Ya tried to open the second stage of the moment. Although the golden pupil was still bright, the flow of time did not change, and the speed remained at twice the speed.

The normal double speed was enough for Roya to do many things. Roya reached out and touched Restia's cheek. The surprised expression on Restia's face appeared on the girl's delicate face. Restia looked at Esther inconspicuously. Seeing that the other party still had that cold face, Restia smiled even more brilliantly.

Roya saw the expression on the girl's face and the changes in her demeanor. He felt a warm touch when he touched her. Restia's skin was very good, which made Roya want to rub it hard.

Roya didn't rub it, but pinched Restia's cheek with his hand. Restia's cheek was deformed by Roya's pinching, making her look particularly cute.

Restia was a little dissatisfied and stretched out her hand to slap away Roya's dirty hands, but Roya dodged her and switched from left hand to right hand, naturally connecting with the action of pinching her face.

Restia was somewhat speechless and said: "Roya, is this how you use your time ability?"

Luo Ya blinked, looked into the girl's purple eyes, and asked curiously, "If not this way, how else can I use it?"

Restia was speechless for a moment, but couldn't say anything to refute.

After some measurements, it was found that there was no problem maintaining the normal double speed, and the consumption was not too much. Even using the Sword of Light did not seem unacceptable.

Suddenly, Luo Ya's mind started to become active.

Even at 256x speed, Luo Ya couldn't imagine how terrifying he would be at x speed.

The sword of light with a speed of 256 times, I guess this sword can bring the Dragon God to his knees.

Roya saw unlimited potential in Setsuna, and his eagerness grew even stronger.

Restia yawned, looked at Luo Ya unhappily, and said casually: "It's time for us to go back. We just came out to vent our anger secretly this time. Of course, if the 'Master' wants us to sleep with him at night, we will not refuse."

After Restia made a joke, she turned into elements and dissipated.

Roja was slightly surprised by Restia's disappearance. He thought Restia would stay for a while.

For a moment, only Esther and Roya were left in the venue.

Esther came directly in front of Roya, raised her little head and looked up at Roya's cheek. Esther's clear voice came: "Master, lower your head, I have something to say."

Roya sensed something was wrong, but he leaned forward and lowered his head.

As expected, Esther leaned over to Roya's cheek and kissed him gently.

Just like a dragonfly touching the water, it separated in an instant, but the wet feeling made Luo Ya a little distracted.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 263 The Defeat of the Old Sword God

Luo Ya grabbed Esther's hand and looked at her delicate face so close to him. He stretched out his hand and pinched it. The delicate touch made Luo Ya unable to help but pinch it a few more times.

Esther kept a blank expression throughout the whole process and kept staring at Roya.

Luo Ya was thick-skinned enough that he didn't feel the slightest bit about the girl's death stare.

Esther finally sighed, with sadness written all over her little face.

Luo Ya was slightly stunned. The other party's expression seemed to be waiting for him to ask what was wrong.

Luo Ya did not disappoint the girl's expression and asked naturally, "Esther, what's wrong?"

"Master, please grow up quickly."

Esther said this, the coldness on her face faded away, and she said this to Roya seriously.

Roya: ???

After chatting with Esther for a while, Esther also transformed into an element and disappeared in the dojo. For a while, he was the only one left in the dojo.

Weighing the wooden sword in his hand, Luo Ya began his daily training.

Time went by in circles and it was half a month later.

In the morning, he practiced with the old sword god, and in the afternoon, he practiced by himself. Of course, he didn't practice for too long. Occasionally, when he was free, he would call Alice and Rudeus over to teach them and observe their progress.

Some time ago, Luo Ya asked Alice out of curiosity about how her roommates were getting along.

Alice just said calmly: "I apologized, but I don't know whether Nina has forgiven me or not."

Luo Ya nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

However, the girl looked very calm, as if the other party was just a minor character and there was no need to care about her at all.

After that, Alice would come over every week and pester Luoya. Luoya did not refuse, but simply picked up the book and told the story to the girl.

Telling stories is only part of it. Roya would also ask Alice how many friends she has made, or how many people would talk to Alice.

Alice's answer was straightforward: "Compared to the endless quarrels before, this time is much better. Basically, they will take a detour when they see me, and there will be no more blind guys coming over to talk to me."

Luo Ya translated it and his mouth twitched.

My goodness, Alice was directly treated with cold violence.

But the girl didn't seem to notice it, instead she felt very satisfied with it.

Never mind, let her be. Luo Ya didn't expect Alice to change her personality directly.

Life remains plain and simple as always.

Alice didn't make any noise, and everyone's training was going on steadily.

Roya has made great progress. To some extent, he has gradually adapted to the sword skills of the old sword god.

The old sword god was very fast, but Luo Ya was not an ordinary person either. In the past half month, the two had fought more than thirty times.

In the first dozen or so fights, the old Sword God crushed Luo Ya, but in the last ten fights, the old Sword God showed obvious signs of decline.

Roya was constantly improving himself, and the high-intensity battles were also constantly promoting Roya to learn the swordsmanship of the old sword god. With the blessing of the transparent world and the mind's eye, Roya could see the old sword god's sword-holding posture and behavioral habits clearly.

Naturally, thanks to this, Luo Ya took the opportunity to change some of his bad habits, such as the way he held the sword or his breathing techniques.

He might feel a little uncomfortable when changing, but after training a few more times, the discomfort soon faded away. He could indeed feel that the speed of swinging the sword had increased.

Of course, the real speed of improvement is not this point, but the instant.

The influence of Setsuna on Roya was beyond Roya's imagination.

The opening of the Word Spirit was not one-sided; the sparring with the old Sword God also promoted Setsuna's progress.

Whether in terms of mind or body, Luo Ya could feel a significant improvement.

If I have to make an analogy, it's like watching a movie, going from 1x speed to 1.2x speed.

This subtle change will only accelerate as the momentary stage progresses.

For a moment, Luo Ya didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

By then, I might have an extra title.

The fastest man in the world.

As always, the old sword god stood opposite Luo Ya, holding the sword in one hand, with a serious look on his face.

This was in stark contrast to the old Sword God's initial frivolity in confronting Roja.

The reason was simple. Roya's progress was so fast that Gar even wondered if this guy had been honing his swordsmanship since his mother's womb to achieve such a high level of achievement at this age.

Gal was really convinced by Roya.

Gar actually has a high tolerance for geniuses. After all, he himself is a genius. So even if someone suddenly realizes something and is reborn, breaking through directly from a high-level swordsman to a saint level or even bolder, reaching the king level, Gar would not be surprised.

But learning sword cannot be calculated in this way. Once a strong person reaches a certain level, it will not be easy to make further progress.

In other words, for a high-level swordsman, you can say that he has a lot of room for improvement, just like a guy who usually scores 300 or 400 on the exam, suddenly gets smart and scores more than 500 on the college entrance examination.

It's not impossible; although cases are rare, they do exist.

Koroya's situation is like this: a guy who scored around 650 points in the college entrance examination broke through himself and reached 700 points.

Even though the score added is only 50 points, it is actually more magical than the guy who scored 500 points.

Friends who have taken the college entrance examination know that in the later review, the higher the scores of students, the more effort they have put in for each point improvement.

This is because all the basic questions on the knowledge points have been completed, and what remains are the difficult questions.

This is how learning works: the further you go, the harder it is to make progress.

The same is true for sword practice. The further you advance, the harder it is to find shortcuts.

This is why some beginners learn swordplay as if it were a joke, and breakthroughs are as easy as eating and drinking water, but they can get stuck at a certain level and never be able to overcome that hurdle in their entire life.

Especially for someone like Gar, the so-called further progress is just a thought.

There are many disciples in Gal's religion, such as Chino's father, who is a sword emperor. But in fact, Gal has not seen any progress of his disciple for a long time.

He also knew his own situation and had always wanted to become stronger.

But the fact is, no matter how he asked himself, that threshold always stood in front of him, becoming a mountain he could not cross.

In comparison, Roja's talent can only be described as monstrous.

In this regard, Gal could only say that there is a gap between Sword Emperors.

Humans are such creatures. Some people are born to be favored by the goddess, and all graces are bestowed on one person without any cost.

Gal sighed with emotion, wondering how long it would take for the other party to defeat him.

Maybe in a month or two, when the other party is completely familiar with my swordsmanship, I will no longer be his opponent.

There is nothing that can be done about it. No matter how much Gal doesn't want to admit it, he is indeed not as good as before.

His brain has become dull and it is difficult for him to keep up with the thinking of young people. From the recent battles, Gal has deeply understood this.

Slow thinking is fatal. Gal has now reached the peak of his life and he cannot go any further.

But Roya is different. His young and energetic body and unparalleled talent give him the confidence to be calm and unhurried.

The towering mountains are right before our eyes, and the travelers keep moving forward.

Maybe the mountain is very steep and daunting, but the mountain is there. As long as you are willing to climb, you can always reach the end.