Chapter 29: extremely high martial arts skills, but also knows how to neutralize force.
[ "My name is Stelle," Stelle introduced herself.
March 7th glanced at Stelle with a complicated expression, inwardly marveling at how innocent she seemed to outsiders at this moment.
"Alright, alright, I got it. To be honest, I didn't expect to meet fellow travelers in this freezing weather. Business hasn't been good lately, but don't worry, I, Sampo, never hog all the good stuff."
Sampo was enthusiastic, seeing that Stelle seemed to be the easiest to talk to among the three, and proactively extended a hand to her, saying,
"How about we team up? I have some reliable information: the Silvermane Guards' main force has been transferred to the front lines, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…"
Stelle looked at him blankly: "What business?"
"This is a bit much, folks. It's okay if you don't trust me, but you don't have to play dumb to this extent, right?"
Seeing that the expressions on their faces didn't change at all, Sampo's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and he immediately changed to a new attitude, clapping his hands and laughing, "Forget it, meeting is fate after all. Ask me anything you want to know, and I'll tell you everything I know!"
Stelle asked a few questions about human settlements, learning that the only city on this planet was called 'Belobog', where they could be sheltered from the wind and snow, and the Silvermane Guards were essentially the city's police.
"Take us into the city, then? We're not very familiar with the roads." March 7th suggested.
"Enter the city? Going back already? I haven't made a sale today, little sister. Showing the way is a piece of cake, but—" Sampo shook his head, just about to continue, but when he turned his head, he caught sight of Dan Heng's murderous gaze.
The pressure from the cold-faced little Azure Dragon!
Sampo's forehead immediately broke out in a few drops of cold sweat, and he changed his tune with considerable pragmatism, his attitude immediately making a 180° turn.
"—But I just love helping people, haha, kindness is my synonym! Come with me, friends, and keep your voices down, lest we be discovered by the Guards." ]
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~Runeterra World~
"Haha, I actually kind of like this kid."
Inside a certain underground base in Zaun, Silco held a wine glass in one hand, watching Sampo's ancestral face-changing performance with great interest.
As the leader of the major forces in Zaun, Silco, who grew up in the Undercity, had seen countless acts of flattery and face-changing, and Sampo's performance made him feel a sense of familiarity.
Jinx lay on a beam high up in the room, listlessly swinging her braids and blowing blue bubbles out of boredom:
"But if he were stronger, he wouldn't have to be like this."
"You're right, but that's what I admire about him."
Silco tilted his head back and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, then followed her topic and said,
"Those who survive to the end in harsh environments are often not those with great strength or intelligence, but those who are like him, who know how to read the wind and steer the rudder, and understand how to observe people's expressions."
"Even the strongest will have a day when they become weak, and that will be their death. But these people who walk between strength and weakness… hmm, not bad."
He nodded at Sampo in the light screen again, as if in appreciation.
If Sampo could come to Piltover, he would definitely try to get him to join his team. This kind of person is as cunning as a fox, and you can't buy them with sincerity. The only thing that can move them is enough benefits and interests.
Silco didn't hate this approach.
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[ Under Sampo's guidance, the group quickly traveled through the snowfield."
"So, why are you hiding from the Silvermane Guards?" March 7th asked curiously along the way.
"Uh, it's just that I've privately collected a few ancient relics, nothing serious. Blame those officials for having only one track mind."
"Speaking of which, what are your guys' backgrounds? This kind of skill is rare even in the Belobog military camp, hey… I'm not asking around, just concerned about my friends."
Along the way, Sampo tried to extract some valuable information from Stelle and March 7th while laughing, but Dan Heng stopped him in time.
The group came to a small road, and suddenly, a few guards wearing blue uniforms and silver face armor came out and blocked their way.
Dan Heng immediately felt uneasy: "This is?"
Sampo scratched his head, a look of apology on his face: "Uh, remember the Silvermane Guards I mentioned? It's them…"
Dan Heng sighed. He didn't expect that even with such caution, they couldn't escape a battle.
As soon as the fight started, taking advantage of the others' attention being drawn, Sampo immediately slipped away, his escape speed as fast as humanly possible, disappearing into the wind and snow in an instant.
Fortunately, the strength of the guards was not strong. Under the joint offensive of the three, they couldn't resist at all and retreated repeatedly.
Just as March 7th shot out a rain of arrows, a burly man with a strong physique walked out from behind the guards.
He easily raised his hand and dissolved all of March 7th's arrows. When he stood in front of the three guards, he was like an indestructible wall. ]
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~Baki World~
"Strange, why are the arrows completely ineffective against him?"
Inside a certain dojo in Tokyo, Retsu Kaiou, covered in sweat, put down the spear in his hand and looked at his teacher, Kaiou Kaku, who was sitting quietly and drinking tea.
After witnessing Dan Heng's spearmanship, which could be described as one man being equal to a thousand, Retsu Kaiou once again developed a strong interest in spearmanship. For this reason, he specially invited his 146-year-old teacher to Tokyo to personally correct the shortcomings in his spearmanship.
However, he found that no matter how hard he practiced, he could never grasp the essence of Dan Heng's spearmanship and was far from his realm.
Clearly, that young man seemed to be much younger than him…
Retsu Kaiou came to Bairin Temple to learn martial arts at the age of four, and was praised as the number one genius of Chinese martial arts since he was a child. Swords, spears, swords, halberds, and sticks were his homework since he was a child. Seeing that Dan Heng's spearmanship was far superior to his own, he felt a sense of inferiority like a frog in a well.
His spearmanship and boxing skills were far apart, only because he had always believed that a person's fists were the most powerful and free weapons. But after witnessing Dan Heng's spearmanship, he began to waver in his beliefs since childhood.
…So it turned out that his spearmanship was worlds apart from others.
And today, after witnessing Gepard easily defuse March 7th's arrow rain offensive, he was even more surprised.
"I understand, teacher. These people from another world not only have extremely high martial arts skills, but also know how to neutralize force."
Before Kaiou Kaku could put down the teacup in his hand, Retsu Kaiou affirmed to himself,
"And it's a very pure form of neutralizing force!"
"Pfft… cough cough cough!"
Kaiou Kaku almost couldn't hold back when he heard this, and coughed violently from being choked by the tea.
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