I Reincarnated as a Shinai - Chapter 363

“How’s your body?” Reiji asked Shiori as soon as they arrived in the jungle. He noticed that even though she was no longer injured, Shiori’s movement seems to be stiff.

“Ahh… I’m fine, Master Reiji. I’m just too tense since I don’t have a weapon.” Shiori replied helplessly.

Her sword was broken a while ago when fighting against the Dark Elves Warriors. The weapons of the Dark Elves can’t be used as well since Reiji shattered them into pieces while Szaaz corroded the weapons of the Mages.

These two Sentient Arcana were just too destructive and wasteful.

“Eh? You didn’t tell me earlier… Just use me for now… I’ll relax for a bit. Szaaz, assist her as we’ll move to the center of this forest. I noticed that there is a lake there. That’s our destination.”

Reiji said as he let Shiori grab him. On the other hand, Szaaz decided to stick on Shiori’s back so he won’t waste his energy floating around.

As for the Man-Eating Eagle, it is giving Reiji information through its aerial view.

“Master… I forgot to mention, I still have the books with me. I already completed them with a total of four volumes.” Shiori suddenly said which made Reiji pause for a moment.

‘Book?’ Reiji have no idea what she was talking about.

However, he remained silent for a while as tried to recall what book it was.

“Here, I brought them with me… I made sure not to lose them. A copy of these books is inside the Dojo at Bhibra Village. Right, the Dojo has become larger and is now made of stones and bricks instead of wood.” Shiori explained as she showed the book to Reiji.

The latter finally recalled what he instructed Shiori before.

It is to create a book or a guide for the Miyazaki Sword Style!

That’s right! He instructed her to create this so they can easily spread the Sword Style and earn a lot of followers. That way, Reiji thought that he could easily complete the missions being given to him by the guide.

Well, as of now, he doesn’t need a lot of followers since he needed to rank up first.

[ Rank Up Quest Progress ]

[ Legendary Rank: 0/4 ]

[ Mythical Rank: 0/1 ]

[ Sentient Mythical Rank: 0/1 ]

Reiji looked at this current progress and sighed after seeing it.

Legendary Rank Arcana is already difficult to find but he needed four of them… If he can’t find them in Enetha Empire, he might really have to use unjust means to take them. After all, he can’t use an owned Arcana. They must be unowned and it means that their Owner must be dead already.

Well, killing legendary rank users is the last option he had. It would be the same for the Mythical Rank Arcana.

As for the Sentient Mythical Rank, needless to say, it would be Szaaz who will be sacrificed so he no longer needs to worry about this.

Szaaz is a Mythical, Ancient, and Sentient Cursed Arcana after all, so Cyril is no longer worried about that part. He’s also not feeling a bit of pity for this Arcana after learning that it had killed over a hundred thousand people before because of the plague it caused.

With so many deaths it caused, Szaaz deserves to be sacrificed. For that, he can only hope that Crol, the Deity who supports Szaaz, would not target him.

“Alright, Shiori… You did a great job completing the book. However, we’re not going to look for students for now… I’ll do that after I completed my Rank Up.”

“I understand, Master Reiji.”

Reiji then decided to open his Void so he can keep the books safe. It would be a shame if it was just destroyed and be wasted in battle.

Thud…

Shiori’s steps halted after hearing the rustling of leaves ahead.

She held the shinai firmly as she used a simple Water Stance to welcome any enemies.

“It’s just a Horned Viper… No need to worry too much.”

Szaaz said as he released a bit of his Killing Intent.

It was enough to chase away the weaker beasts. However, it would certainly attract a territorial beast if it was detected.

“We’re getting closer to the lake… Oh, you have good taste, Master Reiji. No wonder you wanted to get some Sword Slaves here.” The Trident Arcana said with an excited expression after noticing the intelligent creatures living near the lake!

In truth, this jungle is actually protected by an amazing Array Formation but was silently broken by Reiji’s ability. It is thanks to the ability he acquired in the pond called Mystical Energy Manipulation.

It has also reached its maximum level. At this point, Reiji is capable of easily analyzing formations that are formed using Spiritual Energy.

This ability is what the other Sentient Arcana are lacking. This is why Luoyang and the others could tell that there is something more about the Mystical Energy and wanted to explore it a bit more…

Unfortunately for them, Reiji doesn’t know how to teach it to others since he learned it using the Guide or the system helping him.

Grrr… Grrr…

As their group arrived at the nearby lake, they heard the growling werewolves surrounding them.

These humanoid wolves were looking at their group in anger but with a hint of cautiousness. They aren’t normal Evil Beasts as they possess high intelligence.

“Master, they’re the White Werewolves Tribe. I heard about them from the Elders of the Half-Imps… They are highly intelligent Werewolves and learned the use of Arrays on their human form.”

Shiori cautiously said as she raised her guard. Even Szaaz started floating above her to ensure their safety.

The White Werewolves were called as such not because they have white furs but because of their white eyes.

“How did you enter?!” One of them suddenly asked… They were confident with their Array and they should be able to know when someone break through it. However, they weren’t alarmed at all and they let the intruder get this far!