I Became the First Prince: Legend of Sword's Song

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"Begin!"

At the end of Count Balahard's words, Taylor immediately spun a mana ring in the middle of his chest. He felt vitality spreading all over his body, and the tension on his stiff muscles was quickly released.

All that was left was a sense of duty to repay the family's resentment.

Taylor smirked.

"Then I will go first. Please be careful," he warned and rushed in. The distance narrowed in an instant.

Fat kid, I'll teach you to be afraid.

As he charged, he filled his blow with mana, with enough power to cause a grave injury. In any case, the frightened prince may immediately give up.

He imagined the prince crying and shouting for help, and he can't help but grin at the thought.

He struck.

Pssss...

"Huh?" Taylor was confused as soon as he heard a hissing sound. Did I get him that easily?

"Is that the power of a single ring? Seems a little sloppy," he heard the annoying voice.

The prince was standing before him, behind a vertically raised sword, blocking his attack.

Taylor stepped back, unable to comprehend what happened.

He put a lot of mana and made it flow from the ring to the sword. He also swung the sword with enough power to cause an injury. It should have been enough to defeat the prince, who had only practiced with the sword a couple of months ago.

But it was blocked easily.

With a wooden sword, even.

Taylor could not understand.

"Uh, how?" he asked aloud, and the prince laughed.

"Well..." the prince spun his wooden sword with a face full of the usual ignorance.

Woo woo woo.

The prince's sword made a strange sound.

It was the sound of a sword covered in mana.

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"Oh!"

The court knights who saw Taylor Tailheim's attack were worried. They almost jumped in to prevent it from hitting the prince.

But before they can do so, the attack landed.

Everyone expected the prince to come crashing to the floor.

Only a mana sword could block another mana sword's attack. There was no way the prince could have stopped it, having only two months of sword training under his belt.

Pssss...

But it was not what they expected.

The prince didn't even step back. He stood still and blocked Taylor's sword easily.