The Strongest Spellblade

Chapter 45 – The Never Ending Journey

This book's true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.“Damian, is this real?” I asked hesitantly.

“Yes. Many parts have been confirmed. Bastian did kill many adventurers of the Eldarin Empire. There were a large spike of disappearances in the dungeon where he was known to have been a slave. There were countless paintings and statues made of the man, even if he didn’t care for them,” Tutor Damian explained. I turned back to reading with trepidation on what would come next.

“Tutor Damian, what is this?” I asked.

“Ah, are you at the early baking part. He goes on for quite some time talking about baking and describing the various rolls and techniques he developed over his long life.”

“Why?”

“Ah, well Bastian never learned to read or write. While he found a book on Mana, it is speculated he forced people to read it to him. An unnamed writer decided to follow him and record his entire life’s journey, in honor of all of his achievements. The book is a collection of Bastian’s thoughts, with a focus on all the times he came close to death, interspersed with his culinary accolades regarding his numerous baking skill,” Tutor Damian explained.

“But…this man is clearly mad,” I said.

“Madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Your mother might seem a lot more normal, but she has various issues as well. Her focus isn’t baking,” he said while staring at me. I couldn’t help but blush and be embarrassed at that comparison.

“Is the entire book like this?” I asked.

“Indeed. That is why it isn’t very popular despite being incredibly famous. Constant near death experiences, but as time goes on, Bastian keeps dragging his enemies to death more and more. If they do one bit of damage, he does two bits of damage, and tries to outlast them. I don’t’ recommend this fighting style, but it worked for him. There is quite a bit of speculation on what his tier 6 skill could be. It is known he had one, but if anyone saw him use it they never recorded the specifics,” Damian explained.

“It is depressing,” I said.

“Indeed, it is. But he is right. If you can read the entire thing and still want to go into the dungeon, then you have the tenacity to go the distance. And it has taken your mind off other things.” Damian was right about that. Reading about Bastian I had forgotten about where I was or why I was at the Five Star Institute of Healing.