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As for the second method...

It truly was the simplest approach.

Moreover, he had a way to reach the Heavenly Sword. He just needed to continuously use free attribute points to enhance his swordsmanship talent, and he would eventually reach it.

But the problem boiled down to one thing: was it worth it?

With a thought from Kenma, a deep blue data panel materialized before his eyes.

'System, how many levels are there for swordsmanship talent from lowest to highest?'

[Ding! From lowest to highest, the swordsmanship talent levels are Extremely Weak, Mediocre, Fairly Talented, Exceptionally Talented, Extremely Formidable, and Divine.]

Uh...

Thinking of a certain conversion ratio, Kenma's expression stiffened.

Oh no, don't tell me it's exponential growth every single time?

Realizing this, he gulped before continuing to ask, 'Then if I want to upgrade from my current level to the highest level, how many attribute points will it take?'

[Ding! After calculation, a total of 111,100 attribute points are required.]

'How much?! How on earth did you calculate this?!'

With a bloody 110,000 free attribute points, if he poured them all into stats, crushing a planet with one hand probably wouldn't even be a difficult task.

By then, what the hell was there to fear about Pandora?

Slapping the entire Re:Zero world to pieces would probably just be a matter of a single palm strike.

[Ding! The free attribute points required to upgrade swordsmanship talent are as follows:]

[Upgrading from Mediocre to Fairly Talented requires a total of 100 free attribute points.]

[Upgrading from Fairly Talented to Exceptionally Talented requires a total of 1,000 free attribute points.]

[Upgrading from Exceptionally Talented to Extremely Formidable requires a total of 10,000 free attribute points.]

[Upgrading from Extremely Formidable to Divine requires 100,000 free attribute points.]

Hearing the specific breakdown, Kenma helplessly supported his forehead.

It really was exponential growth.

Just at this moment, he suddenly thought of something, his pupils contracting slightly.

That is right! Why limit himself to just this point!

No one ever said his swordsmanship talent had to reach Divine level to break through to the Heavenly Sword. Perhaps there was an even simpler method?

'System, based on this talent classification, what kind of swordsmanship talent does the First Sword Saint Reid have?'

[Ding! First Sword Saint Reid has semi-Divine Swordsmanship Talent. Because he could not break through the restrictions of the Re:Zero world, he was unable to reach the Divine level.]

Hearing these words, a trace of pleasant surprise flashed through Kenma's eyes.

In other words, Reid only took three months to reach the Heavenly Sword, yet the other party possessed just Extremely Formidable talent?

If that was the case, how many months would it take for Exceptionally Talented, which was one rank lower than Extremely Formidable talent, to reach the Heavenly Sword?

On this point, Kenma had no way of verifying. But regardless, even if he only needed to reach Exceptionally Talented to have hope of attaining the Heavenly Sword, that would still require a full 1,100 free attribute points. He would have to die over 1,000 times for this.

If he could reach the Heavenly Sword just by dying over 1,000 times, he would actually be quite willing. But now the biggest problem lay right before him.

It was very difficult for him to die continuously over 1,000 times now.

Due to the sudden loss of control by Satella, his time rewind had suffered severe disorder, and even his save points were constantly shifting.

Damn it!

Kenma patted his head, having thought for ages, only for his thoughts to return to the starting point in the end.

He still had to prioritize resolving the sudden issue with Satella before he could smoothly handle other matters.

In that case, he would test it once more to see if the save points were truly beginning to become unfixed.

After all, from discovering the problem until now, he had only died twice in total. Perhaps that time had just seen a brief change and didn't represent the true outcome.

Thinking of this, his expression grew stern, and he drew the flesh greatsword, a crimson slash continuously condensing along the blade.

In the very next instant, he delivered a slash toward his own neck.

Squelch!

The crimson slash laboriously sliced open the flesh of Kenma's neck, but got stuck at his trachea.

Kenma's arms suddenly exerted force, and the crimson slash expanded its scale once more, forcefully severing the trachea and major arteries at his neck, slicing off his entire head.

In fact, even with pain reduction, wanting to so effortlessly hack off one's own entire head was still a task that required formidable willpower.

Besides, it was practically impossible to slice it off in a second. He had to bit by bit hack through his neck tissues like a slow slicing execution.

But Kenma, who had already died hundreds of times, could be said to be as hard as iron in terms of mental fortitude.

At the stump of his headless body, blood burst all over the sky, and the head sent flying by blood pressure crashed onto the ground.

...

[Ding! Detected that the host is engaging in suicidal behavior, unable to trigger Avenger, no free attribute points acquired.]

Biting gales poured into his eardrums, and Kenma abruptly opened his eyes, his expression changing slightly.

He turned his head and looked at the mansion below with a giant hole smashed into it, realizing what time he was in.

Why the hell did he end up here?

This period was precisely when he had knocked over Wilhelm and swaggered out of Crusch's mansion.

It seemed his guess was indeed correct. The timeline of Return by Death had suffered massive disorder and was beginning to become extremely random.

Satella, what on earth has happened to you?