The Legend of the Northern Blade북검전기

There was a time when men of diverse countries would line up in front of each other on the vast plain, and only when they were perfectly lined, would they start shooting at their enemies in front of them, instead of hiding themselves in the woods or some trenches. Stupid, right? Yet it happened.

There was also a time when before waging a war, men would have to make a solemn declaration toward the lord of the fief, and only after a certain time would they be able to start their noble conquest, instead of simply capitalizing on the element of surprise.

Those are the way of the world, and in this novel, in those ancient times, the part about the MC's father focus on the pride and dignity of the warrior. A great warrior, for the sake of protecting his only son, after realizing that no better way was possible, decide to gamble with his own life, betting on the fact that He, by avoiding bloodshed for his enemies, would allow their enemies to not shatter their own pride (in front of each other), and showing some magnality befitting the winner.

This novel is actually well portrayed, quite contrary to your rebuke. Think about it, what are the chance that the enemy's son is some kinda of supreme prodigy? What are the chance that the guy would be a threat after they had send people to confirm that he did not practice, nor did he know any martial art? One thing for certain was that, if they still had eliminate an unharmed boy, after the father made this kind of supreme sacrifice in front of everyone... then, there certainly wouldn't have manage to earn the respect of the folks, and achieve the greater hegemony.

I find it more sad that some people, quite like yourself, criticize one of those rather few, excellent novel, which had portrayed a decent scene of self-sacrifice, without really trying to understand the underlying why, and only insult the MC's father... for not behaving like most of the third rate junk's novel.

Aye... I'm tearing up.

Absolutly agree.
And thats only the start for the cliche and forced parts in the story.

No when it comes to this, its about reputation

His father sacrificed himself while declaring that promise in front of thousands and thousands of warriors. While they were shameless enough to betray the sect that protected them for a hundred years, but even they can't be shameless enough to kill a child that way. The public wrath can be very bad in some cases. Its all about politics.

And if they didnt promise then his dad would have faught. And he was just too strong - would have single-handedly finished half of their whole group of nine skies and other elites before he died. Too bad of a loss.

Now u get the point? While it seems illogical they didn't kill him, the reasons were two:
1. couldnt refuse that promise
2. actually wanted to politically use his presence as son of a traitor in some way - ppl can be greedy in the worst ways as u can see. Heros kill straight, while villains just looove to corrupt a good guy cuz they r greedy.

349/2419 slice of life ranobes. Idk how do they decide the genres but according to the one who decides it:

That one is good as well.

Yeah, and Volcanic Age is also a good one, though not as good as CoHD and LoNB.

I agree everyone should see it.