Though various schools of swordsmanship flourish, pirates, the Navy, and even traditional Knights must learn swordsmanship when they start to meet the prerequisites of their extraordinary professions.
But once they leave the complex terrain and tangled ropes of a sailboat and enter large battlefields where heavy weapons can be wielded, their weapons are invariably lengthened significantly.
Even a Sword Saint like Byron was no exception.
Even after mastering Divine Sight and achieving the realm where he could Lift Light as If Heavy, he wouldn't clash head-on with an equal opponent. If they were armed with heavy weaponry, it would only add to their weight.
With a light weapon in hand, one absolutely couldn't win against them, except for those Castilian Swordsmen obsessed with the Supreme Art.
Using a five-meter lance against a one-foot dagger was also the best counter Byron could think of against Cassius's Dagger.
