So, he continuously let's go of the ppl that direct killing intent towards him, but an unarmed merchant doing absolutely nothing illegal gets sliced in two without batting a lash...😵💫? Well, shit... what was I expecting? There's been at least one nonsensical/ridiculous/illogical thing per chapter so far, might as well keep it uniform throughout😅.
On a better note, I thought he'd try to make some "barrier swords" as well. As long as it had a cutting edge (simply thinning one side to the maximum would work for that), the second it made a slice into something, with just the forward momentum of the swing and the barrier acting like a barrier, whatever was sliced would continue to separate from the barriers basic traits. That'd be one hell of a sword, if ya think about it😅: an opponent's swing would reflect back to them; just making the tiniest of slices the barrier would "barrier" and do the rest of the separating naturally during your swing's follow through (it'd be like cutting air, absolutely zero resistance); it would have absolute durability and it'd be completely maintenance free (ntm, bonus - it's basically cheap af and quickly produced)😳!