Chapter 227 – Pilgrimage.
– Whoa!
Krikaliev’s wooden sword pierced with the sound of cutting through the wind. Usher raised his rapier as if stabbing it and tried to block it, but his wooden sword climbed up the blade and cleared it away. As he raises his rapier again and raises his shield, the wooden sword eventually collides with the shield.
“Ugh!”
Tuong! I almost missed the shield at the sensation of the impact echoing with my knuckles.
“No matter how much a rapier stabs, can a good sword be used only for stabbing? Is the blade a decoration?”
Krikaliev grabbed the rapier and showed the blade.
“Ugh, but I don’t see any room to wield it.”
He was approaching so quickly that even if he tried to keep him from approaching, he would often be knocked out.
“I think I gave it that much time because there is no gap.”
“Still, wouldn’t stabbing increase the distance?”
“In that case, it would be much more advantageous to use a spear than a rapier.”
“Then wouldn’t it be better to use a spear?”
Rather than widening the distance with a sword like this, a spear would certainly be better. If it’s a spear, you’ll be able to attack your opponent safely from farther away.
“Don’t you think that the knight who taught you would have taught you the spear a long time ago if it was really useful?”
“Why do you need a sword?”
If Donnar also thought that a sword would be more useful than a spear, I wondered why.
“Because the most versatile weapon as an individual is the sword.”
“What about the window?”
“There are two cases when spears are used. One is when foot soldiers fight in groups.
If there are several people, a group of people can carry spears and stab opponents, and if they are riding Hilddisbiny, they will be able to safely swing their spears from a high place.
“…That you can keep your distance?”
“To be more precise, it is a state of minimizing the opportunity to approach the opponent as much as possible.”
The spears can be held up by several people to keep the dense bundle of spears from approaching easily, and if mounted on the Hildisbini, you can attack enemies safely from a high place and without hurting the Hildisbini.
“But when you use a spear alone, there are many gaps in many ways.”
Krikaliev took out a spear from among the various wooden weapons he had brought with him and handed it to him.
“If you don’t believe me, grab this instead and try it.”
Usher put down his rapier for a moment and took the wooden spear from him and held it in one hand. The spear, slightly longer than a rapier, was made of wood, so it was lighter than an iron sword. He thought that at this rate he could easily keep his distance, so he immediately threw a spear at Krikaliev.
“Huh? Huh?”
However, the spear became heavier the moment it was stabbed, and that was not the end. As Krikaliev grabbed the spear and pulled it forward, Usher immediately let go of the spear and threw it away. Thanks to him, he didn’t fall, but the spear had been taken away.
“How about trying it yourself? Isn’t it uncomfortable?”
“What happened?”
Although the spear was obviously lighter than the rapier, it felt much heavier when stabbed.
“Because of the center of gravity.”
“Center of gravity?”
Krikaliev held out the spear he had snatched from Usher again.
“Poke it again.”
Following his words, I grabbed the rear part of the spear and thrust it as far as I could, just as before. The spear also extended a little further than the rapier, but the hand holding the spear didn’t seem to be able to stay that way for long.
“Now, as you can see, if you want to extend the spear far, you have to hold the rear part. In this way, no matter how well the spear is centered, the center will go forward.”
In particular, spears used as weapons are made of whole iron.
“No matter how much light steel is used as a spear, circumstances are bad.”
The ones we use now are made from mangrove trees common in Parz, but the trees were a particularly valuable resource. They couldn’t be used to make spears, so they had no choice but to use iron.
“However, it is not necessarily a bad thing that the center of gravity is forward.”
“Why?”
“Because the fact that the weight is carried forward means that you can give the opponent that much impact. Now pick up the rapier and stab it again.”
When I let go of the spear and fired the rapier, I could feel it moving lightly without leaning forward. Even with my hand stretched out, it doesn’t feel too heavy.
“The fact that the center of gravity is on the handle means it’s easy to retrieve when stabbed.”
Certainly, it was difficult to pull the spear because it tried to keep going once it was extended forward, but the rapier was able to bring it back without much effort no matter how many times it was stabbed.
“Instead, it’s a flaw that the amount of impact that can be applied is reduced, but which one is more convenient for you to use?”
Usher remembered Krikaliev, who had immediately snatched the spear he had thrown at him. Considering that the spear was taken away without a chance to use it because of the weight that was thrown forward, it was dangerous no matter how strong the attack was.
“I think a rapier is better.”
Even if the power was reduced, it was great that the danger when stabbed was small. Unlike a spear, a rapier is a sword, so there is little risk of being caught and taken away by the rod like a spear. A rapier looked better than a spear, as the most important thing Donard taught was self-defense.
“Still, try to attack by punching or swinging your opponent’s weapon rather than stabbing.”
“Why?”
“In the first place, stabbing itself is an act that is accompanied by many risks. Attacks that are directed only forward can be easily reversed by hitting the side.”
Come to think of it, every time Usher stabbed Krikaliev, he put away his rapier and dug in lightly.
“The rapier reduces the risk of stabbing, but does not eliminate it. Above all, how were you taught to use a longsword?”
Certainly Donnar had emphasized sword-to-sword, but he kept stabbing himself in an attempt to stop Krikaliev from approaching. A rapier was a little different from a longsword, but that didn’t mean it couldn’t be used like a longsword. It was when Usher was examining his rapier and figuring out how to handle it better.
“Let’s finish it now and go eat.”
“Yes? But not yet.”
“It’s not good to just train too much. And look at the sky.”
It wasn’t until after hearing Krikaliev’s words that Usher realized that the sun was setting, leaving behind a faint trail of sunset. The night was coming tonight.
“Are you done now?”
Reluctantly following him back to the cave, Priyazen watched them perched on a rock at the entrance with his fin hanging down.
“Mmmm! Humans can manage to argue for so long. I’m pretty envious of that.”
When she stretched her back, Usher averted her gaze, feeling burdened by her undulating figure, as if her two hills were about to throw off the little cloth they were clasping themselves in. The feeling that his own gaze would keep sticking to the woman’s body was unpleasant.
“What have you been waiting for?”
“Whoops, do you have to have something to see before we can meet?”
She snorted in delight, but her own Krykalev waved her hand in annoyance.
“If you’re here to talk nonsense, get out of the way.”
“Chii, be ruthless. You don’t have much to do?”
Priyazen, sullen, pursed her lips and pulled out Wen de Vayaka.
“Can we have dinner together?”
“…After all, shouldn’t I be doing the cooking?”
“But we don’t even know how.”
“Tsk, there’s more to do.”
Krikaliev eventually passed her and entered her cave, but she did not particularly reject it. Usher was a little displeased, but since Krikaliev was there, she was about to follow him into the cave without saying anything.
“Wait a minute. Luboshi! Don’t hide, come out.”
When Usher turned around in amazement at her words, she belatedly met the red eyes of Lubosi, who had only her face sticking out in her sleep. She looked at her priyazen at the sight of her flinching, but she only smiled brazenly.
“Is that what you used to light the fire?”
As Krikaliev lit the brazier to cook, Priyazen approached him and watched curiously.
“Other humans carry one, but have you never seen one?”
“It’s not like I’ve never seen it, but when it touches water, it floats around and smells bad, so I left it there.”
Usher didn’t have time to care what they were saying even though he could hear the sound of their conversation. Because Luboshi was also sitting near him. Every time she glanced at him, Usher felt her body stiffen. She said that if she was lucky, she too was hesitantly away and she never approached him, but even he didn’t mean much to Usher. Because just being in one place with her was burdensome. Every time she met Luboshi’s eyes, she remembered what she had done to her.
Luboshi’s lips, which seemed to glisten in the light of the bonfire, opened and bit his cock, and at the same time, the feeling of licking the gap with his tongue, and even the slim neckline that throbbed as he swallowed the semen that had finally spilled out. Looking elsewhere, the results were not so good. A day was not enough to forget the sight of white liquid smearing everything, from the breasts slightly pressed down by the cloth to her smooth belly and sunken navel. It would have been better if the whole thing had been unpleasant.
The most terrible thing was the fact that I definitely felt pleasure in the process. Even now, while doing this, his stuff that was trying to swell was painful. In the end, Usher couldn’t remember the taste of that evening. She wanted to see Belka quickly.
“Haa, Luboshi. I’ve arranged a place for you, but what if you can’t say a word?”
“Sorry.”
Priyazen touched his forehead at the sight of Luboshi, who hesitated in front of him and apologized.
“You should have said that while he was awake.”
Because she was trying to apologize to Usher. Even though Priyajen, who was frustrated by her seldom approaching her, made an opportunity for herself, Lu Bosi couldn’t apologize to him until the meal was over. Usher was late, either because she was tired after her meal or because she wanted to avoid them, because she immediately fell asleep in the corner of the cave.
“I think it’s late today, so let’s talk again tomorrow.”
“…Huh.”
Ruboshi looked at the back of Usher, who fell asleep as if he was sorry for Priyazen’s words, and left her cave. Then Krikaliev addressed her to Priyazen, who was watching her.
“You seem to care quite a bit.”
“Because he’s the last born among us. It just happened that way.”
She shook her head and walked over to him.
“Aren’t you doing too much?”
“What do you mean?”
“Today. You taught me too briefly. I even brought you precious fish.”
Priyazen grumbled and reprimanded him.
“Arthurra. I’m busy too, but I get tired of doing it for a long time. On the first day, it’s better to keep it short and clear.”
“Certainly, my friends are also busy talking about you right now. They say it’s amazing or something.”
“So the reason you offered me such a deal is also isolation?”
“Oh, did you notice already?”
She gently strokes her fins.
“It’s a business, and if you talk so out of the blue, anyone will notice.”
“Chii, this is something I decided to think about seriously in my own way.”
“What did you do if I couldn’t convince you?”
“If that’s the case, I thought you’d be able to convince me by force. Huhu, but it was more than I expected.”
Priyazen finally let out a sigh. The carefree smile she always wore disappears from her face and reveals a worry that hangs like a thick dark cloud.
“But I’m worried. Thanks to you, we found a chance to change, but humans think of us as monsters? Can such humans truly love us?”
Krikaliev replied to her bitterly spitting out the reality.
“That shouldn’t be too much of a concern.”
“Why?”
“There are many possibilities in this world.”
Muttered Priyazen at the sight of Krikaliev raising her thumb.
“…What’s wrong with that?”