Chapter 23 – Episode 23 – If a Man Pulls Out a Sword, He Should Cut It!
This is Ariana’s personal training room. Ariana, who was wearing her armor, said she would change into her outfit and she went to the locker room. I took off her uncomfortable leather armor and waited for Ariana.
“But I think someone told me not to meet the captain.”
This was one of the conditions I put forward when I messed with Rise Salt. However, I proudly broke my promise with her and followed Ariana. I would have fallen asleep anyway because I was tired, but I wouldn’t know what happened now.
“Did you wait long?”
“Yes.”
“Sorry for calling you so suddenly. Let’s finish before lunch.”
Today, it is a dress that shows the body line clearly. Maybe taking off more than 10 feet helped, but my peppers were still quiet.
“Can I ask what’s going on?”
“Okay, now I have to tell you.”
Ariana started talking by handing me her training sword.
“There will probably be a monster subjugation mission soon.”
“Masu… You mean?”
“Okay. Witchbeasts appeared in the forest not far away. They didn’t come out of the forest and cause no harm to civilians, but those who entered the forest said that few came out alive.”
I remembered the previous subjugation mission. At the time of Tyke’s murder, the empire initially looked down on monsters and sent in regular troops. Of course, it wasn’t that strong, but there was more damage than I thought. That’s how the unfortunate deaths were born.
“This time, there is not just one Witchbeast, but several. So I came to the conclusion that it was different from usual. At the same time as ordinary soldiers, the knights will also join.”
Several demons appeared.
I remember.
Even the knights participated in the mission, but similar to the previous subjugation, there were human casualties. I was sick at the time, so I didn’t know the details.
“Then are all our soldiers going?”
“Not all soldiers go. The soldiers mobilized are for the support of the knights, and the actual battle is up to the knights. So, that is.”
Ariana came up in front of me and put her hand on her shoulder.
“I want to give you a chance.”
“A chance?”
“It’s an opportunity to gain experience and make a mark.”
Ariana’s words meant, in other words, to participate in the monster subjugation operation. It was also an invitation to stand in the front, not the rear.
Certainly, it is a somewhat tempting invitation. If an ordinary soldier made a contribution in the monster subjugation operation, the promotion would be much faster. But at the same time, we had to prepare for the worst.
Are there soldiers among the knights?
Aside from the attention that is drawn, there may be some conspiracy caused by envy and jealousy.
And the fact that the articles were put in was just as dangerous. It’s a hard-earned second life, but you have to consider whether it’s enough to take an unpredictable risk.
“Will I be as good as I am?”
He has a bit of a knack for swordsmanship, but his use of magic is noticeably inferior to that of regular knights. It seemed harsh to a baby bird that had just begun flapping its wings.
“I know what you are concerned about. So, after taking a little additional test, I will train you before the mission.”
“Can you be very strong?”
“At least one person should be able to do it.”
More than one serving among knights?
It also meant that he would make as many knights, or even more. Even if a near-miss situation occurred, I had the confidence to survive with this grit. How much did I pay for the war jjambab, but that was the basics.
“How is it? Would you like to try it once? Even if you don’t make any achievements, your skills will definitely improve.”
I don’t know the details, but it meant that I would give you intensive training faster. The thought of spending more time with Ariana crossed Ryze’s mind, but I blithely ignored her contract and accepted Ariana’s invitation.
“Yes, let’s try one more time.”
“Okay. He’s like the man I look up to.”
Ariana smiled brightly as if she liked me and placed her hand on her sword again.
“Then, let’s take a test.”
This time, the sword Ariana held was different from her usual one. Longer and bigger, it feels like seeing a berserker’s long sword.
“Beasts are stronger than humans, and will use sharp teeth, horns, and claws. Of course, there are limits, but it reminds me of competing against demons as much as possible.”
As Ariana energized her, I countered and drew her sword from her scabbard. Similarly, it activates the magical powers of her entire body.
“Goes.”
Ariana’s style of the beast is completely different from her original style. It ruthlessly released her mana and rushed at me recklessly. While controlling the power, it is very powerful unlike the previous time when sparring with pure swordsmanship.
“Keugh.”
It wasn’t difficult to place the sword on Ariana’s long sword trail. Instead, the impact was much stronger than expected.
Ariana stumbled and pushed me away by her longsword.
“I will go one after another!”
With her blonde hair fluttering, she swung her long sword straight at me. It was easy to block this time too, but my hands were already tingling from the strong shock again. There was no time to counterattack properly due to the recoil transmitted whenever the iron collided.
In this way, it ends after being pushed helplessly.
I have to block it when I block it, but if I honestly block it with a sword, my arm will start to break. Ariana ran to push me even while I was thinking about it. It really felt like fighting a demon.
If the witch is the opponent… Never be attacked from the front. After that, from the next attack, I focused on avoiding Ariana’s long sword. If unavoidable, minimize impact and at an angle
Bounce off
Judging by Ariana’s expression of satisfaction, this was the correct answer.
“Okay, that’s how you deal with the Witchbeast!”
I avoided Ariana, who seemed delighted, and thought of her next steps. When confronted with a demon, just avoiding it won’t end. However, it was impossible for me, who had weak magic power, to kill the demon beast at once. Only a strong person like Ariana can do that.
Instead, there is a way to get back to the next best thing.
That is, accumulating damage by slashing every time a gap is visible.
I followed Ariana’s sword and rolled her eyes, trying to feed her effective blows. However, Ariana’s momentum itself was so ferocious that it made her approach very thought-provoking.
At this point, I wonder if she did well, but Ariana didn’t seem to want to stop. Her face was mixed with anticipation that she would surprise herself more if possible.
— KANG!!!
Another hit from the front.
I couldn’t avoid it, I couldn’t let it go, so I couldn’t help it.
At this rate, I would just dodge until I was exhausted, and in the end I would lose my weapon without being able to withstand the blow.
… Such a future is ugly.
If a fucking man had a knife, he’d have to cut something!
I gripped my sword tightly and gathered all my mana. One blow, don’t pour it out.
At this time, I felt the first sensation in my fingertips. It felt like the magical power sent from that fingertip made the sword even sharper. At the same time, it compresses the magic power in the legs.
“Heaaaaa!!!”
With a roaring spirit, he cut through the gap of the moment. A sword attack that is swung from the bottom up right after. I didn’t adjust my strength because I thought I’d avoid it anyway.
The moment I hit it, I see Ariana dodging my sword in surprise. For some reason, Ariana didn’t carry out her next attack.
Not wasting this opportunity, I threw myself and ran towards Ariana. If it’s a monster, it’s a very large being by nature. In the previous episode, there was a time when my life was at stake from a huge monster. When my colleagues were swept to death by the beast’s claws, I clung to the beast and saved my life. It was a similar case to humans not being able to scratch their backs properly.
At that time, when I was attached to the Witchbeast, I had my eyes closed. I didn’t want to see my colleagues die, and there was a reason I tried to escape the reality when the situation was over. Just like that time, I ran with my eyes tightly closed.
“What?!”
With Ariana’s short groan, my body glued to her soft body. A warm feeling touched my face, but my body was fully focused on the current battle. The plan was to lie on the floor and immobilize the enemy.
A thud — with a sound Ariana falls behind her. I held her as close as I could to keep Ariana from moving away from me.
“Oh, that, stop. Stop!”
I was going to fight back no matter how many times I was hit, but Ariana stopped the fight first.
“Omg… , Omg… Will you surrender…”
Raising my head, I froze at the sight below me. Two gigantic breasts appeared, uncovered. I was breathless at the raw chest of the knight commander I had never seen before.
The place where I was burying her face was Ariana’s breastbone.
“Come out!”
“Yes!”
I immediately stood up at the shout of the knight commander.
As I pondered how her chest had come to protrude, the conversion blow I wielded earlier was the correct answer. Seeing that there were no wounds, he avoided it, but it seems that his clothes were cut off with a slight cut on the part protruding from his chest.
Carefully examining Ariana, she was covering her breasts with both of her hands. However, her breasts that are larger than her hands are not covered. Even looking at her breasts protruding from her knuckles…
“… It’s okay.”
“No, this is… Haha… Under.”
Again, his pants were puffed up because of the head of his prick. Is it jojin? I wanted to, but since I had seen raw breasts once before, the circuit of hope went back.
“You pervert.”
“…”
“Hey, come here.”
Having said that, it wasn’t like Ryze’s narrowed eyes.
“Also… Don’t take it off.”
From Ariana Katrin, she could see her maiden awakening.
