Chapter 65 – Episode 65. It’s Not Even a Boy’s Manga (3)
“Hey.”
“Huh?”
“If you’re a lieutenant knight, you should push with firepower like a lieutenant knight, what kind of shield is that?”
Astrid looked at Violet, revealing that she was uncomfortable inside. At first glance, I thought it was a magic knight, but unexpectedly, Violet was also majoring in a heavy-duty knight.
“I don’t know what you mean.”
Violet shrugged and raised her shield. A square shield large enough to cover Violet’s entire body and a hatchet emitting cool light between them gave off an unusual look.
“There is only one life. A shield is an extra life.”
“Having somewhere to retreat makes you weak, don’t you know?”
“Even if I become weak, I don’t want to die. Don’t you know how big the difference is with and without extra lives? Oh, you wouldn’t think of that in the first place.”
【As expected, shield warriors can’t help it. I like extra life. It’s okay if you crush it at the same time.]
‘At times like this, my opinion is perfect.’
Astrid sighed and readjusted the greatsword in his hand.
The number of mid-long term knights was not so great.
The largest number were magic knights, followed by magicians, then heavy knights, then archers, and then nuns. Originally, heavy knights had the most.
In the era of romance of standing at the forefront of the battlefield with overwhelming firepower and pushing through the enemy lines, heavy-duty knights were the most common. Ironically, the heavy-duty knight, who was called the flower of the battlefield and the incarnation of the battlefield, was on the decline with the advent of the magic bracelet, while the magic knight reached its heyday.
Without even a chant, she uses the magic stored in advance to harass the enemy, seizing the moment to pierce their throat and suffocate them. As a result, the number of magic knights increased rapidly according to the trend that there was no choice but to be flashy, and to become a soldier should be stylish.
“Anyway, I wanted to compete with you at least once. The snowy white leopard, Astrid.”
“Does it really have to be like this?”
Astrid was weak to anything she did with her head. He wasn’t used to having to use his brain at all. He was good at whatever he did with his body instead. He was good at everything he had to do with his body, such as physical education and training for his special skills.
Today was one of them. It all started with a sudden question asked during a battle doctrine class by a heavy general knight.
-Professor, then what should be the top priority for a mid-long term engineer? Is it strong firepower? Or should I take care of some defense?
This question, which I don’t know who asked, suddenly flared up. That had to be the case, most of the cadets aspiring to become lieutenant knights gathered here had a good sense of humor, but of course public opinion prevailed that the enemy should be killed with overwhelming firepower, disregarding defense, and Astrid was the loudest among them.
On the other hand, Violet’s voice was the loudest in saying that proper defense is like an extra life, and that the loss of a heavily armored knight is a great loss to the country, so the survival rate must be taken care of.
“You’ve never fought on a boat, so I don’t know. How scary are the shaking feet. If you lose your balance for a moment, everything is over.”
You shouldn’t even give it a chance in the first place. Astrid sniffed and engulfed his nose.
The result is this. Astrid and Violet stood facing each other on the ring prepared in the middle of the classroom. It was not a wooden armament as it was during the training period, but a weapon made of rather crude quality iron with no blade.
But if you’re as strong as Astrid, it’s a different story. Even a weapon made of iron can hurt enough, and even take a life at full strength. Just in case, Variant opened his eyes wide and looked at Violet and Astrid alternately.
“Well then, let’s take what the winner here claims is right. Everyone, do you have any disagreements?”
Variant looked around the classroom. No one has any disagreement. Undoubtedly, as Variant said, they agreed that the winner’s opinion was considered correct.
“Okay then. Two, are you ready?”
Violet breathed in lightly and looked at Astrid. Astrid, who was holding the greatsword with both hands, was not in any particular fighting stance. He stood with his stride wide open, only his arms hanging down, and stared at his violet.
Even Astrid couldn’t wield a greatsword of that size and weight like a one-handed sword. Although they had the upper hand in terms of attack distance, Violet had a shield and an ax capable of quick and accurate strikes.
Dig in A single swordsman’s blow was thrown away with a shield. And if you dig in, it ends there. Power is important in battle, but speed and precise strikes are also important, so Astrid’s carelessness at this moment will soon lead to defeat.
Violet was nicknamed the Great White Shark in the southern port of Otria. He quickly and precisely aims for the throat of his enemies, and does not miss a single bite.
“Come on, two. Are you ready?”
The two did not respond to Variant’s words. But it was also a signal, so Variant shouted.
“Start!”
Contrary to Violet’s expectations, Astrid didn’t move first. The tip of the greatsword was slightly lifted and pointed at Violet, but other than that it didn’t move.
‘Wait for me to come in?’
Violet’s judgment was quick. An ax in the right hand, a shield in the left. Violet kicked off the ground and ran first.
【Can I change it?】
‘… I do not need.’
Astrid moved. The greatsword held in both hands moved and flew towards Violet, and Violet raised her shield aiming for it.
Violet tilted her shield towards the horizontally flying greatsword.
The greatsword slid along the smooth surface of the shield with a clicking sound, and the moment Astrid felt like her posture was shaking, Violet was already close to Astrid.
With a bang, the shield hit Astrid’s side of the head. In the past, when fighting pirates, this was the point at which the head was broken or the whole body spun around, revealing a bare back.
“Are you weaker than you thought?”
Astrid was laughing. Violet retrieved the shield that struck Astrid on the side of the head and slammed his ax down.
“Late.”
Astrid was faster than him. The greatsword he had been holding with both hands was in his left hand before he knew it, and the greatsword he raised with that hand was blocking the ax he was cutting down.
“Your strength is weak.”
‘This… !’
Caught by the collar Violet was grabbed by the throat in an instant and dragged right in front of Astrid.
Astrid with a white face was smiling. A rather eerie smile bloomed on her face, and Astrid glared straight at Violet.
“Who said there is no defense? Her body is just a piece of armor.”
– Boom!
Astrid’s forehead collided with her, Violet’s. With the sound of her gunpowder exploding, as Violet stumbled in pain that would blow her mind away, Astrid let go of her collar and kicked her away, pushing her away.
And that’s when it started. With her kick, she kicked Violet’s wrist to blow away her axe, and as if mocking the remaining shield in her other hand, she began beating her Violet with only the side of her greatsword.
It was not the sound of cutting flesh and breaking bones, but the scene of one-sided beatings taking place in this class.
“Ouch.”
Even so, Violet wasn’t particularly hurt because she adjusted her strength. Originally, Astrid’s headbutt, which should have been hit on the bridge of the nose, was deliberately done on the forehead, and the beating with the side of the greatsword was also slow.
Violet, who had been beaten directly by her, knew all the better, so she had no ill feelings towards Astrid either.
Her shield buckled, and her hatchet flew away. However, when she engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the difference between her body’s durability was too great.
“Oh no, I can’t.”
Violet, who had dropped her axe and slumped in her seat, raised both hands.
“Did I win?”
As Violet raised her hand as if admitting defeat, blood dripped from Violet’s nose.
【I’m sorry. Getting hit on the side of her head. If it wasn’t for the shield, we would have already become incapacitated.]
‘I just hit him because I thought it would be okay if he got hit.’
【Is it so. There’s still a long way to go. A great white shark like that, it’s funny, but.]
“Great job.”
Whatever the real Astrid said in her head, Astrid reached over to her Violet and held out her hand.
“But you seem to be careless too.”
“Huh?”
Violet’s hand grabbed Astrid’s. As she slanted off balance, her Astrid was about to fall, but her Violet sat down and kicked Astrid in the abdomen, sending her flying away from her.
“Hey, hey crazy!”
“If you win, that’s it!”
Variant just watched it. Astrid jumped in and then jumped out like a spring, fighting against Astrid, rolling over, pulling his hair, pinching his cheek, and punching him in the face.
And the result was that in the afternoon after class that day, both Violet and Astrid were fully armed and finished with 30 laps at the parade ground.
“… But after a fight, don’t you think we’ve gotten a little closer?”
Violet grinned as she rubbed her forehead, where the pain still lingered.
“You have no idea? Just look at you really A great white shark or something that rips its jaws open, you really are.”
“Hey, I won because I got nosebleeds first, right? Wouldn’t you be mean to admit the win?”
But Astrid remembered. As he slumped back in his seat, saying he had lost, Violet’s nose was bleeding.
“Your nosebleeds!”
“What? You never did that?!”
“I saw it!”
“Hey, are you even lying now!?”
“I guess this is really, less accurate, hey, do you really want to die?!”
“Would you like to wear real oak barrel shoes and see the bottom of Murray Strait?!”
And Variant, who was watching it, quietly added 20 laps.
