I'm back from the city's brave guild to Lit Village, that afternoon.
Soon the sun was about to set, in the garden in front of a borough cabin named the College of the Brave, where Rio and the “Holy Knight of Steel” Cecilia stood opposite each other.
I'm talking about Cecilia getting an archery on Rio, but what she's wearing along with it is gear for action.
Namely, Cecilia is a plate armor, a shield and a sword.
What Rio is equipped with is also the real short sword she uses in the actual battle of demon king exorcism.
By the way, I, Illis and Mayfa are touring sideways.
"Hey, Sister Cecilia. Are you sure you're okay with punching in with a real sword? I think it's more aggressive than you think."
Rio asks anxiously, but Cecilia smiles furiously.
"Oh, think of me as the demon king to defeat, and I hope he punches in with all his might. By the way, if you seem to be acting weird, you're going to get Rio from me.... hahaha... hahaha"
"Wow, okay. I'm going to do everything I can to take him down. I mean, I'd rather take it down."
Rio is here. He showed himself running cold on his spine and then faced Cecilia with a serious set up.
Cecilia also intercepts Rio with a shield and sword.
I guess the sword, like the shield, is going to be used for defense.
"Then let's go, Sister Cecilia."
"Mmm, go ahead."
Rio popped out like an arrow at the right time to see if Cecilia had finished saying so.
And quickly dive into Cecilia's pocket.
"─ Huh!
That speed seemed slightly above Cecilia's forecast.
A skilled female brave man gives a slightly surprising look.
"I got... [sickness sword]!
Rio unleashed an instant multi-stage attack from there when he shone the fighting spirit involved in activating the move.
It's my specialty and the strongest sword technique Rio can use today [Disease Sword].
One blow is pushed by an overwhelming number of strokes of light stuff. This move is arguably one of the fairly user-friendly sword moves located in the upper intermediate class.
But...
Seeing the move activated, Cecilia laughed all the time.
Kickin ', gaggin', gaggin ', gaggin'...!
The slaughter that Rio unleashes hits Cecilia as she stands.
"Become...!?
When I finished releasing my moves, it was Rio who had the surprise look on his face.
Because Cecilia, who received Rio's genuine [disease sword], was perfectly intact.
Neither did Cecilia show much of the dodging, leaving the majority of the slaughter to hit her own plate armor.
Cecilia defended herself with swords and shields only a few rounds when the armor was about to hit an undefended area.
─ ─ The Battle Style of the "Holy Knight of Steel” Cecilia is that by bringing his vast fighting spirit together in armor, he starts an enemy attack with an unusual amount of defense.
Rio's [disease sword], which has a mild blow, is the worst compatible with Cecilia's style of combat, and even if it isn't, it has a difference in strength at the base.
"Mmm, it's still light. Then... it won't work against a strong enemy."
"─ Huh!?
Cecilia lets go of her sword from her right hand and stretches her hand toward Rio's chest barn.
Rio made a big leap backwards with a genuinely frightening look, taking distance from Cecilia.
"Ha... ha... but you're stronger than your brother... but you're not lying..."
Rio was in a moment of engagement now, showing remarkable wear and tear.
I'm guessing you're using tremendous concentration.
Cecilia, by contrast, grins and smiles at Rio with an extra look, picking up her sword again.
"Sounds like a good idea. But... is that the end of what Rio really means?
"Ma, not yet! If [Disease Sword] doesn't work...!
Rio drives again towards Cecilia.
Instead of diving straight into Cecilia's nostalgia this time, he probably made a big jump in front of him.
"How about this-- [Rock Slashing Sword]!
Rio swung his sword wide in the air, swinging his sword down as he fell towards Cecilia.
The struggle of Rio's sword strikes Cecilia by turning the momentum of natural decline into power.
But the heavy lady brave, she didn't move at all.
"Heh, that's an interesting [slashing rock sword] style. But..."
Cecilia holds the shield of her left arm forward and focuses her struggle there.
- Gaggin '!
Rio's sword hit Cecilia's shield.
Rio's full [slaughtered rock sword] was taken lightly.
"Gu......! [Slashing Rock Sword] But you're not coming through...!
"You're right as a tactic to switch from a lightweight multi-stage attack to a heavy-duty move that weighs one blow. But by the looks of it, you can prevent it with a shield."
Cecilia shook her shield away as it was.
"Ugh......!?
Rio's tiny body is easily blown away, parabolic and then thrown to the ground.
Rio nevertheless landed acrobatically rotating his body and managed to distance himself from Cecilia again.
"Ma, are you serious... strong..."
"I don't know, Rio, do you still want to?
With that said Cecilia grins again towards Rio.
I haven't taken a breath up.
Rio, who should have gained considerable strength compared to the average professional demon king hunter, was completely treated like a child.
In contrast, Rio thought only a little, then put his sword in his sheath and put his hands up,
"No, I'll stop. I still don't feel like I can win at all right now. Sister Cecilia, I knew you were strong. Sometimes your brother just admits it."
"Hehe..." Not yet, "right? But I did, and I figured out that Rio was a talent hunk. - Well, then, here's the real deal."
Cecilia says so, walking up to the front of one big tree standing behind a borough cabin at the College of the Brave.
And I invited Rio over for a moment.
"Come on, Rio, can you slaughter this big tree with one blow?
Cecilia asks Rio.
Ogi trunks are so thick that you can't hold them off even if you spread your arms, a substitute that you wouldn't normally be able to cut them down without striking the axe dozens of times.
"Huh!? No, you can't do that with a single blow. [Slashing Rock Sword] Then you can't do a horizontal giraffe, and if you can tap [Smash] into the same spot a few times, maybe you can cut it down..."
"Well, I guess that's the place. ─ Then, another problem. Do you think I or Brett would be able to slash down this tree with one blow?
That's what they ask, and Rio thinks hmm.
"No, you can't hit anything, no matter how much, even your brother or your Cecilian sister, can you?
"Yeah, you're right. Even for me and Brett, it's hard to slash down this tree with one blow. In normal serial or heavy hitting moves, that means. - Okay, look at this."
Thereafter, Cecilia lays her sword on her waist, and she dwells in a struggle with her sword.
And...
"─ Moonlight Sword !
Cecilia's sword ran.
The shaken long sword blade leaves a remnant of the struggle in a half-moon shape, which slowly disappears.
And...
Goggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!
Daiki, cut up diagonally and cut into two with Cecilia's sword, makes a noise and falls.
"Ugh......! Awesome..."
Rio, who had witnessed it, was surprised to see his eyes round.
[Moonlight Sword] ─ It's a move I once taught Cecilia that I couldn't make into a thing.
He said it was a move to exert an offensive force beyond the limits of a physical attack not only by putting a fighting spirit together in the sword, but also by passing the fighting spirit into an integrated sword blade.
Its characteristic is that, in addition to its normally high attack power, it ignores up to half the target's defense.
But Cecilia's guidance didn't end there.
"─ Get out of the way!
Cecilia supported Oki, who was about to fall, by circling ahead and holding her arms wide open.
Big tree about to fall, that stops right there.
The sight of a giant tree, dozens of times the size of Cecilia's own body, supported by one of her, is suspicious of the eyes when a regular person sees it.
And Cecilia...