In the midst of the windy winter air, wood withered through the hills of the temple.
The houses of the abandoned cities facing the lake are set to withstand the cold winds that blow through them.
There are thin clouds in the sky, and the light of the sun is slight even though it is noon.
Even if I look up, I don't feel plush.
Since then, the month has soon passed, and the day of the confrontation with Brad is already, today.
... Tomorrow I will be an adult.
Maybe in the spring, we'll leave this temple and embark on a journey.
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Be flexible in your thoughts, then wield a sword that weighs twice as much as it does for bareback.
Reverse. Attract and poke. Cut off. Tsubaki. Rebuild it, cut it down straight.
The sound of the cutting tip cutting the wind echoes around.
…………
Gus' words come back to the back of his brain.
But once again, I focussed on it and struck it off.
The body warms up and gradually moves to a state where it can exert its full strength.
"………… OK."
Finished the preparatory exercise.
Set aside your sword for bareback and check your gear.
own long sword. Wooden plates on metal frames and circular shields with overlayed skins. The belt has a dagger for assembly.
On top of the thick armor, a leather soft leather armor is worn, and the main points are covered with metal neck armor, chest armor, hands, shin, etc.
For a further finish, a simple curved helmet. … this is all the equipment used today.
When I wear them all, I don't care how I look at them anymore. It's like a heavy warrior or a knight or something.
"Will.... let's help"
With this heavy equipment on the boulder, it is extremely cumbersome to wear and inspect it alone.
Marie checks the armor strings and fittings in a way she's used to.
... I don't usually wear this much.
I am not a computer RPG character who can walk in armor helmets all over town and in the mountains at all times.
Based on the assumption that we will be travelling towards a human society in the future, we cannot be so heavily equipped.
What is important in traveling is not armor or helmets.
It goes without saying how much more food and props you can carry instead if you lose those weights.
Travel schedules should take precedence over armaments, beyond knowing how long they will be travelling.
Except for today.
... The other guy is Brad.
No matter how much Marie's prayer you say, instant death can't be helped by boulders.
Given the degree of protection that a serious blow to Brad would not kill him instantly, even if it hit him directly...
It has to be concluded that a thorough and complete defense is being sought out from the city for Dwarf brands.
This is only a game, or an arm's match.
It's not killing each other.
"Hey, Will. Are you ready for this?
Brad asks. He says he's just a good handful and he's not equipped with armor.
He has a sword band wrapped around his hips and a one-handed sword with a spare and a bumpy black sheath, but that is not the protagonist of his armament.
… a large, stunningly large, two-handed sword (two-handed sword).
That's Brad's, he's a real armed man.
Look around.
Marie and Brad are just sitting on a hill full of dead grass.
…… the appearance of Gus does not.
"- Anytime. Let's do it."
He shakes his head gently and kicks Gus out of his head.
Focus. This is about the fight.
"Whoa, one last confirmation then.
Magic Nashi, Immediate Death Target Nashi, and everything else is Ali Ali, and if anything, Marie's surgery to handle it.
Did you declare victory or defeat, or you can't fight? "
Brad, speaking in a mild tone, sets up a great sword at a distance.
And then...
"Don't die, be careful"
... The final exam began, along with a voice so low as to soothe.
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"Huh…………!
It was like a storm.
A thick steel blade strikes its masses from up, down, left and right at incredible speeds.
The moment you take a decent blow, the long sword will be broken and the shield will be slapped and broken.
They must be pushed out of combat as they are in any area, such as with protective equipment.
Avoid even a direct hit, slap the orbit of the Great Sword from the side, deviate diagonally with a shield, scratch, circle in, and outrun.
Though I expected it, he said he wore all that, but the only thing his protective gear really is "something to keep him from dying instantly"!
The powers and moves of the undead shall be governed during his lifetime.
... there was a tremendous force and a move to put it on the weapon.
When it comes to knowledge from previous life, normally, even Japanese swords don't cut armor helmets, and even long swords don't cut plate armor.
If you can do that lightly, you won't develop swordsmanship aimed at gaps in armor.
"……… Gu!
But Brad's this is different.
With an overwhelming physique, a centrifugal force from an extremely large score, and a power from a lifetime of untrained muscle strength, he forcefully slashes everything.
Even if it can't be disconnected, the knockdown will be assured only by the impact.
Overwhelming violence with untrained muscle strength.
... was just the embodiment of Brad's daily words.
"…… ku, ooh!
The reach of this long sword is not short.
Not too short, but the target's sword reach exceeds it even further.
As it stands, he's been beaten like hell from outside of this room.
And Brad, who is undead, is not tired, so it is impossible to fight for long. Fuck you.
It's not like there's no countermeasure for Brad, but he's not even going to give me a chance to use it.
Brad, you really are coming to win without a lot of people......!
"……………!
If I dare to go a long way and invite Brad to chase me, I will throw the dagger through my hips.
"Chi!"
The moment Brad put his two-handed sword up like a shield and played the dagger, he jumped in to chase the dagger,
"Whew!?
With sudden braking, I had to jump out.
Brad grabbed the edge of the pattern with one hand and the underlying blade-pulled part of the blade with the other, rolling out the shin payment as if it were a sword.
"Ha ha... did you wish you'd put it in your nostalgia?
Brad's dokuro face made me laugh.
Speaking of which, in my previous life, I remember a blurry read that there was such an operation for wild tadpoles and two-handed swords.
"Sounds like it's not going to work either... it's going to work, no more"
When it can be widely gripped and operated like a sword, there can be shank payments as well as small pieces of poking.
Even if you jump into your nostalgia poorly, you may be dealt with with with with with bareback.
It's not just power.
... Brad was perfectly proficient in handling this great weapon.
Extremely heavy and powerful weapons are hit from far between with tremendous muscle strength, fast, clever and precise, with squeaky RPM.
Even if you jump into the nostalgia, change your grip to accommodate the immediate vicinity.... I mean, even, they're pretty strong.
I'm not biased against weapons, I'm not biased against power, I'm not biased against moves.
Almost all of them. There's no way in... I used to say "Ghost of War". I really feel like I ran into a ghost.
…………
All I can do is bet on this.
Yes, I decided on my stomach.
"Oh?"
Then Brad reads it, too, or sets the sword on the big upper level.
Whatever it is you're going to do, you're just going to smash it.
………………
If I take it with my sword, my sword can be crushed.
If you take it with a shield, the shield can be crushed.
If I take it with armor, the armor can be crushed.
In the case of half-small work, it is handled with a grip change.
I don't know how to beat that blow and jump in between here......
"- Hey, ahhh!!
The answer is one.
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I scream and go in to inspire myself.
Brad's response is - pull the pattern from the top of the large section to eight pairs, Torso!
It's a blow like swinging a full baseball bat.
In a swing down, you might be distracted by a shield and run into it.
If you flap your head, lie down, and if you flap your tibia, you could jump and get stuck.
But I don't want to fly away or take the torso.
If you brake and fly away, Ami the original tree, if you take it, you will be crushed by Brad's power.
Blood-like rational choice of hands.
That's why I could read it.
If you take it with a shield, the shield can be crushed.
If I take it with armor, the armor can be crushed.
"Ooh......!?
So I slipped the shield and slowed it down (...), then took it with armor (...).
The shield shakes and the sword bursts, hitting the torso plate.
"Gu, uhhhhhh!!
It was a wager that I could stand.
but the shock sounds on top of the pain, but seems to have managed to withstand the critical.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
"!?
Stick it in low position and slap the shield (shield bash) to push it up.
… Brad's leg floated.
That's right.
The undead has mysterious powers at work, and power and braking keep things alive, even when undead.
You can wield a great sword, and you won't be dragged around by the weight of a great sword you wield.
But how about weights in a pure sense?
If I tried to lift that body very simply, would Brad be heavy in his lifetime?
... No. That has been proven in Vlaskus (...).
Skeletonized, the weight falls.
If there's a thread to attack Brad, there it is.
The human bone weighs no more than 10% of its body weight, even including medullary fluid.
Even the giant man whose birth Brad weighs a lot more than 100 kg, around 10 kg is there now!
Including the weapon weight doesn't exceed 50 kilos!
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Poke a long sword with all your might at Brad, who's disfigured.
The aim is the spine. In one blow………
"Will."
The gentle words reached my ear.
At the next moment, the long sword was captured, pinched in the ribs (...).
"!?
Keep it up, Brad.
Brad, with the sword in his hand, snaps my long sword between his ribs and twists it with his whole body.
... unique to Skeleton, white blade removal with ribs.
I was surprised and couldn't let go of the long sword pattern in time, and when I realized it, my arms were twisted and pulled down by the weight of each big sword.
It hits the ground and the impact runs. I can't breathe.
- That was pretty good.
By the time I was about to get up, Brad was pushing a one-handed sword out of my waist against my neck.
Running crimson in a matte black body is bright. Is that the Devil's Sword?
... It's a disastrous but beautiful sword, I thought so with a blade on my neck.
"……… I'm here"
Then he quietly declared his surrender.
Although Gus seemed to think a lot of things... in the first place, this was before he intentionally lost, couldn't beat.
Even if we work out measures and do everything in our power……
Regrettably, I can't beat Brad compared to pure swordsmanship.