The Branded Female Fencer
War and Peace, Part 133 - Unified Martial Arts Congress, Bow Division ⑥ -
The final challenge is to shoot through the thrown target before it falls to the ground. Target only needed to hit, and from throwing it again, the size was as big as a person's head. The difficulty was also cited by mixing off-target. The target is a beautiful circle, but the detached target shape is distinguished by distorting the shape, such as triangles and squares. Target is 10 points at a time, that is, 10 in all. 5 points less if you hit it off-the-shelf. The out-of-the-box quantity is irregular. There were two places to be thrown.
The first Baldre to challenge the competition pierced all the arrows to the ground and stood in a standing position. He comes up with a fuss and asks Touta.
"By the way, how many shots can you throw at the same time? I don't think so, but when you can throw 10 at the same time, you can't shoot them all out, can you?
"For once, I said up to 4, including detachment. Come on. And throw it up."
"Well, is that within common sense? Well, I don't think anyone's going to slap the target downstairs."
Everyone chuckled at Bardre's joke. Sure, that doesn't make it a competition, but how many of these would have thought any stupid thing could happen in action?
And as Bardre took one deep breath, he urged the start. You have no idea in which time you can throw or who you throw because you are behind the collision. Bardre squeezed the first arrow and waited, but he saw what came out of the air as a hit, or let it go in a straight line. The arrows hit brilliantly, but not long before the audience cheered, the next three targets are thrown at the same time.
When he realized that two of them were around, Bardre instantly struck out one and reached for the next arrow, but at that moment the target of the hit was released towards the outside, not the top.
"Damn!?
Bardre releases arrows one after the other to unfold without having time to breathe. Some of these shots came off, and the target of the detachment was also shot out, with a result of success 7 and failure 3 of 55 points.
I didn't know if this was a high score, but the audience spared no praise and applause for Bardre for the breathless, high-speed development. Bardre seemed dissatisfied with his own results, but waved in response to the audience's cheer. The victory is gone, but it would definitely have been the hua of the competition.
The next Fenna was either cautious or stayed at Success 6, Failure 0 for 60 points. Shargin has 65 points for Success 7 and Failure 1. Auri has 70 points for Success 8 and Failure 2. No one extended to the Aerial and Touta scores already left at this stage, and the winning contest was narrowed down to two.
And it is Aerial's turn. Aerial took a big, deep breath and often meditated with his eyes closed. I wasn't going that far for the win against this competition. Of course I was going to do everything I could for Jaeger, but this is the aftermath of the festival. What mattered was the escort assignment, and the competition was meant to end with pleasure.
But the appearance of Touta changed the situation. You can't lose to Touta. Probably intuitive that Touta and I will be fighting each other for moves on the battlefield again. And more than that, my instinct to be superior and inferior as someone with the same hunter's signs had prevailed. I had no idea Aerial had smelled the prairie for a long time.
"(Focus is great... come on)"
Aerial signals the start of the competition. Everyone but Bardre took the form of pulling arrows out of the arrow barrel. That's because they took care of their methods as hunters, but it's more likely that arrows will tangle with each other here. But Aerial felt he could even tell if the arrows he touched would be involved now.
Four targets can be thrown up simultaneously from the beginning. There are two main targets. Before they started falling, Aerial shot through without difficulty. Now four in different directions. Shoot through two of these striking targets without further difficulty. You feel how well the aerial is doing, or the target comes out faster intervals.
The next one came out alternately in separate directions, but all detached. And the seventh one finally hit me, but the moment it came out, Aerial was shooting through that exact target. The audience thrives on brilliant moves.
"No, no, I was wondering if it would eject faster than I asked you to?
"But it's exciting. I guess that's what her concentration makes her do. Focus enough to get people involved, or great."
"Um, I'm not that good with Explorers and Elves either. Brilliant."
Aerial concentration increases even further as Bardre and Shargin send praises and Touta laughs bitterly. When the target overlapped in the air, he shot out two targets with one arrow. The audience's exuberance culminated.
"Oooh!
"Awesome!
I've dropped all seven of the hits so far. If you score 90 points if you think about the score, you're sure to win, but that idea had completely disappeared from Aerial's mind. I had a feeling that I would be able to shoot through exactly in any time now.
But it's not what it was meant to be, or just what happens awaits Aerial. Although the target was made flat, it was thrown so that the target face was oriented against the competitor so that it was easy to shoot through. But the targets hit each other in the air, and the hitting targets fell vertically. Moreover, the target surface is not oriented towards Aerial, only the edge part can be seen.
"Come on!"
Aerial nevertheless aimed at the target, but the target fell to the ground without an arrow ever hitting it. A sigh leaked from the audience, but Aerial's concentration was uninterrupted, shooting through all the rest of the hit. Success 9, failure 0, total 90 points.
At this moment, Aerial's victory was decided without waiting for Touta's results, but that Touta was laughing grandly and slapping her hands heavily. It is a full smile, seemingly delightful from the bottom of my heart.
Continued