The best territory designer of all time - Episode 15
15fury. The Four Weapons of a Maniac (2)
Tuong!
“Pukhuuuuu!”
A distant shock hitting the face.
The world in Lord Neumann's vision turned upside down..
‘what?’
I lost my mind for a moment.
But it wasn't long.
Lord Neumann quickly came to his senses..
He quickly grasped the current situation he was in..
‘My attack was blocked. Did you even get hit back? I?’
In the slowed vision.
I saw drops of blood flying slowly into the air..
It was blood spurting from his own mouth..
Now that I think about it, the inside of my mouth feels tingly..
It felt like the inside of my cheek had burst due to the impact..
‘Because of that brat? I?’
Crackling!
Lord Neumann gritted his teeth without realizing it..
move your legs quickly.
I spread my legs wide and stepped on the ground..
I lowered my back and narrowly avoided falling..
“Wow!”
As soon as I regained my balance, I let out a sigh of relief..
Gathered Mana Heart's mana. She turned her whole body. She drew her sword with her regained vitality. It was raised diagonally from the bottom up..
It was a counterattack of conversion..
But the offensive was quickly blocked..
Kyaang!
“Oh, but you counterattack right away? Last time, Sir Ulrich lost his senses as soon as he got hit first..”
“……That’s right!”
The broad head of the shovel was blocking the long sword..
But Lord Neumann's offensive did not end there..
As soon as he realized that the counterattack was blocked, he changed the movement of his sword..
I took a step and turned my sword..
Kaga Gagak!
The sword and shovel became entangled, making a metal scraping sound..
‘I'll throw the shovel like this!’
After entangling both weapons twice, they are removed..
Then the opponent will most likely miss his weapon..
After making Lloyd empty-handed, he trips his legs and knocks him down..
That was the battle plan that Lord Neumann came up with on the spur of the moment..
but he didn't know yet.
The sad truth that everyone has beautiful plans until they get beaten up..
“Tsk. Disarm yourself. The intentions are good, but.”
kagak!
The movement of the sword and shovel, which had been intertwined with Lloyd's meaningful words, suddenly stopped..
No, to be exact, Lloyd stopped the shovel..
Then the sword followed and stopped..
At the same time, power began to ebb from Lord Neumann's Manachat..
With both arms in Manahat.
From two arms to a sword.
From the sword… … with a shovel.
Like a drink being sucked through a straw..
Or like spilled water being sucked up with a tissue..
My mana was being sucked into Lloyd's shovel.!
“What!”
Sir Neumann was frightened and hurriedly tried to withdraw his sword..
But that didn't work out as planned either..
For some reason, his movements were slower than usual..
To be more precise, I couldn't use mana..
I felt like I had suddenly become an ordinary person..
On the other hand, Lloyd?
It was charging at a speed similar to that of a low-level Sword Expert knight.!
“I'm so glad.”
“……!”
Cheochuk!
so lightly.
Indeed, simply.
Lloyd jumped into the gap here..
“Wow!”
Sir Neumann hurriedly tried to swing his sword in its scabbard..
But Lloyd's next reaction was much faster..
Whoa whoa!
“……!”
Before I knew it, shovel handles were flooding in..
And it hit me on the bridge of the nose with no time to avoid it..
Kwajak!
“Wow!”
Is my nose bone crushed?.
It was difficult to open my eyes due to the heavy and searing pain..
Without realizing it, I stumbled back three steps..
Lloyd has moved forward even more tenaciously..
“Actually, I was a little worried. I have never checked whether the mana emitted by a low-ranking Sword Expert can be digested in a single circle..”
“Sigh!”
Lord Neumann, who was stepping down, was disgusted..
He struck down his sword with an urgent gesture..
At least it was a counterattack containing some momentarily recovered mana..
But even that counterattack turned into despair the moment the sword was blocked by the shovel..
The mana contained in the sword was absorbed into the shovel again.!
‘It's crazy, this is!’
Tsk tsk tsk tsk!
A shovel loaded with mana flew out..
I was slapped with a flat shovel head..
My head turned and my vision became blurry..
This was my first time doing something like this..
I never imagined it.
‘That brat took my mana... … I'm absorbing it.’
Now I can vaguely understand the situation..
So I couldn't understand it even more..
Absorbing someone else's mana?.
He uses the mana he absorbed like his own..
‘……how?’
felt like a scam.
It was unfair.
But Lord Neumann did not give up.
I tried not to fall.
I continued my counterattack without success..
Of course, the more he did this, the more Lloyd pushed him..
‘You won't be able to come to your senses, right? You don’t even understand what’s going on here, do you? So, you're being bullied by me. 'Cause you've spent the last month just convinced you're gonna win, but I wasn't!’
Analyzed the opponent thoroughly.
Predicted all situations of the duel.
We mobilized all kinds of preparations to win..
The result was now.
Kacang, Tuong!
He moved the shovel held out in front of him nimbly..
The range should never be excessive..
Do not deviate from the body's center line.
With the simplest action possible.
I removed Lord Neumann's sword as he counterattacked..
As soon as I cleared it, I stepped forward with my left foot and extended the head of the shovel..
At the end, he gave a snap and slapped Sir Neumann with the flat head of a shovel..
Lloyd's heart was beating like never before..
It was thanks to the mana circle created around the heart..
Kiiiiing!
The first weapon equipped by Lloyd for today's decisive battle..
It was a circle of mana created with a vague mind technique..
It rotated intensely using the mana absorbed from Sir Neumann as power..
My heart beat wildly, resonating with that rotation..
Fresh blood was sent throughout the body with explosive force..
It was blood full of mana released from the mana circle..
‘This is the power of the single circle..’
It was truly surprising..
I didn't expect this level of power..
I just expected it to absorb Sir Neumann's mana and make the opponent slightly weaker..
The power radiating through his body was completely beyond expectations..
In other words, he was able to utilize Lord Neumann's power as is.!
‘Sword Expert, it's amazing..’
I felt like a superhuman.
I once again realized how strong knights like Sir Neumann were..
So the second weapon he prepared was a full steel shovel..
Cough! Kagak!
The steel shovel in Lloyd's hand flashed and moved..
Each time, the sword swung by Lord Neumann was completely blocked..
It looked like a shield attached to the end of a long pole..
‘Everyone secretly ignores it, but if you know it, a shovel is a great tool..’
Anyone who did some digging in the military knows this..
A shovel was not something to be dismissed as just a simple work tool..
If you find troublesome arrowroot roots or small tree roots while digging the ground,?
Just sharpen the blade and take a picture..
Cuts down quite a few small plant stems with one swing..
It was capable of acting as an ax in itself..
‘That's not all.’
Lloyd knew that shovels had been used as weapons many times throughout history..
Even on the Western Front of World War I, where terrible trench warfare took place,.
Even during the terrible Battle of Stalingrad in World War II,.
The shovel shines as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat..
A shovel struck with great intention often split the opponent's helmet and split the skull..
Beyond that, the shovel could indeed fulfill a variety of roles..
‘You can use a large shovel head like a shield. The lower part of the shovel head can be used to hook and pull an opponent's weapon. The sharp end can stab the opponent like a spear..’
Even if you turn the shovel upside down and step on the blade, you can climb on it.?
‘You can also ride Sky Kongkong.!’
It's literally like the MacGyver knife of the weapon world..
It was Lloyd who had handled that type of shovel countless times..
Even when I became a summons(?) of a military officer in the military of the Republic of Korea..
Even when I was working on a construction site to pay for my tuition..
The shovel has always been his reliable companion..
It was also the most familiar tool..
Moreover, he even invested the RP he had recently collected to develop a new talent skill..
That's the third weapon he prepared.
It was ‘Extended Mastery Skill: (Shovel)’ in which a whopping 40 RP was invested..
Ding dong!
[Extended Mastery Skill: (Shovel) is activated.]
[Tool and I are one in unity! I decided to shovel today!]
[skill level : 1]
[Stamina consumption is reduced by 10% while using a shovel.]
[Shovel moves 5% faster.]
[The force on the shovel increases by 5%..]
[Chance of missing your shovel is reduced by 20%.]
The most familiar tool: a shovel..
Skills that make shoveling more efficient.
This was the third weapon that was perfect for him..
‘And the fourth and final weapon is this.’
Cheek! Kaang!
Lloyd's shovel moves again.
Completely blocked Sir Neumann's sword from being stabbed..
The movement of the shovel head never deviated from the center line of Lloyd's body..
Simple but concise and disciplined movement.
Therefore, an extremely efficient and practical attitude.
A technology whose compatibility(?) is so great that an object called a shovel can be used as a weapon..
It was a fighting method, bayonet technique, that every man who served in the military in Korea would have learned at least once..
Whilick, Kaaang! Puh-ok, kwa-jak.!
I got out of the way and stabbed to the right..
Sir Neumann dodged and swung his sword sideways..
Blocked the bottom left. hit.
He followed the retreating Lord Neumann with simple steps..
I turned left and put up a shovel to block it..
At the same time, he cut off Sir Neumann's groin with a front kick..
In a moment of panic, Lord Neumann was hit on the temple with the handle of a shovel that had been laid down..
Crack!
“Wow!”
Lord Neumann stumbles back..
A smile appeared on Lloyd's lips as he took a deep breath..
‘It also works, bayonet technique.’
In fact, bayonet skills were never weak..
It is thought to be easy for anyone in the Korean military to learn, but surprisingly, its roots lie in the small sword technique developed in Europe in the 18th century..
Boxing steps were combined there. Ultimately, technology was thoroughly accumulated and refined through various combat cases such as World War I, World War II, and the Korean War..
If you know it, it turns out to be an extremely practical fighting technique..
‘Plus, this bayonet technique has great synergy with the shovel.!’
There must have been quite a few people who practiced bayonet techniques with shovels as a joke while working..
So did Lloyd..
I added the basics of swordsmanship learned from Javiel..
The effect was amazing.
Mana Circle of Shameless Mind.
A steel shovel, a weapon with excellent utility..
Tool mastery skills that make shoveling more comfortable.
In addition, practical bayonet techniques based on Javiel's teachings are included..
The four weapons prepared for today's duel created powerful synergy..
He was literally overwhelming, no, one-sidedly crushing Lord Neumann, who had entered the duel carelessly..
“Oh my gosh!”
Wow!
Lord Neumann staggered after being hit on the temple by a shovel handle..
But he wasn't given a chance(?) to fall.
Lloyd's shovel caught up with him before he knew it and came flying again..
Tuong!
I pounded the side with the flat head of a shovel..
He even went so far as to hit the top of his foot with the pointy tip of the shovel head.!
wow!
“……Wow!”
Lord Neumann was astonished..
Every time I tried to counterattack, my mana was absorbed..
A shovel with a strange shape launched an unpredictable attack..
Likewise, Lloyd's movements with the shovel could not have been that familiar..
Moreover, all of Lloyd's movements were extremely concise and thorough..
‘It can't be like this!’
I was angry.
I lost my temper.
Youngjimin was in front of most people..
But it's like being beaten by a young master who is just a fledgling kid..
A bastard who gets hit with a shovel that isn't even a proper weapon..
‘kill. kill it!’
A dark and murderous look appeared in Lord Neumann's eyes..
It was no longer a duel or anything..
A kid who humiliated himself in front of everyone..
I wanted to end that brat somehow..
‘Accidents that occur during duels are quite common.!’
So, a sword stabbed incorrectly pierces the opponent's heart..
Or being decapitated by the blade of a sword swung in a haphazard manner..
That wasn't uncommon..
Besides, even if that happens now?
He had the confidence to handle it..
‘Anyway, this territory will be ruined soon. So, it’s going to be up a little earlier than expected! I'm living happily ever after with a new owner! An accident that happens in the meantime? I can't help it. Since it happened during a duel, they can't be punished.?’
So, just go into hiding after the duel is over..
All you have to do is leave this territory earlier than planned and find a new owner..
Lord Neumann, who had come up with his own plan, tightly grasped the handle of the sword..
I held the sword sheath with my other hand..
pulled.
Grumble!
The long sword that had been wrapped in its scabbard until now revealed its cool fangs..
Without any hesitation, he went straight towards Lloyd..
At the end of the path was Lloyd's heart..
“Ahhh!”
Unlike before, it was a life-threatening blow..
The residents of the territory who were watching screamed without realizing it..
Baron Frontera, who was sitting on the podium, jumped up in surprise..
But it wasn't Lloyd.
‘what. So what.’
I felt alive.
But even so, it was a slow blow..
I had already been beaten so many times that my strength was all gone..
Even though it was said to be a true sword, it was not Lloyd who would be wasted by such a slippery counterattack..
It was because I expected there would be a counterattack of this magnitude at least once..
‘And I waited for this.’
Kaang!
The steel shovel blocked the long sword as if waiting for it..
Just like Sir Neumann tried earlier, he entangled the long sword..
Kaga Gagak!
It was tangled and swirled. I pulled it out and removed it. I shook it off.
“……Ugh?”
Paat.
The long sword escaped from Lord Neumann's hand and flew into the sky..
I was firmly planted on the ground ten steps away..
“…….”
There was silence around the training ground..
Hundreds of pairs of onlookers' eyes were filled with astonishment..
Lord Neumann loses his sword.
Lloyd is aiming a shovel at Lord Neumann's face..
It was an unbelievable, picture-perfect victory..
But Lloyd's business was not over..
“Does the duel end if I get knocked out? ok?”
“……!”
Kwaang!
In everyone's silence, Lloyd's steel shovel flew..
He struck Lord Neumann's empty-handed face even more firmly..
To vent my anger?
It wasn't.
‘It starts now. From now on.’
I'm saying this again, but today I plan to properly pull out the rotten shoots that have taken root in this territory..
‘From the traitor's confession.’
Lloyd's eyes turned towards Lord Neumann and flashed colder than ever before..
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