Chapter 17
My Villains Episode 017
5—2. maintenance(2)
Uncle Gilius's gang consisted of a total of six people, four warriors, one archer, and one priest. The leader of the gang was a mercenary named ‘Grania’..
It was thanks to Uncle Gilius's rudeness that I became acquainted with this gang..
After the dockside battle was over and I was paid and collected the loot, he pretended to be friendly..
Of course, there were some people within Grania's gang who were reluctant to me. It was a natural reaction since he must have seen me running wild during the battle. The blood magic I used was also a technique that had an ominous appearance in many ways..
But thanks to my polite attitude and good-natured appearance, I soon made some friends with everyone. I don't like idiots, but my attitude was that it doesn't really matter as long as they are on my side..
After having a drink together, the whole group moved to the Baetgo-dong Inn. I heard there was a complaint about the inn I was staying at... They were truly exciting mercenaries..
After Uncle Gilius, the person I became closest to was Grania, the leader of the gang..
The scarlet-haired female warrior whose skills I watched in fascination during the battle on the dockside. She was Grania.
I'm not sure what she's like as a leader, but I think she's definitely a skilled warrior..
Just!
“Concentrate!”
“ oh.”
Taking advantage of my lost concentration, Grania pushed up her shield and struck away my wooden sword and arm..
As soon as the guard opens, Grania's wooden sword is thrust towards your chin..
Right = 7
He quickly pulled up the buckler to block it, but Grania used the long rebound force to turn the buckler and turn his wrist..
widely!
hit the other shoulder.
“Tsk, you were right..”
As I retreated, admitting defeat, Grania also stopped and asked a question..
“This time too, there was a gap between the shield and the sword.?”
“Yes, that's right.”
“When using a buckler?”
“Pay particular attention to the connection between both hands..”
“okay. “Here we go again.” As soon as he finished speaking, Grania took a stance..
His head and shoulders were covered at an angle with a circular shield held on his left arm, and his sword was held in the middle..
“Phew.”
I took a deep breath and took a stance..
The posture was one in which the legs were bent forward and slightly apart, and the wooden sword and buckler were held together in front..
Grania had outstanding skills among mercenaries..
No matter how much I limited his strength and speed, Poynix was still absolutely superior to Grania in terms of physique, reach, and weight..
However, due to the difference in skills and experience, I could hardly compete with her..
The sparring between me and Grania ended in as little as four or as long as fifteen times, and it started again right away..
In such repetition, I continue to receive corrections, experience, and embody the theory.
I was able to do it.
It had already been five days since I learned swordsmanship from Grania every morning and evening. No, you should say that you are learning not only swordsmanship but also all combat skills, including shield skills..
The reason this happened was because of my request. I remembered her skills, so I offered her a price and asked her to teach me..
Grania looked suspicious at first when she received my request..
Due to my activities on the dockside, I earned the ridiculous nickname ‘Crazy Prosecutor’..
When I asked her to teach me swordsmanship, Grania thought I was teasing her..
Of course, after a few rounds of sparring, those doubts were put aside. This is because I realized that I am a beginner who does not even know the basics of katana (擊劍)..
Grania was suspicious of the huge gap between my skills and body, but didn't ask any further questions. I just sparred for what I was paid for..
Grania's teachings were as practical as expected and scientific as expected. No, should I say epidemiological??
Tadak!
As the wooden swords collided in the air, I tried to gently push them while maintaining the binding (maintaining the blades in contact with each other)..
“Whoop
Grania, who was retreating, let out a short breath, raised her shield upward, and shook off my wooden sword..
The small gap created like that.
earth!
The wooden sword penetrated the small gap in an instant and made a cheerful sound as it hit my breastplate..
“Sigh. I lost.”
“They say be careful about external forces. And, when binding, don’t just press and hold.……
“Pull while pressing or push while pressing. flexibly.”
“that's right. Here we go again?”
Grania took her stance again and began to approach..
Ugh, the top is blocked by a shield so I have no motivation to aim..
Breaking through Grania's shield and striking an effective blow required great concentration and luck..
Grania wasn't that big. Is he about mid 160's tall??
Of course, being short doesn't mean you look weak. This is because the scar across her nose, tanned skin, and small but strong muscles represented the experience she had accumulated..
I walked carefully, looking for gaps..
He was wearing a round helmet and quilted armor, but his lower body was wearing only cloth pants that exposed his calves..
In the end, I couldn't resist the temptation of those strong calves and stabbed the wooden sword towards the bottom..
“Wow!”
Damn it, Grania quickly pulled her butt back and aimed the wooden sword at my head..
earth!
After deflecting the attack with the buckler, he aimed the wooden sword at Grania's arm. A quick thrust succeeded in hitting her lower arm, but Grania's wooden sword had already grazed my wrist..
When I raised my hand, Grania took a short breath, stepped back, and asked:.
“Whoo, whoo, where is the arm attached??”
“on the shoulder.”
“Phew, not anywhere.?”
“not the butt.”
“okay. When you aim for the bottom, you lose that much in reach, so you should always be careful about the top..”
“okay.”
As soon as the words were finished, the sparring resumed..
When Grania made three or four simple counterattacks, I calmly struck away the wooden sword and slowly approached..
Then Grania suddenly gasped and rushed towards me..
“Inhale!”
Grania's hands crossed and the tip of her sword pushed against the inside of her shield. Then the shield was flipped to the right, and a wooden sword came out from behind it..
It was an anomalous stabbing attack in which the positions of the shield and weapon changed instantly..
Just!
I quickly turned my wrist to block the attack with my wooden sword and pushed back Grania's shield with my buckler. Then he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and crossed her legs..
Grania swung the wooden sword again, but I was already close to her, so it was impossible to make an effective strike..
“Ugh. Grania tried to hold on, but her upper body was already suppressed and even her legs were caught..
I took a step and completely knocked Grania down..
Swish.
There wasn't enough space to finish me off with the wooden sword, so I quickly let go of the wooden sword and lightly tapped Grania's chin with my fist..
“Ugh, I lost.”
Grania, who admitted defeat, stood up holding my hand and continued speaking..
“I'm also used to wrestling now. No, it's not just that I'm used to it, it's that I've become seasoned.?”
“Phew, that's the difference?”
In response to my question, Grania smiled bitterly and shrugged her shoulders..
“I thought I was good at technology, but I'm not sure anymore. It's really my first time learning it, right??”
As I smiled silently, Grania had an uncomfortable expression on her face..
You don't think I spent five pieces of silver just for a prank.?
No matter what she thought, Grania's teachings were absolutely worth the price I paid. It got to the point where I wondered if they gave me too little..
Although it was only five days of training, I made tremendous progress..
The sparring record with Grania was 43 out of 41 losses on the first morning, and 21 out of 11 losses this morning... In terms of win rate, it jumped more than ten times. If the me on the first day and the me now fight, I think the current me will win nine out of ten times..
This was partly because Grania's teachings were great, but it was also partly because of the memories embedded in my body..
From the beginning, the playable characters in the Dark World game were not ordinary civilians but fully trained people..
According to the setting, the elemental wizard was not a boy or girl who knew nothing about magic, but a wizard who trained for ten years at La-Palais Palace..
It was the same for blood knights.
Phoenics was a knight's squire. The class name ‘Blood Knight’ itself was due to this setting. The setting is that he is a knight who manifested blood magic..
A knight's squire was someone who worked hard to master combat skills starting from childhood and throughout most of his teenage years..
Poynix was probably like that too, and even if the techniques he had mastered at that time did not remain in his head, they seemed to be engraved in his body. That's probably why your skills improve so rapidly while sparring..
And, based on a careful guess, I think Poynix's skills may not have been fully exploited even now..
There is no way that Poynix, who has not been ordained but is no better than a knight, would be less skilled than a mere mercenary..
In the ensuing sparring, I let go of Grania, who had turned into green onion kimchi, only after defeating me three times..
Grania sat down by the well and grumbled, shaking off the sweat and dust..
“Ha, ha, I'm dying. Are you going to do it again tonight? They say the sewage will go down tomorrow?”
“I need to rest today. And I'll practice alone for a while.”
“okay? Well, there was nothing to teach anymore. Refine it well in practice. If you really learned it the first time, you're probably a natural genius, so your skills will improve quickly..”
Grania nodded as if relieved or regretful, then asked as if she had remembered something..
“Oh, didn't you say you ordered a shield??”
“huh. I was already planning to go look for it..”
“Your buckler seems like a pretty good item, but isn't it a shame? You've learned how to handle it quite well..”
Although I've only experienced combat twice, I've learned a lot from going through a crisis that borders on death..
And in that crisis, the most threatening thing was none other than the arrow..
I was injured to the point of death by an arrow on the boat, and I was almost exhausted from the arrows on the dockside..
I was several times more scared of the arrow flying in the blink of an eye than the spear or ax in front of me..
So, I ordered a large round shield like the one used by Grania..
It didn't matter whether the buckler I was using was a magic item or not. If things hadn't worked out, I think I would have at least taken off the door and carried it with me. That's how scared I was of arrows..
“are you okay. Because I practiced a lot with Mr. Gilius’ shield. And if possible, it would have been better if it was a bit heavier. It's a piece of metal, but it's so small..”
“Well, although bucklers are easy to carry, they lack stability. It's a bit disappointing to use in a big battle..”
When Grannie entered the inn, where we were talking about various things, I drew water from the well and washed my face, as was my habit..
It was then.
“ hey.”
“Ugh?”
I stopped blowing my nose and looked up to see Ellen standing there..
What is this guy? Where does it keep popping up??
I quickly finished washing my face, ran my sleeve over my eyes, and asked,.
“I didn't go there to meditate.?”
“I tried to do it, but I couldn't concentrate..”
“concentration? Hey, normally you do things like that by holding on with your butt even if you can't concentrate. What kind of guy is this young?,”
“Madam, if anyone hears this, they will think you are a real uncle. Don't try to teach me when you're only a few years older than me..”
•••Look at this bitch, she was quiet for a while and then she does it again.
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