Finals (3)
after the first match.
After a short break, the second match was ready.
Rize and Patrick, who came back on stage, faced each other with wooden swords in their hands.
The start of the match was delayed for a while. The two of them hadn’t exchanged a single word from the waiting room until now, but Patrick laughed and opened his mouth as if he had suddenly thought of it.
“It’s as strong as you think.”
“Your brother is as strong as I thought.”
At those words, Rize also smiled at her face and said that.
It was what he thought from the time he met Patrick in the alley at that time, but he and Patrick were equal opponents.
Rize didn’t know that fighting an opponent like that would be so much fun.
It was different from fighting against Irvin, Douglas, Irina, and Scarlett, and it was different from fighting Victor and other opponents he had met in swordsmanship competitions, and even fighting monsters.
“Let’s have fun fighting again.”
As soon as he put that thought into his mouth, Patrick’s eyes widened for a moment, and Rize soon showed it and smiled.
“Yeah, it’s fun. I never thought I’d be able to fight like this. So I will tell you.”
Patrick still had a smile on his lips, and his eyes fixed on Rize strongly shone.
“I win this time.”
“It won’t be that easy.”
Rize also didn’t lose and her eyes lit up, and finally Nelson’s hand went up.
Again, cheers and applause poured into the two of them.
However, the two of them focused so strongly that they couldn’t even hear it, and soon only saw each other’s appearance.
“start!”
This time too, it was Rize who jumped forward first.
However, as expected, Patrick’s wooden sword was swinging at Rize.
It was too late to fall.
Rize immediately stopped walking and swung her wooden sword at the same time.
Aww!
At the same time as the heavy shock was transmitted, Rize slightly frowned.
I didn’t intend to take it head-on, but Patrick’s wooden sword exquisitely dug in before she could drop it.
Patrick took a step forward with him and used his entire body to press Rise.
Since Patrick was taller than his peers, there was a considerable weight difference between him and Rize, who was 2 years younger.
At first glance, it might look like an adult and a child fighting.
The first match didn’t show up properly because Lize continued to attack consistently, but when Patrick took the initiative, the difference became apparent.
The difference in weight class soon led to the difference in reach, and as a result, the maximum strength that could be produced was also bound to be different.
Patrick’s movements were big and simple, but they were hard to catch.
Rize tried to escape, but she couldn’t shake off Patrick’s attack, which pressed her forward one step at a time.
“Oh… … !”
Eventually, I realized belatedly that I had been pushed to the outskirts of the arena.
There was no place to retreat anymore, and Patrick’s wooden sword was swung again as if he would not even give him a chance to catch his breath.
moment of despair.
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Rize naturally remembered the words of her father, Irvin.
‘When the opponent’s attack is so heavy and strong that I can’t find a gap?’
It was a question I asked after sparring with Irina.
It was Irina’s sincerity that I only saw once because she earnestly asked me to deal with her properly.
He swung his great sword as lightly as a tree branch, but he couldn’t even dare to counter it, and even if he tried to avoid it, the attack continued much faster than he did.
In the end, it ended without even trying.
So I asked my dad how to deal with it.
‘I’ll have to cut off the flow first.’
Dad answered that.
Yes, it was.
Rize recalled her memory and instead of trying to avoid it, she instead stepped forward.
Then, he swung his wooden sword at Patrick’s wooden sword, which was about to be swung.
aaagh!
With a sound awakening the spirit, each other’s wooden swords stopped in the air.
Because the blow was aimed at a position where Patrick’s power was not properly applied, Rize could not be pushed back.
You do it like this.
Rize laughed, revealing her teeth, and then bounced off each other’s wooden swords with Patrick at the same time as if they had promised.
Then he took another step forward and swung his wooden sword.
f*ck! Tadak!
Rize crossed swords with Patrick on an equal footing, to the point where she wondered if it was true that she had been pushed back one-sidedly.
Every time the wooden sword spewed out a sound, pain was transmitted to the wrist.
No, not yet.
A little more.
little bit more.
Rize gritted her teeth and continued to attack, aiming for Patrick’s wooden sword.
The sight of two people brandishing wooden swords at each other while standing near the end of the stage was enough to arouse enthusiasm from the audience.
The battle that continued endlessly without either side being pushed back was more intense than the first match, and it looked as if anyone would get hurt at any moment.
“… … uh?”
At that moment, the balance collapsed.
He must have seen Patrick wielding a wooden sword, but before he knew it, his shoulder filled the field of vision.
cooong!
Patrick’s shoulder strike, which caught her off guard, went in well, and Rize had no choice but to be pushed back.
Rize, who was already in a position where she was driven, could not avoid going outside the market.
As soon as the concentration, which had been maintained at the limit, was released, countless shouts rang in the ears.
“Really, wow, that’s really great!”
“Wow! Both are amazing!”
“Good job! It was a great fight!”
The winner of the second bout was obviously Patrick, but cheers poured out for both of them.
As such, this duel was a close encounter in which neither side could take their eyes off.
In particular, the scene where Rize, who had been consistently pushed out, reciprocated with tremendous momentum as soon as she was in front of the outside was a memorable scene.
However, no matter what the audience thought, Rize accepted defeat humbly.
It was definitely his own fault that he was pushed helplessly from the beginning.
still… … It was fun.
It was the first time I had fought with such concentration.
but at the same time.
I was upset.
He knew better than anyone else that he still had the chance to win.
Following Nelson’s guidance, Rize went to the waiting table and calmly closed her eyes.
All the processes of the second match came to mind, and with each move, what he was able to do was drawn.
will definitely win
Rize focused on replaying the match throughout the break, remembering her father’s back.
* * *
right after the second match.
“miss… … !”
Irina, who had been watching with both hands covering her mouth, was crying at the end of the defeat.
Even if it was only once, the picture Rize lost was something not only Irina, but also me, Douglas, and Scarlett hadn’t thought of.
I even thought about it if it wasn’t for the field, but now I can’t argue with that.
Assuming it was a real fight, not a match, that place could be seen as a cliff. If he fell down such a cliff, it was a matter of life and death, not victory or defeat.
No, wouldn’t it be our Rize that we could survive with great luck?
“I lost because of the weight class.”
While thinking about that, Douglas calmly analyzed the situation and said,
“I couldn’t help it because I didn’t know the weight class unless I experienced it myself. But in the end, I thought of a good countermeasure… … The opponent responded too well.”
At Scarlett’s continued words, the other three nodded their heads in unison.
All four of them were prosecutors, so if they pretended, they pretended.
There was almost a 1.5 times difference between Rize and Patrick’s body size, and this would be felt more severely when they collided directly than it looked on the outside.
Because of the difference in the length of the arms, even at similar speeds, the attack is approaching faster.
Unless your physical ability is significantly better than your opponent’s, you eventually have to narrow the distance or aim for the moment when you don’t have enough strength.
However, even so, he had to take the risk of being caught off guard, as if he had been hit at the end because his vision was narrowed.
Patrick, who was clearly aware of his strengths and used them as they were, was also amazing.
It was as if he was saying that he didn’t stand out in Schreid for nothing.
“Still, Miss… … I will not suffer like this.”
Irina said that while covering her eyes with her sleeve, and the three of us nodded again.
Rize had already shown her potential at the end of the second round, and we knew Rize’s talent and effort better than anyone else.
Nelson, who went up on stage again, called for Rize and Patrick, and stood facing each other with the same distance as before.
A relaxed smile hung over Rize’s face as if there had been no previous defeat.
In fact, I wanted to go down right away to comfort him and devise a countermeasure together, but it seemed that I was worrying for nothing.
Seeing Rize doing well on her own made me proud and somewhat lonely.
But now, more than anyone else, I should hope for Rize’s victory.
“Rizee! Win!”
I don’t know if my voice would have reached it.
It seemed that Rize had already fallen into complete concentration before she even started.
While Irina and Scarlett cheered loudly from the side, Nelson’s hand went up, and Lize and Patrick raised their wooden swords and took a stand.
Similar to the previous two matches.
But when Nelson’s hand dropped and started, both kicked off the ground at the same time and ran away.
Patrick was the first to wield the wooden sword. However, Rize didn’t move her hand recklessly, and after perfectly reading the opponent’s attack, she swung her sword accordingly.
f*ck!
With a distinctly smaller sound than in the previous match, each other’s bodies moved away.
The two stopped at the same time and swung their wooden swords at the other once again. Patrick tried to press Rize again with great force, but Rize let out the attack with minimal movement and at the same time rotated around Patrick and moved her body.
Despite Rize’s attack, which made use of his small body’s quick movements, Patrick continued his attack without panicking.
Fierce attacks ensued, and Rize continued to wield the wooden sword exquisitely and let it flow, but some of them could be seen as if they were just skimming through the body.
I couldn’t hear a loud sound, but I could see him staggering several times.
However, Patrick also showed signs of getting tired as he continued his big attacks one after another.
In the midst of such a fierce battle, Rize stepped back for a moment, and Patrick’s wooden sword stabbed deeply as if aiming for it.
But what he was aiming for was the same as Rize.
Rize’s eyes brightened for a moment, and she entwined her wooden sword, then turned her body and held out the wooden sword over her shoulder, aiming it precisely at Patrick’s neck.
“There!”
At the moment the two stopped moving, Nelson’s decision was made.
“The third match… … It’s a draw!”
Rize aimed at Patrick’s neck, but instead of defending himself, Patrick also aimed at Rize’s neck with the retrieved wooden sword.
It was so exquisite that the timing was almost simultaneous, so the decision was made a draw.
Clap clap clap!
Applause poured out to the two people who had an amazing competition that was hard to believe that it was a swordsmanship duel at that age.
Rize and Patrick drew their swords and caught their breath, and when the applause died down, Nelson picked up the loudspeaker and turned to the audience and said,
“In the case of a draw like this, it is recognized as a win for each other, and since each of them had one win, the next match will determine the winner!”
“Waaa!”
The final battle is approaching.
Rize and Patrick looked exhausted, but their eyes didn’t turn off at all.
For a short break, the two of them went back to the waiting room, and I closed my eyes and looked at Rize, who was catching her breath, and I thought for a moment.
“Rize has won.”
“Eh? Are you already sure?”
At my words, Scarlett said as if she didn’t know why, and I answered with a shrug.
“Lise’s strategy worked effectively. The final match will be won right away.”
“Ah, are you referring to the sword that attacked like peeling an apple while going round and round? It seemed to have succeeded in draining the opponent’s stamina, but… … I wonder if the conditions are similar.”
I just laughed at Scarlett’s completely wrong words, and instead, Douglas and Irina nodded in agreement with me.
“Right. I wondered why they mixed up such useless movements.”
“It wasn’t the usual lady Rize’s tactic.”
“No, is this just me being a fool again?”
Scarlett was even more confused by those words, and added words while watching the stage where they started preparing for the final match.
“This is one of the things I told Rize.”
Finally, Rize and Patrick came up to the arena again and faced each other.
“If it’s difficult to target the opponent’s loophole, make sure the opponent is mistaken during the fight.”
“In the previous match, Rize deliberately showed that her strengths were quick movements and technical skills that took advantage of the difference in physique.”
“… … ah.”
At Douglas’ supplementary explanation, Scarlett opened her eyes wide as if she had barely noticed, and Nelson’s hand, which had risen immediately after, fell off, announcing the start of the final match.
Bullfight!
Immediately after, Rise’s body, which hit the ground with a sound so loud that it filled all directions, was shot out like a cannonball.
“Lize’s true strength is… … Hard to believe it would come out of that body.”
Rize’s feet hit hard as if they would break the floor, adding to her strength.
“It’s an overwhelmingly strong force.”
Rize’s wooden sword swung at a much faster speed than Patrick had ever shown.
aaagh!
With a sound so intense that it shook the entire arena, Patrick’s body floated up and flew through the air… … I rolled around on the floor outside the arena.
“Of course, Rize’s strengths are not all of them.”
And a little later, cheers rang out.