Cowl, who had spread enough distance, raised his hand.
Abel looked around.
The members of his group are Qalian, Darin, Dorian, and Cynthia.
Qalian was holding a medium-length spear.
I had seen that ability once before, and it was quite intimidating.
In the case of Darin and Dorian, they were carrying large shields.
I was well aware that Dorian favored the tank position from the beginning.
On the other hand, Darin’s case seemed to have changed recently.
‘The original potential itself is biased toward the tanker.’
A quick decision was welcomed by Abel.
The more good tanks there are, the better.
Then Abel looked at Cynthia for the last time.
She was holding a huge bow.
‘There are few riders who use bows.’
The reason was simple.
It takes a long time to master a bow, but it is ambiguous to say that it is unconditionally better than a magic weapon.
Still, the bow had a higher potential, unless it had monster-like magical powers like Henna.
‘In addition, Cynthia was originally a master of the bow.’
Cynthia’s grandfather is the famous Delchian Ranger, and Cynthia herself has been handling bows since she was very young.
In terms of bowing skills, there was probably no opponent until at least the second year students.
thud!
At that time, Kaul stamped the ground with his feet and quickly lowered his arm that had been raised high.
– The battle begins!
Finally, the battle begins.
thump, thump-!
At the start signal, Darin and Dorian moved forward and blocked the way.
Standing in front of two Gigants with large shields, I felt quite reassured.
Kiriric-.
Cynthia then put an arrow on her bow.
The bow made for Gigant was quite menacing just by looking at it.
It was to the extent that it looked like he was holding a siege ballista in his hand.
On the other hand, the opponent’s movement was also quite agile.
Tap-!
Victor pierced the shield into the ground, and Henna immediately mounted the magic cannon on top of the shield.
Meanwhile, Daniel, Luke, and May ran in different directions and ran toward Abel while drawing a parabola.
‘There are few tanks, so they’re going to push it quickly.’
This side can attack the other side as much as you want with two tanks standing in one place.
On the other hand, there was only one tanker over there.
No matter how wide the area of the shield is, it can’t protect all four gigants.
So, he would have chosen to avoid the attack and approach the enemy on his own.
If so, this side can force damage to the opponent while approaching.
Turong-!
Cynthia fired an arrow.
The arrow flew at high speed and pierced the shoulder of Daniel, who was running from a diagonal direction.
Quaang!
Probably originally aimed at the head.
But the shoulder wasn’t too bad either. Because every time you swing your sword, it will be annoying.
Kiriririk!
Cynthia quickly put an arrow back into her bow.
But by then, the enemy’s melee agents had already approached right in front of them.
-Kallian, Cynthia. Stick right behind the defense unit.
Abel gave instructions to the two of them and slightly distanced themselves.
Currently, the closest one was Mei. And in Abel’s judgment, Mei was an enemy who had to be prevented from approaching as much as possible.
This is because they move so fast that they can break formations and inflict heavy damage.
Whoop-!
So, Abel ran to Mei first.
Mei, who was charging at her with dual swords, saw Abel and immediately stopped and settled down.
But then.
Wooo-!
Suddenly, a blue ray of light passed the side of Abel’s head.
Henna shot the magic cannon.
If Abel hadn’t turned his head sharply, it would have pierced his head.
thud!
Mei didn’t miss the opportunity and rushed at Abel.
Undaunted, Abel twisted his body diagonally and raised the dangling sword diagonally to cut it.
Woo woo woo woo!
The sound of the wind and the sword brushed across Mei’s back.
Mei, bent down, tried to dig into Abel’s arms with movements like an animal.
But that was the direction Abel intended.
Abel raised his knee.
aaang!
Knees lifted Mei’s chest.
It must have been a completely unexpected attack, and Mei bounced back and managed to regain her balance.
The attack just before was a technique that Abel had been practicing hard lately.
It means mixing taijutsu between swordsmanship.
In fact, swordsmanship and taijutsu are inextricably linked.
Until now, I had been putting it off for a while because I was in a daunting state with just swordsmanship, but after the meeting with the knights last time, I thought I couldn’t put it off any longer.
thump, thump-!
Mei carefully examined Abel.
Meanwhile, Luke and Daniel reached Abel’s headquarters.
In addition, Henna was also knocking on the main base instead of Abel.
It probably won’t be an easy fight either.
‘I’ll have to finish it quickly.’
Abel grabbed his sword and charged Mei first.
thud!
After closing the distance in an instant, he put his feet on the ground vigorously and put that power into his sword.
Mei tried to dodge the attack, but thought it wouldn’t work, so she crossed her sword and defended it.
Kagagakak!
Mei’s arms were raised.
Without hesitation, Abel let go of his sword and lowered his stance.
thud!
Belatedly, the sound of Abel’s sword falling to the floor echoed.
But at that time, he was already holding Mei tightly.
Mei tried to hit Abel with the sword in her hand, but Abel acted faster.
cooong!
Abel pushed forward as he lowered his stance, knocking Mei over.
Mei’s machine couldn’t overcome the force and hit the floor.
widely.
Abel finished the attack by placing his hand on Mei’s core.
-surrender.
Soon May’s voice was heard. If the core is threatened in any way, it is an unconditional defeat.
Abel sighed, stood up, and immediately picked up his sword.
This is not an individual battle, so the battle is just the beginning.
‘That side is holding up well.’
On the side of the main camp, a fierce battle was going on for a long time.
Qalian was dazzlingly wielding a spear, using the tanks as a shield.
Tankers continued to check the enemy’s approach with shields and short swords.
In the case of Cynthia, she crouched down and popped out whenever she had a chance to shoot arrows.
It was a performance that exceeded expectations.
Abel saw that and ran forward instead of rejoining the base.
thump, thump!
As I ran away, I saw Victor and Hena, who were on the other side, agitated.
In a situation where they have already defeated one person, they must know that if they are also subdued, it will be the end.
Whoa!
Henna urgently started firing the magic cannon.
Her demonic cannon, which had improved considerably, was threatening enough for Abel.
Three of the tens of thousands of beams she fired until she got close.
One of the dogs even narrowly grazed Abel’s neck joint.
However, Henna couldn’t stop Abel’s approach in the end.
-come!
In the end, Victor, the tank, took up his shield and stepped forward.
-okay!
Abel raised his sword to him, shouted loudly, and turned sharply to the right just before colliding with Victor.
thud!
-What… … ?
Victor’s bewildered voice moved sideways and backwards in an instant.
After Abel passed Victor, he swung his sword as it was.
Henna’s gas entered his field of vision.
Hena, who was just injecting magical power into the magic cannon, looked frightened.
-cowardice… … !
aaang!
Before Henna could finish her words, the sword hit her chest on the side of her core.
With that, Henna’s aircraft remained silent.
He probably fainted for a moment from the shock.
Victor belatedly tried to turn around, but Abel put the sword behind him without difficulty.
It was exactly where the core was located.
-surrender?
– Ha, surrender.
After hearing Victor’s declaration of surrender, Abel drew his sword.
Abel, who subdued the two in an instant, looked towards the base.
I could see that my teammates had noticed that they had been knocked down, and they were attacking more fiercely.
Abel walked towards it at a pace that was neither fast nor slow.
As I got closer, I heard Luke shout in a shrill voice.
– Catch at least one! even one!
It was a pretty desperate cry, but Abel didn’t wait for him.
When the distance narrowed to just a few steps, Luke had no choice but to turn around.
Daniel also stopped attacking and slowly opened the distance.
Abel looked at the two of them and said.
– Surrender?
This is a mock battle after all.
While Abel’s forces were intact, there were only two left on the other side.
It was only natural that he urged surrender.
-you… … !
But Luke didn’t seem to think so.
As soon as he heard Abel’s invitation to surrender, he rushed at him in anger.
Watching them run wild, Abel at one point stretched out his sword like a thunderbolt.
Touk-.
The sword came to a close stop right in front of Luke’s core.
Originally, Luke was less objective than Abel.
However, it was even more strange that I couldn’t subdue him with a single blow when I rushed after revealing all my gaps because I was angry.
-stop!
Then, Kaul’s voice rang out.
– Group B’s loss! Back off everyone!
At that, Luke seemed to be trying to say something, but then he lowered his head and stepped back.
It was an overwhelming victory for Abel’s group.
* * *
After all tidying up.
Cowl, who got off the Gigant, evaluated the past battle with a stiff face.
“Group B’s strategy itself was simple, but not bad. The number of tanks is small, so if we just tried to hold on, the damage would have accumulated.”
He continued to speak in an unflattering tone.
“But it would be foolish to split up and rush in. It must have been a means to avoid ranged attacks, but what happened in the end? may. Please answer.”
“… … They were destroyed individually, and they gave up to the rear as well.”
“Yes. This is not simply a matter of whether Abel fights well or not.”
Kaul narrowed his brows and said.
“If the opponent had a strong power, of course we should have had that in mind. You should have been aware of the risk of being defeated individually.”
Having said that, Kaul spoke of several methods.
Did he move together with Victor and Henna?
Or did the dealers unite and rush?
“They are all equally simple methods. But at least they wouldn’t have been overpowered in an instant by defeating each one.”
Kaul let out a short sigh.
“It doesn’t matter who loses or wins. What matters is how well you fight. In that respect, it is difficult to give Group B a good evaluation.”
The already heavy atmosphere subsided even more.
Kaul then turned to Abel and said.
“That doesn’t mean that Group A was perfect. Abel. This battle was a battle of many against many. If I had fought more actively using my colleagues, the battle would have been much easier.”
In other words, it meant not to fight by relying too much on personal strength.
“I will keep that in mind.”
“okay. In the next lecture, we will change groups again and fight. Now, let’s break up.”
Kaul announced the end of the lecture and turned around and walked away.
The cadets looked at each other in a heavy atmosphere and then moved cautiously.
But then.
“sh*t!”
someone shouted in a loud voice.
It was none other than Luke.
He walked away with a frown on his face.
Victor looked around in bewilderment and soon followed him.
Abel looked behind him for a moment.
After that, in many lectures, Luke openly expressed his hostility to Abel.
But surprisingly, there was not much that came first.
After a few days like that, the morning of the practice day was bright.