6. Things needed to defeat the hero.(2)
Above the flat yellow earth without a single curve.
A familiar battlefield unfolds somewhere.
However, the point of view of the battlefield was markedly different from before.
That would also be the case, because right now Kariel was seated above the sky.
The realm of hawks and eagles roaming the sky.
Because of its height, everything below looks like a swarm of ants.
“Was it too high?”
Before she even finishes speaking, the world expands in the blink of an eye.
It is no longer a swarm of ants, but a sense of distance that can be clearly distinguished from a swarm of people.
“Circumstances have changed, so the process must change. The things you need to look out for from now on are… .”
It is a combat process.
“Keep it in your eyes as much as possible. And the next thing you will encounter is the combat skills that are widely spread all over the world.”
Pick out the one that suits you.
“Don’t beg me, judge for yourself and choose.”
After that, Kariel watched countless battles shown by the Demon King.
A battle in which various weapons and combat methods are mobilized.
Person-to-person, multiple battles.
Faction versus faction battles.
with those of those who have been contrasted.
The evils of reckless recklessness that are pushed in without preparation.
There are examples of clashing with similar weapons, and even those who fight with completely different weapons and means.
There are camps that propagate unilaterally, and there are also opposite camps, and even if they are stuck in a state of being neither one nor the other, the camp is pushed back or reversed as it is with one small variable.
From giant monsters scrambling through the ground, to one-sided violence from flying corps attacking the sky.
They quickly came up with countermeasures against this, and there was no way to resist, so they recklessly suffered and endured until the charter declined.
From the perspective of the invading demons.
Many of the defending Middle-earth races, from their point of view.
If the air defense is reversed, the attacker becomes the defender.
A topographical advantage, annihilation without variable, and even a decisive battle without front and back, even with the resolution of annihilation.
“I take pride in overwhelming victories in one-on-one, but being active and surviving in a place like that is another story.”
Even if you are the champion of the jousting match, the arena.
You don’t know when or how you’ll die once you’re on the battlefield.
I will do my best as long as I have the skills.
But what if you get hit by an eyeless arrow, or are exposed to a barrage of arrows without any defensive equipment?
What if injuries accumulate or get stabbed at a critical point by making mistakes due to excessive volume?
Who knows if it will be a sudden drop of magic bombing or a ridiculous living sacrifice of catapults and other siege weapons.
Wasting time by rushing to a distant place without going where you were supposed to go.
But somehow, that also worked as luck, and the belated joining acted as a timely factor, deciding the direction of the battlefield.
If a talented person who does not know where he came from plays an active role as a soldier.
Not even one of them, but five or six came out to surround the enemy general and drive them away.
What if the ground turns over or cracks without warning?
What if the sky suddenly collapsed and attacked you?
What if lightning strikes you and knocks you over?
What if the fog is so thick that it is hard to distinguish an inch? What if it rains? What if the snow flurries violently?
A melee on a muddy field?
What if you are exposed to the enemy’s one-sided offensive while crossing the river?
Not on solid ground, but above the turbulent sea or river.
What if we fight there on top of the shaking deck?
Even though the ship is sinking, if everyone rushes without hesitation, saying that you will die and I will die?
What if you slipped while climbing a hill, a slope, a cliff, or a tall castle wall, and fell from being hindered?
“How can I… Do you go into battle with every assumption?”
“That is why the foundation is so important. Coming up with all countermeasures is realistically difficult. Not impossible, but… Too much effort.”
If so, what does the root mean?
“Just because you have excellent swordsmanship doesn’t mean you can deal with it skillfully. That’s another matter.”
Even if you are a master swordsman, if you cannot swim, you will drown in the water.
If there is a variable, there is some difference in the probability of drowning when heavily armed versus lightly armed?
It is an undeniable fact that even if you are a master of swordsmanship because you do not have wings, you will fall and die if you fall from a high altitude to the ground.
Even if you live, it will be difficult for your body to recover.
Of course, if you come up with your own countermeasures in the meantime, you won’t know again.
Overcoming the absurdities you face.
Overcoming the ordeal in front of you.
So you need strength.
And if you lack strength, there are ways to subsidize it by concocting wisdom and tricks.
Skill is something that proves like that.
“It is not something that can be resolved right away. So just keep it inside.”
yet.
“There are countless swordsmanships in the world. However, swordsmanship is inherently the means of the weak.”
“Is it because you use tools?”
A tool called a sword.
It doesn’t matter if it’s not a sword, but why a sword?
the devil asked
“Why did the sword become the representative weapon of the time, do you know about it?”
“Because it is the symbol of the church.”
“okay. You know surprisingly well.”
It was never because the sword was overwhelmingly useful.
If you look closely, the sword proficiency is not quite enough, it is a very necessary weapon.
If you don’t know anything and grab it.
Blunt weapons are more efficient, and holding an ax would be much more useful.
If a little training is included, the spear can be said to be the most practical weapon.
but not black
Still, why was the sword chosen?
A sword imitating a cross.
The arming sword has become a symbol of knights.
When the knight’s oath was abbreviated, there was no need for a sword.
However, the culture of making an oath with a straight sword, as it is now, has become established, and accordingly, the process of blessing not only the knight but also the sword that the knight holds is added.
Finally, the culture and symbolism of chivalry and oaths began to take root.
A nobleman is a knight.
It was taken for granted in the empire, but the situation in neighboring countries was different.
Why does a nobleman have to be a knight?
What is the relationship between blue blood and knights?
“Still, it is true that swords are useful in many ways. Possibility is good, appearance is good.”
The window is cumbersome and inconvenient to carry.
The ax is hideous and barbaric.
The bow is an underdog that is difficult for hunters and even melee weapons to possess, and it is a problem because it has a prominent impression as a weapon for the poor.
A blunt weapon requires efficiency or strength, and is more crude and brutal than an axe.
god warrior.
It’s really inappropriate in terms of symbolism for them to use.
It wasn’t like that from the beginning.
At one point, a knight holding a sword imitating a cross.
As the number of knights wielding swords manufactured to accurately imitate them increased.
The symbol and prejudice that they are God’s warriors comes to the end.
In the Empire, the sword is the king of all diseases, the symbol of the king, and has become the exclusive possession of the knight, the warrior of God.
Right now, the Holy Sword of the Hero is the same.
The reason why heroes and warriors in old stories and fairy tales hold swords together can be seen as representing such symbolism.
“The reason swords have been in the limelight in terms of symbolism is that they have been around since prehistoric times.”
The Demon King did not intend to study history, so he dismissed it briefly, saying that you should only know that.
“Anyway, unlike Middle Earth, there aren’t many examples of using weapons in the Demon Realm.”
Even so, if you have to write it.
“It’s because they have the constitution and aptitude to handle weapons, or because they demonstrate overwhelming efficiency and power.”
Please understand this well.
“The sword is a tool after all, and there is no truth or anything here. After all, it is a tool and a means to an end, for convenience.”
So clear your prejudices and keep looking.
what swordsmanship are you
Or, besides the sword, other armament skills and combat skills would be suitable.
Or even inappropriate.
“Don’t get stuck in your own world.”
Even if you don’t deal with it anyway.
Someday, I’ll face those who hold it.
“If you don’t want to be unilaterally hurt because you don’t know how to deal with it later.”
Even so.
If only I could end up on the losing line, without dying or crippled.
That would be the pinnacle of luck as it is.
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“The movements of the master swordsmen of the empire are similar, but the way they use them is very different.”
Or deal with it with force.
If there is someone who uses agility and agility to deal with it.
Even those who benefit from a fight that can intelligently mix anomalies and tricks.
Even those who are just honest and neutralize their opponents with patience and persistence.
“Depending on each strength, the characteristics of swordsmanship also change.”
In that respect, imperial swordsmanship would be on the very good side in terms of the public.
It is not for nothing that even the famous masters within the Empire learn the Imperial sword.
The basics are mastered with that, even if you learn other swordsmanship later
“But as I said before, this is the swordsmanship of the chosen. Even so, this choice is not entirely wrong. In a country, combat skills that can be used quickly and practically are important.”
In that respect, anyone who learns the first imperial swordsmanship can rise to the level.
“It takes too long.”
the devil said
“If you start learning from today, you have to devote your whole body to it for at least 5 years, and at most 10 years, to the point where you can barely use it in practice.”
Forming a body worthy of a sword.
Even the senses are redesigned to the adaptation stage so that optimal movements and countermeasures can be implemented reflexively.
“Then, the swordsman naturally learns, and later, even though he has never learned it, he automatically optimizes some of his swordsmanship according to his aptitude and constitution.”
In the future, if you were to teach only one swordsmanship to your four children, it would be the most excellent choice.
“If you just overcome the downside of being extremely boring. It’s easy to teach, so you don’t have to spend a lot of time guiding.”
But, at least you’re not particularly attached to the Imperial sword, are you?
I don’t know if it’s rather hateful.
“Then, to the Kingdom of Davas, which is in confrontation with the Empire… Did you say it was a throwing god style?”
It’s a name that’s not too flashy.
However, it is also a swordsmanship that is said to live up to its name.
“But this is not a zero since you come and learn this now.”
First of all, this is not a knight’s swordsmanship.
It’s a warrior’s sword.
The kendo used is not a straight sword imitating a cross, but rather a variety of swords.
Before learning swordsmanship, choose the best sword for yourself and enter.
You can choose a different sword later, but that’s a matter for later.
Looking at it this way, in terms of system and in-depth education, it was clear that the Tushin-ryu were overwhelming.
In terms of popularity or mass production of troops, it is inevitable that it will be pushed back by the Empire.
It would be correct to see this also as a specialized element depending on the local circumstances of each country.
“Aside from that, there are various sword techniques used by the human race, and even among non-human races, the way they handle swords has spread and developed in a variety of ways… .”
One by one.
Those who have mastered various swordsmanship, if not in detail.
The scene of their battle pours out without a break like a flowing river.
The origin of the swordsmanship and why the demon king developed, changed, or degenerated in such a way.
Even that point was pointed out in detail.
Kariel, who had put all of them in her eyes and listened attentively, carved them into her head.
Eventually, you get there.
“In that respect, how did your father swing his sword in his prime?”
Are you curious?
“From now on, you will have to aim to defeat that thing.”
In addition to swordsmanship, countless people were defeated by the sword of his father, Rueld.
In most cases, serious injuries do not lead to fatal injuries.
subdue.
or incapacitate.
This is a possible result because his skill is overwhelming.
In the fierce battle, some reached extreme deaths.
Rueld was not included.
“That’s the skill immediately after holding the holy sword.”
surprisingly strong.
I can’t explain it, but it’s just that it’s on a different level than before.
Even before holding the holy sword, Kariel was so strong that he couldn’t even dare.
“Even so, compared to your emperor at the time, there were a lot of regrets.”
A being praised as a heroic emperor.
and his own father.
Even if you look at the age, even if you look similar to yourself or younger.
For some reason, I felt a sense of skill and spirit that I dare not glimpse at them.
The young emperor took up a sword and shield.
The father held the holy sword with both hands.
The two confront and clash.
The young emperor, who even used his shield as a blunt weapon, deflected the holy sword.
In an instant, like that of a snake riding on the ground, he pushed his sword and stabbed Rueld.
Rueld suddenly turned and escaped.
Even in the midst of retreating, the sword came and went once, and when the shield was cut in half, the emperor threw it down as if throwing it and rushed at it, lowering his body like a weasel.
Rueld evaded it again by a hair’s breadth.
Unknowingly, the emperor, who even pulled out the dagger hanging from his waist and armed himself with a sword and a sword in both hands, skilfully, even with that small dagger, deftly and occasionally deflected some of the holy sword’s sword strikes.
In fact, in terms of skills, Rueld was infinitely lacking.
Even so, the two seem to be able to compete on an equal footing.
Because Rueld had overwhelming physical abilities.
“Was that when I was about a year younger than you now?”
“… … .”
It’s not at the level of mock sparring.
It was close to a bloody battle reminiscent of a real battle.
If your skills are that good, can you draw a picture like this even with only sparring?
“Aim to beat that level first.”
I can’t even get past that.
“Breaking down the perfect Rueld? Not worth half a penny.”
Like that, even while the demon king was humming, the confrontation between the two was running toward the end.
“Has your father ever been defeated in combat or in sparring?”
“It broke a lot. a lot.”
“Among them, I wonder if any of them were so great that my father felt the wall.”
“Hmm.”
does this happen in the end
“There were about three people who thought that even when your father held the holy sword, there was no answer.”
“… Not you.”
“Didn’t you say three? Now, if you are questioning whether or not you can master it, why are you pointing at me?”
Kariel let out a quiet voice with a confused face.
“that is… .”
“I told you, but you can’t learn mine anyway, and there’s no reason to teach you anything, so put aside your regrets.”
“No, not that… Isn’t it time to pretend to be proud… I want to.”
“… … .”
The Demon King looked at Kariel with grim eyes.
“Yeah man. I’m afraid I’ll kill you a hundred times for blasphemy.”
“… … .”
Even the casually throwing sound, is it because of the sincerity?
It was Kariel who had numbness in her hamstrings for no reason.