283 – Homecoming (3)
Infusing ‘ingredients’ into the muscles. Visualize the movement of the body, think about what muscles are needed for that movement, and infuse ingredients into those muscles.
And when he moves his muscles, explosive power bursts out, allowing Chester’s body to move with unimaginable power.
Bang! Chester rushed forward, pushing the deck hard, moving the sparring spear that Rowan was using, and tricking Urgo’s eyes with the sparring spear, moving the other leg.
After blowing ingredients into the tightly closed legs that do not move when hitting the ground, they spread out in an instant. The power and speed of the strongly extended leg are added to the speed and kinetic energy created by leaping forward with the opposite leg.
Quaang!
There was a sound that couldn’t be believed to be the sound of a person’s neck and legs colliding.
‘Hmm.’
And Urgo, who easily received Chester’s attack by raising his shoulders, using his shoulder muscles as a cushion, and twisting his neck to displace the point of impact, marveled at the stiffness he felt in his neck.
‘It’s amazing. His movement itself is much better than when he was living in the desert, but there are times when he moves more radically than that.’
Looking at the power of that moment, it was on the same level as Urgo. Chester’s body was lighter than Urgo’s, so when he moved with similar strength, his speed was faster than Urgo’s, and his momentum was sharp enough to pierce Urgo.
“But didn’t I tell you to focus only on dodging?”
Of course, it’s only for a moment. Urgo moved and defended his body appropriately, avoiding the moment when Chester’s momentum was at its most explosive, and counterattacked when it began to weaken.
Do not hit. He doesn’t even wield an axe. Just by pushing Chester, who had thrown his body to generate momentum, with the palm of his hand, he made him roll on the deck.
Chester got up from rolling on the deck and took advantage of the recoil to rise up and attack Urgo.
“Chester. Know It is a word that has been handed down in our tribe. Humans have two arms. He cannot do a job that requires the use of three arms with two arms.”
Urgo lightly grabbed Chester as he flew up, then swung him to the deck.
“Cheuk!”
After Chester had been controlled so he wouldn’t get hurt too badly, Urgo continued talking.
“Chester. Your senses are so good too sharp surpassed the human level. Even now, while fighting with me, you must be feeling everything from the breathing and talking of the sailors around you to the sound of the waves, the movement of the wind, and the sunlight. The senses are overreacting to all the stimuli.”
Chester, avoiding Urgo’s fist, twisted his body and stamped Urgo’s side with his knee, but in a situation where he couldn’t move properly, Chester didn’t do much damage even if he hit his side.
“Chester. You only have two limbs. You cannot cope with all the sensations you are feeling with four limbs.”
“…… Keugh!”
“That is why selection and concentration are necessary. Give purpose to your senses, to your instincts. Allow yourself to pour all of your senses into achieving that goal.”
Urgo freed Chester and swung the ax again, and Chester moved to counterattack while dodging the axe. However, this time the counterattack movement was blocked by Urgo from the start.
“It becomes simpler to deal with by pouring your senses into miscellaneous things instead of focusing everything on just one. If you fight for a long time, you will be able to read that quick reaction to some extent, and as you can see now, you can move one step faster than you and gain an advantage.”
Chester gave up the blocked attack and immediately changed his stance and aimed elsewhere, but Urgo blocked even that.
“However, if you suppress and control your senses with reason, you will be fighting with a blindfold and earplugs on. I can’t use that sharp sense properly, so I can’t help it, and there are loopholes in my movements.”
The moment he blocked it, Urgo moved his axe. It moved lightly, but that ax could be fatal even with a light cut. Chester somehow escaped the axe and retreated.
“Even if it’s an excellent weapon, if you handle it that way, there will be limits. Chester. Keep thinking with what you have. Keep thinking, practicing, and devising what you can do, what you must give up and acquire in order to develop beyond this, and what you cannot do.”
As Urgo said that, he raised his ax and stance.
“I’ve been treating my body that way. If he had lived wielding power simply and ignorantly, he would have died a long time ago. It doesn’t make sense just to have an excellent weapon. You have to start with how to properly care for and store it, learn how to hold it, how to wield it, learn everything, and be able to create more.”
My muscles twitch. However, Urgo doesn’t just have muscles. You can make the most of your body’s strength and handle it properly.
The same goes for the weapon in your hand. Many of the weapons Urgo handles are huge and heavy that normal people cannot handle.
So, if you handle this weapon with your own body, you are constantly researching, researching, and training how to handle it to get the maximum out of the weapon and body.
“Your senses are such weapons, Chester. Be able to handle it better. If you master that sense and momentary power properly, you will be able to become a formidable foe to me even without Anubis.”
Saying that, Urgo rubbed the nape of his neck where he had been attacked earlier.
Apparently, he blocked Chester’s kick with his shoulder. He also twisted his neck to avoid a proper collision. But the attack was stuck.
At first, I felt only the dull sensation of the blow, but I began to feel a separate sense of stuffiness, perhaps as if it was gradually bruised and swollen.
“If avoidance is difficult, try giving it a slightly easier purpose. For example, protecting Monia.”
With those words, Urgo suddenly threw the ax at Monia.
And Chester reacted. From the moment he uttered the name Monia, faster than Urgo could throw an axe.
Using the skills of jumping on trees and the ingredients of Hope to the fullest, I spurred on the ground, went straight to the nearby mast, stepped on the load near the mast, climbed up, and spurred the mast into the air.
When Chester came to mind like that, the ax Urgo had thrown was spinning at terrifying speed as if it were a small, lightweight throwing axe, and was flying towards Monia.
Then, Chester’s body swung his leg before Chester’s brain could perceive the situation, and kicked the side of the ax that was flying at Monia with force.
Dooong!
With a loud noise, the ax that had been kicked by Chester was deflected and lodged on the side, far away from Monia, and Chester also lost his balance and fell to the floor due to the recoil from the kick.
“As expected, giving purpose to the senses is much more responsive than controlling the senses to use them.”
Everyone on the deck watching the sparring thought for a moment that Chester had read the future.
That’s also true, because Chester moved to rescue Monia before Urgo threw her ax at Monia, apparently.
I moved as if I knew in advance that danger would come to Monia, and at the last minute I removed her ax and protected my Monia.
“Hey, you bastard…… !”
Then Chester, who fell to the floor, stood up looking at Urgo with a face contorted with anger.
“There are things you can do and there are things you can’t do!”
“Ha ha ha. But was the effect good? The body would have personally experienced what level to aim for, so the speed of development would have been faster.”
“Kill it!”
“Good. Then, give your senses the purpose of killing me this time.”
Urgo threw down the axe and swung his bare fists at Chester, who lunged at him.
And Monia, who was almost hit by Urgo’s axe, reacted with embarrassment at Urgo’s behavior.
“Ugo, that prank seems too mischievous. Do you do that to someone you are close to?”
“It’s not just about pranks! What is that person!”
While everyone was stunned by the amazing sight, only Shima got angry and showed his anger by pointing at Urgo.
“It’s okay. Rex would have protected you.”
As he said, Rex was holding a dagger made of solid steel he had retrieved from the Matoto continent in his hand, and with the other hand, he was protecting Monia as if he were covering it.
Sitting her hips down on Rex’s lap on her floor, Monia leaned back comfortably and watched Chester angrily fight Urgo.
“Cheer up, Chester.”
Seeing Monia supporting her effortlessly, Shima put her tongue inside her.
‘A while ago, an ax the size of a torso flew at him, but what kind of guts did he have… ….’
As the distance between the ship riding the wind and the side continent was quickly getting closer, the difference in skill between Chester and Urgo was also rapidly shrinking.
Time passed and when the ship finally reached the docks of Japy Kingdom, Chester was able to increase his match win rate with Urgo to 30%.