Chapter 18: Violet Swordsmanship
Finn's sword leaning in front of him nodded slightly under the pressure of the tomahawk, but it didn't completely tilt down.
The leader of the Sideburns Adventure Group is himself a warrior who is known for his strength attributes, and he just warmed up the gold-level adventurer badge that he had just acquired half a month ago.
After this slash, Randolph had a further understanding of Finn's strength, and he found that his opponent's parry move could still be basically unchanged under his heavy slash with the bonus of his charging skill, which showed that the opponent's previous battle with Guy was able to draw away the spear of the mountain folk boy with a single sword, and it was not just a matter of luck.
If the young paladin in front of him really had excellent swordsmanship skills, then his true strength could never be limited to the bronze level. - He thought.
As for the true strength of the other party, this secret that has not yet surfaced is measured by his own combat ability that has touched the golden threshold, and he guesses that if Finn goes all out, he may be able to come up with the combat power that a gold-level adventurer should have.
Even higher.
As soon as he thought about it, he was once again convinced that he had made the right choice to replace Guy himself.
"Beautiful offense, Captain Randolph." Finn bent his knees slightly and pressed the heel of his shoe against the dirt beneath his feet, pursed his lips and held the man's battle axe in front of him with his sword, and the corners of his mouth lifted as both sides entered the stage of wrestling.
Randolph did not dare to speak to Feyndo, he was under pressure to be responsible for an adventuring party, and was now very careful that this was a trap for Fein to distract him with words.
The leader of the Sideburns Adventure Group was silent, and the young paladin smiled helplessly when he saw that the other party ignored his plans, and the two brown eyes in his eyes flickered, and the hands holding the hilt of the long sword began to twist the muscles of his wrists, causing the blade of the iron long sword to deflect in a strange way. He took the initiative to bow his head in the direction of the tomahawk's force.
At that moment, Randolph felt that Fein had voluntarily unloaded the forces that had been used to resist him head-on.
Finn's body shifted to the side, and the tomahawk in the man's hand slashed down the crooked sword.
The sword in the young man's hand was adjusted to a one-handed backhand position at the same time, and the blade of the longsword immediately grazed the steel handle of the battle axe, and with a piercing metallic grinding sound, it slashed into Randolph's hands holding the handle of the axe.
"Backhand swordsmanship!" Randolph's head exploded, and for a moment he thought of the assassins who lurked in the shadows like poisonous snakes.
The Assassin's backhand swordsmanship was cracked in the original history of the Fourth Age by the Blood Sword Saint Raymond himself. This sinister swordsmanship is more suitable for short swords than long swords.
Randolph still didn't know how to deal with this move, but he remembered how he had suffered a loss in this swordplay - it was a night on the outskirts of the city, and a short sword flashed a cold light in the hand of a killer who had probably mistaken his target, and one of his hands had been helplessly bandaged for a month.
The young paladin knew that the Assassin's backhand swordsmanship had been worded by Raymond before the classic battle in which Raymond single-handedly killed five Nightsborn assassins, and that ninety-nine percent of the warriors of the human realm were helpless with this move, which was not too shameless if it was too much.
The leader of the Sideburns Adventure Band's eyes widened, staring at the iron sword in Finn's hand that was sliding down the steel handle of the tomahawk towards his hands.
Although he was so depressed that he wanted to scold his mother, his rational brain forced him to hold back the humiliation in his memory and let go of his right hand from the handle of the axe. With his left arm, he threw his tomahawk behind him, unslashing the blade that stuck to the steel handle of the tomahawk like a snake.
The heavy battle axe and the plain iron sword parted in mid-air between the two.
Finn's right arm was raised along the long sword that Randolph had opened with his battle axe, and the young man's eyes glanced at the position of the captain's weapon, and then simply raised his other arm, so the iron sword was clenched back by him with both hands at this moment, and he raised the bargain he bought from the farmer's blacksmith shop along the way above his head, and some of the people in the sideburns adventure group who knew a little about swordsmanship had already recognized that the gesture was the starting hand of the Violet Army's swordsmanship.
The military swordsmanship of the Violet Kingdom is a typical slashing sword, perhaps because the one-handed swords produced in this land are always longer than the traditional style. The soldiers of King Atrik created this sword technique, and their interpretation and philosophy of combat skills were passed down from the time when the kingdom was founded.
The violets of that era always raised their swords above their heads. When attacking, the sword is cut down to cut the enemy's armor, and when defending, the sword is cut down to knock down the enemy's weapon, which is fast, accurate, and ruthless.
The soldiers of Violet are proud of the swordsmanship passed down from their predecessors, if you served in the kingdom's standing army. Unless you were born in the reign of King Atrik, you must have heard the braggings of your comrades in the barracks, and were told by the veterans who were a few years older than you that His Majesty the Great Ancestor had spoken to the knights who followed him, and that said, "Violet's sword is like a warrior's jaw, to be raised unruly." Don't put it down in frustration. ”
Finn didn't know if King Atrik had said this in front of the Founding Fathers, but the metaphor that "Violet's sword was like a warrior's jaw" was a wonderful thing to him, because the swordcraft he was about to use was as unruly as the passage described.
The young paladin stepped forward and slashed down the iron sword that was raised above his head.
Randolph barely pulled back the tomahawk in his left hand with a little unbalanced, and the two-handed tomahawk was swung by him with one arm, and the next second there was a dull thud that slammed into the young man's iron sword again.
The weapons of both sides bounced off each other for the second time, and the center of gravity of Randolph's body was tilted by the barely used axe movement just now, and the man with a stubborn back fell to the dirt of the logging village with an unexpected ankle, and the iron sword in Finn's hand was now raised back in the direction of the rebound.
The picture between the two seems to freeze at this moment.
Several adventurers in the sideburns adventuring group anxiously exclaimed the word "captain", Randolph sat on the ground and looked up at the young man in front of him, and Finn condescendingly looked down at the opponent who had fallen to the ground, and if he wanted to, he could immediately slash down again with his next sword and end up dropping the opponent.
The winner is already clear at this moment.
"Captain Randolph." The young paladin lowered his gaze and looked at the man who had rested one arm on the ground to support himself. "If there are stronger members of your group, I think you should fulfill our agreement as well."
With that, he smiled innocently, then put down the iron sword that had been raised above his head, bent down, and stretched out his free right hand towards Randolph, who was sitting on the ground.
The leader of the party looked at Finn's smiling face in some surprise.
Half a day. He hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth, took Finn's hand, asked the young man to pull him up from the ground, got up, patted the ash on his body, sighed, and said, "I admit that I lost." ”
In this case, he seems to have no choice but to accept defeat, after all, Guy and himself have lost two rounds in a row at the hands of young people, and arguing too much will only appear to be small-minded.
The leader of the party shook his head, looked up at the night sky lit up by the moon and stars, and then turned to look at the members of the party behind him.
He struggled for about ten seconds as he watched his companions who followed him day in and day out accepting tasks, going out on adventures, completing tasks, getting paid, and raising a glass in celebration. Then he turned around and said with a serious expression on Finn's eyes, "According to the agreement, during our cooperation, I can hand over the command of the Sideburns Adventure Group to you. ”
Finn nodded.
"However, you must promise me one more condition."
When the young man nodded at him, he immediately added another sentence.
Hearing that Randolph actually wanted to temporarily modify the content of the agreement after attempting to embezzle the Holy Avengers, Arya and Lilith, who had been with Finn for a long time, had not yet spoken, and Leah suddenly reacted from the stunned state of looking at Finn's swordsmanship skills before. Immediately after that, he stood by the door of the Adventurers' Association and shouted at Randolph and asked, "Hey, why did you suddenly regret it?!" ”
Leah's voice reached the ears of the leader of the expedition group without any surprise.
Randolph glanced at it. Glancing sideways at the young paladin who was raising a hand to point at his nose from afar, his brow furrowed slightly, and then he ignored the question he had just heard and turned his gaze back to look at Finn in front of him.
Compared with Leah, although Finn was stunned for a moment because of Randolph's backlash just now, he was a well-informed player in his previous life, so he didn't immediately blame the other party. Instead, calm down first and wait for the other party's further explanation.
"Please forgive me for doing this." Seeing that the young man did not immediately accuse himself, the bald man standing in front of Finn really began to tell the reason why he did this, "You are a priest, and I believe that you will not use our agreement to do excessive things to my companions. But to be on the safe side, I want you to make a commitment first. ”
"I can make a commitment right now." Finn looked at him and returned his sword to its sheath, "But how do you guarantee your credibility?" ”
"The holy warrior has the faith of the holy warrior, and the adventurer also has the most basic dignity of the adventurer." Randolph clenched his fists, "I am convinced by your strength, but as the leader of an adventuring party, I would rather tear my face than ensure the safety of these companions behind me, and I hope you can forgive me for that."
With that, he took a deep breath and waited for Finn's reply.
Randolph's condition on the agreement seems to be a bit of a scoundrel, but Fein can understand Randolph's behavior, as he has formed a party with his former friends in the past - and the name of the player party he spent in his previous life was Edvantel, but it gradually developed into a guild as the number grew.
As the leader of the Sideburns Adventure Group, Randolph is responsible for his team members even if he loses face, which shows that this bald man is at least a person with a conscience, but he seems to be a little remorse when it comes to character issues, and in general, he can be roughly regarded as a member of the chaotic and good camp.
"That's good." After thinking about it in his heart, the young man nodded again, raised a hand in front of the man and raised it over his shoulder, "I promise that I will never use the temporary command of the Sideburns Adventure Group to directly or indirectly harm the members of the Sideburns Adventure Band, if I break this promise, the temporary command in my hands will immediately become invalid, and the Sideburns Adventure Group can spread my untrustworthy behavior in the future and ruin my reputation." ”
"Thank you for your understanding." Hearing that Finn had already said this, the leader of the Sideburns Adventure Group breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Finn with a hint of gratitude on his face, "Then according to the agreement between us, I now declare as the leader of the Sideburns Adventure Group that all members of the Sideburns Adventure Group, including me, will obey your command during our cooperation." Don't let us down, friend. ”
"Nature." The young man put down the hand he had raised as he had promised, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation, Master Randolph." ”
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