Chapter 18: The Paladin's Peak Showdown

The two knights' weapons danced in a dazzling cloud of swords, and the Mithril alloy shield and two longswords danced around them in a dazzling flash, and both seemed to want to find an open in the gap between the other's defenses, and then ruthlessly slashed their weapons in

William's sword in his right hand and shield in his left hand were a pair of old partners who had been familiar with each other for many years, covering each other and working closely together to form a perfect formation of attack and defense, while Patnin, who only had a one-handed sword in his hand, gave up his defense, and adopted the strategy of attacking instead of defending, and carried out a continuous attack on William like a rainstorm

Hey, William shouted, his left hand raised the round shield diagonally, and defused the attack of Puternin's long sword from the upper right, just as the long sword in his right hand was about to sprint towards Puternin's abdomen, the opponent actually threw the sword from his right hand, the long sword slid over Puternin's head, and then tightly held it in his left hand, Puternin's sword blade turned sideways and inserted into the gap under William's round shield, William had to give up the sprint on Patnin's abdomen, return the sword defense, and at the same time take a step back with his body, once again defusing the opponent's attack

They followed each other's moves and began to spin, their weapons turning into a blur of light and shadow, their movements so similar and distinctly different, if William's movements were known for their flamboyance, then Paternin's sword skills were synonymous with elegance

Little Owen was dumbfounded, the first time he saw Uncle Merkne, who was usually honest and polite, picked up a weapon, he was such a powerful warrior, even the knight who slashed and killed the robber and bully just now was helpless

At that moment, Pathenin immediately unleashed a series of moves that should have directly knocked out his opponent, but the opponent's Mithril alloy round shield was an impenetrable wall, and his slashes were blocked aside, and at the same time, William struggled to find a gap under the opponent's dense attacks to stab him

They took turns swinging away the sword or shield that the other had just blocked, and this rhythm lasted for more than forty rounds, and the weak battle spirit had already quietly burned on the two knights, but neither of them could knock down the opponent, and it seemed that the two sides were evenly matched

There is a big difference between knights in battle armor and not wearing war armor, without the protection of war armor, any distraction or slight carelessness can allow the opponent's blade to penetrate the thin clothing and cut into the fragile one, thus inflicting a fatal blow on themselves - at least permanent trauma, knights usually adopt quite cautious tactics when fighting the enemy without any defensive equipment protection, making full use of the natural obstacles or shields around them to protect themselves instead of war armor, and if you want to defeat the enemy, you must first learn to protect yourself - This is the first lesson learned in the fighting class when he was in the knights' training ground, William strictly abides by these training regulations, he now holds a shield in one hand and an attack weapon in the offensive and defensive tactics is the most moderate in the way of fighting without armor, how dare to break the routine like the opponent in front of him now, and still use the tactics of only attacking and not defending to tie with himself without wearing armor, he admires Paternin's courage very much in his heart, in fact, William is not without a chance to counterattack, but out of respect for Paternin, so that he has several opportunities to swing his sword past the opponent to attack, and when attacking, he hesitates for a thousandth of a second because he is worried that the opponent will be harmed, so that such an opportunityLost in vain

Milorus, who was watching the game on the side, saw William's suspicious behavior of releasing water, and he couldn't see it, and shouted loudly: William, what do you guys want to delay when you want to play, you go home and play by yourself, change me up, don't delay the task

Hearing Milorus's shout, William hurriedly jumped out of the battle circle and put on a defensive posture with a sword and shield, and when Pattnin saw that the other party suddenly stopped fighting, he did not take the opportunity to pursue, he knew that the other party had something to say to himself

Big brother, I really don't want to be your enemy, and I don't want to see you get hurt, I really hope you can listen to me, don't care about this kind of nosy anymore, okay, William made a final plea to Patnin, he really hoped that the other party would follow his persuasion, because William was afraid that once he remained in this state, Milorus would intervene in this duel, and the guy who only had the task in his head would not take off his armor and fight a fair duel with the other party one-on-one, and he would not hesitate to raise his two-handed greatsword and slash at anyone or anything that hindered him from completing his mission

William, have you ever seen a knight who conceded defeat in a duel, and Putnnin looked at William with an amiable smile and said in the same tone as an older brother speaking to a younger brother, besides, how can you be so sure that I will lose to you

William closed his eyes helplessly and sighed softly: Since the eldest brother is so determined, then don't blame Little William for being polite, be careful, eldest brother, I will do my best

Puternin raised his sword: Come on, I taught you all the fighting skills just now, and I'm going to see how you beat me

The next combat skills are not what you teach, big brother, be careful, as he spoke, William's eyes were round with angry eyes, he took a step back, and then kicked hard and rushed towards Puternin at this time, Puternin noticed that William's eyes were full of murderous aura

William seemed to be struck faster when he was back into the fight, swinging his weapon at a rapid pace, and the sword and shield were dancing faster and faster - much to Pathening's surprise, although both of them had already burned a slight war spirit, it was clear that William's war spirit was attacking him faster

If he continues like this, he will definitely lose, although now Puternin is still on the offensive, but except for those children, almost everyone present feels that Paternin's offensive is getting weaker and weaker, like his tactic of attacking instead of defending, once the offensive is over, it means that he will be knocked out to the side, and John, who is watching the battle, is also a battle-hardened warrior, and he can see it more clearly than anyone else, he looked at Mirores's gradually smiling demeanor, John decided that once Paternin was defeated, he would carry out a surprise attack on Milores, as for the honor of the knight, it is now no longer a matter of care, and protecting the princess is the most important thing

William changed the way of attacking, sometimes he let the sword defend and let the shield attack, sometimes he restored the state of the shield to defend against the sword attack, sometimes the sword and the shield attacked at the same time, but one thing was very clear, that is, William attacked more and more, and the number of defenses became less and less......

After a loud bang, I saw Puternin's body fly out of the battlefield horizontally, fell to the ground, turned several times in a row, and finally fell face down on the ground, just that blow William used his sword to block Patnin's long sword, and then used a shield strike to knock the opponent out of the air

It's over, John dragged his sword and endured the pain caused by the poison, and suddenly rushed towards Milorus, who was more than ten meters away, but just as John made a move, several other warriors of the Templar Order rushed in front of John, blocking his way, John was forced to give up the sneak attack, he looked at Milorus, only to see the other side throwing a sneer of disdain at him, apparently this person had already moved on to the action he was about to take, John thought desperately

Uncle Merkne, Owen, ran to Putnnin like madness, glaring at William, you kill him, you are a bad person, you are all bad people, and at this time a piece of blood stained on William's round shield

I'm sorry boy, I have already advised him, but he didn't listen, William said to Owen with a very sorry look, he is just fainting now, now that the victory and defeat have been decided, I don't need to hurt him anymore, please take your Uncle Mercone away, but William turned to the comatose Pattenin and said: I'm sorry, big brother, when I saw that Philip, who used to be a proud and sturdy horse, has now become a sick and weak old horse, I knew that you have stayed in such a small village for too long over the years, and you have long been strict about the battle, and if it was you before, I really don't have the confidence to win this battle

Hahahaha...... Isn't it too early to say that the victory and defeat have been decided, William's words just ended, and a hearty smile came from Puternin, who seemed to have fainted, I am so happy, little William, I didn't expect that you have grown into this Cheng Dù over the years, to the surprise of John, Milores, Owen, and William, of course, Puternin quickly stood up, although he was bleeding from his forehead, but his tone of voice was very peaceful, and he patted his clothes easily, and there was no sign of serious injury

William, Jr., I'm glad to see your progress, and that's why I've decided to take this duel a little more seriously, okay, now that the warm-up is over, are you ready?

What a warm-up, a little more serious - was he just to test William's strength, or was he just bluffing, John and Milorus thought in surprise, but judging by the confident smile on Patnin's face, he didn't look like a bluff

However, William did not allow for much thought, and only felt a light breeze blowing, and Puternin was already standing beside him

This speed...... William's surprise was only relieved when the deadly attack he had already expected arrived, when Puternin had his back to the sun, and the sunlight was facing William's eyes, and William, who could not open his eyes in the sun, felt that the strong sunlight of the morning had made Puternin with his back to the sun a huge black shadow, and the darkness enveloped him, and this darkness only deepened into a terrible void

William moved quickly, he was anxious to change the opponent's backlight and his own unfavorable position, but as he moved, Puternin was also moving, no matter where William went, he could not escape this disadvantageous position, William had already felt exactly that his speed had been completely suppressed by the opponent

What a great tactic to use the position of the sun as a cover for the enemy, although John and Milorus were enemies, the intuition of the warriors made them think together

However, Puternin's ability is not just as simple as using the sun's rays to cover, taking advantage of William's blinking and stinging eyes, Puternin launched an attack, compared to the elegant technique just now, Puternin is using a sudden furious attack, he uses a downboard attack and a thunderous counterattack to suppress William to the point where he is unable to move, he always targets the opponent's hand holding the weapon, William begins to understand Patnin's tactics, as his fingers begin to lose consciousness due to cuts after several waves of smaller attacks

Eventually, William overreacted and turned his shield to protect his fragile right hand

Just as Puternin thought, he turned in the opposite direction to his opponent and saw the back of the shield, Puternin did not choose to plunge the sword into the opponent's exposed chest, but flew sideways and kicked William's Mithril shield, at the same time, Paternin punched William in the stomach, William's whole body was volleyed into the air by the force of the punch, and he fell to the ground with a heavy thud

The shape shì was reversed in an instant

Is this the strength he showed with a little more seriousness, and while Milorus turned from joy to worry, John turned from worry to joy

Do you think I have done nothing in this village in the past twelve years, Puternin looked at William who was lying on the ground, and said in a calm tone, I use light magic to heal the villagers, but I often go to the woods to collect herbs that are not needed to perform light magic, why in fact, I go to the woods in the name of collecting medicine to practice day after day, year after year, so my strength now is only stronger than twelve years ago

So that's it...... But you said that there are no knights who throw in the towel in a duel...... Of course, I am the same, William stood up, at this time the round shield in William's left hand has disappeared, like Paternin, his weapon is only a long sword, but at this time his battle spirit has been burning, strong fighting spirit and belief make William's war spirit burn more and more vigorously

Okay, I just need your fighting spirit, Puternin looked at William with a smile, and his fighting spirit burned more and more vigorously at the same time as his fighting spirit increased

Well, in this wonderful knight battle, the two sides have ups and downs in the battle of fighting skills, and what more exciting scenes will appear in the subsequent battle spirit confrontation

Wait and see.