Chapter 72 of the Finale: The Bow and the Sword
The battle between the two marksmen took place through the doorway of the underground armory.
The main door to the underground armory is a top-down heavy steel gate, controlled by a mechanism winch. Now a key part of the chain on the gate has been stuck by an arrow, causing the gate to be unable to be closed at all.
"Whoosh" "Whoosh"!
Two sharp arrows shot out of the armory.
"Whoosh"!
The men outside also shot an arrow into the armory.
The strength of the bow skills of the two people inside and outside is equal, and no one can help anyone. The people outside couldn't break in, and the people inside couldn't rush out, so the battle was deadlocked.
Now Joyka regrets that she shouldn't have let the Space White Tiger return to its owner so early, if Xiaobai was here, Joyka could easily invade this easy-to-defend armory, but there is no regret medicine in the world. In the same way, Joyka also knew that the old general who was blocked inside must be in a hurry to rush out. So what would he do if he was in a different place and trapped in it instead of Joika herself?
"Young man, what does it mean for you to target me like this?"
From the armory came the old general's voice. It was the first verbal exchange between the two fierce rivals since the beginning of the war.
"Why against you? We all think the same way, and you know better than I do. β
Two seconds later, Joika's voice rang out outside the armory. Although Joyka's words sounded quite steady, there was some excitement in them, and finally, the old guy couldn't hold back.
"I went into battle at the age of 16, and now I have been in the army for 48 years, and I have met many difficult opponents, but it is rare to see someone as smart and professional as you are. You know that if you don't keep me down, I'll be a great threat to your friends, so you're going to chase me down no matter what. β
"Thank you Nye Prize. That's right. If we were to switch places, you would do the same. β
"But at this point, I'm far from your friends. You don't have to fight with me anymore. β
"Old general, you have been in a hundred battles, so you don't think that I am so naΓ―ve to believe your words. β
"Young man, you are very persistent, but you also need to look at the situation before you are persistent. You know where I'm hiding, this is the armory, and I have an endless supply of arrows that you can't afford to consume. β
"I know you're hiding in the armory, but I also know you're just bluffing, old general. β
"Oh?"
"The arrows you shot just now are the remaining stock in your own quiver. Although you disguised yourself a bit, I could tell that it was from the same craftsmen as you. The weapons in this armory must have been emptied. β
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The voice inside the gate was silent for a few seconds. Obviously, Joyka's words were true, and they hit General Finger's sore spot, much to the general's surprise.
However, since he is known as the "Eye of the Condor", General Finger naturally has his own merits. After a brief moment of surprise, General Finger laughed a few times, and a hearty, high-pitched shout came from within:
"You're right, I'm almost out of arrows, but I don't think you've got much left. Since none of us can help anyone in terms of bow skills, we might as well change the way of fighting and duel face-to-face with the courtesy of a knight. How?"
"Yes. Although I am not a knight, and I don't know what a knight's gift is, I use a sword to distinguish the winner from the loser, which is exactly what I want. β
Joika smiled, this was the moment he had been waiting for. Judging from the fact that General Finger did not hide and attack Sophia and Owen after entering the Papal Palace, but immediately moved to the basement, it seems that he was in a hurry to do something very urgent. And Joy Carna pursued all the way, just to eliminate General Finger's threat to his allies as soon as possible. The two had different purposes, creating an unfair fighting environment from the start. Fighting through the armory, Joyka couldn't get in, and General Finger couldn't rush out, and it seemed to be evenly matched, but in fact Joyka had the upper hand. Because Joyka had enough time and patience to spend with General Finger, but General Finger couldn't do what he wanted to doβat least not in his hurry.
Therefore, Joyka expected that General Finger would be the first person to be held back, and what he was waiting for was the moment when General Finger took the initiative to walk out of the armory.
In the silent air, the staggered steps of military boots echoed. General Aiden Finger's old but still erect body appeared at the door of the armory like a monument, and walked out with steady steps.
His proud longbow was hung back behind his back, and he held a blue-gold one-handed sword in his hand. On the gauntlet of the sword, carved with the image of an eagle - it was the totem of their Finger family for generations, and it was also the pride of his life. General Aiden Finger, the "Eye of the Condor", rarely wields a sword, and the bayonet he wears at his waist is more often just an ornament or used to command troops, but judging from the way he holds the sword at this time, the veteran general is definitely a master of using a sword.
On the other side, Joyka also put away his bow, although he didn't know where the Mithril alloy longbow was hidden by him, but since it was not in Joyka's hands, it meant that the duel was "fair" for the time being. Joika flashed the Mithril alloy longsword in her hand, and there was still werewolf blood on the blade that had time to be removed.
The bow and sword are both superbly crafted by the dwarves, so it's no wonder he's so tough. When General Finger saw Joika's sword, he couldn't help but secretly admire it.
The old general put his sword on his chest and said loudly: "I am the ...... of Sealand."
As soon as General Finger's words rang out, Joyka rushed forward!
Joyka, who was born as a commoner, is not a knight, and he will not become a knight in the future, so he has never cared about the glory of the so-called knight, and he will not abide by the etiquette of informing each other of their names and titles before the knight duel, and he will go straight to work as soon as he comes up!
But the battle-hardened General Finger was not so easily attacked. The posture of his sword in front of his chest is the best preparation for defense. Although Joyka had the upper hand, General Finger was not at a disadvantage at all, and saw that the bayonet sword in his hand was only swinging from side to side with minimal amplitude and extremely high frequency in front of his chest.
The Mithril Sword and the Golden Longsword are a double-edged slashing sword, while the Piercing Sword is only a light and soft sword, which cannot be compared to the former in terms of strength, but the general shook it at will, and he easily shook off the blade that Joika had slashed horizontally.
Before he could surprise Joyka, the general lunged forward, and the sword in his hand stabbed Joyka in the chest!
There was no screaming when the stabbing blade broke through the air, only a very faint "pop" was heard, and the general only saw that he had stabbed forward with a sword, but in fact, he had stabbed more than 40 swords in one second, covering Joyka's whole body.
Even though Joyka, who was quick to react, hurriedly dodged and defended, he only barely avoided the attack on the vital parts of his body, and nine small blood holes suddenly appeared in his shoulders, arms, chest, and waist.
Although the bleeding was not large, it made Joyka feel the sharp pain of a burning fire.
"What the hell!" Joyka scolded secretly.
I thought that in the hand-to-hand meat fight, I would be able to take advantage, but I didn't expect to kick the steel plate. General Finger's swordsmanship is even better than his bow skills!