Chapter 256: The Legend of Flora (6)
Then there is Lloyd, putting aside his naïve and nonsensical logic that 'I am naturally twice as strong as others with two swords in my hand', and in an objective sense, fighting with two weapons with both hands is not an easy task in itself.
In the adventurer's industry, there seems to be a special school of thought that takes two weapons from each hand, but it is not for the pursuit of 'attack power', but for a flexible defensive system. At the end of the day, if you're looking for the power of your attack, you're going to have to choose only those large weapons that are bulky and cumbersome enough to be moved with both hands. You must know that human strength is limited, so how to make full use of the weight of the weapon itself and rely on the inertia generated when swinging to increase the damage of the attack has become a basic skill.
And holding a weapon in each hand, to put it bluntly, is to give up the power of martial arts, attack with one hand and defend with the other, so as to carry out flexible maneuvers. Lloyd's dominant hand is the right hand, which means that the sword in the left hand should play the role of a 'shield' and focus on defense, but in fact it is the opposite, and Lloyd has always carried out the strange idea of attacking with both hands at the same time.
At first, Flora only regarded this as a joke, as a martial arts genius, she knew the principle of human movement, a slash can not only be completed by moving the arms and joints, especially when wielding a light sword blade with one hand, she has to coordinate from the ankles to the knees, waist, shoulders, elbows, until the wrists and fingers, all the joints of the body, so that the power from the bottom up can be fused into a rush, in order to exert enough lethality.
The layman may think that he can rely on Dou Qi to forcibly increase the power of his moves, but this is not the case, because Dou Qi also follows the trajectory of strength and travels all over the body, that is to say, the more skilled the warrior, the more he understands the principle, the more he can exert the true meaning of Dou Qi.
In short, it is theoretically feasible to continuously launch an offensive with a two-handed sword, but it also requires high-precision body coordination, allowing the power to circulate between the arms, thus releasing a continuous sword slash, not to mention the additional burden on the body, which is fundamentally contrary to the concept of traditional martial arts.
However, what Flora didn't expect was that the fool had mastered some unique swordsmanship principle by him from the beginning to the end...... This may be a talent that only Lloyd possesses, his left and right hands, nay, should be said to be the left and right half of the body, can ignore the basic coordination of the human body, and complete the stab and slash at the same time, two sets of contradictory sword skills.
In the Empire, there is a school known as the 'Instant Sword of Light', which is named after the speed of the sword technique as if it were lightning. Lloyd obviously did not reach the speed of 'slashing light', but unknowingly cultivated the density of 'rainstorm'. Even if Flora concentrated, she couldn't completely dodge Lloyd's entire attack in thirty seconds.
It's just that his weakness is still obvious - not powerful enough. It seems to be a gorgeous sword technique like a raging storm, but even if it hits the opponent, it is difficult to cut through the sturdy armor with a one-handed sword. Therefore, it often causes the embarrassment of waves all over the field, but is pierced by one blow. In the end, his novel combat concept, although it cannot be blindly denied, is still missing something decisive.
Then it was the turn of the ordinary Chris. For this good boy who seems harmless to humans and animals, Flora can only cry out in her heart that she is deceived. Indeed, Chris has zero victories in one-on-one combat training with people in the academy, and although he has been able to fight his opponent for hundreds of moves, he has never won a single victory.
Similarly, the genius Flora has never been defeated by him. However, many people don't know that everyone who has played against Chris has stayed away from him and definitely doesn't want to fight him a second time. The reason is simple - it's so tiring, it's simply torture.
This is where a very difficult problem arises, the instructors of the Knight Academy do not target individuals, and each opponent is decided randomly. Then, as the character of Chris's opponent, the strength is naturally uneven. Among them, there are masters of famous families, and there are also little-known mediocre talents. But no matter who the opponent is, whether it is strong or weak, Chris will always fight with his opponent for hundreds of moves before he will be reluctantly defeated, including Flora.
In a mediocre set of moves, Chris's basic skills in swordsmanship are staggeringly solid, with no gaps, no weaknesses, and he observes every detail of his attack delicately and then defuses it smoothly. It's like facing a rock or a high wall, and it's overwhelming.
This superb defense and maneuvering skills are undoubtedly the pinnacle of existence in the academy, and Flora can't help but sigh, worthy of being a famous swordsman in the division.
But despite this, Chris couldn't beat anyone. Because after the unbreakable letting go, the counterattack he unleashed was too weak. Obviously, his movements and postures are all impeccable, but his sword skills do not have any desire to attack, and there is no way to talk about murderous aura.
Maybe this is due to the character, the lack of the idea of fighting at a critical moment is not a deliberate mercy, but a helpless will to lose to the other party's victory. Perhaps pacifists with weak personalities have similar common problems.
Although the students in the academy are all knight candidates, the vast majority of them have never been on a real battlefield or killed an enemy, and trembling and hesitation in battle are inevitable. Despite this, Chris's symptoms are so severe that they can be called some kind of heart disease, and when fighting, you can even feel the confusion from his sword skills.
Flora believes that in order to change the status quo, some opportunity may be needed, otherwise, the opponent who is rarely on par with him will be buried in the ordinary.
In the end, it was Flora's turn to be a thorn in the side - Rutga Crusnier. Unlike Chris, he is a 'mortal in the truest sense of the word' when it comes to combat. Physical, intuitive, talented, literate, everything is mediocre and flawless from the average level of college candidates.
I can't even take out the weapons I have in my hand, one-handed swords, two-handed swords, spears, clubs, tomahawks...... I've learned a little bit of everything, and I can play a few so-so tricks, but it's far from the level of mastery. It's not that he didn't train hard enough, it's just that he didn't have much talent.
If there is any strength, it is probably 'imitation'. Lutga is very good at couldly imitating the opponent's moves, just take the companions around him, the strengths of each of them - Little's agility, Stein's momentum, Lloyd's dual swords, Chris's defense, he can imitate vividly, but in actual combat, fifty percent of the strength of the deity is the limit.
However, such a mediocre talent has obtained more than half of the victory rate in the tricks with his companions, of course, excluding the free Chris not to mention, the reason is - he imitates Flora's gun skills. Each time, it was as if it were a lazy tactic of cheating, and he tirelessly reproduced the tactics and techniques that Flora used to defeat them again and again. Even if you learn it roughly, you can't guarantee success every time, but it does build a certain advantage.
It's a pity that the battle with Flora has been repaired from start to finish. Of course, Lutga had never seen anyone defeat Flora, so of course he couldn't think of any decent tactics, and it was reasonable that he would be defeated in an instant with that half-baked imitation.
As the days went by, just when Flora had a different opinion of the others, only the unlucky Lutga was always the object of her focus 'care'. In the eyes of the glorious knights, Lutga's reluctance to win is simply unsightly crooked.
And this kind of imitation will not come in handy in the process, because no one will tell you about your weaknesses in advance, and no one will be willing to perform the strategy plan again. A true warrior can only rely on his own unique experience, skill, intuition, and a little luck, in short, it is definitely not opportunistic.
Although he hated Rutega, the genius princess still treated him equally in the spirit of royal demeanor, and trained him unrelentingly, hoping that one day he would find his own style, but this rude and weak man actually fiddled with the same spear as himself, showed a frivolous smile, and said disappreciatively, 'I imitate you, and that's enough.' I used to learn other things, but now, if I can win with this anyway, it doesn't matter if I can do anything else......
- What a ...... of unproductive men!
Flora was furious, punching the spear through the shaft of her spear, and at the same time, on her daily mission, she kicked Rutega into the haystack. Later, his sister LaBelle, who was smiling and paying attention to the two of them, skillfully dug it out, gently placed the boy's head on his knees and thighs, and used magic to treat him in a coma.
"How many times have you said it, this kind of stupid person who doesn't grow up, what does he care?"
"Hehehe, sister, don't be so rude to the object of your choice, beware of being hated by Mr. Rutega~"
"Huh, how do you look at it to feel ...... I'm going to like this guy? No kidding. And after all, I'm going to come to this kind of place every day, but to give him a good look—"
"But, my sister has become very smiling lately. Especially when you're messing around with everyone, ah~ and when you eat the meals prepared by Mr. Rutega~!I think you should be more gentle with him~"
"Don't, don't say stupid things! The only purpose of this waste wood is to get some snacks for the poor. What's more, it is already an honor for him to be able to eat me, as a member of the royal family. ”
"So, is it okay for me to snatch him away?What about me~ But I like Mr. Lutga very much?Let him be my husband, is it okay~?"
"So, I don't have ......" It was only when she talked to her sister that Flora revealed her little girl-like nature, but at this moment, her reflexive words were just halfway through and suddenly became nervous-
"Wait, wait, LaBel! What did you just say!?"