Chapter 137: Lessons
Arya does have a great talent for swordsmanship, but there are certain things that cannot be mastered by just being smart or studying on the training ground for a period of time - Egger can confront the Red Viper for a few seconds and realize that he is not a match at all, because he has fought or fought countless Night Watch brothers or savages in Castle Black and outside the Fortress, and he has not very high, but he does have the experience and vision to use.
But the girl's judgment of the strength level of others is still at the stage of "fame", "hearing" and guessing. All she knew was that Oberon was better than Egger, and as for how powerful, where did she count?
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Without much hesitation, Arya stepped in a semi-circular arc around the challenger, took a few light steps, and after making a small sprint feint, confidently stabbed Oberon in the abdomen with her wooden sword.
It's pretty fast, and Egger is a little surprised.
It's fast, but it's no threat to the red viper.
"Left shoulder. Oberyn said, raising his hand delicately, and with a click he slashed Arya's little sword with a short stick, and tapped her round head on her left shoulder.
The girl was unprotected, which made Oberon feel troublesome...... But no matter what, the weapon has to touch the opponent, and that's the end of it. The other party must be made aware of what is happening, so as not to admit it after the fight.
In the competition, it is far more difficult to ensure that the opponent is not injured at all, but fortunately, Arya's heat is still far behind.
"Oops!"
The crowd watched Arya attack, and then quickly retreated as if pricked by a needle, standing still and rubbing her left shoulder with her right hand in confusion. Her screams and movements made everyone in the audience nervous, such a baby bump, if it bumps into it, it is not a joke.
......
The girl's expression showed that she was okay - the point hurt a little, but it didn't affect her movements. More than this, she wanted to understand how the red viper did just now: poke her shoulder at the moment of defense?
It's certainly a coincidence.
Unconvinced, she re-positioned herself and attacked again amid the worried reminders of the onlookers. This time, she approached the red viper head-on, slid a step to the side, and attacked from the man's side.
Tsk, it's really a woman's farewell for two months, when you look at each other...... Arya's attack was quite good in terms of speed, angle, and even action, and let Egger face this move himself, and a careless one might really be in a hurry - but Oberon didn't even turn around, he turned his head to look at Arya, and his men moved quickly, squeezing away the girl's stab, and then said in a voice that everyone could hear, "Right shoulder." ”
No one would suspect that this was a joke, Arya subconsciously raised the wooden sword to resist, and at the same time turned around to try to hide the part she was named, but no matter how attentive she was or her eyes widened, it was still a flower in front of her eyes, and with the sound of "pop, pop", the wooden sword in her hand hit two blows in a row, and while her arm was a little numb, there was a familiar impact on her right shoulder.
"So fast. Even Margaery, a layman, couldn't help but admire.
No one could see what Oberon had fought back just now, only by the sound of what was happening—and the swift and swift attack, and the surprise that Arya showed after another hit, Egger had experienced it firsthand.
(I didn't expect Oberon to play with swords so slippery, and...... Aside from recovering most of his strength when he finally hit his body, he didn't even spare much of Arya's hand. )
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"Very beautiful water dance, Miss Stark. Oberon had traveled to the free city-states and recognized the girl's genre in two moves, "This is one of the best swordsmanship for women to learn and use, and you have already touched the essence of it, but you lack practice." Did you really only study for a few months, and who taught you this?"
Oberon turned his head to look at Egger—could it be that the Night's Watch had hidden his true skills last time?
"I didn't teach her, I just helped her lay the groundwork. Egger was afraid that the prince would be worried, so he quickly shook his head without pretending to be forced, and decisively betrayed the Faceless: "It's Ah Kun, my staff, a swordsman from Loras. ”
Oberon turned his head to look at Jaquin and saw the face of an ordinary man he had never seen before, with little expression.
"How did you do that!" Arya shouted indignantly, drawing the attention of the red viper, "You said I had touched the essence, so why did you stop me so easily?"
"Quite simply, I'm faster than you. Oberon grinned at the girl, "And—it's not far from being able to touch it." You have a good foundation, you use your moves very smartly, and it is easy to catch the enemy off guard with a sword in your left hand. It's a pity that for the time being, I'm just staying at imitating the 'shape', and I haven't been able to transform what I've learned into my own things, and although the fixed moves are easy to use, they are also easier to deal with. ”
The rapid progress of the past two months was said to be useless, and Arya was dissatisfied: "Then what can I do to improve?"
"This ...... There are no shortcuts, practice more, and contact opponents with similar strength. Keep at it and one day you'll be the finest water dancer and swordswoman in Westeros. He paused and put away a smile, "But it's a pity - I'm not interested in being your sparring partner, and now that you're challenging me, you have little to gain but a loss of self-confidence, do you want to come again?"
"Arya, let you find someone to practice, not let you find an opponent of this level. Jia Kun, who cherished words like gold, said rarely, "Surrender quickly, so as not to suffer again." ”
"Do it again! Slow down, I can't see clearly!" Arya puffed up, "Also, don't poke my shoulder, it hurts!"
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The Dorne woman who was watching the battle sneered and laughed out loud, everyone said that it was not appropriate to sparring, and asked others to slow down, and they were not allowed to poke themselves with a sword, so how to fight?
"Okay, I'll slow down. Oberon was amused by the she-wolf's upright request, "Next time I poke your feet, wearing shoes, it shouldn't hurt so much." ”
"Arya. "Egger can't be ridiculous, he doesn't have the same aristocratic status as Margaery and Oberon, if something happens to Miss Stark in the Night's Watch office, he will definitely take the blame, "Don't you understand the Prince's words, and you don't surrender honestly!"
"Just one more time!" Arya unpersuaded, pressed towards Oberon again, this time—in order to prevent him from hitting her shoulder again with her sword for some reason, she no longer eagerly attacked the opponent's body, but first stared at the sword in the opponent's hand, making sure that it was in the place where she could see and guard, and then spun around, dodging the range that Oberun's next swing of the sword could reach, and went around and stabbed the man in the back.
"It's a quick learner, but the Water Dance isn't for that. ”
Oberon commented, he didn't rely on speed and experience to bully the girl anymore, and after standing on the spot like a stake and taking two moves, he finally moved his position.
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Oberon Martell, who is not only one of the best warriors of the Red Viper and Westeros, but also the Prince of Dorne and the younger brother of the Lord of Halberd City, is one of the few people who can participate in the deliberations and decisions of the Martell family's future plans and share the worries of the patriarch. He had a lot to do, and it had been a waste of his time to follow Margaery on the Night's Watch and the office, and it might be nice to make friends with a Stark lady, but casting a wide net all day long to make friends and waiting for some of them to come in handy was a typical Tyrell method - he disdained to learn.
He slowed down his shot as Arya requested, and now everyone could finally see the details of the collision between the two weapons, and although the girl was no longer suddenly poked anywhere, she did not feel half a point at ease, as if she had been swept into a storm formed by a wooden sword. The crackling wooden swords collided one after another, incredibly dense, and then, the declarative severance sounded again.
"Left foot!"
Arya found that the techniques she had learned were useless in such fast-paced attacks, and she could barely see the trajectory of her opponent's attacks, and then she had to concentrate on her defense—the tiger's mouth and forearm were numb and painful from the impact in a matter of seconds, and each blow felt like she could no longer block the next blow. Arya gritted her teeth and held on, and when she heard Oberon's shout, she subconsciously pulled her left foot back, and who thought that a movement was not completed, and heard the next sound.
"Right foot!"
The girl did not dare to retract her right foot again, but both feet retracted at the same time but did not retreat, the rhythm was out of order, how could she maintain her balance when leaning forward?
"Ahh
"Head. In the end, the red viper said, which frightened Arya and quickly covered her head with her arms, easily snatched the sword from the girl's hand, and helped Arya to her feet with a smile: "Tsk, according to the rules, if you don't have other weapons hidden on your body, you will lose." ”
It can't be luck...... At this time, the girl finally recognized the level gap between herself and her opponent, as well as the fact that the other party did not want to accompany her to practice swords, and pouted and said honestly: "Okay, I surrender." ”
"If you really want to practice swordsmanship with me, go back and talk to your father Eddard and marry Dorne, and everything will be easy. Oberon put away his sword and let go of the girl, and said with a smile: "My brother has two sons, Quentin and Prince Tristan, but they are both good children. ”
"Hmph, this ...... Let's talk about it. Arya was annoyed when she heard this, and Joffrey really made a bad impression on her—the prince, certainly not a good thing, and she ran back to Egg, and looked at him pleadingly: "Master, the red viper doesn't know how to let me! ”
"Okay, I just disliked me and didn't have a good family, and then I was taught a lesson and came back to me, how can there be such a thing!" Egg raised his eyebrows and glared at the girl: "Let's see if there is any injury on my shoulder first, and then go to lunch!"
Although he maintained the prestige of his master, Egg was muttering in his heart: This time, fortunately, Oberon taught the girl a lesson, which greatly angered this girl's arrogance, but what should I do when Arya's swordsmanship has improved to the point where she is not even an opponent in a few months?
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