Chapter 28: The Competition
Things suddenly got interesting.
As the future lord of Ancient Menglia, Grant had no need at all and did not have to come to Hankyo.
Specializing in swordsmanship? Of course Aaron wouldn't believe it. Grant had never been here for so long, and now it was obvious that he was not here to practice swordsmanship, and the swordsmanship teacher of Ancient Menlia was not necessarily worse than Crestord.
At the same time, Grant's status is not much lower than Razor's. His father was the father-in-law of Emperor Delong, and he was also the brother-in-law of Emperor Delong. In the eyes of Emperor Delon, they may have a higher status than Razor, the heir who is estimated to have been overlooked—the key reason is that there are so many heirs to the throne.
However, now Aaron's mind is not on the inheritance in the future, it is very fashionable to become the king of a country, but there are too many heirs. Aaron learned from the side that Delongguang had nine sons, not to mention grandchildren, so he basically had no fun. If he fights his way out of these people and finally gets the throne, Aaron thinks it's more reliable to buy a lottery ticket and win five million.
Of course, now in Aaron's mind, there is a path to take in the future, but not to become Tanya's next successor. That thing wasn't his own after all, and he preferred to appear in everyone's field of vision as Aaron in the future, rather than Razor. So, if it were possible, he hoped that he could become an alchemist, already having the unique treasure of the Code of Creation, and if he didn't use it, he would be a fool.
These things are now just buried in Aaron's heart and have not been spoken to anyone.
It was late at night, and after explaining some of the basic points of swordsmanship to Aaron, Credford began to explain swordsmanship. Since it's the first time, I'm talking about some common but very practical moves. Previously, Aaron had practiced when he was in the army, but those veterans themselves were only ignorant, and it was difficult for them to teach others. It was only today that Aaron knew the exact posture of these moves. Pick up a sword and swing it in the air to improve your proficiency. However, soon, Crayford, who was standing on the sidelines, had some itchy hands, and despite Aaron's objections, he forcibly pulled Aaron to the middle of the training ground and competed with Aaron.
The two swords collided violently, and the sparks scattered in all directions, becoming exceptionally bright in the dark night sky. Aaron, who had the advantage of age, retreated under the fierce attack of Crayford. Aaron couldn't figure out why Crayford was still swinging his sword quickly when he was so old. After just a few attacks from Crayford, Aaron felt his arms start to go numb. Credford did not use sword skills, but only used his own strength, and he had already achieved an overwhelming advantage.
The Great Swordsman really lives up to his reputation. Fortunately, he had been training for several days before the battle with Credford, otherwise he would have been even more unbearable, right? Aaron secretly bared his teeth.
Crayford's long sword flew in his hand, and the sword light weaved into a silver-white sword net, enveloping Aaron in it. Aaron held his sword in both hands, shuttled through the gaps in the sword net, and saw the right time to launch several attacks, but whenever he was about to make contact with Crayford's body, Crayford would always use a move similar to "encircling Wei to save Zhao", forcing Aaron to turn from offense to defense, from active to passive.
And just like that, after a few minutes of short exchanges, Aaron was cornered.
"It's too passive, everything is according to this old guy's routine, and it's infuriating. No, we must turn this situation around, even if we lose, we can't lose too ugly!"
Aaron cheered himself up, and saw that Crayford's longsword slashed at him again, Aaron used his longsword to deflect Krayford's attack, and then took a step forward, while clenching his longsword, and stabbed at Krayford.
The corners of Crayford's mouth rose slightly, his body shifted to one side, and the long sword hit Aaron's long sword from the bottom up, if the two swords could touch this time, Aaron would definitely get rid of the long sword, and the victory or defeat would definitely be clear.
However, just as the two swords were about to make contact, Aaron suddenly put away his swords and slashed at Crestord. The long sword with the whistling wind came in an instant. Crayford hurriedly retreated, dodging the sword.
"Teacher, you're backing off. Aaron took the opportunity to catch his breath twice, then hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.
"Where did you learn all this, you guy?" asked Credford curiously. These two tricks were certainly not taught by themselves. It seems to be disorganized, and there are no rules. But as a master of the sword, Credford can still see the secret.
These simple swords have completed the transition from defense to offense, and at the same time grasped a certain amount of initiative, and combined virtual and real, with feints and back-hands. If you don't dodge that stab, the opponent will definitely use all their strength to turn the feint into a real attack. When he counterattacked, the other party quickly made changes and revealed a real killer move.
These swords would never have been obtained from the sword book or the teacher.
"How can these things be specially learned, they are all some basic moves, such as stabbing, slashing, and blocking, and the swordsmanship teacher will talk about these things. Aaron pouted and said.
When Crayford thought about it carefully, he felt that this was also the case, and it seemed that he really thought too much.
Seeing that Crayford was no longer pursuing it, Aaron secretly stuck out his tongue, he was really careless. These things were actually summed up by Aaron on the training ground and the real battlefield, although it seems that every move and style is very ordinary, but they are all moves that have seen blood.
After the doubts in his heart were answered, Clifford's expression became much more natural, and he rushed up again with his sword, and Aaron's face instantly turned pale: Do you want to continue to compare?
With the experience of last time, Aaron has become more cautious, but against an opponent like Clifford who is clearly not at the same level, even if Aaron wants to defend, it becomes a difficult game. Aaron raised his hands as he was picked off by Crayford and held to his throat with his sword.
"You seem to have only remembered swinging your sword and parrying now, and there are no bright spots at all other than the counterattack just now. Did you feed the dogs all the moves I just handed in?" Clifford asked, frowning.
"I've done it nearly 10,000 times, and of course I remember it clearly. As for blocking, your attacks are so ferocious, I'll die if I don't block, and you're teaching you all offensive moves, and I don't have a chance to use them at all in the face of such fierce moves. Aaron spoke his mind.
"Don't tell me it's useless. The moves I taught must be used in the next battle, or I will swing my sword a thousand times. Crayford spoke very calmly.
"Isn't it, teacher?" Aaron squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.