Chapter 37: Duel
85_85536 The duel between William and Charlumie is more of a child's play than a duel. At least in Baron Otto's opinion. It's all two kids messing around there.
After the butler Fude came to report the news worriedly, Baron Otto hummed twice, and then did not bother. After Fudd raised his security concerns, Baron Otto asked, "So is Konstantin there?"
After receiving a confirmed reply, Baron Otto was completely relieved: "Since Konstantin is also watching there, it is impossible for something to happen." Rest assured. ”
That's it. After Baron Otto's command, he stopped thinking about the matter. On the other hand, Captain Konstantin, who was fully trusted by Baron Otto, was also full of confidence.
Although William and Charlumie's skills are good. And he awakened the seed of power at a young age, which can be called a genius. But in his opinion, that's actually just the case.
"If they're lucky, after ten years of hard training, they might become good knights. But for now...... A child is a child after all. With the same feeling of watching a joke, Konstantin, who looked at this duel, thought so in his heart.
The captain of the guard unconsciously affected the other members of the guard.
Although both William and Charlumi are actually capable of surpassing the average Guard. But the guards of the Baron's Guard still unconsciously regarded their duel as a play between children.
Hawkers, a little higher, a little higher, at best, it's a game between two very powerful children.
However, this is completely different for William and Charlumi in the game.
After entering the state of battle, William was surprised to find that his little cousin was not as weak as he thought. William, who was originally self-righteous and thought that a surprise stab would kill his opponent in seconds, was too surprised for a while, so he was in a passive position.
"Close to perfection—" William could scarcely resist the comment.
Yes, Shalumi, who played against him, was in near-perfect form. Whether it's moves, movements, awareness, strength, reactions, all tend to be perfect - of course, this "perfection" is not set according to the highest standards, but according to the age of Charlotine.
If you follow the analogy of the number of games, then it can be said that Xia Lumi has raised all her attributes to the limit at the level of fifteen. If you want to continue to improve, you can only improve your potential naturally with age.
"What a genius. William thought in his heart - after the failure of the first round of assault, Charlumi quickly took the top, and then with a series of attacks that William barely had time to react, he forced William to fight back, and only occasionally peeked into the opponent's flaws, he could give the opponent a ruthless blow.
Of course, this is only in William's subjective view. In fact, Xia Lumi, who was fighting against William, was just as surprised.
She originally thought that she could easily clean up William in two clicks. After all, she was a genius, the best heir to the Hereford family. The future is destined to be a sensation on the European continent, a genius swordsman who will go down in history. She had been carefully mentored by the best Juggernauts of the previous era - Baron Otto had indeed cultivated Charlumie as his heir and heir to House Hereford a few years before William had shown his potential.
In such a situation, Charlumi was self-righteous, feeling that she was great, that her victory was taken for granted, and that her defeat was absolutely unacceptable.
In such a situation, a moment, really just a moment. In the first time she was careless, William's surprise attack really came close to succeeding.
At that time, when the sword light flowed and stabbed straight into her chest, Charomi even felt like she was going to die.
But, luckily, Shalumi's body reacted faster than her brain. There was also a slight mistake on William's part.
It's too murderous.
Maybe William didn't feel it himself. But, in reality, that's what he did - his murderous nature was just too great. It's so big that Xia Lumi herself will forget that this is actually a competition, not a battle of life and death. So big that her own body would react naturally - if it weren't for that, William would have won.
After being blocked for the first thrust, William was also a little surprised for a short time. Because his judgment of Xia Lumi's strength was also biased. And after that, the rejuvenated Charlumi also immediately adjusted his mentality and began to suppress William with his advantage in comprehensive ability.
"It's just a little bit of a trick, it's not a big deal. After gaining the upper hand and discovering that William's overall strength was very average, Charlumi thought: "As long as you spend a little effort, you can defeat the battle." It couldn't be easier.
However, things are not as simple as Shalumi thought.
Yes, William's swordsmanship can only be said to be just beginning. Although in his previous life, he had also learned a lot of cold weapon combat - but it was all a minor subject. As a 21st century modern concept corps master major, William naturally can't be like Charlumie, who puts all his learning energy into the discipline of swordsmanship.
So, it was suppressed - because of the overwhelming lack of technology and experience. Compared with the fight of cold weapons, modern society really advocates shooting opponents in the face with guns or something.
But, apart from experience and skill, William had something else that was much stronger than Charlumie—consciousness and reaction.
William, who has experienced the hellish training of the concept troops, has a much stronger reaction speed and combat awareness than Xia Lumi. He's always able to find gaps and gaps in the opponent's compact, airtight attacks. Not only can you completely dodge it, but you can also calmly counterattack.
William's feelings, Charlumi was unexpectedly strong, but in Charlumi's feelings, William also exceeded her expectations.
"Who's in the ascendancy now?"
"It should be Miss Xia Lumi, right? After all, Miss Xia Lumi's offensive is much more than that of the young master. ”
"But in this case, the consumption of the body will be greater, right? Miss Xia Lumi is a girl herself, so she is not as good as the young master in the body. So ......"
"But it can't all be counted like that. You look at the young master's tactics, one is vicious, and the other is speed. It is used on the short sword to use the tactic of defensive counterattack. Miss Charlumie, on the other hand, used a two-handed standard half-sword. Although it is said to be a standard hand and a half sword. But because Miss Charlumi was only fifteen years old, a half-handed sword was equivalent to a two-handed sword to her. Therefore, it is also correct to use the strong attack tactic of wide open and close. The tactical choices of both sides were correct, and there was no superiority or inferiority. It's up to who makes it to the end. ”
Seeing William and Charlumi play wonderfully. The onlookers also put away their contempt and began to watch the competition seriously.
At this time, anyone who heard their comments would be greatly surprised, because what the private soldiers said was so reasonable, a little too formal. It doesn't sound like a bunch of uninformed country privateers at all, but like a group of professional samurai.
The last comment came from the mouth of a ten-captain - Baron Otto's one hundred and fifty cavalry is a team of one and a half hundred, and it is enough to set up a guard captain, so naturally there is no need to set up a centurion in this move. There are a total of fifteen ten-commanders, which is the strongest group from Constantine down. Every ten-master has awakened the seed of strength, that is, he has the fighting strength of a trainee knight. And the strongest ones can even preliminarily master the fighting spirit, that is, they have reached the level of official knights.
This is unimaginable among other aristocratic private soldiers. But under the nobility of the Hereford family, it was taken for granted - only because Baron Otto taught well. The eyesight, experience and ability of each of the private soldiers under his command are not bad.
More because he is a benchmark figure of the previous era. His own appeal is much stronger than his title. Therefore, after awakening the power seed and even becoming official knights, these new knights can also live in poverty and continue to work under Baron Otto, instead of finding another job.
Of course, their behavior cannot be said to be completely selfless. More than a decade has passed since the Great Border War. With the little cubs of William's generation, one or two have also reached adulthood...... After this generation, I am afraid that there will soon be another great war between humans and centaurs.
Back then, Baron Otto was able to obtain the title of baron from a white body, a gun and a sword, and lived the life of an earl. Do you know that in the next big battle, he will not go to the next level?
And other than that, take a look at William, take a look at Shalumi. The next generation of the Hereford family is just as good. The entire Hereford family is like the rising sun, full of vitality and a bright future is bright. Under such circumstances, the private soldiers naturally felt that their future was also very bright, and it was natural that they were loyal enough not to leave the Hereford family.
The one who spoke just now was a ten-captain with knight-level strength. Hearing him say this, the rest of the private soldiers immediately stopped commenting, but nodded their heads in unison, agreeing with what the ten-captain said.......