Chapter 51 - . New semester and First-Year War [3] (2/2)
Thanks to the remotely-controlled soul dress, he can one-sidedly release powerful attacks.
「Fuha, that’s right! Ever since the day I lost to you, I’ve been training in super close combat! It’s all just to kill you!」
He declared so with a triumphant look.
(To seal the opponent’s swordsmanship in super close combat, huh. It’s easier said than done…)
For most swordsmen, this is a tactic that is almost impossible.
This is made possible by Raise-san’s quick reaction speed and excellent swordsmanship.
(As expected, he is an elite who enrolled into Thousand Blade Academy with his true strength…)
His basic abilities are extraordinarily high.
「Kuku, based on that expression… It seems that you still can’t use soul dress, eh? Well after all, it’s Allen-Rodore, the dropout swordsman, right?」
「…Yeah, as you say.」
Unfortunately, it’s as he says.
「Pu-hahahahahaha……! You have no talent after all…! Hey hey, what are you going to do? Your prided swordsmanship is sealed, and you can’t even use a soul dress…! If you’re going to give up, now is the time, you know? 」
Raise ridiculed me with repeated provocations.
「I still have another hand to play.」
「…Hee, how amusing. Won’t you please tell me, what kind of hand it is?」
「If swordsmanship is sealed – then I just have to push through with raw strength.」
「Haa? What are you sa…!?」
I put power into my whole body.
「-ZA!」
I pushed him back in that locked swords situation with pure physical strength.
「You… how do you have such brute strength…!?」
「HAAAAAAAA…!」
From there, I answered with diagonal slash, upward slash, downward slash – unleashing slashes by pouring in all my might.
Sword and sword collided, and violent sparks flew.
「Guh, this guy… is not human…」
Raise-san kept on defending my consecutive attacks while still sticking closely to me.
After two minutes passed, finally,
「HA!」
「Ku-guha…」
He was blown away because he couldn’t stand my slashing. Perhaps his grip weakened due to my nonstop consecutive attacks.
「Kuh, ga… gaha…!?」
Due to the impact, he was unable to perform ukemi and rolled across the ground.
「…This is the end. Please surrender.」
〈Three Skeletons〉 have completely given up.
The super close-up battle was overcome by the difference in physical ability.
-Match conclude.
Then, Raise-san who was blown away,
「Kuku… haha… Ahahahhahahahaha!」
All of a sudden, he started laughing like crazy.
「Aa-A… lucky, I… really am lucky…」
He stood up slowly, with incoherent muttering.
(…What is that?)
If you look closely, his right hand – was holding something like a black machine.
「And, Allen-Rodore…? You are super… unlucky!」
The moment he pressed the switch on his right hand.
「!?」
Dazzling light overflowed from my feet and a huge explosion occurred.
「…Kuh, a bomb!?」
I immediately shot Flying shadow with one hand to offset the explosion, but – due to my unfavourable posture and shooting it with one hand, I was pushed away by the explosion.
I rolled on the ground to kill the momentum and performed ukemi.
「Fuha! It is beyond doubt that no human reaction can escape from there! But no matter… It’s over…」
He said and deliberately looked at my right hand.
The explosion blew my sword away and I was completely unarmed.
「…That should be against the rules, though?」
The explosion just now was not the ability of 〈Three Skeletons〉. It is just a plain bomb.
It was probably prepared one day before the First-Year War.
「Haa… the First-Year War, the right to participate in the Sword King Festival… I don’t really care about any of that… You humiliated me… killing you is the only thing I want…!」
Saying that, he thrust his hands out in front of him.
「Die -〈Skeleton Gluttony〉!」
At that moment, the three dragons broke apart and transformed into one giant dragon.
「GURORORORORORO…!」
The giant dragon’s roar sounded like rumbling in the ground, and it drew closer with its jaws wide open as though trying to swallow me whole.
The approaching giant bone dragon – I grabbed its skull forcefully and smashed it to the ground to the fullest of my strength.
「HA!」
A tremendous shattering sound rang out and bones flew everywhere across the stage.
「GU-GURORO-RO…」
The red light in the eye sockets vanished as soon as the bone dragon was shattered to pieces..
「…Ha?」
Raise-san was petrified on the spot with his mouth agape.
「Unfortunately, it seems that I was the lucky one.」
If he had prepared something other than a bomb, something more powerful – I certainly wouldn’t have walked away unharmed.
「As long as you use underhanded means – You can’t beat me.」
I closed the distance with him and delivered a strong punch to his abdomen.
「Ka-haa…!?」
All the air in his lungs was knocked out and he fainted, crouching on the spot.
「W-WHAT!? The match was concluded with bare hands! The showdown between two problem childs, is the complete victory of Allen Rodore, who displayed overwhelming difference in strength!」
After successfully winning the first round, I advanced to the second round.