Chapter 78 (1/2)

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The Preceding Hero's Technique

「Since you've shown oing to go all out?」

In response to Kuon, who asked that as if to make sure of it, I waved the tip of my sword

It was a provocation of 『Come at me』

「Fine by, meee~~!!」

Thereupon, Kuon expressed a fearless sed his clenched fist into a knifehand, and ran towards me

There was a Dodododo sound fro on the wooden floor, and in the next instant, Fu, the footsteps vanished

It was an instantaneous reaction Seeing a shadow appear in the corner of my field of vision, my body moved

Lowering into a position that looked like I was squatting, Kuon's kick passed over my head

Froht was certainly Kuon's

The moment he knew that I avoided it, Kuon unleashed a thrust with his knifehand

When I stepped back a little to dodge, he immediately closed the distance and stepped into hters would

「You little」

When I swung ainst it with one arm, and fired off another knifehand thrust

When I greatly bent e, he kept his hand that was extended out fro it down

WithShukuchi (round)[1] and dodged

「Oh? ……I see」

When I fixed my stance while I took my distance, my clothes seem to have been cut since the area of my clothes from my chest to my navel was torn

It seehtly fro he is bare handed

「Was that thing just now, a real Shukuchi?」

When I was preparing to pursue hi his knifehand down, looked at me and hardened

「Eh? ……Well, yeah, it was」

When I responded like that, Kuon bent forward and in the next instant,

Giin! (Clang!)

A shock ran through the sword I pushed out and the clashi+ng sound of steel colliding with each other resounded

「……Though it's not so someone, wha!」

A thrust fired with the speed of a Shukuchi When I defended against Kuon put strength into his ar

As I was locking sword to hand and pushi+ng with a bare handed opponent, within that pitiful-looking situation, I cursed Jean

（Jean, that bastard, he taught him the way to do Shukuchi, didn't he!?）

Shukuchi was a technique that Sylvia reproduced to i use of Maryoku Naturally, it was only soroup knew of

And as for why Kuon was able to use this despite that, probably (though I'ht it to him

The reason why he had ic Clad Martial Arts Deuy as Jean's student