Chapter 51 (1/2)

51.THE TWO VICE LEADERS

“Gh!? Could it be the headquarters are…!?”

During his fight, Gregour spotted there were smoke signals coming from the direction where the headquarters were.

“Ooh! Don´t go looking elsewhere!”

The supple spear casually and effortlessly bent. In result, the increasing destructive power at the impact point. Nikka´s fighting was light and flexible; a fighting style that made most use of the good point of her female traits. She couldn´t win against men with just raw power. And so, she devoted herself to improving her technique. The result she came up with was this method of fighting.

“Tch!?”

Gregour could only block against the long spear. It was a continuous and fast barrage of attacks. Nikka´s spear undulated phamtasmagolically. Gregour, who had been blocking the attacks, was also amazing. In this war composed of only men, he had never seen any traces of that spear. There were few men that could block Nikka´s continuous attack when seeing it for the first time.

“Ora ora ora ora ora ora! That´s all you got, you blockheaded boy!?”

While feeling the enemy troops advancing from behind with his skin, Gregour´s squad were moving to the side. They were completely cut off at the front and the back by Nikka´s squad, so there was no way to move other than there.

“s.h.i.+t! Those guys are strong!”

They weren´t only common soldiers. The black soldiers they were facing against were all skilled. They put up a good match against the elite soldiers that were on the direct command of the household of Tundar, which Gregour was head of.

“I won´t let you escape. After I finish killing all these guys at the rear, I will have you crushed flat in between.”

At the rear, the retreating soldiers were being trampled down. Gregour couldn´t do anything about it. Even before that he couldn´t think of a way to escape from this predicament.

“So I can´t escape no matter what!?”

While barely parrying the enemy´s attacks, Gregour was looking for a way to get away from this situation somehow.

“It´s impossible. There wasn´t one time Volf´s plans went wrong. You guys will be ma.s.sacred.”

Gregour wasn´t really the thoughtful type. He wasn´t at a really good situation to be pondering in the middle of war. In result of that…

“Wha!?”

“What. Have you made your resolve to die?”

Gregour retreat was stopped by a tree that was at his blind spot, and also there wasn´t enough s.p.a.ce for him to swing his great sword either. This was something that happened in an instant. In only an instant. However, this was fatal.

“Your head is miiiinee!”

Gregour was completely in trouble. His death was certain.

“D-don´t take my head!”(TL:->く、首は嫌だ！<- not=”” sure=””>

Gregour wasn´t very clever. However, Nikka…

“Ah!?”

… was a natural idiot. Whether it was the stomach, the leg, the arm, or some other part, if Nikka was to cut any of those, her victory would be pretty much a.s.sured. However, Nikka was stupid. She aimed for his head just as she had declared she would. And so, Gregour was actually able to stop the attack as he made a ruddy face. And then…

“Ahーーーーーーーー!”

Although it took all his hair along with it, Gregour was able to evade the attack of the spear. Continuing its trajectory, the spear cut the tree, completely halting when it was about halfway through.

“Fuh, hii. I-I´m alibe*.”

Gregour had snot dribbling at his nose. Nikka had a lot of sweat running through her body.

She couldn´t pull her spear out of the tree.

“Gregour-sama!”

Coming to his senses by his subordinate´s words, Gregour charged at Nikka without swiping his snot. Seeing that, Nikka released her hands from the spear as fast as she could and stepped back.

Of course, Gregour went after her. He wouldn´t give her time.

“On the contrary. Your head is mine!”

Gregour´s moments of joy. When he had his victory at his hands…

“Tch, even though I was still in the middle of practicing now… Can´t be helped.”

Nikka took at hands a thin longsword and main gauche that were at her waist. With the main gauche that was on her left hand, she parried Gregour´s attack.

“Wha-what!?”

That movement was of an expert. Nikka laughed.

“These days people fighting on the horseback have been increasing after all. That from before was me training with polearms, stupid. I´m just saying, but this is my main style. Dual wielding sort of stuff. Do you get it?”

Gregour´s face was pale. However, what Nikka was thinking in her mind was…

“”…Those aren´t made for attacking though. After all, those are self-defense techniques.””

Nikka readied her stance. Gregour was cautious and didn´t move. Even though the battle was overflowing with spirit, the place they were standing at was incredibly silent. It was such a disappointing match.

The time continued to pa.s.s.

“…What, she won´t come!? I-is it fine if I run?””

“”Come attack me, trash. I will cut your head in one go with my counter.””

しーん*(TL note: Sound of the wind?)

“”Wh-what should I do?””

“”Come already you blockheaded boy!””