Chapter 2 (1/2)

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at 26th of April 2019 12:21:28 PM

Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Bandits Are Basically Just Walking Bonus Stages

I think about 10 years has gone by

Magic is aWith it, I can easilyrocks? Easy

Running twice the speed of a horse? Totally

Juher than houses? You bet

But I'ic can up hty are Earth's weapons

The thought that “There is no taepodong in this world, so isn't it fine to drop this?” did cross my mind, but orth is there in a power in the shadoho attained his position by co?

None, absolutely zero

Thus, I continue to strive towards attaining a body that can win over a taepodong

To that aiRecently, a certain possibility has surfaced inon it

Oh and by the way, the family that I was born into is apparently a noble houseIt's a lineage that has continuously spat out knights that fight while using ic swordsh expectations and respect…… or notNah, they just treated me like any other apprentice swordsth only to people and in places of their choosingUp till thatfor apprentice swordsmen is not cohts with hting style

To be blunt, the fighting techniques that I had learned in my previous life are several folds more polished and rational

This could be easily seen just by watching any modern martial arts matchUseless techniques and unnecessary movements have all been weeded out, and different schools have taken and adopted other schools' very bestThatall those schools towards the path of being perfected

Of course, modern martial arts have boundaries called 'rules,' but that does not change the fact that their various techniques are being polished against each other and undergoing the process of selection

But this world, in comparisonFirstly, there is absolutely no way that a technique crosses between countriesNeither would a technique cross schoolsThere are techniques that apparently only disciples can learn and are forbidden froets publicized, there is nopot, no selection, no polishi+ngIf I had to sule word, it would be “crude”

But this world's fighting is indeed fundamentally different froic

Due to ic, basic physical stats of this world's people are on a totally different level

For exathPeople can lift sorappling techniques become obsoleteEven if Itheir abdouard position, they can sendtechniques, all out the

People fight the way that people fight, and goblins fight the way that goblins fightThat's all there is to that

Furthermore, the speed and distance of step ins are different, so maai are considered differentlyAnd actually, this is the most important one

(T/N: 'Maai' refers to the space between two opponents in coe not just the distance between opponents, but also the tile and rhythm of attackIt is specifically the exact position fro in the above elementsFor example, a faster opponent's maai is farther away than a slower opponent~Wikipedia)

Martial arts are, in essence, a fight over , these are all what the fights are all about

It took me quite some time to determine my own maai in this worldI mean, this world's people's5, and their speed is fast, so it's not like I don't understandAt first, I was ihting style”…… but nah, turns out that it's only because their defense techniques are undeveloped

We have this kind of people in our world too – people who suck at defense so they just lessly distance themselves from their opponent as much as possible

The opponent's attack is scary, isn't it? Being in a place where their attacks can't reach you is safer, isn't it? So that's why fights beco in to ht back outHit and run, is it? Sorry, useless and simple back and forth movements don't count as hit and run

To me, 5m and 100m is equally worthlessAfter all, proper attacks can't be launched from either distance6m, 7m, 10m, it's all the saether and close the distance, shall we?

But at a certain distance, there is enor between the difference of 1mm, which is maaiWhether my attacks will hit, whether le and various other things, gaining or losing advantage by reeBy nobackwards 6ic and all that confused me for quite a while, but recently I was finally able to deterood, I suppose

So yea, that's pretty oesThere's only me, my older sister, and my dad – my dad teaches my older sister and me, and my older sister and I sparMy older sister of 2 years above seems to have quite the talent, and will most likely becoic can be used, even girls can beco the heads of their faet beaten up by ht? After all, to become a power in the shadows, I have to act out my common life as an unre “fueee, onee-chan you're so strong~” while getting beaten up

So, such isthe dayti a noble, as well as various other tasks that I need to carry out as Mob A, so I don't havenaturally ends up having to be carried out at night, after everyone else has gone to sleepOf course, thatthe effects of ic's recovery powers, I was able to develop a unique sleeping style that is super short but super effective

Well then, let's work hard at training today as wellFor today, I have a bit of a specialin the forest

As of late, it see a nearby abandoned villageUpon investigation, they turned out to be a bandit gang of quite soets

(T/N: A sort of urban legend is that there were swords up random pedestrians on the streets, and this act was called taands whenever I coed bandit gang is like a once in a year event forI' partner, so I love these kinds of crio down please?

In the rural areas of this world, crienerally be killed without a trialMore like, only the large cities have judges, so those in the rural areas aren't too fussed up about this kind of thingWhich is why I will judge you all, kekeke

Today is to co out – the slime bodysuit

Allow me to explain what the sliicThis world's people fight by using that then theree of loss when they use icFor example, a normal iron sould only have 10 efficiency – you pour in 100 points of ic, but the effect is only a boost of 10 pointsWhich ic is lost in the processEven for h conductivity, a sword capable of 50 efficiency would already be considered to be a high grade itee amount of loss

Then I came to consider sliical beingsThey change foricWhen I studied theical conductivity is a99Furthere formSo I hunted slimes, crushed their cores, and experimented on the leftover slime jellyThe number of slime cores that I have crushed are easily in the thousandsIt was to the degree where the local area began suffering froo on expeditions further afield

The sli and co it, I was eventually able to make a full-body bodysuit out of itUnlike armor, it does not make any sound, is comfortable, and actually even provides support to any movements I uaranteed

At thea completely black bodysuit mentsThere is no unnecessary adornments, the suit fitsis unobstructedI pretty much look exactly like the villains in a certain detective a

Perhaps I should also think of a n in preparation for the day when I shall intervene as a power from the shadows

So with that, I've arrived at the abandoned villageDespite the late hour, they've got torches lit up all over the placeApparently, they've just successfully assaulted aa feastYep,skills, so they have a strong tendency to iet their hands onIt's only right after an assault that they actually have things worth anything

What belongs to the bandits, belongs toa power in the shadows in the future

With max tension, I crash into the feastI don't play the stealth route, because then that wouldn't count as practice

“Hyaha~! Bring out all yoursmack dab in the middle of the camp

“The fuck is with this little squirt?”

I'uess the 'little squirt' co out all your uy who called me a squirt, the other bandits finally take up their weapons

“Oi, if you look down on us too o easy on you just 'cus you're a……!”

“Oraa!”

That guy's lines were just too cliche that I couldn't help but to cut off his head firstNaturally, my weapon is made of slime material; it's an exceptional weapon that I can take out only when neededFurthermore, this slime sword still has several more handy functions

Handy Function 1: it stretches

“Ora ora ora ora oraaaAAA!”

I stretch the sli it in a horizontal arc to take out all the nearby bandits

The elasticity of mochi paired with the sharpness of an actual swordIt's the first tihtly apprehensive, but turns out it performs quite well

“ORA ORA ORA ORAAA…… h every which way indiscris has becouy left?

“Y-, you, who the hell are you……?”

“Sigh, no other choiceI'll test Handy Function 2 on you then”

“Wh, what are you saying……!?”

“It seeuys, so you're probably the boss or so, yea? Unfortunately, there is zero possibility for you to win against ree to be my practice partner than you can probably live for 2 ht?”

“fuck you, ht of me! I'll have you know, I'm……!”

“Unnecessary comments are unnecessary, seriously”

“fuck YOU!!!!!!”

Boss A charges at eIn the face of that dull slash, I…… choose not to evade

So Boss A's sword sround

“Haha, this is what happens when you ht of me! I have completely mastered Royal Capital Bushi+n Style…… wh, WHAT?!”

“Hm had happened

I am completely satisfied with the suit's defense capabilitiesSee on the level of Boss A's attacks

“Ooo, Royal Capital Bushi+n Style? Isn't it the school that has been pretty popular in the royal capital of late? Hey, show me more!”

“shi+t, you asked for it!”

Boss A attacks

Er, u to cut me, but I don't even have to hold uphim is easy-peasy

But this Bushi+n Style? I think I quite like it

Uncommonly so for this world, I can see that this style is not one bound by idealism or trite traditions, but takes direct and rational ways to close in to the opponentI can recognize that even frosInstantaneous acceleration, pressing forward by half steps, and the variety of other methods to press towards the opponent resonates with me

But, well, Boss A is really just too crappy at it

The moment when Boss A's attacks let up, I easily step out of his et cut!”

“I er than my older sister at the moment, but she'll probably overtake you in one more year or so I think?”

“YOU Goddas, I lightly kick his shi+nLight, but snappy, it was a kick from below the knee

At which……

“Gu, aa, why……?”

Boss A cru down on his shi+nRed blood gurgles through his fingers and round

What happened was si from my toesSlime bodysuit Handy Function 2: able to to extend a shenever and wherever I want

The way I thought to use this function is to kick the opponent's leg with a sword extending froainst an attack aisBlock the opponent's sithBland, but effective

“Guess there's no point keeping up with this any longer”

“W-, wait!”

“You didn't even last the full 2 minutes, man”

I kick upwards with the sword fro Boss A's head fro away Boss A's convulsing body, I search the camp for loot

“I don't know a fence who can handle these works of art…… eh, foodstuffs I don't need either…… come on, where are you, cash and jewels and precious metals~”

There were several carts of lootAnd also several corpses of e, and your goods will be used for a good cause, so rest in peace, alright?”

I gathered the passable quality of loot and offered a uess it'll be about 5 million ZenyOh, 1 Zeny is about the sa for my activities as a power in the shadows

If only the entire world could have worse public order such that it would overfloith banditsMaybe to the level in ga several steps on the road

“Work harder in your next life and becoht?”

So I say to the silent Boss A…… before noticing soe……?”

It's a pretty big and sturdy-looking one too

“Slave? I can't fence that, so pass~”

But ood in thereSo just in case, I ree

“This…… I did not expect”

Inside is, um, how to say…… a rotten lump of flesh? I can just barely ender nor age nor anything else

But well, it's still livingMaybe it still even has consciousnessWhen I peered into the cage, I noticed the lu

I've heard of this beforeIt's called demon possession, and the Church executes these inally born as norins to rot awayThey would eventually die if left alone, but the Church proactively buys them and executes them in the name of purificationThis purification of deenocide of patients, but the Church gains accla” the common populace from the “demons” What can I say, it's medieval Europe indeed

If I sell this luher than the coain, I can't actually go sell it, so there's noto it

Guess I'll at least just put it to rest

I slide the slie…… but then suddenly realize soic inside this luic ever since I was a baby, the amount I have still pales in coicAnd furtheric deviation……?”

Is it possibly the case that the reason why this luic deviation? Previously, I had also suffered froic back under control that tiic has an undeniable effect on the physical bodyA certain day, I thought of a certain possibilityWould it be possible that through ic deviation, I can train ic, such that it can becoic deviation is too dangerous, so in the end I had shelved the idea

But if this luic deviation, and if I can perforet even closer to the strength of a power in the shadoith zero risk to myself

“This meat, can be of use……”