558 I find it quite difficult to counter this reason for attacking me (2/2)

Seiji was quite mystified about what happened.

Before he could even understand what was going on, he took another heavy blow to his back! He suddenly crashed into the ground.

”Leader!” Mika shouted out in worry.

She witnessed the minotaur boy's first rush attack being blocked by Seiji before he changed tactics at an incredibly high speed and knocked Seiji away using the hilt of his sword! The minotaur boy then rushed up to Seiji and hit Seiji in the back using the back of his sword!!

The minotaur boy's movements and techniques gave off the feeling of great experience. His moves would be impossible to see clearly for anyone without mystical perception.

”Stand up,” the minotaur boy stated in a low voice as he walked away a few steps and sheathed his sword.

Seiji crawled up and felt that the two places he was hit were aching faintly… The minotaur boy had carefully controlled the strength of his attacks so that they would definitely hurt, but not leave serious injuries.

'I'm fine,' Seiji indicated to Mika using his eyes.

At this time, the minotaur boy turned around to face him again. The minotaur boy placed his left hand on the scabbard and his right hand on the sword hilt. It seemed that he was gathering his power.

'A sword-drawing technique!?'

Seiji instantly cast [Evolved Mana Shield] on himself and raised his shield in preparation to defend himself.

The next second, the minotaur boy suddenly rushed over and unsheathed his sword in an attack!

*Bang!!*

Seiji successfully blocked this attack.

But that wasn't all as the second attack was the critical one!

*Clang!!*

Seiji used his longsword to block his opponent's sword scabbard that came slicing in from the left.

He succeeded in blocking this as well… No, wait!

Seiji tried to adjust his posture, but was already too late, The minotaur boy used his sword to flick away his shield, and flashed close to him...

*Smack!!!*

Seiji's shield was broken through by the vicious rush and he was knocked back through the air! He then took another heavy blow to the back, and smashed into the ground once more.

”Stand back up,” the minotaur boy told him yet again as he sheathed his sword.

This time, upon crawling up, Seiji began his own proactive attack!

However, the minotaur boy easily countered his attacks and sent him flying then smashing into the ground for the third time in a row.

”Stand up.”

Seiji grit his teeth and crawled back up again…

This wasn't a difference in strength, this was a difference in power levels!

Seiji deeply understood this after he was knocked over dozens of times without being able to land a single hit on the minotaur boy.

Against such a powerful opponent, he would only stand a chance if he pulled out all his trump cards.

However, this wasn't a real fight where he had everything on the line. There was no need for Seiji to go to such an extent.

The minotaur boy still didn't seem to have any enmity or malevolence towards him. Seiji had no idea what he was thinking.

”I'm going to beat you up until I've had enough fun,” the minotaur boy had said.

Although his bruises somewhat ached, that was all the damage Seiji took. With such a degree of beating, getting knocked over another couple dozen times wouldn't be a problem at all with his spell-strengthened body. He would be able to heal himself easily with healing magic afterwards.

He could simply treat this as a lesson from a veteran fighter and keep taking the beating until his opponent was tired.

In fact, he really did learn from this beatdown.

However…

Seiji glanced over at Mika who was watching him and saw how worried her expression was. He gripped his sword more tightly.

Since a girl who was in love with him was watching, how could he let it end so humiliatingly!

There was no need for him to actually win. He simply wanted to at least get a decent counterattack in.

”Mister minotaur, allow me to address you as Senpai.” Seiji looked right at his opponent. ”Thanks to Senpai's teachings, I've learned many things… But now, I'm going to use a slightly dangerous technique. Please prepare yourself.”

”Heh…” The minotaur boy responded with a cold chuckle.

”A slightly dangerous technique? What will that be like?” The dog-head girl was curious.

Mika opened her mouth and wanted to say something but stopped herself in the end. She silently watched her love interest.