Chapter 141 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 4 Chapter 22

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Two days after Vermudol returned from the Northern Army Headquarters.

Vermudol decided to be learn how to use the sword from the Central General Gordy, and went to the Demon King Castle’s rear garden the day he talked with Fainell.

It was there that he requested Gordy, who was covered in moss as usual in her Golem form, for sword technique training.

And then, right now……in the Demon King Castle’s rear garden, the sound of metal clashing was resounding.

The slow sounds intensified little-by-little, and became sharper.

Before long, after a high-pitched sound resounded, silence returned.

「……Fumu. Well, it’s something like this.」

After Gordy nodded from sending Vermudol’s sword flying, she stabbed the iron sword meant for training use into the ground, and held a hand out the collapsed Vermudol.

Although the blade was removed for the sake of training use, there was weight to the iron sword so it had a befitting offensive ability.

There was some offensive ability to wooden swords as well, but with the reason of them being too light to be of any use for training, they weren’t used in the Zadark Kingdom.

Then again, with it being said that injured people were appearing one after another during training due to the iron swords, a situation where they were getting their priorities backwards was happening though.

「Are you alright?」

「I am fine but……Uumu, my hands are numb.」

After being pulled up by Gordy and standing up, Vermudol brushed off the dirt that had gotten on him.

「You aren’t bad. However, your movements are delayed at the moment of receiving an attack.」

「Mu, I see. I guess I really can’t learn it all in a day.」

「Fufu, I would be troubled if you were to learn it all so easily though.」

Saying “that’s true……” to Gordy, Vermudol laughed.

He had just started taking lessons.

Things had somehow taken form with his given physical ability as a Demon King, but it had not reached the stage of being called sword technique.

He didn’t know how he should attack and how he should defend.

Since he couldn’t erase the amateurish behavior of moving after thinking, just as Gordy said, his reactions ended up coming out late.

「Still, as expected of you, Gordy.」

「No, my sword is a defensive sword after all. I am inferior to the other generals in the aspect of attack.」

There were masters of various swords in the Demon King Army.

For example, Ichika had an ever-changing battle style that used a sword and shield, but she had enough skill to compete for first or second place in the Demon King Army even without her shield and with just her sword.

Also, Nino’s ultrafast sword techniques that use two curved blades were something super aggressive that would turn the enemy into little pieces in an instant. Even if the first attack was defended against, a curved blade would come attacking from a different angle in the next instant.

The Western General Sancreed was an orthodox Magic Swordsman, and was the one with the least amount of peculiarities in his sword techniques.

Then again, that was only limited to his sword……When it came to actual battle, he would unhesitatingly unleash incredible footwork. It seemed that he didn’t just do sword technique training, as he would also sometimes do hand-to-hand combat training with Fainell.

The Northern General Altejio would unleash his sword while constantly doing calculations for several tens of move, for several hundred of moves ahead, and would soundly corner his opponent.

That was the sword technique that was hardest to learn, but if he were to learn it, it would surely be the battle style with the least amount of openings.

And then, Gordy who was in front of him right now used sword techniques that prioritized defense, and skillfully performed both attack and defense with a single sword.

However, with the fact that she could fight normally against the other masters in the Demon King Army, he could tell how remarkable it was.

If Nino were around, she would passionately make an appeal to play the teacher role, but right now, she was in the Jiol Forest Kingdom.

Since it seemed like there would be a bit of a disturbance if Vermudol didn’t choose Nino, it was probably for the best that she wasn’t here right now.

Ichika seemed like she was the one most suited for the teacher role, but he felt awkward about asking for that when she was busy doing work that had accumulated over the past few days.

Of course, she would accept it with an immediate reply if he were to ask her, but for some reason, he didn’t want to increase her burdens.

Since the rest of the Four Cardinal Generals were also busy with their respective work, in that case, it was probably for the best to request it of Gordy who also had little work to do and was covered in moss in the rear garden……that is what he thought.

Of course, there was also another reason for it.

「Well, this is only a guess but……I’m suited to your sword, Gordy.」

「By that, you mean?」

「It’s because when I think of a scene where I am fighting with a sword, it’ll probably be a situation where I’m driven quite far to the wall.」

Vermudol was a Magician, not a Swordsman.

For a Magician, it was normal to battle while taking distance from the opponent, and the fact of having an opponent draw near meant that it would be his defeat.

Although there was physical defense magic like Attack Guard, it would be the end once that was broken.