With her greatsword on her right shoulder, she approached Shin using the most direct path, with Shin doing the same. Facing against the greatsword coming from a diagonal direction, Shin prepared to swing his sword from his waist. If he rallied directly, there’s no doubt that Shin’s sword, which was inferior in strength, would break. Thus, he aimed to strike at the flat part of the greatsword.
Ting! A high-pitched sound was made when Rionne’s greatsword veered away from Shin. Furthermore, in one step, Shin leaped toward Rionne’s chest. However, in the next moment, the heel of Rionne’s boot appeared in front of Shin’s eyes.
“Whoa!”
Shin bent down right away to dodge the unleashed kick.
Her released fist was also evaded as she continued the attack before taking a distance once more. Then, her hand, which had parted with the intercepted greatsword, started to counterattack with martial arts. As for the greatsword, the downward force may have been great, as it pierced the ground diagonally.
“You avoided my attacks without being flustered, huh? I thought I could somewhat surprise you with that though”
“Well, I am surprised. I didn’t expect you would suddenly throw away your weapon and start to fight hand-to-hand.”
He didn’t say that parting with one’s own weapon has never happened during battle, but it was not usually done immediately after a battle started.
If an ordinary adventurer did something like that, they would be cut down in no time. There was a limit to making unorthodox decisions.
“You can still say that even though you dodged it like it was nothing. However, the next one will not be so easy!”
The greatsword was pulled from the ground, and Rionne took her stance again.
That stance was indeed magnificent. It was the posture of someone who had been training without depending too much on their ability as a Chosen One.
“I’ll go from here!”
Saying so, Shin faced Rionne and shortened their distance.
As for the current Shin, some restrictions were put on his stats based on information from Girard. Because of the restriction ability 【Limit】, his STR and AGI were about 500. If he rallied with Rionne who was an upper class Chosen One, it should be fine.
Shin, with the momentum from hurling himself, plunged into and pushed Rionne’s greatsword with his sword’s brim.
“Going to compete with me in strength, huh, Shin?”
“I’m confident in my strength!”
As the weapons made a grinding sound, Shin and Rionne exchanged words.
And then, Rionne stopped pushing Shin’s sword. Apparently, in response to Shin’s words, Rionne decided to accept his strength challenge with a contest.
Rionne put power in her slender arm, and the locking of sword to sword started. If she took her time, she may be able to overcome the resistance, but it was obvious that Rionne would take measures before that.
(She is on par with 500 STR, huh? As expected of Girard, he guessed correctly.)
As for the stats of an upper class Chosen One, Girard had talked about it being around 500.
“I wonder if our strength is equal?”
“It seems like it.”
They made some distance between them by stepping back together.
Shin had his sword in an aiming-at-the-eyes stance, and Rionne was in an overhead sword posture.
“You may use skills too. No need to be reserved, Shin.”
“Well, if you insist.”
Rionne and Shin, both used the support system martial arts skill 【Spirit Manipulation • Katsusen】.
Shin moved his sword to the left side of his waist from his previous posture, took his stance with his left hand on the sword’s blade near the hilt and lowered his posture. It was a quick draw stance, but without the sheath.
Rionne on the other hand, stayed there without changing her posture. From Shin’s point of view, he saw the aura that covered Rionne’s body sharpen.
The strengthening effect from the support system martial arts skill was calculated based on the stats during its usage, so there was almost no difference of strengthening ability between Rionne and Shin under the current conditions. If there was, it was simply the difference between ability.
Swish!
Shin moved first.
The distance between them was shortened by his sliding feet. And then, just one step from Rionne, Shin jumped into her territory by sliding on the ground.
Though it could not be said that it was his normal form, the sword that was charging towards Rionne was at a speed difficult to see by an ordinary person.
Without turning her eyes to that attack, Rionne also swung the greatsword downward. Due to the explosion of her sharpened spirit, it accelerated instantaneously. And that speed exceeded Shin’s attack.
Shin would likely die if he received that blow directly, so as the greatsword approached from above his head, by putting his strength into his left foot, he bent himself backward and evaded it.
Rionne, who had just swung down her greatsword, couldn’t move right away because of the weight of h