Bonus chapter...
"Ggh...!"
"Mngh...!"
My sword clashes with Garondolf's sword.
The two swords spark and send both of our bodies flying backwards.
"It's heavy...!"
I mutter.
Garondolf Baskerville is a character in [DunBrave 2], but there is no battle scene in the scenario.
His strength is unknown. Perhaps, he may be the first enemy that I fight when I first co to this world.
I expected him to be weaker than the boss characters of the latter half of the ga, such as the Four Heavenly Kings... but his attacks are several tis stronger than I expected.
I was able to endure it thanks to the fact that my skill level had been improved by defeating Shinya Kushinagi, but if not for that, I might have fallen by this blow.
"It seems that you have really improved your skill! Wasn't it just a foolish conceit that made you challenge !"
Garondolf, on the other hand, also let out an exclamation of admiration at my slash.
This is the first ti I have been praised by my father, who has always spoken to in a venomous way.
I didn't think it made him happy, though.
"I guess I could be a little more serious! Don't die so easy!"
"...!"
Garondolf kicked the ground again, and ca flying toward .
It seems that he was not serious about his earlier slash. But his speed has increased dramatically, as if he switched gears.
"Don't mock !"
I shouted, and I dealt the incoming slashes.
I parry the slashes that co down from above with the middle of my sword, and avoid the slashes that follow by keeping my posture low.
"Nngh!"
"Whoa...!?"
But, before I had ti to regain my position, Garondolf threw a whip-like kick at as I crouched down.
I quickly jumped backward to reduce the montum of the kick, but I felt a zing of pain in my abdon where I had been hit.
"You're so rciless to kick your own son... you're really a horrible father!"
I roll on the ground to brace myself, then quickly get up and ready my sword.
Garondolf doens't follow and hadn't moved a step from where he had kicked .
He is obviously playing . He just held his sword at ease, as if he didn't need to charge at .
"What's wrong? You seed to be slower than before. Did I not go easy enough on you, by any chance?"
"...You really have a wonderful personality. You, Zenon's father."
Garondolf even provoked , and I clenched my teeth in frustration.
It is very annoying but Garondolf is a much better opponent than I am now.
Although he was inferior to Shinya Kushinagi in terms of speed alone, Garondolf had more power.
Garondolf's swordsmanship, which he used continously, showed that he is an experienced fighter. Still...
"Eat this!"
I invoked dark magic.
Without chanting, I unleashed 'Shadow Javelin'. It is an attack spell that creates a spear from the shadows and shoots it at the enemy.
And this jet-black spear flew straight for Garondolf's heart.
"What a waste! That magic will not work on ."
"Mngh...!"
The jet-black spear hits Garondolf in the chest as intended, but shatters instantly.
The spear is not destroyed, but it breaks on its own... maybe the result of so kind of item?
"This ring that has been passed down in the Baskerville family from generation to generation... Its na is the 'Ring of the Duke of Hell'... It has the power to nullify the dark attribute. So, dark magic does not work on ."
"There is an item like that...? I'm surprised there's an item I'm not aware of."
On Garondolf's finger is a ring with a hideous skull design.
Such an item has never appeared in the ga, but it seems that the ring has a 'dark attribute nullification' effect.
This is a serious problem. His sword is one better than mine. Dark magic doesn't work either.
Swords and dark magic. All of my offensive options have been blocked.
If I still had the doping bottle, if I had 'Amanohazamaru' on my sword, I could have fought better.
However, I had already used all the paid items, and I already equipped with a mid-level weapon.
At this rate, the odds of defeat are high. Clearly, it is too early to challenge Garondolf.
"It can't be helped... I wanted to win the fight head-on if possible. Still, if things beco like this... maybe a little cowardly is fine..."
It seems that it would be very difficult to win by a straight fight.
So, I think of so 'tricks' I've thought up in my mind. I smile with my sharp canine teeth bared.
"From here on, I will fight for my life. It's going to be a real bloodbath!"
Dark magic, 'Illusion Ghost'.
I create several shadows that look exactly like myself, and makes them plunge into Garondolf at once.
"You are very clever with your illusion magic. But..."
A black sphere appears around Garondolf.
One by one, the marble-sized black dots grow in number, until finally there are about 20 of them.
"Dark Bullet!"
The black spots beco dark bullets and are released at once.
Twenty bullets pierce my illusion, obliterating it in an instant.
"What the...!"
All that is left is my real body.
With my shadow gone, I am exposed.
"You're so naive!"
"Ha! Isn't that you!?"
Garondolf, who has eliminated my shadows, turns his blade toward my body, but I parry the thrusting edge with the cuirass attached to my left hand.
I try to counterattack with a slash, but Garondolf jump to the side and ducks.
However... Garondolf's body tilts slightly due to his forced evasive maneuver.
"Power Slash!"
I imdiately fire a follow-up attack.
I swing my sword upward with my swordsmanship skill.
"You think you've won with that! You're too naive!"
"...!"
Garondolf's arms swell with power while he is thrown off his feet.
With this hand... like a swallow leaping from the ground to the sky, Garondolf takes a low posture and lands an uppercut to my face.
"Damn it...!"
It was so unreasonable. How can he recover from such an impossible posture that he almost fell to the ground?
I wonder how much experience he's had in actual combat.
It seems that he wasn't just a fool or a drunkard when he claid to be the strongest in the kingdom.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Huh...!?"
But... this situation is also an opportunity for .
I let go of the sword with which I was about to deliver a power slash, and instead raise my foot greatly to catch Garondolf's fist with the sole of my foot.
Then I take advantage of the montum from my father's uppercut and leap into the air.
With the cloudy night sky behind , I look down on Garondolf from high in the air.
Garondolf looks up at with wide eyes.
No, not only him, but Urza and the others also look up at . Even the people Garondolf had gathered are also staring at in the air.
"Well... from now on is a gamble...!"
I pull out a new sword from the storage item and plunge from the sky, letting gravity do the work for .
"Ooooooooooooooooooohhh!"
I raise my sword as I free fall and slash at Garondolf from above like a hawk at its prey.
But... Garondolf smiles at the sight of his son coming at him from above, his lips pursing into a sneer.
"You think you have the upper hand! Gravity is not as fast as you think!"
As I fall straight down, Garondolf prepares to et with the tip of his sword.
If I continue to let gravity take , Garondolf will counter.
"Of course, I don't think I've won this one... Flashbomb!"
"Huh!?"
I throw an item that I have kept under my sleeve at Garondolf, who is staring straight at .
The item I threw was a 'flash bomb'. A so-called flashbang.
Now, I fell from the sky and Garondolf looked up at on the ground. The small bomb exploded at the midpoint between us, emitting a strong flash of light.
I had closed my eyes beforehand, so I am unaffected, but Garondolf looks up at , and it is unbearable for him.
I know it's a sneaky move on my part, but I'm on the sa side as Shinya Kushinagi. I don't believe in winning fair and square.
I will do whatever it takes to win. I will use what I can, and I will use who I can.
"Tenpo!"
I also activated my [Taijutsu] skill and accelerated in the air.
By combining the gravitational fall with the acceleration of this skill, I swing my sword down at Garondolf, who is blinded by flashbomb.
"Ghh... Uoooooooooo!"
Garondolf, however, does not let his blindness stop him from cutting easily.
Even though he is blind, he must have sensed the impending death with his intuition. So, with a twisted expression on his face, Garondolf thrusts his sword up from below.
The flash of light disappears, and two shadows et in the darkness of the training ground.
My slash from above.
My father's thrust from below.
The mont that can be called an extre mont. I caught the enemy's figure in my sword...
"Kahah!"
"Huh... Zenon, you...!?"
My sword had struck Garondolf's shoulder.
It bit into his right shoulder and stopped just short of severing his collarbone.
"Ah... Ggh... Even with this, I can't reach it..."
"Ah, damn it!" From there, I couldn't hear the rest of Garondolf's sound.
After all, Garondolf's sword had pierced through my chest, skewering my heart.
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