Overpowered Sword Chapter 24

Overpowered Sword Chapter 24

Level up with swords (24)

‘This!’

It was an unexpected attack.

The speed itself is usually at the level of a sling, but their number and spacing are dangerous. There were nine stones fired from close range. It was impossible to avoid or block it all.

Then, set priorities.

Leon’s eyes shook at a rapid pace. Read the rock’s trajectory and divide the risk by its impact point.

‘There are three that hit critical points.’

Three shots flying into the philtrum and uvula.

I don’t know if he was aiming for it or not, but since it is an attack aid at the midline, it is difficult to avoid.

In that case, I have no choice but to stop it.

Leon raised his sword and it whipped around like a gale.

Kaga River!

Three stones are thrown out with one slash.

Offense is the best defense.

It’s an old-fashioned statent, but it’s not wrong. There were many cases where an attack that could not be blocked or avoided on the spot could be blocked or avoided by taking a step forward.

Leon clenched his molars almost at the sa ti.

Puff puff!

Of the remaining six shots, half were dodged, but three remained stuck in the body. Two shots in the abdon and one shot in the left shoulder.

The pain spreads along with the heavy impact.

I’m out of breath, but I can’t stop. There is no guarantee that the rock sli’s attack will end in one turn. At least I had to retreat to a distance where I could avoid the slings.

“――Seup.”

Leon quickly took a step back and took a deep breath.

The damage is not great. The area where I was hit throbbed a bit, but it wasn’t enough to damage my bones or internal organs.

‘I was too complacent.’

If Rock Sli was just a monster with high defense, there would be no reason for it to be avoided so much. Even if the core is protected with a piece of stone, its weight slows down its movent. So wouldn’t it be necessary to lose weight by expelling stone fragnts from ti to ti?

I never thought they would use that discharge as a ans of attack.

Leon stopped about 10 ters away. At this distance, I was able to easily dodge rocks when they were fired at , and I was able to observe the rock sli’s behavior in detail.

“…They don’t shoot at this distance.”

The rock slis were still aware of his presence, but there was no sign of them firing stones. This may be to determine the effective range or to prevent unnecessary consumption.

To them, a piece of stone is both an arrow and a shield. Throwing it away at random was an act of suicide.

It would be possible to attack by consuming stones like that.

The slings are quite painful, but blocking them with a shield is enough. You can easily kill it by waiting until the stone fragnts run out.

‘The soldiers probably took him down that way.’

Block it with a shield, and when the core is revealed, stab it with a spear.

It is an incredibly safe thod.

However, while Leon recognized the power of that strategy, he had no intention of following it or doing it. You can’t make progress by fighting like that. That was the reason why he did not bring any weapons other than a sword.

Leon, who was examining the rock sli, took another step forward. It was to understand the enemy’s range.

‘9 ters, 8 ters, 7 ters…’

When the gap, which had been narrowing little by little, reached 5 ters, the surface of the rock slis began to gurgle again. The task was to create an ejection port to shoot out stone fragnts.

When Leon saw the change and stepped back, the rock slis stopped mutating and returned to their original state.

5 ters.

That was the interval when the slingshots began to be fired.

‘There is a slight ti lag between creating the ejection port and shooting the stones. If we penetrate that gap, we might be able to attack once or twice.’

His judgnt was correct.

However, it is aningless to attack first unless you can break through the rock sli’s defense. I had to avoid and cut down the debris moving around inside the sli.

After thinking that far, Leon suddenly realized sothing.

‘Do I really have to cut it?’

To break through irregularly arranged obstacles, it was easier to stab rather than cut.

With , he sees the mont the stones in the sli disperse and pierces the empty space with the holy sword. The remaining problem was that the space was unstable because the stone pieces were constantly moving, but Leon soon ca up with a breakthrough.

“Is a crisis an opportunity?…”

[Yes.]

El Cid responded to his muttering.

[The mont the rock sli creates an ejection port to fire the stone, the flow of sli stops for that mont. With your skills now, you won’t be able to accurately destroy the core until then.]

Leon was about to nod at the advice, but soon realized why El Cid had asked him to choose this request.

“Did you think about everything until you made your choice?”

[Sounds obvious.]

Rock sli is a difficult enemy for him now.

An enemy that requires you to experience your own limitations and is difficult to defeat unless you use all your abilities.

You must see through the trajectory of the slingshot and the inside of the sli with , and you must use the unstable ground to avoid projectiles at close range using . If either of them had any shortcomings, it was an opponent they could not safely defeat.

‘I’ll give it a try.’

Leon took a deep breath.

And…

pot.

It glided across the ground, instantly erasing a 5-ter gap and attacking the rock slis.

At the sa ti, the three slis gurgled.

Holes appear in the smooth surface, and fragnts floating around the body are aid at the enemy. Just before launch. In that one second or so gap, the holy sword’s thrust flew in.

Fujik!

The blade that pierced the rock sli’s body is buried.

The holy sword cut through the sticky sli and penetrated through the gaps between the stone fragnts, eventually reaching the core.

The mont the tip of the sword touches the core.

Push Iik…

The core the size of a bead crumbled and the rock sli lted. It seems like the mucus has turned into water and is flowing. The fragnts it contained fell to the ground.

Leon’s stab went in successfully.

However, without even having ti to rejoice at the result, he turned to the other two.

Pew pew pew pew!

This ti it’s seven shots.

Unlike the first ti, I was expecting it, so I reacted quickly. Leon took a half step to the side and swung the holy sword.

As if wielding a blunt weapon with the body of the sword rather than the blade.

Ta-da-dan!

Stones splash with a cheerful sound. As the pieces of stone that had been hit so hard bounced sowhere in the underpass, Leon imdiately returned to his upright position and aid for the next target.

The rock slis imdiately wriggled.

It seed like they had no learning ability.

Leon charged again, aiming for timing, but missed the second ti. But don’t panic and defend yourself. The sword did not miss the third and fourth tis.

Push….

As soon as the last rock sli lted, Leon, who had finally lost his concentration, lowered his sword.

“Huh…”

I only killed three, but I was exhausted.

Physical exhaustion is not a big deal, but it is a matter of ntal strength. I’m so focused that my head hurts.

There are a lot of things to look at with and the ground is soft and slippery, so if your are off, you will miss the timing to attack. It was tens of seconds more tiring than hunting ratn for hours.

[How do you think the training will go well?]

“The magic sword.”

[Why again!]

Leaving the screaming El Cid behind, Leon picked up a few pieces of debris that had fallen on the ground. A stone imbued with sli magic. Things adjacent to the nucleus will serve as subjugation evidence.

begins now.

Leon cleaned up the debris and walked deeper, following the shadow of the lantern.

Encountering the second group was quick.

[It must be a bit difficult with five of them.]

It was just as El Cid said.

Leon stuck his tongue out at the situation and then imdiately raised his holy sword. If you can kill one by surprise, the actual number is four. That was a number worth trying.

The underpass was already a straight road.

There is no place to retreat or detour, much less retreat to sothing like rock sli before the hero’s na cries out.

‘good.’

Concentrate your consciousness.

The feel of the ground beyond your shoes. You have to completely erase that repulsion to fool the rock slis. Since they sense their surroundings through vibration, all you have to do is minimize ‘sound’ and ‘shock’.

It was quite possible with .

Puik!

The rock sli that was stabbed by the holy sword lts.

The surprise blow had penetrated the core precisely. The slis, aware of the enemy’s presence, wriggled in the commotion.

Leon took two steps back and counted the ejection ports.

Fourteen.

The gap between two steps is about 4 ters. I broke into a cold sweat as my body tensed, wondering if I could handle 14 fragnts. Infuse strength to the point where blood vessels appear in the eyeballs.

It was right after that.

Pew pew pew pew!

Fourteen rocks flew towards him.

There is no hole in sight at all.

While suppressing his urge to beco impatient, Leon moved his eyes flashily. There are four that hit critical points. Even if you leave it alone, there are five things that go astray. The trajectories of the remaining five shots are ambiguous.

Even though the number of fragnts increased, he was able to quickly co up with the optimal route, perhaps because he had experienced it before.

Move forward while thinking,

‘Go forward half a step diagonally and turn your upper body…’

It will be too late if you organize your thoughts and move.

As Leon’s body moves half a step diagonally, more than half of the fragnts end up flying into the air. Now, if you turn your upper body and strike once, you will end up with two hits to the abdon.

The torso protected by leather armor was not an area that could be damaged by just one or two slingshots.

Defense success.

The mont he was so certain, he

purred.

My left foot, which had taken a half step, slipped.

It was a fatal mistake.

Because I was concentrating on the movent of my upper body, the precision of fell. The firmly established posture collapses, the center of gravity leans forward, and the person falls into a three-foot trajectory.

‘Damn it!’

Two feet sticking into the body is probably good.

The problem was that one of the three was aiming between the eyes. If he loses consciousness, he will be given a title like ‘the hero who was defeated by rock sli’ for 10,000 years.

A near-crisis situation.

No matter how much he thought about it, no breakthrough ca to mind, so Leon’s body subconsciously searched for an answer.

“-Huh?!”

Raise the left knee that slipped.

Therefore, it beca a movent similar to the lunge, a step thod used only when making a large advance in swordsmanship. When the lost balance was corrected, the upper body moved properly.

Desperately twist your head to avoid the stone. Leon barely felt relieved when the stone missed by a few hairs.

Sigh!

Without realizing it, I broke the rock sli’s core.

‘What happened?’

Two stones landed in my body later, but the impact was nothing special. Leon reflexively took a few steps back and reflected on what actions he had taken.

I even knew that he had dodged a stone that flew between his eyes using a modified lunge posture. However, the counterattack that was perfectly connected to the evasive movent after that was not what he intended.

Even if I had to try it again, I wouldn’t be able to do it like I just did.

[It didn’t seem like I did it knowingly… but what happened? Even if you caught the mouse by walking backwards, you still managed to catch it.]

“What are you talking about out of the blue?”

Then El Cid spoke in an awkward tone.

[What I did a little while ago was level 2 of .]

“…What?”

[Balancing on flat ground and reducing sound and vibration are just the basics. If the ground is soft, even the softness must be available. The essence of is to use the environnt as one’s strength, whether it is an ice plate or a heated iron plate.]

Leon realized those words.

Left foot accidentally slips. The improvisation that ca from that mistake led to better results than he thought was best.

Level 2.

It is an application that can change even an unfavorable environnt to an advantage. After gaining enlightennt, Leon’s center of gravity changed. I abandoned the posture of maintaining my strength upright and stood with my feet wide apart so that I could flexibly lean in any direction.

‘It’s more comfortable this way.’

If the environnt changes, your posture must also change.

The posture and movents he had insisted on until now were ultimately only suitable for flat ground. If the ceiling was low and the ground was damp, there were different footwork appropriate for it.

Leon’s eyes shined in a low posture like a beast.

This ti it was going to be a little different.