My Demons - Chapter 17



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My Villains Episode 017

5—2. Maintenance(2)

Uncle Gilius’s gang consisted of a total of six people, four warriors, one archer, and one priest. The leader of the gang was a mercenary named ‘Grania’.

It was thanks to Uncle Gilius’s generosity that I became acquainted with this gang.

After the dockside battle was over and I was paid, I was taking the loot and he pretended to be friendly.

Of course, there were some people within Grania’s gang who were reluctant to me. It was a natural reaction since he must have seen me running wild during the battle. The blood magic I used was also a technique that had an ominous appearance in many ways.

But thanks to my polite attitude and good-natured appearance, I soon made some friends with everyone. I don’t like idiots, but my attitude was that it didn’t really matter as long as they were on my side.

After having a drink together, the whole group moved to the Baetgo-dong Inn. I heard there was a complaint about the inn I was staying at… They were truly exciting mercenaries.

After Uncle Gilius, the person I became closest to was Grania, the leader of the gang.

The scarlet-haired female warrior whose skills I watched in fascination during the battle on the dockside. She was Grania.

I’m not sure what she’s like as a leader, but I think she’s definitely a skilled warrior.

Perfect!

“Focus!”

” oh.”

Taking advantage of my lost concentration, Grania pushed up her shield and struck away my wooden sword and arm.

As soon as the guard opens, Grania’s wooden sword plunges towards his chin.

Right = 7 lower

He quickly pulled up the buckler to block it, but Grania used the long rebound force to turn the buckler and turn his wrist.

widely!

I hit the other shoulder.

“Tsk, that’s right.”

As I stepped back, admitting defeat, Grania also stopped and asked a question.

“There was a gap between the shield and the sword this time, right?”

“That’s right.”

“When to use a buckler?”

“Pay special attention to the connection between both hands.”

“okay. “Here we go again.” As soon as she finished speaking, Grania took her stance.

His head and shoulders were covered at an angle with a circular shield held on his left arm, and his sword was held in the middle.

“Whoa.”

I also took a deep breath and took a stance.

The posture was one in which the legs were bent forward and slightly apart, and the wooden sword and buckler were held together and stretched out in front.

Grania had outstanding skills among mercenaries.

No matter how much I limited his strength and speed, Poynix was still absolutely superior to Grania in terms of physique, reach, and weight.

However, due to the difference in skills and experience, I could hardly compete with her.

The sparring between me and Grania ended in as little as four or as long as fifteen times, and it started again right away.

In such repetition, I continue to receive corrections, experience, and embody the theory.

I was able to do it.

It had already been five days since I had been learning swordsmanship from Grania every morning and evening. No, it should be said that he is learning not only sword skills but also all combat skills, including shield skills.

The reason this happened was because of my request. Remembering her skills, I offered her a price and asked her to teach me.

Grania looked suspicious at first when she received my request.

Because of my activities on the dockside, I earned the ridiculous nickname ‘Mad Prosecutor.’

When I asked her to teach me swordsmanship, Grania thought I was teasing her.

Of course, after a few rounds of sparring, those doubts were put aside. This is because I realized that I was a beginner who did not even know the basics of Gyeokgeom (擊劍).

Grania was suspicious of the huge gap between my skills and body, but didn’t ask any further questions. She just sparred for what she was paid to do.

Grania’s teachings were as practical as expected and scientific as expected. No, should I say epidemiological?

Ta-dak!

As the wooden swords collided in the air, I tried to gently push them while maintaining the binding (keeping the blades in contact with each other).

“Whoop!

Grania, who was retreating, let out a short breath, raised her shield upward, and shook off my wooden sword.

A small gap was created like that.

earth!

The wooden sword penetrated the small gap in an instant and made a cheerful sound as it hit my breastplate.

“Hmph. “I lost.”

“I told you to be careful about external forces. And, when binding, you don’t just press and hold… …

“Pull while pressing or push while pressing. “Be flexible.”

“that’s right. Are you going again?”

Grania took her stance again and began to approach.

Ugh, the top is blocked by a shield, so I don’t have the motivation to aim.

Penetrating Grania’s shield and striking an effective blow required great concentration and luck.

Grania wasn’t that big. Is your height around mid 160?

Of course, being short doesn’t mean you look weak. This is because the scar across her nose, her tanned skin, and her small but strong muscles represented the experience she had accumulated.

I walked carefully, looking for any gaps.

He was wearing a round helmet and quilted armor, but his lower body was wearing only cloth pants that exposed his calves.

In the end, I couldn’t resist the temptation of those strong calves and stabbed the wooden sword towards the bottom.

“Huh!”

Damn it, Grania quickly pulled her butt back and aimed the wooden sword at my head.

earth!

After deflecting the attack with the buckler, he aimed the wooden sword at Grania’s arm. Her swift thrust succeeded in hitting her lower arm, but Grania’s wooden sword had already grazed her wrist.

As I raised my hand, Grania took a short breath, stepped back, and asked:

“Whoa, whoa, where is the arm attached?”

“On the shoulder.”

“Whoa, not somewhere?”

“Not the butt.”

“okay. “When you aim for the bottom, you lose that much in reach, so you always have to be careful about the top.”

“okay.”

As soon as the words were finished, the sparring resumed.

When Grania made three or four simple counterattacks, I calmly struck away the wooden sword and slowly approached.

Then Grania suddenly gasped and rushed towards me.

“Sigh!”

Grania’s hands crossed and the tip of her sword pushed against the inside of her shield. Then her shield flipped to the right, and her wooden sword came out from behind it.

It was an anomalous stabbing attack in which the positions of the shield and weapon changed in an instant.

Perfect!

I quickly turned my wrist to block the attack with my wooden sword and pushed back Grania’s shield with my buckler. Then she wrapped her arms around her shoulders and crossed her legs.

Grania swung the wooden sword again, but I was already close to her, so an effective strike was impossible.

“Ugh. Grania tried to hold on, but her upper body was already suppressed and even her legs were caught.

I stepped over my shoulder and completely knocked Grania down.

Swish.

There wasn’t enough space to finish the attack with the wooden sword, so I quickly let go of the wooden sword and lightly tapped Grania’s chin with my fist.

“Ugh, I lost.”

Grania, who admitted defeat, stood up holding my hand and continued speaking.

“I’m used to wrestling now. No, it’s not just that you’ve become accustomed to it, but that you’ve become more experienced?”

“Phew, does that make a difference?”

In response to my question, Grania smiled bitterly and shrugged her shoulders.

“I thought I was good at technology, but I’m not sure anymore. “Is this really your first time learning it?”

As I smiled silently, Grania had an uncomfortable expression on her face.

You don’t think I spent five pieces of silver just for a prank, do you?

No matter what she thought, Grania’s teachings were absolutely worth the price I paid. She even wondered if she had given too little.

Although it was only five days of training, I made tremendous progress.

The sparring record with Grania was 43 wins and 41 losses on the first morning, and 21 matches and 11 losses this morning… In terms of win rate, it jumped more than ten times. If I had a fight with the me on the first day and the me now, I think the current me would win nine out of ten times.

This was partly because Grania’s teachings were excellent, but also because of the memories embedded in my body.

From the beginning, the playable characters in the Dark World game were not ordinary civilians but fully trained people.

Even the elemental wizard was not a boy or girl who knew nothing about magic, but a wizard who trained for ten years at La-Palais Palace.

It was the same for blood knights.

Phoenics was a knight’s squire. The class name ‘Blood Knight’ itself was due to this setting. The setting is that he is a knight who manifested blood magic.

A knight’s squire was someone who worked hard to master combat skills starting from childhood and throughout most of his teenage years.

Poynix was probably like that too, and even if the techniques he had mastered at that time did not remain in his head, they seemed to be engraved in his body. This may be the reason why your skills improve rapidly while sparring.

And, based on a careful guess, I think Poynix’s skills may not have been fully exploited even now.

There was no way that Poynix, who had not yet been ordained but was no better than a knight, would be less skilled than a mere mercenary.

In the ensuing sparring, I let go of Grania, who had turned into green onion kimchi, only after I defeated her three times.

Grania, who was sitting down by the well, shook off the sweat and dust and grumbled.

“Ha, ha, I’m dying. Are you going to do it again tonight? “I heard the sewage will go down tomorrow?”

“I need to rest today. And I’ll practice alone for a while.”

“okay? Well, there was nothing to teach anymore. Refine it well in practice. “If you really learned it for the first time, you would be a natural genius, so your skills will improve quickly.”

Grania nodded as if relieved or regretful, and then asked as if she had remembered something.

“Oh, didn’t you say you ordered a shield?”

“huh. “I was already planning to go look for it.”

“Your buckler seems like a pretty good item, but isn’t it disappointing? “You’ve learned how to handle it quite well.”

Although I’ve only experienced combat twice, I’ve learned a lot from going through a crisis that borders on death.

And in that crisis, the most threatening thing was none other than the arrow.

I was injured to the point of death by an arrow on the boat, and I was almost exhausted from the arrows on the dockside.

I was several times more afraid of an arrow flying at me in the blink of an eye than of the spear or ax in front of me.

That’s why I ordered a large circular shield like the one used by Grania.

It didn’t matter whether the buckler I was using was a magic item or not. If things hadn’t worked out, I think I would have at least taken off the door and carried it with me. That’s how scared I was of arrows.

“are you okay. Because I practiced a lot with Mr. Gilius’ shield. And if possible, it would have been better if it was a bit heavier. “It’s a piece of metal, but it’s so small.”

“Well, the buckler is easy to carry, but it lacks stability. “It’s a bit disappointing to use it in a big battle.”

When Grania entered the inn, where we were talking about various things, I drew water from the well and washed my face, as was my habit.

It was then.

” hey.”

“Huh?”

When I looked up from blowing my nose, Ellen was standing there.

What is this guy? Where does it keep popping up?

I quickly finished washing my face, ran my sleeve over my eyes, and asked.

“Didn’t you go there to meditate?”

“I tried to do it, but I couldn’t concentrate.”

“Concentration? Hey, normally you do things like that by holding on with your butt even if you can’t concentrate. “What kind of guy is this young?”

“Sir, if anyone hears it, they’ll think you’re a real uncle. “Don’t try to teach me when you’re only a few years older than me.”

•••Look at this bitch, she was quiet for a while and then she does this again.