Training
Clack*!
Anastasia takes Mary's powerful slash head on with a calm face.
"W… what… you were able to block the Banigumo’s slash, which cuts through even iron like tofu!"
Mary looked like she couldn't believe the fact that her all-out attack was blocked by a wooden sword.
"Come on, come on, don't stop, go ahead and make your next attack."
Anastasia is in good spirits.
"Kuh!!"
Mary jumps back once and gathers her Touki.
Yes, Mary noticed that the Banigumo was repelled by the wooden sword due to Anastasia's well-cultivated Touki.
The Touki (mana) that was scattered around Mary's body was condensed and became only about 3 centimeters.
"How about this!"
Perhaps Mary felt it was enough, and she attacked Anastasia again.
Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*! Clack*!
However, Mary's attacks do not hit Anastasia at all.
Or rather, Anastasia completely saw Mary's attack.
"Do you understand? The quality of your Touki is still weak.
You're relying too much on your body, which has the blood of a strong ogre.''
Anastasia points out Mary's flaws.
"Damn it!"
Mary attacks Anastasia blindly and with great speed.
Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*! Swoosh*!
This time, Mary's attacks didn't hit at all.
Until just now, in order to make her understand the quality of Mary's Touki and her own Touki, she had dared to block all of Mary's slashes.
And this time, she intentionally avoided Mary's attacks to make her understand the difference between her speed and Mary's?
"The more monotonous your attacks are, the easier it is for your opponent to avoid them. The more skilled you are in swordsmanship, the calmer you are.
For example, if I could see all of my opponent's attacks like I am now."
Thrust*!
Anastasia, who was dodging Mary's attack with a calm face, suddenly moved at great speed and delivered a sharp thrust to Mary's throat.
"Oee~ cough*, cough*, cough*, cough*..."
Mary is blown away and is in pain, dripping with tears and drool.
Or rather, it seems like her throat has been crushed and she can't breathe.
Even if you're an oni person, if you can't breathe, oxygen won't reach your brain and you'll die.
It's a race to see if the oni people's regeneration ability is fast or if their brains run out of oxygen.
In fact, if Mary was defenseless right now, she would probably be killed like a child.
Even so, Anastasia is used to fighting.
I felt that Kojiro and Maopaipai of the Blackbeard Pirates had the fighting prowess of a veteran, but I felt that Anastasia was no less impressive than them.
Or rather, Anastasia is too strong.
I never thought Anastasia would be this strong.
Anastasia has been a mage ever since I first met her as a child.
That's why I always thought she was a mage.
However, apparently, Anastasia's real job is not to be a mage.
Well, she has become a sage, the pinnacle of mages, and is now good at magic, but her original occupation is thought to have been swordsman.
I can imagine that she was a master fencer or paladin, a higher rank of swordsman.
"What do you think? This is my ability."
Anastasia looked down at Mary and held out her wooden sword right in front of Mary's eyes.
"...I... I... gi... ve... up..."
Mary admitted defeat, even though she was in pain and crying.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to go this far! But when I held a wooden sword for the first time in a while, my body moved on its own..."
Anastasia, flustered, healed Mary's throat.
"Cough*, cough*, cough*... ahh, yep! It's healed!
Master, thank you for accepting the challenge!"
Mary, restored, kneels on the ground and bows to Anastasia.
This is the good thing about Mary.
Admit defeat and honestly ask for advice.
Mary is completely honest when it comes to improving her swordsmanship.
This is because improving her sword skills means getting closer to Mary's grandmother, the Ancestor and hero she loves so much.
"Master… personally, I would have preferred Onee-san, but…"
Anastasia is muttering something.
She should have known what would happen if she had beaten Mary so thoroughly.
Mary's everyday language is rough and manly, like a pirate, but she is a child who shows respect to those she respects.
As for Shiro, after receiving the Benigumo, she started calling her Shiro-dono.
Only when it comes to me, she calls me [you], but that can't be helped since she's a tsundere.
If you twitch at the guy you like, it's proof that you're shy.
It's the same thing as a small boy bullying the girl he likes.
Just like that, the match between Mary and Anastasia ends, and Anastasia once again tells me the details of the training.
"Then, let’s begin our training in earnest!
Start with your practice swing! That's right... for the time being, Continue to practice swinging for 100 years without eating, drinking, or resting!"
"100 years!? And without eating or drinking!!"
From Anastasia's mouth, I was told the outrageous details of the training.
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