Fight to the Death for Love
It was the old man Mondo who made the first move.
He broke the gap using flash step and suddenly attacked Ayako, but I hit him from the side.
"Ayako! Don't get distracted!"
Ayako came to her senses with my yell and swung her sword horizontally at the old man who was deflected. It was clear that this slash was not intended to cut him, but to create space between her and the old man.
I take a step further and enter the old man's range. And by firing a slash from the bottom, I further distance myself from the old man.
Ayako's slash and mine were attacks to force the old man to retreat, so to speak, and they were not meant to decide the outcome of the battle.
From the sidelines, it looks as if I am cleverly countering the old man's attack, but it is the opposite.
The old man seems to have retreated, but an invisible blade has already grazed me and Ayako.
The old man jumps backward several times to adjust his stance, but Ayako and I are already running toward him.
Ayako is the first one to make a move, and the old man ducks the shallow slash from above. But I can see it. I stopped his attack from below as he ducked.
I slightly deflected the sword. At that moment, Ayako's thrust was aimed at the old man, but he easily avoided my and Ayako's attack.
Ayako and I adjusted our stances, breathed in sync with each other, and approached the old man again. This time, we tried to attack the old man from both sides with the intention of pinching him.
From the left, I fire a slash from the bottom towards the old man. It is a slash at almost zero distance. It is a double slash by the wind blade and the actual blade.
This is the same for Ayako who comes from the right and slashes from the top. The key is to perform four consecutive attacks from the top, bottom, and left and right sides.
Normally one can't avoid it. Normally...
However, our opponent was an A-rank adventurer, and a swordsman of the highest caliber in [Sword Art].
The wind blade was torn apart by an invisible flash, and my and Ayako's attack was dodged. And before we knew it, we were being flung to the left and right. No, it is better to say that we were kicked and punched.
From the moment Ayako and I jumped to the left and right, the old man started running towards me. A sharp slash from above approached me, and I caught it.
"Ayako!"
At the same time as I scream, Ayako thrusts with all her might into the old man. But I can see the old man. When he dodged the thrust, he turned around and attacked Ayako from below.
"Gah!"
Hearing Ayako's voice of agony, I aimed at the old man and launched a thrust. However, the old man dodges once again, but I anticipate this and throw a sideways strike from a thrust.
This cut the old man's side slightly. However, at this point, the old man kept his distance.
"Ayako! Are you okay!"
I looked at Ayako and saw that she had a shallow cut from right to left. The breastplate of her armor was also cut open, and her front was bare.
I quickly healed her with [High Heal].
As expected. The old man's sword skills and the [Dai-shirayuki] I made...
The armor Ayako was originally wearing was something I remade right after Ayako came here. Therefore, it should be harder than average armor. He cut through it with a single stroke of his sword.
As soon as Ayako's recovery is complete, I run toward the old man.
Slashes, continuous attacks, and flashes, but the old man ducks and dodges, so I can't strike a decisive blow. In the meantime, the old man's counterattack is relentlessly closing in on me.
I can't handle that counterattack. One blow after another......
Even though I'm in a pretty shredded state, I don't let up on my attack. Because......
"Haaaa!"
A flash of energy echoes from behind the old man. The moment I heard Ayako's voice, I synchronized my breath and again fired a slash at the old man.
This time, it was a pincer attack with four consecutive attacks, front and back, above and below.
The old man was slow to react. Even though he was able to avoid my continuous blows, he was unable to avoid Ayako's attack and was hit by a blow from above.
The old man was slightly intimidated. However, countless blades approached me. The old man approaches me as if ignoring Ayako.
I had a slight opening in my attack on the old man, and although I repositioned, it was a little short.
I was directly hit by the old man's blade.
This was...... quite a rough hit......
Desperately maintaining my slightly hazy consciousness, I aim at the old man and launch a thrust.
It hit the old man in the stomach.
"Guha..."
My consciousness receded as I heard the voice of the old man who was spitting out blood...
"Light!!"
When I heard that voice, what caught my eye was the figure of the old man raising his sword.
"Father! That's enough!!"
With that voice, I lost consciousness.
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