Chapter 192: Chapter 192. Mock Battle ( Part-2 )
"Nice to meet you, Lord Myne, I am Carl, a member of the second knight unit. I am weak, but I shall strive to become your opponent with all my power. Please take care of me."
"Ahm, no problem, I will try my best, by the way, thank you for being my opponent even though you looked like a busy guy! It would be troublesome for you to fight with a newbie like me, right?" Myne politely replied with a fake expression of gratitude, his acting skill had long surpassed the normal people's realm, and now only experienced politicians could give him some tough fight in his field.
With such perfect acting skills and top-notch identity, he immediately gets most of the knights' approval. Even his opponent wasn't an exception, that guy now looking at Myne with awe.
As a result of Myne's perfect acting, The impressed stone-faced knight leader finally first time in the last four smiled ( only a simple raise of the corner of his lips ) wryly and said while shaking his head...
"No, he strongly wished to become Lord Myne's opponent no matter what. That's why, you don't need to humble yourself that much, you can say this is a win-win situation with both parties getting something in return. You got a good sparring partner and him a chance to fight with a hero who saves an entire town from an angry dragon."
Ohh, now I understand why this guy is so excited to fight with me. So after seeing me training like a noob, and knowing that I can't use my skill during training, this guy probably thought of defeating me and boasting his own reputation.
Anyway, once people knew that he had defeated me easily like a chicken, he quickly became famous, after all for most people only results matter the most not how you get that, and even after some later clarified
the matter that he defeated me when I can't use my skills, they probably won't believe it, and only think that I am trying to win my image back.
What a clever plan, this guy is too evil, Myne thought while shaking his head, he really underestimated those knights' brain power, till now he had only thought that they were just a group of simple-minded people who only think with their muscles and their lower bodies, but this guy slapped cruel reality on his face.
Seeing Myne deep in thought, feeling afraid that Myne might misunderstand him, thinking that he wanted to defeat him, that's why he volunteered to be his opponent ( which he actually wanted) and refused to fight with him wasting his all effort, Carl hurriedly waved both his hands with a fake panic expression, and explained.
"It's not what you are thinking, Lord Myne, you know, I am also one of your die-hard fans and just wanted to exchange some moves with my ideal.
So although if you were a girl and said that same thing, I would be happier, but still, that is the case, then I am relieved, please don't be too hard on me, you know I am just a noob after all," Myne said with his trademark smile.
Hearing that, Carl also put his hands to his chest and took a breath of relief before putting a smile on his face...
"I will try my best."
"Well then, the mock battle will commence! Bow to each other!"
Seeing both of them finished speaking, The stone face knight leader came between them and announced loudly.
Carl's response was quite fast, after hearing the announcement, he took out both the spears he was carrying on his back and wielded them in each hand. He readied the long spear in his right hand, and the short one on his left.
A dual wielder huh? No wonder he looks very confident in defeating me. I wonder what is his level, this information can help me to know how much experience this guy has in actual battle.
Sigh, Elder Brother is just too nasty, he even prohibits me from using Appraisal skills saying that I'll have to learn how to judge my enemy with the information I have with me and fight carefully while trying to find my enemy's weakness. Hell, why someone would go into such trouble when he can just peek other party's weaknesses? But he still has good reason to ban me for using appraisal.
This is all for my own good, damn it, Myne thought helplessly, and copied Carl's movement and returned him a light bow.
"BATTLE! START!!!"
Carl slowly closed the distance between Myne and himself along with shouts.
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"Be careful!"
Saying that Carl started charging towards Myne with the long spear projected in front of him.
Huh? So fast?! However, compared to Elder Brother, still lacked a lot, Thinking such, Myne held the wooden daggers in his hands tightly and predicted Carl's movement as he approached him.
Just as Carl about hit him, Myne jumped backwards until the range where the spear just barely missed.
Yosh! I avoided it!! It's my turn!
Thinking that, in the moment Myne tried to leap in in order to counterattack, the spear which he avoided extended!
"Eh!? What the f*ck!"
Understanding the situation, Myne quickly stopped his counterattack and made movements to avoid it but it was too late.
In the instant just as Myne tried to dodge, Carl's long spear hit his side with tremendous power.
"Guha!!"
Although it's just a wooden spear, but because of enhancement, its hardness is not something anyone can look down on.
Myne staggered and reflexively collapsed.
Just as Myne was thinking about what in the world happened, how the attack he avoided come back, Carl who had no mood to waste his time, hurriedly trusted his spare toward him in order to deal the finishing blow and secure his win.
But dared not to harm Myne too much, this time he released some water and swung his short spear downwards.
"Kuh!! As if I'll let you win so easily!"
Myne quickly came back to sense, and stacked his two daggers in the 十 shape and stopped the short spear's blow and right next moment Myne leaned down backwards a little and kicked with his both feet at Carl's solar plexus with his full power.
"Ahh!"
Carl's body bent into a > shape, and he quickly took many steps back while holding his stomach.
Although Myne staggered a little, in the end, he still managed to deliver a little damage to Carl.
"I didn't expect that you would use your legs to attack me. If I had known about it I would have never used the short spare in the first place, I was a little careless this time," Carl said painfully but he still had a smile on his face.
"Hum, then next time try not to do this, it is good that you understand your mistake," Myne like an elder teaching the younger generation calmly advises which angers Carl more. But this level of provocation is still not enough to make Carl carelessly jump in.
Seem like I have to use my mouth more, Myne thought and mocked Carl with a wide grin...
"What's wrong Carl, why are you not attacking me? Don't tell me after getting hit by me you are so afraid that you can't even move your legs. If you are afraid of pain so much, then why not just give up? Anyway, this is just a mock battle no one is going to punish you or something."
"A direct provocation. I understand that, but alright. I'll take the bait! "
Although Carl looks calm from the outside but his grip on his spears tells everyone that he is very angry.
While smiling forcefully, Carl fiercely started charging towards Myne, ready to end the batter once and for all.
This time Carl didn't hold back and chose the long spear's attack.
Seeing the spear coming toward him, Myne also got in a defensive pose, while observing Carl's shoulder muscles as he didn't want to get hit by the same trick twice.
Huh? The movement of his shoulder muscles... something feels out of place, Myne thought with a frown.
The attack this time was different from before, and Myne doesn't plan to counterattack.
He didn't avoided it barely but backstepped greatly. Then, even while avoiding the spear, he concentrated on Carl's right shoulder which he felt was out of place and observed it closely.
As he did that, Carl pulled his shoulder back and pushed it out in front of him. Moreover, his right pivot foot made a step forward.
I see, so that's what I felt was out of place. He changed his pivot foot and approached, huh? By advancing his pivot foot, and pushing his spear in front after pulling back his shoulder, to the opponent, it looks like the spear had extended. What a nice technique, Myne thought with a smile finally finding out Carl's little secret.
After avoiding Carl's secret technique, Myne aimed at Carl and threw the dagger he was holding in her right hand at him, followed by him throwing his other dagger toward the sky and rushing toward Carl's bare hands.
Carl quickly avoided first dagger with a surprised and confused expression, and then subconsciously looked at the dagger in the air, but he soon realised that this was his greatest mistake as what followed after that was the pain he would never forget in this life.
A full power kick skillfully landed on his crotch area, breaking his eggs and his girlfriend's future happiness ( if he had any ) without any mercy as well.