Battle Sense

“I have a question!”

Raymond protested.

“You said you’d give the Soul Stone as a prize, which means you defeated and subdued the Death Knight, is that correct?!”

“So?”

Raymond and the knights stared at her with fearful eyes.

“How can we possibly defeat someone who can defeat the Death Knight? It’s like saying you’ll never give the prize!”

“…?”

She tilted her head.

She wondered what he was talking about.

“Who said you have to beat me?”

“Pardon?”

“Kill me.”

“Isn’t that the same thing?”

Amel pondered.

Why did it sound that way?

“Don’t tell me. You think I’m going to go all out against you?”

“….”

Raymond shut his mouth.

“Well, I’m planning to fight as hard as I can in my own way. My mindset will be as if I’m going all out, just as you expect.”

“How can we win?”

“Listen to the end.”

She raised her index finger.

“Instead, I’ll impose restrictions. It concerns the attacks, but I’ll fight with my bare hands. I won’t use Magical Power either. I won’t use any other abilities. I’ll only attack you with my bare hands.”

“With your bare hands?”

“Yeah. My bare hands are quite strong. Of course, you guys will be wearing swords and armor to fight.”

“You won’t be able to break armor with your bare hands.”

“That’s why I’m letting you wear it.”

Raymond glared, wondering if she was looking down on him, but she actually was.

“It’s better to hide your weaknesses as much as possible, right? If you have any complaints, tell me after you kill me.”

There were three knights.

Male knight Raymond.

Male knight Basle.

Female knight Lux.

All three were knights who had bet on the Wish Ticket, and she remembered the faces of everyone except Basle.

Raymond had a strong sense of pride and shouted loudly, and Lux had used the duel during the bet as training, dragging it out for a long time.

She didn’t know about Basle, but she had an impression of him from the bet.

He had a surprisingly strong impression…

‘Ah, I remember.’

Knight Hans. The knight who stepped forward to fight after she defeated him first.

‘No wonder his face was more familiar than the other knights.’

Well, he was so impulsive that there was no time to get to know his face after immediately subduing him.

The training ground.

On the stage.

Amel stood before the three knights.

Spectators read the atmosphere of the training ground and gathered around.

Since they had gathered, she said once more.

“I will give the Death Knight’s Soulstone to the one who kills me! If there is anyone who doesn’t know what a Soul Stone is, ask someone who does!”

“This duel gives priority to these three!”

“But if all three are down and unable to move for 10 seconds! Anyone is welcome! Anyone can jump in and kill me to take the Soul Stone that Seals the Death Knight!”

If someone kills her, she will transfer the Possession of the [Death Knight’s Soulstone].

Who will get it needs to be decided once more, but this is a duel to determine whether the knight order will have Possession of the [Soul Stone] or not.

No, it would be more accurate to say the participants rather than the knight order.

At that moment.

Raymond.

His sword gleamed.

A surprise attack.

It was too late to dodge.

Because she wasn’t using Magical Power.

As much as she had slowed down, she couldn’t react to a quick strike.

She took the sword with her side.

───Blocked it.

With her side.

“You said you wouldn’t use Magical Power, didn’t you?”

“I clearly said I wouldn’t use it only for attacks? Who said I wouldn’t use it for defense either? This is a duel to see if you can break through my defense…”

She grabbed Raymond’s wrist.

She also grabbed the back of his neck.

Towards his face, she brought her knee,

“…That’s what I meant!”

She slammed her knee into his face, which wasn’t wearing a helmet.

Even if she didn’t use Magical Power for attacks,

As much as she had circulated Magical Power for defense and hardened herself, she had gained a bit of offensive power.

Of course,

“Ugh…!”

Raymond didn’t even get a nosebleed.

Still, he frowned at the impact.

Even if he glared.

If he had time to do that,

“You’re too slow!!”

Raymond, who was recovering from the shock.

She jumped and approached Raymond briefly.

Rotating her leg,

A Roundhouse Kick.

Her heel swiftly struck Raymond’s chin.

“Cough…?”

Raymond staggered backward.

He couldn’t properly support himself.

He fell on his butt.

She met Raymond’s spinning eyes.

“You’re so relaxed? You even have time to steady yourself.”

“….”

“When your balance is broken, you have to use that broken balance to dodge. You’re too slow to react and get hit by my slow kick because you’re trying to maintain a stable posture every time.”

“….”

“You, you let your guard down because my attack was weak?”

“Ugh…”

She looked at Raymond with pity.

“You don’t have the right to let your guard down against me.”

Besides, the weak points of the human body.

Even if he protected his body with Magical Power,

A concussion was unavoidable.

She looked at Basle and Lux.

“I clearly told you to come at me all at once, didn’t I? Am I that easy?”

“….”

Lux couldn’t refute, as if her pride was hurt.

She had made a knight kneel with her bare hands and without Magical Power.

Although it was because he had let his guard down since she hadn’t told them that she was circulating Magical Power for defense,

It was a fact that Raymond, a middle-ranking knight, had fallen to an attack without Magical Power.

As Lux was wondering whether to step forward or not.

Basle took a step forward.

Basle shouted.

“Before we attack all at once, I have one request.”

“What is it?”

Basle clenched his fist and trembled.

“Could you…

Shoes?

“Could you take off your shoes and face us barefoot?”

“What… you…”

Lux realized Basle’s intention and was horrified.

What was a normal-looking guy asking for…!

Amel also nodded blankly, as if she hadn’t expected such a proposal.

“…Well, having shoes on would increase my attack power.”

However, she didn’t seem to understand the intention of the proposal as she took off her long shoes that covered her ankles and put them in a space called Inventory.

No, no, no, Amel, his purpose is probably something else.

But Amel’s face was pure.

She felt guilty to say the dirty truth.

Besides, before she could even speak, Basle rushed at Amel.

Without even holding a sword.

“Good decision. It’s definitely more advantageous to grab me in my current state.”

That’s not his purpose.

Basle tried to grab her.

Amel dodged.

Dodging,

Dodging,

Dodging,

Amel soon stepped on Basle’s face and went behind him. As she went over, she kicked the back of his head, knocking Basle over.

Each movement was so seductive that she unconsciously stole glances.

She looked over.

“Lux. You come too.”

“I’ll watch a little longer.”

“Ah, you’re going to come after you’re familiar with my movements?”

It was a misunderstanding, but she didn’t deny it.

Amel smiled slyly.

“But do you think I’ll let you do that? You’re already inside the training ground!”

“…!”

She drew her sword.

She blocked Amel’s fist.

No, she was going to block it, but,

‘Too slow.’

She realized once again how disadvantageous it was for Amel that she wasn’t using Magical Power for attacks.

Raymond had been hit and his eyes were blurred.

Rather than blocking with her sword, Lux took a step back to create distance.

And she infused Magical Power into her sword.

Sword Aura aimed for Amel’s chin.

She slashed upwards.

Squish.

───Blocked.

By her chest.

It was a chest that protruded as much as a head, but it still dug in well between them as it aimed for her chin.

However, Amel had predicted the upward Slash and crossed her arms,

The crossed arms pressed down on her chest.

The tip of the sword was caught in her pressed-together chest.

“….”

“Hiee…”

A moment of silence.

Lux couldn’t say anything.

In that gap of confusion, a fist struck Lux’s face.

While she was losing her balance in shock.

A long, outstretched sole,

Kicked Lux’s face.

Lux fell to the ground.

Amel looked down.

Amel stepped on Lux’s Cuirass with her foot.

“Why are you embarrassed when we’re both women?”

“Ugh… I’m sorry.”

“Hey, if an enemy has breasts, are you going to avoid attacking them?”

“That’s not it, but…”

Amel emphasized by grabbing her own chest, making her face turn red for no reason.

I can’t help it.

There aren’t any women in our group with breasts as big as yours, and they’re not pretty either.

There are a high proportion of men, and the women roll around roughly like men, so there’s no distinction between men and women.

Lux, who had grown up among men since she was young, had never seen a prettily dressed woman.

Amel was strong, pretty, and had big breasts, which was shocking even to a woman.

‘That’s what a real woman is like.’

Lux was in culture shock.

She couldn’t adapt in just one day.

Even now, with Amel’s bare foot stepping on her chest, it made her heart flutter for no reason.

Soon, Basle rushed in.

Amel dodged as if she already knew he was looking for an opportunity.

Dodging,

Dodging,

Hitting,

Dodging,

Again, Amel went behind Basle, grabbed Basle’s neck with both legs, and slammed his head into the ground.

She quickly rotated her body, turning Basle’s body into an inverted U-shape, but Basle couldn’t react in time and smashed the ground with his own head. He twitched as he fell.

“….”

No matter how much weight she put on it, that light weight was almost meaningless against an opponent who used Magical Power.

But Amel aimed for the moment when Basle’s neck was bent back as she went over his body.

She didn’t miss the moment she could flip him over.

She flipped his body over faster than Basle could notice and put strength into his body.

The time it took from when Amel’s attack started to when the result came out was 1 second.

It wasn’t fast.

It wasn’t fast, but,

‘Her judgment is fast.’

Her ability to capture the moment of attack in the flow was unusual. She had known from the start that she was strong, but,

Amel was toying with a middle-ranking knight with just her combat sense.

“Shit.”

Raymond, who had been the first to go down, was still staggering.

He got up.

He drew his sword.

“Help me.”

“….”

“I know you don’t like the idea of ganging up on someone who doesn’t even have a sword, but not going all out against Amel is an insult to Amel. You’re insulting Amel right now.”

He demanded that she get up and cooperate.

At that moment, he infused Sword Aura.

Amel approached.

“Are you done talking?”

“….”

Raymond said.

“…As long as we don’t get caught off guard. Then we can attack unilaterally!”

Raymond ran forward,

And swung Sword Aura.

The speed of a middle-ranking knight going all out.

Amel, who wasn’t using Magical Power, couldn’t dodge.

Sword Aura collided with Amel’s arm, which she had raised to protect her head,

Leg.

Arm.

Side.

Neck.

“Ugh…”

“…Ugh!”

The Sword Aura that Raymond swung with all his might reached Amel’s neck.

But it was blocked.

He couldn’t Cut it.

Amel threw a punch.

“Weak!!”

Raymond staggered back for a moment.

He immediately put his body forward and swung his sword.

───He couldn’t swing it.

Foot.

Amel’s foot blocked Raymond’s Sword Aura before it could be fully swung.

But,

───Thwack.

While kicking his chin,

His head was bent in the direction of time.

He fell.

“Lux.”

“….”

Lux looked at the two who had fallen behind Amel.

Basle, whose head was buried in the ground and twitching.

Raymond, who couldn’t support himself after being kicked in the chin.

Opponents she had sparred with countless times in training.

Her skills were not much different from those two. Those two had been subdued by attacks that didn’t contain Magical Power.

Amel strode closer.

“Do you think it’s cowardly?”

“…No.”

“It’s not, huh? You didn’t even jump in when Raymond told you to fight together. But… hmm… first of all, you need to fix your perception.”

“…Yes?”

“It’s a service.”

Amel spread her arms and legs.

“I’ll give you 3 minutes. Cut me as much as you want.”

If you can Cut me.

Amel smiled and looked at her pitifully, as if she wouldn’t be able to Cut her anyway.