Vampire Prince Trapped Into a Hunter

Chapter 40 – PROTECTION BEHIND THE MEANING OF SENIORITY. 4

I fought in a match practice against Lisanna who was much shorter in height than me.

I could not believe that the difference in height would be used to always attack the bottom of my defense slack.

One of the advantages of using a large sword is that it can also be your shield to fend off opponent attacks.

It was difficult to do by a short sword whose range was relatively smaller.

Therefore, the short sword user should be equipped with agility to dodge the opponent's attack instead of holding it back.

But how difficult it is to do when against an opponent like Lisanna who also has very high agility.

Though Lisanna has not issued her magic ability at all, but I have really made it quite battered.

All this time he only fought against me purely using his sword skills.

Really really monster.

I kept my distance while circling it and then lunged at it in the direction I predicted as the blind spot, but the woman could feel well where my attack was coming from.

Without turning his body, he repelled my attack, striking both of my swords that almost slipped out of my hands.

And before I could fix my horses, his legs flapped my solar plexus so tightly that I bounced away while spewing blood.

“Arno darling! You okay?”

“Hahahaha. I'm fine, really. This wound is meaningless.”

I said that, though it was actually whimpering internally.

It is very difficult for me to match the strength of the monster.

I then consulted the problem I felt on my sword technique to Lisanna.

“It's true. Since the weight of a small sword was much lighter, its attack impact was weak. How about Yayang Arno practice hitting the wooden puppet practice first to increase your attack impact?”

With the direction from Lisanna, I practiced beating the wooden puppet with my sword.

-Puak, sir, sir.

“No, no. If you do it like that, it will only make your hands hurt without issuing an efficient impact attack. You have to do it like this, Honey.”

-puak.

“Like this?”

“Now it is closer, but the angle is still less formed, dear.”

Although the impact of a weak attack on a short sword was inevitable, there were several methods to raise it to its optimal level.

The angle of attack, rhythm, rhythmic pattern, joint position, hand grip on the sword, as well as the speed of the hand swing, all have a role in maximizing the output of the attack.

If it is wrong in applying it, the heavy point of the attack will deviate and it will only hurt your joints.

At first, I felt clumsy.

But thanks to Lisanna's guidance and the policy in Arno's memory, I gradually understood the concept and finally mastered it.

Day by day we continue to train.

Without feeling I felt a little better at fending off Lisanna's attack.

Yes, I put out a huge effort all this time just to think about how to fend off the monster attack.

I applied what I had learned from him to provide the optimal attack output, but applying it in such a short time was apparently very difficult.

That short time means that you don't have enough time to prepare a decent horse.

As a result, your horses will also not be perfect so that the style they produce will not be as expected.

I can understand the concept, but in fact it is very difficult to apply it in real terms.

I to the end could not send a single effective counterattack to the mighty woman.

But this is better.

Although clumsy, little by little I feel closer to the realization of the impact of the optimal attack on a fast attack.

With me training more and more with an agile swordsman like Lisanna, then my agility in swordsmanship will also increase.

As I get used to it, I'm sure once I face a slower opponent, things will feel easier.

Then arrive at night, the day before where my duel with Sarpian Mucahantas will be held.

“Ukh.”

“Yayang Arno!”

“I'm fine. Once again!”

I can feel my ability increase significantly.

That means my training with Lisanna all this time was not in vain.

I have been able to read the opponent's movements better and to some extent to suggest how the opponent will attack or how the opponent will feint.

However, despite all that, I still cannot match the Lisanna overpowerment.

Not only agile, each momentum of the Lisanna attack also produced a very powerful impact attack.

But is this enough?

Is my current ability enough to defeat Sarpian Mucahantas?

Feels not yet.

However I thought about it, my feeling felt that there was still something lacking in me that I had unconsciously ignored.

But there's nothing I can do now.

My body is too tired and I need to rest immediately to save stamina for tomorrow's event.

But as soon as I was about to leave the training room, I suddenly heard the sound of a sword from one of the other rooms sounding so harmonious that it tickled my curiosity to peek at it.

The one who was training in the room was Alvin Hermes.

Right, I can learn a few things from him.

Compared to his technique and composure in battle, I was more curious about the killing intent that Alvin Hermes had unleashed during the previous fight.

How could he do that in such a short period of time and how afterwards he could re-emit the aura of a harmless weak man, I was really curious.

Without thinking I entered the room.

“Who?”

“Yo.”

“Oh, Arno? What's up?”

“Hmm. Can we practice a match together, Alvin?”

I also shamelessly asked for a match practice with him.

“Can only. Coincidentally now I'm free.”

After getting approval from Alvin, I immediately took the wooden sword located at the back of the room and prepared in front of Alvin.

“You ready, Arno?”

“Yes. Please help.”

“Then, I start attacking ya?”

Once again a feeling of terror struck my heart once Alvin Hermes was about to begin his assault.

A man who looked weak and fragile, suddenly became violent.

It's not about his looks.

How ya describe it, it's about the gaze of the eye that is in sync with the confidence of his sword swing which looks ready to take the life of the opponent at any time.

- Tap, yoke, no, no.

“Ukh.”

Although not as fast as Lisanna, it is not wrong that Alvin Hermes is also one of the very agile swordsmen.

Thanks to the training with Lisanna, I got more and more used to the agile fighting moves.

That's why I was able to follow Alvin Hermes' attack pace quite well, even now I can reply to some of his attacks in several places every time he opens his defense wide enough.

Alvin Hermes sometimes wanted to do some feint on his attacks.

Unfortunately he was clumsy enough to do so that his feint could be clearly seen in my eyes.

Or is it because I've gotten used to the common feint tricks done by Lisanna several times so it doesn't seem too difficult anymore for me to predict the feint of an Alvin Hermes?

I don't know, obviously compared to two weeks ago, now I can be balanced, no, now I can be superior to Alvin Hermes.

Exceeding his technique, the killing aura of Alvin Hermes was much more dangerous as it would reduce your breathing.

However as long as you can keep your composure on the killing aura of a powerful opponent, everything will no longer be a problem.

The time I should have spent resting ended with me spending 14 rounds with Alvin Hermes.

If not Alvin Hermes who asked for a break first because he could no longer bear about the lower part of his body was too tired, maybe we will do it until morning.

In those 14 rounds, I beat him 8 times.

Obviously I can feel a significant improvement inside me.

With the help of Anto also in the shadow world, now it is not impossible for me to defeat Sarpian Mucahantas in a duel tomorrow.

“You have changed a lot now, Arno.”

“What?”

“How to explain it. You used to be too stiff, but now you look freer.”

Oh yeah, I forgot that this bastard is also Arno's childhood friend.

I hope he won't suspect anything of me.

“But you know, Arno, I prefer your current situation. Now, you can express your feelings more and look more enjoy how beautiful the world is. Hehehehehehe.”

Arno, how dark was your life in the past so that even Alvin Hermes could say that to you?