Chapter 357

How thick will that be? Roughly just my fist?

Anyway, to deal with his tower shield in a normal way, it would have been correct to bypass it or use magical means. It was more like a moving castle gate than a shield. Based on that fact, when I evaluated Kakula’s axe, this ax deserved to be called a real axe with a score of 12 out of 10.

It was strong and sharp enough to split his tower shield in half from the bottom. Even if it does not surpass the achievement of the siege weight, it is a satisfactory result for now.

Instead of trying to get the ax stuck in the center of the tower shield, I kicked the ax handle sideways as hard as I could and pulled out the sword.

“Unprepared! Drop your weapons!”

Otherwise, I will have to kill them all.

I was a little worried because he had the strength to run with a shield of that size, but fortunately he failed to control the shield that was as heavy as a two-handed axe. If he had only believed in the shield, it would have ended, but he straightened his sword as much as possible even while losing his center of gravity.

The sword, designed with a design close to that of a gladius, was almost half shorter than my sword, but the sense of stability felt in his posture tells me that he has the ability to cover that gap with his skills.

thank you for sure Unlike Ithiel, western guys are better at fighting skills than fighting power.

Itsel’s swordsmanship wasn’t originally like that, but as he had been dealing with demons for a long time, he had a strong fighting spirit that put more emphasis on the output of the Aura itself rather than skill.

No matter how exceptional your skills are, if you can take and press a little faster with overwhelming force, you will be pressed without making a sound. As long as there is not a difference in level between adults and children, it is not very different from the advantages of being tall or tall.

And for the past seven years, Ethiel’s main enemy has been demons with overwhelming output, not humans. If you watch how many times you die while using a skill, there is no choice but to change.

The West, on the other hand, is a struggle of men. Even if there is a barrier called Okra, in the end, it’s only at the level of high level unless you’re a madman like Kakula. It would be natural to hone your skills to deal with the same person.

Why not polish both? It’s an efficiency issue. It is the difference in which stats you invest in in your life and talent, which have clear limits. People who exceed that are treated as so-called superhumans.

The gap between Gish and Envelde’s swordsmanship seemed to come from that place. I didn’t expect to realize that here.

– Pip!

Hiding behind a shield, I threw needles at the soldiers reloading their crossbows and fired a shot at the knight, but he managed to avoid the needle that flew into his temple while blocking my sword. It’s amazing that you can see that far even though you’re wearing a helmet properly.

It didn’t stop there, and after widening the distance with several attacks, he glared at me with his burning eyes and shouted proudly.

“I am Vanalia Pantana, the knight of the McKellen estate!”

“What to do...”

I almost reflexively jumped out at the moment, barely stopping the answer and nodding my head appropriately.

This, too, was a implied question, but without questioning, Knight Barnes took the same glance at what Count McKellen had just seen and answered briefly.

“First of all, it seems that we will enter the inner castle before the outer forces arrive.”

It took a lot of patience just to slowly close my eyes that were about to close tightly. Feeling dizzy when I opened my eyes again, Count McKellen asked another question as it was.

“What about the damage?”

“It depends on how much mercy he has in his hands.”

“...If you do, no. No.”

Only taciturn and loyal, Nogisa Barnes was never a passive figure. If it was thought that it would be solved by taking the initiative, he would have tried to get permission to come forward instead of doing this kind of Q&A.

It was clear that he was here because he had concluded that to protect himself as a lord, it was best to stay by his side. And his guess was correct.

“Yes. The aura I feel is insignificant, but in fact, it’s useless in front of that movement. It’s embarrassing, but I can never guarantee victory.”

If you were to choose a person in the Kaldra Kingdom who could be read because he was old and who could be read because he was alive, Barnes was the one who would definitely be included. The words he uttered after dedicating his life to raising the knights of the McKellen estate and strengthening the troops were enough to make the count make a decision.

It wasn’t particularly embarrassing.

He has spent most of his life in a position of power and has done countless things to maintain that position. It was Earl McKellen who had done everything based on his own judgment, avoiding those who were stronger, relentlessly finding weaknesses in those who were similar, and definitely crushing those who were weaker.

Because that was the life of a western aristocrat. Then there are good times and there are bad times.

Needless to say, the worst luck of all was applied now. Just like those whom he trampled on and made the cornerstone of his family.

He had two options left.

Either take serious damage and aim for an uncertain victory, or defeat all troops and stick to Eldmia directly to save the family instead of accepting death.

If it is the former, it is obvious that even if you win, there will be a big loss to the main army of the territory. As it was a duel, the attempted assassination of Ega in Eldmia would be recognized as innocent, but he would have to pay a huge amount of reparations and be imprisoned for tampering with the various illegal businesses in the kingdom. If the royal family could notice it without any troops or funds, the surrounding forces would never leave it unattended.

But if you choose the latter, the story is different. No additional damage occurred, and since the death of the nobleman was guilty, the kingdom did not collect excessive compensation. At best, only the connection to the slave business that Eldmia found and sent from ear hunters was cut off.

Besides, he just dies. That’s it.

Earl McKellen opened his closed eyes and said. It was an effortless decision.

“Inherit all the soldiers. I will directly negotiate with Eldmia.”

All for the sake of the family.