Chapter 35 34. Offence Is The Best Defence.

"Now, as for why I didn't dodge. It is simply because it's a waste of effort." I answered with a serious face which left everybody speechless.

"Eh?" Isha too was one of them.

"Hahahaha." I laughed while holding my stomach.

"Think about it, if you can see the attack, why dodge it?" I raised my brows and looked at everyone who were dumbfounded.

"Hmm.... Ah! Any of you want to volunteer for a test?" I got a great idea while thinking about how to explain it.

Isha, Vinny and Katline raised their hands, Vinny only raised his hand because Katline raised her hand.

"You can come here." I said to Katline. She nodded and walked towards me.

"You are rank-D, right?"

"Yes, Sir." She said with a surprised expression.

"I'll jab at you now with agility of rank- D, you can do what you always do." I said as looked at her straight in the eye, she averted her eyes and nodded.

I jabbed at her face using rank-D agility. She dodged my fist and countered it instantly with a body blow, I didn't dodge it, but bent my elbow to strike her head using rank-D strength. It could be a deadly blow if not dodged or guarded. She instantly moved her hand to guard and jumped back to take less damage but the blow never reached her.

"... Why did you stop, Sir?" she asked, breathing unevenly.

"Haha, we are not fighting to the death, it's just a test." I smiled brightly.

"Oh..." She looked around, embarrassed.

"Now, could you follow my moments?"

"Yes." She nodded.

"Could your body react to it?"

"Yes." She nodded again.

"Then why not just attack the arm before it reached you?"

"..."

"If your eyes and body could react to it, then why not just attack?"

"..."

I turned to face the students, they all had pondering expression all-over their faces.

"In battle if you attacked my arm with a blade, I would have lost my arm which would have given you a very big advantage in the battle." I said as looked at Katline.

"Now, Katline, why did you jump back before your attack connected?" I asked as I stared at Katline.

"I felt a sudden pressure on me and my instincts told me to dodge." Katline answer wiping off the sweat on her forehead.

"If you have fighting experience then your body will scream to dodge any attack that is dangerous. That means that my attack is more lethal than yours."

"I know that my fighting style isn't suited for everyone but I think 'Offence is the best defence.'" I continued.

"If you can follow the attack and you can react to it, then it means you are faster than the enemy.

Example: If your enemy is trying to disable your moments by attacking your legs and you can react to it, then attack the incoming blow and disable the enemy's attack, if your attack is successful then they would be disabled which will give you an upper hand in the battle.

I know the flaws of this technique but it's a 'high risk high return.'"

This is a technique which is best suited for me because I survived fighting like this in the wild where only the strongest can survive.

"This is a world where only the strong survive! Nothing is more useful than strength to protect yourself and to protect what's yours." I said in a cold tone.

"You can return to your seat Katline." I said smiling brightly.

"I prefer efficiency. I fight a battle with a mind-set of 'a long battle' so, I prefer small energy usage with good results."

'Because I fought with hoards, my mind-set was forced to become like that, always thinking about the next move and preserving energy for the next move.'

If it is compared to 'Chess,' my favourite game, then I'll always be the 'black' because I never considered myself to be a step ahead. If I consider my opponent is a step ahead of me then I could make them move in a way I want.

But this type of manipulation ruins the game chess, so I could never played with an opponent after coming to this world. I would play both white and black by myself whenever I felt like playing, every time the black would win because being a step doesn't always give you an advantage.

'I haven't played Chess in a while.'

"Haa.." I sighed.

"Ahem... As I was saying, can anybody here make a simple sturdy mana shield?" I asked.

Some raised their hands, Isha included.

"Isha, come here."

Isha walked down towards me.

"Make it as sturdy as possible."

She nodded and formed a wall like, thick 2 inch sturdy mana shield, I whistled.

"Good. I'll attack with mana bullets, okay?"

She looked confused but nodded anyway.

I pointed my index finger at the mana shield and fired rapidly in a single spot near shoulder level.

CRACK

"Huuu..." I stopped firing mana bullets, breathed out cold air and posed like a cowboy when cracks started to form on the mana shield.

Classroom was filled with giggles.

"Can you move this shield around?" I walked towards her and tapped on the shield which healed almost instantly.

"..." She was surprised and stood dazed because of the cracks formed on the 2 inch sturdy mana shield with normal mana bullets.

"Huh? Is it possible to move around a mana shield?" every body exclaimed in shock, Isha included.

"Hm? You can't?" I was surprised that nobody was curious and they never even tried to do something with their mana.

What are this book worms? Aren't they curious about their own mana? Don't they experiment the limits of their mana? Am I dumb one? What in the actual f**k? Do they only do something that they are taught? I did all kinds of shit with my mana when I was bored, I even played chess with mana without moving a muscle. One day I did everything using mana, including sh*t, I mean, I burned every impurities in my body, but still....

"You dumb.... Book worms. Weren't you guys ever curious?" I asked them in disbelief.

I held out my left hand with my fingers spread out, a octagon shaped mana shield formed before my hand, big enough to perfectly cover my upper body. I pointed my index at the shield and moved my finger in all directions, mana shield followed my will and moved everywhere I wanted it to.

"Woaahh.." everybody exclaimed in awe.

"..." I stared at them dumbfounded.

'Bruh..'