71 Episode 53: You seem to be training ─ ─

Even after the final goal was "secondary mercenary", there was no change in terms of "working for mercenary activities".

However, beyond setting goals above tertiary mercenaries, there are many things that are not enough just to make a request. Simply giving me my track record as a mercenary, my experience, my equipment, the funds to set them up, etc., has made me lacking this much.

Therefore, we began to take a little off the safety route until then and to undertake a more difficult request that carried a little more risk. Of course, I also consulted with Mikage, a senior mercenary, and did not fail to prepare in advance.

Also, as part of that activity, I was doing a favor to Mikage.

─ ─ Training outside my client's office.

"Sick!

Avoid the "spear" thrust of the lizard by jumping sideways.

I shake my black spear in return. At that time, the lizard had already pulled out of time.

"Your judgment is slow! At the right time, it should have been enough!

"Naloh!

Even as I bite my teeth at the reprimand, I step one step further and launch a chase. However, the mikage catches my attack with calm itself and drifts away.

This ─ ─

"Broken (Ha)!

I was attacking a defense that I couldn't shatter, and all of a sudden my spear was thrown out.

"Always be aware of the opponent's counter-attack! Don't fail to exercise maximum vigilance when attacking!

Mikage is relentlessly attacking me when I'm in a very bad position. With a folding spear, I can't afford to get my hands full with defense.

Momentum!

My spear bounced across my arm in a powerful blow.

"Yabah ─ ─"

"Nooo!!

In the empty flank, the lizard was knocked out.

"Hoo-hoo... hoo-hoo"

Blown away, I cough in pain and shock as I breathe on the ground. He was a tight gaze, but he looked at me and said, "Huh!?" returned to me.

"Yukina-sama, are you okay?!

"But please just wait a little longer... ooh"

The tip is a wooden imitation, and the tip is also rounded, so there is little risk of serious injury. Still, if she had taken her sharp blow properly, it would have been quite painful.

"Sorry! I think I'm getting a fever....."

Previously on the steep side, the squeal subsided and his head lowered as if he was deeply sorry. The fox ears above my head were also dripping "shun...".

"No, it's fine. I'll recover soon."

I put my hand on my flank and healed myself. The magical light penetrated my body and the pain eased.

At this time, I feel really good about teaching Cunei treatment (healing). Because the pain can't move much anymore.

When my breathing calms down, I stand up with a black spear on my back. The tip is tied with a thick cloth and a drawstring. As with the mikage spear, the part of the blade touches and does not cause injury. At this stage, it was before I got injured.

"Are you okay?

"Oh, I'm fine now. But it's amazing. I'm supposed to be using a spear that's not my real job, but I can't stand my teeth at all."

"After all, my father knocked me into martial arts in general. I'm honored to be of assistance."

I see. Then I'll keep asking. "

I can reposition my spear and look at the lizard. The lizard who saw my posture had a slightly uneasy look on his face.

Are you sure? Probably ─ ─ No, nothing like this is going to happen right now.

"Yeah, I'm prepared for some pain."

I said to the lizard who cares about us, with all due respect, what I want to hear.

─ ─ Of the "missing elements for me" mentioned earlier, the most missing is "experience". Step by step, it's the fight in "Interpersonal Combat."

Until the Fourth Class Mercenaries, most of the main combat was targeting the Urban Beast. However, the more you become a tertiary mercenary, the more requests you assume to be interpersonal. Defeat bandits and capture criminals.

Speaking of simple physical abilities, the Bad Beast is far more vicious than humans. With some exceptions, humans almost certainly die when humans and evil beasts collide from the front.

Humans have "intelligence and technology" to compensate for their "differences". That's why humans are earning a survival zone.

Therefore, when fighting humans, they are likely to fight back with the same feeling as the Urban Beast. In fact, Mikage tells me that there are many cases where mercenaries who have just ascended to the third level lose their lives because of a request that includes interpersonal combat.

I've been in interpersonal combat, and I've fought really well in the alley. I am confident that if I am an amateur, I can win at my leisure, but to that extent. I cut myself, but I've never fought an industrial criminal. If we meet, it's a way to escape.

However, if you are aiming for a second class mercenary, you cannot avoid interpersonal combat. If it's a favor, we have to fight. That's why I asked Mikage to make a personal "match."

However, what Mikage is using now is a spear. Originally, Mikage's specialty was Katana.

Gram said...

In my opinion, Mikage is not as good as Katana. I think we can use weapons in general.

In fact, when I asked Mikage, he looked exactly like Gram. Thanks to this, I was able to train someone with a weapon other than a sword.

Gram was then given training constraints.

Summoning (Call) and Weight Gain (Enchant) are forbidden while training with Mikage. At least for a while. "

Summon (Call) and Weight Gain (Enchant) are powerful abilities. If you use it well, you can even beat the best.

However, I can't train a pure 'skill'. In any case, Gram said it was time to focus on raising the earth's power.

─ ─ That's why you shouldn't be bothered by Mikage.

The lizard who received my "Readiness" nodded and stood up with a spear just like me.

"Well... please come in anytime."

"Here we go!

When I drank myself, I stepped towards the lizard.