Chapter 36: A Violent Output Teammate
Bone Splitter’s shoulder was covered with shoulder armor, which completely blocked the Falling Phoenix Slash. Asker landed steadily, sidestepped to dodge Bone Splitter’s charging punch, and flicked his sword upwards for a straight thrust.
“Upper Rapid Thrust?” A Kingsguard officer exclaimed in surprise. “It doesn’t look like it.”
“It’s Cloud Piercer.” Michael said. “When he sidestepped to dodge, his knees bent down, and when he thrust his sword, he quickly bounced up. This is the classic movement of the Bavarian Lion Spear Technique, Cloud Piercer.”
“Is it the spear technique of that Lion Henry, the Duke?” The Kingsguard officer said incomprehensibly. “Can a straight sword also be used to perform spear techniques?”
“If the user’s understanding of both swordsmanship and spear techniques reaches the pinnacle, it should be possible.” Michael said.
The straight sword pierced into the lower jaw of Bone Splitter’s helmet, sparking a bit, leaving only a faint white metal mark.
Bone Splitter swung his greatsword furiously, the whistling wind carrying an extremely sharp feeling, even Barbarian and Bone Splitter’s deputy, who were fighting next to them, felt a strong sense of danger and hurriedly retreated while fighting.
Asker abruptly squatted down, dodging Bone Splitter’s huge horizontal slash, his straight sword swiftly and nimbly swinging out continuously, clanging against Bone Splitter’s greaves.
“Ancient Solomon swordsmanship, Bat Cut.” The Kingsguard officer complained. “This is too cheap. That Varangian is fully armored, just like a steel turtle. Even if Achilles’ swordsmanship is superb, how can he break through with a straight sword?”
Since Michael had inquired about Asker’s local noble identity, the other Kingsguard officers, who were also from imperial military noble families, had naturally developed a good impression of Asker and were now completely on his side.
“He’s probing.” Michael frowned thoughtfully. “He should be probing for weaknesses in Bone Splitter’s armor, looking for any places to attack.”
“Probing in front of an opponent of this level? That’s too dangerous, one hit from that greatsword and he’s dead! There’s no way to save him.” The Kingsguard officers discussed.
“Dangerous? He has already exchanged four moves with the opponent, where does he look like he’s in any danger? He’s obviously at ease.”
“Look at him… Oh, Wing Beat + Double Thrust, this is the Soaring Eagle Sword. If the opponent, Bone Splitter, didn’t have armor protection, he would have died several times by now.”
“He’s still at a disadvantage because of his weapon, what a pity.”
“Moon Slash? No, it’s Moon Cross Slash! A straight sword can also be used to perform greatsword techniques, I’m impressed.”
“Guess how many more swords Bone Splitter will be hit by?”
“I understand!” Michael suddenly slapped the table, attracting the attention of the surrounding guards. “He’s provoking the opponent! Luring him to reveal an opening!”
In the arena, Asker dodged the greatsword again, his sword slashing upwards with a Wing Beat, hitting the codpiece between Bone Splitter’s legs, making a metallic clang.
“Heh, codpiece.” He chuckled.
Bone Splitter had already swung his sword more than ten times, but he hadn’t even touched the corner of Asker’s clothes. He was panting when he heard the other party’s taunt, and a nameless fire immediately rose in his heart.
“Waaaaaaaah!” Bone Splitter roared and raised his greatsword, slashing down at Asker in front of him with all his might.
He was going to tear this jumping clown to pieces!
Asker sidestepped and rolled, quickly followed by a sliding tackle, instantly flashing behind the opponent with extremely fast movement.
Bone Splitter was still maintaining the Mountain Splitter posture at this time, his body leaning forward, his head lowered, and a gap finally appeared at the junction of his helmet and back armor at the back of his neck.
Now! Asker’s sword pierced into the gap with a whoosh, drawing a long trail of blood. Bone Splitter’s body fell to the ground, and a pool of blood gradually formed beneath him.
“Beautiful!” In the audience box, the Kingsguard officers immediately applauded and cheered, more excited than if they had killed the opponent themselves.
Barbarian and Bone Splitter’s deputy were still fighting fiercely, both almost exhausted.
Asker approached with his sword, thrusting straight forward with a charge. The deputy hurriedly blocked, the sword brushed past his sword and pierced into his throat.
“You’re right.” Barbarian, who had survived the ordeal, gasped for breath, looked at Bone Splitter lying in a pool of blood next to him, and smiled wryly. “I’m indeed no match for you. If we can win the Gladiatorial Gold Cup, the Daily Champion will definitely be you.”
“You flatter me.” Asker said, “Shall we continue?”
“No more.” Barbarian said, “But I want to get a few kills.”
He charged towards the main battlefield, which was almost in chaos, with his two axes. When he encountered a red gladiator, he bumped them away without mercy. When he encountered a yellow gladiator, he would swing his axe down. If he hit, he would kill them on the spot. If they dodged, he wouldn’t pursue, but quickly looked for the next opponent.
Asker followed behind him and finished off the remaining enemies. Those yellow gladiators who could nimbly dodge Barbarian’s axe were like rats scurrying around in front of a cat in front of him, killed by a few sword strikes.
These yellow-clad Franks were also very tough. Until the last one was killed, none of them dropped their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. So the yellow team was completely wiped out. The statistics showed that Barbarian killed 3, Asker killed 3 (including the leader “Bone Splitter”), and the rest shared 3 kills, 2 of which were killed by Theotis.
Theotis stood among the corpses of the yellow team, his eyes full of bewilderment. A red gladiator had died in the battle just now, leaving a vacancy in the red team, so his younger brother could smoothly join the team tomorrow. But…
…why did he feel so frustrated? Wasn’t he the leader of the red team? Why was the limelight stolen by those two people?
And the yellow team’s “Bone Splitter,” weren’t you the famous “Bone Splitter,” the steel mammoth in full armor! How did you die at the hands of that chick too!!!
Frustrated as he was, he no longer had the motivation to kill Asker, but just sullenly called everyone to leave.
“That…” The announcer’s cautious voice came from the loudspeaker. “Can I speak now?”
“Make it short.” Another voice urged.
“Okay, then…” The announcer took a deep breath. “The winner is our, red team! Let’s cheer for the victors!”
The audience cheered and screamed.
Returning to the underground training ground, Asker threw the Caucasian straight sword on the weapon rack and found a cushion to sit down on.
“You killed well.” Barbarian walked up to him, crossed his arms, leaned against the wall, and said, “By the way, I seemed to hear just now… you tried to recruit that Bone Splitter? To be your companion?”
“Yes.” Asker said with a wry smile. “He refused.”
“It’s only natural that he refused.” Barbarian said, “He’s the leader of the yellow team, you suddenly asked him to come to the red team and be your subordinate, of course he would think it was a taunt on the battlefield.”
Asker’s mouth was half open, and he suddenly slapped his head. So that was it, he hadn’t made it clear.
“Actually, I wanted to invite him to join my team.” Asker explained. “Being a gladiator is just a temporary gig. My actual profession outside is the leader of a mercenary group.”
“Oh, my apologies.” Barbarian said, “Is your team still short of people?”
“Interested in being a mercenary?” Asker asked with a smile.
“To be honest, as long as there are battles to fight, I don’t care if I’m a mercenary or a gladiator.” Barbarian said, “But, if it’s your mercenary group, I think I’m interested.”
“You have good taste.” Asker took out a contract. “Here, sign this contract and join my team. The terms are all written on it.”
Barbarian still crossed his arms, just looked at the contract silently, and after a long time, said:
“I can’t read.”
“Simple, just press your fingerprint.” Asker said, “Do you want me to read it to you?”
“No need. I trust you.” Barbarian said as he took off his left arm armor, made a cut on his index finger with the edge of a weapon next to him, then smeared the blood that flowed out on the pad of his thumb, and pressed it on the end of the contract.
This guy, a bit fierce… Asker was both amused and annoyed, sincerely admiring his way of directly using blood as inkpad.
“Ahem.” Asker introduced himself. “My name is Asker Lepidus Achilles, what about you?”
“Such a long name.” Barbarian said, “I can’t remember it, I’ll just call you Asker. Hmm. My name is Sidlipha, Sidlipha of Helsing.”
“Are you male or female?” Asker finally asked the question that had been puzzling him for a long time.
“Female.” Sidripha, now Sidlipha*, snorted from her nose and nodded. “I never said I was male, did I?”
“Oh.” Asker nodded.
Again: Asker, who grew up in a civilized modern society, naturally wouldn’t have any discrimination against women.
Probably only elementary school boys generally thought that being with girls was very shameful, very embarrassing, and very unmanly, so they deliberately avoided interacting with girls, even drawing a line on the desk… Asker had naturally long passed that youthful and ignorant age.
His criteria for judging teammates were simple, either they were strong enough or they had the potential to be cultivated, whether they were male or female didn’t matter at all.
Not to mention that in the game, the gender of NPCs was just an attribute, there was no evidence that female NPCs were weaker than male NPCs.
“I’ve thought about it.” Sidlipha sat cross-legged next to him, propped her knee with one hand, and said carelessly, “With our strength, forming a mercenary group will definitely allow us to conquer the world and become famous in all countries.”
“When the time comes, the kingdom nobles will come to recruit us, and we can also become earls. It would be best if the territory is near the North Sea, then I’ll take you fishing, have you ever seen a whale?”
“Yes.” Asker thought to himself, did seeing it online in his previous life count? “Well, actually, there are already four people in my mercenary group.”
“Oh, to be able to join your mercenary group, they must be very powerful warriors.” Sidlipha showed a yearning expression.
“Including me, there are probably only three warrior professions.” Asker said, “The other two, one is a healer, and the other is a mage… We have a chat group, do you have a phone?”
“No.” Sidlipha said.
Asker felt that he couldn’t continue this conversation. How could they communicate if she didn’t even have a phone?
“By the way, are you a transcendent being?” He asked in a low voice.
“What is a transcendent being?” Sidlipha was confused.
“I understand.” Asker nodded, so this was a silly girl who didn’t know anything except fighting, which made things easier. “Have you considered becoming a transcendent being? You will become even more powerful after becoming a transcendent being.”
“More powerful than a powered armor knight?” Sidlipha asked.
“Uh, these two are not from the same system. Powered armor knights are from the technology side, transcendent power is from the mystical side, different systems cannot be compared, you understand?”
“No.” Sidlipha said.
“Okay.” Asker could only say against his will, “Transcendent beings are more powerful.”
“Okay.” Sidlipha nodded vigorously. “In that case, I want to become a transcendent being.”
“That’s great.” Asker breathed a sigh of relief. If she was a pureblood supremacist and didn’t intend to enter the transcendent world, then he really couldn’t take her with him. If she was willing to take potions, then things would be much easier.
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When the character introduces herself, the author switches to a different character for her name, ‘li’. . However, I’m unsure whether this change in characters reflects the author’s intention or the protagonist’s shifting perception. Initially, the protagonist believed the character was male and the text referred her as ‘利 li’, but after her true identity as a female is revealed, the character is written as ‘莉 li’. To convey this distinction, I’ve used ‘Ri’ and ‘Li’ in the translation to highlight the difference.
Sidripha(using利) – Sidlipha(莉)
- 利 (lì): Means sharp, benefit, advantageous, etc.
- 莉 (lì): Primarily used in female names, means jasmine flower.
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