Tenkomori Chapter 81.2

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Chapter 81.2 First Year at the Academy - Final Exams (2) 

Chapter 81.2. The First Year at the Academy - Final Exams (2)

When I went to the backyard, Ted and the others were already getting ready.

I chose a wooden sword and stood in front of it.

"I usually go easy on you, but I'm pretty serious today. Don't cry even if it hurts, okay?"

"I'm not going to cry!"

Ted retorts, and Gemma and Nails, in their usual order, try to step back.

I control them.

"What are you doing? You three come at me."

"What? Are you kidding me?"

I stopped moving, and Ted and Gemma looked disconcerted.

Nails was the only one who looked pale. Was he the only one who caught the seriousness of the situation?

Well, this was the first time the three had ever worked together. The fundamentals were so absurd that it wasn't even possible to work together.

"I told you I was going to be serious. Do you think I'm going to lose?"

"I won't cry if you do."

"That would be fun. I don't remember crying all the time I've been awake."

I've never cried in all the time I've been awake. Dance--I don't know.

Pushed by this touchy-feely atmosphere, Lola was stuck to the wall of her home.

I asked her to signal the start, and somehow she agreed.

Then, as I urge her on, Lola screams with tears in her eyes.

"Begin!"

Immediately, Gemma, in the front row, rushed forward.

The first blow was a shield bash.

In the form of a [Shield Strike]. It's not skill-based, but it seems to be powerful.

The moment I ducked, Ted leaped out from behind Gemma.

Is this a surprise attack?

I intervened with his sword on the same trajectory and kicked Ted's crumpled back.

He lets out a short scream and rolls to the ground.

"You're in full view in the shadows. If you'll surprise me, watch out for the sun's direction."

With that, I swung his wooden sword backward without looking back.

The sound of the strikes is compounded by Nails' surprise.

Good call. You saw to it that the surprise attack would fail.

Nails' face immediately tightens, and he swings his sword.

Gemma joined him, with a forceful mace, and quickly attacked me.

I parried and sometimes ducked.

"Surround him!"

While Gemma and Nails bide their time, Ted regains his footing.

Three men encircling.

That's a bit of a hassle. Let's break it up.

I parried the mace that was being swung down towards Ted.

Gemma throws a foot bellows.

Tatara, but he staggered, unable to hold back.

But Ted had already jumped backward and was no longer there.

He had learned by now. This guy's got a lot more sense than I thought.

Still, the siege was broken.

Nails, sensing the danger, moved to the rear, and Ted cut back and jumped in.

I passed Ted with Gemma in the center, and I flanked Nails.

I unleash a medium slash at the flustered Nails.

"Gugh--!"

Nails failed to catch it and was sent flying.

As soon as he fell to his knees, his left hand loosened, and the object in his grip fell out.

A leather strap?

"Get back, Nails!"

Ted's command flies, and Gemma rushes in.

With the leather strap hanging down, Nails distances himself from me.

A sling. That would be economical, with only the leather strap to maintain it.

But - I'm not sure I'm ready for this.

I jumped out of the way of Gemma's swing, avoided it, and at the same time, I swung the wooden sword right at my side.

"No way!

Ted is startled by the hard sound.

It was a well-thought-out coordination. Nails intentionally shows his leather strap, and Gemma rushes forward. And then, the real deal is the stone-throwing by Ted.

Well, he was sneaking around with Ozze, wasn't he?

He was either coaxed into it, or he figured it out on his own. Maybe both. Ozeh would have sent Ted, who is fast, to support him instead of Gemma. It would be more natural.

"Now that's not bad. If you'd thought about the case of an outlier, it would have been up to par."

"Damn ...... formation!"

At Ted's command, the three of them formed their original formation.

Gemma is the shield, Ted is the attacker, and Nails is the ranger.

But Ted and the others no longer stood a chance.

At first, they underestimated me and challenged me mainly as an attacker.

However, they were easily defeated, so they immediately switched to a surprise attack of stone-throwing.

His quickness of judgment was excellent, but the surprise attack also failed, and I broke their various strategies were broken.

Nails' slings are inaccurate.

Otherwise, the sling and sling would have been released at the same time.

As expected, Nails could not hold the sling.

Ted moves to secure the line of fire, but I shield the two vanguards and don't let them shoot.

And Gemma was also holding a stone.

They read my movements and threw stones at me, but if they knew what They read my movements and throw stones, but if they knew, they wouldn't hit me. And Ted aside, Gemma's hands are full. It was obvious to switch to stone.

Soon after, Ted and the others stepped up but couldn't catch me, and that's a game over.

Gemma, the shield, was the first to collapse, and Ted also fell, caught in my diversion that I aimed at Nails. Nails finally released his sling, but the stone flew into the alley. Then, a blow to the abdomen causes him to fall into a stupor.

I looked down at the three men as they fell and lowered my sword.

It was more fun than I had expected.

I was aware of my lack of ability and was trying to make up for it using ingenuity. This was evidence they had sought their strength, unrestricted by status. I knew these guys were suited to be adventurers.

Now, let's see what their future clients will be like.

Lola, standing by the wall, was stunned.

Then, as soon as her eyes met mine, she opened her mouth excitedly.

"I'm amazed! You all can fight so well!"

"I'm defeated, though!"

Ted jumps up and retorts.

Gemma follows suit, standing up in frustration.

Nails remained down. He has regained consciousness, but his energy seems to be no good.

"So, did you pass?"

"Of course."

Lola nodded with a smile.

Ted and Gemma tilted their heads curiously at that.

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