Thanks Yuechan for the support...
"Haa!"
"Hmph!"
Leon
slashes at me with his sword from above.
I
backstep to avoid the attack, and counterattack with a side slash.
"Damn,
it's heavy...!"
Leon
catches my slash with his sword, but his face distorts.
It seems
that if we compare only physical abilities, I have the upper hand. It was worth
raising my physical enhancement skill.
"What's
wrong? You look so weak!"
"Don't
mock me!"
Leon, who
had bounced off my sword and moved away from me, now holds his sword at his
waist. On his steel sword, a blue effect appears.
This is
a technique of the swordsmanship skill called 'Air-slash (Zenku)'. This
technique is a well-known one in the game and it will send out a slash.
"Slash
and split!"
A blue
slash is sent toward me.
This
attack comes straight at me, and if I suffer a serious blow, I will be injured.
"Well...
I don't owe you anything to suffer..."
I also
sheave my sword and send a slash.
We have
the same swordsmanship skills. And so, Leon's blue slash and my red slash
collide head-on.
The two
slashes are balanced for a moment, but it's my slash that won the battle.
My
slash, which had dispersed the blue slash, slowed down a little and went toward
Leon.
But--
"Hmm...?"
Leon is
not there.
I look
for a sign... and look up above me.
I see
Leon jumping high in the air while swinging his sword from above.
"Take
this... power slash!"
"Heh...
that's not bad."
If we
compare our skill levels, I can say without a doubt that I'm better than him.
It is only natural, since I have developed my skills in the shortest and
fastest way possible through the game.
However,
Leon is still the hero. It's no exaggeration to say that his potential is
natural.
He uses
'Zanku', an indirect attack, as a decoy to jump in the air and attack with 'Power
Slash', a highly powerful sword attack.
His
battle sense, which even seems to be growing during battle, is something I
could never have possessed.
"But...
you're naive!"
"...!"
I make
an action with the [Taijutsu] skill, 'Steps of Heaven (Tenpo)'. I move fast in
the air and instantly jump toward Leon, who raises his sword.
If we
fight in five or ten years from now, I may not even be able to strike a blow at
Leon and lose.
And if
we compare the hopeless factor of talent without knowledge and experience, I am
not even close to Leon.
But still,
it is certain. There is no way that Leon can defeat me now.
No
matter if we fight a hundred times or a thousand times, I will surely win
against Leon.
"Hmph!"
"Kahah!"
I strike
Leon's torso with the back of my sword.
Leon,
who was about to perform a great move, is unable to avoid it. He bends his body
into a "く" shape, loses his posture, and is smashed to the ground.
Meanwhile,
I landed on my feet and taunted the falling Leon.
"What's
the matter, Class Rep? You're not reacting very fast"
"Damn...!"
Leon
grunts in frustration, but still gets up.
It seems
that he had minimized the damage by taking a passive stance as soon as
possible.
Really,
it was an abominable talent that made me hate him.
"Why
is it so one-sided...? Baskerville, how did you get such power?"
"How
did I get it...? It's natural for those who work hard to become stronger."
I reply
without hesitation, with a derisive smile on my face.
"You
didn't move forward. You stopped. You just slowed down to keep up with the
people around you and stopped running toward the goal. It's only natural that
you can't catch up with me who've been running so hard."
"...Are
you saying I'm not working hard enough?"
"That's
what happened. Am I wrong?"
"......"
Leon is
silent, his face contorted in frustration.
It seems
he can't even respond to me. Still, I continue to hit him with my words.
"Leon Brave... Nagisa
abandoned you not because of a difference in direction or personality. She
abandoned you because you are weak."
"......"
"You've
justified your laziness and stopped trying, cloaking yourself in such sounding
words as 'kindness' and 'cooperativeness'. You have stopped aiming at your
ancestor who once sealed the Demon King, and have accepted being an inert and
weak nobody. That is why Nagisa has given up on you. Aeris could have had a
future with you, but she chose me."
Perhaps,
there is no doubt that Leon Brave is a kind and just man.
Kindness
alone can save someone only in a peaceful world.
But, in
this world threatened by monsters and the Demon King, a man who is only kind is
of no use.
The hero
who defies his surroundings and makes continuous efforts that make his blood
run down his body is the one who is called 'hero'. That is the role the world
needs Leon to play.
"Wake
up! If you want to be a hero, be more desperate. You can't protect anyone if
you're weak. You can't protect your friends from unreasonable violence."
"...!"
"If
you keep showing your face like that..."
I looked
down at Leon and raised my middle finger provocatively.
I
twisted my lips, bared my pointed fangs, and said arrogantly.
"I'm
going to steal your childhood friend, Ciel Uranus, too. Do you want it?"
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