"you!"
Artoris saw that the other party clenched his fists after listening to her words.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, but even though her body was very weak, Artoris did not show the slightest fear when facing her opponent. This is my own territory, even if that person is the son of an earl, he is not allowed to act arrogantly!
"Hey~" After a moment, Delflenger gradually loosened his hand, and his expression returned to its original state from the tension.
He straightened his body and looked at Artoris. A hint of teasing appeared on the other side's lips: "Words are unfounded, practice is the only criterion for testing truth."
As the other party spoke, under Artoris' surprised gaze, he threw a blade with a cold light shining in his sleeve towards her face. "Qiang~" Stanley reacted immediately and swung his sword, flicking the blade away.
"You want to kill her!" The incident happened suddenly. As he watched the sharp short blade sink deeply into the wall on one side, Stanley glared back and yelled angrily.
However, the other party completely ignored Stanley, turned around as if nothing happened, and stepped forward to leave. The moment he turned back, he glanced at Artolis again: "I wanted to discuss it with you and measure how much you weigh. But looking at your current state, I'd better forget it. Even if I win, I won't be able to win. Wu."
"Is this... a declaration of war?" Artoris frowned as she looked at the short blade that was embedded in the corner and flashed with cold light.
The other party didn't answer. He raised his blond hair and started to leave.
"See you another day. Don't lose too badly when you meet me. You will be accused of bullying newcomers later, which will give you a bad reputation." The other party, Delferenger, left without looking back, leaving behind these words.
"You! Come back!" Stanley felt that he had been ignored and was quite angry. He was about to catch up but Artolis stopped him.
Seeing each other's back gradually disappearing, the old housekeeper and Selina came forward to offer condolences, but Artolis didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, she stepped forward and pulled the short knife on the wall. The blade is pulled out.
After taking a closer look, Artoris's brows furrowed even more tightly.
"What's wrong?" Stanley was not a reckless man, he was just in a rush of passion. After he recovered, he quickly noticed Artoris' expression.
It was an enchantment that was higher than what she had realized. Looking at the attributes on the short blade, Artoris looked surprised. Extremely sharp, it's just a second-level ordinary-level short blade, but it can easily cut through the stone bricks of the castle! You need to know that the materials used in the construction of Herpes are high-grade stone essences. Without three full turns of the sword, it would be difficult to cause even a single scratch.
Even Artolis could only leave a few shallow gouges on the stone bricks with her spirit sword, but Artolis didn't expect that this blade could do it so casually!
Thinking about it, Artoris put her eyes on the wall again. There were no traces on the wall, and it still remained the same. If she hadn't pulled out the short blade from it, it would have been said that the wall had not been damaged. No problem either.
"This is... void attribute?!" Artolis's eyes widened. It was an enchanting technique that she had never come across before. Looking at the complicated enchantment lines engraved on the short blade, Artolis' expression became solemn.
Seeing the problem from Artorise's expression, Stanley's face darkened as he approached, and then he asked: "Then do you accept this challenge?"
"If you want to participate in the symposium, you will inevitably meet that guy. We are both intermediate enchanters. I have nothing to fear." Faced with Stanley's question, Artolis quickly adjusted her attitude and answered calmly.
"But the other party..." Stanley wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Artolis.
"It's not just for a moment of anger, or to show off. There's little chance of winning in a competition with the other party, but it doesn't matter if you fail?" Artolis didn't take it seriously. The purpose of the competition was never to win, but to learn from it. Experience improves yourself, that is the most important thing.
Understanding what Artoris meant, Stanley turned his anger into a smile, lowered his head to look at the girl's serious look, and nodded: "I was wrong. We haven't seen you for two years. In my eyes, you have changed a lot." Stanley was pleased, remembering that when they first met in Thunder Valley, Artolis was still a passionate and impulsive person. Although her words and deeds towards him had not changed, at least her change in her character could be clearly seen.
"The invitation was sent a week ago, and the symposium will be held ten days from then, that is, the day after tomorrow!" Thinking of something, Artolis looked at Stanley again.
"I can't refuse the symposium, but I promised to teach you the follow-up moves of Kelid's swordsmanship. I only have two days, so I'm afraid I won't be able to..." As she said that, Artolis lowered her head apologetically.
"Will you meet that guy?" Stanley asked.
Seeing Artoris nodding, Stanley took a deep breath after thinking about it: "Is it possible for me to go with you?"
"Eh?"
…
Stanley's answer was beyond Atoris's expectations, and it allowed him to protect Atoris as a traveler. At least the old housekeeper and Selina agreed very much.
Artoris had no objection to this point. The invitation letter issued by the association did not mention that she could bring others to the meeting, but it would be possible as long as Stanley did not follow him in. And there is no need to think about it. Even if she meets Delflenger, the other party will never dare to target her at the symposium.
In this way, Atoris's worries were reduced a lot. She was going to travel in two days and now she had to make preparations. The test of the phantom sword array is completed, and Artolis fulfills her duties to teach Stanley the follow-up of swordsmanship.
The Inexhaustible Sword, Zhishi, corresponds to the eighth form of Kelid's swordsmanship, "Cross Greeting" and the tenth form, "Close Hook Connection." Because the directions of practice are different, among the first ten forms, except for the common sixth form, Others can be temporarily bypassed and not practiced.
As a result, Stanley only needs to teach three of the moves now, but these three moves cannot be learned overnight.
The sixth form: "Unimpulsive hand guard" is not a separate sword move, but a move connected during the gap between swinging the sword to resist the opponent's counterattack. Swordsmen cannot expose their weaknesses in a duel, and those seemingly weak points are actually protected.
Holding the wooden sword, Artolis demonstrated for Stanley. For example, at the end of the fourth move: "Fighting and Killing Circle", the person who performed the move would have an obvious backward swing. If at this time, the opponent adopts a slash or kick to the abdomen.
"The flaw is huge!" Stanley focused his attention on the eve of the end of Artoris' move. The exposed weakness was quite obvious. As long as you use a downward slash, you can avoid the last section of the rotating circle and hit the opponent's shoulder!
But is it really as expected? Listening to Artoris, the moment he found the flaw, Stanley slashed the raised wooden sword down towards what he wanted.
"Cang~" The wooden sword cut downwards, but was blocked by Artoris' free arm guard.
Raising her head and meeting Stanley's surprised gaze, Artolis smiled: "The unimpeded gauntlet is not unimpeded. The absolute sharp edge can still tear apart the defense you rely on, but it is worse than A fatal wound on the chest, a mere arm is nothing."
I don’t know how many years have passed, but Stanley still remembers the smile that the girl showed to him. He is a warrior, not an assassin. Even if he is full of scars, he can avoid fatal injuries. That is a staged victory.
"What are you doing standing around? It's time to go. We can't be late for the symposium specially invited by the association."
The girl in front urged him. Looking at the rising sun on the horizon, Stanley shook his head. It's a pity that he is not the protagonist of the story, so where can he accompany her?
"Well, here we come."
