23 - First PVP Battle

As the dual began, we both took ten steps back, and when we were a certain distance apart, a countdown appeared in front of us.

I see, this is what happens.

As it turn to zero—

“I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to finish this right away so I can fight the Dual Swordsman!”

The nobleman lunged at me.

A wide sword strike swung down from that distance would be enough to kill me if it hit. …But, I think he has too many openings.

I duck, dodge and use my knife to hold the double-edged sword to the ground.

Using that as a starting point, I kick the ground and it floats into the air, striking first with a kick to his right eye.

“Ku!?”

The blue light flashed a little and the nobleman turned his head back. The color of the membrane is visibly fading.

Of course, it would be easy to end this and defeat him from this situation, but that would defeat the purpose of watching other players’ moves, so I won’t end it.

He recoiled from the kick, spun around in midair, and back stepped away.

The nobleman holds his sword in front of his eyes, smiling.

“Apparently I made a mistake and I apologize for my mistake. And I’d like to introduce myself again.”

The nobleman, who seems to have finally taken this seriously, seems to be asking for permission, so I gave him a curt nod.

“Thank you, my anime is Seito! And I’m going to borrow your chest!”

And with that, he lunges at me, this time with an unerring horizontal cut.

It was aimed at my torso, but I dodged it by lightly jumping.

As I floated in the air, Seito saw an opportunity and swung a blow.

“!?”

I caught it with my knife, and jumped further up. I could see the top of the roofs of the surrounding houses. There was a cat.

As it was, I was free falling with my knife pointing downward against the sun.

Below me is Seito, looking at me with narrowed eyes and taking a defensive stance with his wide sword.

I pushed the knife against the sword and adjusted my stance slightly, then took my hand off the knife and landed easily behind Seito.

Of course, by crouching down, I absorbed the sound and impact to the maximum extent possible.

I immediately—

“Wh!?”

—I swung my foot at Seito and caught the knife as it fell, spinning with the momentum.

I’m in the middle of falling to the ground when I’m knocked off my feet, and I use the momentum of my rotation to thrust a knife toward his right eye.

Gan! Gan! Gan!!

I thrust the blade into this right eye, then into his left eye, and finally into his throat.

The blue membrane that surrounds Seito turns into particles and pops off.

—I won.

He opened his eyes, which had been closed due to my persistent attacks, and slowly raised his body.

I reach out my hand to Seito, and he grabs it and stands up.

There was silence around us for a while. I’d better take a look around.

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First, Taku and the others are as usual.

Next, the noble’s members, their eyes wide open.

Finally, the onlookers around me were surprised as well.

“…Did I lose…?”

“That’s right.”

“…You’re very strong, aren’t you?”

“I’m slightly better than you.”

“I’m well-equipped.”

“The difference between our power is different.”

“Haa…”

Exhaling heavily, Seito let a smile across his face. He’s a quick learner.

“Thank you, that was a great experience!”

“That’s good to know.”

“You’d be really strong if you got some martial arts skills, wouldn’t you?”

“I’m strong without them.”

“Haha, that’s true!”

He was a very nice young man who smiled back at my sarcastic remarks.

Afterwards, I was bowed to by four people, two of whom were reluctant to apologize and two of whom took the initiative to apologize for some reason, and it seems that our two girls were also relieved.

At that moment, a wizard with a thin expression who came close to me looked around briefly at my chest and my whole body, then huffed and patted her chest, which was pathetic.

I know that…Breast size and height can be altered slightly.

I know that…If I play around with my avatar, I will have the exact same height and shape as the wizard.

Maybe she’s competing with me?

Anyway, we formed a legion and headed for the eastern grasslands.