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"There he is. The Iron Knight. I'll go out and fight this time, and you cover me with your magic gun. But if you think I'm in danger, use your own judgment and leave it to me first.

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"Yes, Master Alphonse. Take care."

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　We proceeded through the labyrinth, feeling the presence of magical soldiers.

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　Then, as I had suspected from the signs, I encountered the Iron Knight.

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　I decide to challenge him this time.

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　All I have to do is to have Ai ready with his magic gun from behind.

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　Maybe they don't usually do that.

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　If there is an ally who has the means to attack from a distance, he or she will usually attack first.

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　This is not only for the purpose of spacing between attacks, but also to prevent the attack from hitting the friend.

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　But with Ai's attack, you can trust him.

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　Ai is a great swordsman who can use swordsmanship of a sword saint, but he is also a great magic gunner.

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　Brother Ars told me that Ai can shoot with unmatched accuracy depending on the situation.

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　It is said that when a human uses a magic gun, the slightest movement of the arm muscles or breathing can cause the sight to shift, but Ai, who uses the body of a dependent, doesn't have such a problem.

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　Therefore, you can expect stable shooting accuracy at any time.

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　Even if I fire my magic gun in the middle of a fight, it will probably avoid hitting me.

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　Because of this sense of security, I decided to challenge the Iron Knight alone.

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　I walk toward the guy who is walking with a sword.

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　Soon he seemed to notice me.

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　He half-stepped and readied his sword.

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　Because I had shot him with a magic gun earlier, I had not seen the iron knight use his sword.

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　But now that I am facing him head-on, I can feel it.

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　It is completely different from when the bronze knight used the sword.

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　I felt that his posture was more graceful.

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　I also faced him with my sword at the ready.

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　The iron knight glanced at Ai behind him, but when he saw that Ai was not doing anything, he decided to focus on me.

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　At a distance, both knights held their swords at the ready, looking for an opportunity to attack.

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　Little by little, they closed the distance by stepping on each other's feet.

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　With their swords raised in front of them, they slowly approached their opponents.

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　When he was only a few steps away from his opponent, he used "shuchiji.

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　This is a technique of the sword saint to move without changing the center of gravity of the body at all.

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　By moving without showing any preliminary movement, it appears to the opponent as if he has closed the distance in an instant.

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　With this technique, he decides to make a preemptive attack against the Iron Knight.

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　He closes the distance in an instant and swings his sword down.

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　Against the bronze knight, this would have been a decisive move.

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　But the iron knight was different.

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　He was reacting to our attack.

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　The moment he felt the distance was closed, he took a half step back as if to dodge.

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　He tried to move away just in time to keep his sword out of reach.

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　He was still strong.

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　The change from bronze to iron, it seems, is not just a matter of improved defense.

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　The movement itself was different.

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　But that didn't mean we couldn't handle it.

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　He immediately realized that the sword he was swinging would not reach his opponent.

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　So he changes his move in the middle of it.

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　If the attack is out of reach, you just try to reach him.

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　In the middle of my downward swing, I changed from holding the sword in both hands to holding it in my right hand only, and I thrust my right arm forward from my shoulder.

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　I changed my attacking method from swinging down to thrusting.

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　The tip of a sword held in one hand can reach farther when thrusting than when swinging down with both hands.

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　The iron knight could not keep up with this sudden change of attack.

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　With a loud clang, the tip of the hard sword hit the iron knight.

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　It was right where he had aimed.

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　The joint of the iron knight's left elbow.

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　Only the tip of the sword hit the joint, so it couldn't sever the joint, but it was effective enough.

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　The iron knight is now hanging down from the left elbow.

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　Did he get angry when he saw that?

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　I don't know if the magic-armored soldiers have such feelings or not, but their movements have become rough.

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　Maybe they were hit by an attack they were supposed to avoid, and they tried to fight back immediately.

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　Since he could not hold the sword with both hands, he tried to attack by swinging it horizontally as if he was swinging the iron sword with only one right hand.

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　But he saw through that move.

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　I watched his move calmly, and I pulled back the sword and sent out my magic power.

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　Intimidation.

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　The iron knight's torso, which was about to attack the knight as if it were a fly, sends sharp needles of magic toward the magic stone that is supposed to be inside the iron knight.

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　The "intimidation" must have hit the magic stone.

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　In the middle of the attack, the iron knight's movement slowed down for a moment.

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　However, it seems that it was not as slow as the bronze knight.

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　It was not so much a pause, but just a disruption in his movement, and his sword is still in motion as he tries to slash at the side of the stone.

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　But it was enough.

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　It was enough, however, because he now had a little room to shift his center of gravity back to the front for the thrust.

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　With a slight stoop, he slips under the sword that is being swung sideways.

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　Even though he is a magic-armed soldier, his basic body movements are similar to those of a human being.

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　If the sword is forced to be swung with one hand, the momentum of the swing will naturally cause a disruption in his stance.

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　An even bigger gap was created than the one immediately after he was overpowered.

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　He will attack without missing the opportunity.

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　While crouching down, he attacked the opponent's knee, which was right in front of him.

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　The hard fang sword succeeds in destroying the knee joint of the iron armor.

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　The opponent, who had his right knee broken while he was in a crouching position, was forced to lean over and fall down even more heavily.

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　However, the attack continues.

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　Before he falls to the ground, I insert my hard fang sword into his neck under the head of his armor, and bounce him off the ground.

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　The iron knight falls with a clatter.

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　He puts his hand inside the headless knight lying on the ground and retrieves the magic stone.

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　The opponent stops moving when the magic stone is removed from inside the armor.

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　In this state, he will not move again.

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　Thus, I succeeded in winning my first victory against the iron knight.

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