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　We succeeded in taking them by surprise, and the Orientals were pounding away at the Elysian army.

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　The situation is in our favor.

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　But we can't let our guard down.

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　There are not that many Orientals who have come here to attack us.

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　There is no way they can empty their stronghold on the banks of the Gulu River and attack with their entire army, so they have come in limited numbers.

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　Therefore, now was the best time to attack them when they were in disarray.

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　Now that the Valkyrie's [illumination] had misled them about our numbers, we had no choice but to strike them with a thorough attack.

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　However, even in such a chaotic situation, it seems that the Eiris forces had their fair share of men.

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Wait. Your opponent is me.

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　A swordsman stood before me.

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　Looking at him through his red armor, I could clearly see that he had a lot of magic power.

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　It seems that there was a powerful foe here who was not in the main camp of Iris' army.

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　A man wearing a kimono, which many people in the Orient wear, and body armor to protect his body, is holding a weapon.

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　It looks like a sword.

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　I thought so when I saw the weapon he was holding.

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　The iron sword Granvalka, which is one of the weapons of Brother Ars.

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　Or, it was shaped like a holy sword.

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　Unlike a straight sword, he is holding a single-edged sword with a slightly curved blade.

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　The sword is not very thick, so it is probably a sword with an emphasis on sharpness.

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My name is Alondar, one of the Ten Swordsmen of Eris. Who are you?

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My name is Alphonse Barca. What's a Ten Swordsman?

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"Don't you know?　A swordsman among swordsmen in the land of Elys. The ten most skilled swordsmen in the land of Elys.

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Just like that. So that means you're Alondar, right?　You are a master of swordsmanship."

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That's exactly right. Alphonse Barca is a young boy, but a renowned warrior and protector of the Orient, a weak country. Now, let's play the game!

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"...... good. I'll take that bet.

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　I accept the offer of the man who calls himself Alondar.

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　Waving his arm, he told the Orientals around him that they could not help him.

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　For a moment, the people around him seemed to wonder if it was all right to do such a thing.

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　But they immediately followed my instructions and continued their attack on the army of Eeris.

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　I guess they have been through enough battles to know what they are doing.

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　They must have learned from their own experience in battle that the opponent whom I would go out of my way to fight one-on-one with is not weak.

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　And that we, as a single soldier, cannot be of much help in a fight against such an opponent.

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　Then, we should listen to what they say and do the job we can do first, rather leave the strong ones to me and attack the ones who run away.

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　Mm-hmm.

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　That's fine.

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　Thanks to the fighting of the Eiris soldiers around Arondal who called out to me and the surrounding Orientals, I am able to face my opponent and concentrate on the fight.

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　With such an opponent in front of me, I cast a spell.

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"Watch and Practice!"

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　I guess they are not ordinary.

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　But even so, I did not choose to attack quickly and defeat him at once.

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　I invoked [Mi Practice] and observed my opponent's every move.

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　I don't know how good a swordsman the Ten Swordsmen of Eris are.

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　However, I was interested to know that he is one of the ten best swordsmen in the country.

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　And the weapon he is using is no ordinary sword.

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　I was interested in weapons like the Zanteiken.

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　Ai told me that the Zantetsu-ken is a weapon called "Katana" which is harder than the Hard Fang Sword, harder to break, and easier to cut than the Hard Fang Sword.

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　However, it is said to be handled differently from an ordinary straight sword.

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　The man who was once called the "Sword Sage" left behind a magic called "Kenjutsu", and Ai memorized the body movements of the Lubitsch family who used this "Kenjutsu".

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　However, the swordsmanship is a sword technique to handle a straight sword, and it is said that it does not fit with a sword like the Zantetsu-ken.

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　And the wielder of the iron sword, Ars, is not an expert in swordsmanship either.

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　Therefore, he can handle the Zanteiken only as a weapon that cuts well and does not break easily.

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　However, if we could see how he uses his body, we might be able to learn how to handle the sword better.

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　I thought of that.

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　The reason why I was so interested in this is because I wanted to use my own Zantetsu Sword someday.

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　In fact, one of the magic swords I got when I left the Kingdom of the Sky is a hard-tusk sword made from a juvenile boar.

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　It's a growing magic sword and if nobles from generation to generation pour magic power into it, it will change its shape from a small small sword.

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　The Valkyries, who have been gradually increasing in number lately, were made to grow by pouring magic power into them.

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　I expect that it will eventually become like the Zanteiken (iron sword).

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　And in order to make the Zantekken even better than Ars, I decided to use the man in front of me.

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