Read Adventurer Tale of Pouring 25 Years of Life into a Useless Skill, and Now After All That Time is the Strongest

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　With a sound that cuts through the air, the axe blade approaches.

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　But Thor only gazes blankly at the approaching threat.

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　His gaze is fixed and his body is completely drained of power.

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　You could be forgiven for thinking that he has given up on everything.

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　But just before the axe reaches his face, a raised blade blocks his way just in time.

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　The axe is bounced off Thor's sword and goes off in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

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　But Kikiriri, the axe's wielder, seems to have known that this would happen.

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　Without killing the momentum of the deflection, he spins his body like a spinning top.

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　The warrior accelerates with his back to Thor.

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　The axe in his other hand rips through the air and strikes again.

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　This backhanded slap is not the only hidden gem of the Kikiriri.

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　Just as he flipped his body, the other lurking behind him appeared.

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　Nenemimi, who had been hiding back to back with her sister, naturally had two axes hanging from her hands.

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　The three axe blades, with the addition of centrifugal force, were brought out one after the other with a slight time lag.

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　Thor, on the other hand, had his body open and his flank completely unprotected as he slashed up his blades.

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　In addition, his eyes were still fixed on the approaching weapon.

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　As everyone watched with bated breath, there was only one hard sound that echoed through the air.

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　And the next moment, the twins, who had been nearly knocked out of their positions, slid away from Thor as if skidding on the ground.

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　Thor's blade swung down, hitting the first axe blade with precision.

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　Nenemimi's arm is now exposed to the other axe.

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　In order to avoid this, he forcibly moved his remaining arm, and it hit his sister's hand behind him.

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　The twins, who had quickly decided that they could not achieve the expected result due to the entanglement of their arms, gracefully terminated the attack by themselves.

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　The audience was all excited to see Thor who had managed to pull off a perfect surprise attack with a single blow.

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　Moreover, the twins casually avoided Kikiriri's leg kick while moving away from him by switching their legs.

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"You're good!"

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　Kikiriri licks his lips and suddenly throws both axes into the air.

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　She spins around, grabs the falling axe with her crossed hands, and runs toward Thor again.

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　Nenemimi follows behind him like a shadow.

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　The three continued to exchange blows for nearly twenty minutes.

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"It seems you haven't lost your will to challenge me yet.

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　Dadaan, who had been watching the battle, quietly calls out to Thor, who has come down from the playing field after a break in the fight.

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　The discovery of the fourth level and the painful defeat there had already reached the director's ears.

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　However, the sight of the three of them in the training area, earnestly competing with each other, is far from the situation they had feared.

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　At Dadaan's words, which contained a hint of relief, Thor nodded his head firmly as he placed his sword back on his waistband.

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　Although it was just after a violent movement, his forehead was only slightly sweaty.

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　In fact, Thor was simply parrying the twins' slashes and was not actively trying to attack them himself.

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"But what a troublesome labyrinth master in a troublesome room!

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"Yes, when I finally got there, I found an unexpected opponent waiting for me.

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　The decisive factor in most adventurers' battles is their long-trained magical and martial arts skills.

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　Thor himself does not possess any skills with powerful destructive power, but he has relied on the magic of Yuril and Sora for most of his stopping power.

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　That is why it is difficult for him to cope easily with the situation where he is blocked.

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"And you have such a hard time with them. If I were a little younger, I would like to have a little time with him.

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"I can help you if you wish, Master."

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"Oh, come on, I'm kidding. Don't make this old man work for you now. So what do you think?　Do you think you can win?"

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I don't know. I'm not sure. I've had them try to make it look like it.

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　In Thor's view, the strength of those black bones lies in their body, which looks like a man but is not a man.

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　The fact that they are somewhat the same as human bones may lead one to misunderstand, but it is natural that a body with flesh and a body with only bones would move in different ways.

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　Particularly remarkable was the range of motion of the joints.

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　The range of motion is not impeded by tendons or muscles, so the range of motion is extremely wide.

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　This is probably the reason why he can wield a sword like a dancer.

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　Another advantage of the lack of flesh is that the area exposed to the air is reduced.

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　With less resistance, the blade can be accelerated more easily.

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　And there is no need to worry about tearing the muscles in a reckless move.

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　This would explain the unbelievable speed of the sword.

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　With this in mind, Kikiriri and his team are using as many hands as possible and light axes.

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　Thor has also been trying to re-train the fundamentals of the art.

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"When in doubt, go back to the basics," his master used to say.

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"Hmmm, the roots of a tree never betray its trunk or branches."

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　The foundation of Thor is formed by decades of hunting horned moles in the Ko-oni Forest.

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　What he has learned in dealing with this monster that ambushes from beneath the ground is not to focus his gaze in one place.

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　By having a bird's eye view of the entire area, it is possible to catch the slightest behavior of the rising soil.

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　The other day, I was so caught up in the strange atmosphere, my first opponent, and the tremendous movement of the sword that my vision was narrowed, which was also a major cause of my defeat.

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　This way of fighting without keeping his eyes fixed on the opponent was Thor's answer to his phantasmagoric swordsmanship.

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　And although his empty eye sockets were deceiving him, the skeleton was clearly reading the trajectory of our sword.

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　Perhaps he had guessed this from the movement of Thor's eyes.

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　Based on this, the bald-headed old man easily got to the point of the practice of ukemi from Thor's indifferent expression.

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"But you look as if the twins are not enough. Well, it seems to be a good practice for those two.

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　It is true that the speed of the twins, who are both Kongo-class, is one of the fastest in this border town.

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　However, compared to the skeleton, they are still a few steps behind.

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　Not to mention Razzel, who waits for his turn to play while pretending endlessly.

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　He does not seem to be bothered by this, but rather waits expectantly for Thor to step onto the playing field.

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　After defeating the master of the labyrinth in the Purgatory level, the Red Tail Swordsman has been showing his face often.

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"Hmmm... Is it a matter of the opponent not being strong enough to train with? On the other hand, I am of no use to you. ......"

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"Yes, I appreciate the sentiment, but..."

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　Dadaan has been out of active service for more than 30 years, but he is still so old and strong that he is no match for a half-breed.

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　It is no exaggeration to say, however, that his fighting style, in which he does not care about being hit by bullets and strikes his two-handed axe with all his might, is the opposite of a black skeleton.

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　Of course, he can handle a sword in his own way as well, but Thor has already beaten him in skill by a comfortable margin.

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　Much of what he learned under Dadaan's tutelage was basic swordsmanship.

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　Thor knew very well that this was the foundation of who he was today.

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"Hmmm, from what I've heard, it sounds a lot like Zuma's sword dance style. If that's the case, then Straccia is the right person for the job, but she is a very bad student.

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　His younger apprentice, a twin-sword wielder, is currently back home due to a crisis in his home country.

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　Stratchia is said to be the best swordsman in the border town of Dadaan, but he learned the basics of swordsmanship in his native land of Zuma.

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　Unlike Thor, who is more of a self-taught swordsman, Stratchia's swordsmanship is graceful and elegant.

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"Mm-mm-mm, I know only one person who knows the sword dance style, but I wonder if I can ask him to do it well. No, I owe you a debt I haven't repaid for the restoration of the wall. All right! I'll take care of it!

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"That would be a great help, Master."

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　Thor couldn't help but smile at the old man who dared to bring up the small matter of his debt on the brink of sealing the miasma.

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　Dadaan, too, smiled, as if he knew what he was talking about, and then suddenly returned to his serious face to continue.

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"Your unbreakable spirit is truly admirable. I'm amazed you've trained yourself to that level.

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"I'm not a quitter, that's one of my characteristics. I've been told many times that I'm just stubborn.

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Let him say it. It's an indomitable will, the most necessary thing to tackle the big noxious hole.

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　Thor replied to his teacher's words, the edges of his lips lifting.

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"Don't give up. It was my master who taught me that.

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　They looked at each other and nodded strongly.

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"By the way, Master. You came all the way to the training ground for something else?

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"Oops, I forgot. There's someone who insisted on hearing your story about the demon tribe. He's using me like a fool.

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　As he said this, Dadan indicated with his chin the building of the Adventurers' Bureau, which is adjacent to the training grounds.

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