Totally unexpected.

　I spoke to the man in front of me with the two swords. I thought he had some sort of plan, but I didn't expect it to fall from the sky.

　However, I can't say that. The soldiers were being killed one by one right in front of my eyes. Malus was hit too.

　I asked Marco and Gil to take the other one, and left the general command to Lord Melia. I had to stop the man in front of me.

'I'm sorry, but I won't let you do any more of that.

　I'm ready to let my guard down. I can't make this man love me any more.

'I'm sorry, but I have things to do!

　The man with two swords is coming towards me with his sword at the ready. I unleash a thrust with Nao-sama, Wind Dragon Spear Tormenta. This spear is made from a tusk taken from a senior dragon wind dragon I defeated a long time ago.

　It's always given a wind-attribute spell to reduce the weight of the spear and increase its speed. It's my partner.

　My fast thrusts have left the man defending himself against my fast thrusts. He manages to block it with his sword and tries to get into my bosom, but I won't let him in so easily.

　Besides, this man's movements are strange. It's true that he's strong and fast, but his reactions are a bit slow. And the sword in his left hand is of little use. Aren't you used to using two swords?

　But I'm not naive enough to let that opportunity go by. I go to the man's left side and aim at the sword in his left hand. The man manages to prevent it, but he's even less mobile than before.

　I turn my spear and swipe my foot away. The man leaps to avoid it, but I raise my spear as it is. The man crosses his sword as quickly as he can and receives it, but the sword is swung up into the spear, and he has his hand up in the air.

　Then I spin around and let out another thrust. The man forces himself to twist in the air to avoid it, but the tormenta snatches his side. The man's expression is distorted by the pain, but he immediately returns the spear to his hand and thrusts again and again.

　I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he pushes off with his two-handed sword to prevent it, but it's only a matter of time before he pushes off. The spear cleave is reduced to the man's side. The feeling of the bellows and the breaking of bone comes through Tormenta, but he swings out of the way.

　The man is blown straight away, but not before he passes out. He stands up again, vomiting blood. He then returns the sword in his right hand to his waist and changes the sword in his left hand to both hands.

''What are you doing?''

I'm just a swordsman to begin with. I'm more comfortable with this than the unfamiliar two-faced style.

　Saying that, the man comes attacking again. It is true that compared to the time of the two swords earlier, there is no more hesitation in my movements. He repeatedly deflects my thrusts with his sword.

　I catch the man's slash at me with my spear. I receive a kesa-kiri with a spear and a yoko-nagi with a spear held vertically. The man thrusts at me in return, but I deflect his body and avoid it.

　I continue to turn the spear and swing down a stone thrust. The man steps back and avoids it, but I stab the thrust into the ground and use the resilience to bounce into the air.

　I bring the tormenta back to my hand in the air, turn my body, and swing the tormenta down toward the man. I'm not going to be able to get my hands on any of this, but I'm going to be able to get my knees on the ground.

　As soon as I landed, I ran up to the man and released a kick. The man hits the ground many times and rolls away. And the soldiers who were around him also flock to him.

　But

Oh!

　The man reluctantly gets up and cuts the soldiers off. That bastard. I run out and attack the man again.

　I poke it and the man deflects it. I pay off the side-napper, but he catches it with his sword. Little by little, he's learning to react to my attacks. Is it some kind of ability?

　But I didn't have time to think about it. I poked, because as I released another thrust, the man disappeared from my sight. No, the man fell over and avoided my thrusts so much that I had the illusion that he was.

　And then he runs under the spear to the ground slope. I immediately returned the spear to my hand, but it was a little too late. The man did a left roundhouse with his sword, and I couldn't block it, and he cut me in the side.

　Each shot was heavy. The man is attacking me harshly, so I manage to prevent him.

　◇ ◇ ◇ ◇ ◇.

　d*mn it!　He's too strong. He's really as good as Gargante. His spear is the strongest spearman I've ever fought.

　At first, I couldn't read his movements and was defending myself against him. But because I managed to endure it, my spearmanship improved with the power of the Enduring One.

　This is really useful. Just by having this skill, I can understand the movement of the spear a little better. Thanks to that, I've managed to read the man's movements a little better.

　However, just when I thought I could push them in like this...

　Boom!

　And a loud noise. It's a sound that comes from a distance, not from this battlefield. The sound of something exploding. I didn't know where it was coming from, but the man seemed to understand and was looking at the opposite direction from the battlefield.

　That direction is, as I recall, where the frontier count's territory is located. Don't tell me that's where the explosion happened?

　But this is my chance. While the man is showing an opening, I attack. The man may have noticed, and he looks at me again and holds his spear.

　However, even if I attack, he is not as sharp as he was earlier. I'm still curious about it. You are not fully focused on this side. My sword, which is gradually coming to hit.

　Perhaps the explosion just now was part of Gargante's strategy. Using the now invisible delinquent group. But if you want to cross this place, you will have to cross the demon land or pass through this fort, so perhaps he used the power of that man called Ains.

　Because that guy said that although he could only carry a few people at a time, the distance he could carry was long.

''Tch!''

　Good!　The man's movements were disrupted. I play the man's spear with a right kangare-up. I return it and cut the man's man with a kesa-kiri!　As it is, the man's body runs with the sword. The man kneels down on his knees, holding his wounds.

　I take the opportunity to rush to the area where the cloud ladder will be attached. The soldiers around me gather around me, but I cut them down again with two swords. I cut and cut and cut and cut. And

　Boom!

　and the sound of the cloud ladder crashing into the fort. All the while, he cuts off the soldiers who are trying to break the cloud ladder. And

Charge!

　And the Regalia army came up. Phew, the mission finally worked. The man stares at me with grudging eyes, but he's giving instructions to the soldiers.

　I'll help the soldiers.