It's been a week since I started circling Isolois.

　As soon as possible, Silvia and Eco's Dragon Horse Dragon King became 9-dan.

　My【Swordplay】Dr.Ryuoh Ryoma became a 9-dan, 【Magic】The Thunder Attribute, Type 4 and the Thunder Attribute, Type 5 were 9-dan, and 【Summoning Technique】Tame was 9-dan, and each of them qualified for the title fight.

　As for the【Magic】, as long as you have 9-dan in any of the attributes from 1 to 5, you are eligible to participate in the title fight. The lightning attribute is an attribute that even I had never heard of during my Mevion days, but it would probably be counted as an attribute.


　You can find it at .......
　I'd like to say it's over, but this is where the title fight comes into play.

　Aside from me, this is the first time Sylvia and Eco are participating in a title fight. Their current experience in fighting other people is far less than they should be.

　The title fight is a duel between their skills. Hence, if it's a kumite, 【Bowsmanship】 will need an opponent for 【Bowmanship】 and 【Shieldmanship】 will need an opponent for 【Shieldmanship】.

　Silvia is no problem, I'll take on her. However, as for the 【Shield Technique】 that Eco deals with, I can't deal with it because I haven't mastered it.

　Ummm...... what should I do?


'Can you summon Winfiled?'

　Since I didn't want to waste time worrying about this and that, I decided to ask Yukari to summon an advisor.

　Yukari made a reluctant face for a moment, then nodded "Shikashimasu" and performed 《Summon Spirit》. It seems that Yukari has some reason for not wanting to summon Winfiled, but after asking Sylvia, she says that she can 'leave it alone', so she leaves the current situation alone.

''Oh, Second-san. It's been a while, hasn't it?

　The silver-haired two-bronze tall beautiful spirit, who still speaks in the same mattish manner, smiles with her slightly sleepy eyes narrowing further.

''It's been a while, glad to see you're looking well. I'm sorry to summon you so soon, but I have one thing to discuss with you.
Yeah. You can tell me anything you want. I'll help you.

　That's dependable.
　I explained the situation to Winfiled and then asked him for advice on how to train Eco.

'I think,' I think that Mr. Second feels that the difference in training time between Sylvia and Eco isn't fair.

　I see. If you ask me, you might be right.

''So why don't we use the time for self-improvement for now so that we can start training at the same time, and Second-san can learn the shield technique before the training starts?
'Really? So it's going to be at least a week before the kumite starts?
I don't think there's any need to lift the whole thing. A second man, even a moderately skilled one, can do it, right?
...... Oh. Yeah, right.

　Indeed. You don't have to move up to a higher rank to train.

"One day to learn, two days to get up to a useful rank. So it's a total of three days, right?　I'm talking about trying pretty hard.
Three days isn't that big of a loss, is it?
In the meantime, is there anything else you want to tell them?
Yes. It's all over the place. Thank you, Winfiled. You made it happen.
You're welcome.

　When we finished talking, she winked at me and left, saying that she expected me to thank her. There's something endearing about her that makes me really want to thank her, even though I know she's half-joking. But what should I give the genie to thank him for?

　Oh well, now let's figure out what I'm going to make Sylvia and Eco do in my three days of absence.
　I guess the thing to teach them here is the art of interpersonal combat.
　There are so many things I want to teach you. Where to start? Well, if it's something you can learn without doing kumite, you can start at .......





"How to deliver firepower?
Yeah.

　I called Sylvia and Eco into the living room and started the lecture.

　The content of the lecture is how to produce firepower in Mevion. It's not something you'd have to experience to understand, but rather something quite theoretical.

'There are various types of firepower. There are various types of firepower, such as instantaneous, single-shot, and continuous fire. I'm going to teach you about instantaneous firepower.
Instantaneous firepower? Does that mean how much power you can unleash in an instant?

　Sylvia is quite biting, as she has serious roots. Eco, on the other hand, was quietly listening to me while taking notes.

'Well, don't get me wrong, but I need to know even more specifics, do you know what DPS is?'
Sorry, I don't know.
Damage Per Sec. That is, the average damage dealt per second in a fight, including skill preparation time, hardening time, and everything else.
"If you attacked with all your might for 30 seconds, you'd take the total damage divided by 30, right?
That's right. The game crown allows you to measure without having to calculate every single thing. Today we're going to use this feature ...... which has nothing to do with DPS, but measures your highest damage per second.
It's complicated. Maximum damage?
Ah. There are various ways to measure it, but in this case I set the DPS display on the crown to 'measure only for 1 second from the first damage'. In other words, it's ten percent one. I want you two to find a way to do the most damage before one second passes from the first attack.

　At my words, the two of them give me a hackneyed look. It can't be helped; measuring maximum damage only in one second, etc., that's not DPS or anything like that in the first place, and then there's the question of why it's one second, because at first glance it has nothing to do with the title fight.

　It's just that it's closely related, I guess. Trial and error for the perfect conditions of "how much damage can you do in one second" will teach you the depth of the game. I want you two to know how interesting this game is.

Hmmm ...... I see what you're saying, but what's the point of it all?
Oh, how so?
''I've felt it around the dungeon, but the flying car archery has the most firepower. I've already seen the answer to that question, okay?
'Hmm, well, I suppose it's natural to feel that way. But sometimes you don't realize that until you try. Today's task for the two of you is to use the DPS display function of the game crown to find the maximum damage you can do in one second. Okay?
Yes, sir.
I love you.

　Sylvia was reluctant and Eco replied cheerfully.

　How much the two of them have evolved since I returned from my journey to acquire the 【Shield Technique】 skill. This will be interesting to see.

''I'll give you one hint. Firepower, roughly speaking, there are three types of firepower: machine guns, shotguns and rocket launchers.
You want ......?

　Oops, I can't get through.

It's either a series of strikes, or they're all spread out at the same time, or all in one shot. I get it.
...... method.

　Okay, okay, I think I got the message. Sylvia looks like she's on to something.

'Then let the training begin. I'll be expecting answers from both of you.
'Mmm!　By the way, where is the Second Lord going?
Yeah, I'll learn all the shield techniques by the end of the day.
............, all of it?
I'll gain some experience in the meantime.
...... and say nothing more.



　　* * *



Mistress Sylvia. It's time for you to take a break.
No, I'm gonna stick with it.

　Lunchtime. Silvia had refused the maid's invitation to take a lunch break, and was feverishly searching for maximum damage.

　Now, her mind was racing, "Interesting! I was full of thoughts.

　Yes, it's funny.

　It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

　I'm not going to be able to say that I'm not going to be able to get it right. The ninth dan of the "Infantry Bowmanship" would have a net firepower of 200%, for a total of 600% with three shots. That's right, this is comparable to the 600% multiplier of the Flying Wheel Archery 9-dan.

　This is where "Critical" comes into play. A critical strike is a very important factor. In other words, shooting the "Archery for Infantry" with three shots is more likely to give you a critical strike, so you can expect to get solid damage.

　Also, with the Silver General Archery, you can only fire two shots in one second. With nine steps, it's a 300% attack, which is also 600% in effect. There seems to be room for ingenuity here, and you can see why Sylvia is persistent.


''I can't help but say ...... quintessential.

　Es looked at Sylvia and quietly whispered to her.

　It's a good thing that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away from the fact that you can't get away with it.

　What a tremendous thing it is to be a title contender. He couldn't have been proud, since it was the fellowship of his own serving master.

　And someone even more outrageous than such a great, top-notch archer is his master. The thought of this made Es suddenly happy and unbearable.

''I'll bring you some refreshments.''

　The best support he could give himself right now was to get Sylvia lunch at a good time so that it wouldn't interfere with his training. Es swore that she would never be ashamed of being a first-test maid, and she was excited to be alone in secret.




　Meanwhile, Eco, on the other hand.
　After eating a hearty meal in the living room, she was crunching and writing single-mindedly.

　The letters in the notebook were not in Japanese, but in animal language. Perhaps that's why she was able to form more and more orderly sentences that were unimaginable from her usual poor use of words.

　What should she do to produce the most damage in one second with the [Shield Technique] that she handles? She thinks supremely logically and comes up with a number of ideas one after another.

　The thoughts she too had since the morning were exactly the same as Silvia's.

　It was inexplicably interesting.

　It was the first time in her sixteen years of life that she had learned to feel this way.

　It was the first time in her 16 years of life that she saw life in a "game-like" way.

　And she fell deeply and profoundly in love with it.
　The skill of 【Shield Technique】 was such a profound thing.

　The more I thought about it, the more interesting it became, the more I felt a shiver coming out of the depths of my heart.
　Since it's like this with just 【Shielding Technique】, what would happen if it was combined with other skills?　Such a sudden thought made Eco feel like he was unleashed upon the universe.

　A thought that had nothing to do with the title fight. But an interesting thought. The boyishly pure smile that that person he loved sometimes showed. Eco felt that he had learned a little bit about the reason for that carefree smile.



　　* * * *



　Returning home.
　I ended up learning all of the [Shield Technique] skills in about half a day, and I was circling Isolois all the way until the evening. The difficult task of the [Dragon Horse Shield Art] "Defend at least once each with the 7 skills of the infantry to flying car, and have a team member kill 5 different dragons that meet this condition" was also a bit of a par with Anko's help. We had to lead the dragons to the shadows of the rocks because of the sunlight, but it wasn't a big deal.

　The reason why it went so smoothly is because of Anko's "Dark Transition" and "Dark Summoning". Thanks to this, there was no longer any need to learn the transfer magic, and there was no longer any need to tame the flying dragons and move through the sky for long periods of time. Anko various.


''Now, let's see what you've done today!

　Before dinner. I decided to ask Sylvia and Eco to show me their progress.
　Since I was looking forward to it, I was a little excited.

'I guess we'll start with me.
Good.

　Sylvia rolled up her arms and readied her bow.


　Now, what to do: .......



'Huh!'

　The first move, or rather, the deciding factor was the Dragon Horse Archery.

　I approached the dummy doll and performed the "Dragon Horse Archery" from zero distance.

　If I had to sum up my impressions in one word, this is what I would say.


　You found it!


　I'm impressed.

　This is a shotgun, so to speak. The 《Long Horse Archery》 is a powerful ranged penetration attack skill. It's scattering dozens of arrows with piercing abilities to a designated area from a long distance. It blasts them at zero distance ...... In other words, dozens of piercing attacks all hit. Even if each shot is not very powerful, if there are dozens of them, the power is immense. If a critical hit occurs, every single shot is a critical hit.


''How's that!''

　Sylvia turned around and looked flabbergasted, waiting for me to say something.

'Great, you found it!　Rest assured, it's the right thing to do.
...... mmmm!

　A joyful smile on her face. It makes me happy too.
　I give Sylvia a smile and a thumbs up. I felt like I was enjoying a game with my friends. I felt nostalgic.


'Now it's Eco's turn.

　Eco was urged by Silvia to hold up her shield.
　Then he turned around and opened his mouth to talk.

It's a good idea to have a good time with them.
!

　At this point, I'm already convinced that we are on the right track. Eco is on the right track.

You're on it. You're good to go.

　Hiding his loose cheeks, he put on his game crown and held up his sword.


　There would be no more words needed.


　I activated the Flying Car Kenjutsu and slashed at Eco.


''Hey!''

　Eco responds with 《Silver General Shield Art》. It's also at that moment when my sword is about to touch Eco's body.

''Huh?''

　Sylvia raised her voice.

　I suppose. From an objective point of view, it's a strange sight indeed. ''The flying car sword technique has hit! Because right after I thought that I was being played, I was being played.

　It's a parry with the 《Silver General Shield Art》. This is not a simple parry, but an additional effect is triggered. "An effect called 'counterattack'.

''That's right.

　I muttered in happiness as I looked at Eco, who was chasing after me while charging at me with 《Flying Car Shield Technique》.

　If I prepared and activated it in the instant after I played it, I could somehow fit it into one second in a world of 0.0 many seconds.

　...... I sought it out well. I've often found it. I tried well. No amount of praise will ever be enough.

　Battari," he said. The DPS is displayed above my head as I went down from my back after eating the 《Skipping Car Shield Art》.


　The counterattack with the 《Silver General Shield Technique》 and the rush with 《Flying Car Shield Technique》. The damage that came out of this combined technique surpassed Silvia's zero distance 【Long Horse Archery】.


　Why was she able to produce so much damage in spite of the 【Shield Technique】? The secret lies in the "counterattack effect. The counterattack effect of the Silver General Shield Technique increases in power in proportion to the amount of damage received from the opponent. In other words, the power of my flying wheel swordsmanship is ridiculously high, so I was able to defeat Silvia's damage.

''Eco, that's correct. You did your research well. Great!
'Wow!　Yes!

　I stroked my head with a waggle. Eco's eyes narrow in happiness and she sweetly rubs her cheek against my hand.

　Normally I don't know what she's thinking about, but today is a memorable day when her hidden talents are revealed. I have no complaints. She has analyzed the [Shield Technique] skill firmly, studied the characteristics of the [Silver General Shield Technique], and is doing her best at the very limit of her ability to follow up with the [Flying Wheel Shield Technique]. I'd like to give my unparalleled praise to Eco for discovering this in just one day and achieving the technology to make it happen.

............

　Oops. If you're too much of an eco-friendly person, Sylvia is bushy.

　Sylvia, you're awesome, too. That look on your face when you turned around and said, "How's it going?" says it all. You've been trying all day without eating, haven't you?　The joy of discovering the characteristics of the 《Long Horse Archery》 must have made you want to skip a beat. The seriousness and diligence with which you are able to tackle the task in front of you and get involved in it with pure enjoyment is something I would like to emulate as well.

Don't be so sulky. Come on, you too.

　I was a little embarrassed, so Sylvia joined Eco in praising her by rasping and excessively stroking her.

　'Stop it,' she resisted shyly, but looked somewhat happy, and I was equally lavish in my praise.


'You're a salt and pepper,'
Hmm?
If you're a steak, I put some salt and pepper on it today.
Ha, I see. Does Mister Second have a roast for me?
Three weeks to go and we'll do it the way you want it.
I'm scared. Rare, please.
You're an idiot, you're a Werdum.
...... If a pheasant doesn't crow, it doesn't get shot.