Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1631 1603. Brief Fight
After a brief entanglement, neither of them wanted to fight any further.

Both of them have simple and sharp fighting styles, so grappling is not their thing.

So after a moment of the two swords competing with each other, the two men pushed each other away at the same time without any prior agreement.

But after Cassandra pulled back for a distance, the broken spear in her hand flew out again amid her excited smile.

But this time, as she turned into light and disappeared, there were traces of spiral air currents under Maria's feet.

With a "whoosh", the sound of the body tearing through the air was like a weapon!
【Acceleration Technique】!
The dark long sword drew a fan-shaped arc before Cassandra reappeared.

But as the light spots re-condensed and Cassandra reappeared, she seemed to have anticipated her opponent's movements.

The [Prototype] in the other hand was placed directly in the path of the long sword.

Then there was another explosion.

This is what Kassandra's magical senses from the Isu genes look like when they are fully activated.

Although Maria is from Yharnam and her skills are those of the Yharnam hunters, her body shape and movement patterns are still human.

The Spear of Leonidas can predict her movements to a large extent.

However, Cassandra still wanted to use Broken Spear's spatial teleportation in front of Maria to compete with the opponent in short-distance explosive speed, which means that Broken Spear still did not take into account the step of [Acceleration].

Listening to the increasingly intense sound of swords clashing downstairs in the castle, Lan En frowned.

"So you haven't even learned the seal yet, but you've already started learning the [Speed ​​Up Technique]?"

He complained to Henwell without even looking up.

"People's talents, interests, and energy are all limited, sir." Henwill stroked his beard and laughed, "And this technology is really useful, don't you think?"

Lan En certainly thought so. After all, many of his explosive moves were achieved by skillfully using the [Acceleration Technique].

"Yes, yes." Lan En responded perfunctorily, standing up and preparing to go downstairs. "It is indeed very useful."

Henriquez put his hand on the hilt of the long knife at his waist and followed Lan down.

When they got downstairs, Lan saw that Maria and Cassandra had stopped.

The hunter from Yharnam was pulling out his dagger that had just been blown away from the bricks at the base of the city wall.

Adeline, the Blood Saint who once healed the Church, stood beside Cassandra and chatted with her in an awkward manner.

It seemed that she was one step ahead of Lan En who came down from upstairs and intervened in the confrontation just now.

Cassandra's eyes were fixed on the female hunter in the distance, and she only responded politely to Adeline's greeting.

She was clearly more interested in a good fighter.

"Lan? You're back!"

Adeline, who was wearing a long dress, cried out in surprise, and came to the witcher with her golden hair swaying in excitement.

"Yeah, I just got back." Lan En greeted her and looked her up and down, "You look much better now."

Adeline laughed at herself: "After all, I don't need to draw blood now, and I don't need to cooperate with experiments to improve blood quality. But I always feel that I am more useless than before."

"But in fact," Henwill interrupted from behind, "Lady Adeline has always been very enthusiastic about helping in the castle."

"Please forgive me, sir. Although Lady Adeline is your guest, we really can't resist her enthusiasm. We have arranged some work for her in the castle."

"No, I just helped a little bit!"

"But your enthusiasm itself is very precious to us." Henwill said seriously, "This belongs to the category of spiritual encouragement. Please don't be modest."

"Okay, 'Ms. Adeline is always helpful.'" Lan En smiled at the Blood Saint, whose face turned red and she became shy. "There's nothing wrong with accepting this 'flattery'. Just like when you helped me, let it go."

Turning his head: "So how did you two meet?"

Lan En asked with his hands on his hips and his head tilted.

"She cut off Zorn's knife." Maria's voice was as soft and cold as ever, like a Yharnam hunter's dream talk. "But I didn't see her trying to stop, so I intervened. Then, the two of us started fighting."

"Sorry." Cassandra smiled frankly, "It might be a misunderstanding. After all, I was able to control the timing of stopping. But in the eyes of others, it might seem a bit risky? Dangerous?"

"But there's no denying that after you got involved, my interest was mainly directed toward you."

Maria seemed to have trouble understanding Cassandra's Spartan-like bellicosity.

She pressed her tricorn hat with her slender leather-gloved fingers and nodded at Lan, indicating that she had finished explaining.

"Is your hand okay?" Lan En suddenly looked at Maria's hanging left hand.

The female hunter of Yharnam flipped her hand slightly and lifted up the luxurious and complicated half-shoulder cloak with a red background.

The half-shoulder cape on her left shoulder was as red as blood, just covering her left hand which was opening and closing unnaturally.

"No, I'm fine."

Maria's voice was still cold, while Cassandra was much more straightforward.

"Ha!" She laughed happily, raised her wrist, and turned it as if she was relaxing. "It was a pretty big bump just now. Why are you holding it in?"

Maria shook her head slightly, pressing her cocked hat.

The quiet and restrained style of the Yharnam hunter is very different from that of the falconer.

However, after a brief trial, they were able to confirm that the opponent was indeed an excellent fighter.

Although they were very different in personality and combat style, it was precisely because of this that they all witnessed techniques that they had never seen before.

"I see some of your influence in the way she handles a knife."

Cassandra walked to Lan's side, looked him up and down, but raised her chin towards Maria not far away.

"It seems that you are not stingy. In addition, you said that the power of the Spear of Leonidas might be suppressed, and it would be better for me to further develop my own power. I am beginning to want to learn from you."

"You're welcome anytime." Lan opened his arms and smiled. "I really enjoy exchanging techniques with different systems. It's fun to play. It has both the excitement of battle and the sense of discovery of learning."

Lan had not directly taught Maria his swordsmanship, but this Yharnam hunter had lived in this High Hill Castle for half a year, and incidentally served as a swordsmanship instructor for the Embers Knights.

Lann didn't teach them, but the Embers Knights learned everything they needed to learn during practice.

"It appears that you are going to leave immediately?"

After Lann watched the fight between the Yharnam hunter and the falconer, Henwill walked with him on the city wall and said to Lann very perceptively.

After reading through the documents, letters, and reports within the Order of Embers, he knew almost everything he needed to know.

"This is a great battle that brought together nearly 300,000 people, Henwill."

Lan stood on the city wall, looking at the land outside High Hill Castle which had begun to warm and soften.

"Do you still remember? Two years ago, during the Battle of Sodden Mountain, the northern and southern sides gathered a total of more than 100,000 troops, which was already a huge war unprecedented in this world. But only two years have passed. It's only worthy of the current front."

Having said that, Lan En remained calm and just shook his head.

"Once the vortex of war begins, the scale of each war will only get bigger and bigger."

"So, you just want to end it as soon as possible." Henwill said beside him. "Want to start with Aedirn first?"

"Not only must it be done as quickly as possible, but it must also be done as smoothly as possible." Lan added, "Aedirn still has Saskia and the others, so I will definitely go there. But the central front will undoubtedly become the main battlefield, so I will also have to go there."

"I understand." Embers Knight lowered his amber cat eyes, "We will do our part."

Lan En turned to look at him in surprise.

The man stroked his beard and laughed: "Of course, if I say I don't want to fight on the battlefield under your banner anymore, I'd be lying. But we can always distinguish between what is important and what is not. "

"Since we are about to set off, do you have anything else to prepare? Supplies? Herbs or something like that?"

"Thank you." Lan En didn't say anything extra. He just nodded solemnly to Henwill and the Embers Knights who were still on duty on the surrounding city walls.

The other four Embers Knights who were paying attention to the situation here did not show any intense reactions. Even the most lively Zorn just waved his hand.

I would like to solemnly thank the Embers Knights for their support. That's all we need between them.

And after that, there is a relaxed tone.

"High Hill Castle is sealed off, how can I get anything from here?" Lan En joked, "Temeria is fully focused on the battlefield right now, and I guess they can't take care of everything. Are they worried that you guys are too comfortable?"

Henwill wasn't surprised: "Haha, you always look like someone from a wealthy family anyway."

"Wealth and honor are bullshit. I used to cut the tongues of water ghosts in the mud." Lan En cursed and laughed.

Without any further delay, Henwell walked straight down the city wall.

With five Embers Knights and a dozen servants recruited from nearby, it is quite busy to run the castle.

But after Henwell left, someone came to Lann silently again.

The person who came did not speak immediately, but just stood with Lan En.

In the end, it was the witcher who spoke first.

"Wearing this in winter, aren't you cold?"

He tilted his head and saw that Maria was still as cool but beautiful as before.

She wore exquisite trench coats, capes, and jackets, and a silk scarf embellished with rubies was tied around her neck.

A capable and fierce female hunter from Yharnam.

"It's never cooler than Cainhurst." Maria said calmly.

(End of this chapter)