After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Try the new feature first, watch out!"

Gripping the hilt of the sword tightly, he silently recited the skill he wanted to use.

A faint glow followed, and in an instant, a dazzling blaze enveloped the entire blade. The blazing heat and the heat waves created by the swing blinded Chris, who was facing it directly.

If the enchanted spear didn't also have magical power, it would probably have been burned to ashes.

But Chris is no pushover either.

He quickly retreated to increase the distance, relying on the length of his spear to keep himself out of the range of the flames as much as possible, and then fired repeatedly, trying to force Aize back.

However, the new sword's capabilities go beyond that.

Aize also took advantage of the momentum, stepped back to create some distance, then turned around and inserted his sword into the ground beneath his feet.

In an instant, the earth roared and the soil and rocks surged.

The witch's magic power flowed through an invisible passage from Villian's body directly into the sword, causing the ground beneath Chris's feet to begin to twist.

A huge stone pillar rose from the ground, and took advantage of her unstable footing to trap her inside. At the same time, the ground beneath her feet turned into quicksand and began to swallow the body of the young knight.

"As expected of you, Master, but—"

This series of combined attacks was completely beyond Chris's expectations.

But the young knight was not afraid at all, instead she became more and more excited.

The spear was raised high above the head and spun at high speed.

The weapon forged in the church workshop with divine technology easily broke through the earth and rocks. The subsequent leap allowed her to escape from the predicament and rush straight towards Aize.

At this point, if Aize wants to win, it is very easy.

As long as I avoid direct contact with the enemy, it is easy to defeat Chris by using this sword to continuously attack from a distance and kite.

But this looks like two against one, which is really unethical and goes against the original motivation of the competition.

So just try it out and give it a good review, then it’ll depend on your own abilities.

Therefore, Aize extinguished the flame on the sword and did not avoid it anymore. Instead, he took the initiative to meet her and fought with her relying on pure physical attacks.

Compared with other heroes, Aize's so-called weakness is mainly reflected in two aspects.

One is a blank slate, without any skills.

Even if we don't consider auxiliary characters like Rosaline, even pure warriors like Leah and Uriel have many skills to use under protection.

For example, strengthening the body, senses, or acceleration, etc.

Aize has been a hero for more than two years. No matter how he trains, he has always been a pure super soldier with no skills other than normal attacks.

That’s why it is said that Aize’s Brave Protection is a defective product.

Second, the body is slow and has poor coordination.

Before crossing over, Aize was just an ordinary student. His innate conditions were completely incomparable to those of Uriel and Leah, who were born in the world of swords and magic and were originally knights or swordsmen.

Therefore, even after becoming a hero and being strengthened, his panel, whether in speed, strength or defense, is far inferior to these people.

The so-called poor coordination, to put it bluntly, means that he is a bit clumsy, so that he finds it very difficult to learn the basic entry-level swordsmanship in this world.

Aize's solution to this problem is to completely abandon the routine, including swordsmanship.

Relying on the only intact sensory part of the Brave Blessing, coupled with his own quick thinking ability, he accurately assesses each of his opponent's attacks, counters them, and uses strategic thinking to engage in close combat.

The actual performance is that it is purely a normal attack, but every time the normal attack can hit the opponent's flaw.

Relying on this tactic of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, Aize can often perform well when facing opponents with not so strong combat capabilities, and even achieve a crushing advantage.

However, once the opponent's ability exceeds a certain threshold, Aize's senses and analytical abilities will not be able to keep up, and he will be unilaterally beaten without any ability to fight back.

The so-called crushing against those below and being powerless against those above is the best evaluation of his personal fighting ability.

Chris's strength is just slightly above this threshold.

In every duel, Aize could find her flaws and counterattack, thus holding on for a while, but he would basically be defeated in the end.

And these flaws found can become the key points for Chris to improve her strength.

This has always been the case.

But the situation today is a little different.

"Well--"

After only a few rounds of weapons fighting, Chris's face began to show signs of difficulty.

Even though she was holding a long weapon, she was constantly beaten back by Aize's several proactive attacks, and was slowly forced to the edge of the arena.

However, all the attacks she launched against Aize were easily blocked by the latter without any pressure.

I always feel that her movements are much slower than in previous competitions.

Aize was a little confused.

But now is not a good time to ask questions.

Since the opponent is in poor condition, there is no point in continuing, so let's end the battle quickly.

Seeing the opponent's slightly hasty thrust, Aize dodged sideways, and taking advantage of the opportunity when the opponent was exerting too much force and almost lost his balance, he suddenly slashed from bottom to top.

"Oh—no—"

Chris moaned softly, and the spear flew out of her hand, spinning high into the air before landing heavily on the ground of the training ground.

At the same time, Aize's sword was placed on the opponent's neck.

The outcome has been decided.

"Great! As expected of the God-chosen Hero!!"

"That sword move was truly beautiful. I couldn't even see the movements clearly!"

"Who are you? Do you want to see Lord Aize's sword clearly—"

"Encore! Encore!"

There was a burst of noisy cheers and whistles among the onlookers, knights and guards.

Amidst this disturbing commotion, Aize sighed softly, lowered his hand, and put his sword back into his waist.

asked:

"What's wrong? You're not in the right shape today. You're much slower than usual."

The blue-haired girl came back to her senses and shook her head in surprise.

"Oh? No, no, no, that's not the case! I'm fine, it's just that Master has become stronger than before!"

"……ha?"

Now, it was Aize's turn to be confused.

"I've become stronger? That's... unlikely, right?"

When he first became a hero, Aize, as a defective product, endured countless hardships, spent countless hours, and learned countless weapons and combat methods.

There is not even a little improvement.

That's why he transformed into tactical formulation and intelligence management.

After working so hard and not getting any results, you're now claiming to be stronger?

It's a bit hard to believe.

"You're not talking about the power of this sword, are you?"

"No, no, no, this sword is certainly powerful! But Master's movements and strength are much greater than in the last competition! I can't even follow Master's movements with my eyes, and my parrying is very difficult! After only a few rounds, my palms are already numb."

As she spoke, Christina's eyes lit up and her admiration was beyond words.

She was even happier than if she had won the competition herself.

"As expected of Master! How did you do it? If this continues, maybe even that Leah won't be a match for Master soon!"

Aize scratched his head:

"Uh, no, I too..."

He himself didn't have any feelings about fighting, swordsmanship, and the like, but he just felt that capturing and analyzing Chris's movements had become easier.

So naturally, I subconsciously thought that the other party was slow.

But is it actually me who is fast?

Your own acceleration is equal to the opponent's deceleration, what a brave theory of relativity.

But after hearing this, and experiencing it carefully, it seems to be true... my body feels a lot lighter than before.

But why?

Aize lowered his head and looked at the sword at his waist.

Is it because this thing worked? Did the strengthening technique attached to this thing make me stronger?

Maybe.

I can't think of any other reason.

It is worthy of being the most powerful witch's carefully crafted work, the effect is obvious.

It’s better not to use it in future competitions, otherwise it will be an unfair victory no matter how you think about it.

At this point it doesn't matter anymore, we still have to do the real work after the competition.

"Chris, you still haven't gotten over your impatience when you're being suppressed! You didn't pay attention to your footwork when you were counterattacking, and that's what happened! If this were a real fight, and your opponent was a demon leader, you'd be dead right now with that blow!"

"Yes!"

"Also, in combat, the purpose of your actions is too weak! In a one-on-one duel, just like in command operations, all actions must be carried out with a specific purpose! Don't do those meaningless, subconscious actions. It's useless and may even waste time and put yourself in danger!"

"Yes!"

……

……

He brought out the flaws used to attack Chris in the previous confrontation one by one and laid them out in front of her in detail in the form of specific statements.

Chris was taking notes quickly, her expression serious and her eyes calm, completely devoid of her usual almost twisted fanaticism and worship.

As the former top graduate of a military academy, perhaps this is what she really is.

It was pretty good, how come it became... Well, there's no point in saying the same thing over and over again.

"That's all for now. Try to figure out how to improve it yourself. If it doesn't work, I'll help you in a couple of days."

In high-speed close combat, many actions are subconscious and habitual. It only takes a few seconds to point out the shortcomings, but it takes days, months or even years to correct them.

So we can only proceed step by step.

Chris closed the notebook, put it back in her pocket, and bowed deeply to Aize:

“Thank you very much for Master’s teachings!”

"It's a small matter. Okay, we're leaving tomorrow. Go hand over your work to the others quickly, then pack up and get some rest."

"Yes! I'll go right away!"

The girl saluted again and turned to leave.

Aize turned around and returned to the door of the armory.

Miss Witch leaned against the wall there, watching the whole process.

Seeing Aize coming back, she greeted him with a smile:

"how do you feel?"

"Very strong, a little too strong."

The witch proudly put her hands on her hips.

"Of course, this is my masterpiece! And this is just the beginning. You've only used two of the techniques involved. Its true strength is far more than what you see now!"

"really."

What Villian said before, that holding this sword is equivalent to holding herself in her hand, now seems not to be complete nonsense. This weapon does have this kind of gold content.