My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending

There is a castle named Regalia Castle in the royal capital Amazir. It is a so-called royal castle, where the Royal Family that governs the country lives, and executives involved in the administration of the country have discussions day and night.

This Regalia castle is located almost in the center of the royal capital and stands on an artificially made rectangular hill, so you can see it from anywhere in the city. It is also a symbolic building that can be made into.

And at the foot of Regalia Castle, a stone castle is built around the hill. The castle has two gates, north and south, and the distance to the castle is about 150 meters in a straight line.

This space, shaped like a passageway surrounding the castle between the hill and the castle, not only acts as a fort in the event of an emergency, but also reports directly to the king. It also serves as the main enclosure of the Order of the Holy King, which is a militant unit.

In addition to the headquarters facility that controls the entire Knights, there are lodgings and training grounds for the members to live in, and long-term expeditions and those who are seconded are provided. Except for those who belong to the Knights of the Holy King, they sleep and eat together on this site.

While receiving such an explanation from Robinson and others, Harold was half listening and waiting for the time to come. By the way, in my heart, I’m still sick of Robinson’s strong side.

When Robinson asked me if I could use magic on the way to the royal capital, I was afraid to cast magic.

I overcame my fear by fighting monsters, but Robinson’s appearance is so exciting that even his spirit strength fluctuates.

“… Where did he go from that?”

“I think I’ll be back soon. Well. Don’t worry, just wait. “

” In the meantime, be a spectacle? Don’t be silly. “

Inwardly frustrated Harold throws it away as it oozes out. Unusually, my heart and words matched. The reason was the situation surrounding Harold and others now.

Harold is standing in a training ground that is used for training in interpersonal warfare, surrounded by a large number of knights.

The face is in a bad mood. When I arrived at the royal capital and thought that I was sent to the Knights’ facility as I was invited, the person in charge disappeared before I knew it, and it was not unreasonable because it was left unattended while being exposed to the public.

“Hey, wait!”

I don’t even know about Harold’s irritation, and the usual loose tone of Cody Returned.

First, ask for an explanation of the situation while suppressing the urge to kick off.

“Where are you going? What are those guys in the first place?” Well, I want Harold to fight them. What is the enrollment test? “

” What? “

Harold wasn’t the only one who responded to Cody’s lines.

The members who had been gathered also made a noise. Apparently they didn’t have any explanation in advance.

Then a bearded man asks Cody.

“What’s the matter, Cody. We’ve only been told that we’re going to test with the chicks.”

” That’s right. I’ll have him fight for both the test and his enrollment test. “

With that one word, the eyes on Harold are concentrated.

And the bearded man said what everyone thought.

“Is that child an enrollment exam? By all means, you probably haven’t reached the specified age.”

( It’s this exchange again … And this guy isn’t straightforward!)

I expected something from Cody’s personality, but it was ok. I’m going so far, so I’m not going to hate that degree, but I’d like you to talk about it in advance.

Well, maybe I was intentionally silent for some reason, such as “I’m trying to surprise you.”

“Most of the time, even though they are chicks, they have been training for more than two years and have a little experience in combat.

His argument is plausible. While there are many applicants for joining the Knights, the rate at which they can join is quite low. In addition, even after becoming a member of the Knights, there are many people who quit due to the strict training content, and if they fail the test to be held after joining the group, they will be treated as leaving the group.

Most people are sifted through such sieving, surviving more rigorous training and combat, and only three years after joining the group can get rid of newcomers.

It will take a few more years to be treated as a full-fledged person, and about 5 years after joining the group. You will not be able to reach it unless both your mind and body are strong.

Those who were recognized for their excellent talents and abilities when they were able to join the group in the first place. Among them, the one that was selected, though still immature, was what he called “the chicks”.

“That area is a real man. This child is a superb talent.”

, Cody doesn’t care at all. On the contrary, he told the members who would be dealing with Harold.

“Rather, if you guys lick it, you’ll get hurt, so be careful. I mean, if you can beat Harold, I recommend it for the next promotion exam. Is it okay to give it? “

It was almost like saying that Harold couldn’t be defeated by a recruit.

There is no one in the Knights who is not upset by being told so far. Even though he is still a newcomer, he devoted himself to training himself and got his current title.

There is pride in the efforts that have been made and pride in being a member of the Knights.

But it’s not a good feeling to be seen as a lower horse for the children’s admission test.

I can feel the calm breathing of the members, who were fired by Cody and tried to overturn the evaluation that seemed to have been injustice.

“Well, that’s why you should do your best”

Cody tapping Harold’s shoulder with a face that just says ..

However, Harold’s iron skin is not distorted to that extent. Gaining combat experience from the beginning is the second most important task after avoiding the death flag.

The unexpected development has come to my mind a little, but the situation itself should be hoped for.

“Cody”

“What?”

“I’ll praise you”

As usual, while spitting out irreverent words, the corners of the mouth naturally rise.

After possessing this body, I often feel it, which can be called a struggle instinct. Passion illuminates my chest, and the heat spreads throughout my body.

Grasp it calmly in the corner of your head. This feeling is not something I can taste for the first time.

It was the same when I used a sword with Itsuki and when I first confronted a monster. It’s probably a remnant of the original Harold, which reveals a strong tension in front of the battle.

You can show off your strength and excellence only by defeating a strong opponent. I was drowning in the joy that I got from it.

Therefore, Harold in the original never admitted the defeat that led to his denial. So Harold, who lost to Liner in the original, craves for more power, thereby destroying himself.

(In a sense, it’s a battle junkie. It’s not purely for strength, it’s poor quality because it sticks to the envy and glory that comes from being strong. )

That’s the essence of the original Harold, but ironically, it’s not a drawback in its current state.

Although the roots are distorted, the point is that the stronger the opponent, the greater the desire for victory. And that feeling is reflected in the movement during battle.

Faster, sharper and more accurate.

The stronger the opponent and the more disadvantageous the situation, the more sharp the body and skill will be. It has already been proven in repeated battles.

However, recently I started to work with Itsuki, and I have been away from the tense battle against strong opponents. This is because I got used to doing numbers.

Meanwhile, this enrollment test, which was decided to be conducted by Cody’s guide, responds to both Kazuki Hirasawa’s speculation and Harold Stokes’ desire for self-revealing. was.

Harold opens his mouth to the members while holding the sword pulled out of the scabbard.

Just normal, thank you.

“Come on from the one who wants to lose”

Of course, the words actually spit out were as usual, and Harold wanted. It was a different thing on the street.

Perhaps this line was a mess, a young man stepped out of the group.

I had an extraordinary fighting spirit in my eyes. I’m completely serious.

I laugh unintentionally thinking that this mouth is really a fanning genius. It may have seemed to be ridiculed from the edge.

“Cody Squad Commander, is that true?”

A young man who has stepped up raises his hand and Cody Asked. The movement and the way of speaking are sharp.

“Mocchiron! Well, I wish I could beat him”

“Huh, thank you!”

After showing a model salute, the young man turns to Harold.

“Boy, I’m sorry, but I’m serious about it. But everywhere is a good opportunity to know how small my world is.”

” Don’t get in pain with a big theory. Let’s crawl on the ground for that gratitude. “

Dismiss the words of the young man, and Harold also moves forward. Step out and face each other. A feeling of tension spreads around those two people.

“For the time being, we can’t die from each other, anything that doesn’t kill us. Well, start properly ~”

“Recommendation” I’ll come! “

Contrary to the content, the young man rushed almost at the same time as Cody’s shout, which was too light.

The movement is quick because it is still trained. The slashing down from the top will also have considerable formidable power.

But it was only that much.

Harold sneaks into the slashing slash from overhead, and when he steps into the opponent’s pocket, he thrusts his blade into the plate mail on his abdomen.

Gakin! When the young man staggered a few steps and retreated, he fell on his back as if he had been played. The impact of the thrust seemed to reach the inside of the armor and fainted.

Cody looks into the face of a fallen young man.

“… Don’t look around completely, this is no good. Hey, someone brought me a stretcher”

” Haha! “

After seeing off the young man being carried, Harold sends a sharp look to the knights again.

A few people were pressured by the line of sight and gave up their shoulders. But Harold urges us to continue.

“Next, Koi”

Harold had something to check and try during this exam. For that reason, I now concentrate on fighting without unnecessary thoughts.

The next step is a man who is bigger and stronger than the young man. I thank you without opening your mouth.

When I faced from the front, Harold started this time.

First, lightly tie it up for a small check. I gradually increased the speed while meeting many times, but the man followed without difficulty.

There is no movement even if the speed is such that I always have a meeting with Itsuki. As I heard from the story, he seems to have considerable ability.

After confirming that, Harold takes a distance once.

Then release the stance and lower the sword to expose the defenseless state. A distorted smile that seems to look down on the opponent is pasted on his face, passing through the invincible.

The face that is completely provoking says:

“Try to cut”.

I think I couldn’t stand the attitude of speaking eloquently rather than words. The man is slashing. Its speed is much faster and more powerful than the first exchange.

Harold prevented it with a sword … he didn’t. The right hand that still holds the sword is still lowered, and he just hesitates the opponent’s attack. I have no intention of turning to a counterattack, and observe the behavior of the opponent who is fiercely attacking.

A few minutes in time. Get conviction by devoting yourself to avoidance.

(I thought it might be, but is it really there? Unique motion)

Unique motion is a movement that is decided as the word says. Refers to. Each character in the game has a set motion.

Harold is now facing a member of the Knights, a character called “Knight 1” in the game specifications.

As the game “Brave Hearts” progresses, you will have to fight with the “knight” who appears as an enemy character many times. They are so-called small fish characters that have no settings other than knights.

Therefore, various movements and motions are unified. That is the unique motion for the knight.

The reason I noticed that this world had a unique motion was during a battle with a monster. At first, I was full of tension, but as I got used to fighting and had time to observe my opponent, I realized that I was making familiar movements.

The timing and type of attacks and magic that were about to be launched were exactly the same as the movements in the game screen that I remember.

Of course, it often shows motions that were not in the game, but it is still a great advantage to know the opponent’s next move. As a result, the sense of stability in battle has improved dramatically.

That’s why Harold thought next.

I wonder if human characters also have unique motions.

But until I came up with that probability, the problem was that I didn’t have a chance to fight a character that Harold knew. There was no one to make sure.

At that time, the Delphito fighting tournament came into play. I decided to participate because I thought that even a mob enemy similar to a knight could fight an existing character.

However, when I open the lid, my opponent is only a child. Liner, who only knows the unique motion, has not reached the age of the original, and has not moved like in the game.

About two years after it came up today, Harold’s hypothesis proved to be correct.

Of course, verification is still needed, but the probability of gaining the advantage of look-ahead even in interpersonal battles has increased.

That’s why Harold naturally gets in a good mood, and a vicious smile grows deeper. And it is really easy to avoid the knight’s sword, which is often attacked by unique motion, and Harold’s appearance, which keeps avoiding a single sheet of paper with plenty of room, seems to be playing with the opponent even though there is a difference in ability from the side.

The knight takes time to get rid of such a situation. Then, the center of gravity of the body is slightly sunk, and the posture becomes like a step.

This is a motion in which a knight casts magic.

A pale light blue magic circle that emerges at the feet of the knight. With Harold, you can narrow down the magic if you have that much information.

(Knights have a fixed motion for any magic. And only one type of magic, the blue magic circle, Water Attribute, can be used. That is, he uses–)

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Harold sticks his left hand forward and speaks its magical name.

“Aqua Slash!

When both of them chanted at the same time, countless blades of water appeared in the air. Blades with a blade length of about 30 cm each fly toward the other party, but they collide with each other right in the middle of the two, and the impact causes water to splash and disappear.

This is exactly what Harold was aiming for.

If it is the original, there is no choice but to avoid or defend the magic once activated. It couldn’t be countered by physical attack or magic.

However, it is a specification in the game. In this world, magic can be countered by magic.

This has already been proven.

When I saw it, the other person’s face was astonished. Of course, he also has the knowledge that magic can be counteracted by magic.

But it’s just an accidental event that happens in battle, not something that “aims and wakes up” if you make a mistake.

The technique of hitting magic with a fast attack speed may be difficult, but basically it must be intercepted with the same attribute and the same scale of magic to cancel it. Can’t. Harold’s mimicry of counteracting flames with lightning at a fighting tournament could only be achieved by using magic with a stronger formidable power than his opponent.

In addition, it is not possible to detect what kind of magic the opponent will use until it is activated. If you want to prevent magic by such means, you should always cast high formidable power magic.

To be clear, it’s inefficient and not something that can be incorporated as a tactic. That is common sense in this world.

But that’s the story of this world, and Harold doesn’t have that common sense.

The man who recovered from the astonishment turns to the offensive again.

But it wasn’t as fast or sharp as before. Both swords and magic have coarser attack accuracy.

It was an overwhelming skill for a human who didn’t know the species and the mechanism. It’s no wonder it’s upset.

Anyway, this makes it easier to avoid and defend. Look ahead to all the movements of the other party and handle them without any danger.

And at the moment when I exposed a big gap, I hit a blow that became a counter and defeated it.

Don’t rely on Harold’s greatest weapon, speed. I thought that if I depended on it, I might end up in a situation where I couldn’t deal with it.

Therefore, you need to improve your fighting skills, and at the same time, you have to find out how well your current skills will work. Therefore, this enrollment test is worth two birds with one stone and three birds with one stone.

“It’s a hassle to deal with each other. Anyway, it’s okay for everyone to come in?”

Selfish reason Harold keeps provoking to get them to do their best, even though he thinks it’s bad.

His mouth, which was good at fanning the other party, was in great shape today.

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“It’s amazing, he …”

Next to Vincent Shannon standing in the room describes the scene unfolding under his eyes as if he was amazed. The simple word “amazing” refers to a boy in black who is playing a big turn against a knight in the training ground.

On the other hand, Vincent returned a small “Oh”.

Certainly amazing. It can even be said to be wonderful.

The boy accurately prevents any attack, and when he attacks, he decides the game with almost one blow. It is perfectly compatible with both offense and defense.

A boy under the age of 15 who came to take the entrance exam.

The impression that Shannon leaked is natural and correct. There is no room for objection.

However, Vincent feels very uncomfortable because of its perfection.

(What do you mean? It’s too perfect)

The boy’s way of fighting is something that can only be done if the opponent’s movements are known. .. It’s different from a dangerous battle.

The gracefulness makes me wonder if it’s a pre-arranged sword fight.

This is not possible just by predicting the opponent’s attack. Even if only one evasion is done, it is not only evaded indiscriminately, but it continues to be positioned so that it can optimally evade and defend in the next attack.

If it isn’t foreseen, it’s difficult to deal with attacks without such unnecessary movements. I can only think that I always “know” how to get the second and third moves.

It is certain that the Knights have a fixed type of battle. Especially for the recruits that the boy is dealing with, the pattern is struck as a basis.

After learning it, it will be optimized according to your fighting style through actual battles. Vincent himself has changed a lot from the original model, but it is definitely the basis for it.

Well, it’s only a handful of talented people in the entire Knights that have changed so much.

In other words, what I want to say is that the boy who is supposed to be an outsider is familiar with the pattern, not “great” but “funny”. is.

(Yes, it’s strange. That efficient way of fighting is impossible just by having the ability and experience)

So how does the boy make impossible possible?

If you can think of it, the probability that the boy had a sword with the Knights of the Holy King on the battlefield. Not once or twice, but so many times that I remember the types, katana lines, combinations, timings and types of magic, and even the trivial movements that trigger them.

If so, there is a good chance that he belongs to a hostile force. If such a person comes to take the enrollment test, the purpose is probably to sneak inside the Knights.

“… Shannon, I have something to ask for”

“Please tell me anything”

“Collect the battle records that the Knights of the Holy King have participated in in the last 10 years. Everything from large-scale engagements to single-squad engagements and small-scale individual-level engagements.”

“How long is the deadline? It will take some time to record the battles of individual members.”

“No, it’s a large scale.” Align while washing the record of the battle. “

” I was afraid “

Shannon bows reverently. I usually want to smile at the politeness, but I didn’t feel like that now.

It has been studied so much that it is possible to pre-read and offset the magic that is activated. They may also reveal habits that they cannot recognize.

It’s easy to reject the boy and get him back, but it’s too dangerous. It’s not something that can be thrown away.

If so, pull it in here and try to find out where the person belongs while monitoring. Perhaps there are others besides him who have already invaded the Knights and the Kingdom.

Then, on the contrary, let’s use him to roast other people.

“It’s okay if it’s just a melancholy …”

“Did you say something?”

“No, nothing. Shall we go back to work? “

” Yes “

A boy in black out of the window achieved 20 outs After seeing them, they started the paperwork again.