I Parry Everything: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 3] by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 109: Bath Ticket

“Yo. You’re late.”

I’d arrived at my training spot in the forest to find a familiar man holding an equally familiar golden spear. “Yeah, sorry...” I apologized. “I was running an errand that dragged on a bit.”

“It’s fine; I wasn’t waiting that long. Got nothing I needed to do. Want to get right into it?”

“Yeah.”

The spearman—Gilbert—had joined me for training ever since I’d come back from Mithra. The most I could do was parry his attacks as they came at me, but he’d said that I made for a convenient sparring partner nonetheless. In his words, there weren’t many people in the city willing to be on the receiving end of his spear. And to me, Gilbert was the kind of partner I’d give an arm and a leg for. I practically leaped at the chance to train with him every morning.

“Here I go,” he said.

Gilbert gave his golden spear a light twirl and settled into a stance—and at once, the surrounding atmosphere became charged with intent. Birds scattered in droves as though they sensed the danger; then my opponent and his spear vanished.

[Dragrave]

I’d parried a monster’s lightning in Mithra, but Gilbert’s spear seemed even faster. During our first training sessions together, my eyes hadn’t been able to follow it, and I’d always felt like I was on the brink of death. But now, with so many mornings of experience under my belt, I was used to his speed. I calmly blocked the spear coming at me with my black sword, scattering sparks and causing a pleasant ringing sound to reverberate through the forest.

[Parry]

“Tsk. Blocked that one, huh?”

His first strike was like a greeting, but that didn’t mean I could relax; the next was already coming for my chest.

[Dragrave]

[Parry]

Gilbert’s movements became faster and sharper with each blow I parried. He was using the momentum of my swings to his advantage, and the tip of his spear was coming for my throat. It was the technique of a master, and the most I could do was play along.

[Parry]

Every time we trained, Gilbert’s strikes were keener and more rapid than before. I was putting in the work to improve, but I was nowhere near catching up to him. When I thought I’d taken a step closer, his spearmanship rose to even greater heights.

The grass no longer grew in our dedicated training spot, and the earth bore the scars of our previous sparring matches. I felt bad for the forest and its inhabitants, but Gilbert wasn’t lenient enough with his spear that I could afford to dwell on it. As far as I was concerned, each strike, each exchange, was a matter of life and death.

“Man, I still can’t believe how well you deal with my spear.”

“Yeah, well...the skeleton’s attacks were about as fast, so I guess I just got used to it.”

“Speaking of which... You told me the story last time, but are you sure it was a skeleton you fought?”

“That’s what I was told.”

“Well, whatever. Next one’s coming.”

That was as much time as I was given to catch my breath.

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