The Retired Demon of the Maxed-Out Village: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 7] by Akinosuke Nishiyama

Author:Akinosuke Nishiyama
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5

The princess knight was disheartened. Her training had all been a joke.

“In the end, the blessing of the west is but a form of divine protection magic,” Albrea said, standing before the duke with the wooden sword he’d provided her. “My sword technique is that of the Bilegga style. Allow me to show you one of our three signature moves: Wyvern Break!” She began with a swordplay technique she had mastered in her own unique style. In other words, an ultimate move.

Albrea lowered her hips and brought her wooden sword horizontally up to her face, adjusting the tip of the blade until it was level. This was a common longsword style known as the Ox Guard, intended to protect the upper body while targeting the opponent’s throat or gaps in their breast plate.

The duke, on the other hand, simply pointed his sword at her throat and was otherwise relaxed. His grip was slightly off-center, allowing the sword to flow away from him as he put his right foot forward.

He appeared unprepared for a sudden thrust. His stance was practically begging her to hit his right flank. Albrea hesitated, wondering if it was a trap, but the duke didn’t seem like the type to use underhanded tactics. She tossed aside her doubts and was about to strike when the duke suddenly adjusted his sword’s position.

The tip of his sword went from pointing at her throat to right between her brows. The purpose of this move was simple: to take the wind out of her sails before she even began. He was prepared to restrain her movement, or lunge the moment she struck—which meant she had no choice but to beat him to the punch.

“Wyvern Break!” Albrea dashed forward with a fierce battle cry, far too fast for any defensive posture to stop her. Her feet barely touched the ground as though she were a giant arrow fired from a ballista mounted upon a castle’s walls. Wyvern Break was the personification of that power—capable of shooting down wyverns, the underlings of dragons and harbingers of disaster.

Albrea was no berserker who simply relied on her magic sword and abused her blessing. She was a peerless fighter who had mastered the swordplay of a royal knight, and she had put her all into this attack. She was confident that no ordinary swordsman would be able to dodge it. However...

“Huh?” Her sword hit only the empty air, yet the duke didn’t appear to have moved a muscle. Just like before, he was standing with his right foot forward—no, upon closer inspection, it was his left foot now. He had dodged Albrea’s lightning-fast thrust with a single step backward.

As she stood dumbfounded, the duke bonked her on the head with his sword. “I see why they call you the Sword Princess. There aren’t too many people who can do what you just did. I almost spit out my lunch when I first heard that boy founded his own school of swordplay. Reminds you of him, doesn’t she, Yoto?”

“Yes, she has excellent form.

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