HPDBC Chapter 121: Master Swordsman Doberg (2)
Chapter 121: Master Swordsman Doberg (2)
chapter 121: master swordsman doberg (2)
the homeroom teacher, who is teaching kurena, reprimanded kurena for why she just spoke. kurena looked straight at doberg. there was no hesitation or regret in her eyes.
“kurena, right? why do you want to use these skills?”
staring at kurena with his single eye, doberg asked her why she wanted the skill.
“allen has big dreams and i want to make them come true!”
“hmm?”
he gave a look that said, “who is this allen?”
“oh, it’s that dark-haired boy over there i was telling you about.”
helmios said to doberg while pointing at me.
doberg looked at me for a moment, then returned his gaze to kurena.
“helmios, sylvia, i’m going to deal with this girl, kurena. please take over others.”
“okay.”
helmios waved his hand in understanding.
“kurena, come over here so i can teach you some skills.”
(oh, he’s a good man. he is going to teach her.)
“yes!”
kurena answered with a smile. she stood up from the crowd where the students were sitting and followed doberg. doberg had an instructor bring a sword for a mock battle.
student question time was still going on. some students were asking questions, while others were watching kurena and doberg.
doberg gave kurena a sword and took one for himself.
“come and hit me.”
“what?”
“use your skills and hit me.”
“i understand!”
i was wondering how he was going to teach her how to use the skill, but it seemed to be the ‘training while fighting’.
(i might be able to see kurena’s future potential, depending on how well she currently fares against doberg, who has been on the battlefield for over 30 years.)
this is valuable information, i thought as i checked kurena’s status.
[name] kurena
[age] 12
[talent] master swordsman
[level] 30
[strength] 1240
[mana] 474
[attack] 1240
[endurance] 872
[agility] 838
[intelligence] 494
[luck] 595
skills: master swordsmanship <1>, slash <1>, swordsmanship <5>
[extra skill] limit break
[experience] 14,570 / 30,000
skill level
[master swordsmanship] 1
[slash] 1
“then come at me! prove it with your sword!”
“yes!”
kurena headed toward doberg at a speed slower than walking.
“come on, just think about activating your skill. put everything you’ve got into it.”
“...”
the dazed kurena no longer responded. she was blown away and she still slowly made her way to doberg at a speed slower than walking. she then raised her sword with her head down.
then she raised his sword above his head and swung it down.
whoosh
the sword, which i had expected to be swung down very slowly, had more speed than ever before. it was a speed that i had never seen before, even in dungeons.
kurena’s sword easily knocked away doberg’s sword and sliced doberg’s shoulder.
pish
kurena’s sword stopped at his shoulder, but the impact was so great that it cracked the arena floor below doberg’s feet.
in one swift motion, kurena’s sword sliced through the mock-up sword that doberg was holding and bit into doberg’s shoulder. doberg was not wearing any armor, but the sword stopped at doberg’s clothes.
“brilliant. that’s a skill. don’t forget it.”
“yes, i won’t...”
kurena collapsed in front of doberg.
“”kurena!””
cecile, dogora and i, who were watching the situation, rushed to kurena’s side. i took kurena in my arms. she seems to have fainted, but her face showed a look of relief.
“why didn’t you just show her your skills and tell her what they are? it would have been faster.”
helmios, who had been waiting for a long time, asked doberg.
“helmios. not everyone learns everything as dexterously as you do. this girl didn’t seem like she could think straight. but still, she got it in a day. that’s faster than i thought...”
doberg seemed to think it would take more than a day for kurena to learn her skill. he looked at me, who was holding kurena with a curious look on his face.
“master swordsman doberg!”
“nuh?”
an instructor noticed that blood was oozing from his shoulder where he had been hit by kurena’s sword and rushed over.
“huh? you’re hurt. heal.”
helmios used recovery magic to heal doberg’s shoulder.
“it’s been a long time since i was cut by someone. was the new master swordsman so good?”
“no, she can’t cut you with that level of stats and skill-huh!”
helmios’ eyes glowed faintly. he seemed to be appraising kurena, wondering about doberg’s bleeding. then a surprised voice echoed through the arena.
“what’s up, helmios?”
“no, her status is going to be great. huh? i must have imagined it. sorry.”
“huh...”
(what’s wrong with kurena’s status?)
i also checked kurena’s status in my grimoire. her [strength] was the same but she had less [mana].
(oh! she got skill experience!)
skill level
[master swordsman] 1
[slash] 1
skill experience
[slash] 2/10
i was pleased to see that kurena’s skill experience had finally increased, and thanked doberg for his help.
at kurena’s feet laid a steel mock-up sword, its hilt molded like clay.