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Skill? Nee yo Sonnamon! Chapter 268

Advice from Papa

 

First day of training.
We had to spar with Alma Papa one by one and got reduced to a state of total exhaustion in just half a day.
Alma Papa himself isn't even losing his breath. He's wiping his sweat with a refreshed look on his face. What is he, a monster.


"Umu, you are steadily getting stronger... Perhaps even a tad too fast, however, I suppose this pace is preferable if you want to stand a chance against those demons. I'm delighted to see your dazzling growth."

"...But I couldn't even land a hit."

"Hahaha. I won't lose that easily even if I'm up against my beloved daughter, nay, that's precisely why I can't lose."

"Neither Storm Sword, Grand Blade, Needlepoint Thrust and even my finisher worked..."

"Each and every single one of those is quite powerful in its own right. However your ability to chain them is on the weaker side. You should get much stronger once you learn the basics of push and pull...  That 'Finisher' thing did give me a slight chill, however."


Alma, sprawling on the ground due to exhaustion, murmured with her usual deadpan look.
Alma Papa smiled as he gently replied his daughter with a mix of nostalgia in his voice.
It's like watching a parent and child playing catch ball on holidays.
Though they're holding swords instead of bats. Some bloody holiday this is.


"Reina-kun is almost around Alma's level. You might be rushing it too much for someone so young. But the way you fight is quite intriguing, I say. You specialize in ruining your opponent's tempo while cleverly burying the gap in your base Attributes."

"...Cough... Thanksies..."


Reina replied listlessly while lying face down on the ground.
She's used up most of her energy and mana, totally exhausted.

She's learned a lot of new interesting stuff with the rise of Ninjutsu Skill Level such as body clones, smoke balls, fire spitting arts and so on.
'Tatami Reversal' in particular is quite a useful defensive ability as it manifests a tatami under her opponent no matter where they are, capable of blocking their attacks.
She can rapidly produce so many tatamis in a quick succession, you'd think she was a tatami alchemist. I can see it used to blind her opponent and all kinds of interesting things.


"Also, Hiyoko-kun was it? Your level may only be at late 30s but your actual capability rivals that of a Rank A magic beast, no, a Rank S even in short bursts. You're Hikaru-kun's tamed beast for sure."

『...C...Cluck...』

"But you're severely short on resilience. You won't even last ten minutes in real combat at that rate. Be smarter at conversing your stamina."

『Cluuck...』


Hiyoko is taking in Alma Papa's advice while looking like a strangled chicken, ready to be cooked.
I see Hiyoko can understand human speech besides me to a degree. Can't talk itself though.


"As for you Hikaru-kun, your prowess is quite something but you completely lack the basics. That may be the natural consequences of your no-Skill constitution, but you would put your entire weight into your attacks no matter how crude your postures are."

"I have no excuse..."

"...Yet, you would drive invisible stakes the moment I tried to exploit those openings. You can counter attack from any position. You make for an exceedingly hard to deal opponent to those accustomed to close quarter combat. What supposed to be openings turned into your chances, I guess one could say you're not actually lacking... Uumu..."


Alma Papa muttered with a mix of confusion and astonishment at my poor foundation.
I can drive Mana Pile Bunker from any spot. Be it my palms, head, my back, anywhere is a go.

Though well, Alma Papa cut those pile bunkers down so easily like it's nothing. With a wooden sword at that. It came as quite a shock even if he did use a Skill Ability...
Guarding against his attacks is quite an ordeal since I can't repel it unless my pile bunker hits the blade part. He cut down about one in three pile bunkers.

I boosted my Status on par with my buffed state against White Demon in later half of our fight, yet he easily dodged and took me down a peg. I was no match at all.
Figured. Relying only on high Attributes won't work against truly powerful individuals. The gaps in our battle experience and mindset obviously show here.

I had been brute forcing my way mostly through my Attributes without much hardship. My actual combat experience itself only accounts for half a year.
Compare to Alma Parents who must have gone through countless battles over dozens of years. They must have been fighting opponents stronger than them almost every day.
Otherwise, there's no way they could have reached Lv90s at such young ages. In fact, most people won't ever see that number as their level in their entire life.
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"Hikaru-kun, it's as if your high Stats don't mirror your combat experience. I had the same impression with that Demon Chief we fought, or rather, got dragged in our quarrel on the fourth continent."

"Dragged in your quarrel...?"

"Ah, err. The two of us had a dispute who got the right to fight the Chief in the innermost room at their Citadel. It spiraled out of control into a couple quarrel and the Chief ended up dying as a collateral."

"Err, couldn't you just beat that Demon Chief up together..."


...Their couple quarrel aside, I understand what he means.
The White Demon I fought also had high Kempo and Martial Arts Skill Levels yet the way he fought was, how do I put it, crude compared to Oni-sensei.

It's weird how he fell behind Oni-sensei who never used his Skills while he spammed them.
Perhaps Chief-class demons are born already at high levels, and they don't have actually a lot of practical experience.
No idea how demons are born though so it's only a speculation. Maybe Demon King is born from an egg spat out of mouth? Like a certain demon king.


"Frankly speaking, despite your shaky foundation, Hikaru-kun has got the reaction speed. It's obvious you're used to fighting someone much stronger. Do you have a teacher already?"

"Ah, yes... To be perfectly honest, my sensei is pretty bad at teaching humans and we only train together once every two days."

"Fuumu, so it's the fruit of your training under that sensei. Looking at you, Hikaru-kun, he must be quite powerful. Who could it be?"

"Err, he's, uh, not even human."

"A monstrously strong individual I see. Uumu, who? Could it be [Ultimate Gladiator], Juurou?"

"Oh no, he's a magic beast I got acquainted with at the Monster Mountain Range, the 'Fierce Deity of Fist'."

"...Is this some sort of joke?"

"I'm dead serious."

"Do you have a death wish or what? How the hell did you even enter apprenticeship with that thing..."


Alma Papa looked dumbfounded before laughing dryly with his palm on his face when I mentioned Oni-sensei.
Huh, wait? It sounds like he knows Oni-sensei?


"Are you familiar with Sensei?"

"Yeah... That's the one and only magic beast Lunati and I could not beat despite us joining hands and going all out."

"Not even the two of you managed...?"

"We challenged it just before we reached Lv90. The beast boasted such tremendous strength and skill, coming at us with a barrage of extremely fierce attacks unlike any human I've ever fought. Even now, our chances at winning against that must be quite slim."

"I can't believe you made it out alive."

"Yea. We chipped at it for a while when it suddenly emanated an incredibly strong pressure, like it had unleashed its true power of some sort. We deemed besting that would prove difficult and teleported away at once... Quite shameful if you ask me."


Even these two ran away from Sensei. Just how strong is he when he gets serious anyway.
No wait, should I consider these couple as abnormal for managing to fight toe-to-toe against Oni-sensei instead?

Both Oni-sensei and Alma Papa were completely unfazed even when I fought them with my Stats boosted to nearly 6000 high.
It's about time I graduate from brute forcing and think up my own style of combat.
How far can I really go without Skills... I had to keep flinging mud at the wall trying to see which one sticks whenever I fought Alam's parents and Oni-sensei.


"From afternoon on will be my session~. Make sure you get plenty of meal and rest during lunch so you can all give it your all, you hear me~."


...Hell second round will start in the afternoon.
Alma Mama looks even more dangerous than Papa. We might not live on to see tomorrow if we don't fight to survive...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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