Earth's Greatest Magus Chapter 23: Wooden Puppe

23 Wooden Puppe

Ery, Julian and Chumo nodded to each other, all thinking the sa thing. They all proceeded to their own circle and faced the wooden puppets.

Ery selected a sword, as well as Julian, while Chumo went for a more unconventional weapon, a bow and arrow. Ery gave the sword a few swings to get himself used to it. Surprisingly enough, the mont he slashed it was lighter than the swords he had been training with, plus, the way the sword sounded as it cut the air, it was sharper than anything he had held before. Maybe it was safe to assu the battle with the wooden puppet could injure him since it also used the sa weapon, so Ery didn't select start and opted for the option standby wanting to observe his friends first.

Ery watched Chumo's fight against the wooden puppet. Chumo kept on running in a circle as he dodged each arrow the wooden puppet shot. After each dodged shot, Chumo would take the chance to grab an arrow from the quiver on his side, put it on the nock and release, hitting the invisible wall behind the wooden puppet. A lot of shots had missed between the two sides, indicative of the five arrows left from the twenty arrows Chumo had in the beginning, so he decided to be more aggressive. Chumo grabbed multiple arrows from his quiver and shot it against the wooden puppet. The wooden puppet dodged all of it, but Chumo had run straight to the wooden puppet and punched its head with the last remaining arrow he had. Soon, a tiny orb flew toward Chumo and he gave a rare smile.

Ery missed Julian's battle against the wooden puppet but based on how Julian didn't seem to have a sweat on him and breathing normally, Julian had an easy ti defeating the wooden puppet. In fact, watching Julian may have been a better idea than Chumo since Ery and Julian were using the sa weapon, a one handed sword. Nevertheless, Ery turned his attention to Thrax, who was shouting 'Graahh!' and 'Ahu!' in each blow with the spear.

A loud cheer erupted as there was another group of acolytes watching Thrax's aggressive fighting style. He stepped out of the circle and sat on the ground, not minding the crowd, instead watching the acolyte adjacent to his circle.

Ery also got glued at the acolyte next to Thrax. That acolyte had a large, well-ripped body and was using a greatsword to fight against the level two wooden puppet. Clearly he had a high battle power since the bald acolyte had an athletic body. After all, it was a asure of a person's physical strength and endurance, but when they clashed swords the wooden puppet did a maneuver, tripping the bald acolyte, and the puppet's waved its greatsword before stopping an inch before the bald acolyte's neck. He was defeated.

Vico kept his big grin while caressing his overgrown beard with his large calloused hands. "Hahaha, thought ye can defeat 'tis puppet with brute strength, did ye? Try again, soft bone! 'Tis puppet has the sa battle power as ye, so ye have to be clever. Treat yer battle as if ye were in a real one!"

Sa battle power... So, didn't that an Ery would have a chance? He gazed at his sword before closing his eyes and gave it a few more swings, trying to rember... the only thing he had left of his father. Tightening his grip on the sword, he placed one foot forward before pressing the start with his other hand.

[3...]

The wooden puppet started moving its limbs.

[2...]

A sword, the sa as Ery, appeared in the wooden puppet's hand.

[1...]

It shot straight to Ery, but he was expecting it and parried the puppet's sword to the side, leaving the wooden puppet wide-open before stabbing straight into the chest! The image of the marauder appeared in Ery's mind and he suddenly mindlessly charged the impaled wooden puppet against the invisible wall while shouting and smashing it to pieces. The tiny orb appeared.

[Combat puppet level one defeated. Reward one battle power.]

Ery breathed in and breathed out, trying to steady his shaking hands. He didn't notice the tiny orb entering his body for his pounding heart was all he could feel. His father had always taught him to be calm especially when wielding the sword and try not to lose control, and soon everything was clear again. He summoned his status and indeed confird the increase of battle power, and another ssage.

[Received Swordsmanship technique lvl 1.]