It was not that he was surprised by her action.
It was her speed.
“Kuk!”
Unlike before, her speed was increased to the point that the only thing Basilisk could do was tracking her movement with his eyes. Basilisk hurriedly, without enough time to react properly, swung his spear and blocked Nainiae’s sword.
‘What’s this? All of sudden, her speed is?’
In a blink of an eye, sounds of woods colliding could be heard four times.
It meant she struck her sword four times.
“…Oh?”
Riley, who was watching the duel between Nainiae and Basilisk, opened his eyes wide.
‘Is that the Haste magic that I’m supposed to learn next?’
It was because Riley noticed that Nainiae used the time magic so she could show it to him.
“Tsk!”
Meanwhile, Basilisk, who was skillfully angling his wooden spear and striking against Nainiae’s sword strikes, clicked his tongue and swung his spear in a large motion like a windmill.
“Get off of me!”
“…”
Nainiae, who had one of her eye wide open to concentrate on the fight, bounced off all of the spinning spear movement and charged in again.
‘What is this… It’s like she became a completely different person all of sudden!’
With her right hand on her back, Nainiae was practicing all of the movements she learned in the Iphelleta mansion in flawless motions. Watching this, the look in Basilisk’s eyes changed. It seemed he felt he needed to do something different.
‘All right. You want to get serious, is that right?’
Bam!
Wheec!
The violent sounds of wooden weapons colliding or crossing past clothes could be heard.
Except for Riley, people were watching the duel while forgetting to breathe.
“Judging from your moves, it seems like you have basics down to some extent. However, you are forgetting one thing. A spearman doesn’t just use spear.”
Basilisk, who now had his eyes open wide like Nainiae, started to move in a way that was different from how he was until now.
He was not just using his arms and hands for swinging his spear. He started to use his legs as well to attack.
“…?!”
Basilisk, who was skillfully handling Nainiae’s swordplay using his spear, suddenly turned his body in a wide motion and kicked with his right leg.
“Kuhup?”
Nainiae was struck by an unexpected strike on the side of her body. She crumpled her face.
“…Kuk!”
Nainiae’s arm, which was swinging the sword, faltered for a moment.
Noticing this, Basilisk ceased the chance and started to swing his spear toward Nainiae.
“You said pain is nothing, but it seems like you can’t take much hit?”
Unlike how he had been swinging and stabbing with spear from distance, he fought in close range. He started trash-talking again.
“Now.”
“Kuk?!”
“Immediately.”
Once with the spear, another with his elbow, Basilisk pressured Nainiae as he continued talking. He said as he kicked in a large motion,
“Surrender.”
“…”
Nainiae was forced back by a kick. With a violent look on her face, she glared at Basilisk.
“If you surrender now, I will go easy on you so you can avoid getting a broken bone.”
The way he was demonstrating his hand-to-hand combat skill as well was showing that he was not an ordinary mercenary.
‘As expected.’
Basilisk was definitely a skilled warrior.
Nainiae decided to acknowledge that. She dusted off the side of her body and fixed her stance.
“You want to continue? I think the difference in skill has definitely been shown now?”
“Well, I think I got a feel for a real battle now. Swordsmanship is certainly a difficult discipline. I was reminded of it.”
Also, she realized Riley, the young master she served, was at a height in swordsmanship that nobody else could top. Nainiae shook off the sword with a ‘wheec!’ sound.