Chapter 26: Lily vs Ion
There's still time to spare before the appointment. I also want to use my new magic. For the time being, Ion's meal, but this time I was planning to have her put up with roasted boar meat, but here is the reaction after eating a bite.
"It's delicious! Takuto-san!"
Her eyes were shining. I wonder if this will be okay.
"Of course it is!Takuto's cooking is the best in the world!"
Lily says proudly. To be clear, that's not true. I don't think I can compete with the people who taught me how to cook.
We had just finished eating and were on the field when Lily called out.
"Wait a minute! Promise!"
Promise? What did you do?
"Talking about a duel"
Ah, she was talking about that.
"Exactly! It's the same weapon. We're equal"
Not even close. There's an 11 level difference.
"I don't mind"
If Ion approves, the duel will go ahead. It's the first time I've done this.
I select the duel from the status screen, select Lily and Ion and a dueling field forms around them.
"What are the conditions?"
"Defeat the opponent!"
"Doesn't matter"
"Roger that"
I set the victory condition for the duel as the opponent's inability to fight. And I'll be the referee.
Duel
Opponents: Lily, Ion
Victory condition: Inability to fight, time over
Referee: Takuto
《Do you wish to duel with these details?》
I touch OK, and the field for the duel is created. Then I confirm with the two of them.
"Then, are you two ready?"
In response to my question, the two of them raise their weapons. Lily held her sword to the side as usual, while Ion stepped forward with her daggers on either side.
I'm convinced that Ion is a speedy type by her appearance. And I could almost see where this duell was going.
"Anytime, Takuto"
"Me, too"
"Let's begin!"
As soon as I say that, Lily rushes in and does her usual martial arts move.
"Heavy Slash!"
Lily takes a big swing and unleashes a killing blow. Ion, on the other hand, activates her martial arts as Lily rushes in.
"Double Slash!"
Double Slash is an early dual wield martial art. It's a martial art to shoot slashes with daggers held on the left and right.
And although it was the first slash, the difference between Lily who shot a heavy slash at the position where Ion was and Ion who shot a double slash according to Lily's movement was decisive. Ion was slashing Lily by passing by.
"Ouch!"
I knew this was going to happen. I've been watching Lily's battles from behind, so naturally I know her weaknesses. Lily's attacks have always been big swings. If it was a monster that she had fought before, she had been able to fool it with power.
For example, there was a time when she swung her weapon so hard that a wolf bit her while she was swinging, but she just let it go. The wolf was knocked into a tree and died.
But this was a battle against a person. There was no reason to fight in the ring with someone who was going to swing full force.
Lily tried her best to swing her sword around, but Ion ran in circles, not entering the time for Lily's attack.
"Muu! Heavy Slash!"
"Ha!"
She dodged Lily's impatient use of her martial arts and attacked where she could.
As I was watching this duel, I decided to observe the interpersonal battle.
First of all, if Ion attacked Lily when she was about to use a martial arts technique, the activation of the technique would be canceled and the fight would be stalled for a while. If you attack during that time, you get a bonus for consecutive hits, which increases the stalemate time and the damage depending on the number of hits. Just like in the tutorial.
But I found an interesting phenomenon that wasn't mentioned in the tutorial. There was a scene where Lily got bent out of shape and activated a skill and that skill failed to fire. I understood why this was happening.
"Hee, I didn't know that was possible. Interesting"
I said, and Lily took the game.
"Ugaa! I'm already mad! Ion-chan! Fighting spirit!"
"!!?"
Lily uses, fighting spirit. However, Ion sees it and retreats. Lily sees it and thrusts in, but fighting spirit is a skill to increase strength. That is not the ultimate solution.
As a result, Lily was sliced and diced by Ion from beginning to end and the match ended.
"That's about it. Do you understand what you've done?"
"U, Uwaaah! It's so frustrating~!"
Lily cried out. You really wanted to be the older sister, didn't you? And this is where Ion levels up. Hee, I guess you also get experience from dueling.
Name Ion Dragonewt Lv1 → Lv5
Vitality 10→16
Magic Power 10→16
Strength 8→12
Defense 6→8
Agility 20→28
Dexterity 14→22
Skills
Dual Wield Lv1→Lv3
Underwater Action Lv1
Is it so natural to see it as the experience value of defeating Lily?
"Both of you worked hard, but you get the idea, don't you Lily?Your large swing attack was too much. It's okay against monsters, but be careful from now on"
"Uu~. Did Takuto know this would happen by any chance?"
"Yeah"
"Why didn't you stop?"
Why......I cant say that.
"I don't think it's cool for me to interfere in a duel that Lily and Ion wanted, right?"
"You're right"
"That's right, but I'm not convinced"
Lily became sullen. It's a good opportunity to correct her bad habits.
"I was very careful not to show this to Gray and the others"
"Uh......surely Lily's position as older sister was in a pinch if seen by Gray and the others!"
"I don't think you have any position when you lose to me, do you?"
"You're so mean, Ion-chan!"
Oh dear.
"Look, the duell is over. Let's change our minds and go hunting"
After that, at the beginning meadow, Lily repeatedly swung at the boars as if to take it out on them. ......She's not going to fix it?