Storm of Fists

By a sheet of paper. By a piece of cloth. By a skin’s depth. That’s how close the attacks come to hitting at the last minute every time. However, it never does. I don’t get hit.

Not only do I see everything, but I can also adjust the margin by which I evade them. As he swings his sword, Reval is starting to get confused. Certainly, Reval’s sword may be swift. However, if the sword is likened to a long arm, it does not have a joint, so there is no unexpected trajectory along the way.

By looking at the angle of the shoulder and the arm, even if swung with both hands, you can predict the sword’s trajectory before you see it.

“Wow, I, just now, I think he got grazed!?”

“Reval is getting even faster!”

“At this rate, he’ll receive all the blows eventually!”

“Terran can’t do anything while defending!”

I didn’t get grazed. I’m letting you underestimate me. I make sure not even a single scratch on my skin can be identified.

The same can’t be said for Reval. “Tch, then… Imperial Sword!”

He accelerates his attacks and tries to take me down with force. Legs, rushing in, everything is stronger and more powerful now, and Reval is in a serious state of mind. Calls out his next attack, “Celestial Light Blooming Strident Dance”

I continue to dodge everything with my martial arts skills, “Haha! “

Indeed, a cutting flash split into multiple layers seemingly at the speed of light. The crowd was enamored by Reval's swordsmanship display. 

“What, that Reval, even that sword!”

“Even among senior swordsmen there are only a few users…”

“That might kill him!”

Naturally, the audience would think this is the end. At the moment, I’m not clad in magical power. If I fail to avoid a single blow, that’s it. 

All strikes, shortest distance, minimum, fastest evasion. I taunt him, “Can’t you catch me?”

The feet move lightly showing the results of the ladder training and move as smooth as I imagine. The commands sent by the brain reaches to the body at the speed of light and are executed. Lightning-fast footwork. The crowd reacted with more assumptions. 

“Reval fella, how many swords…”

“Tsu… h-hey, for some time now…”

“Wait a minute?”

“Um, hey? Mr. Reval’s sword, it’s quite a while.”

“Wha-, hey, that. By any chance.”

Oh, the audience seems to have noticed that it is becoming strange gradually though they were chattering away until a while ago.

Oh, even Sadie surprised!  “Wh-Why little man this. Those movements?”

Heero said, “Celestial sword, Reval's swordsmanship is insane. I mean, to see it all, Terran!”

Akari said, “Are you kidding me? Terran’s reflexes. Uh… like wings… How do you move your feet?”

Emperor asked, “Heero, di-didn’t you train him!?”

Are you watching? Father, Mother, Emperor!

Poh commented, “It can’t be Why?! Reval’s sword even the fire dragon got knocked down, Reval’s sword is not hitting!? Even though Reval hasn’t used that power yet, what does this mean?”

Princess, who knows the best of my abilities, is so surprised! “Dummy, I, even I don’t know. I don’t know this Terran! What is this? What’s going on over there!?”

The moment Reval asked, while swinging the sword at the speed of light, trying not to exude uncontrollable bewilderment, I felt it was already over. “Eh, Terran! Oh, how in the world are you dodging!?”

Then Enuma laughed, "Kukuko, come now with this dullard and your dumb, peaceful father and all the heroes, show them."

Mentally I agreed with the Demon King, "Osu!"

I will prove myself. I finally reached out for the first time.

Host announced. ” Terran’s attack has reached Reval!?”

The left, like punching through Reval’s face diagonally from below. It’s a series of hits.

Reval eating the punches, “Buha, Gu, Na, Gu!?”

Use a snap and swing out from below. "Demon Flicker Jab!"

That’s not all. The moment Reval tried to advance, the moment his posture became slightly lower by stepping forward, I lowered my hips and struck an upper cut to counter from below.

As a result, with a fist that has not yet been strengthened by breakthrough, I punched out Reval’s nose and jaw, scattering fresh blood. 

In the unlikely event that you do, you set up a super close quarters battle to kill your opponent between pauses. Crowd reacted to the strikes.

“Oh noooo! Reval's face is ah ah!?”

“Oh, so fast!? What, that punch!”

“Why can Terran use such an attack?”

“Reval has a sword, why can you punch him so easily?”

Normally, you don’t fight bare-handed against someone with a weapon. But now, this distance is good enough for me. As I continue to strike!

Reval is absorbing more blows, “Guh… Fast… Ga Guh….. can’t react!? Gu… Guh…! “

However, it is not a one-shot technique. Reval receives my fist, but if he can’t avoid it, he’ll try to forcibly launch an attack while ferociously enduring and venturing forward. “Imperial sword… Bu, ha, gah”

However, the moment he tries to use his techniques, I interrupt it with a series of hits. Reval's jaw, then nose, bash the ear and at the moment he flinches hit the jaw again.

Enuma laughs, "Kuku, fuhahahahaha, unable to even activate your skills? The initial motions of the Sword Saint’s Successor are too obvious to the child today."

Yes, I won’t allow the opponent to even activate their skills. In other words, I crush the initial motions. With my current eyesight, I picked up on all of Reval's initial motions for his techniques and understood them.

On the other hand, I rock my shoulders and feet in small increments, and by swinging my left like a pendulum, I try not to telegraph the initial motions and shoot the left in the movement. A technique for throwing a punch, not increasing the power of the punch.

Enuma called out the duel, "Yes, the biggest weapon in a fight is the left jab, delivered when the left side of the body is facing forward. A weapon that is closest to your opponent and can strike at their head in the shortest possible time. In addition, the flicker’s trajectory, which lowers at the left, seems like a whip and flies diagonally from below, is invisible to him."

Imperial style also has martial arts. However, that mold was discarded completely by the spars with Enuma. "Even if you learn impractical kicks and exaggerated punches, it makes no sense if you lack the process necessary to land the hit. In that respect, the left jab is effective in the assembly of attacks, in principle, in all aspects. Also, by continuously hitting with the left, it becomes a weapon sufficiently capable of killing."

Reval's torso wavers as the activation of his technique is suppressed. The opening is too enticing; I jump in impatiently. A quick step-in, right fist towards Reval. No…… Wait.

Enuma said, "Now, on the left, destroy your opponent, strike with the accumulated cannon!"

I notice something brooding, “Hmm?” 

Reval is about to snap, going to open up the part of himself he’s hidden within.

I understood that in advance. As expected, I can’t end it with just one left. I suppose it’s not always so easy. Before I was blown off, I took a quick backstep away by myself.

Reval said, “Ku, Gah.. tch tch, St-Stay awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!”

As a result, I took no damage. The crowd cheered at the outcome. 

“Oh, Reval roared!”

“Amazing, it’s like he’s blowing away the surroundings such Fighting Spirit!?”

“He forced Terran to back away from his range. No way” 

Reval was catching his breath, and realized the situation, “Haa, ha… Terran…… you…”

I smirked, and said, “Yo. That’s a pretty good look, isn’t it?”

There was a pause in the offensive and defensive battle that began, and there was Reval, drastically short breath and swollen face with blood and bruises, and me who was unscathed. At this point, the cheers and the startled voices no longer rise. Everyone is quiet, at a loss for words as if they were looking at something unusual.

Enuma said, "Fufu… Alright! How is this, Heero? Gradually, your son is tainted. Well, you and I never fought in this fashion, so you would not be aware of my shadow. But what do you think of this child who shows not even a glimpse of your talents? Huh-ha-ha!"

Perhaps he was in a good mood after what I’ve done so far, Enuma was laughing as he looked up at my parents. Yes, no matter how you look at it, it’s a pause. It’s like an interval. What do you do when your opponent is still upset?

I taunt him, “So is it break time already, Reval?”

Angered, Reval called out, “Gu, Terran!”

I kick the ground hard, and this time I jump with one step and got into the space in front of Reval.  didn’t use steps that would confuse the opponent, I flew in a straight line.

Of course, Reval reacts. “From the front. Don’t take me lightly, Terran! It’s certainly hard to catch your left punch and your footwork. I am not done yet!”

He tries to intercept me flying straight at him with a counter, and swings his sword down from the front toward my head. At that moment, I chuckled inward and made a sudden stop. 

I said, “Here! I got you!”

Reval was surpised, “Ah”

One of the steps trained with the ladder. I giggled a little “Hehe”

If you’re about to launch an unavoidable attack, a guy like Reval won’t choose to retreat. He’ll try to thwart my frontal attack with his sword. So, I’ll bait him.

Reval reacts, his head is wide open as he instinctively commences the attack, his sword is lured in. Reval totally fell for it. He cried out, “Damn it!? My sword…. is swung!?”

Yes, I made him swing his sword at my timing. What if you know in advance when and where your opponent swings their sword?

In a state where he swung his sword and missed, Reval’s face was full of openings. Well, this strategy was taught by Enuma. And this fist, too.

My battle cry called out the attack, “Pierce through the limits!”

The long-awaited right. A punch that uses the shoulder, elbow, and wrist to push forward like a drill.

People were surprised, “Heh!?”

All this makes me excited. Well, his naming sense is unacceptable, so I’ll have to shout the new name of this skill. Yes, this is my deadly special move, Fang of Heavenly Light • Meteor Flash Spir- uh… Uh, uh… Do iiiiiiiiittt!”

Darn! I did it, I fumbled the technique name aaaaaaaaaahh! Gahd Dammiiiiiiiittt! The long awaited, debut of my Fang of Heavenly Light • Meteor Flash Screw attack

Like that, Enuma whispers out to me in a very cold, rather unusual way. "Hey cur, how dare you even consider this pathetic naming sense. Did you conceive the moniker knowing you will regret ever uttering it in a year or two? Light? Flash? You basically used the same thing twice? Is it that important?"

No, no matter how you think about it, I have a better naming sense, right? Oh, for now, I punched Reval through the temple and he rolled down to the ground.