Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 6 Steadiness: The ultimate art of defense

A strip of white fish belly opened on the horizon, dispersing the hazy fog on the coast.

"Kaisen over there seems to be dueling, let's go and take a look."

"With whom? The person opposite..."

"Gods, is the sun rising in the west today?"

There were already many people in the surrounding training area, and when they saw the two people who were about to duel, they were all shocked.

As the grandson of the leader, Kaisen, coupled with his outstanding strength, is the idol of countless younger and younger boys and girls.Every duel will attract many people to watch, even adult raiders will come to watch.

It's just a bit strange today. The person Kaison is going to face off against is not the usual Jekham, but Rayleigh, who is at the bottom of his age group.

"The battle between the strongest and the weakest is not suspenseful at all, but I don't know why I'm still looking forward to it."

"I've never seen the two of them duel. Let's go and have a look."

"This is the first time I've seen him in so many years."

Rayleigh's popularity was no less than that of Kaysen. Whenever they came over in the morning, they could always see the figure wielding a sword alone in the darkness.

No matter it's windy or raining, cold winter or hot or hot.

It's just that his hard work day and night is like a joke. In the quarterly performance rankings erected over there, Rayleigh has been at the bottom for many years.

Hawkeye Rayleigh is like a warrior abandoned by the gods.In the surrounding training grounds, it has also become a typical negative teaching material.

'I feel like I haven't made any progress for many days. I'm afraid I'm going to become the second Raleigh, right? '

'Rest when you need to rest, and train hard if you don't have enough talent, you will be at the bottom like Rayleigh. '

Similar words have long become part of their daily conversations.

"Let's go, the duel is about to begin."

Accompanied by chatter, more than twenty people surrounded the venue where the duel was about to begin.Including Skati and the dozen or so people who were standing there, there were no less than thirty people surrounding the duel venue at this time.

Rayleigh glanced around the periphery and saw his sister in the crowd.

An average of six or seven children are born in the tribe every year, and the age group is usually two years. My sister belongs to the next age group of 7-8 years old.

Although no one forces every child to come to the training ground, most parents still hope that their children can communicate with their peers, so that they can come to the port for training and enhance friendship with each other.

But my sister is mute and her family is not rich, so she doesn't actually get much friendship here.

Other children in the crowd were chatting happily and exchanging snacks in their hands.

She was the only one standing alone, and several places around her were vacant. No one of her own age talked to her, and no one of her own age gave her snacks to eat...

Looking at the small figure of the Screech Crow who was smiling and waving to him, Rayleigh suddenly felt a little distressed.

The next second he saw a familiar figure standing next to his sister.

Idiya also came for some reason!

……

Hawkeye!open!

The eagle's eyes suddenly became sharper. This talent was only born yesterday and has not been used in battle yet, so now it is time to become familiar with it.

The moment the eagle eye was turned on, everything around him slowed down, and the distance between the two gradually became closer.

Until he came into attack distance, Kaisen made a tentative slash to the head, which was easily blocked by his shield.

bang... bang...

The wooden sword in Kaisen's hand continued to hit the shield in front of him, making crisp sounds.

Rayleigh was concentrating, so he didn't have much difficulty blocking it. With the shield in his hand, he wouldn't end the fight easily like the previous sparring exercises focusing on footwork.

After testing for more than a minute, Kaysen found that the mid-range attack was not enough to win the opponent.The defense of the person in front of him was simply impregnable.If the mid-range doesn't work, switch to close range, suddenly rush in, raise the shield and hit hard.

With a bang, he felt as if he had hit a wall.

I was a little surprised. The guy in front of me was obviously no weaker than Jekham in terms of collision, but he was completely unable to hit him.

At this moment, Rayleigh's wooden sword also stabbed towards the ribs on the side at a tricky angle.

Kaisen seemed to have expected it. The moment the shield hit, he turned sideways and knocked away the wooden sword that was stabbing him. At the same time, his wooden sword also swung over, but was also hit back by the shield that hit him head-on.

With the help of the counter-shock force, he took advantage of the situation and pulled back to the middle distance.I also have a basic judgment on Rayleigh's combat power. He is indeed the most diligent person. His basic skills are extremely solid, his accuracy is extremely high, and his judgment is miraculous.

The weakness is also obvious, the speed is not fast enough, and there is no absolute speed, which leads to the lack of strength in drawing the sword.Perhaps the biggest weakness is physical strength.

He had just finished warming up, but the other person was already sweating profusely.

Physically weak, unable to attack, and invincible defensively in a short period of time, he made the final conclusion about Rayleigh's combat characteristics.It is not difficult to defeat this opponent. Others have already verified it hundreds or thousands of times. All you need to do is slowly wear it down in the middle distance until it loses its physical strength.However, as the strongest among his peers, Kaisen naturally has his own arrogance and does not want to end the battle in such a negative way.

If you can't break the defense, how can you call it a victory?

"I'm going to give it my all."

After Kaisen finished saying these words, his body continued to surround Rayleigh like an ape and thrust out sword after sword.

The surrounding audience were slightly shocked when they heard this sentence, and the crowd quickly started whispering:

"Is this really Jack Caison? Why does Rayleigh, who is at the bottom, need to go all out?"

"Maybe Kaisen is in bad shape today!"

"Who said my Kaisen is not in good condition? He is always at his strongest." After hearing the comments from people around him, Skadi replied dissatisfiedly.

"Then why is it so difficult to beat Rayleigh?"

After going all out for dozens of breaths, they saw Kaisen still unable to take down Rayleigh on the duel field.

Skadi glanced at the kids around him with disdain: "You think Rayleigh is really weak. If you go up there, I guarantee that he will beat you like a chicken."

"Is it just that you are older?" someone retorted.

"It's only one or two years older."

Skadi continued, "In the last class, which was one or two years older than us, is there anyone who is Kaisen's opponent? Age is no reason at all. We are the strongest class. Even Rayleigh, who is at the bottom, is very strong. .”

"Ah? Is Rayleigh really that strong?"

Everyone was in disbelief. Many of them originally thought that Rayleigh was the kind of extremely weak person who would fall down at the first touch.

"It might be true. Look at the duel."

There was a crackling sound in his ears. It was the wooden sword and shield in Rayleigh's hand that almost danced like a windmill, blocking Kaisen's continuous swift attacks one after another.

"Gods, who told me that Raleigh is weak?"

"It seems that Rayleigh is really strong."

The little kids around looked at Skadi and the others with admiration. The weakest among them was so strong, which showed that this 'strongest generation' was indeed terrifying.

Skadi was very satisfied with this look. The strongest class was not just talk.

No matter whether it is the next session, the previous session, or the one before that, there will be no outstanding geniuses.The last time the outstanding people were the class of Brother Rayleigh, but in my class there were two, Kaison and Jackham.

"Actually, you don't have to think too highly of Rayleigh. His defense is just okay." Skadi continued, raising his neck. "My physical strength is not good. He will fall down within an hourglass."

……

In the duel field, Rayleigh felt his arms getting heavier and heavier.

Kaisen's fighting style is completely different from that of Jerkham, but the sense of oppression he brings is even more terrifying than that of Jerkham.

Jekham was as oppressive as three axes. With his two-handed giant sword and his own terrifying power, it was a series of violent attacks that would be extremely difficult for others of his age to withstand.

The combat characteristics are similar: the strongest attack is the strongest defense——

It depends purely on output!

The weakness is also obvious. Once someone can survive his violent attacks in the early stage and his physical strength drops significantly, Jecam will most likely lose. This is why it is difficult for him to defeat Kaisen.

Kaisen gives people the oppressive feeling of a cold poisonous snake. His body has full agility and flexibility, his movements are as unpredictable as an ape's, his attacks are extremely cunning and swift, and his strength and stamina are equally impressive.

The combat characteristics are like a poisonous snake. You don't know from which angle it will appear in the next second and deliver a fatal blow.

This was perfectly restrained by his own eagle eye.

If he hadn't relied on his eagle eyes to see through his position and the angle of his sword, he would have been defeated long ago.

However, Kaisen also has weaknesses. On the offensive end, it is sometimes easy to make rash advances. Rushing forward means there will be flaws. If you are facing an evenly matched opponent, you may be seized of the opportunity to counterattack.

Of course, with the speed he was wearing now with a weight-bearing iron ring, even if he counterattacked, he wouldn't be much of a threat.If you take away the weight hoops, it will be different.

In this battle, Rayleigh also made a summary of himself, naturally pursuing stability.

Combat focuses on defense, waiting for opportunities in defense, seizing opportunities when there are opportunities, continuing to defend if there is no chance, and wearing down the opponent with physical strength even if there is no chance.

In short, it is absolutely impossible to risk a forced attack, and you cannot have a luck mentality.With his strong physical fitness, his physical strength will not be weak without bearing weight.

Of course, Rayleigh would rather use two weapons than holding a shield in one hand.Focusing on defense does not mean that there is no need for offense.Sword and shield are not efficient enough for killing people, let alone dual-weapon defense, which is not necessarily worse than sword and shield.

No rain can enter a foot in front of him. This is the ultimate defensive art he pursues.

(End of this chapter)