Rebirth in a Ruined Nation! The Life of a New Strategist Starting From Now - Chapter 143

The Knights’ Joint Training (2) – The Troublemakers’ Rivalries

The second day of joint training was scheduled for a seminar about the new weapons.

The knights of the 10th Division, Judiano, and Hornet all explained to the knights of other divisions how to use the 10 Knights Crossbows and the collapsible pike. They also explained the method of creating the normal crossbow (not the foldable one) and how to make a simple pike using a sasar.

(T/N: I’ve been mistranslating pike as long spear…I’m sorry!)

The inventor of those weapons, Drew, was also here but it looked like she wasn’t in the mood today, she looked a bit listless.

The contrast between the listless Drew and the passionate knights was…quite a sight.

Once the general explanation was finished, the knights started to test the crossbow while being on horseback, while the new knights started to swing the pike.

The second day went very smoothly with all scheduled events completed without incident…at least until now.

As I had expected, the twin made the first ‘move’

“Oi, General Thor!”

“Let’s fight again! This time, let’s use this!”

She said while holding out the collapsible pike to General Thor.

“Well, well, are you trying to say that you lost last time because I had an unfair advantage over the weapon?”

(T/N:last time they fought, they used spear, Thor’s most proficient weapon)

“Yeah.”

“With this, we can fairly decide who’s actually the strongest.”

“Wait, what is the strongest?” Zackhart-sama took the bait.

“Literally, of course.”

“We can fight you after General Thor.”

As expected of the twin. In the entire Rudek, these two were probably the only people who could speak to Zackhart-sama like that. Ah, no, there was another person, Rufa. She wouldn’t speak like that to Zackhart-sama even if she could, though.

“Save those words after you defeat me. I’ll fight both of you together just like last time.”

General Thor provoked the twin, but Zackhart-sama interrupted, “No, I’ll just take all three of you at once. It’s also about time for you to reflect on yourself, Thor!”

Zackhart-sama laughed out loud and Thor-sama smiled in response.

“I do agree that this is about time for you to realize your age, Zackhart-sama.”

“You sure are bold,” Zackhart-sama suddenly released a killing intent, causing a new knight nearby to let out a short shriek and lose his balance.

“Fighting isn’t something you do with your mouth,” Bekstadt-sama joined the fray while bringing enough pike for everyone. The situation was on the brink of exploding.

Hoping to stop them, I turned to Rays-sama, but he was watching the situation with great interest. Next to him, Drew, who was listless just a moment ago, suddenly became excited.

Don’t tell me that these two were thinking of the Commanders and the twins as test subjects for the durability of the weapon…judging by their expressions they were.

As I was wondering which was more troublesome between the restless Commander and the twin or Rays-sama and Drew, the battle began.

“Hmm…It’s a bit too light.”

As Zackhart-sama spun the pike above his head, a loud whistling sound echoed. Zackhart-sama’s main weapon was originally a spear customized just for him. It was twice as thick and long as a normal spear with its handle made out of metal.

Back when Rufa was kidnapped, it was that exact spear that was thrown right into the middle of the group of kidnappers. Naturally, anyone hit by the spear would explode into pieces.

“…”

Facing Zackhart-sama was a motionless Bekstadt-sama who was silently glaring at Zackhart-sama while pointing his pike.

…You two, the way you use pike was completely wrong.

As the knights of various divisions watched with bated breath from the distance, Zackhart-sama spoke to Bekstadt-sama while continuing to spin his pike above his head.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time we fought, isn’t it? This will be fun.”

“…I will be in your care.”

As if their exchange was a signal, Zackhart-sama swung down the pike he was holding.

Bekstadt-sama responded inhumanly fast. He dodged the tip of Zackhart-sama’s pike then responded by thrusting his own pike straight toward Zackhart-sama.

Zackhart-sama’s pike cut through the air, grazed the ground and it broke off at the connection point.

But because the pike had become shorter, it became easier to handle. He swung the pike and deflected Bekstadt-sama’s thrust.

Then, Bekstadt-sama’s pike also snapped at the connection point.

The two of them glared at each other while gripping the shortened pike. On the other side of the training ground, loud cheers could be heard as Thor-sama and the twins fought, their pikes had also snapped at their connection point.

“What the hell?”

“It’s this fragile!?”

I could hear the twins’ comments even from here. No, no, it wasn’t fragile! We tried using it several times before and it didn’t break easily, the five of you just had an abnormal strength!

But then, next to me…

“Hm..as expected, the connection part needs to be reinforced.”

“Agree. Though, for it to snap that easily is a bit unexpected.”

Rays-sama and Drew were discussing possible improvement with a serious expression. Drew, where did your listless expression go!?

“Continuing fighting with this will just cause injury. Someone, get me a training sword!”

“Bring on for me too!!!”

At Thor-sama’s words, the other four also shouted.

The cheers of the spectating knights began to grow louder and the excitement was building, but then Reyes and Drew turned their backs and left, as if having seen everything there was to see.

I watched their fight for a while, but an idea came to me so I left the ‘arena’ to follow Rays-sama.