Chapter 640: Demonstration
After evolving, Doublade, or rather Aegislash now, naturally experienced a leap in strength.
However, this didn't mean the training could end early.
On the contrary, the evolved Aegislash had even more things to train!
Through their telepathic communication, Arthur confirmed something.
"He evolved smoothly and even learned the new move King's Shield directly."
This was Aegislash's signature move, and an extension of his signature ability.
All Aegislash would eventually learn this move, sooner or later.
But being able to learn it immediately upon evolution showed that Arthur's Aegislash had excellent comprehension and profound combat accumulation.
In short, it was definitely a good thing.
The breeders at the breeding house congratulated him.
"Congratulations."
"Thank you."
After a simple thanks, Arthur immediately took Aegislash back.
Training had to continue!
After evolving, Aegislash's appearance and ability changed, and it was foreseeable that his attack patterns and combat style would also change.
There was still a lot of training to do; he couldn't rest yet!
Roman naturally helped to the end, following them back to the open-air training ground.
"Your Aegislash learned the signature move King's Shield as soon as he evolved, which shows his combat talent is very high."
Arthur was noncommittal about Roman's praise.
He strongly suspected it was just because he had used the blade as a shield to block bullets too many times in the past...
But Aegislash wasn't just about the shield.
The main offense was still the broadsword!
"Let's try again. Aegislash, use Iron Head on Swampert, stab from the right!"
After some training, both Arthur and Roman confirmed many things.
"Your Aegislash is very good at defense, using the shield well, but his offense lacks some spirituality."
Arthur had to admit this point.
"It's my fault. In the past, when attacking with the sword, I decided the sword path and techniques. He thought too little for himself."
Hearing this, Aegislash subconsciously wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he had to admit: his independent fighting was indeed much uglier than before...
Helplessly, to accelerate his growth, Arthur had to actively step into the field, extending his hands to take the round shield in one hand and the hilt in the other.
Aegislash skillfully released control of his blade. By the time he reacted, Arthur was already holding the sword and shield, ready for battle.
Damn it! I clearly didn't want to be held! It's all this body's fault, losing to a subconscious conditioned reflex.
This time, before Aegislash could complain in the telepathic link, Arthur beat him to it.
"I understand. It's not your fault. It's all the world's fault."
Damn it! Don't steal my line, you bastard master!
Casually flourishing the sword, Arthur said solemnly, "Focus. I'll demonstrate how to use sword techniques in combat. Remember it well!"
Aegislash instantly became serious.
But the sparring partner on the other side couldn't take it anymore.
"Hey, calm down!! My Swampert is innocent!"
"..."
For the first time, Arthur realized Roman had a sense of humor.
"Don't be so nervous. I'm just demonstrating. Your Swampert isn't that fragile, right?"
But the silly Swampert raised his hand at light speed.
The gist was: No, I am very fragile. Please be gentle!
Arthur was speechless again.
Since when did you silly blue salamander learn to act cute to save yourself?
Don't show your desire to survive so obviously, okay?
I'm not a devil.
Two hours later...
Swampert lay weakly on the ground, looking hopeless, glancing sideways at the human in front of him.
And you say you're not a devil?
I don't believe you!
Standing behind him, Roman sighed silently.
Even though he had seen it countless times in videos, seeing it again was still shocking.
The difference in combat power between Aegislash fighting on his own and being held by Arthur was like heaven and earth!
This was achieved while Arthur deliberately held back and constantly gave verbal instructions on sword techniques to Aegislash throughout the process.
It was hard to imagine the power if this boy went all out.
Never before had Roman sincerely thanked the modern competitive rules for kicking trainers out of the ring.
This was indeed the progress of civilization!
After practical demonstrations and continuous technical explanations, Aegislash improved rapidly and could finally execute sword techniques independently in a decent manner.
"The important thing isn't copying my movements, but understanding the flow and logic of combat.
"When you fight on your own, you aren't restricted by an arm behind you. Your sword path should be freer and trickier. Learn to think, learn to attack the enemy unprepared, instead of just stupidly slashing at the front.
"The important thing is the idea, not the movement!
"Do you understand?"
Aegislash could only nod seemingly understanding.
Practice proved—it was indeed more comfortable to slash people when being held...
Damn it! I clearly yearn for the freedom of a sword spirit!
"It's all the world's fault!"
Aegislash and Arthur spoke in unison with perfect understanding.
This reaction left Roman baffled.
You two really aren't normal, are you?
After Arthur released the sword and shield, Roman asked, "Still training?"
"A bit more. He's not proficient enough in switching between sword and shield forms."
Roman nodded. "Then I'll switch to Poliwrath."
Poor Swampert couldn't get up anymore.
While applying medicine and massaging Swampert, Roman asked casually.
"Is it really appropriate to train so hard? There's a match tomorrow. Shouldn't you rest early?"
Arthur didn't mind.
"It's fine. Tomorrow's match probably won't require Aegislash. He'll only need to play the day after tomorrow against Future Yuzuru from Nine-Tailed Fox. Facing that Carbink will be a tough battle for him."
Roman couldn't suppress the urge to complain.
"Aren't you underestimating your next opponent, the Primordial Sea Team, a bit too much? Who starts thinking about countermeasures for the round after the next now?"
Since the Nine-Tailed Fox Team dropped from the winner's bracket, it was fixed that they would be waiting in the round after the next. This wouldn't change with the schedule and could be known in advance.
But starting to study Nine-Tailed Fox today was a bit too early, wasn't it?
However, Arthur just smiled faintly.
"I can't think of a reason to lose to the Primordial Sea Team."
His plain tone contained overflowing confidence!
Roman raised an eyebrow slightly.
In his memory, this was the first time he had seen Arthur so bluntly disdain an opponent.
Outside of combat, this boy had always given the impression of being gentle, modest, and indifferent.
But today, the boy finally couldn't help but reveal his fangs.
As for the reason, Roman could guess.
"It seems you really aren't convinced about losing to Grand Master."
Arthur shrugged, not denying it.
"There will be a chance to fight back. Wait until I chase him to the finals and fight him again!"
Not just the next opponent, the Primordial Sea Team, but Arthur didn't plan to lose to any opponent before the finals!
His goal was only the finals.
No one could stop him on the way!
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