Volume 1: Re:Zero -Starting Life as a Samurai Chapter 67: Death Fight
Although Ogata lived a relatively poor life, he never slacked off in taking care of his sword.
Oil the knife every day and sharpen it as needed.
Thanks to Ogata's diligent maintenance of his sword, he will not fall into the dilemma of "the sword has not been maintained for too long and is no longer usable" in today's real sword fight.
When rushing towards the distant mountains, Ogata had already used "Source Breathing", putting himself into the state of "Source Breathing", temporarily increasing the reflex nerve value by 1 point.
Ogata and Toyama put their sword guards together, put their strength on their waists, and wrestled with each other.
As long as the blades of the samurai swords are placed together, it is not easy to pull them apart, and in the end it will naturally become a state of confrontation and wrestling like it is now.
Ogata and Toyama faced each other with their swords separated, competing with each other.
In this situation, whoever runs out of energy first will lose his head.
Ogata and Toyama's feet were firmly planted on the ground, and they would return the favor as the other party exerted force.
The two men gritted their teeth and glared at each other fiercely through their knives.
No one spoke.
Because both of them put all their strength into wrestling, they had no extra energy to do anything else.
Ogata and Toyama are about the same in power.
When the strength is similar, the taller one has the advantage.
And Ogata's body size happens to be taller than Toyama.
Yuanshan’s best skill is speed, not strength.
Therefore, Toyama gradually realized that he was not at an advantage if he competed with Ogata in strength.
So Yuanshan released the pressure from the front to the side, intending to get rid of the current confrontation.
Ogata saw through Toyama's intention and would not let him get his wish.
Toyama released his strength horizontally, and Ogata also released his strength horizontally.
So the two of them kept their swords crossed and ran sideways on the ground paved with white sandstone.
The direction the two of them ran towards was the audience seats on the north side of the arena.
When the distinguished guests in the audience saw Ogata and Toyama running towards them with knives drawn, they turned pale with fear and fled from their stools.
Only Kuranaga still sat calmly in his seat, watching the deadly battle happening before his eyes intently.
Ogata and Toyama ran all the way to the front of the audience seats before stopping.
"go to hell!"
Toyama let out a loud shout, then rushed forward, knocking Ogata away and forcibly interrupting the confrontation.
After knocking Ogata away, Toyama swung the knife in his hand and slashed at Ogata, who was one step away from him.
After being knocked away by Toyama, Ogata's body moved subconsciously and used Bird Thorn on Toyama.
Both of their knives hit each other.
Toyama's sword hit Ogata's left shoulder.
Ogata's knife stabbed Toyama's right chest.
After both hit each other, they retreated several steps and jumped out of the attack range of both sides in one breath.
--it hurts!
Now Ogata only felt a burning sensation in his left shoulder.
At the same time, I felt the clothes on my left shoulder slowly getting wet.
The blood flowing from the wound on his left shoulder quickly soaked Ogata's clothes on his left shoulder.
This was the first time Ogata was injured by a real sword.
The constant severe pain from his left shoulder almost made Ogata unable to maintain his "Source's Breathing".
Fortunately, the wound on Ogata's left shoulder was not serious.
Although it was painful, it did not affect Ogata's use of his left arm much.
Toyama's previous slash did not succeed in leaving a deep enough or large enough wound on Ogata, and Ogata's previous attack also did not cause any fatal damage to Toyama.
Just now, after the tip of Ogata's sword pierced Toyama's left chest, Ogata felt as if he had stabbed something hard.
This is the rib of the distant mountain.
Because Toyama's ribs blocked Ogata's stab, Ogata's stab just now failed to cause much damage to Toyama.
However, it can be seen that Ogata's attack just now also hurt Toyama.
The evidence is that Yuanshan's face turned pale and cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead due to the pain.
The two of them took a few breaths, adjusted their breathing which had become a little disordered due to the pain, then they gripped the swords in their hands again and rushed towards each other.
clang!
clang!
clang!
Ogata's sword and Toyama's sword collided three times in mid-air.
As a result, the blades of the two men had three more notches.
After their swords collided again, Toyama quickly released his left hand that was holding the hilt and reached for Ogata's right arm that was holding the sword.
Looking at the left hand stretched out by Yuanshan, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly pulled his arms back, narrowly avoiding Yuanshan's hand.
This is also a very common way of attack - take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, reach out and grab the enemy's sword-holding arm, and control the enemy's movements.
Ogata dodged Toyama's attack, gripped the knife tightly again, and pounced towards Toyama.
The sound of the blades hitting each other was occasionally mixed with the dull sound of the blades entering the flesh.
Toyama was determined to kill Ogata at all costs. Facing some of Ogata's attacks that were not fatal, Toyama simply did not block them, but used his body to take Ogata's attacks, and at the same time got the opportunity to counterattack Ogata.
Therefore, in just a blink of an eye, Ogata and Toyama both had many wounds on their bodies.
——No... We can't keep fighting like this...
After once again creating some distance between himself and Toyama, Ogata wiped the blood flowing from his forehead while thinking about a countermeasure.
Just now, Toyama successfully hit Ogata again. This time, Toyama hit Ogata's forehead.
But the wound was not deep, just a little skin scrape.
At this time, the wounds were not fatal, so this life-and-death battle was far from over.
In terms of strength, Toyama is actually slightly inferior to Ogata at this time.
After all, Ogata's current agility value is as high as 8 points, and his reflexes have been increased to 9 points due to the use of "Breath of the Origin".
At the same time, Ogata now also possesses the defensive skill "Blade Counter".
Ogata has already used Blade Counter to block countless attacks from Toyama.
However, although Toyama's current strength is slightly weaker than Ogata's, Toyama has enough courage and determination to face death to make up for this small gap.
Most of the wounds on Ogata's body were caused by Toyama giving up defense and choosing to exchange injuries with Ogata.
Ogata has already judged that even if he finally defeats Toyama, he will definitely pay a heavy price.
Ogata didn't want to get too injured or become disabled in order to defeat Toyama.
So, Ogata stared at the distant mountains, thinking about how to deal with the enemy.
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"What's wrong? Ogata Issei." After adjusting his breathing, Toyama uttered his signature sneer, "What are you standing there for? Come over here quickly!"
"...I was just thinking about how to cut off your head beautifully."
"Hmph, have you figured out a solution now?"
"What a coincidence! Just when you asked me 'what happened', I just thought of a way to kill you with one sword."
After saying that, Ogata turned the sword upside down and inserted it directly into the white sandstone ground under his feet.
Ogata's current appearance is like he is using the knife as a crutch and leaning on the ground.
Whether it was the spectators in the audience, the people in Sakakibara Sword Hall, or the people in Ishikawa Sword Hall, after seeing Ogata's strange sword-holding posture, they all let out exclamations of varying degrees of surprise.
