Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 242: Three men guarding the pass!
“Here you are…”
Seeing that the soldiers of the shogunate army finally broke into the room, Ogata, who was standing in the middle of the three people, raised his left hand which was holding the sword, raised the katana in his left hand to his chest, and then slowly drew the sword out of the sheath.
The cold light reflected by the unsheathed blade brought some light to the dim corridor and also illuminated Ogata's face.
Seeing Ogata drawing his sword, the shogunate soldiers in front all threw away their spears with nervous faces and drew their swords at their waists.
They were all elite soldiers in the army, so even without the commander's orders, they knew that spears would not work at all in such a narrow corridor. Not only were they extremely difficult to use properly, but it was also easy to accidentally injure friendly forces.
Therefore, without the commander's order, they all changed their weapons very consciously.
The officer, who was frightened by the "steel forest" in front of him, finally recovered and swung the sword in his hand fiercely, shouting: "Kill!"
As the officer gave the order, the soldiers behind him immediately shouted and raised their swords high, charging towards Ogata and the other two!
However - even though the shogunate army had already launched a charge, Ogata and his two companions still took their time.
Mamiya, who did not even draw his sword, even asked Ogata and Makimura beside him in a half-joking tone:
"Want to see who kills more people?"
"No way." After replying to Mamiya in a unpleasant tone, Ogata raised his sword and slowly walked towards the shogunate army that was coming towards him.
The sword techniques practiced by the soldiers of the shogunate army were not from any particular sect or school of swordsmanship, but were the sword techniques passed down from generation to generation in the army.
The army is an organization whose main mission is to plunder lives. Naturally, the sword skills they teach are not the kind of "sword skills that don't kill" that cultivate one's character and pursue "non-killing".
Instead, it is a "killing sword" that strikes directly at the vital points of others and pursues high efficiency in killing.
There aren't too many fancy sword techniques; every move and every style is very ordinary.
But these seemingly ordinary sword skills are actually deadly.
Of course - not all soldiers use military swordsmanship.
Just like the soldier in front of Obe.
At this moment, just from the way Ogata held the sword, he recognized at a glance that the soldier he was facing was using a sword technique that was quite familiar to him - Katori Shinto-ryu.
[Ding! Use "Original Breathing" to temporarily increase your reflexes by 2 points]
[Current reflex nerve value: 10 points]
The next moment after switching his breathing to "Original Breathing", the sword of the soldier using Katori Shinto-ryu, with great power, swung towards Ogata's head.
Ogata has fought many battles of this kind where he was one against many.
All have gained experience.
Ogata has summed up a lot of valuable experience in this kind of one-on-many battle.
One of them is: If you can avoid taking someone else’s knife, don’t take it.
If you take someone else's knife head-on, not only will it cause great damage to the knife in your hand, it will also greatly affect your physical strength, which is not conducive to your sustained combat.
After taking a wrong step and using a cushion step to dodge the soldier's attack, Ogata raised the katana in his hand, aimed at the soldier's throat, and stabbed at him without any hesitation.
The familiar feeling of a sharp blade piercing flesh and bone passed along the handle to the palm.
Before he could retract his knife, a soldier standing next to Ogata shouted and stabbed at him with the knife raised high.
After noticing the location of the soldier and the attack he launched from the corner of his eye, Ogata let go of the hilt of the sword without any hesitation and gave up the sword that he had no time to draw.
He ducked his body to avoid the soldier's stab, then pulled out the wakizashi that was stuck at his feet and used all his strength to deliver a bird-like stab at the soldier's abdomen.
The violent recoil force made Ogata's palms slightly numb.
After exerting all his strength and paying the price of the tip of the wakizashi in his hand breaking directly, he finally succeeded in piercing the soldier's armor and piercing his abdomen.
It was a pity that, because of the armor's protection, although the sword successfully penetrated his abdomen, it didn't penetrate deep enough.
Unable to inflict fatal injury to the soldier, Ogata once again threw away his sword without hesitation, pulled out the katana stuck in the wall next to him, and hit the soldier in the face with a "water fall" move, giving him another blow.
After stretching his fingers, which were still slightly numb from the recoil, Ogata said to himself:
——When dealing with armored enemies, it is better to cut as little as possible on the areas protected by the armor...
When Ogata had already started the killing spree, Mamiya and Makimura were not far behind him.
With a horizontal slash, he cut off the throat of a soldier in front of him, and then the remaining force of the sword in Makura's hand continued to hit the wall next to him heavily.
“Tsk…”
Makimura swung the katana in his hand and muttered, "I'm really not used to using the katana..."
Makimura is good at using the Odachi.
The sword technique he used was a technique he created himself, which he called "My Style of Sword Technique".
A major feature of his self-created "My Style of Swordsmanship" is its grand opening and closing movements.
His swordsmanship, combined with his height and his large sword, can exert tremendous power in a wide area.
However, in such a narrow and cramped corridor, there are great restrictions.
The astonishingly long Odachi was destined to be as useless as a spear in such a narrow environment. It was also easy to hurt one's own people by mistake. Therefore, Makimura could only carry his Odachi on his back and reluctantly use the katana to meet the enemy.
Because Makimura's sword skills were very powerful, he frequently hit the walls on both sides or the ceiling above his head.
However - although Mucun had many flaws due to his sword skills, no soldier was able to hurt Mucun.
Although Mucun is tall, he is not bulky.
Even though there were frequent flaws, Makimura was always able to rely on his extraordinary agility to quickly adjust his posture and not give the shogunate army any chance to hurt him.
At the same time, because of the length of Makimura's arms, it was extremely difficult for the shogunate army to get close to Makimura.
Before their swords could even reach Mucun, Mucun's sword could already reach them.
Because the three people's swordsmanship is different, the number of enemies they have killed is also different.
Mamiya has currently killed the most enemies among the three, slightly more than Ogata.
The reason is simple - one of the main features of Mamiya's swordsmanship is speed.
The knife was as fast as lightning and the precision of the cut was breathtaking.
"Oh oh oh oh!" A soldier with a loud voice shouted and rushed towards Mamiya.
Mamiya looked at the soldier rushing towards him with interest, then slowly sheathed the bloody sword in his hand, leisurely spread his legs and stood still, then turned his body to the side, lowered his center of gravity, and naturally placed his right hand on the handle of the katana hanging on his left waist.
Mamiya and the soldier only fought for one round.
Before rushing to Mamiya, a silent flash of a knife swept across his neck. Then the soldier suddenly seemed to lose his strength, slowly slowed down his pace, and then fell heavily to the ground.
Mamiya maintained the posture of drawing his sword, and the soldier who had fallen to the ground also maintained the posture of charging forward - except that his head had fallen off, with only a thin layer of skin and flesh remaining connected to it.
