The javelins fell down at high speed like meteors, leaving behind silver trails in the rainy night.
The silver javelins had been enchanted and sharpened. They possessed a frightening amount of spinning and magical power. Even the deck's iron planks could be directly pierced through.
The deck was now filled with holes.
Roxia knew that with his frail body, if he were to take a hit, he would likely be pierced through and impaled on the deck.
The birdman knight kept throwing javelins in midair. Rorschach flashed around the deck like a ghost, seemingly easily dodging every attack. However, only he knew that he had been tricked yet again.
"If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gone up to the deck."
The older, the wiser. Perhaps Jack had seen this scene from the moment he chose his combat style, and had unknowingly chased Rorschach up to the deck.
And here, Jack's flying and long-range advantages were even more obvious.
An aerial knight crushing an infantryman who couldn't fly or have long-range abilities was the most common type of unequal battle on the battlefield.
Rorschach's sword wind might be able to reach Jack in the air, but it was doubtful how much power he would have left.
Rorschach only had melee combat strength and lacked anti-air abilities. This was indeed one of his weaknesses as a Fire Spirit Swordsman, even though this magic swordsman job class also had a large number of long-range abilities.
The experienced Jack had already seen through Rorschach's weakness from his unstable flame blades — he had advanced too quickly, so it was impossible for Rorschach to have enough class abilities.
"… Then, how long can you last?"
The silver knight once again condensed his Truth Transformation Equipment and gripped three more javelins.
Jack still hadn't been able to use his advantage in the hallway below the deck, but now his aerial knight advantage was quite obvious.
Return to the deck? Even without looking at the smoking deck, Rorschach unhesitatingly gave up on this idea as he listened to the constant explosions. He didn't want to suddenly be blasted into the sky.
Rorschach himself was forced into a passive position. Even though he hadn't made any mistakes, he was losing his advantage step by step.
This was the fighting style of a veteran. A truly experienced hunter didn't need their opponent to make a mistake. If they created the situation, they would gradually weaken you in your "own choice".
"By taking the initiative to influence the opponent's judgment, a trapped beast will still fight, so it doesn't give the prey a chance to fight … Constantly looking for the opponent's weakness, then using its advantage to attack the opponent's weakness."
"… Perhaps fighting him to the death in the cockpit from the very start would have been the best strategic choice for me to win. But no matter how I look at it, my chances of winning would have been less than 20%."
Rorschach wasn't experienced enough … no, it should be said that he had zero actual combat experience. He was currently suffering losses on the battlefield, so he had to pay for it. But as long as he didn't pay with his life, he could accept it.
"No, that's not all. He should've noticed the rain long ago, and I'm using fire magic. In this kind of environment, my energy consumption will increase, and the power of my fire magic will decrease. Damn it, this guy is a scammer. He's been lying all this time. "
Even while dodging Rorschach's spear, Rorschach was constantly thinking and summarizing his mistakes, trying to understand his opponent's way of thinking and learning his fighting style.
In a way, a life-and-death battle and a strong and sly opponent would be the best teachers. Actual combat was dozens or even hundreds of times more effective than training. Rorschach was growing at a rapid rate.
Rorschach threw yet another spear. This time, the spear was three meters away from Rorschach. This was quite inconceivable for someone like Jack, who wouldn't be able to accurately aim more than one meter within a hundred meters.
"… He's becoming more and more difficult to deal with. Instinct? Prediction? Eh, did he see the trajectory of the spear from my eyes? He was clearly a rookie who didn't even know how to predict … "
At the same time, Rorschach's combat techniques and instincts were also growing.
In a life-and-death battle, in order to survive, Rorschach's survival instincts would be completely activated. A life-threatening crisis would be the most effective stimulant to stimulate one's instincts. Rorschach trained himself in this life-and-death situation, abandoning all the useless moves and techniques from textbooks, and searching for a fighting style that was more suitable for him.
"Whew, I need to be even more deceptive when exerting force. I can exert force on both my left and right feet, and it's also acceptable for me to exert force on all four limbs. If I can't dodge with normal movements, rolling is actually quite useful. A rookie like me doesn't need to worry about my image. "
The scene from yesterday when Rorschach was tracking Rorschach was replaying itself. Rorschach's movements were becoming more and more unpredictable, making him harder and harder to catch … although sometimes, it was indeed rather unsightly for him to be on all fours.
At this moment, Jack discovered that Rorschach was actually able to determine the weakness of his spear throwing. Even the expressionless Jack was astonished at Rorschach's rapid growth.
Observing an archer's eyes and predicting where the arrow would land was no simple technique, either.
Ordinary people would only be able to dodge an arrow from the direction of the arrow or the sound of the gunshot itself, but it would usually be too late.
Experienced warriors would be able to observe the archer's arm movements and weapon orientation in order to make predictions.
Only true combat veterans and experts would be able to focus on observing an archer's eyes. After all, experts' hand movements would be deceptive. Supernatural abilities would also make it possible for archers to turn and shoot through walls.
But no matter what, an archer would always need to lock onto their target. They would always look at the target at some point. That was why an archer's eyes generally wouldn't deceive others.
"… Ha, how interesting. I didn't expect that I would actually use that technique against a rookie. Come, continue observing my eyes. That will lead you to your death. "
Jack raised his hand and once again summoned a silver spear. He fiercely swung it!
That silver spear flew "straight" towards Rorschach's front, and its trajectory was almost exactly the same as before … Then, it suddenly split into three!
Hidden Spear Technique, Mother and Child Spear Throwing. Jack had learned this technique from the centaurs, who were the best at throwing spears.
But even the centaur hunter who taught Jack was only able to hide one spear and shoot two prey at once. Jack himself, on the other hand, had long surpassed his teacher. He even used the self-developed technique of Hidden Two Spear Throwing to kill the centaur hunter!
The reason? It was probably to test out the technique. At any rate, Jack had long forgotten about it. In the end, perhaps it was because the weather was good today and he was in a good mood, so he casually tried it out.
This technique of Hidden Spear Throwing was originally meant to be used against experienced archers who were good at observing an archer's eyes.
The initial trajectory of the spear could be predicted. When the spear was split, the trajectory would naturally change. In the hands of an experienced archer, the trajectory could even be changed several times. Often, what you thought was a safe spot would actually be a spot of death.
It was understandable that novices were simple-minded and sharp-witted. Their speed of growth would be faster, but their lack of experience would often cause them to rely excessively on textbooks and their own experiences, believing that they were the truth.
In Jack's eyes, Rorschach had just grasped the technique of dodging, and now was the time to rely on it. How could he possibly think of such a deceptive technique?
Perhaps in his eyes, Rorschach had already become prey stuck in a spear, and was helplessly howling in pain before his death … But the next moment, he saw that Rorschach hadn't moved at all.
That's right, he hadn't moved at all. From the moment the spear left his hand, Rorschach had stopped. He hadn't even looked at the weakness of the spear.
Now that's quite embarrassing …
At this moment, Rorschach was looking at Jack with a pitiful expression … Why was this child so pitiful? What was he doing? He was fine even standing there without moving.
Seeing how Rorschach was looking at him as if he was an idiot, even Jack's old face was flushed red. He didn't know what had gone wrong with his deceptive throwing technique that had never failed before.
"… This doesn't make sense. It's clearly your first time using it. How can you see through a lie from someone who's never lied before? "
"Idiot. Lies were meaningless to me from the very start. You've already given me the true landing point of my spear. Ha, this lousy talent of yours is still somewhat useful. "
Fortunately, Rorschach was far enough away and intentionally lowered his voice so that this "lousy talent" of his wouldn't expose him again.
At this moment, two magic armors and a descender slowly descended from the sky.
One magic armor was equipped with a shield and a sword. It was a standard defensive swordsman's magic armor. The other magic armor had a gigantic right arm cannon. It was obviously used for long-range sniping.
However, the threat they posed to Rorschach wasn't the middle-aged descender who had descended by himself.
Lightning circled around him. Just looking at him caused Rorschach's eyes to hurt.
"Rank 5 Legend? I'm afraid that's not all. "
This battle, as well as the airship that was heading towards destruction, finally attracted the attention of the silver elf descenders.
"Jack? What's going on!? How did the airship become like this? Weren't you supposed to be on duty!? "
An angry roar filled with energy sounded in midair. Even though the roar was clearly questioning Jack, Rorschach inwardly knew that things weren't good. He could already foresee what would happen next.
"It's that elf! That Gold Elf brought explosives and blew up the engine room. He's Rorschach, Harloys's Rorschach. He's here for revenge! "
Rorschach saw Jack's perfect expression of anger. However, Jack's twisted expression was filled with joy. Attracting the silver elf descenders' attention to surround and kill Rorschach was the sly Jack's ultimate killing move for choosing the deck as the battlefield!
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