I love time travel the most!

Under the moonlight, Kobayashi finally saw a curved knife in his hand. This was a weapon unique to the desert, and also the most common one.

He threw the knife at me.

Xiaolin grabbed it.

Ota drew his heavy broadsword from behind him—the Black Sword—and pointed it at Kobayashi, signaling him to raise his scimitar as well.

Could it be that they don't like me and came here specifically to teach me a lesson?

Xiao Lin muttered to himself.

If it were that frizzy cat Allen, or the four dwarfs, it would be understandable, but would someone as calm and collected as Otto, with his warrior-like personality, do something like this?

Liu Zi stepped forward, blocking Kobayashi's path, and said to Ota with a sharp tongue, "Lord Kobayashi. I didn't expect that besides cats, pigs would bite people too. That goddess is surrounded by such strange people."

"...Don't say that, he's just a pig-man." Kobayashi explained.

He seemed very relaxed.

It wasn't because Liu Zi's abilities made him invincible from the start, but because the opponent didn't release any killing intent besides a terrifying sense of oppression, so it was highly likely that they weren't there to kill him.

Just as he thought.

Ota was not angry at Liu Zi's sharp tongue, but said calmly, "I will follow the will of the goddess and teach you."

"……teach?"

Kobayashi was taken aback.

I felt fortunate, but also slightly disappointed.

It seems Freya felt she no longer needed him, so she sent Ota to teach him as a reward.

But his aim was to bestow favors, not to develop combat skills!

Ryuko seized the opportunity to retort sarcastically, "Lord Kobayashi, although your fighting skills are indeed appalling, I don't think you need to fight. As your servant, I can completely clear away any obstacles for you. Even this pig that looks like a human can be defeated by me."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't say that. The other side is the strongest in Orario, after all." Kobayashi deliberately said sarcastically, then secretly observed Otto's expression.

The powerful pig-man warrior before them remained expressionless, standing there silently like a solid shield.

It must be admitted that this guy is a complete martial artist, completely abandoning his inner likes and dislikes, and remaining calm and composed so as not to let his emotions affect him.

If it were Allen or his hot-tempered brothers, they would have already attacked Liu Zi in a fit of rage.

Of course, the result will inevitably be a one-sided situation.

—Liu Zi will win, no matter how many people come, the result will be the same.

Ota is waiting for Kobayashi.

Even if Kobayashi disagrees, he will still forcefully teach him.

Because this is the goddess's command.

Ota, who is absolutely loyal to Freya, will stop at nothing to complete the mission.

call--

"Looks like we have no choice but to go."

Kobayashi couldn't help but sigh.

Well, he also wanted to see how big the gap was between himself and a level 7 expert.

He put down the scimitar and raised the longsword at his waist.

“I’m used to this weapon.” After explaining, Kobayashi looked around and then nodded to Ota, saying, “Let’s go to the courtyard, so we don’t damage the exquisite reliefs.”

Otta silently walked from the corridor into the courtyard, answering with his actions.

Kobayashi also came and stood opposite him.

The two men raised their weapons and faced each other from a distance, their auras constantly gathering and pressing down on each other with unwavering resolve.

However, as Kobayashi's face turned red and his energy became unstable, while Ota remained relaxed and at ease, it was clear from this alone that there was a significant gap between the two.

What's even more disheartening is the difference in combat experience between the two sides.

Knowing full well that he might not be able to wield his sword if things continued like this, Kobayashi gritted his teeth and forced a move.

He lunged at Ota, covering several meters in a mere second. A cold glint flashed in the moonlight, and he was about to decapitate Ota in the next instant. But Ota simply turned his broadsword and blocked the attack with a crisp clang.

It's easy to lift a heavy weight!

With just this one move, Kobayashi knew he had completely lost in terms of skill.

In that case, show your full potential!

[Five Visions, All-Powerful], Activate!

[God's Hand], activate!

[Dimensional Array], activate!

The ultimate melee combat!

No magic was used, no tricks were employed. Since it was about teaching, they revealed their full abilities and absorbed the other's experience to improve themselves.

The purple magic circle appeared and disappeared, and Kobayashi's figure kept flashing around Ota. Each time, he appeared from an unexpected place, and his long sword stabbed at a tricky angle. If you were not careful, you would die on the spot.

Despite the dangerous situation, Otto seemed to handle it with ease.

If you think that Otto, who is burly and wields a greatsword, is not agile, then you are very wrong!

The broadsword was wielded with exceptional agility in Otta's hands, its heavy weight not hindering its movement at all.

A sentence involuntarily came to mind.

— Zhang Fei's embroidery was rough yet meticulous.

Most importantly, he seemed to anticipate where Kobayashi would appear from, and he always managed to intercept his attacks a little ahead of time.

An inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Kobayashi thought of Esdeath, that domineering queen who relied on ice to anticipate his attacks. So what did Otto rely on?

Using all three Imperial Arms simultaneously placed a heavy burden on his mental strength. Before long, his thoughts became scattered, and his offensive slowed down.

A hesitant sword cannot kill, so Ota seized the opportunity, grabbed Kobayashi's arm, forcibly prevented him from teleporting, and slammed him to the ground.

puff--

Xiao Lin exhaled a breath of stale air.

Ota looked down at Kobayashi, who was lying on his back on the ground, and said coldly, "Your sword is too slow."

"How did you guess where I would appear from?" Kobayashi asked, voicing his inner doubts.

"murderous look."

Ota remained silent, but Kobayashi understood.

It must be that before each teleportation, the opponent noticed the obvious murderous intent in my eyes and used this to neutralize my attack in advance.

The key is not the method, but finding a solution in such a short time.

It was a complete crushing defeat based on experience.

Monster!

This was the second time Kobayashi had sighed.

However, to his utter surprise, Ota said to him again: "You should stop using your sword."

"……what?"

Kobayashi was dumbfounded.

There's no need to get involved further; one more chapter and I'll just leave and move on to the main story of DanMachi.

Chapter 200 The Favor is Received

—You'd better not use a sword.

If it were that ruffled cat or any other member of Freya's Familia, Kobayashi would definitely have assumed they were deliberately trying to provoke him. But he knew that Ota, with his calm and collected demeanor and warrior-like personality, must have meant something else by saying those words.

He lay on his back, looking at Ota without saying a word, his questioning gaze urging him to explain.

Otta didn't keep them in suspense, saying directly, "Your fingers are very dexterous and can move very quickly; that's your strength."

According to Ota's observation, this was Kobayashi's subconscious action.

Every time he swung his sword, his fingers always reacted before his wrist, trembling unnaturally at an unnatural frequency. He didn't know if it was a trait or something else; since they hadn't sparred for long, this was the only thing he had noticed.

That's quite an exaggeration.

Kobayashi suddenly realized.

Instead of using a longsword, Ota told him to play to his strengths, that nimble fingers would bring him a huge boost.

Xiaolin, lying on the ground, raised her hand, and with a slight tremor of her fingers, she became a blur, much faster than a certain vibrator on its highest vibration mode.

How can you defeat an enemy using only your fingers?

Kobayashi began to think.

We can't be like that eagle, practicing its talons to twitch several times a second, giving the enemy a huge thrill in a short time and making them lose their senses.

hiss--

Isn’t that impossible?

But this method has high requirements regarding gender, and what if the other person is not sensitive?

Seeing that Kobayashi was silent and seemed to be thinking, Ota said calmly, "Weapons such as short swords and hidden weapons are a good choice."

Meanwhile, Kobayashi, lying on the ground, continued to ponder.

He had no particular interest in weapons; he had initially switched from bows and arrows to longswords. For him, as long as he could win, he didn't care what the weapon was or how strange it was.

He just felt there was a weapon that was particularly suitable for him, but he couldn't remember it.

Liu Zi then came over and helped Xiao Lin up.

As a waitress, she was extremely dedicated. If she hadn't kept signaling with her eyes, she would have used time stop when he was thrown to the ground by Ota.