I’m an S-class Knight, and I was Appointed as a Captain of an Elite Unit, but all my Subordinates we

Chapter 16

The Captain's Second Sword Technique

It was afternoon the next day after I had lunch with Flambert-sensei.

I called out all the members of the Dragon Killer Squad for a hunt.

Our aim for today's hunt is to come up with different strategies to fight an S-class dragon.

At first we hunted down a few dragons that appeared in the nearby meadow to find out our party's problem.

Rohee, is a power fighter who hits her enemies with a heavy blow using her hammer.*

Katia, who uses her Buster Lancer excels in defending herself using her large shield while doing pinpoint attacks at the enemy.

And Flambert, who is an archer is a master marksman that can shot a hundred arrows in a matter of seconds.

To put it simply, these women are strong by themselves.

Even if I leave them alone they can easily defeat an A-class dragon.

However, if they are dealing with an S-class dragon then they won't be able to win unless they combine their strength.

Of course, that also includes me.

An S-class dragon is such a monster that even my father had a tough time beating it.

It's not an enemy on which you can take your sweet time hunting it.

We must cooperate with one another in order for us to succeed in hunting an S-class dragon.

"OK! Everyone! Gather around!"

I then called out Rohee-san and the others.

Under the clear sky they had gathered immediately.

"What's the matter, captain?"

Rohee-san said that after putting down her weapon.

"Uhmmm, I noticed earlier while you were hunting that everyone goes after the same part of the body of the dragon, when you were attacking it."

When I said that, Katia-san nodded while crossing her arms.

"Yeah that's right, to be honest I'm quite scared that the lady over there will hit me while I'm fighting the dragon."

"Ara? If that's how you feel maybe you should just stay behind the scene where it's safe. Or you can just hide from the wall that your allies made since you're so good at that aren't you? Great shield wall-san."

"Shut up! You blunt headed fool."

They started fighting again.

Although they always argue but when these two guys work together their teamwork is the best.

I'm sure deep inside they trust each other a lot.

But even so, it is true that the number of moves that they make has visibly decreased as it looks like they are taking great care not to hit their allies with their attacks.

"Well Katia-san and Rohee-san please stop arguing and let's listen to what the captain has to say?"

Thank you for stopping them Flambert-sensei.

"Let's see since the opponent is an A-class dragon you guys are always aiming for its head right? It's true that you can inflict the most damage when targeting the head but it's also the most difficult place to concentrate your attacks that's why you must aim for the neck."

"That's true it's hard to target the head that much because it's small in the first place."

I nodded at Flambert-sensei when she said that.

"That's why from now on, I'd like Rohee-san, who uses the hammer, to be the only one to aim for the head."

"Ara, is it really fine for me to do it, captain?"

"That's right because Rohee-san's hammer has the potential to stun the dragon."

After saying that, I was worried that Katia-san would complain about something.

However, it seems that she has no objection to Rohee-san taking the lead.

All she said was "And?" and she urged me to continued with what I was going to say.

I then replied "Yes" to her and continue with my explanation.

"Rohee-san will attack the dragon first and when it's stunned, I will attack it with my... special... sword... technique."

"A special sword skill? Is it the Dragon Killer Slash?"

"No, I want to rip off that dragon's scale so I'm going to use the Dragon Turning Wheel."*

"The Dragon Turning Wheel?" Katia said.

"Is it a new technique?" Roe asked.

No, it's not really a new technique as I just didn't get the chance to use this skill previously.

If I want to defeat it, I can just use the Dragon Killer Slash, right?

"With the Dragon Turning Wheel, I will peel off the scale of the dragon and in doing so it will increase the number of places where my allies can attack the dragon. When the scales have been peeled off please attack those places, Katia-san and Flambert-sensei."

"I see, I understand."

"Roger that, Zekudo-kun."

Katia-san and Flambert-sensei agreed with my plan.

It's a good thing that happened because we need to improve the level of our cooperation if we want to defeat an S-class dragon.

Now, come out, you dragon.

"Even so I thought that you only have the Dragon Killer Slash but to think that you still have a hidden strange sword technique."

Rohee-san who was next to me, said that.

"Well it seems that the Dragon Turning Wheel was invented by my father to lower the defense of a dragon and this technique was derived from the Dragon Killer Slash. I'm really amazed at him for coming up with this amazing technique."

"What's amazing about it?"

"It seems to be a technique that he came up with when he was trying to figure out if he could use his sword to create a wind pressure to flip up girl's skirt while making it look like he was practicing the Dragon Killer Slash."

"You and your father are really the worse."



Note:
1. For some reason some names doesn't have honorifics like in this case.
2. The original word for the Dragon Turning Wheel is 竜めくり which read as Ryuu Mekuri literally translated to Dragon Turn or Dragon Turning.