King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 138 Lessons
Arya does have a very high sword technique innate talent, but some things, It's not something that can be mastered by just being smart or having a period of study on the training ground - Igor can face off with Red Viper for a few seconds and realize that he's not an opponent at all, because he's sparring with countless Night's Watch brothers or wildlings in Castle Black and beyond the wall Or have played against each other, and have experience and vision that is not high, but it does work.

But the girl's judgment on the strength level of others is still at the stage of "fame", "heard" and guessing. All she knew was that Oberyn was stronger than Igor. How could she know how much he was?

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Without hesitation, Arya stepped on a semi-circle around the challenge object, lightly stepped a few steps, and made a small After a sprint fake, he confidently stabbed Oberyn in the stomach with his wooden sword.

It was pretty fast, Igor was a little surprised.

It's fast, but no threat to the Red Viper.

"Left shoulder," Oberyn said, raising his hand deftly, swiping Arya's little sword with a short stick, and tapping her round head on her left shoulder.

The girl was unprotected, which made Oberyn tricky...but no matter what, the weapon had to touch the opponent, and that was the point. It is necessary to let the other party understand what happened, so as not to deny the account after the fight.

In the competition, it is far more difficult to ensure that the opponent is completely uninjured than to win or lose. Fortunately, Arya's heat is still far behind.

“Aiya!”

Everyone saw that Arya launched an attack and then quickly retreated as if he was stabbed by a needle, standing there and rubbing his left shoulder with his right hand in confusion. Her cries and movements made everyone in the audience nervous. Such an apple of one's eye, if you bump into it, it's not a joke.

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The girl's expression indicated that she was fine—a pain in the spot, but no movement. Compared with this, she wanted to understand how Red Viper did it just now: poking oneself on the shoulder at the moment of defense?
This must be a coincidence.

Unconvinced, she regained her posture and attacked again amid the alarming sounds of onlookers. This time, she approached Red Viper head-on, slipped a step to the side, and attacked from the man's side.

Tsk, it’s a two-month-old girl, you should be impressed... Arya’s attack is not bad in terms of speed, angle, and even the appreciation of the action. Let Igor oneself face this move. It's so frustrating - and yet Oberyn doesn't even turn around, he turns his head to look at Arya, his hands flicker away from the girl's stab, and say in a volume that everyone can hear: "Right shoulder."

No one would suspect it was a joke, Arya subconsciously raised her wooden sword to resist, while twisting around trying to hide the part of the oneself named, but no matter how focused she was or her eyes widened, she still saw a flash, With two "pa, slap" sounds, the wooden sword in his hand hits twice in a row. While his arms are shaking a little, there is a familiar impact on his right shoulder.

"So fast." Even the layman Margaery couldn't help but exclaim.

No one could see Oberyn's counterattack just now, and could only judge by the sound of what was going on - and this extremely fast attack, and Arya's surprise after another hit, Igor But I have experienced it myself.

(didn't expect Oberyn to be so slippery with his sword, and...he didn't have much of a hand on Arya except when he finally hit the body with most of his force back.)
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"Very beautiful water dance, Miss Stark." Oberyn once traveled to Free City, and recognized the Sect to which the girl belonged in two strokes, "This is one of the most suitable sword techniques for women to learn, And you've got the essence of it, it's just a lack of practice. Did you really only learn a few months, who taught you this?"

Oberyn turned to look at Igor - could it be, this Night's Watch hides its true ability last time?

"I didn't teach her, I just helped her lay the foundation." Igor was afraid that Prince would care about him, so he shook his head without being cool at all, and decisively betrayed Faceless Men: "It's Aquan, I The employee, a Swordsman from Lorath."

Oberyn turned to look at Jaqen, and saw an ordinary man's face that he had never seen before, with no expression.

"How did you do it!" Arya yelled angrily, drawing the Red Viper's attention back: "You said I touched the essence, so why did you stop me so easily?"

"It's easy, I'm faster than you." Oberyn grinned at the girl. "And—touching is far from mastering. You have a good foundation and use your moves well. Being smart and holding a sword in your left hand makes it easier for the enemy to be completely unprepared. Unfortunately, for the time being, it is just imitating the 'shape' and has not been able to translate what you have learned into oneself. Although fixed moves are easy to use, they are also easier to deal with."

The rapid progress in the past two months was said to be useless, and Arya was dissatisfied: "Then what should I do to improve?"

"This...there is no shortcut, practice more , contact more opponents of similar strength. Keep at it, and one day you will become the best Water Dancer and female Swordsman in Westeros." He paused and put away a few smiles, "But unfortunately - I have no interest in being you. My sparring partner, you are challenging me now, except for the frustration of self-confidence, you can hardly get any other benefits, do you want to come again?"

"Arya, I asked you to find someone to practice, not this level. Opponent." Jaqen with cherish words like gold spoke in a rare voice, "Surrender now, so that you won't suffer again."

"One more time! Slow down, I can't see clearly!" Arya puffed up. He demanded: "Also, don't poke my shoulders, it hurts!"

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The Dorne woman who was watching the battle pu chi laughed out loud. He said that he was not a sparring partner, and he asked others to slow down, and he was not allowed to stab oneself with a sword, so how would he fight?
"Okay, I'll slow down." Oberyn was amused by the she-wolf's straightforward request, "Next time I'm poking your feet, wearing shoes, it shouldn't hurt that much."

"Arya." Igor couldn't laugh at it, he didn't have the noble status of Margaery and Oberyn, and asked this Miss Stark to be in the Night's Watch office If something happened, oneself would definitely take the blame, "Don't you understand what Prince said? You haven't surrendered honestly!"

"Just do it again!" Arya pushed Oberyn again, disobediently, This time - in order to prevent him from hitting the shoulder of oneself with the sword again, she no longer hurriedly attacked the opponent's body, but firstly stared at the sword in the opponent's hand to make sure it was on the oneself. When he saw and was able to guard against it, he only took a swivel position, avoiding the range that Oberyn could attack with his next sword swing, and went around and stabbed the man in the back.

"Learn very fast, but water dance is not suitable for this."

Oberyn commented that he stopped bullying girls with speed and experience, and stood like a stake in the same place. After taking two moves, he finally moved his position.

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Oberyn Martell, he is not only one of the best martial artists of Red Viper and Westeros, but also Prince of Dorne and young brother of Sunspear City Lord. Many people who can participate in the discussions and decisions of the Martell family's future plans, and share the worries of patriarch. He's got a lot to do, and he's wasted a lot of time today with Margaery touring the Night's Watch properties and offices, and making friends with a House Stark lady might be a good idle game, but casting a net all day to make friends The friend then waited for some of it to come in handy, typical of the Tyrells—he didn't bother to learn.

He slowed down the shot as Arya requested. Now, everyone can finally see the details of the two weapons touching each other. Although the girl was no longer suddenly stabbed, she did not feel relieved. For half a minute, she seemed to be caught in a storm formed by a wooden sword. The crackle's wooden swords collided and slammed one after another, which was incredibly dense, and then the declaration-style drinking sounded again.

"Left foot!"

Arya found that the techniques learned by oneself were not useful in this fast-paced attack, she could barely see the opponent's attack trajectory, and then So he had to focus all his energy on defense - the tiger's mouth and forearm were numb and painful after a few seconds of the impact, and each time it felt that oneself could no longer block the next blow. Arya gritted her teeth, and when she heard Oberyn's shout, she subconsciously pulled her left foot back. Whoever thought that a movement was not completed, she heard the next sound.

"Right foot!"

The girl did not dare to retract her right foot again, but she retracted her body with both feet at the same time, but did not step back, the rhythm was chaotic, and there was no point in leaning forward. Can you keep your balance? At Margaery's exclamation, she wobbled about to fall.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Arya cried, but at the last moment before she was about to fall and eat shit, she was grabbed by the back collar and was half-held by Oberyn in such a dangerous and dangerous way. inside.

"Head." Finally, Red Viper said, frightened Arya so quickly that he covered his head with his arms, took the sword from the girl's hand with ease, and helped Arya stand up with a smile: "Tsk. , according to the rules, if you don't have other weapons hidden on your body, you will lose."

This impossible is luck... Now, the girl finally recognized the level gap between oneself and her opponent, And the fact that the other party doesn't want to accompany oneself to practice swordsmanship, pouted and said honestly: "Okay, I surrender."

"If you really want to practice sword technique with me, go back to your father Ed said, marrying Dorne, everything will be easy." Oberyn put away the sword and let go of the girl, said with a smile: "My brother has two sons, Quentyn and Prince Trystane, but they are both good children. ."

"hmph, this... let's talk about it." Arya gets annoyed when she hears this kind of thing, Joffrey really gives her a bad impression - Prince, it's definitely not a good thing, she He ran back to Igor and looked at him pleadingly: "Master, Red Viper doesn't even know how to let me! You should accompany me to practice."

"Well, I just disliked me and no one is good at it. Then I was taught a lesson and came back to me, how can there be such a thing!" Igor raised his eyebrows and glared at the girl: "First check if there is any injury on the shoulder, then go to lunch!"

Mouth Although he maintained the prestige of the master, Igor was muttering in his heart: This time, it was fortunate that Oberyn taught the girl a lesson, which greatly reduced the arrogance of this girl, but in a few months, Arya's sword technique What should I do when I have progressed to the point where I am no match for oneself?
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(end of this chapter)