"Real war treats everyone equally." Ask held his sword and looked around, saying to the girls in a serious tone, "It doesn't matter whether you are a princess, a noble, or a commoner, a powerless woman or child, a swordsman, a gunner, or a wizard."
"When war really comes, only the strong will survive. If you are not strong enough, you will be killed. It's that simple."
"Medea and Nora, your duties in the team are not to engage in close combat, but close combat enemies will not stop looking for you, so you must also receive training."
"I don't require you to master the use of swords, knives, guns or shields, but you must know how to counterattack, defend or dodge when facing various attacks, and remember it in your bones."
"Do you understand everything? Any objections?" he asked loudly at last.
"No more." The girls responded sparsely.
"Okay." Ask clapped his hands, and Peggy brought over a bundle of iron swords and threw them on the ground in the middle for everyone to pick up.
"There are many kinds of weapons in this world. Take close combat cold weapons as an example. Common ones include swords, knives, spears, battle axes, maces, daggers, etc. Among them, knives, battle axes, and maces are good at chopping and smashing, while spears and daggers are good at stabbing."
"Only the long sword can be used for both stabbing and chopping, and can be considered an all-purpose weapon, so we'll start by getting familiar with the long sword."
Ask picked up a long sword, and the knowledge from Sharp Weapon I immediately flooded into his mind.
He waved it a few times and commented, "This is a Spatha sword that was popular in the early Fourth Epoch. It has a very primitive shape, no jaws, no blood grooves, and no weighted ball to adjust the center of gravity, but it is enough to kill people. Next, I will use it to explain and demonstrate."
"First, there's attack. Take the long sword as an example. There are sword techniques, sword moves, and sword styles. What's the difference between these three? The difference is that sword techniques are made up of a large number of sword moves, while sword moves are made up of two or three sword styles. Sword styles are the smallest part of an attack action and cannot be divided any further."
"Different countries on the continent today have developed different swordsmanship systems."
"Generally speaking, the swordsmanship of the Solomons is the most sophisticated and complex, advocating to defeat the opponent without getting hurt; the swordsmanship of the Franks emphasizes simplicity and practicality, and to end the battle as quickly as possible. As for the swordsmanship of the Northerners, there is nothing much to say, it basically relies on recklessness, fighting blood and attacking."
"Hey!" Sidlifa shouted dissatisfiedly.
"Although the military strength of the Solomon Empire has now fallen to the bottom, I will still start by teaching you Solomon's swordsmanship. The reason is very simple. The swordsmanship of the Franks and the Northmen more or less relies on physical fitness. This tactical thinking is very unprofessional."
"Remember, there will always be enemies with stronger physical fitness than you. We must not only learn how to use the strong to bully the weak, but also learn how to use the weak to defeat the strong. This is the original intention of the invention of swordsmanship."
So Sidlifa also shut up. After a long time in the arena, she had to admit that Ask was right.
The swordsmanship of the Northmen was actually quite crude. As long as they had more physical strength and agility than their opponents, they would basically win in a gladiatorial duel. On the contrary, Solomon's gladiators, although seemingly weak and skinny, could make a miraculous comeback from time to time.