Two shots missed, and he was stabbed in the back of the head.
Even on a real battlefield, saving your life by relying on the defense of power armor is by no means a glorious thing.
Apart from the equipment advantage, Claude had already lost completely.
There were no cheers or applause around, and the surrounding Night Watch Knights seemed to be plunged into complete silence.
As Knights of the Night's Watch, being defeated by foreign mercenaries in an open competition was an absolute shame and humiliation for the Night's Watch who prided themselves on being elites.
Not to mention that the defeat was so complete and utter that the surrounding night watchmen were also ashamed.
However, Knight Commander Claude did not make any mistakes in his operation.
He fired immediately when the starting gun sounded, and when the opponent approached him, he did not panic and quickly fired at close range. All his actions were in line with the provisions of the Night Watch military manual and were textbook responses.
If any other Night Watch Knight were here, no one would have the confidence to perform better than him.
So how do we explain this defeat
In the command tent at the highest point, the commander-in-chief and several high-ranking members of the Night Watch watched the entire battle on the command screen. For a moment, they looked solemn and frowned in thought.
"It's Flash Step." Kormo, the Grand Commander of the Holy Day Knights, dragged the mouse and played back to the beginning of the time.
The screen was showing the moment when the starting gun sounded and Knight Commander Claude fired. In the still picture, Ask's body could be seen sinking slightly and his heels slightly raised.
"The Ilanian swordsman's flash step?" Commander Blaise asked with a frown.
"To be precise, it's the Assassin assassin's instant step." Kolmer replied, "This step is very popular in the East, but it was first spread from the Assassin sect."
"The mainstream Shunpo has a lot of heel-spinning movements, the purpose of which is to make the swordsman's footwork more difficult for the opponent to see. However, the Assassins believe that heel-spinning is a meaningless and redundant movement, because the purpose of Shunpo itself is to burst speed in a short period of time."
"As long as you can reach full speed in an instant, how can your opponent see your footwork?"
"Given the physical qualities of the Assassins, they are indeed qualified to say this." Phoebus said with a smile, "Because even if they don't turn around, few normal people can see their speed clearly."
"That's right." Kolmer turned on the playback speed of 0.1 times. "Look at the picture again. From here to here, Ask put his front foot on the ground and took at least three steps in just 0.3 seconds. The average step length was less than half a meter. His speed instantly reached the peak without any heel rotation."
"It's the perfect Assassin-style Ilania Flash Step." He concluded, "Let alone Claude, even if the Templars were here, they might not be able to hit the opponent with the first shot."
"So you think that this Ask is an Assassin assassin?" asked Commander Bryce.
"I don't think so." Kolmer said carefully, "From what I understand, the Assassin-style Ilanya Flash Step is extremely difficult and arduous to learn."
"I heard that their assassin mentors would spread caltrops all over the ground in the cafeteria passage, leaving only a gap of half a foot's width, forcing the assassins to pass through in a flash."