For the next hour or so, we changed pairs and had a one-on-one fight.


    The old man and I did it a few times in a row, but we never lost.


    He wanted to win once, but I was not weak enough to lose for free either.


    After I left the old man, I f*cked a few more people, but no one I thought was stronger than Yulina-san.


    I glanced at Mr. Yulina and saw that he was holding his sword to the man''s neck.


    After all, even though Yulina-san had just come up from her apprenticeship, she must be as strong as an ordinary knight person.


    We did it for an hour, and I''m glad we finished without losing to anyone.


    And the next training session was called one versus many.


    The training is to team up with five or so people, and fight in a one-on-four fight around one of them.


    It''s quite tough training, but it''s a very good experience.


    It''s a good thing that there are so many of us, because this kind of training is possible. When I was in the village by myself, I didn''t have the experience of fighting many people.


    This time, me, Yulina and the old man will train together.


    I''ll be surrounded and alone at first. Take it easy, Eric.


    No way, man.


    With one old man in the middle, the four of us, including me and Yulina, surrounded him.


    Then, for about three minutes, hell began to break out for the old man.


    Yulina-san and the other two in turn attacked him from all sides.


    The old man must have been doing this training for years, so he looked a little used to it and avoided it, but I attacked his torso and legs from his blind spot.


    The pain slows down his movements, and the attacks that were being avoided start to hit him. This allows my attacks from the blind spot to be decided better.


    By the end, I was already training to just endure the pain.


    Three minutes pass, and the old man falls to the spot.


    ''''Itai ... you, go easy on me.


    That''s the opposite of what you said before, old man.


    Also, I''m not serious about the attack. Even with a wooden sword, if you''re serious about it, you''ll break your bones.


    ''I don''t know where you are you''re too shadowy.


    Now that''s a compliment to me.


    The art of killing signs was a necessity for me in my previous life.


    To survive on the battlefield, as contradictory as it may seem, it''s how much combat you don''t do.


    If you''re on the battlefield and you don''t fight anyone, you have a better chance of survival.


    I killed the signs on the battlefield and did very little fighting. Like I did with the old man earlier, I attacked him from my blind spot.


    On the battlefield, it''s not like training, it''s serious. And rather than attacking the torso or legs, aiming at the head or neck is a more reliable way to kill them.


    Even in this life, I used to kill the signs when I was looking for demons in the forest.


    Tina was with me, so I got better at killing the signs... I don''t think wizards need that kind of skill, but if they had it, it would be useful in the future, so I practiced with Tina.


    After the old man did it, the next thing I did was surround Yulina-san.


    Yulina was wary of me and looked at me the whole time.


    He kept me in front of him at all times and fought a multitude.


    That strategy was mainly successful, and I took fewer attacks than the old man, but it was a little unpractical.


    It''s something I can do because I know for sure I''m the strongest, and you can''t tell which opponent is the strongest when you''re playing them for the first time.


    You don''t have those eyes yet.


    When I told her that firmly, Yulina-san nodded as if she was satisfied.


    ''''I see.......I''ve done the ''practice of practice'', haven''t I? The truth is that I have to do ''practice practice''.


    ''''I''m not saying it''s completely meaningless, because I think the experience will come to life in the future when I''m able to spot the strongman...''''


    ''I guess I''m not quite at that point yet, so that means I''m not ready to do that yet. Okay, thanks for the advice.


    Yulina is the kind of person who can listen to this kind of advice with an open mind.


    It was a bit too uptight, but she listened with firm conviction.


    People like that absorb what they do in training very quickly.... I have to work harder to keep up with them.


    Then it''s my turn.


    ''I''m going to pay you back for what you did earlier, Eric.


    Go ahead, old man.


    There''s an old man in front of me, Yulina-san behind me, and one enemy on either side of me.


    I concentrate........and meditate.


    ''''Ah?　Why don''t you shut your eyes?


    This is my way of doing things, so you can call me.


    Well, I don''t know if you''ll ever regret it.


    The old man says that and then acts in silence.


    Even when I meditate, he doesn''t let his guard down and attacks me from a slight angle instead of from the front.


    -- but I can see it.


    I squat and duck the attack to my head.


    The old man gasps a bit at being dodged, but he quickly returns his sword and performs a series of attacks.


    I duck and duck all of them with my eyes closed.


    An attack comes from behind. It''s probably Yulina-san.


    I parry the attacks to the body with my sword and return with a series of attacks as it is. There''s no reason why we shouldn''t attack. It''s just that we usually don''t have the time to do so.


    ''''Kuh!''''


    I hear a voice and it''s still Yulina''s voice. Yulina-san drops back a bit after being attacked.


    After that, she continued to be attacked from the side and from the front and from behind, but I kept dodging with my eyes closed.


    I can read the signs better when I meditate.


    It''s completely self-explanatory, and when I told Christo in a previous life, he said, "Are you stupid? I remember being told that.


    When I meditate, I can hear and feel sounds and wind currents more easily.


    When I''m fighting with a lot of people, I''m better off meditating.


    Well, I probably can''t tell you this because it''s not helpful to other people.


    So, Yulina, don''t say in a small voice, "You''ll have to teach me later" while you''re fighting. I can hear you.


    I''ve been doing this for a little longer than the others, five minutes or more, but I''m still able to do it, just a little more breathless.


    Just when I thought I was going to do that and still do it - the movement of the wind suddenly changed.


    ''''--?''''


    I just barely caught the terrifyingly fast attack that came from the front.


    The impact made me step back a few meters, but I managed to stop.


    What the hell was that!　That wasn''t the strength of your attack earlier!


    I noticed from the movement of the wind that the others had come in suddenly and attacked me, but I hadn''t expected the attack to be so strong.


    I opened my eyes to see who had attacked me.


    ''Ho, you''re going to take my attack with your eyes closed? That''s quite something.''''


    There was a man in front of me.


    Brown hair, short, chiseled, but not as chiseled as my dad. He might have been a bit more of a charlatan than my dad.


    The man was smiling at me with a wooden sword on his shoulder.


    ''Is this all of a sudden?''


    The fact that he''s here means he''s probably a knight too. Probably because he''s a senior or superior, so he uses respectful language, but he''s a little rough with his words.


    ''''Well, that''s fine, it''s just a little test of skill.''''


    I''m getting annoyed with that person who says that with a sputtering smile.


    ''Let''s have a one-on-one for now, and then we''ll talk.