Everyone was a little confused, wondering why Kino came to this conclusion.

Nicole thought that Kino was dissatisfied with her swordsmanship, so she quickly said: "I will work harder to hone my swordsmanship and make it..."

"It's not a problem with your sword skills. Your sword skills are very good. I can't fault your movements. The problem is your figure." Kino stretched out his wooden sword and moved it between Nico's head and his chest.

A gesture, as if measuring length, "You are short, and accordingly, your arm span is shorter than others, and the attack distance is severely limited. This will lead to a problem - the sword blades are the same length, and the opponent can attack you, but you can't.

You can't attack the opponent."

The confrontation between the two just now perfectly confirmed what Chino said.

In the final confrontation, the reason why Chino didn't dodge but faced him head-on was because Nicole's wingspan was too short.

When his wooden sword struck Neeko's forehead, Neeko's sword edge didn't even touch his clothes.

When masters compete with each other, a slight difference can lead to a huge mistake.

The inconspicuous difference in wingspan is probably a gap that cannot be bridged even after ten years of hard training.

Kino continued: "When you were a reserve imperial guard, you must have had this experience. When you confront a tall guard, even if the opponent's skills are far inferior to yours, he can control the distance and make you very vulnerable.

It’s hard to hurt him.”

Nicole lowered her head and responded with silence.

Kino: "Think about it again, are all the powerful swordsmen in the palace tall? They are both women, how tall is Dinisha, the Sword of the Dawn?"

Nicole murmured: "1.76 meters..."

"Do you think this is the truth?" Kino sighed, shook his head and said, "In terms of swordsmanship skills, I believe you are definitely good in the reserve force, but your height defect is destined to be the last."

"Although hard work can make up for weakness, the reality is not a fairy tale. Efforts and benefits are often not directly proportional. Many innate things cannot be made up for if you want to."

Nicole's eyes dimmed. In fact, on the first day she entered the palace, when Dinisha welcomed the newcomers on behalf of the royal guards, she specifically pointed out this issue to her.

Like Kino, Dinisha also suggested that she give up using swords as weapons and instead practice other weapons that are more suitable for her short stature.

But she never gave up the sword. Day after day, she put in several times more effort than others to practice.

Every day at the end of the training camp, when the tall men went to drink, she would stand in the open training field by herself, slashing at the wooden man with her sword again and again until late at night.

Even so, she is still like Dinisha said, she can't beat anyone, and her grades are always at the bottom.

She had spent several months practicing the technique. As long as the tall men controlled the distance at will, they could prevent her from getting close, and then use their wingspan to defeat her easily.

Seeing that Nicole looked very disappointed, Kino said calmly: "Don't be discouraged. You are just not suitable for the sword, not that you are not suitable for being a warrior. As long as you choose the right weapon and take advantage of your body, your strength will definitely be improved.

Let me give you two reference directions——"

"First, go to Baisa for advice and practice bows and arrows with him. Archers have almost no requirements for height. There is even an advantage to being short - the surface area to be hit is smaller, which can naturally lower the opponent's hit rate in a duel."

"Second, live for death and learn daggers or daggers with a shorter attack range. In extremely close combat, conventional weapons such as guns, swords, spears and hammers will become very inflexible due to length restrictions, and your wingspan will be disadvantaged.

Turn it into an advantage. But with this kind of short weapon, you must ensure that you are fast enough to hit close to people. Once you are pulled away, you will fall into a desperate situation where you are short and dangerous."

"Just choose these two directions. If you have other less popular preferences, such as concealed weapons, you can discuss it with me."

Nicole's little fists were tightly clenched, and her voice was low but full of determination: "I will not give up the sword..."

Kino was a little confused: "Do you have any obsession with weapons like swords?"

Nicole lowered her head and said nothing, with complex emotions appearing in her eyes from time to time, which also indicated that she was indeed hiding something in her heart.

"That's up to you. I don't care about your own personal affairs." Kino didn't want to be a so-called intimate brother. He raised his wooden sword and said, "Go on. When you lose more, maybe you can think about it."

clear."

In the following sparring, Nicole was quite stubborn and used all her strength to attack Kino, splitting, slashing, stabbing, and picking in turns, but all the attacks were easily neutralized by Kino.

Just when Nicole was organizing her offensive again, she suddenly felt her arm stiffen, and a strong resistance came from the sword, making it unable to move.

"Look, it's a matter of arm span again." Kino's voice came, and Nicole took a closer look and saw that his hand had come around at some point, holding the bottom end of his wooden sword, and pulled it

Locked.

Nicole used all her strength to fight against Kino, but Kino was taller than her and felt the pressure of being condescending, and his own strength was not weaker than hers. Even though she suppressed her face to turn red, she still couldn't make the wooden sword move at all.

In the flash of lightning, Kino let go of his hand. He first avoided the slashing attack with ease, and then struck Nico with a backhand on her side, knocking her away.

Nicole was beaten and rolled into the crowd, hitting Baisa directly and knocking the wooden sword out of his hand, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Maybe she was in a hurry, so Nicole didn't care about the rules, picked up Baisa's sword, and rushed towards Kino with two swords in hand.

Under the disadvantage of arm span, one sword is the same as a hundred swords, and it will not become longer just because there are more swords.

Just when Kino intercepted the incoming swords, an accident happened.

Nicole used her left-hand sword to slash at Kino. The right-hand sword changed direction without any warning and hit Kino's sword body. Her petite body spun around like a giant.

The next moment, the two changed directions again. The right-hand sword blocked the power point of Kino's sword body. The left-hand sword was drawn out and rushed forward, leaving a continuous shadow in the air like a poisonous snake spitting a message. The wooden sword was in contact with the air.

It screamed under the fierce friction, and hit Kino's face with a fierce wind.

"Bang!"

Kino was staggered and almost fell to the ground. There were also swelling and bruises on his face.

Everyone was so frightened that their livers trembled, and Nicole was even more stunned. Her face turned red and she was at a loss: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean it..."

"Doll, please be careful when you hit someone or not in the face!" Lugo hit her on the head and hurried to check on Kino's injuries.

Kino raised his hand to indicate that he was fine. Although his face was swollen, it was not broken. He took out a tissue and wiped the dust, and said to Nicole: "Pick up the sword and let me take a closer look at your posture."

Nicole quickly grabbed her own sword.

Chino: "I mean two handfuls."

Nicole was stunned, and picked up the sword that belonged to Baisa from the ground, holding the two swords in both hands."

Kino thought for a moment, then stretched out his sword towards Nico: "Counterattack me."

Nicole subconsciously raised her left sword and intercepted Kino's sword within a foot of her. At the same time, her right hand made a completely different movement, naturally reaching forward and stabbing Kino's side with the sword in her right hand.

Kino's eyes were a little confused: "Who taught you this technique of attacking with both hands at the same time, with completely different movements, one blocking and one stabbing?"

Nicole was a little confused and muttered: "No one taught me...I just subconsciously..."

Kino thought for a while and said: "Take two swords, draw a circle on the ground with your left hand, and draw a square with your right hand for me to see."

Nicole did as she was told.

Under the gaze of everyone, the two swords in her hands were as steady as well water without waves, drawing a circle on the ground, the shape was as perfect as measuring with a ruler, and even closed at the same time.
Chapter completed!