The crowd was a little confused, wondering why Chino had come to this conclusion.

Thinking that Chino was dissatisfied with her swordsmanship, Niko hurriedly said, "I will hone my swordsmanship more diligently and put it..."

"It's not a problem with your sword skills, your sword skills are very good, I can't find much fault with your movements, the problem is your figure." Chino stretched out his wooden sword and made a gesture between the top of Niko's head and his chest, as if to measure the length, "You are short, correspondingly, your arm span is shorter than others, and your attack range is severely limited. This leads to a problem - the blade is the same length, and the opponent can attack you, but you can't. ”

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

In the final attack, the reason why Chino did not dodge, but met it head-on, was because Niko's arm span was too short.

When his wooden sword stabbed Niko's forehead, Nico's blade didn't even touch his clothes.

The master has made a move, and the difference is a millimeter, and it is a thousand miles wrong.

A small inconspicuous gap in arm span is likely to be a chasm that is difficult to smooth even after ten years of hard training.

Chino continued: "You must have had this experience when you were a reserve imperial guard, when you fought against a tall guard, even if the opponent's skills were far inferior to yours, he could control the distance and make it difficult for you to hurt him. ”

Niko lowered her head, silently in lieu of answer.

Chino: "Think about it again, are all the powerful swordsmen in the palace very tall?" Also female, how tall is Dnisha of the Sword of Daybreak? ”

Niko muttered, "1.76 meters..."

"Look, isn't that the truth?" Chino sighed, shook his head and said, "In terms of swordsmanship skills alone, I believe you must be good in the reserves, but your height defect is destined to be the end. ”

"Although diligence can make up for clumsiness, the reality is not a fairy tale, efforts and benefits are often not proportional, a lot of congenital things, not that you want to make up for it."

Niko's eyes darkened, in fact, on the first day she entered the palace, when Denisha greeted the newlyweds on behalf of the royal guards, she specifically addressed this problem to her.

Like Chino, Denisha advised her to abandon the sword as a weapon and instead practice other weapons that were more compatible with her short stature.

But she never gave up the sword, day after day, and 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 empty training ground by herself, swinging sword after sword at the wooden man until late at night.

Rao is like this, she is still like Dinisha said, she can't beat anyone, and her grades are low all year round.

The trick she'd spent months practicing, and tall men could keep her out of reach with just a few casual controls of distance, and then use her reach to defeat her with ease.

Seeing that Niko looked very lost, Chino said calmly: "You don't have to be discouraged, you are just not suitable for a sword, not a warrior." As long as you choose the right weapon and give full play to the advantages of your size, your strength will definitely go further. I'll give you two directions—"

"1. Go to Baixa for advice and practice bows and arrows with him. Archers have little to no height requirements, and being short even has the advantage of being small - they have a small hit surface, which can naturally depress the opponent's hit rate in the counter-shot. ”

"2. Born to the Dead, learn a short knife or dagger with a shorter attack range. In close quarters combat, regular weapons such as guns, swords, spears, and hammers are limited in length and can become very inflexible, turning your reach disadvantage into an advantage. But this kind of short weapon must ensure that you are fast enough to stick to people, and once you are pulled out of position, you will fall into a desperate situation where you are short and dangerous. ”

"You can choose these two directions for yourself. If you have other less popular preferences, such as hidden weapons, you can discuss with me. ”

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

Chino was a little puzzled: "Do you have any obsession with a weapon like a sword?" ”

Niko lowered her head and did not speak, and her eyes showed mixed emotions from time to time, which also indicated that she was indeed hiding something in her heart.

"Then it's up to you, I don't care about your own private affairs." Chino didn't want to be a so-called confidant big brother, so he raised his wooden sword and said, "Go on, when you lose a lot, maybe you can figure it out." ”

In the next sparring, Niko was quite stubborn, and attacked Chino with all her might, slashing, slashing, stabbing, and picking in turn, but all the attacks were downplayed and defused by Chino.

Just as Niko was organizing the offensive again, she suddenly felt her arm freeze, and a strong resistance came from the sword, making the sword body unable to move.

"You see, it's the reach problem again." As Chino spoke, Niko looked intently, only to see his hand come around at some point, grasp the bottom of his wooden sword, and lock it down.

Niko gathered all her strength to push Chino, but Chino was taller than her, with condescending pressure, and his own strength was not weaker than her, even if she held her face red, she still couldn't make the wooden sword move.

In a flash of lightning, Chino let go of his hand, first lightly dodging the slash that followed, and then slashed at Niko's side with a backhand, knocking her flying.

Niko was beaten into the crowd and slammed directly into Baiza, knocking off the wooden sword in his hand, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Probably in a hurry, Niko didn't care about any rules, picked up Baiza's sword, and rushed towards Chino with two swords.

With the disadvantage of reach, one sword is the same as a hundred swords, and it will not grow longer just because there are more swords.

Just as Chino intercepts the incoming twin swords, an accident happens.

Niko slashed at Chino with her left-handed sword, and her right-hand sword changed direction without warning, pointing at Chino's sword, and her petite body swirled like a shock.

In the next moment, the two changed direction again, the sword in the right hand stuck the point of force of Chino's sword body, and the sword in the left hand pulled out and rushed forward, leaving a continuous shadow in the air like a poisonous snake spitting letters, and the wooden sword hissed under the violent friction with the air, and slashed at Chino's face with a fierce wind.

"Bang!"

Chino was staggered, and the whole person almost fell to the ground, and swollen bruises appeared on his face.

Everyone was so frightened that they trembled, and Niko was even more stupid, her face flushed and she didn't know what to do: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."

"Doll, don't hit people in the face, pay attention!" Lugo tapped her on the head and hurried to check on Chino's injuries.

Chino raised his hand to signal that he was fine, although his face was swollen, but it was not broken, so he took out a tissue and wiped the ashes, and said to Niko, "Pick up the sword, let me take a closer look at your posture." ”

Niko hurriedly clenched her sword.

Chino: "I mean two. ”

Niko was stunned for a moment, and picked up the sword that belonged to Baiza on the ground, holding the double sword in both hands. ”

Chino pondered for a moment, then stretched out his sword to Niko: "Fight back against me." ”

Niko subconsciously raised her left hand sword and intercepted Chino's sword at her own foot, and at the same time, her right hand made a completely different movement, naturally reaching forward and stabbing her right hand sword into Chino's side ribs.

Chino's eyes were a little puzzled: "Who taught you this technique of attacking with both left and right hands at the same time, with completely different movements, and one block and one stab?" ”

Niko was a little dazed and muttered, "No one teaches... Just subconsciously..."

Chino thought for a moment and said, "Take two swords, draw circles on the ground with your left hand, and draw squares with your right hand to show me." ”

Niko did so.

Under the gaze of everyone, the double swords in her hands were as smooth as well water without waves, drawing a circle on the ground, perfectly shaped as if measuring with a ruler, and even closing at the same time.

"Interesting." A playful smile appeared on Chino's face, "You're actually this kind of person." ”