Skill 33 Volume 9

“But Prez, no matter how fast he swings his sword, if you consider the difference in reach of their devices, Stella’s sword should hit first. How did Kurogane-kun make up for the difference in reach?”

“Kana-chan. You will see the answer if you look at the handle of Intetsu.”

Kanata focused on Ikki in the ring.

Then she realized.

The black sword he held in his hand.

The handle was unusually short, having been broken to the point where Ikki’s pinky didn’t have any handle to grasp.

“That, no way… Did it get dissolved!?”

“Yes. In the instant they crossed, before Stella’s sword reached him, Ikki drew his sword. With just that, the difference in reach would have still caused him to take the attack first. So Ikki-kun swung with the handle first instead of the blade, using the end of the handle to strike Lævateinn.”

“So with that he diverted the trajectory of her stab…!”

“Executing such a strategy so fast it couldn’t even be seen… What a man.”

“Really, what a crazy guy…”

In that blink of an eye, he had come up with and executed both attack and defense.

The way he handled a sword was in another dimension.