Fast Sword Against Fast Sword, and Miss Lyu Owes a Favor Too

"Um, excuse me, Mr. Broly, how should we demonstrate our abilities to you?"

Kashima Sakura asked.

"Very simple. Attack me with everything you have.

There's no easier way to understand someone's Combat Skill level than actual combat."

"Can we use any means necessary?"

Yamato Mikoto pressed.

"I personally don't care what methods you use. As for whether you go all out, that depends on you—if you want more precise guidance on your Combat Skill."

Broly replied.

The three members of the Take Mikazuchi Familia exchanged glances, then nodded.

"Then, Mr. Broly, excuse us."

The three adopted the standard adventurer formation of vanguard and rear guard before launching their attack.

Hitachi Chigusa, the somewhat introverted-looking girl, took down the bow slung across her back.

Drawing the bow, nocking an arrow, aiming, and firing—all in one smooth motion.

The arrow flew a little slowly, though. Broly merely shifted aside, and the shot missed.

As he rushed toward the archer girl, Kashima Sakura came forward holding a huge wooden club.

He occupied a role similar to Gareth of the Loki Familia: serving as the team's vanguard tank, drawing enemy fire and preventing the rear guard behind him from being attacked.

Unfortunately, whether in Ability Values or defensive skill, he was more than one level below Chongjie Gareth.

Still, that was only natural. The gap between ordinary Adventurers and First-Rank Adventurers was huge.

In order to gauge this man's skills and stats, Broly did not immediately knock him down.

Instead, he used tricky Swordsmanship to put pressure on him.

Kashima Sakura, who had previously only fought Monsters, now felt himself struggling to keep up with the boy's combat rhythm. The opponent's Swordsmanship was full of feints, leaving him with the huge wooden club scrambling in a fluster.

He thought it was a powerful downward