CHAPTER 44

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CHAPTER 44

283 ac

POV WYLAND

I can't believe I lost to a nine name-days old boy even though I fought with all my might. Yes, I was defeated in our first fight as well, but at that time, no matter how much I didn't want to underestimate him and tried to fight him seriously, but I didn't use all my strength from the get-go; I think I used around 70% of my strength, so I was angrier with myself than against him.

But this fight... This fight was different; I used all my strength in this fight and tried all the tricks I knew. I think I fought wisely too, but it did not lead me to victory. I was beaten in every sense of the word, and he crushed me. He was in control of the whole fight. Every time I tried to get into the rhythm, there came an attack that I couldn't understand where it was coming from.

What kind of beast this boy is, I have no idea, but I know one thing no one other than adult knights can be his rival. He's not much faster than me, and he's even a little weaker physically, but I couldn't hold him in any way; I couldn't use my physical superiority as if I were fighting a creature made of water.

For old gods' sake, I wouldn't have believed it if Sir Rodrik didn't say it, but he doesn't even look nine name-days old; how can that be? If he is 1.50 meters when he is only nine name-days old, I don't even want to imagine how he would look like when he grows up.

I don't want to be his enemy anymore, but I will never fall at his feet, either. I must continue to follow my sword; wherever this road takes me, I will never regret it. I can take from this that Aermir will not be an ordinary knight, and something tells me he may be much more than a footnote at the bottom of the Winterfell knight history books.

POV MC

"AAHHHAHAHAH, you see, you see, Jon, I told you, didn't I? I told you that Aermir would win this fight by crushing him." Arya was tugging at Jon's arm excitedly while shouting.

Jon, while trying to hide his embarrassment, said

"Yes, I knew that too!"

"No, you did not. You said that Aermir could win this fight with great difficulty and with the help of luck. "

Robb got into the middle of them and said, "Arya stops fighting with Jon."

"humph," When Robb said that, Arya angrily turned around and began to leave the sparring area. Sansa was going after Arya and expostulating her about how she shouldn't act like this. After another 10-15 minutes of talking with Robb and Jon about the fight, Rodrik approached us and said he needed to talk with me. We both left and went to his quarter.

While smiling slyly, he said.

"Today, I'm not going to rant and get straight to the point. With this fight, you have clearly shown that you no longer need to fight against squires. From now on, I will match you with young knights."

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284 ac

It's been about six months since my fight with Wyland, which was pretty mundane overall. The only thing that stood out was my fights with adult knights between the ages of 16 and 20, and I couldn't win even one of those fights. They were all far superior to me physically, but most of them were inferior in talent, and they were aware of it.

Fighting most of them, I could read them like a book what they would do and when they would do it, but even if I could see the future, it wouldn't mean anything unless my body could follow this information. They were so much faster than me that my body couldn't even if my eyes could follow them.

Even the weakest had 6.7 spd and 6.9 str, the strongest being Hugo Moss. I don't even think I was able to really push him in the fights, he is a major bastard, but he was definitely strong. Till my fight with Hugo a few days ago, I thought I was pushing him, but I was terribly wrong. I had a breakthrough in my buffs while I was in Wolfswood the day before this fight.

Now my buffs provided 1.5 stats, my speed was 4.2, and my strength was 4. I thought Hugo had 6.9 speed and 7.3 strength, but I knew even with my buffs, I would still be defeated by him; I thought at least today I would be defeated without being crushed. He was still winning, but he suddenly showed a higher power when he couldn't crush me in combat. 7.3 speed and 7.8 power, and I don't think that's his peak either. He was serious, but he wasn't trying to kill me.

I didn't see him as a scumbag because he defeated me. as I said, I was losing to all the knights, but this bastard would keep striking at me even when I was falling to the ground beaten and almost always kicked me when I was on the ground, while no one was looking. It was very clear from his actions and words what his problem was with me. I was a commoner, and he was a member of House Moss.

He was displaying purely classical minor noble behavior because they had to obey what all the other powerful houses said so that some bones would be thrown in front of them. Still, at the same time, they felt all those tail waggings were beneath them, as a result of which they would turn their anger against those they saw as weaker than themselves. He may be physically superior to me for now, but the fact that he was a tiny man in my mind would never change.