The way of the sword Titan

I deployed a few plasma drones to aid us in distracting the thing. The plan? There is no concrete plan on how to deal with that thing. The only thing I could do was to try a few things against it and see how that thing reacted to stimuli.

The sound of its rotors being put to the maximum power reached the microphone within Ronin as it got conveyed to us that it was now doing what I wanted it to do. To act as the decoy.

*Pisha Pisha Pisha!*

Three consecutive plasma shots soared from across the lakeside, hitting the Hydra on the back. The plasma drone then made a movement pattern of moving in a circle around the hydra, saturating it with a decent amount of plasma bolts. Its camera was making me see what the hydra was at from a distance, and my god, it was really that huge.

[Graaaar!!!!] (??) It angrily spewed fire towards the drone, but thankfully the drone is nimble as its manoeuvrability is its standing point. Dodging the breath of fire by increasing its altitude and then moving around the trajectory of the flame, and then shooting another series of plasma bolts.

*Pisa Pisha Pisha!*

One thing I can confirm is that it's easily pissed off by anything it sees moving, moreover, it's more pissed when attacked.

I manually controlled the drone, evading the breath attack in the process. The heat the attack made caused the camera to go static for a bit, but it returned as soon as I got a little distance from it.

As for us, I was preparing both my mind and Ronin's broadsword...

{SWORD STYLE UNLOCKED!}

Eh? What now?

{PLEASE CHOOSE A SWORD STYLE FOR THE SWORD CORE TO INTEGRATE:

+LONG SWORD STYLE

+SLASHER STYLE

+HEAVY SWORD STYLE}

Damn, what could it be other than the last one?

{SWORD CORE HAS NOW LEARNED THE WAY OF THE HEAVY SWORD STYLE!}

A new message notification popped out in my HUD along with the logo of its core with a broadsword in it.

What are the sword styles commonly used when wielding a huge broadsword? Surely one can just go and berserk around like a certain character of a certain dark fantasy anime, but doing so would create large gaps within each movement and it is a waste of energy doing such. That means associating Ronin's broadsword fighting style with the longsword fighting style is what is suited due to the size and length of the blade added to its weight. Huh??? Wait, what?

[Goddamn, even if it was preoccupied with the drone, it was still able to put its attention to me. As expected of a hydra]

*Pang!*

The automatic parry within its AI immediately activated causing a metallic pang to resonate in my ears. The tense atmosphere surrounding this standoff is now getting my nerves, but the hope in the eyes of the girls inside the cockpit dampened my fears...fuuuu...Breathe in Jack, this is the greatest battle that will happen in your life! Also, what is with this information flowing in my head?

*Bang!..Bang!..Bang!..Bang!*

The drum magazine ejected from the gun and landed in the waters, the lead wall shotgun is pretty good at closer ranges than going medium because the kinetic energy of the buckshot decreases greatly as the distance becomes bigger. Also, the name "lead wall" isn't just a title but is also the way it fires the buckshot. There are three barrels in the lead wall, and each barrel is associated with one round, hence when shot creates a huge wall of fast-firing lead and metal that would fatally injure any soft-armored enemy. That is one heck of a lesson learned. Also firing at really close=> medium-sized distances makes the wound this time on the hard scale of the hydra now more noticeable...

Since Ronin has to reload longer when using the lead wall, and that will become risky, switching to the secondary is faster as they say. So I detached the sword once again and holstered back the shotgun in place. Just like how it is historically back in the feudal period of Japan, warriors are now equipped with guns and swords.

The long sword swordsmanship is an art that uses the body's shifting of weight as well as the precise hand and arm movements when wielding the said sword. It is a very difficult technique to master due to the size, weight, and length of the sword. However, despite the weight, it is somewhat similar to the fencing's basic movements such as its offensive moves, stances, and defensive moves for certain offensive attacks.

Ronin's dash back to its position earlier just to evade the hydra's bite is called voiding, it is the defensive move where one has to step forward, backwards, or sideways just to evade an attack which in my case is a set of razor-sharp teeth.

[Woah!!!!]

[I told you! Be careful!] (Nene)

[I know! Don't shout near my ears!!!!]

That was a close call, thank goodness this information that flowed in my head is useful, rather it is too useful.

Now then, what did I do again when using Ronin in the game? My gameplay style when it comes to Ronin is shooting, slashing, running, and evading. But, the enemies in the game are just pilots, other titans, grunts, and other non-playable characters...not big giant multi-headed dragons.

*Sha!*

Hot air exited the radiator as Ronin's entire chassis got cooled off in the process of splashing water. I can't let Ronin overheat, as it is our lifeline right now. After all, I'm already overburdening it by evading most attacks and then charging at the being with speed while using most of its titan abilities.

We evaded another tail attack...

*Thud!*

*Splash!*

[It's now or never!] I synced my mind into Ronin's and decided on the decisive moment of this standoff.

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His hands were shaking, his body was wet with sweat, and his breath was ragged.

I saw how he was planning to defeat the superior hydra species, but little would he know about the situation about himself.

[Big sis, big brother Jack is--] (Tanya)

[We can't distract him or else we too will get caught up in this, all we can do now is just watch] I thought about the horror that we had just experienced from those bad men thinking it ended with that, but to think we also have to experience this.

I knew about it, his cowardice in the depths of his heart. The bravado he had to put up just eased our worries thinking he would find a way to solve this by himself, Jack, I've never met a young man like you before.

Boys and men alike are indeed brave. Even women are brave and we would be in certain times, but Jack is just different from most men. It was as if I saw someone trying to be a knight when he wasn't born to be one, it was like I saw an ordinary boy becoming a mercenary, it was as if I saw.....the coward him becoming a saviour.

[Oraaaa!!!!!!!] (Jack) Little would I know about the impact this fight would have on him

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..

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I breathed in heavily and then decided on my course of action.

Ronin then does an OX WARD stance where its left foot is put forward and the broadsword is placed near the cockpit and is aimed at the upper regions of the Hydra's body...in my POV it was towards the necks.

I then moved Ronin in a lunge and...

[Kahooon!!!] (??) The enemy reacted by trying to bite us off, but it was futile.

The broadsword was charged with electricity as Ronin closed the distance between us and the hydra, it sensed the danger in its life...but its gigantic body could not react that fast when its focus was still on the annoying drone that was shooting at it nonstop.

[Oraaa!!!!!!!]

*Pang!*

The electrified sword passed through the base of its tail like cutting butter, but like a house lizard, its tail did not bleed that much instead it immediately pulsated and started to slowly heal and regenerate. That is enough time for me to deal with this giant mother fricking lizard!

High Blow, wrath blow, middle blow, low blow, and then an overhead thrust.

*Share!*

*Share!*

The hydraulics screamed out air as Ronin dashed to the side 2 times before returning another blow toward the hydra's claws.

Ronin is capable of combining moves that are unique to it and does not just follow the longsword style.

This feels just like...a monster hunter game huh? Ahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

First was a thrust at the back of the hydra, and next was a spinning attack that allowed me to cut through the hard scale with ease due to the increase in inertia as well as the kinetic energy that came along with each spin.

*Pang!*

Like a predator becoming the prey as it sensed its life being threatened, it tried to flee by flailing around and scuttling towards the depths of the lake.

[Like hell I will let you go, you bastard!] With a press of a button, the voltage started to rise within the core as it produced more.

{V= 1,000}

{V= 10,000}

{V= 100,000}

{V= 1,000,000}

...

{V= 3,000,000}

{ WARNING! CORE IN IMMINENT BREAKDOWN! VOLTAGE OVERCHARGE DETECTED! THE FUSE WILL BLOW IN 3...2...1}

The onboard voltmeter started to rise in numbers as visible sparks, arcs, and the sword itself became veiled in electricity.

[Eat this and go to hell you piece of shit!!!!!!]

*BZZT!*

I stabbed the sword in the water and released the charged electricity that built up within Ronin's core.

Holy shit!!!!! The hair in my skin is standing up right now due to the massive voltage that was currently being flowed.

[Kahooooooooooooooonn!!!!!] (??)

[Graaaaaarrr!!!!!!] (??)

[Kyaaaa!!!!] (Tanya)

[Waaaa!!!!!] (Rikka)

Blue streaks of high-voltage electricity arched within the water and then beneath the surface. 30,000 worth of Amps flowed out into the water, and only 10 A is enough to kill a person.

It already has dived quite deep, but the electricity equivalent to that of a lightning bolt being fired at the water made it resurface in pain.

[It's weakened!] (Nene)

I made another ox ward stance with Ronin and then rushed at the hydra with great speed and then delivered the finishing blow.

[You were quite unlucky, to have us as the meal you were planning to have] Ronin's sword movements then start with a wrath blow, however, it changed its trajectory, and instead of cutting the ear, it was now aimed at the base of the necks...

[Oraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!] completely severing the two off.

{YOU HAVE FELLED A GREATER ENEMY!}

{SCOURGE OF THE FOREST "SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL WYVERN HYDRA" HAS BEEN KILLED!}

*Pang!*

This time blood, bones, and flesh flew out as the sword smashed it instead of cutting. What was once a muddy murky lakeside has now become bloody as the humongous body of it dropped dead in the waters...

The voltage overcharge earlier caused quite a lot of unnecessary fish kill as I looked at each fish float to the surface one by one.

[Is it.....done?] (Nene)

As for me, I am feeling some things for the first time. I feel lightheaded and nauseous.....

I don't feel so good...why is it.....

[Jack? Hey...are you okay...Jack?!] (Nene) The last thing I remembered before passing out was my aching head and their worried faces.

{EMERGENCY QUEST HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!}

{YOU EARNED A TITLE! [DAVID & GOLIATH]}

{YOU EARNED 1000 EXP! LEVELED UP! 1=>5}

{YOU EARNED 5 STATUS POINTS!}

{YOU EARNED 5 SKILL POINTS!}

{RONIN EARNED 1000 EXP!}

{YOU EARNED A MYSTERIOUS REWARD BOX X1!}

=======================================================CHARACTER STATUS

NAME: JACK COOPER

AGE: 20 YEARS OLD

RACE: HUMAN

OCCUPATION: [MILITIA] TITAN PILOT LV5 [15/1100]

TITAN: RONIN LV1 [1,000/100,000]

HP: 100/100

ENERGY: 100/100

STR: 15

VIT: 10

DEF: 15

STAMINA: 15

LUCK: 13

STATUS POINTS: +5

SKILLS:

CLOAK LV1

STIM LV1

GRAPPLE LV1

A-WALL LV1

PHASE SHIFT LV1

PULSE BLADE LV1

HOLOGRAPHIC PILOT LV1

SKILL POINTS: +5

PILOT KIT I: FAST REGENERATION LV1

PILOT KIT II: LOW PROFILE LV1

TITLE:

DAVID & GOLIATH