The Exiled First-born of the Noble house. Rising to the top with the Worthless Skill [Null Poison]

Chapter 427

Talent Explosion

About 20 minutes had passed since I started my assault on Drake.

I had still not yet found a weakness to grab on to, and the act of my sword being deflected by his shield seemed to continue on for an eternity.

“……….Oi, are you still not done? You’ve run out of attack variations, and I’m starting to get bored now too, you know?”

“he, he hee, I’m not bored at all though! If you want to end this match, maybe you should come and attack me instead then?”

“Are you dumb? The moment you guarded against my Fierce God Rampage, I had already decided that there was no point even trying to attack you normally. I hate wasting time on useless things.”

“Then, be quiet and continue blocking against my attacks!”

While exchanging such light banter, I refused to loosen the strength in my attacking hand and continued my assault.

I still couldn’t even envision myself breaking past Drake’s guard, and after getting blown around by his shields for so long, the damage accumulated in my body was far more than him.

If not for the armour of the first hero, Eidos Karna, I probably would have taken enough damage to be lying on the ground, unable to move by now.

While giving my gratitude to Chris for lending me this armour set, I kept on with my flurry of attacks on Drake.

Like he had said, even I could tell that my attacks were getting duller and simpler with every swing, and he must have been getting bored of dealing with them as he was yawning mid battle.

Even if I keep attacking like this, it would be impossible to do damage to Drake.

So if you’re asking why I’m continuing to do these attacks even while knowing the futility of it all, well, it’s certainly not because I expect it to suddenly work because of luck. No, it’s because I’m observing the movements he makes everytime he guards against my attacks.

Among all the tanks I have met until now, Drake was without a doubt the most talented and technical of them all.

And if I wanted to catch up to him, I needed to steal his techniques. That was the conclusion I came to.

Thankfully, he had already boldly proclaimed that he was not going to attack at me with his sword so I can continue to calmly analyze his technique.

And after another 30mins had passed of me one-sidedly hitting his shield——I finally got to a level where I could confidently say that I had gotten a grasp of Drake’s techniques.

Rather than growth, it felt more like an awakening, like I had just unearthed something from within me. Something that I had been using from pure instinct until I actually saw Drake fully utilizing it.

“……….and you’re grinning to yourself again. Did you go overboard and lost your mind finally?”

“nah, it’s all finally come together inside my head now! From here on——I think I might even win against Chris with this.”

“Chris? Not Klaus? What’s the point in winning against the useless older brother? Also……..you haven’t even beaten me yet though?”

“Don’t worry, I will start with you Drake! But, I only got stronger thanks to you so you do have my utmost gratitude so, I’ll ask one last time, if you wanna run away, now’s your chance you know?”

“Your ass is on the floor, and your one eye is all swollen and bloody. Not the words I expected from a guy in that kinda state. I haven’t even gotten hit even once still, on the other hand, you’ve been hit by my shield bash countless times already……….why the hell would I ever even think of running away?”

“Then, guess we fight till the end! Alright, allow me to go all out now!”

Even if I stole it from him, he still technically counts as my teacher so I was really being serious when I said that I’d let him run away if he wanted to but of course, he had no intention to do so, so I guess it can’t be helped.

I was curious to see just how far I can fight against someone like Drake, and now, a sense of exhilaration and excitement, that I don’t normally felt during battles was bursting forth within me.

I picked up my heavy feeling body from the ground, and gave my wrists and neck a quick twist to crack ’em bones and then——

I put my sword back in the sheathe, and faced with just my shield as well.

“After all that talk……..you’re aiming your shield at me? Are you planning to have guard battle with me?”

Drake’s style involved using two shields in both hands, so I decided to go against him with my own shield as well.

From the side, it must seem really funny seeing two warriors face off with just shields in hand but………this is fine.

Because we both only had shields, I was able to approach very close to him and looked Drake straight in the eye.

Although being this close made it more apparent just how much more taller he was than me so I did feel a little bothered by it.

“What are you planning, facing a shield with a shield? Isn’t it about time you gave up and went to sleep already?”

“Well then,——let’s have a shield bash battle, shall we?!”

Answering in that way, I swung my shield with the force and intention of blowing him away.

But a basic shield bash was never going to break Drake’s guard and my shield was easily bounced back by his shields——–and then came the same old counter shield bash that I had gotten hit by so many times at this point.

But, this was exactly what I was waiting for.

This time I deflected his shield bash and then countered with another shield bash of my own.

With this, Drake finally saw through what I was going for as well, and turned his second shield around quickly to smoothly deflect my bash again.

I only had one shield so it might seem like I was at a disadvantage but my shield was also smaller and lighter, which made it flexible, and also easy to use and manoeuvre around.

Having learnt Drake’s techniques with my own body, I coupled it with my own techniques and mixed them together, allowing me to fight against Drake at an equal level.

——–Yeah. Blocking and guarding really is lots of fun!

Until now I always thought playing as the defensive tank was a very simple and boring job and that attackers were much cooler but, now I know that the ability to protect others suits me better than anything else.

And above all……..I realized the importance of making the opponent feel as frustrated as possible.

To figure out the weaknesses of an opponent and then slowly force them into constantly revealing their weakness.

Cornering them into fighting in a way that made them uncomfortable, the glares of hate and frustration that the opponent gives you at that moment is——-just the fucking best!