Way of Overlord
Chapter 380: Rhythm of Battle

Chapter 380: Rhythm of Battle

It is said those who are born with innate strength is extraordinary and could not really be judged by common sense.

It wasn’t until now, that this square face warrior understand why those people would heap such praises and fear such a person.

But even when he sees that Belarion is this powerful, this square face warrior has his own pride.

His eyes become fierce and the blade is gripped tightly.

The grip become tighter as he tries to expel the fear in his heart

But as he come closer and closer toward Belarion, the grip become looser.

It is him calming his heart and focus only on the enemy in front of him. He was about to attack Belarion but Belarion suddenly thrusted his glaive forward.

And then as that stab from Belarion is about to pierce him, his big blade suddenly chopped down diagonally, directly slashing at the stabbing glaive.

TTING!

Sparks flew and a loud clang sounded.

Neigh!

The neigh of the horse sounded and the square face warrior retreat four steps backward with his horse

but Belarion is still there, sitting on his horse, almost like he is motionless, his horse did not even move back a step.

But he look at his glaive and then look back at the square faced man.

Then he laughed. His laugh become louder.

And this laugh does not make people feel at ease.

Because the longer the laughter, the more unease the people around Belarion feel.

Even though Belarion is basically surrounded by enemies right now, most of the Wustkazan warriors engage with Belarion soldiers and did not engage with Belarion.

They all knows that fighting Belarion is just sending more people to die.

Yanlan who is at the back watch with his eyes narrow

"So, that is the famous Belarion. His fame is not undeserved. With such warrior under his control, how could Aeryon not have the ambition to conquer the world?"

He sighed and mutters

If Rakarys knows that Belarion is this strong would he have insisted this warrior to become the tribe fool?"

If at that time Rakarys had trained Belarion to become a powerful warriors, who knows....maybe the Ghar and Xewa tribe would not even have the chance to expand?

However, everything has its pros and con and hindsight is always twenty-twenty.

If Belarion was trained as a warrior since he was a child, just like the other tribes train the children of those born with innate strength, he probably would have a short life.

Then there is the possibility that every tribe around Brolgadhr would have ganged up against Brolgadhr and Rakarys would not even have the chance to pass down the tribe to his son.

If Xewa and Ghar did not force Brolgadhr tribe, then Aeryon could not have set the stage for this new era.

It is the Ghar and Xewa tribe action that enables Aeryon to forge a place among the greats in the Steppe.

Maybe if its changed, Brolgadhr tribe could not have expanded this fast and this fierce.

What If....is the question that the Dark Ones like the most.

Meanwhile on the battlefield, Belarion look at his glaive , seemingly surprised that the square face warrior manage to even deflect his attack

But the confidence in his eyes returns almost immediately.

"This is good!" he shouted with happiness and he makes his move without hesitation.

The pause is only a second.

An opportunity appears and he thrust his glaive upwards and the square face warrior who just finished trying to calm down his horse was caught off guard.

Slash!

The stabbing pierced the square face warrior vital point.

"Argh!!" He shouted in pain. And he turns that pain into anger. The blade is raised and he made a chopping attack. It chopped toward the glaive.

Clang!

There was another clang

This time Belarion raise his eyebrows

"Who could have thought!"

Belarion is still calm. But there is a slight annoyance in his tone of voice

Belarion just raised the glaive in his hand and it was forced to cut down again.

How could he not be annoyed? It is like something that should die, just refuse to die. Belarion himself is not known for his patience.

"Fine!" It is clear that Belarion is angry.

He pulled the reins of his horse with his left hand his horse stood up instantly, neighing but following the intention of his master.

Shing!

This time, Belarion attack become faster.

The glaive shot out. The wind howls and the flashing of light blinds the people

"Argh!"

the extremely sharp glaive tip was about to directly pierced the stomach of that square face warrior.

Belarion smiles this time.

One could see that from the change expression on the face of that square faced man, this time, the attack faster than before.

Belarion changes the rhythm of the battle. In the past, when he attacks, he starts with full strength.

But as he look at the way his sworn brother fights, he also took some of the method of his sworn brother.

Aeryon is not as strong as him.

He is not even faster than him.

But, Aeryon attack made him feel threatened.

He doesn’t know why.

He just always felt that when he fights with his sworn brother, even though he has the full advantage, it felt like he is in a mud and could only respond.

If not for his strength, his sworn brother Aeryon could have defeated him easily.

And when he ask Aeryon why it is like this, Aeryon simply said, he controls the rhythm of the battle, of attacking and defending and doing so, he force and even trick him to follow his rhythm unconsciously.

and he never shows all of his trick at the first bout.

When Belarion is taught this, it is like opening a new world for him

he never thought that even fighting could be so complicated. His brother also said not every battle should be complicated.

If the power and strength is overwhelming, there is no need for so many calculations.

But having calculations and having no calculations at all, also shows a difference in level.

When you reach a certain level of mastery, there is art in your method. And when it reaches above artistry, it become natural.

Natural means simple.

Hence, one attack could defuse ten method.

Belarion then also learn some of this method.

Not only it would hone his martial arts, it would also hone his mind and enable him to see some things he never see before when he is in battle.

His sworn brother also said that different people should use different tactics.

As for being natural and artistry embedded in the attack, that is not a level that even he had reached and so there is a need to make do what you have.

Being impatient is also a taboo.

Some people focused on ending the fight in one strike. Dealing with someone like this is very dangerous.

If you hold back your strength at the beginning and get caught off guard and this person uses his strike towards you, you are dead.

Some people focused on the three strikes in the beginning. The three strikes in the beginning is full of force.

He would attack, you would deflect, he uses his force to break your parry and usually by the second attack you are dead.

But if you could survive the three attack, then the battle would fall into a stalemate because the person using it has already used most of his strength in the three strikes in the beginning.

And some feign weakness in the beginning, slowly raising the speed of attack, the strength and when one least expect it, burst with all of the strength, breaking the already predicted rhythm of battle.

Aeryon said that he uses different tactics for different people. It is different when he attack timid people and brave people.

When he attacks cautious and careful person and reckless and strong headed person, both requires different approach and at the same time depends on your strength and circumstances.

No dule could ever be the same because the people is different and the place is different. Everything has to be taken into consideration and these are the methods of the master.

One thing that is constant in the battlefield is change. The battlefield is not a chessboard and the people are not chess pieces.

Most of the time they move logically but at times they moves illogically, following things like their hearts.

Hence, plan, but prepare for change and do not panic when something goes out of plan instead respond to it with a calm heart and a steady mind

Belarion chooses to hide his strength.

Because he was confident he could defeat the square face warrior.

And also, because he is too far forward.

If he did not conserve his strength...he is already surrounded and be put in a desperate position.

He might appear at ease but that is for his enemies to look at. He needs to show his confident to deter the enemy

But even he could not really be that unaffected. He just pretend that he is not affected. And the more he seek death, the more the gate of life opens.

That is how it is.

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