The Strongest Gatekeeper – The Expelled Warrior With 9999 Defense Is Unmatched As The Gatekeeper Of

It has been decided that I will have a one-on-one fight with chief Bolton.

“Can I attack this time?” I asked.

“Yeah. There are no restrictions, it would just be a hindrance in this battle. Until one of us becomes incapacitated or surrenders, the fight will continue.”

“If I win, will I pass the recruitment test?”

“……Ha! That’s tight. I’ll bow my head if that happens. However, I’m not going to lose.”

Chief Bolton’s expression became warlike.

“I see. Then, I will fight while protecting the balloon.”

“You, are you looking down on me?”

“No. In fact, I want to prove that I could protect the people of the city in a defensive battle. It would be rare to have a battle where there are no hindrances.”

“So, you are prepared to treat this as a real battle? That takes a considerable amount of mental fortitude, but that doesn’t mean anything without ability.”

The soldiers who were watching us opened their mouths.

“That Sieg is not afraid of having chief Bolton as his opponent.”

“Chief Bolton has abilities that can rival even the knight captain. He’s not inferior to an A-rank adventurer.”

“He’s going to die……!”

Chief Bolton and I looked at each other at a distance.

I watched as the chief moved his feet.

In the next instant, he disappeared from sight.

Smoke rose as he drew closer in front of me.

“Ku!!!”

I received the sword that was swung down with my shield.

It was heavy. So heavy that my feet are about to sink to the ground.

“Oraaaa!”

Chief Bolton immediately turned his body and performed his second attack. His attack would have been a direct hit if I was any slower.

When I tried to counterattack, he was already at a distance.

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I see. He is displaying his full power as the chief of the guards.

This person is strong.

Chief Bolton once again stepped in. His speed made it seem as if he had disappeared. However, I would not fall behind the movements that I already saw once.

I matched the timing of the incoming blow from the rotation.

Kiiiin!

“Impossible……! I was parried……!”

Chief Bolton’s rotation was stopped, causing gaps to open in his defense as his center of gravity collapsed, but he did not stop swinging his sword.

It was supposed to be an impossible thing to do.

However, his god-like reflexes allowed him to graze my torso.

“There is no one among the guards who can follow my movements…… To be honest, you have already passed all qualifications……Ha……”

Chief Bolton smiled.

“I was just trying to see your pure strength just now. I thought that I was already withering away. Never expected that I still have some fighting spirit left..”

There was a sign that something was coming.

Chief Bolton seemed to have just finished his preliminary checks.

He was still hiding his hands behind his back.

“I have understood your defensive abilities. You might be considerably skilled in parrying, but…… you can’t prevent thousands of sword strikes at the same time.

He kicked the ground and flew like a wolf.

When he pulled his sword from behind him, the sword body tinged with white light.

This is… a skill!

“Try to stop this… thousand sword strikes… [Thousand Rush]!”

The sword bloomed like a flower.

Thousands of sword strikes rushed towards me all at once.

It wasn’t thousands of strikes coming one by one, but thousands of strikes all coming at the same time. Indeed, I would not be able to parry all of these.

I cannot escape……

Then, all I have to do is to take them all on.

“[Iron Target]!”

I fixed my back in place and activated my skill.

It would be bad if the balloon accidentally breaks.

All the word strikes gathered towards me. There is no trick to it. It was a pure head-on battle to see whether the other side’s attack was superior or my defense was superior.

The rain of sword strikes directly struck my body. Holes appeared on the ground one after the other.

However, I stood without falling.

“He’s…… unharmed……?”

Chief Bolton could not believe what his eyes had seen.

“To not have a single wound after receiving that many sword strikes…… Sieg, you have an extraordinary amount of defense……!”

“I have always been confident in my defense.”

“I was wondering how you could do such a dangerous parry without any hesitation…… With that much defense, even I wouldn’t be afraid of receiving a few scratches.”

Chief Bolton said as he sighed.

He placed the sword back to his waist, held his neck down, and bitterly smiled.

“……Ha. It’s my complete loss. No matter how much I fight, I would have no chance of winning.”

“So, will you hire me?”

“Oh. There’s nothing more reassuring than having you with us. From today on, let us protect this city as companions.”

Holding his outstretched hand, we shook hands.

……Fuuu. For the time being, it seems that I was able to get a job. From today on, I will work as a guard to protect this city.