The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 61
He thought about the worst-case scenario.
(Even though it’s cowardly, the only way we could go forward with this is to attack with force once Ax is about to lose and leave everything undecided. Once the duel starts, those guys will focus on Ax and we’d probably be able to take them…)
Regardless of his intentions, the two kobolds in front made their move!
“Gau, gaooon!!” (The first to attack wins!!)
Striker closed the gap by sliding his feet, aiming for a left jab at his opponent’s face and a series of right hand punches to the solar plexus.
“Wafuh.” (Fuh)
Upon taking a short breath, Ax stopped the left jab with his right hand, and smoothly used his left leg to step back to keep his upper body from getting hit by the follow up punches from the right, and used his right leg to sweep at his opponent’s feet from close quarters.
“Garuah!!” (Nice try!!)
Anticipating the counter attack from his opponent’s right, the Kobold Striker jumped back, reducing the impact of the strike.
“UOOOOOOH!” (TAKE THIS!!)
From a slight opening, he released a right kick aimed at Ax’s heart.
“Guuh!!” 【Continuous Activation ：Impact Resistance】
Although he was kicked on the left side of his chest, Ax’s Impact Resistance as a Kobold Defender mitigated the damage. However, not wanting to miss the opportunity of his opponent breaking his stance and staggering backward, the Kobold Striker swung his kicking leg down and built some momentum to deliver a full-forced palm-strike to his opponent’s unprotected gut.
“Wuooon!!” (This settles it!!)
“Gyauh!” (Ow!)
No matter how impact-resistant one is, what’s painful will always be painful. Involuntarily, Ax let out a yelp of pain.
“Kuoofuh!!” (What the hell are you doing!?)
“Gufaah!?” (Uoooh!?)
A pissed off Ax haphazardly swung his thick arm and caught the Kobold Striker in the flank.
“Gau!” (Tsk!)
Frustrated that the attack was less effective than he had expected, the Kobold Striker put some distance from his opponent, stepped in again and hit his opponent in the face with a full-bodied straight punch at the same time!
“Ruaaaaaaaah!!” (Shaaaaaah!!)
“Kuuuuh!”
However, the high-powered, sweeping strike merely grazed the opponent’s cheek and left a small cut. This was because Ax slightly bent his upper body backward and turned his head to the side.
“Kuh!?”
Furthermore, the hulking blue Kobold quickly grabbed his opponent’s arm with both hands, and, with all his strength, spun around and crouched low as he threw his opponent down from his shoulder.
Yes, this was the so called one-arm shoulder throw. [1]
“Kuruaaaaaaaan!!” (Deryaaaaaaaaaaah!!)
The sound of Ax’s spirited roar echoed through Easteria forest!
The Kobold Striker who was thrown by the force of his opponent’s hanegoshi [2] while getting his arm pulled, flew through the air and slammed into the ground on his back with a loud thud.
“Guhah!? …ugh.. agh..”
With his dominant foot, Ax stepped on the defeated kobold’s belly to block his movement.
“Gueh…”
“Waauh!!” (Elder brother!!)
“Guruah!!” (BOSS!!)
As the Kobold Striker’s companions reflexively made a move, Blazer and the others who had been laying low jumped out from behind their right flank, while the other three kobolds also appeared from the opposite side.
And, with nary a pause, Blazer barked out a command.
“Guruoh, garufuuooh!!” (You guys, don’t move!!)
“Wauh!? Gaoah!” (Wha!? It’s an ambush!)
“Kuuh!!”
Quickly surrounding the trembling, floppy-eared kobolds, Blazer and the others held out their weapons to block their opponents’ movements.
“…Gurua wooon.” (… We win.)
Putting aside the fact that he planned to take the opponents by surprise once his friend was placed at a disadvantage and declaring a draw, Blazer declared victory. And with this, their encounter with the unfamiliar group of kobolds came to an end.
Translator’s Notes :
[1] One-arm shoulder throw – 一本背負い (ippon seoi), or the one-arm shoulder throw, is a judo move which consists of grasping one of the opponent’s arms, spinning around to place your back against him, and then throwing him to the floor over your shoulder. Source
[2] Hanegoshi – 跳腰 (hanegoshi) is a throw in judo. It is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the third group, Sankyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It is classified as a hip technique, Koshi-Waza. Hanegoshi is also one of the 20 techniques in Danzan Ryu’s Nagete list. Source
