Chapter 1216: 1 vs 2 (Part 1)

After saying this in a helpless and disappointed tone, Doppler once again pulled back the hammer head.

The moment he pulled the hammer back, Raymond's eyes suddenly burst into light.

Then he kicked his feet fiercely and pounced on Doppler like a tiger charging at its prey.

Raymond has been waiting for this opportunity.

The biggest weakness of the flail is that it takes more time than other weapons to pull back the hammer head and launch the next attack.

The gap between the user's preparations for the next attack is the best time to counterattack.

Raymond had been waiting just now.

Waiting for Doppler to retract his flail hammer head.

Waiting for the moment when the Doppler door opens widest.

The reason why he had not launched an attack before was because when Doppler pulled the hammer back, the empty door was not large enough.

And now, Raymond can guarantee that this is the moment when Doppler reveals its biggest flaw.

It was after Raymond and Doppler started a one-on-one duel that Doppler showed his biggest flaw.

There is no better time to fight back than now!

Raymond, who had been waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, did not miss this precious opportunity.

His feet glared and he rushed towards Doppler.

In less than a second, Raymond successfully closed the distance between him and Doppler to within the attack range of his ax gun.

This time Raymond did not attack Doppler again.

Instead, he thrust his gun straight into the air.

Stab the sharp spearhead toward Doppler's chest.

Raymond had been passively defending, but now he suddenly got close and launched a counterattack - Doppler was stunned.

Raymond was stunned by the sudden counterattack.

However - Doppler was only stunned for a moment.

After a moment, Doppler recovered from his stunned state.

Doppler gave away the five fingers of his right hand.

He released the shackles in his hands.

He flexibly twisted his strong body and ducked to the side to avoid Raymond's thrust.

After dodging Raymond's thrust, he went directly towards Raymond with his hands free...

He grabbed Raymond's right arm with his left hand, grabbed Raymond's left shoulder with his right hand, and then turned around.

An over-the-shoulder throw knocked Raymond heavily to the deck.

Bang——!

Raymond was thrown heavily onto the deck. With his back in close contact with the deck as the center, an astonishing loud noise spread out.

The deck beneath Raymond cracked because it could not bear the huge force.

Bang.

It wasn't until Raymond was thrown to the ground with a loud bang that a muffled sound with a much smaller volume finally appeared.

This was the sound that Doppler made after he let go of the flail just now and the flail fell to the ground.

It wasn't until Raymond was thrown to the ground that the flail Doppler just threw away finally landed.

"Ahem! Ahem!"

Blossoms of blood coughed out from Raymond's mouth.

After slamming Raymond to the ground, Doppler straddled him.

"It was really dangerous just now."

Doppler smiled meaningfully at Raymond.

"If it weren't for my quick enough reaction, I might have been stabbed to the ground by you."

After saying that, Doppler clenched his hands into fists and slowly raised his fists as huge as weights...

Just when Doppler was aiming at Raymond's head and about to swing down his fist——

Woo——!

A sharp burst of wind rushed towards Doppler.

Doppler's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he quickly let go of Raymond from his crotch and did several somersaults backwards.

The moment Doppler left Raymond's body, a long and thick iron chain was drawn across the position where he was just now.

After doing several somersaults backwards and widening the distance between himself, Raymond and the chain, Doppler quickly turned his eyes, followed the chain, and headed towards the "upper source" of the chain. "Looking everywhere.

Wow…

The sound of chains shaking came and went.

A young man with black hair and orange eyes, holding a sword in his right hand and a chain in his left hand, stood not far from Raymond and Doppler.

While retrieving the chain that he had just thrown out, he looked at Doppler expressionlessly.

"Raymond."

The orange-eyed man said solemnly.

"Get your ax gun and stand up."

Doppler's over-the-shoulder throw just now caused serious damage to Raymond.

Even after hearing the call of the orange-eyed man, Raymond was still unable to stand up from the deck immediately.

"You are holding a sword in one hand and a chain in the other... Your Excellency must be Samuel Brooke, the commander of the 2nd Army of the Knights of Michael, right?"

After saying that, Doppler narrowed his eyes slightly and cast an intriguing look at Samuel.

"It's really been a long time since I last saw you... It must have been 13 years, right?"

"Do you still remember me...?" Samuel continued to ask Doppler expressionlessly.

"How could you not remember?"

Doppler shrugged and smiled.

"Using a long sword in one hand and a chain in the other - this rare fighting style is hard to forget."

"When I learned that the commander of the 2nd Army of the Knights of Michael was a fierce general who wielded a sword with one hand and a chain with the other, I was thinking - could he be the person I had sparred with when I was young? Bar?"

"It seems now - I was not wrong."

"Samuel, how have you been in the past 13 years? Compared with 13 years ago, have you become more skilled in sword and chain skills?"

"The answer to this question." Samuel said lightly, "You will know it later."

"Hmm..." While Samuel and Doppler were having a simple "reminiscence", Raymond, who had finally recovered, struggled to get up from the deck.

He picked up his axe gun, wiped the remaining blood from the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked to Samuel's side.

"Samuel... why are you here...?"

"The enemy ship has already advanced to the defense zone I am responsible for."

"What...!"

The defense zone that Samuel is responsible for is already located in a deeper part of the military formation.

"How did the enemy ships advance so deep?"

"The timing of the attack by these three enemy ships was too good, just when our army was still integrating its formation and the formation was still very chaotic."

"And the enemy ships are too big and too strong. Our ships can't stop them at all."

"There is only one way to stop these three enemy ships-annihilate all the enemy troops on these three enemy ships."

At this point, Samuel paused.

Then he continued:

"Raymond, let's not talk about this for now."

"How is your injury?"

"Well..." Raymond wiped the remaining blood on his face completely, "I'm fine, but I may have some internal injuries."

"Can you still fight?"

"Of course." Raymond said without hesitation.

"Okay."

Samuel nodded.

"Then-Raymond, can you please act as my auxiliary attack?"

"It's really a coincidence." Raymond said in a calm tone, "We both thought of the same thing."