Close combat broke out. Rowan tried to create gaps to use his secret technique more effectively, and Gulliver did the same. Of course, in that fight, Rowan had to concede a point.
'Damn. Even if he's a knight!'
Like cracking thin ice, it slightly scraped past the helmet's eye hole. The fortunate thing was that it didn't reach his eye. The reach was short.
That wasn't because Rowan's evasion went well.
It was because Gulliver himself was mistaken about his own reach. Because his body wasn't composed of muscle and flesh but only bones, his living reach was useless. It was shorter than that.
[You're lucky.]
It was also an exchange where Rowan clearly realized that beating Gulliver in the realm of swordsmanship was nearly impossible.
'I can't delay any longer.'
In the end, Rowan used a secret technique on Gulliver, who stood upright maintaining balance without a single gap.
