Episode 66
“Please take care of Mikhail.”
Siegfried raised his sword.
It was the day before the final battle with the wicked metaphor, the fifth corps commander.
The metaphor was literally wicked.
At the same time, although the system was different from that of human magic, it was also a great demon that was close to the 9th circle anyway.
An opponent who uses magic.
If so, Siegfried’s most efficient practice partner would have been me.
Of course, there was no reason to refuse.
In the first place, the more we learn about the warrior, the higher the win rate of our expedition team will be.
“How much will you do?”
“As irregular as possible.”
Siegfried raised his sword with short words.
It wasn’t the Holy Sword.
A sword with a blunt blade and almost no lethal power.
I immediately chanted magic and imitated the magic of metaphor as much as possible to deal with Siegfried.
Of course, I don’t think I’m a warrior for nothing.
Every time he swung his sword, the magic he had painstakingly prepared was easily destroyed.
It was to the point where I wondered if this type of training was necessary.
A talent for swordsmanship.
And the blessing of the holy sword itself.
To be honest, there was almost nothing I could point out to Siegfried as a battle.
In terms of combat sense, this guy was also on the top row.
“How does it look to you, Mikhail? Is there anything that needs to be improved or something?”
“Improve…”
Well. improvement….
If you dare to find an improvement in the behavior of the guy from before.
Swordsmanship is not my hand.
If it’s something else… ….
“…Too honest?”
“hmm?”
“I’m not talking specifically about what just happened. For example, the devil who threatened you with a hostage a while ago.”
“If he is…Did you solve it?”
“I did it. Fortunately, no major problems occurred. However, accepting the threat was never a good choice. It’s like being swung by him.”
At my words, the boy tilted his head.
“If they hadn’t, all the children would have died?”
“Conversely, if you lost, the soldiers would have been slaughtered.
“Besides, what the devil offered me was a fair duel…”
“You just said that.”
It wasn’t even a fair duel.
Siegfried was strong enough to win that unfair duel, but he was not efficient.
“It’s a situation where dozens and hundreds of people die even if you relax a little. They will continue to make threats like that in the future.”
“You can win. Because justice is with us.”
“What if I don’t win?”
I looked straight at him.
“What would you do if you fell victim to a cowardly method?”
“…!”
At my words, the boy widened his eyes.
Then he frowned as if he didn’t understand me and slowly opened his mouth.
“I am…”
* * *
“…Tsk.”
When I recalled the old memories, I automatically clicked my tongue.
‘Well, it’s a future that doesn’t exist anymore.’
Anyway, now now.
Minor emotions are quickly shaken off.
It’s not that important in the current situation.
…It was just that I was in the same situation as before, so I was just embarrassed for a while.
nothing more, nothing less.
[Shall I help Mikhail?]
“No, it’s okay this time.”
I shook my head at Set’s words.
I don’t know about other times, but I didn’t want to borrow her power even in a duel with him.
There was no need for that in the first place.
yes i admit this
Even at this point, he is by no means an opponent to be ignored.
Because his talent for swordsmanship is real.
Not everyone can have the talent to reach the grand master later.
It’s just that his talent hasn’t been fully demonstrated yet.
“Let me tell you first, I have no intention of losing, Master Mikhail.”
“Ah, you’re going to lose anyway, so you didn’t mean to lose?”
“No, not that…!”
Staring at me, Siegfried tried to say something.
However, he soon realized that it was useless, so he shut his mouth and fixed the hand holding the sword.
As if he was going to attack me at any moment, he opened his eyes fiercely.
“come.”
At that moment, the guy moved.
He didn’t hold back my words, and he didn’t show any modesty.
He must have judged that he couldn’t beat me if he didn’t really go strong from the start.
‘Certainly, the battle judgment is not bad.’
Siegfried received all kinds of support from Archbishop Killian really generously.
The best training and swordsmanship in the kingdom.
From the moment it was discovered, it was exposed to all kinds of elixirs and teachers.
Besides, he even had the talent to digest all of them.
In an instant, he came right in front of me. It was not a small distance, but it only took a few seconds to close the distance.
But I wasn’t upset.
Even that unusual speed was all within my expected range.
“Multicasting. shield.”
The direction to build the shield was decided.
I already know to some extent how powerful his sword is.
Not a normal shield.
You have to accurately anticipate the direction of his attack and focus your shield’s mana there.
Immediately, a shield appeared right next to my shoulder. And immediately, his attack flew.
Clink!
The shield was shattered in front of the excellent sword, but only the last layer of shield remained.
“Reflection.”
“What?!”
4 circle reflection magic.
Just like that, his sword bounced off.
The man’s bewildered face was sluggish.
Two arms bent back.
It was only a few seconds, but it seemed very big to me.
And the magic of choice.
“Hundred Sword.”
5th circle magic hundred sword.
It was a magic created by improving Mana Sword, a magic of the 2nd circle, to help Siegfried’s swordsmanship training in the past.
Since it is for training, it has no killing power.
However, it only causes pain by shocking the mana inside the corpse to be hit directly.
Of course, even a direct hit wasn’t easy.
‘The mana sword itself is filthy and my composition is weak.’
With that thought in mind, I quietly put my hand forward.
A total of 100 mana swords summoned according to my will were aimed at him at once.
“launch.”
“…?!”
And it poured out all at once.
However, even if it was a Hundred Sword, it ended up being only 100 ‘Mana Swords’, whose durability was bizarrely weak.
“Huh.”
Siegfried took a stance.
With one foot pushed back and the front leg bent, the sword was held high.
Even though a total of 100 swords were pouring down, his face showed no fear.
and for a moment.
Swoop.
Siegfried swung his sword.
The trajectory of the sun toward the air.
However, the result of that simple action was never simple.
Enormous divine power gathered and condensed at the same time.
Quaang!
In an instant, it exploded in midair.
The mana swords were caught in the explosion and lost their way.
Dirt filled the surroundings, making it impossible to see an inch ahead.
As a bonus, even his presence completely disappeared.
‘He hid his momentum.’
At the same time, Siegfried’s existence also suddenly disappeared.
If you are a normal wizard, you will not know what to do at the moment when your view of this situation is blocked.
Wouldn’t you know if you could detect your opponent with mana? The moment you can’t even determine the coordinates to use magic because you can’t specify anything… ….
It was the limit of magic.
one.
‘I’m not the only mana.’
He laughed and tapped the ground with his staff.
At that moment, clear divine power spread from the staff drawing a ripple.
‘Is it that way?’
Scary to detect, the guy moved right away. As in the beginning, the distance really narrows in an instant.
A confident movement.
Be honest.
You might call it bastard, but in my eyes… ….
‘Hey, come in from the front?’
like back then
but. There must be some certainty.
In this short time, he must have judged that I would not be able to prepare enough magic to block my attack.
but.
Wedge!
“…Huh heh?!”
What can I do? that’s arrogance
I couldn’t even break all of my mana swords.
‘I must have thought it was destroyed.’
But just as he hid his presence for a while, I also did it first.
The mana sword itself was disturbed and the guy misunderstood.
‘It’s not difficult.’
at least for me
The surviving mana sword was shot toward the bastard’s back.
The guy noticed that fact belatedly and turned his body in a hurry.
but.
“Slow.”
“…Big black?!”
I can’t just stand by and watch it happen.
As it was, I cast the magic I had prepared on the man who hesitated for a moment.
It won’t last long.
Siegfried’s divine power was so powerful that he could quickly shake off such debuff magic.
one.
“Multicasting.”
A 5 stacked slow applied to him in an instant.
At that moment, he stopped moving completely regardless of his intentions.
It was only a hand’s span before his sword reached me.
“Just a little bit…”
“A little?”
Oh, does this one span look like a ‘little’? If he had been a little faster, he would have reached it.
but.
“That’s why you lose to me now. stupid guy.”
“…!”
launch.
The mana sword that remained intact was pierced by the guy.
“Big black…?!”
Doesn’t die.
It just hurts enough to die.
There wasn’t a single blow like that, but a total of seven, so the impact would probably be enough to shake it, so it wouldn’t be strange to die of shock.
“Keep up…”
“I can do it!”
I shouted vigorously as I looked at him with my fists clenched.
okay!
Fuck you, even if I don’t believe in anything else, I firmly believe in that cockroach-like spirit and vitality!
Even that wasn’t bad for the demon, but anyway… ….
“Oh, it’s not over…“
I know, it’s not over.”
I quietly pointed up.
The guy who was bubbling with unimaginable pain raised his head with trembling eyes.
“There are ten more left.”
“…!”
At that moment, Siegfried, whose face turned blue at my answer, shouted desperately.
“Ha Hang…”
“Shh.”
I quietly covered his mouth.
It seems that something similar has happened before, but it doesn’t matter.
“The night is still long.”
“Oh no, not at night…”
“Fire.”
“Kaaaaaaagh?!”
So that he doesn’t die of shock.
Slowly, one by one, the mana sword was driven into his back.
The paladins who saw it salivated and shouted.
“This cruel… …”
“This must have been dead.”
Roughly, how can a person called a hero candidate be so cruel… …Something like that seemed to be going on.
It’s not my knowledge.
and rian.
“As expected, that bastard.”
Like a guy who knows my true nature, I nodded my head in satisfaction.
After that,
I ended the duel only after I put all the remaining ten mana swords on him.
“Crown…”
Seeing the guy with his nose on the floor with foam at the mouth made me feel at ease.
“This is it.”
yes this is happiness
* * *
“…Here you are.”
After coming to his senses, Siegfried held out the saint’s pendant to me with a sullen expression.
The outstretched hand trembled.
I guess so.
The saint’s pendant must be very precious to him too.
“Let’s use it well.”
I accepted the pendant with a smile and immediately put it around my neck.
[Oh, that’s nice.]
A saint’s pendant.
A holy relic that strengthens divine power and increases recovery speed.
Of course, there are other ‘hidden features’ besides that, but… ….
‘It’s still far from being useful.’
Right now, it’s enough to just strengthen the divine power.
whatever
I said to the guy with a devastated expression.
“So did you learn anything?”
“…It was a fair duel. I just lacked my skills.”
“A fair duel.”
what did that
At least in this duel, I have nothing to say to him.
but.
“Yes, you. If this wasn’t a duel, would you have attacked me in a different way than this time?”
“…Another way?”
“Aiming for the back or using some other hidden tool.”
“What!”
The guy frowned.
“That is not a legitimate means! The warrior must reject… …“
Even if dozens or hundreds of innocent people die in that single duel?”
“…!”
At my words, he shut his mouth.
“That is…“
Whatever you do. Whether or not you blow away those lives in order to protect that lofty pride is not important to me right now.”
His shoulders trembled at my words.
I’d like to refute
But I won’t let it go that way.
Countless people died in the future with what you now think of as ‘belief’.
“however.”
I looked at him and said.
“Can you say that a person who can’t protect people is a hero?”
“…!”
Siegfried raised his head.
He glared at me with trembling eyes.
“I am…!”
I turned my back without listening to him any more.
I didn’t even have to listen.
Because I already know what he’s going to say.
At least it was now.
Great mage who transcends by regression
