Episode 184 Group formation for team exhibition (1)
“Hey, magic swordsman…”
“I never thought I’d actually see a magic swordsman in my life…”
Watching Ray walk out to the gambling table, the surroundings whispered.
Like yesterday, Ray walked all the way down the back road and put down the leather pouch in front of the table where the owner was sitting.
Two-wook-
The rather heavy sound made it possible to infer the amount contained in it.
The owner looked at Ray and said.
“You are a very funny kid. I thought he was a kid until yesterday, but he was actually a magic swordsman.”
Without replying to him, he put down another pouch.
In the match he won by getting a withdrawal from a young man from the 3rd circle yesterday, Ray more than doubled his profit.
This happened because the dividend rate was high.
Of course, I don’t think that will work well from today.
That’s because there was a line of people who wanted to bet on him.
“All in all, it’s 120 gold coins. Bet everything on me.”
Despite his confident words, the host couldn’t laugh like yesterday.
Because I now know that it is a well-founded confidence.
Ray said what he had to say and immediately walked towards the empty stage.
It is said that the gambling board does not open in the team match after three wins, so I had no choice but to draw something that would be profitable even in the third round.
In other words, the profit that can be reaped from the gambling board is said to be the last day.
Ray licked his lips in regret.
‘Oh… I can’t help it. Gambling boards are the best way to collect memes, but there is money to be received from the Holy Kingdom, so let’s stop at this point.’
Even the amount of money earned now is huge enough.
After calling it a meme (?), Ray took a light step toward the non-stage.
* * *
The dance ended blandly.
In the case of the swordsmanship dance, they competed in several moves and judged their skills before giving up, but the magic dance was not the case.
“It’s a magic swordsman…!”
“There is no way I can win!”
The young wizards admitted defeat before even competing.
It is natural for the audience to see.
It is the appearance of a magic swordsman that will not exist again on the continent.
Besides, it’s not just a magic swordsman.
It is a magic swordsman capable of floating fireballs that could exceed a hundred in the air.
It would be safe to say that the scene alone was equivalent to a small or medium-sized magic corps in terms of firepower.
After winning three victories in the final round, Ray was automatically invited to participate in the team event.
* * *
After a day of free time, the formation of the groups was over.
Ray was placed in Group D.
Since the emperor’s order to prevent unnecessary contact with nobles fell, he entered the path of bullying semi-forcibly.
Of course, that side was comfortable for Ray.
Because no one talked to me, I was able to have my own time that much.
Even Ray did not participate in the strategy meeting for the team event.
I learned through war that strategy is meaningless in the face of strong magic.
Of course, it would be helpful, but that was also a story when people who were similar fought each other.
It was a little far from his thoughts, which even had the idea of blowing up the unarmed with an Earthquake.
Come to think of it, in the Lessian Empire, there were only fights, but nothing beneficial happened.
So there was no need to save more than necessary.
These were the rules of the group match that Ray had roughly heard while reading the book.
A flag is planted on the opposing faction and on their own.
It seems that you can put it in your own camp before the opponent.
So it wasn’t a good thing to say that magic was rampant.
The focus is on how to use appropriate magic to achieve the goal.
I knew the rules, so I didn’t have to practice.
How easy it is to just bring the flag.
Ray was sitting and reading a book while the members of the group began working in conjunction with magic in search of a clear plan.
* * *
The day of the group exhibition was bright.
The rules for the swordsmanship team match and the magic team match were the same.
You just have to get the flag before your opponent and plant it.
The members of the team were a little annoyed when they were yawning on the day of the competition on the subject they did not attend even when planning the strategy.
However, because of the title of a magic swordsman, he couldn’t dare to say anything.
Therefore, they only communicated with each other, excluding Ray.
The group exhibition, which takes place in a small forest, is filled with trees except for each other’s camp.
It’s inconvenient to run unilaterally because there are so many obstacles, but it’s easy to ambush and surprise.
The tall young man looked around and said.
“Like we talked about yesterday, we will run right away. Mr. Heyburn, please take the front. We will follow behind and look for an opportunity to capture the flag.”
“Okay, do that.”
“great. It’s difficult, but let’s try!”
They looked at each other, nodded once, and straightened their ranks.
“let’s go!”
Along with the young man’s horse, a man called Heyburn took the lead and ran out.
Unless you are an elf, there are many obstacles to running in the forest.
There is nothing more dangerous to be discovered than running forward stupidly, because you can hear the sound of stepping on a tree or a dry leaf whenever you run.
When they disappeared from the camp, Ray guarded the camp.
I opened a seat next to the flag and sat down.
The radius of his senses that had transcended humans far exceeded such a small forest.
So, how they were moving and where they were now was clearly visible like a picture.
When the three of them roughly found their way and began to come to his camp, he felt a sense of excitement and pulled out the camp’s flag.
Soon after, three men arrived.
“Are you pretty late? Where did you get lost like that?”
“I came here to explore. It looks like everyone left behind you?”
“Because I alone am enough to protect it.”
“As you know, it’s a swordsmanship team match now. Can you, who can’t use magic, stop the three of us?”
“well.”
The man, who took Ray’s subtle words into a different meaning, held out his hand and said.
“Hand over the flag you are holding to us. I admit that your magic is excellent, but your swordsmanship is not up to it. If you put it out quietly, you won’t end up in a bad way.”
While talking, everyone took out their weapons and listened.
Chaeng-Chang-
The sound of sword friction was heard, creating a threatening atmosphere.
However, even so, Ray is still at peace.
“Hey, are you guys writing good things too? Anticipation is not very fun. Mine is at least like this.”
He raised the flag and swung through the air.
“If you know, give it to me. Don’t you know that blows are allowed as long as they are not fatal wounds?”
“Of course you know. What an important rule.”
“I’m glad you can talk.”
Ray grinned as he approached slowly, his sword aimed.
“Did you bring your flag?”
“…”
“I put it in my arms. Definitely not breaking the rules. It’s small, so it’s easy to hide.”
great strategy.
Even if you run into an opponent on the way with the flag, the opponent will find the flag in their camp, so you can buy yourself some time.
It was commendable enough to the extent that only the three of them banded together to clear the opponent’s doubts.
The three men shook their heads at Ray’s sharp words.
“…As expected, you can’t do that. It’s too quick to notice.”
“Now that I know that, I can’t just let it go. I want to win the game, so don’t resent me too much.”
Three men swarmed in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, three defenses were occupied, and as the sword strikes were pierced, it seemed that there was no way to escape.
However, all of them were blocked by the flag held by their black ray.
Kaang-
There was a sound of friction that was hard to believe that it was the sound of a wooden flag and a sword colliding.
Ray looked at them with a sly smile.
“Heh heh. What kind of windfall is this?”
I was sitting still, and the opportunity to capture the flag came.
Indeed, isn’t a sister, a brother-in-law good, and a saint even better!
He indiscriminately waved the flag of his precious camp.
“Give me everything you have, you bastards!”
Screams followed with
a chug-puck- a cool blow.
“Aaaagh!”
“Quaaaaagh!”
The maddening pain rushed in.
Even though he should have protected his body with mana, this much pain! If it hadn’t been protected, it would have turned to mush.
They don’t know, but Orcs and Trolls in the Holy Land were also beaten in this way.
What kind of a magic swordsman is saying that even his swordsmanship is top-notch!
I immediately wanted to protest against the sky.
The two men who were being beaten quickly repaired it and raised their swords to block them.
“Aww…! This bastard!”
As they stanced, Ray lightly let out an aura.
His small but dense aura cut off their expensive swords in an instant. With a sound like
paper
cracking, their swords were cut like tofu.
“……?”
“……?”
It’s not an aura blade, but it’s Ray’s aura that boasts a higher density of mana than anyone else.
There was no way he couldn’t cut expensive pieces of metal.
They didn’t understand the situation for a moment and looked down at the sword blankly, and Ray started knocking on them again.
Like a minstrel who has been playing musical instruments for a long time, tapping the notes, different screams erupted each time he tapped the men.
“Aaaagh!”
“stop……! stop! Aagh!”
“I will hand over the flag, so please stop! Aaaaagh!”
“It’s not just the flag. Take out all your money! ha ha ha!”
It was the moment when I could no longer tell whether he was a saint or a bandit.
* * *
“There is no flag in the camp… What the hell is this…”
The young man spoke as if comforting Heyburn, who was muttering in vain.
“I think I have explored it so far, so let’s go back. No matter how much he is a magician, he cannot defend the flag alone in a swordsmanship team fight where he cannot use magic.”
“Don’t let that happen.”
They returned to their camp with their horses.
Then an unbelievable scenery unfolded.
What I saw in front of me were three men who were lying on their backs and wriggling, and Ray, who was sitting crookedly with two flags inserted.
Ray said to the members.
“These three hid the flag in their arms.”
“So… you mean you took it all by yourself?”
“I was lucky.”
They weren’t stupid enough to be dismissed with that one word.
The members thought each other.
‘This… Contrary to what I thought, I might be able to win easily…?’
‘What kind of a human is swordsmanship and magic…’
Their eyes looking at Ray changed little by little.
