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While I was training magic with Shayla, a mysterious male student, Seaweed, who knew her one way or the other, came to me (I don’t remember his name).
He was jealous of me because I was good friends with Shayla, and he challenged me to a fight, which I didn’t expect.
I had only just learned magic. To be honest, I am not confident. But a member of the Duke of Salvatore’s family cannot run away when challenged to a fight.
We will have to fight a real battle using magic.
“The only rule is magic. No auras, prayers, curses, or summonings.”
“Can’t we use auras for defense?”
“No. You must defend yourself with magic.”
“I see.”
It is indeed a rule that wizards seem to like.
There are some magic spells that are only for defense. If it is a prayer or a curse, it becomes a shitty game lacking in fun, but with magic, the game is just barely a good match.
If you use aura in the first place, you’ll never take damage, so it can’t be helped.
Me and Seaweed distance ourselves from each other in a corner of the training ground. There are no other students nearby. I don’t think anyone will be involved in our fight.
Shayla was the referee, by the way. She stands between us, a little distance away, and watches the fight.
“Are you two ready?”
“We’re ready.”
“Good.”
“Then let the fight begin !”
Shayla lowers her hand with a start.
Immediately after, she senses magic power from Seaweed.
It is a smooth release of magic power. The process from operation to activation is very smooth.
He created a sphere of flame as a start.
“Fufu. I saw how you hit the target earlier. You don’t have much experience in magic, do you? How dare you take me up on my offer in such a state ! I’ll make you regret it !”
Seaweed smiled wickedly and released a sphere of flame. The magic came straight down to me.
If it hits me, I’ll take rather a lot of damage. I’m not using my aura right now, and the magic itself doesn’t have the power to strengthen my body.
For the time being, I avoided to the side. Even without aura, I can follow it with my eyes.
“Tsk. As expected, I can’t defeat you with a single blow. If that’s the case, I’m going to increase the number of moves !”
Seaweed formed arrows of flame this time. And there are more than one of them.
Flickering flaming arrows float around me, and their arrowheads continue to catch me.
Heh. Multiple magic at once…..or perhaps all together in one bundle?”
Interesting. Magic can be controlled like that, too.
But if I’m right, that magic is flawed.
Sure, there will be a lot of moves, but as long as all the arrows are built as one magic, all the arrows will fly in one attack. In the same direction.
In short, it’s not finely controlled and manipulated.
It might be useful in a group fight, but in a one-on-one match, it’s not so subtle.
And the power of each shot is low. The waiting time is long, and there are many gaps.
I kick the ground to see how my opponent reacts. I quickly came close to Seaweed. At that timing, Seaweed finishes controlling his magic.
Arrows were shot out all at once.
“Fool ! It’s suicide to come so close !”
Seaweed is completely convinced that he will win. In fact, it is almost impossible to avoid the magic when I am this close to my opponent.
The flaming arrow approaching in front of me—I prevent it with the least amount of defensive magic.
This is the first time I’ve invoked defensive magic. It is a direct reflection of what was written in the book. Of course, my defensive magic is lax.
I couldn’t prevent all of Seaweed’’s attack magic that hit multiple times at once.
Dense flames cause a phenomenon similar to an explosion. The arrows that did not hit me pierced the ground and burned my feet.
However,
“What !?”
Seaweed was astonished.
I was supposed to have been hit by a magic attack, but I jumped out of the flames. I grinned at him and completely closed the distance between me and Wakame.
“Eat my magic this time !”
You can’t prevent my magic from getting this close to you either, can you?
I’m going to release all the magic I have because I don’t have to control it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a random form. I will release a blow that pursues only offensive power—a flame.
Seaweed reflexively deployed his defensive magic, but before he could deploy it fully, he was hit by my magic.
The impact was like an explosion, too, blowing Wakame back about five meters.
Seaweed rolls on the ground, his body burned. He is cooked before becoming dried seaweed.
He hurriedly used water magic to extinguish the fire himself.
“Damn ! How dare you burn me !”
Shaking his moist, watery hair wildly, Seaweed gushed out his murderous intent with a gleam.
Hmmm, good. The killing feeling is pleasant.
“You burned me, so don’t complain if you get burned yourself.”
I look at my own arm after saying that.
Actually, I have a burn on my arm from being attacked by Seaweed as usual. The skin was slightly sore.
“Shut up ! I’ll use my greatest magic to end thi s!”
Seaweed stood up and kneaded a huge amount of magic power. What he produced was a huge sphere of flame. It was several times larger than the sphere he had shown at first.
“Heh. It’s surprisingly powerful.”
That attack is indeed bad. If it gets eaten properly, it could be the difference between victory and defeat.
However, the quickest way for me to defeat Seaweed right now is to use magic from close range.
There was only so much I could do. I lowered my stance and kicked the ground.
As I approached, Seaweed released his magic.
“I won’t show the same poor performance as before !”
A huge sphere of flame, like the sun, approached me. In response, I invoke a water-based magic to overcome the heat.
Thanks to Seaweed’s demonstration, the magic went smoothly. My water and Seaweed’s flame collide.
Naturally, the water creates vapor and the surrounding area smokes.
My magic cannot cancel out Seaweed’s magic. This time, I jumped to the side while deploying defensive magic. Then, the sphere of flame quickly followed me.
–I wondered if this magic was controlled by Seaweed !
If so, I can’t escape. In the cramped confines of the training hall, I would eventually be cornered by the magic.
I had to make a choice, and I cut off my back hand that I had been saving.
The moment Seaweed used water attribute magic, I thought of a magical application. It was to spray the ground with water magic.
Just like a firefighter shooting water out of a hose, the water-based magic was released with tremendous force.
Immediately after that, I was jumping. I borrowed the momentum of the water and accelerated to the bottom of Seaweed.
“Huh !?”
Seaweed was impatient with my unexpected action. Impatience led to delay, and delay led to a fatal end.
We collide. Strictly speaking, I, with my superior athleticism, was the one who was holding Seaweed in my arms.
I pressed against Seaweed’s abdomen with flame magic floating in my right hand. Seaweed’s face turns blue.
He muttered in a trembling voice.
“D-don’t—“
“I won’t stop.”
Seaweed’s pleas were in vain, and my fire magic caused a light explosion in his abdomen.
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