Chapter 56 Part 2
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Translator: “Kousei” Editor: ”Ryunakama”
Judging by appearance alone, my opponent was a boy infinitely removed from the words such as brute or crude.
A slender tall body with no excess muscles or fat, a beautiful appearance with ash-silver curly hair that shines in the sunlight, and cool eyes spoke of intelligence exceeding his years.
His bearing and high stature produced a truly dignified figure, with no hints of foolishness or weakness.
「Dran from the village of Bern? I am Graf Esen Carlossa.」
The voice was calm and the expression was friendly, but what is going on inside his head. I honestly confirmed his words.
「This is the first time we met.」
「This brings me great sorrow. Speaking of the Magic Tournament, it is a battle competition in which selected students who are most skilled in combat magic at each school participate.
The magical battle dance weaved by those who are allowed to participate in the glorious battle once a year shakes the hearts of the viewers, presenting to the viewers the potential in the form of promising youths who are to support our Kingdom of Arkrest in the future, It’s a sacred ritual for the chosen.」
「It would seem Graf-sama considers me not suitable to be a representative? 」
「Yes, that is correct! You are sharp. I’ll beat you here and let everyone know who truly should be elected.」
Can this Graf-kun participate with Christina-san and Phenia in my place? Hmmm.
Starting from a genius boy named Eksu who managed to beat Nell, there are quite a few skilled students on the level of the Galois Big Four, who will participate in the qualification. Considering that, this Graf can only be expected to lose every single bout.
「You must not participate as a representative of our Galois Academy of Magic.
And to prove that you are unworthy to represent our academy, I, Graf, shall defeat you here.」
As soon as he finished speaking, Graf put magical power through the rings of both hands, and synchronized the magical powers of himself and the rings to prepare for battle.
「Now, it is the beginning of a legitimate duel to decide the fifth participant of the Galois Magic Academy for the sacred competition.
Everyone, look closely. You will have the honor of witnessing the magic of the second son of Marquis Carlossa, Graf! 」
Almost as soon as Graf’s line ends, one of the teachers sitting in the referee’s seat stands up and raises his arm to signal the start of the match.
「First match, begin! 」
Graf, drunk on a generous amount of wine known as conceit, moved his ten fingers with rings towards me, barely maintaining his mask of a noble.
Graf called the name of the spell, commanding magic missiles created by his magical power, as if he was reciting a poem.
The magic missiles, each of which had the power to make a fist-sized hole in the human body, shined ominously in response to the destructive will of the caster.
「Pierce through, Ramdo!!! 」
The spectators exclaimed in surprise as Graf threw his spell at me, full of confidence that the match would be decided with it.
I raised my free left arm and poured magical power into it, and at the same time I envisioned the magic formula in my mind, and with a single wave of my hand ten Energy Arrows manifested themselves.
Then, capturing each magic missile of the incoming barrage in my aim, I released them to intercept them.
The collision between my energy arrow and Ramdo caused a series of explosive sounds and shocks that shook the eardrums, and the shocks that occurred struck me and Graf’s cheeks and shook the hair.
In terms of magic, my energy arrows were inferior, but Graf spoke without hiding his surprise to me, who intercepted all the projectiles head-on.
「Haha, so you do have enough ability to justify recommendations from Miss Nelneshia and others. Perhaps I was taking you too lightly. There is no way that a person reeking of the countryside who only knows how to plow a field can get into this magic academy through sheer luck. But that’s why it’s even more annoying. Know your place.」
Those words made waves in the calm surface of my heart. Sure, we are just cultivating fields and growing crops, but that does not make it a reason to laugh at that.
Most of the food you eat every day is made by someone like us, and without the farmers and other commoners, life wouldn’t have been possible.
To be honest, merely pointing that out wasn’t that big of a deal, but putting so much disdain into it got on my nerves.
「Behold the power of the Carlossa family, who wielded sophisticated magical skills at the court for generations. Well, everyone gathered will be bored with just the same tricks.
Take it! The soul of fire, yield to my voice, burn the crown of sin with the fires of purgatory and cleanse their souls!」
It’s not like I don’t understand his frustration that I was tougher than expected while he thought it would be easy to just sweep me aside, but now he acts no different to an impatient little child.
With such short sightedness, even if his ability matched that of Nell or Christina, his mental immaturity would’ve blocked him from being selected as a representative.
Instead of reluctantly avoiding Graf’s next spell, I chose to clarify the difference in ability to make Graf resign, and took it head on.
「Volcano Bomb!!! Burn to the bones and learn your place! 」
The temperature around Graf rapidly rose, and as flame manifested, it then concentrated between Graf’s hands like a flock of snakes, forming a simmering lump of fire akin to boiling lava.
Volcano bomb swelled up for a moment and then contracted, after which the vermilion mist spread around me, swallowing the whole area . The high heat scattered around it burned the area.
Graf smiled in delight, assuming that his prized spell made a direct hit, relieved, thinking that he made me expend one judgement ring.
However, his smile immediately disappeared the moment the wind of magic power created with the swing of my sword dispersed the scorching mist, revealing my white flame clad self, without a single scratch.
「That’s my strongest magic!? Did you prevent it by yourself without using the judgment ring? What is that flame!? 」
Spitting saliva, Graf screamed in dismay, realizing that because there was no change in the judgment ring on my left arm I must’ve endured the explosion of lava with my own power.
「Enrashakkai. It is a flame magic that borrows the magical power of the god of fire that is worshiped in the east. What I am wearing now is a divine flame.
While you used sorcery, this is a flame with the power of a god. It goes without saying which one is better in quality」
「Enrashakkai!? Isn’t it one of the higher holy spells?」
「To dispel any possible misunderstandings, I’m not a believer. Well, I understand your ability.
I don’t know the level of competitors from the other school, but at the very least you are too unskilled to compete along with Nell and Christina-san.
Dropping out here is for your own good. Feel free to resent me for this. –Volcano Bomb」
While I spoke, I finished weaving my spell, I used the same one as Graf on purpose, and omitting the chant hurled the lava projectile at the young man, who was too startled to even move.
While the one that Graf used was about the size of a human head, the lava block I created was as large as a two-story house.
Not only the range of effect but also the amount of heat generated is incomparable with that of Graf.
When Graf hurriedly tried to prepare for interception, the lava missile was already right before Graf, where I exploded the lava bomb.
The lava became a scorching mist that spread in all directions until it filled one-third of this arena, immediately heating the atmosphere and ground to the point of boiling.
「Ah, aah, hii」
Graf, who was in the center of the boiling ground and the scorching fog, seemed to have lost his composure as everything in his surroundings was enveloped in the heat that threatened to rob him of his life, and fell into extreme panic.
I don’t have a hobby of bullying the weak, so I felt a little uncomfortable looking at it, but making the difference in ability clearly evident is still better than being half heartedly considerate, allowing him to delude himself into weird ideas about washing away the humiliation of defeat.
In my previous life, I had heard plenty of times that idiots with authority or financial power can be troublesome.
「I recommend that you hurry to surrender. I don’t want to cause a situation because the son of the Carlossa family had an accident during the qualifying session for the Magic Tournament.」
Seeing the scorching mist that dyes the surroundings in vermilion and the ground that blows bubbles, he begins to sweat heavily, despite the heat being blocked by the barrier.
In his mind, the humiliation of surrendering to the person he took lightly, considering him a mere peasant, and the fear of death that will be upon him the moment when the protection of the judgment ring is cut off were battling.
「There is no time for leisure deliberation.」
How much time is left until the last protection of the judgment ring disappears?
Well, if the owner’s life is really in danger, the Judgment Ring will automatically deploy the barrier, sustaining it until the magical power supply from the magic school is cut off, so there is no worry about his life. But I wanted him to declare surrender quickly, so I went for this bluff.
Graf, who drips with sweat and shakes his body with fear, abandoned his aristocratic mask and shouted without putting up any pretense.
Hmm, he held out for longer than I expected? I slightly revised Graf’s evaluation for the better.
「U, Uu, I, I lost. I give up! So, please erase this magic as soon as possible!!!! 」
「No need to shout, I can hear you just fine.」
I waved my left hand lightly and quickly cooled down the scorching fog surrounding Graf and the lava at his feet, and when the heat was completely removed, the chill began to fall instead due to a sudden change in temperature.
In the midst of a sudden change from red to white, Graf was looking at me with a stunned face, sitting on his butt as if he had no strength to stand.
I turned my back to Graf and turned my eyes to the teachers in the referees’ seats.
The teachers who received my gaze finally broke away from the amazement caused by my repeated use of high-class spells and loudly declared my victory.
「The winner of the first match is Dran!!!」
The declaration of the winner by a teacher acting as a referee echoed in the stadium, and after a pause, the students and teachers in the spectators’ seats shouted.
It’s more cheers than I expected. I turn around to Selina and Fatima, who are waving their arms in the front row of the spectators’ seats.
It is really pleasing that there is someone who is honestly pleased with my victory.
Passing through the entrance and confirming that I was out of the audience’s sight I involuntarily spilled my true thoughts.
「Fumu… Yeah, I overdid it!」
Graf’s remarks made me click, but I did a little too much. That was quite immature of me.
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