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High School Hack and Slash Chapter 133 Part 2

Speaking of class holders of two systems, Shizuka and Seiichi also fall under this category, but I’ve never seen a double holder with both being of the GR type except for Tatsuya.

I think it’s going to be very difficult to raise the level, for sure.

Shinnosuke-kun still had the same abilities (Class) he had when he fell into becoming the boss monster as he was, and the three female members also had strange abilities and titles attached to them.

Who was it who had obtained the strange GR class called『Lover (Heroine)』, again?

The raid that had taken them in was special, so that must have had some effect on them.

Well, if we look at Kazuto-kun and the others from the perspective of level only, they have reached the third step class, which makes them the top group among the first year students, I think.

In our club, I guess they’re at the level where they would be a good match against the quartet of Mirin and the others.

If I have to give my honest impression of them, it’s that I’m surprised that they made it through the first round.

This time, Saki, who has dropped to the rear line as she declared, is chatting with Shizuka and Mikan-senpai in the waiting area.

She’s completely in spectator mode.

However, we mustn’t be so careless.

Seiichi is on guard, so I guess we ought to go all out from the start.

Besides, the transcendent (over-irregular) class is also known as the superior killer.

They must have skills that allow them to surpass class change disparity, which serves as an insurmountable wall in terms of prowess, no doubt about it.

Basically, in the case of a party vs. party fight, the target you should aim for first seems to be those of the『Arts User』 type.

Certainly, I guess leaving those with a high firepower long-range area attacks unattended would be out of the question.

When it comes to this matter, the plan is to have Mai, who is of the same class, deal with it.

The opposing team does not have a tank who acts as a shield, and in addition to the Hero, it’s that of an attacker composition.

Using man-to-man formation to engage in one-on-one fights is a basic battle tactic, but I guess there are also tactics such as creating a two-on-one numerical advantage.

Or perhaps, charging in using a formation with a tank-role in the lead and bringing the battle into a melee is also a valid option.

Each club should come to the match with the tactic they most excel at.

There’s no doubt that the one serving as the core of the Hero Group is, as expected, Kazuto-kun the Hero.

My job is to keep him in check so that he can’t use his authority (skill).

No, their standby position seems to be at the back of their camp, and like Saki does, they might be able to deal with my Raijin-style acceleration technique.

In that case, there is no need to hesitate.

At the same time as the beginning of the match, I ought to launch my fastest attack.

「… Err, Touma-kun. You’re beginning to crackle up, but you mustn’t kill the opponents, okay?」

「… I have nothing but a feeling that it’s going to be a repeat of Sacchin, though.」

「… Touma. You hear what I say? Be sure to hold back, okay.」

Yeah, no problem.

There’s no problem, so quickly give me the signal of the beginning of the match.

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　Thinking back, perhaps at the beginning, in the classroom on the first day of school, he had already ended up being swallowed up.

That was a classification in the small world known as the classroom.

It was difficult to rewrite the atmosphere, the caste in the classroom that had ended up being formed.

To be seen by his surroundings as someone of a lower rank, like the great masses around him.

It was humiliating for Kazuto, who had always been worshiped as the leader of the group since his younger days.

Not only emotionally, but he didn’t know how to conduct himself other than as a leader, either.

「Phew… That, too, ends here today.」

The highest ranked kind among magic item, 『Innate Armament (Origin Gear)』.

A name given to the masterpieces that were extraordinary even among them, 『Divine Gear』; one of the items recognized as such was his beloved sword.

Kazuto, holding the otherworldly holy sword『Hauteclaire』 in his hand, smiled fearlessly.

What served as the source of his confidence was not limited to only his weapon.

The armor he wore was a holy armor that had been slumbering in the Toyoashihara Academy’s treasury.

It was an item recovered from another world (raid) in the olden days, but had been stored as a sealing-target (inspect) item as no one had been able to equip it.

The『Holy Grail of Chastity (Virgin Grail)』

It was said that the golden armor, which bore the name of the Holy Grail, could only be equipped by a virgin or an untainted maiden.

Therefore, even Kazuto could not use it regularly, and treated it as equipment for decisive battles.

When it came to such restriction-locked magic items, there were many cases where the more severe the restriction was, the more powerful the divine protection it contained.

Its resistance against physical damage, especially against status abnormalities, was first-rate.

On top of that, the diamond-shaped shield he equipped on his arm was also a high-ranking magic item found in a treasure chest in the dungeon.

The『Starfall Shield (An Gal Ta)』

The shield, encrusted with beautiful star-like gems, had the special ability to block magic attacks almost completely.

In the appraisal done by an Appraiser (Authenticator), it was read as a ritual weapon that attempted to reproduce the『Holy Brilliance (Dingil Meram)』, the authority of the gods in ancient mythology.

Of course, it was a masterpiece registered in the academy under the Divine Gear category.

These equipment that even the members of the S-rank clubs could not put together was enough to make Kazuto’s spirit harbor unfounded confidence.

Feeling very strong, the delusion that he could win continued to swell up.

「Maybe this battle is something that has prepared as a trial for us to overcome from the beginning….」

「Yeah, for us to reach the top, right?」

Kotarou and Takeshi, clad in magic items of a pretty high rank, although not on the same level as that of Kazuto, struck a pose.

In the academy, the higher the level of powerhouses, the higher the importance of equipment became.

It was not uncommon for the outcome of a match to be determined by the difference in powerful magic items.

Obtaining such magic items from dungeons and gaining full command of them.

All in all, it was regarded as an individual’s prowess.

Qualities, gender, constitution, environment, physical condition, luck— the excuses of losers would simply be me with a scornful laugh.

「That’s right! We will never go down.」

「She’s right, as long as we don’t give up, we will never lose.」

Sena, holding a magic gun and cutlass in her hand, was followed by Yayoi, who was holding a magic spear with flames entwined around it.

The effect of the group self-suggestion, raising their voices as one, was immense.

The illusion that maybe they really could win, that they were invincible, was as sweet as a narcotic.

「Now, let’s get it started. —Our Crusade (Jihad)!」

Kazuto, looking back at his team members, activated his authority (skill).

It was a unique class skill of the『Hero』 branching, the『Crusade Declaration』.

It was an authority that gave a powerful ability increase (buff) not only to oneself but also to one’s comrades.

The increase value of the buff was equivalent to promoting the class one step higher.

The burden on the Hero was low, and the effect lasted for the duration of the battle in which it was declared.

This was one of the authorities that made the Hero type classes treated as broken classes.

Above all, it boosted fighting spirits and nullified mental-type debuffs, making them mad warriors who knew no retreat.

It was a skill that if he made a mistake in his timing of using it in a dungeon battle, they would not be able to retreat, with even a possibility that they would get annihilated.

In such a state of Crusade, they stopped dead in their tracks as they gathered on the rear line of their own grounds.

In the center of the stage.

Beyond the diagonal boundary line where the barrier was set up, it was waiting for them.

Clad in dark gray-color, smoky armor, a gigantic lump of iron was held in the left hand, and a deadly weapon of ominous shape that could be used as neither a lance nor a sword was held in the right hand.

A faint, smoky exhalation.

A serpent-like white light popping on the limbs.

*Creak creak* The reverberating creaking sound; they couldn’t even imagine what was leaking out such a shriek unbearably.

Suddenly.

Involuntarily, Kazuto was reminded of the moon floating in the night sky.

If that moon were to harbor hostility toward humans, what manner of existence would it turn into?

If it were to be able to stretch out its hand and launch a strike at this side.

What manner of resistance would human beings be able to offer?

Would it turn into something that could be called a battle?

「We’re terribly sorry to have kept you waiting. —Now then, please start the match!」

Thus, the curtain was mercilessly cut off on the stage, and a pure white flash of light painted their vision white.