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Chapter 34 – Entrance Examination – part 5

「Yes, that’s right but? But you, you’re the woman who appeared with lute during the Evil Dragon Amanta Incident, right?」

「…Indeed. And to my question that I’m about to ask you… I want you to answer it honestly.」

「What is it?」

Lilith smiled and said,

「You are just a childhood friend and yet you pretend to be Lute’s girlfriend? Who do you think you are? Why should Lute be blamed just because he hasn’t seen you for a long time? You and Lute are just from the same hometown and just childhood friends. That is all there is…」

「Huh?」

「…You are just a Hero… just a childhood friend… I’m telling you to not get it on your head.」

Cordelia fell silent for a moment, before her temples started bulging with blue veins.

I see… I thought to myself.
To be frank, Cordelia is extremely quick to pick a fight, to the point where it could rival even that of a warlike people… Well, I remember feeling strangely convinced when I first heard that she was a Hero.

Cordelia picks up the wooden sword that the nobleman dropped on the ground earlier.

「I am Cordelia Allston, chosen by the prophecy to be the Hero of the North. And you, what is your name?」

「I am Lilith, I have no surname… I am a magician.」

「You’re an exam student, right? You seem to be making fun of the Hero, but how about having a mock sword fight like Lute and the magic swordsman earlier?」

「Are you underestimating me because I am just an exam student? If so, I demand a correction. I am Lute’s attendant, and thus not ordinary.」

「Are? Is Lilith still underestimating me? Even after everythingーI am still the Hero of the North, you know? Well, we can compete with wooden swords, but I’ll go easy on you, you can go all out if you want.」

「…It’s better to put away the wooden swords.」

Cordelia grins triumphantly.

「Are? Put away the swords… So you don’t want to fight me after all? Running away in front of the enemy? Well, I guess it’s impossible for just a mere magician to fight against a Hero, right?」

Lilith grinned triumphantly back.

「…A wooden sword fight can’t even be considered a competition. I hate bullying the weak.」

「Sorry, but I don’t understand what you’re saying?」

Lilith then showed a half-smile without any light in her eyes.

「…Hurry up and throw away that wooden sword… I’m telling you to bring the oracle’s holy sword. You small fry.」

*BikiBikiBiki* Blue streaks ran across Cordelia’s face enough that I could hear the sound effects.

「You’re selling it, right? So you’re picking a fight with me after all?」

「… You were the one who suggested a mock battle in the first place, you female gorilla.」

「You…!」

They glared at each other and flipped each other.

「Let’s do it!」

「…Bow down before the abyss of magic.」

The two ran towards the circle on the ground, the combat zone.

She was 20 meters above the ground.
Floating in the air, Lilith alternately extended her hands and fired off intermediate magic fireballs in rapid succession.

Dozens, hundreds of fireballs were launched from the air.
The ground was bombarded with fireballs, like an air raid during the Pacific War.

The ground was scorched and black smoke rose from all over.

At the beginning of the mock battle, LIlith used flying magic to escape into the air. And that was the current situation with Cordelia being hit by a barrage of countless intermediate-level magic.

「Come down, you coward!」

Cordelia picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it, but Lilith easily dodged it by leaping through the air.

「…It is not sane to fight a close combat fight with a close combat person.」

Adding to that, a fireball was fired downwards from Lilith’s palms. However, Cordelia swung her sword towards the fireball.

ーーThe Holy Sword of the Oracle.

This cheat weapon is capable of cutting off and repelling magic power itself.
Thanks to this, Cordelia was able to easily handle Lilith’s relentless barrage of magic.

The current situation is that neither of them have a decisive blow.
Cordelia’s sword cannot reach Lilith in the sky, and Lilith’s magic is also easily cut down by Cordelia.

Now, what are the two of them going to do next… while thinking about this, I heard some words in my ears,

「What is this… relentlessly firing intermediate-level magic like water… this isn’t the level of a student.」

「… This is on a different level.」

「It’s like watching the martial arts tournament in the Imperial Capital… is this a dream?」

Even the instructor had a look of astonishment in his face.

「Hero Cordelia… I can understand it if it’s her, but why does that magician… with that continuous magic barrage and especially… that duration of her flying magic… why doesn’t her MP run out?」

Flying magic is a type of magic that is normally used for emergency evacuation or evasion.
The consumption of MP is extraordinary, and any ordinary mage would quickly run out of magic power after flying in the air for 20 seconds.

Therefore, it is not usually possible to use tactics such as the one-sided magical rush from above that Lilith is currently employing.
Well, there are such tactics, but they are generally considered very risky and limited to times when there is confidence in being able to take them out in an instant.

But, well, Lilith and I have been through a lot.
As a result, when she is near me, her MP is effectively supplied by me… to the extent that even including Cordelia, her MP is beyond the imagination of an ordinary person.

Well, thanks to that, I can receive support from Lilith’s brain as a magician when activating the startup of Senjutsu or the activation of Kinjutsu…but that’s another story.

「…Geez. This is getting nowhere.」

She held the sword in her right hand.
Cordelia glared at Lilith, brushing her hair back with her left hand.

「Then, let me show you my true strength.」

Cordelia’s blue eyes turn crimson.
The surroundings filled with a tense atmosphere, and it felt like the temperature rose a little. A crimson aura enveloped her.

「Now that it’s come to this… I can’t hold back, so if I go too far… I’m sorry okay?」

I already know that Cordelia can control her magical power running rampant.
Besides that, I asked Cordelia,

「Your status has probably been boosted considerably… but the opponent is still 20 meters above the ground, right? The situation hasn’t changed from earlier. What are you going to do?」

Cordelia crouched down as if doing a squat.
Then, she let out a battle cry.

「Here I come!」

That surprised Lilith.
Even though she had been attacking Cordelia from an absolutely safe distance… Cordelia had instantly closed the gap and reached her within the reach of Cordelia’s sword.

Yes.
Up to 20 meters in the air where Lilith was floating… Cordelia jumped there with only the strength of her legs.

She swung down her sword and tore Lilith’s robe, revealing a part of her bare skin.
The sword only slightly injured Lilith’s skin, and no blood was shed. It seems that there is no need to worry about serious injuries.

Then, Cordelia fell according to gravity.
She landed on the ground and wore a triumphant smile.
She then bent her knees again as if squatting, saying,

「One more time!」

The state of lacking a decisive blow from both sides was broken.
Currently, Cordelia alone can unilaterally make effective attacks.
Just before jumping up again, Cordelia’s expression twisted while staring at the sky.

At the same time, I felt a headache from stress.

「I told her to not use any magic above intermediate level because it stands out… that idiot.」

Cordelia was dumbfounded, and in a trembling voice that sounded like a scream, said,

「… What… is this magical power? It’s abnormal… What is this? It’s impossible… Something like that… impossible…」

Lilith, who had a smug expression while floating in the sky, said with a smile.

「This is a spell called the Godslayer Spear Longinus, a secret technique passed down only to dragons.」