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Volume 5 Chapter 108

The first round had ended.

Everyone around me was part of the second battle round, so there was nothing worth mentioning.

The second round starts now.

The first round is between me and a cat beastwoman.

At first, I was wondering how I could go easy on her, but from the looks of the first round, I don’t think I’ll need to.

Besides, I heard that taking it easy on a beastman is an insult to the opponent, so I’ll give it my all.

First, I’ll climb to the arena.

Sally, the cat beastman, came next.

The audience cheered louder when Sally appeared, probably because she had overpowered a well-built bear beastman in the first round.

That’s because it’s more exciting when a pretty girl is strong. ……

I was a bit troubled.

「Ahm, is it okay if I use all my power?」

Sally asked me that with a really sorry expression on her face.

She probably felt bad for attacking me with all she got since I was the one who healed her partially missing body.

However, there were also beastmen who bet their lives in this War God’s Strength Tournament, so they did not want to leave any regrets behind.

That’s why…

「Oh, I don’t mind you giving it your all. If you can hit me with even one attack, I’ll make you my subordinate」

I said those things to her.

Even if Sally wanted to use her full power, my words should have been quite provocative to her.

I felt like I had done it.

I was so hyped up, probably because this tournament would determine the strongest person in this country.

I felt regret that I got carried away.

But Sally…

「Thank you so much, meow! I, Sally, will give my all to this fight, meow!」

That’s what she said.

I was relieved that Sally didn’t think badly of what I’ve just said. Her cheeks looked a bit red, though..

Alright, it would be embarrassing if I lost after saying such things to her, so l’ll have to give it my all as well.

The match between Sally and I began.

Sally was awaiting my move.

That’s a bad move.

I’m a Sage, so Sally should have got closer to me at the start of the battle, and attacked me immediately without giving me any time to use my magic.

However, Sally knew I defeated the Majin, but she didn’t know I was a Sage, so she was not letting her guard down any time soon.

If she isn’t going to attack me without warning, then there’s no reason to wait for her.

「Fire Lance!」

「!?」

Sally was shaken.

The whole audience was also in an uproar.

Probably because I summoned a flaming knight.

Even if the prohibition against magic was lifted, nobody used magic aside from body-strengthening magic in the first round of the tournament.

Alright, what will you do to this guy?

I made the flaming knight attack Sally.

Sally was shaken, but she soon came back to her senses when she saw the flaming knight rushing at her.

She managed to dodge the flaming knight by a hair’s breadth.

Afterward, just like what she did to the bear Beastman, she quickly turned around toward the flaming knight’s flank, then she tried to slam her fast into its unguarded part.

However, the flaming knight was a product of magic.

There was no way its attack would end just by sticking out a spear.

A second spear shot out from the flaming knight’s flank, and it flew toward Sally as she tried to attack the flaming knight.

「Huh!?」

Right before it hit her, Sally forcefully twisted her body, so she managed to evade his attack.

Oh, so she could avoid this?

I honestly thought that was going to be the end of her.

Sally continued evading the flaming knight that gave the Majin who attacked Ryuushin a tough time.

I noticed something as I observed Sally.

Sally looked like she could predict what kind of attack the flaming knight would use just a second before it did attack using some kind of method. She probably wouldn’t be able to continue dodging the flaming knight’s blows to this level if she didn’t.

Maybe she also got some skill like extreme intuition, just like my brother, Kain.

Hmm, we won’t go anywhere if I continue to do this.

Sorry, but I think it’s about time we ended this.
Sally was having her hands full with the flaming knight, so she completely let her guard down against me.

That’s why I was able to take my time preparing.

I released mana from my entire body, and dispersed it in the surrounding air.

I then wrapped that mana on me as a magical suit.

Alright, I have no more use for “you”

I extinguished the flaming knight.

Sally was taken aback by the sudden disappearance of her opponent, and then she looked at me as if she just remembered my existence, and despair filled her face.

She noticed the huge amount of mana wrapping my entire body.

Or perhaps she could predict the future and realized that there was no escaping it.

「Sorry, do your best again next time」

After saying that, I extended my fist out.

It was the attack I used to blast the Unbeatable Target.

But I didn’t just punch her like I normally do.

I imagined pushing a huge wall of hardened mana.

This time, the wall had a height of 5 meters and a width of 10 meters, so Sally didn’t have anywhere to escape.

Sally was thrown against the wall and cleanly blasted off.

However, she was a cat Beastman.

Despite being blown away, she regained her stance in the air and landed firmly on her feet … outside of the arena.

In order to win in the War God’s Strength Tournament, you either had to make your opponent admit defeat or force them out of the arena.

In other words, it was my victory.