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Volume 5 Chapter 110

Ryuushin, Merdie and I, and Merdie’s dad Leo passed the second round.

Merdie and Ryuushin could also deal blows and slashes, even at a long range, so they won while their opponents couldn’t even get close to them.

Leo enjoyed his battles as usual.

The Beastmen that went against him were a bit…pitiful.

And so, we were gonna fight the third round, but —

「Master Haruto, are you, by any chance, considering using that sword?」

I was holding the hilt of the Imperial Sword and practicing my sword drawing when Leo stopped me.

「… Can’t I?」

「The use of weapons is allowed in this tournament, and if it’s the Beastmen, they could easily avoid arrows. Even if we do not have swords, our fangs and claws sharpness exceed that of swords.」

「Then I’d like to use a sword, too.」

It wouldn’t be fair if my opponent had a sword while I have none.

「No matter how you look at it, that sword is not one that you’d find anywhere…Do you want to cut the Beastmen of this country or something?」

「It’s okay, I’ll hit them with the back of the sword..」

「No, that’s…a double edged sword.」

Afterward, Leo was persistent, and I ended up borrowing a wooden sword to fight in the battle.

Sorry, Imperial Sword.

I’ll make sure you get your turn sometime.

The wooden sword was light, though the Imperial Sword was much lighter, and the length was also nice. It was easy to handle. It’s strength though, was a bit worrying.

Wouldn’t it break if I go all out on that elephant Beastman with high defense power?

It’s been a while, might as well do “that”
I released magic from my palm that was holding the wooden sword.

I imagined stretching my nerves towards the wooden sword as I gradually sent my magic into it.

The wooden sword turned black from the handle to its tip.

Even if I sent magic into it in the normal way, it wouldn’t turn like this.

Using precise magic control, I reinforced the fibers of the wood to increase its strength.

This ordinary wooden sword then turned into a sword that could break an orichalcum sword.

I call this my Blackened sword.

By the way, this technique could also apply to non-wooden swords.

For example, imagining the reinforcement of metallic bonds while sending mana ends up making an iron sword Blackened.

To be honest, I didn’t really understand metallic bonds and such things, but when I tried it, it worked, so I use it occasionally without thinking too much about it.

No matter what sort of sword – no, it didn’t have to be a sword, even a wooden stick lying around can become the most powerful and indestructible weapon if it’s turned into a Blackened sword.

I frequently used this technique before Imperial Sword fell into my hands.

Mana reinforced the wooden sword, but once it turned into a Blackened sword, it would still remain as a black sword even without replenishing the mana.

By the way, 100,000 worth of mana is needed to make a single Blackened sword, so I doubt there would be other people who could create this, aside from me of course.

「Guess this is it.」

I tried to swing the completed Blackened sword

Yup, the strength seemed fine.

It had been a while, but I still got it.

「Ahm, Master Haruto. W, what’s that?」

Leo asked.

「I used magic to increase its strength. It doesn’t increase its sharpness that much, so this is okay for me to use, right?」

「Y, yes. Well, in that case…」

Leo also acknowledged it, so let’s go with this.

I climbed to the arena.

The elephant Beastmen waited for me on top of the arena, and he talked to me.

「You have my gratitude for using another sword. I was going to give up this battle if you used that sword.」

「I, is that so.」

Wasn’t a Beastmen possessing an Anti-Magic Skin supposed to be able to defend himself even against the Imperial Sword?

「I didn’t imagine that you’d take it easy on me. That’s how huge the gap between you and I is. Allow me to go up against you with everything I have right now!」

The elephant Beastmen began releasing his magical power.

As expected, people who continued to win until they reached this level in the War God’s strength Tournament had well-built magical suits.

「Here I go!」

The elephant Beastmen charged towards me.

He charged towards me at a great speed.

It’s as if a wall was charging towards me.

— though it’s not to a degree that my body , strengthened with the magic suit, couldn’t avoid.

As the elephant Beastmen charged at me, I sidestepped him and struck him on the right shoulder with the Blackened sword.

「Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!」

The elephant Beastmen rolled off the arena while screaming.

「Eh?」

I didn’t hit him that hard, though….

Now that I think about it, I only attacked demons and Majins with this Blackened sword. I probably hit him with an amount of power that shouldn’t be used against people.

…I feel sorry, somehow.