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Volume 5 Chapter 101

「W, what do you mean, War God-sama’s occupation was Magical Pugilist!?」

「War God-sama’s occupation was recorded in the shrine books as the best physical fighter. W, was that… a lie?」

Merdie and the Beast king soldier asked the War God with a look of disbelief on their faces.

「Lie, is it… I had no intention of lying, but that seemed to be the result. I do not consider myself to be a Warrior.. In the first place, I never revealed my occupation to anyone.」

The War God continued on with a little difficulty.

「When I was the king, physical attack supremacism was more prevalent than it is now. During that time, I was born with an aptitude for magic. My family kept that fact hidden, and I never told a soul about my occupation for the rest of my life.」

Children born in Vestier with an aptitude for magic were once despised, and there were cases where an entire family was exiled because they used their magic.

However, beastmen did not normally show their status board to anyone else.

True strength was not something that should be shared with others. It was customary for them to let their fists do the talking if they wanted to demonstrate their strength.

Because of that, even if an aptitude for magic was manifested, they would not be expelled as long as they did not use magic in public.

「Despite having an aptitude for magic, I gradually grew to become burly. After that, I discovered a way to use magic without being discovered, so I fought while using magic until I became the strongest person in this country.」

「A, a way to use magic so that magic would not be discovered? Is there such a thing?」

「There is. You guys are calling it ‘fighting spirit’. Fighting spirit is non-attribute mana overflowing from your body. I used to compress that mana and wrap it around my body, allowing me to perform great feats that would not have been possible with only body strengthening magic. Here’s an example:」

The War God then turned his body towards his statue, a fire was burning at the feet of the statue.

When the statue had been restored, the flames had also been restored.

The War God extended his fist toward that flame.

The mana spirit he released from his fist rushed forward at lightning speed.

That mana then extinguished the flame.

「Ohh! T, this is the ‘Flying Fist,’ which the War God is said to use to pulverise enemies from afar. To witness it with my own eyes…」

The Beast king soldier was so moved his body was trembling.

However, that’s odd.

The War God shot the mana to extinguish the flame.

Even Merdie can do that.

「Don’t praise me for something like this. I just solidified mana and shot it. In short, it’s one type of magic」

「Eh!? N, no, however, the crystal balls did not react at all!」

Crystal balls were placed inside the shrine just like at the capital’s training facility.

When the War God shot his mana, those crystal balls did not react. That was probably why they assumed he didn’t use magic.

「The Magic Detection Crystal Balls do not react to non-attribute mana. Even if it has no attributes, magical power has been released by solidifying it and launching it, so it’s still considered a type of magic」

I get it now, I noticed with my Magic Perception that mana had been shot, but if not for that, it would seem that he was able to extinguish the flame from that distance just by the force of waving his fist.

Huh?

So did that mean it had been okay to just use magic to blow it out?

I thought about that question, but I decided to listen to the rest of the War God’s story for now.

「I gained the throne by solidifying mana, launching it, and pulverising my enemies from afar. My body became stronger, and I was also blessed with a significant increase in stats. However, my use of magic was the main cause.」

「Then why did you make a rule prohibiting the use of magic during the tournament to determine who is the strongest in this country?」

「I did not create such a thing」

「Eh!?」

「In the first place, I, as the king, also used magic heavily. Such a law would never be enacted by me.. What I created was—」

The War God had created three laws.

1.Only the strong can carry out their will.

2.The strong should protect the weak.

3The beastmen should make the most of all the abilities they possess in order to become stronger.

1 and 2 were rules that existed in Vestier long before the War God was crowned king.

The War God added the third one.

All the abilities they possessed—of course, mana and casting magic was also included.

The War God had hoped that this country would one day nurture a beastman who would become the true strongest person by using magic like himself.

The beastmen were blessed with their high physical stats.

If that was supported by magic, then it would be completely natural that they would be able to obtain abilities that would overpower the other races.

The War God also realized this.

However, the nation’s current perception was that physical attack systems were revered, while using magic was despised.

The War God enacted the third law, commanding them to use all of their abilities so that when a beastman was born with the ability to fight with magic, they would be able to use it without being shunned or ostracized.

However, because the beastmen who could use magic at that time were close to none, the idea that ‘magic is included’ in ‘all abilities’ was lost among the beastmen.

Afterward, that knowledge was preserved as is until this day.

「Then, can I use magic at the War God’s Warrior Tournament?」

「Yeah, use it, use it! You should also use attribute-based magic with great vigor. When I fought the evil dragon, I let all of my companions flee first, then used all of my power to defeat him with holy attribute magic」

Merdie’s face brightened up as she heard those words.

At the same time, the Beast king soldier had a very complicated expression on his face.

「No way… To think that the War God’s legendary subjugation of the evil dragon was due to magic…」

「No, it can’t be helped, can it? That guy could be revived endlessly no matter how you attacked him, and he was immune to physical attacks! But it was a one-hit kill with the Holy Fist. As expected, magic is the best!!」

The muscular lion War God gleefully spit fire from his mouth toward the shrine’s ceiling.

I wonder why he strayed so far from his image……

See, the Beast king soldier seemed to be troubled, too.

「I, is that so. T, then, Master Haruto extinguished that flame by hurling magic, is that the truth?」

「Ah, I—」

「About that. He legit extinguished that fire with the force of his fist when he swung it… That is something that even I can’t do.」

「What?!」

Hey, you can!

「It looks like he was using non-attribute magic to strengthen his physical abilities, but isn’t he a monster? Putting out flames that far away with just the wind pressure of his fists.」

The Beast king soldier looked at me when he heard those words.

His face twitched.

No, even I thought it was hard to do!

Well, in that case, I did it, I guess.