Chapter 113 – Show Me the Power of Love (01)
The tournament started with an unfavorable score of 5 wins and 7 losses.
In the first round, I participated in the very first tournament match, and when I saw a male student from Class D trying to use lightning magic, I raised my wooden sword and made a fake signal as if I was running at him, then used [Shadow Ninjitsu] To form a [Shadow Mask] On my palm. While recharging mana with the [Star Wizard] Trait, he quickly fired magic bullets, or, in English, magic missiles, which he had heard about in Alice’s quick lecture, wasting time.
In order to block the magic missiles that flew in like small stardust from the sky, he intercepted them one by one, and later approached a student who was rolling on the floor after being hit several times and pressed his chest with a wooden sword, causing the opponent to surrender without even using magic properly. I had no choice.
‘It’s not bad?’
The [Star Wizard] Trait was effective not only for large-scale bombing, but also for mana recovery.
There was no need to mention the effectiveness of [Shadow Ninjutsu].
If we got to this point, there was no need to worry about whether we could win.
Because Cylian was striking with all her might with a light in her eye, and Marian was no less capable of taking down her opponent.
As I expected, in the semi-finals, class F was in trouble again, and Ophelia, I, and Cylian and Marian met. As a result, class D was in a state of complete mental breakdown as the semifinals were held against class F.
In particular, in the case of the tournament, rather than being divided into a swordsmanship class and a magic class, I was able to use comprehensive abilities, so I was able to use the [Star Wizard] Trait and [Shadow Ninjutsu], Which actually lowered the level of difficulty for me.
After confirming that the fierce battle against Class D, which was my biggest worry, ended in a safe victory thanks to Marian’s performance, I relaxed all my tension and relaxed back on my chair, watching the two play in the semifinals.
‘If it were the original, the win rate would be less than half… Is it because of the difficulty improvement mode?’
If we had played in vanilla, by now we would have only Cylian and a few other players in the tournament, and even if we had to strategically drain Cylian’s stamina, we couldn’t guarantee whether he would be able to win the finals.〈 Br〉
However, now that I was winning more easily than in the middle competition, I felt a little vain.
Waaaaa-!!
Of course, the audience, especially those who had been watching us for two and a half years in the level 3 area, were all cheering and having fun at our cheerful rebellion, and on the contrary, the NPCs who came from the level 2 area were like this because of how bad class D was. I was cursing while thinking about what was going on.
‘You probably didn’t expect Class F to grow this much.’
If we knew that all 24 people had golden characteristics, class F would have been treated as a watch class, but in the first place, there were only a handful of beings in this world who could properly check other people’s [Characteristics].
Even they, rather than those who sense the characteristics themselves, just think things like, ‘He must be strong because he comes from an outstanding knightly family’ or ‘He must be strong because he comes from an extraordinary family.’
Of course, there are some differences among the golden characteristics.
If you look at the first match of the current semifinals, the match between Cylian and Marian, it is a battle between those with the strongest characteristics in the knight world.
‘K just has strong stats and a high growth rate, but the [Dragon Slayer] Trait is not very effective unless he is fighting against a dragon race.’
Seeing Marian’s affection rating wavering from 5.0 and trying to drop little by little, Cylian looked a little nervous instead of her usual smirking look.
“Class president! Aren’t you strangely strong?!”
I think so too.
Marian’s abilities themselves were lower than Cylian’s and overall lower than Kay’s. Strangely, her skills also improved compared to last time, but she was crushing her opponents with just her own abilities.
‘I may have become a little stronger due to the effects of companion training, but… To this extent?’
I was watching Marian’s status window just in case, but there were no problems with her abilities, so I was watching closely to see if there was another bug.
Even so, Marian was a person of interest because of her initial likeability and affection, and because she had a lot of bugs.
‘Huh…?’
As I was watching like that, I felt like Marian’s trait her, the [Sword Master] Trait, was shining a little more than usual.
Until now, it was expressed in golden letters, but now it sparkles as if diamond dust was sprinkled on it, but at first I thought it was just because the characteristic was activated…
‘Could it be…?’
As Cylian continued to be pushed back, using her own prowess and her swordsmanship her to deal with her her Marian her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her unilaterally pressing down, I was engrossed in her frantically moving status window her her her her and confirmed her her identity her her her.
– Characteristic: Master of the Sword [120%] –
– Sword-related abilities receive a 50% (+20%) correction –
“…Huh?”
I rubbed my eyes.
I checked the characteristics again.
Marian’s [Sword Master] Characteristic has reached 120 %, and the next explanation states that her sword-related abilities will receive a 50 % correction.
“…Does this make sense?”
As Alice said and Inori said, I thought that Marian would also be strengthened to some extent due to the effect of the companion practitioner.
But isn’t the result… 20%?
Even if an additional 20% correction was added to the characteristics due to companion training, I thought that the ability level would increase by 20% compared to usual… That is, by about 36%.
However, Marian’s abilities her were now being corrected by 50%.
I don’t know if the percentage of ability applied is different when it exceeds 100%, but the original 30% correction became 50%, and Marian’s already excellent ability increased so much that Cylian was now being pushed back.
Previously, during the midterm exam, even though Sailian had hidden his strength, he was able to defeat Marian by showing just a little bit of weakness, but now he was pushed back by Marian, so the moment he tried to relax a little, Marian’s elaborate sword skills came flying in.
“Ugh!”
But you won’t get hit twice.
Marian, who had been defeated by Sailian’s swordsmanship in the last mid-match match, tried to use a similar counterattack this time, but continued to attack Sailian before it could be properly activated.
To put it game-wise, it means canceling the counterattack before it is activated and making an additional attack, but from the Cyrian’s perspective, he was not able to adjust his posture and find the right timing to counterattack, so he was unable to overwhelm It was unlike before.
In the past, because he had an overwhelming advantage in swordsmanship and was slightly ahead of Marian in terms of abilities, the Cylian showed some composure against Marian and then overpowered her, but now, should we say that he is restraining the Cylian from being able to use his power properly even if he wants to do his best? .
The [Master of the Sword] Trait does not simply increase strength, but also improves agility and stamina, and even amplifies the skills of [Master of the Sword]. While Sailian was drinking and having fun, Marian was close to practicing the closed pipe. This happened because I had honed my swordsmanship while training.
‘If I had continued to train with Marian, I could have shown that level of inaction… But I haven’t really spent time with Marian since the mid-game battle…?’
I knew that Marian’s [Sword Master] Trait made her stronger, but she wasn’t usually at this level.
I felt a sense of discomfort at the fact that I had become slightly stronger, and while I was amazed at how this happened, the amount of affection that filled the fifth heart slot was gradually chipped away, and the amount of affection that had been filled decreased slightly.
Would you say that the heart gauge, which was full of 5.0, is now around 4.9?
The moment a defect so small closely that it was difficult to notice unless observed occurred, Marian’s sword, which had been overwhelming the Cylian, began to noticeably slow down.
“…!”
The rainbow-colored glowing characteristic decreased again to a golden-colored, slightly sparkling state, and I did not miss the change in the characteristic.
– Characteristic: Master of the Sword [120%] –
– Sword-related abilities receive a 36% (+6%) correction –
As Marian’s attack was corrected to a ‘common sense’ level, Cylian began to counterattack Marian while standing at the edge of the stage, standing halfway over his feet, and began to counterattack Marian, and in most cases, Cylian maintained his position as the strongest player in Class F until the middle of the stage. Like Rian, he was turning the tide in an instant.
Marian, on the other hand, began to be pushed back by Cylian’s counterattacks and successful attacks. With Marian’s current skills, she would be comparable to Cylian’s and would be slightly inferior, but she was unable to respond properly because she was embarrassed by the sudden reversal of the situation after she had been overwhelming. Br〉
So, I covered my mouth with my hand and used my ‘voice’ to express my affection to Marian once again.
“I love you, sister.”
The moment the heart gauge, which had been going down, filled up again, Marian’s sword speed increased and she parried Cylian’s blow.
“Ugh!”
I am overwhelmed.
Marian and Cylian’s current skills are at a level where victory or defeat is determined by a little bit of physical condition or luck, but if Marian was receiving a buff like this, it was a fight that Marian had no choice but to win.
‘Is that ability now a buff created because the affection level is full?’
Why are there 5 affection levels?
And I didn’t understand why the fifth heart slot was very difficult to fill and would naturally disappear over time, but when I understood it this way, I could understand it as a minimal balance patch.
‘If I fill it to the maximum, will the effect of the companion trainee be maximized?’
It was only when Alice gave up on other characters and invested in Alice that she was able to use the Star Burst that could only be used at the end of the Academy part, which happened when her affection reached its maximum for an instant.
‘This… Is more fraudulent than I thought, isn’t it?’
The effect of the Companion Trainee was not just that I was able to ‘collect’ and use numerous characteristics.
As the name suggests, it was a cheat-like martial arts technique that made everyone stronger together.
Kaaaaang!
Before the affection level dropped again, Marian’s strike broke Sailian’s wooden sword and pushed him away, and as the time limit expired, the first round of the semifinals of the tournament ended with Marian’s victory.
“This… I’m going to lose?”
The situation was different from the mid-match match.
The Cylian tried to fight Marian with all his might and achieve victory, but Marian won against the Cylian who was now showing his full power her.
In the joy of defeating the Cylian who had defeated her in the mid-match, Marian smiled brightly and ran up to me, trying to hug me. Then, looking at the people around her, she came next to me with an expression that made her seem proud and asked me to praise her. I was smiling.
“Good job, sister.”
After finally giving her her reward, it was my turn again.
“I’ll go first?”
It is time for the second game of the semifinals, the match between me and Ofelia, to begin.