Chapter 98 – Episode 98. 1v1 Duels (4)

After my match, it was Lucy’s turn to play next.

I was worried about the match against Ellis, so I’ll go check it out.

I went to the waiting area where Lucy was waiting.

“Huh? Lee Ho-yeon! I enjoyed the game!”

“Thank you. I came to see you to cheer up.”

Of course, it would be hard for Lucy to win even if she said this.

As long as Ellis fixes her magical disorder, she is a fraudulent character comparable to Nam Da-eun.

In particular, Alice’s talent as a magician is a versatile combat method, which is advantageous in one-on-one combat.

Still, in front of Lucy, don’t show off and cheer me on.

“Thank you. I’ll do my best too!”

“Yes. We’ll start soon. I’ll be in the waiting room. Let’s have lunch together later.”

“Okay~!”

★ Heroine Status Window

[Lucy]

– [ Likeability : 88 ]
– [ Sex drive : 40 ]
– [ Appetite : 30 ]
– [ Fatigue : 35 ]

Current status: Even if we lose this time, we have to do better next time… !

Fortunately, even if you lose, there won’t be any mental problems.

It’s bittersweet, but Lucy seems to know the difference.

I saw off Lucy with a smile until the end.

*

“I expected it, but it’s a pity…”

Unfortunately, the match was a loss for Lucy.

Still, the game itself was good.

It showed Lucy’s overwhelming firepower properly.

It’s because Alice handled her so well, and Lucy did so well, so her grades should be good too.

Da-eun Nam’s next game was naturally dominated by Da-eun Nam.

As soon as I started, I cut it in 3 seconds, so the other person won’t even know why I lost.

[Game over! The winner is the best cadet in Class A! We will have a break until 1:30 to ensure the players’ rest and lunch. I would appreciate it if the visitors also had lunch and were seated again at 1:30!]

As Nam Da-eun’s match ended, Lee Ho-yeon vs. Kim Young-han. The semi-final matchup between Ellis and Nam Da-eun was concluded.

Since I decided to have lunch with Lucy, I sent a message and went to Lucy’s waiting room.

“Lucy. I’m here.”

“Yes. Come in!”

When I opened the door and entered, Rumi was also sitting in the waiting room.

“Oh, is Rumi there too?”

It seems that he was waiting for me because I asked him to have lunch.

“Hoyeon-san, you were so cool.”

“Thank you.”

“Rumi. You didn’t say I was cool. Are you ignoring me because I lost?”

Lucy clung to Rumi and made a fuss.

“Hoyeon-san greeted me at the arena… But you didn’t greet me.”

“Ah… Sorry. I forgot.”

After all, small details are so important.

I took the image like this with nothing special.

“Let’s go to lunch. Where do you want to go?”

“The student cafeteria is too crowded! Let’s go out and eat!”

“I don’t care.”

We had quite a lot of time as we guaranteed a lunch break and break time for the finalists.

“Okay. Then let’s go out and eat.”

It would be nice to eat outside after a long time.

*

Came in after having lunch outside with the Lucy Rumi twins.

Even if Lucy didn’t show it, she seemed to care a little about losing, so I tried to comfort her like Rumi.

My twins and I decided to wait together in the waiting room until my match started.

“You must go to the finals and avenge me, okay?”

“Don’t worry.”

“If it’s Hoyeon-san, you’ll be able to win…!”

She relaxed by chatting with her twins.

Of course, there’s little chance of meeting Elise in the finals, so I won’t be able to repay the enemy, but anyway.

[After a while, the semi-finals will begin. Spectators, please take a seat.]

“Looks like it’s starting now. I’ll be on my way to the waiting area as well.”

“Yes. Fighting! We must win! I’ll be watching!”

“Hoyeon-san, do your best…!”

“Thank you.”

With support from Lucy and Rumi, we headed to the waiting room.

Hearing that he was fighting Kim Young-han, something felt strange.

“Cadet Lee Ho-yeon, please prepare to go up to the training ground.”

“All right.”

Since the semi-finals, each game is important, so I could see that they were considerate of me as much as possible so that the condition of the players was not affected.

Guided by polite staff, she went up to the arena.

[The confrontation between Cadet Lee Ho-yeon of A Class and Cadet Kim Young-han of A Class will begin soon!]

“Handsome. Hi-hi.”

As soon as I came up to the training ground, Kim Young-han, who was waiting for me, started talking to me.

“Why do you keep calling me handsome these days?”

“My friend Lee Ho-yeon has gone too far, so it’s a pity.”

“What are you saying? I won’t look at you, so be prepared.”

It’s the finals soon, but you shouldn’t make the stupid mistake of being careless and losing.

You have to do your best to deal with it.

“It’s scary…”

Kim Young-han smiled bitterly as he raised his sword, and I raised my mana.

[5, 4, 3, 2, 1, start!]

With the start signal, my fighting senses jumped.

Pounding. Pounding. Pounding.

‘What….’

Are you stronger than you think?

The sense of battle sent a warning that Kim Young-han was a much more dangerous opponent than Do Jin-hyeok.

Kim Yeong-han approached me, wielding his signature sword with dark red thorns.

‘Open eyes’

Bang!

Blocking the sword with a cotton guard, he increased the distance.

If you don’t use acceleration, Kim Young-han’s speed is faster than mine.

However, it was possible to deal with it by reading the trajectory of the sword in advance with ‘Opening Eyes’.

Kim Young-han kept running to close the distance between me and her.

Even when her sword strike was blocked and her cadet uniform was set on fire due to her counterattack, she continued her attacking attitude, not caring about her body.

Taang!

He bought time with fireballs and cotton guards and moved away from Kim Young-han.

“Why are you coming so viciously?”

“It’s because I want to see your skills. You haven’t even used the skills you used on Do Jin-hyeok yet.”

“I’m not writing because the situation doesn’t come out.”

Acceleration and Spiral are not skills that can be used freely.

Thanks to my lack of mana, I can only use it once or twice, so I have to use it in the right situation.

“Okay…?”

Kim Young-han raised his sword again.

Even though there were already many wounds, there was no sign of giving up.

‘I have to finish it soon.’

Kim Young-han rushed at me again, and exchanged airlifts with each other.

After passing the attack without damage, I cast a fireball at Kim Young-han, who was falling behind.

If the distance increases, I can attack one-sidedly, so don’t miss this opportunity.

But just before launching the fireball, my combat senses suddenly sent out a danger signal.

I felt a severe sense of heterogeneity in my throbbing heart more than when I encountered two ogres at the same time.

I immediately threw his body to the right.

I couldn’t ignore this inexplicable anxiety, so I left it to my intuition.

Quagga Gagagak!

At the same time, a nasty sound hit my ears and something grazed my cheek.

“Wow… No one got away with this in the first place, you really are a monster.”

Kim Young-han was looking at me with her hand on the floor and her mouth open.

And in the spot where I was standing just now, there were black red thorns over 3m high.

“… What’s this.”

My cheeks were hot

When I wiped my cheek with the back of my hand, red liquid came out.

“…Blood?”

Of course, since it was inside the mana field, it wasn’t really hurt.

It’s just one of the devices that make you feel pain in order to develop a sense of practice.

But it was certain that the attack was sharp enough to hurt me.

It’s scary.

If I had reacted even a little late, I would have been defeated with a high probability.

The safety setting must have been activated as the body was pierced by that thorn.

“It was my special move… I can’t believe it failed.”

Kim Young-han muttered as if he was really sorry.

“… Hey. This isn’t something you should show in the finals. You were surprised.”

“I thought so too. But what can I do if you’re too strong? First of all, you have to win the semifinals to advance to the finals.”

It’s ridiculous.

The thorns rising behind me were not at the level of a cadet to anyone’s eyes.

The ability to exert physical force of this magnitude in an instant was unheard of.

Even ignoring my ‘open eyes’ and [Mana response], It jumped out, so it must be a unique power rather than a skill that uses mana, but I never thought it was hiding such a secret weapon.

“Haha, I wanted to end the 1v1 duel with rookie Younghan Kim’s victory, which no one expected. You ruined it.”

“…To give you deep consolation, even if I went to the finals without wearing this, I wouldn’t have beaten Nam Da-eun anyway.”

Nam Da-eun was the winner in the original work, so Kim Young-han’s strategy would have failed.

Nam Da-eun’s power, [Space Control].

The surrounding space is already Nam Da-eun’s territory. There’s no way he didn’t know to summon such a huge thorn.

“Speaking like that hurts my pride. Well, anyway. This is blocked, so I’m going to withdraw. Referee! I’m withdrawing!”

Kim Young-han coolly admitted defeat.

Summoning that gigantic thorn probably wasn’t the end, and it seemed like he still had some energy left, but he might not want to reveal his ability.

[Ah! Cadet Kim Young-han, who failed the surprise conversion, abstains. The winner is Cadet Lee Ho-yeon from Class A! Applause please!]

The mana barrier was dismantled and I approached Kim Young-han, who was smiling bitterly.

“Hey. Aren’t you guys angry because you lost this?”

“Of course. You have to be friendly with handsome men to pick up even falling bean curd.”

Fortunately, Kim Young-han didn’t seem to care at all.

“You’re going to get annoyed with the game just now. Kuck.”

Kim Young-han is also good-looking, if not as good as me, and since she has revealed her hidden abilities, the flies must have rushed at her.

“Well, it’s good to pick a place to work later.”

Lie.

It is a fact that no one knows yet, but Kim Young-han is the heir of a large guild.

It’s a problem because Dora entered the academy to prove it alone without the name of the guild.

“Yes. I suffered.”

“You too. You beat me and went up, so be sure to win.”

“Well, I’ll try.”

Kim Yeong-han immediately turned her body around and went down to the arena, and I greeted her spectators eagerly and came down the arena.

*

“It’s a pity. But the last raid was really good.”

Im Sol, who was watching Lee Ho-yeon’s match, smiled at Lee Ho-yeon’s victory.

“Sure. How do I avoid that? Our young master, maybe.”

“What?”

“No no, student Lee Ho-yeon is amazing for avoiding that. I’ll go to the bathroom for a while.”

Yeji Min cleared her seat and got up and left the bleachers.

Kim Young-han was waiting for him at the place he arrived while checking his smart watch.

“Bocchan.

“I see… Did you see Mr. Yeji too? Hoyeon is a monster. Didn’t you say you were contacting him about the recruitment? How are the results going?”

Kim Young-han greeted Min Ye-ji in a serious atmosphere different from usual.

“Uh… Well, it’s going well. But it seems that Cadet Lee Ho-yeon has no intention of joining the guild. I can’t even contact other guilds at all, so I won it because of me. You know?”

“Of course you know Yeji’s ability. That’s why you take so much salary. Anyway, try harder. It’s not a dream for Sangvis Guild to become number one in Korea as long as you bring Hoyeon.”

Kim Young-han said that she was not visible on the outside, but she was already designated as the successor of the Iron Blood Guild internally.

She tried to proudly reveal that this time she won a 1-on-1 duel, but unfortunately this operation failed.

“Yes, of course. Come to think of it, you and cadet Lee Ho-yeon were quite close. Did you become close in advance so that you could recruit them later? That’s amazing~”

If Lee Ho-yeon came to the Iron Blood Guild, she would of course be welcomed, but she didn’t have to become a friend because of that.

“It’s not like that. Hoyeonie is just a friend. It’s fun to watch from the side.”

*

After the match, I returned to the waiting room to watch the match between Alice and Daeun Nam.

Of course, after the match, the medical team came and restored all my strength and magic.

I need to get in my best condition before going into the next game.

The moment I opened a can of soda prepared in the waiting room, a system window appeared in front of my eyes.

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『The sub-quest has been sent.』

[The man who won first place in the practical test!]

The first place in the theory test is already taken off!

In addition to the practical exam, let’s become a man who is both professional and martial with first place!

– Reward: All heroines’ affinity increases by 1

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“…Uh?”

A sub-quest that should never be missed has come out.