Chapter 39 – Class Ranking Competition (3)

An unknown female student gritted her teeth after realizing that I was going to use her as a shield.

“You… This dog….”

“Uh huh. No nabbun talk!”

The magic flew right in front of me in an instant.

I crouched as far as I could and hid behind her narrow back.

And soon after, a roaring sound rang out.

Quaang!
Roaring!
Chew!

“Kyaaaaah!”

The sound of magic with various attributes mixing and exploding. A small scream intermingled between them.

… I’ll remember!

I expressed my condolences to the friend I just made, and prepared the next magic using the moment I was given.

“Oh, howling wind. Stay in my hands and sharpen your blade.”

Wind cutter, the most powerful magic I have.

It is not a normal chant, but through an enhanced chant, more magic power than necessary is injected.

Whoa-!

As the magical energy is overcharged, the translucent wind blade held at the tip of the staff gradually expands in size.

And as if this was the limit, it vibrated small and by the time the injected mana flowed into the air.

The roaring sound that had been ringing in my ears all at once stopped.

It must be because all the magic that was aiming at me landed.

When I raised my head slightly, a thick layer of dust was rising around me, probably because each one was a magic with the power to kill a single person.

A glimpse of red light through them. Perhaps it was the light announcing the elimination of the friend who became my shield.

As expected, there are some scorched marks, but they don’t appear to be seriously injured.

It took a while for Iona to tilt her center of gravity forward so that she could jump out in time to retrieve the dropped students.

As if I was nervous about the dust that seldom subsides, someone said something I should never say.

“Have you done it… ?”

Aiming exactly in the direction of the sound, I swung the staff from left to right like a sword, which had been vibrating to the point where my arms felt numb from earlier.

“Wand Cutter!”

Wedge-Ae-Ae-!

A blade of wind shot through the dust in half. A male student with a bewildered expression revealed through the gap.

As if he was preparing some kind of magic, he raised a short wand….

Wind-type magic has weak destructive power compared to other elemental magic, but has the advantage of fast projection speed.

In the end, he was hit directly by the wind cutter without being able to speak even one line of the incantation.

Well, maybe a shield was prepared, but it was a blade that stopped in the air for a while… Suddenly, a scream echoed with the sound of breaking glass.

Clink!

“Quaaaaa!!”

The guy tumbled across the floor clutching his own chest, his body glowing with red light signifying elimination.

You did a good job filling it up just in case.

With a hearty smile on his face, he ran toward the tall man closest to him.

After seeing Iona, who confirmed the elimination, simultaneously retrieve her friend who became my shield and the guy who had just been knocked down, the opponent shouted.

“You coward! Using a delicate lady as a shield isn’t enough, hiding behind her and even making a surprise attack!”

“What did you say. Isn’t it cowardly for a group of people to work together to drop me first when it’s an individual match?”

“Alliance is part of strategy!”

“Then it was just part of a friendship. I never thought you would do that for me who doesn’t even know my name yet… What a good friend. Is not it?”

“You guys… !”

A distance that gets closer quickly. While talking with me, the guy who raised his magical power aimed at the staff.

“Shine! So pierce through!”

Orbs of light appear one by one around him.

Light bullet magic?

It is a magic that throws light with physical power. It is a fairly tricky magic that boasts high speed and considerable power.

As much as that, light-type magic boasts a level of difficulty different from elemental magic… Are you confident enough to complete the magic before I arrive?

… Now that I see it, it’s a face I remember.

Wilhelm Trikia. His specs are decent, but he has a particularly high aptitude for the light attribute, so he was a colleague who was often hired during concept play.

If he was the Wilhelm I knew, he would be able to complete the light bullet magic at the right timing.

So you have to interrupt.

He ran with all his might and aimed at the staff.

“Light!”

A staff with a burdensome design that sparkles in gold. At the end of it, a white halo of light formed.

“Light!”

Light exploding in all directions according to my starting language.

Flash-!

Thanks to the deliberate addition of a chant, even if it’s just one measure, it’s a much stronger light than when using only the starter word.

In addition, it was strengthened by 10% with the protection of the sun god, and even exploded the light bulb that had to be maintained like the original lighting.

This is a bit far away, but it should be enough to use as a blind spot.

“Keugh!”

Most projectile magic is aimed and thrown by sight.

This is because it is most efficient to use intuition based on the perspective.

But what if you can’t see your eyes?

Of course, Joon had to miss a lot.

This is also a tip to deal with mages learned from Karla.

In a situation where there was something to use what he had learned, he spurred on the sprint with a smile on his lips.

Tadak. Fault.

Why don’t you just run away? I’ll prepare a surprise present for Wilhelm when he wakes up.

“It is the wind. You will become a sharp sword.”

Huung-

The wind that gathers at the end of the staff.

Time is running out this time, so it is impossible to charge like before. Still, where did you cast while running?

… All thanks to system calibration.

A distance approaching quickly. And by the time the gears approached Wilhelm’s close range.

“What?! How!”

The guy who finally regained his eyesight came right in front of me… No, I was frightened by the appearance of the wind cutter cast while running.

Taking advantage of the moment when his mind was distracted, I swung the staff at an angle.

“Wind Cutter!”

I think it’s too much a wind cutter one tool, but… What can I do? This is the most powerful magic I can use right now.

A translucent blade of wind that aimed at Wilhelm’s neck. Since he was one of the guys who had been targeting me from the start, I probably didn’t even have time to open my shield.

I was thinking of slitting his throat like this. However.

“Huh!”

As soon as he realized my approach, Wilhelm bent his upper body to avoid it.

As if he couldn’t avoid it completely, his chest was cut and his clothes were tattered, but that was all.

Okay. It’s not like I can avoid it.

In the first place, Karla taught only techniques that could be done by cramming. Things that aren’t too complicated.

Of course, other people who have accumulated a lot of practice since they were young will be able to do it too.

Wilhelm raised his staff with a triumphant expression in front of him, and felt a violent flow of mana from behind, as if he were about to be fired at any time.

At this rate, it would be either Wilhelm’s counterattack or it would be baked crispy by the barrage of magic flying from behind.

Still, it’s too early to give up.

Thud!

The mana core surrounding the heart pulsates wildly and transmits mana throughout the body.

“Shock!”

Small sparks emanating from the whole body, not just the fingertips. Not a million volts, just flinching, but… That’s enough.

“Keuk… !”

Wilhelm, who was about to use the staff like a blunt weapon like I did at the beginning, hesitated.

Taking advantage of that gap, he thrust the shining lion dagger he was holding in his left hand into Wilhelm’s side.

“Cuck!”

“After… This is it.”

A soft feel at the tip of a knife. It was a different feeling than when he killed Pietro, an official of the cult.

Rather than stabbing a person, it felt like stabbing pudding.

It’s probably because of Iona’s protection magic. Even if he pulled out the sword like this, only smooth skin with no scars would be revealed.

… If you still collect clumsy wizards and tell them to fight each other, do you think some people get hit by swords rather than magic?

Unlike Iona, who said it was okay as long as she defeated the enemy no matter what, Wilhelm glared at me with her eyes wide open, as if it was unfair that she was suddenly stabbed by a dagger.

However, that’s all.

A guy with a fairly sturdy build for a wizard, but anyone who gets stabbed by a sword can’t move.

As if trying to rebel, I pushed the wriggling Wilhelm with my weight.

Round and round

The position of Wilhelm and I changed in an instant.

“Will you be my friend too?”

“Don’t bullshit!”

The guy who swears at Friend Shield as if he didn’t like it.

Seeing that, I suddenly started to worry about my academy life in the future.

Is this really good?

Surely it’s a class, so you won’t hold a grudge over this, right?

Well, it’s not a big problem if you keep it… I think it’s just a little harsh, I think I feel remorse, or I don’t think so….

It was only for a while that he put up Wilhelm like a shield while worrying so much.

For some reason, no matter how long I waited, the magic of those who tried to hit me didn’t come.

Then what about that violent magical response?

Let’s stick our heads out and look over Wilhelm’s shoulder to the other side.

“Ouch! Ms. Elisha why… !”
“We just put that coward first… Kyaaak!”
“Everyone run away! We can’t win!”

For some reason, Elisha was throwing magic at the guys who were trying to finish me off.

Let’s meet eyes, heung! And Elisha turned her head.

Then he smiled brightly at the other students who ran away dissatisfied.

“Oh? Wasn’t this a solo show? I definitely heard that from the professor.”

What. What. Will you please listen to me? I’m a little excited

“More than anything… Who wants to lay their hands on my opponent? I will take down Yandel with my own hands, so stay calm.”

Oh

It’s because you want to beat it with your own hands.

… If I apologize from now on, will you shoot me with magic?