EP13. A Gentle Adventure (3)
Levy crossed her arms and looked at Elsa sitting in front of her with a disapproving look.
On the other hand, she was unmoved by Levy’s gaze and just smiled leisurely.
“… Are you an adventurer who will accompany us?”
“Yes.”
“The most outstanding in Henerd?”
“Thank you for such an evaluation.”
“You asked!”
Perhaps because he didn’t like her from the first impression of her, Levy felt that the woman in front of her was quite unpleasant.
Sean, noticing Levy’s heart, whispered cautiously.
“Should we just go alone?”
“Ugh…”
I would like to say yes at once, but I couldn’t make such a rash decision right now.
“For now, more than anything else… What the hell is that outfit?”
“Can’t you tell just by looking at it? It is armor.”
“I had never heard of such perverted armor in my life…”
Levy sighed. It’s not easy for her to talk like this to her, who usually leaves most of her conversations with others to her Sean.
Since the conversation didn’t work out properly, only her head kept hurting the more she talked.
At the sight of Levy grabbing her forehead, Sean took over the initiative of the conversation with an embarrassing smile.
“Hmm. Are you using a sword as a weapon?”
“It’s okay to use a sword, but if you have to say it, it’s like an armored warrior with a shield.”
“The armor… Right?”
Shaun looked down slightly and took another look at Elsa’s outfit. No matter how you look at it, it was more appropriate to call it iron-padded underwear rather than armor.
To put it bluntly, there was more bare skin on her body than was covered by armor. Once their eyes met, Shawn couldn’t take his eyes off him easily.
But Elsa isn’t shy about noticing Sean’s gaze, is she rather leaning her body forward with her relaxed smile?
“Shawn… Good?”
“No, not that! I was worried about being safe with armor like that…”
“So Sean is concerned about the safety of a woman he is seeing for the first time?”
“····That, worrying doesn’t mean that. ····Know?”
“What does that mean?”
The more I made excuses, the worse the situation was. Meanwhile, Elsa, who was looking at the two of them, nodded her head with her smile at the bottom of her heart.
“Hmm. You two get along very well.”
“…You just saw the scene and said that?”
“Right. Shawn and I are very close. Because we are lovers!”
Levy shouted, holding out her hand abruptly. The girl who showed the back of her hand would know that it was to show off her ring.
Has Levy reacted so violently as usual? Shawn guessed that maybe the incident yesterday had made her particularly sensitive. Even if she was under the influence of monsters, if she had been through that kind of thing, of course she would have been as shocked by Levy as she was.
“I understand what you mean. It’s yours, so don’t covet it.”
“····Kuhm. Hmm! I got a little excited. Let’s go back to the original subject for now.”
When things finally calmed down, Shawn let out a sigh of relief and opened his mouth.
“Then, can we say that Elsa-san has heard everything explained?”
“Yes. You said that your top priority is an unknown monster that controls your emotions.”
“Right. The three of us in the association asked us to defeat a monster called Kor Kurazm. Then, why don’t we briefly discuss what to do now?”
“Of course. Thorough preparation is the basic quality of an adventurer.”
With Elsa’s consent, Sean also nodded and thought of a plan. Of course, he had something to point out first.
“Before we briefly discuss, let’s introduce ourselves first. I am Shawn.”
“This is Levy.”
“As I said earlier, I am Elsa. Sean. Levi. Please take good care of me.”
“Yes. Of course, it’s good to ask well, but I’ll just point out one thing about self-introduction.”
Elsa immediately agreed without much thought.
“Yes. I wonder what it is.”
“For the monster we have to defeat, Kor Kurasm, the fewer the number of people, the better. Do you know why?”
At Sean’s question, Elsa nodded his head.
“If you make your emotions intense, your allies may turn into enemies.”
“Exactly. So originally, it was just me and Levy going. However, at the suggestion of the association, we are meeting and talking with Elsa right now.”
“In other words, you want me to show you why I must go with you despite the danger?”
“Similar. I don’t know how it sounds, but we are confident in our skills.”
After she listened to her words, she was troubled for a moment. She seemed to be thinking how she could prove her necessity to both of them.
“Hmm… First of all, I am the only platinum adventurer in Henerd.”
“And what?”
“I participated in the ogre subjugation that took place not too long ago.”
“Is this the end?”
“The reaction is less refreshing than I thought. . . . Or how about seeing it with your own two eyes?”
“If it’s by yourself…”
“Because it is common among adventurers to compete in sparring.”
Dalian. It was definitely the most sure way to find out your skills.
It’s urgent to catch monsters, so you can say what kind of sparring it is, but the area where the monsters appear is completely closed and blocking adventurers from entering, so there was still time.
More than anything else, Sean was confident in his skills, so he had the mindset that he wouldn’t lose easily.
I don’t know exactly how strong Platinum Adventurer is, but I thought he would be a good opponent if he was good enough.
Sean concluded and answered.
“Okay. Then····.”
“Wait.”
But suddenly Levy, who had been quietly listening to the conversation from the sidelines, intervened and interrupted Sean.
Shaun looked at Levy in wonder. She was still in thought, but soon her eyes changed as if she had made up her mind.
“That sparring. Do it with me.”
“Hmm. You don’t look very good at fighting, do you?”
“Don’t worry. Because I am stronger than Shawn.”
When the seemingly weak-looking girl made that assertion, even Elsa’s eyes were filled with strong interest. Because she intuitively realized that Levy’s confidence was not unfounded.
“Then it is unavoidable. Please accept it.”
Dalian was accomplished in an instant. Sean, who was present with him, asked Levy anxiously about the sudden change in the situation.
“Are you okay? You don’t have to…”
“Sean just needs to cheer for you. Anyway, this Levi-sama will easily win. hehehe.”
Once the three stood up.
Since there weren’t enough places to fight in the city, I decided to go outside and find a deserted place.
Before leaving the association, I stopped by the counter to have a final conversation with the receptionist.
“Here, I marked the places where the adventurer party fought on the map. Fortunately, it’s not a monster with a very wide range of activity, so you should be able to find it nearby.”
“Thank you. I will be right back.”
“Yes. I believe so too.”
Leaving behind the guide’s friendly send-off, Sean, Levy, and Elsa left the association.
***
The place the three headed was the place where Judas had brought the two before. The place where the thugs were struck by lightning is right. The last time I saw it, I remembered that it was a fairly wide vacant lot, so I was able to find it without difficulty.
Elsa warmed up lightly and checked her sword and shield. Seeing her like that, Levy worked hard on stretching, which was not very necessary. Sean looked at her with a puzzled expression as she clasped her hands together and waved them vigorously from side to side.
Finally, the two finished their preparations and stood facing each other.
Sean, who saw the referee in Dalian, was closely watching the situation.
Levy glared at Elsa with a serious expression. It wasn’t that she had any ill feelings towards her, nor did she decide that she had to win her sparring because of her tremendous friendliness.
But Levy just wanted to confirm. How strong is she at the moment? He wanted to see if his skills were good enough to work against a platinum adventurer.
Also, after hearing the information about this monster, there was a magic I wanted to try.
“Okay, let’s start now. Preparation····. Start!”
As Sean announced the start, Elsa immediately rushed forward. With her shield raised and her eyes wide open, she never let Levi look weak.
Levy snapped her fingers as she recited her elemental incantation. Then her strong magic power came into being, and she took the form of a hemisphere wrapped around her.
The well-forged sword hit her magic hemisphere, but it didn’t even pierce, let alone scratch it. After several attempts, Elsa admitted that it was difficult to break through her magic shield surrounding her Levi.
But in the end it’s defense magic. Even if she stays that way, if the girl doesn’t attack Elsa as well, there will be no victory. To put her thoughts to shame, Levy stretched out her hand as it was.
Immediately, the magical energy that took the shape of her hemisphere shot forward like a fierce wave. Seeing that figure, Elsa hurriedly raised her shield, but her wave of magical power was truly formidable.
Fortunately, she didn’t collapse, but she blocked the attack and realized that she had been pushed back a few steps, and she thought to herself, Elsa.
The fact that that wizard girl is much stronger than I thought.
“Where did the confident attitude from earlier go?”
“I didn’t know you were a wizard.”
Elsa answered calmly, while in her heart she tried hard to find her chance of victory. Fortunately, it was not the first time she had met her mage.
Of course, it is true that wizards have tremendous power different from ordinary people, but that does not mean that they do not have any weaknesses. On the contrary, if you succeed in digging into your weaknesses, the wizard will be an easier opponent than you think.
The commonly known weakness of wizards eventually boils down to one.
Preventing the casting of magic.
If you look at it like this, it may seem futile, but if you dig into this alone, several detailed methods are derived.
First. Find the magic circle
The role of the magic circle determines the speed and power of casting magic. If you can only figure out where the wizard’s magic circle is, your opponent’s combat power will drop sharply.
Second. Interrupt the magic chant.
The chant determines the difficulty and efficiency of magic. In short, it means that it is almost impossible to cast magic without chanting.
Third. Approach the wizard
If you enter within the wizard’s boundary, the wizard himself is also reluctant to cast because the risk of getting caught up in magic increases. In addition, because wizards do not train their bodies, even the slightest attack can render them incapacitated, so if they approached them somehow, the possibility of victory was dominant.
Now, Elsa substitutes the three methods one by one.
First. It was difficult to find the magic circle. Some say that a wizard with excellent skills draws a magic circle on the spot and uses it, but Levy didn’t even show it.
Second. Interfering with the stockade seemed virtually impossible. Attribute chanting is a method optimized for such one-on-one combat, which increases the level of magic, but has the advantage of being much safer.
Then the third one is left. Approach somehow.
Right now, there was no other way to win. She could block magic through her shield, so it wasn’t impossible.
Once you have reached a conclusion, there is no time to hesitate.
Even at this moment, the girl will be preparing her magic to block her own approach.
Elsa immediately covered her body with her shield and sprinted at breakneck speed.
But something was strange.
Even though she was preparing for the upcoming attack, the magic didn’t come flying at all.
In the end, Elsa was able to get right under Levi’s nose much easier than she thought.
She realized why. No matter how good a wizard she is, she is just a fledgling who is not yet skilled.
Since she had no combat experience, she probably didn’t know what it meant to allow access.
“Your magic. It was pretty good.”
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“Thank you. She wasn’t bad either.”
Levi smiled sweetly as he looked up at Elsa, who was one head taller than he was.
“Then I won?”
“The world of competition is a cold law. Let’s try to be cute like that…”
Elsa was speechless. As she slowly realized the identity of the shadow cast over her, she blankly raised her head. She was standing behind Levi as if something apparently a head taller than herself stood guard.
Something black, like a human shadow, was the shape of a shaggy man. The shadow immediately assumed a posture. It was obviously the posture she usually took before punching her.
Only then did Elsa realize.
Why did Levy allow her access so easily?
She was sure. She had a strong conviction that even if she approached, she would never give up.
The shadow threw out her fist as it was. It was hard to believe that the power came from a human fist, and the strong wind pressure swept through Elsa.
Her fists apparently stopped right in front of her nose, but she fell to her knees as if in shock.
“I lost.”
“Hey!”
As Sean watched the battle, he was able to guess the identity of the shadow.
“That fist… It’s somehow not unfamiliar.”