Chapter 67.
The moderator came out and introduced Zekram.
As Zekram’s introduction progressed, the crowd booed.
Usually with the curse of being a dirty, petty guy.
However, Zekram laughed at the booing and waved to the crowd.
“If you’re that dissatisfied, why don’t you come down and have a sparring match with me!”
There was silence for a moment, then booing broke out again.
As if it had nothing to do with him, Zekram spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders.
Zekram’s naturally virtuous appearance made me laugh.
‘Am I not such a bad person?’
From nob le mt l. co m
Nevertheless, carelessness is prohibited.
For now, as a result of the unfolding, we know that Zekram is a despicable person.
‘I don’t think it’s necessary to go long.’
It would be better to finish right away without any time to mess around.
There were also things I wanted to experiment with.
‘If it’s as Ephinia told me…’
After several attempts, I succeeded.
It is a technique that dramatically increases physical ability.
It was similar to my mana breathing method.
‘It emits more mana.’
The rough flowing mana was activating his muscles.
“Ugh…”
I can’t keep it for very long.
It felt like I couldn’t stand the discomfort rather than the pain.
However, the muscles of the whole body were definitely activated.
The moment the host announces the start of the game, I immediately run into Zekram.
‘Fast!’
I tried it for the first time
It was to the point where I couldn’t control the speed.
“Keugh!”
Involuntarily, saliva flowed out.
He immediately swung his sword at Zekram.
Zekram didn’t expect my speed, so he hurriedly raised his dagger to block it.
But it was too late.
“Ah!”
Zekram, who blocked my sword with a dagger in a halfway state, flew to the wall of the arena.
Zekram embedded in the walls of the arena.
He didn’t seem conscious.
“Uh… the winner…”
The embarrassing tee was a clear emcee.
It was natural.
From nob le mt l. co m
No matter how petty or dirty Zekram was, his skills were certain.
It’s not the first time I’ve won overwhelmingly, but this time my opponent is ranked 4th.
“This is Cassias!!”
As soon as the presenter finished speaking, the crowd erupted in cheers.
The moderator added one more comment.
“I think Cassias could really threaten the championship.”
Perhaps a few spectators nodded in agreement with the presenter.
I quickly left the stadium behind the cheers of the crowd.
As usual, I would have enjoyed the cheers more.
“I have no strength in my whole body…”
But I couldn’t afford that now.
I felt like I would collapse if I relaxed.
“Besides, it hurts a bit.”
Should I say it’s muscle pain?
When I arrived at the waiting room, I immediately collapsed.
***
Waking up in the waiting room, I headed straight to the inn.
There was nothing to do, so I walked leisurely.
About the time we arrived at the inn, we found Har playing outside the inn.
“toner?”
But next to Har was Toner, not Patrick.
I knew that the two of them were sparring, but did they become close enough to leave Haru like this?
“ah···.”
Toner looked at me embarrassed.
Unlike before, it didn’t look like the blade was standing still.
“There have been many examples so far.”
I couldn’t get used to Toner’s suddenly polite appearance.
Why did it change like this?
“I heard a lot of stories through Patrick.”
“huh···?”
“He defeated the devil.”
It’s probably a story in Lugi Village.
But could that be an opportunity for toner to change like this?
“Actually I…”
Toner’s story was like this.
The family praised him for being a genius, but there was no substance.
Just a compliment genius.
“That’s why I longed for a hero.”
Heroes from fairy tales or biographies.
A genius of a different kind.
A hero who leaves the family and saves the world.
“Especially, I longed for the time when heroes fight demons.”
So did it change like that?
Because I killed demons and demons.
“I will be careful with my behavior in the future.”
“Uh… yes… if you yearn for a hero, you have to be nice.”
“That’s… the only thing I long for is strength… However, I will try not to harm others.”
Was it at least influenced by Patrick?
Toner was slightly changed like Patrick.
It was a good change, so there were no complaints.
“Would you like to play with Har after a long time?”
I looked at Har.
It’s grown quite a bit, but it’s still cute.
I remembered that I hadn’t been able to play with Inge Har because I was busy these days.
“Yeah, good.”
Haru’s leash was handed over from Toner.
“By the way, what leash is it?”
“Isn’t that what you used to wear?”
Originally, I am a grazing person.
Because Haru doesn’t particularly attack people.
I heard Patrick’s voice behind me.
“As Haru grew in size, people around him got scared. So I put it on a leash.”
Is it like that?
“Then, I’ll take Haru around the village.”
“yes.”
I started following Har as he pulled the leash.
Patrick and Toner entered the inn.
From what I heard behind the scenes, it seemed like they were trying to sparr.
“Harya, let’s go slowly.”
Haru seemed to be excited and dragged me away with strong force.
Helplessly, I was taken to Har.
***
For several days, Ephinia visited the inn every day.
It was for my training.
But today was different.
He looked a lot happier than usual.
“Suhar, I finally finished it!”
“no way···? Is it a summoning magic?”
“huh!”
It was about finally making a magic circle to summon the devil.
But I was worried about one thing.
“Maybe I made it too hastily?”
Contrary to what I thought, it was too early.
Why was the summoning magic circle created this early?
I felt I was in a hurry.
But unlike me, Ephinia was confident.
“We invited experts and studied together, so there shouldn’t be any problems!”
“Did you do that performance test or something?”
The act of experimenting to see if the magic circle was properly made is important.
There are cases where the wrong magic circle explodes.
“Yes, all the circuits engraved on the magic circle are fine.”
“I’m glad then.”
“Now, when the people of the Holy Empire arrive, I will immediately activate the summoning magic circle.”
Safety is important.
He summoned a demon, but it didn’t seem like the demon would quietly declare Ephinia’s victory.
Ephinia also realized that, so it seemed that she was going to go without any gaps.
“Sir Pastar, the Knights and Priests of the Holy Empire, and you. I intend to summon you like this.”
To be honest, with my personal opinion, I didn’t think that the Knights and Priests of the Holy Empire would be important.
They didn’t help much when dealing with demons in Lich’s dungeon.
Rather, it would have been of great help if Amice had come to Lich’s dungeon at that time.
Ephinia added a word, as if she had noticed my thoughts.
“The Knights and Priests of the Holy Empire are important. In particular, they are strong in prepared fights.”
“A fight ready?”
“This time, since we bring the holy relic, even the devil will be helpless.”
Right.
I was curious about one thing.
“But what will you do if the devil willingly admits defeat?”
It was the power of the devil when it wasn’t obeying.
Of course, I didn’t think that I would win innocently.
I was just curious.
If the devil surrenders and admits defeat, what choice will Ephinia make?
“I still have to defeat the devil.”
Ephinia’s eyes felt like they were burning.
“Even though he admitted defeat in the end, he attacked you and manipulated the lich’s dungeon. And all the pain you’ve given me so far…”
Epinia was firm.
I was rather relieved to see that.
Because there shouldn’t be a case where you admit defeat and become weak against a demon who shows weakness.
“thank god.”
“It’s time to end the old bad relationship.”
“By the way, when will the people of the Holy Empire arrive?”
“If it’s long, it’s a fortnight. A week at the shortest.”
“It’s not long.”
There were not many games left for me.
Ranked 3rd and 2nd.
and two event matches.
At least one week before the summoning magic circle is activated.
Before that, there is a match against the 3rd place in the rankings.
“This is the good news, now we have to train!”
How to strengthen the body with mana.
At first, even with one success, I was overcome with exhaustion.
The intense muscle pain that followed.
“Now this training is coming to an end.”
Through repeated training, my body has grown.
As if the ground clears up after rain.
My body also changed into a body that could withstand it after extreme muscle pain.
Even if you use it now, you will not find muscle pain enough to fall down.
It was just that I felt tired.
“I know. It’s a bit unfortunate.”
Epinia blushed as if she was ashamed of what she had said.
“Iknow, right. I’m sorry too.”
We started training after laughing awkwardly at each other.
***
The match against the third place in the rankings was also easy to win.
“It’s definitely stronger than before.”
Third on the list was a man named Maurice.
Maurice used the same sword as me.
But the sword was special.
The blades were jagged like a saw.
“It was difficult to let go of the attack, but…”
won simply.
Maurice couldn’t keep up with my strengthened body.
It seemed that there was no way he would be defeated unless he became the 2nd ranked sword master.
And soon the people of the Holy Empire will arrive.
Messiah and I decided to go out to meet them.
“Well, you must be very busy.”
Even if all the preparations were completed, the last inspection was important.
And Epinia was under maintenance.
Usually swordsmen don’t know about magic circles.
But Epinia was different.
Although not a magician, it was possible because Ephinia was excellent in theory.
“The people wearing noble-looking armor over there must be the people of the Holy Empire, right?”
Messiah nodded.
white armor.
It was spectacular to see them coming.
Among them was the leader of the advance party.
I approached them
“Are you from the Holy Empire?”
“Yes, that’s right. My name is Pantein, the leader of the Holy Empire’s Order of Purification Knights.”
“I am Cassias, who has been entrusted with the guidance.”
Pantein grabbed my hand.
Pantein let out a light sigh.
“He defeated the devil…”
“I was lucky. It was because the devil was weakened.”
I looked sideways at the leader of the advance party.
Judging from his seat, he looked like the vice-captain of the Purification Knights.
said the leader of the advance party.
“I reported it.”
Well, it doesn’t matter.
As promised, I wouldn’t have talked about telekinesis.
“Then let’s go.”
“All right.”
Messiah and I led the purification knights and priests and moved to the promised place.
Apparently, it was impossible to summon demons inside the imperial family.
Therefore, a temporary church was built outside the city.
I guided them there.
“It is right there.”
A secluded, secluded church.
Unlike new buildings, it is a building that feels out of place because it does not feel popular.
Down there, Ephinia and magic circle researchers should be checking.
“You’ve built it fairly politely.”
It was Pantein’s impression of the church building.
I also agreed.
That’s why I asked Ephinia once.
I told Pantein the exact words of Epinia.
“It is said that even the devil will become weaker under the church. That’s why the church was also built faithfully.”
“Huh, that sounds like a credible statement.”
I led them into the church.
And the moment I went down to the basement, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
Contrary to my thoughts, the magic circle was huge.
Pantein and the others seemed very surprised as if they thought the same.
“Oh, are you here? The inspection will be over soon.”
These were the words of Ephinia who found me.
Amis was seated next to Epinia.