Chapter 38


Chapter 38 Strongest Sage, Fights Demon


The umpire pointed at drawn circles .


Two drawn circles for the First and Second Academy reps, with a 20-meter gap between them .


I wonder if this gap is in consideration of the First Academy students who cannot use swords .


By the way, we"ve confirmed that there"s no rule that disallows getting close to your opponents .


Carrying weapons like swords or bows are also allowed .


"Are you both ready!"


"Second Academy, we"re ready!"


"Representatives of the glorious First Academy don"t need to get ready to beat these bunch!"


This demon sure always finds a way to speak ill .


Well, a demon with polite language and good conducts can"t possibly exist though .


"The 65th Royal Academy Interpersonal Match, begin!"


"Alright, let"s go!"


I stepped forward as the match started .


Alma put an arrow on her bow, Ruli began to construct a magic .


"""Fire Mana that dwells in my body--"""


Our three opponents had begun to chant a spell .


No . That"s not exactly correct . The demon"s mana had moved before it started its chant .


In other words, the demon is just pretending to chant .


An arrow and a magic pa.s.sed beside me as I ran forward .


They hit the the two people beside the demon splendidly, destroying the outer layer of their dual-layered barrier completely .


"Lychese, Jias, double knock out!"


"Wha . . . "


The audience were surprised .


Two of the First Academy reps forfeited the match five second after it started .


The demon is the only one left now .


Judging from the presences behind me, it seems Alma and Ruli are properly taking evasive maneuvers .


"Oraa!"


The demon finished its pretend-chant and shot its magic .


Even if they were weaklings, the demon didn"t look perturbed at all with its teammates defeats .


Its face looked upset for an instant when it saw Ruli"s and Alma"s magic, but that seemed more like because of the chantless magic .


And the magic were directed at--Alma and Ruli .


Two magic were activated at the same time .


Moreover, the mana put into the magic is quite significant . Its power is clearly intended to break the defensive magic and make it into an 『Accident』 .


If it can hit that is .


"Ha!"


"And . . . there!"


The two evaded the demon"s magic by jumping a.s.sisted with magic .


The heat and blast reached even me, but all of us are safe .


Evasion magic was one of the things I taught to these two during this one month .


The two used that to evade the demon"s magic and ran to the waiting room .


"A-awesome! What power!"


"I didn"t know that Devilis"s magic was that strong! Surely he can beat them 1-on-3?"


The demon"s name appears to be Devilis .


The audience doesn"t seem to notice its fake chant magic just now at all .


"Look those two are running away! Laaame!"


"Get him, Devilis!"


I ignore the audience"s voices and thrust my sword at Devilis"s neck .


I haven"t buffed it with magic . Since this attack won"t kill it anyway, I"m saving my mana even a little .


However, an attack to the neck is the weakness of demons .


Devilis itself couldn"t afford to ignore it, it invoked a light evasion magic and evaded my attack .


--Chantlessly .


"Oy . What about the chant?"


The demon"s face warped when I said that . Looks like it noticed its blunder to hide it .


"Fire mana!"


Devilis shot a magic at me with an extremely slovenly shortened chant, filled with murderous intent .


I evaded it with jump magic and took a bit of distant away .


A demon that could use magic without chanting deliberately pretended to chant .


. . . . It"s all clear now .


--The one that popularized chant magic is demons .


That explains the favoritism for First Crest and the cold treatment for the Fourth Crest .


Humanity getting weaker at magic is a good thing for demons, and magic of Fourth Crest that has a bad affinity for them must be undesirable for them .


Getting people to treat the Fourth Crest coldly should be quite easy if they slipped into a body of authority that decides on the standard of magic .


They can simply make the a.s.sessment require hitting a faraway target .


A question remains, why did they take such a roundabout fashion instead of just simply destroy humanity . . . . Perhaps, it"s because the demons lack the manpower .


Demons have low reproductive power in the first place, they were already driven to the brink of extinction in my era . Their number might still haven"t increased even after all this time .


In fact, this demon is the first demon-like mana reaction I"ve ever encountered since my reincarnation .


And this demon doesn"t look seem like it has an abundance of combat experience .


Even putting aside the pretend chant matter, its combat spec doesn"t live up to demon"s standard .


After thinking all that, I constructed three magic while pointing my sword at the demon .

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