Chapter 221: The Power of Two

“So, are you both ready?”

“I’m ready.”

“Yeah.”

“Ready.”

“Then let the mock battle begin!”

After Sophie confirmed that I, Shana and Claudia were ready, she announced the start of the mock battle.

“Spirit Yug Enchant, double enchant Recovery, Raiden half enchant!”

I enchanted Yug for the first time in a long time. Then there was a slight pain that creaked in my body. So I added a double recovery enchant. This time I had more time to recover, so I added another half Raiden enchantment.

“Ha!”

Shana threw her scythe at me. Of course, the scythe had a chain attached to it. If it weren’t for the chain, I could have kicked the scythe away or taken the weapon away…. By the way, it looks like Shana is the vanguard and Claudia is the rear guard.

“Light Arrow!”

As Shana’s scythe was avoided, magic flew from Claudia this time. I tried to cut it with my sword.

“Ah…”

But I didn’t have a sword. After a little bit of hesitation, I made a move on the magic. I could avoid magic if I wanted to, but it would be troublesome if I kept avoiding it in the future. So I decided to see if I could cut it with my hand sword.

“Ah…I can cut.”

The result was that I could cut just like with a sword. It seems that from now on, I can use a hand sword as well. However, I don’t think there’ll be a situation where I can cut magic with a hand sword if I have a sword.

“Phew! Yah!”

“Light Arrow!”

After a bit of fighting, I realized that the two of them were working well together. Claudia’s magic is supporting Shana’s combat.

“Ah!”

“Gghh……”

But just because they are well coordinated doesn’t mean they can’t attack me. I kicked Shana with the scythe and made her move away from me for the time being. And then I started running towards Claudia.

“Awawawa…”

Claudia looked panicked as I ran toward her. she  was able to get better at magic, but she still wasn’t very good at close quarters combat. I’m going to stun Claudia, and then have Shana surrender to finish the mock battle.

“…… Lee Impact”

“Gghh…..!”

The crisis high speed detection reacted when Claudia was about two steps away. I decided that I couldn’t duck as quickly as I could, so I got into a defensive stance with my arms crossed in front of my face. Then, a shock wave hit me, just like the one from the semi-final. It was lower-powered than that time, but powerful enough to keep me at a distance and buy Shana time to come back. But I guarded myself unexpectedly as the crisis high-speed sensing was suddenly triggered, but the magic high-speed sensing told me that it was magic now. I should have cut it without haste. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen this magic before.

“Is that okay?”

“Ah…I don’t know…but it’s fine…”

“Okay.”

As the two conversed in a whisper I couldn’t hear, Shana came toward me again.

“Holy gift!”

Claudia seemed to have used some kind of magic. Claudia’s magic power is flowing to Shana. But it’s not recovery magic. What kind of magic is it?

“Ha!”

While avoiding Shana’s attack, I thought about what kind of magic it was, but I couldn’t get an answer. I don’t see anything different about Shana either. But I could see the change in Shana when she parried the attack.

“Yah!”

“Eh?”

When Shana attacked me with her scythe, the power was different from before. It wasn’t doubled, but it was considerably increased.

“Raiden armor.”

I hurriedly used the Raiden armor. My arm went numb from just parrying it normally. It’d be impossible to catch it with my bare arm.

“I don’t understand!”

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out what Claudia’s magic was. I changed my strategy and decided to defeat Shana first.

“Kuhuh…”

I took advantage of Shana’s opening and punched her in the stomach. I hit her a little harder considering Claudia’s magic. So she wouldn’t be able to stand up until she was given recovery magic.

“…I got her.”

“Eh…?”

Shana’s face was contorted in pain, but she was standing there firmly holding my hand. Moreover, a chain wrapped around my body from the arm that I had grabbed.

“Claudia!”

“Holy Sword!”

Claudia magically sent a white sword about 10 meters into the air. The sword is also used as a weapon in the fight against the evil spirits of the world.

“Guh…….”

I tried to tear off the chain that was wrapped around me, but it seemed to be impossible.  I wonder if it can be broken so easily…. While I was thinking about this, Claudia’s magic was nearing completion. The chains are wrapped around me, so I won’t be able to cut this magic.

“Shana…you’ll be collateral damage too, is that ok?”

“Of course.”

“Ice wall!”

I thought about trying to persuade Shana, but it seemed impossible, so I stopped. And as the sword slowly fell towards me, I created a wall with ice magic. But this is just buying time. Considering the reaction of this crisis high speed sensing, it is unlikely that my level 1 ice magic will be able to prevent it. Sophie, who is refereeing this situation in which I’m in an embracing position with Shana, is becoming expressionless, so if I don’t get out of this situation quickly, it could lead to secondary damage. I mobilized all my multiple thoughts to come up with a solution.

“Spirit Zeal enchantment, Raiden Enchnatment.”

The solution finally came to me when the magic sword slipped through the ice wall. I changed the recovery double enchantment and jumped at Claudia with all my might. I’d actually tried to run toward her, but before I knew it, the chains had wrapped around my legs, so I had no choice but to fly. Incidentally, I couldn’t move by lightning contraction because Shana was wrapped around me. And the moment I flew, I cut off all enchantments. It’s a big burden on the body, and since I don’t have a magic supply right now, I’d run out of magic right away.

Other than that, I also came up with the strategy of using magic to defeat her before Claudia’s magic reached me. However, I didn’t know how much of Claudia’s magic defense she had, and I didn’t know if I could knock her out with just one blow. And if I stun her just right, it will hit me if this magic falls as it is.

“Geehee….”

I tackled Claudia with the force of flight. I heard a voice like a crushed frog. And then the three of us slammed into the wall. And through the wall we rolled outside.

“……The winner is Zero-niisama…”

“Oh, oh…”

I dragged Shana and Claudia, who were still wrapped in chains and unconscious, back to the practice field.  Because of this, the chains loosened strangely and even Claudia became entangled. So I had no choice but to drag the two of them along.

“Untie me…..”

“Yes.”

“Haa…..”

“I understand.”

“I’ll do my best…”

Sophie, Elira, Urza and Carina worked together for about 20 minutes to untangle the tangled chains. Claudia was able to be untangled quickly, but it took me and Shana a long time to be untangled because it was so intricately entangled. When they finished, Sophie cast a restorative spell on both of them. They’ll wake up soon.

Incidentally, I heard that that huge sword fell down without any change after I tackled Claudia. And it seemed to have slipped through the ground and disappeared. What kind of magic was it?

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