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Chapter 129: Lightning Sword VS Flame Sword
All three matches in the third round ended in the morning, and the best 16 teams emerged.
In the seeded group, the Viscount Hyron’s family, who obtained their first seed rights last year, unfortunately lost in the third round, but the other regular teams are winning as expected.
After a lunch break, the fourth round began in the afternoon.
From here on, every match will feature seeded teams or teams that have defeated them, so the number of spectators will increase significantly.
Additionally, starting from the fourth round, the royal family will be the guarantor of the betting matches, which will also contribute to the unusual excitement every year.
This betting system is a type that predicts the outcome of each match, and the odds are decided by experts like the captain of the royal guard, so it can be said to be an evaluation by the royal family’s top officials.
Since the bookmaker system bears all the risk, a relatively severe evaluation is made.
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Incidentally, Japan’s public gambling is not a bookmaker system, but a pari-mutuel system where the risk is small.
Amidst this excitement, the third match of the fourth round finally begins for Team Nyafu.
Their opponent is Duke Yaderud’s family, with whom they have a bit of a grudge. The odds are 4x and 1.25x, with Duke Yaderud’s family being overwhelmingly favored.
“We shouldn’t lose if we do it normally, but since we don’t know what level we’re at without the power of the flame magic sword, let’s be careful.”
“Got it.”
Felix nods in response to the warning before the match, and the six team members form a circle, with Tiramisu leading the chant as usual.
“Alright, let’s show them how Orihime-sensei’s signature lightning sword and lightning spear are stronger than that fuel-inefficient flame magic sword! Let’s go! …And stay safe today too!!”
“””Stay Safe!!”””
With their usual battle cry, they enter the arena, equipped with lightning swords and lightning spears.
As they step through the entrance gate, a huge cheer erupts, and the entire venue begins to shake.
Both teams line up in the center of the stage for the pre-match greetings.
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“Hmph, you think you can win just because you beat Chigor? Don’t get too cocky!”
Alexei Yaderud glares at them, speaking in a low voice.
“That’s obvious. If we got cocky just because we beat Goblin, we’d be disqualified as knights.”
Felix responds fearlessly, looking Alexei straight in the eye.
“You…! You’re just a lowly trash magic stone dealer, and you dare to…! I’ll show you the power of real magic stones! You’d better run for your life so you won’t be turned into charcoal ash!”
Alexei’s expression turns fierce, and he growls at Felix.
“Haha, If our trash magic stones beat your genuine magic stones, you’ll have to retire from the magic stone business, right!?”
Felix buys into the argument again, and Marcella and Tiramisu can’t help but laugh while looking down with their shaking shoulders.
Alexei is so furious that he’s speechless, and his face turns red with rage as he still glared at Felix with a devilish look on his face.
“Both teams, return to the starting line!”
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The referee’s call breaks the tension, and the two teams separate.
“We won’t show any mercy to those who use such violent language. Let’s go all out from the start… or rather, let’s have some fun.”
While walking towards the starting line, Felix stopped talking with cold eyes. Then, with a grin on his face, he whispered something to the members.
“”””Roger that!!””””””
The members who heard this nodded and lined up at the starting line.
“Let’s begin!”
And with that, the fourth round of Team Nyafu begins.
The Yaderud team got off to a quick start.
As soon as the match begins, they draw their swords and activate their flame magic swords, forming a triangular formation with five people in the front and three in the back.
The Klaufeldt team, on the other hand, has Mizeroi in the center, with Felix and Tiramisu on either side.
Marcella and Liddell form a horizontal line in the second row, with Ulysses behind them.
“Let’s go!”
“””Ha!!”””
As Alexei gives the signal, the five members of the Yaderud team’s front line charge forward at once.
The flame magic sword emits flames and releases them towards the opponent while closing in on the triangular formation.
The Klaufeldt team summons a stone wall in front of them using Ulysses’ rock wall technique. Since there is no wall-type magic for water attributes, this is a common tactic to counter fire-type attacks. Marcella and Liddell prepare water balls in a state of readiness.
The wall wasn’t particularly thick, but it wasn’t easy to break with a sword either. Therefore, the Yaderud team split into two groups and deployed outside the wall.
Marcella and Liddell then floated about a dozen water balls, similar to those used in firefighting, and sporadically shot them one by one.
Since they weren’t particularly large, taking one or two direct hits wouldn’t cause significant damage. However, getting wet made movement difficult, so the vanguards of Yaderud generally avoided the water balls. If unavoidable, they relied on the firepower of their magic swords to evaporate them.
“Hmph, you’re quite clever…”
Alexei mutters to himself while evaporating several water balls. After a few minutes of this exchange, a new development occurs.
“Captain, we need to switch magic stones soon, or we’ll run out of magic power…”
One of the front-line members whispers to Alexei.
“Damn, that’s fast. We’ve taken too many water balls… Alright, let’s switch one by one. They’re putting up a wall, so let’s take advantage of that.”
When they use their magic swords to block the water, they consume a lot of magic power. Until now, no one has been able to handle more than ten water balls alone, so this hasn’t been a problem.
“Alright, now!”
And Felix, who had been waiting for that movement, echoes the command.
“Water, gather and fill the void with fine droplets, Fog Curtain!”
First, Ulysses’ Fog Curtain generated dense mist around the earth wall he created.
It was slightly denser than what Isamu used during firefighting.
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Even with the same magic consumption, Ulysses couldn’t produce higher power than Isamu, but he had more magic energy.
Since this was a crucial moment, he infused more magic power to create a more dense fog.
Furthermore, Liddell’s Fog Curtain overlapped with it.
It was more like being in a rainstorm than a fog.
“Activate Lightning Swords! Let’s go!”
“””Yeah!”””
Observing this, the vanguard trio activated their Lightning Swords. Emitting faint crackling sounds and purple lightning, the Orihime Trading Company’s custom magic swords unveiled themselves.
“Hey, isn’t that a magic sword?”
“Seriously! Is that lightning?”
“They’ve been hiding that until now!?”
Surprise spread through the audience.
And the most surprised were undoubtedly the members of the Yaderud team.
“A magic sword!?”
Alexei’s expression was filled with astonishment.
The magic sword that they thought was their exclusive patent was now being used by someone they looked down on. It’s sure to be a surprise.
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Crackle!
“Argh!”
Thud.
Distracted by the opponent’s magic swords and dense fog, there came a popping noise from behind, followed by muffled voices and what sounded like something falling.
While two of the rearguards had been casting Fog Curtain earlier, one of the women hadn’t been casting any magic. Alexei suspected she had taken advantage of this opportunity to defeat their rearguards.
“Damn it! Once the exchange is done, come back immediately! We’re going to charge in!”
Despite his agitation, being able to quickly assess the situation and issue instructions demonstrated Drassen Yaderud’s eldest son’s martial prowess.
But if issuing orders meant winning, there wouldn’t be any struggle.
Already, they were expending magic energy with the Water Balls, and now they were being hit with layer upon layer of Fog Curtain, a magic from the old magic level.
Their magic consumption was accelerated by constantly being in a situation close to 100% humidity, and except for those who had already completed the exchange, it was possible for their magic energy to run out at any moment.
And even if their magic energy didn’t run out…
“What the hell is this fog!?”
Alexei spat out.
Trying to unleash flames from his magic sword, he found the power was noticeably weaker than usual.
The disadvantageous Fog Curtain must have been dampening the magic’s effectiveness.
“Hehe, how about that? How does it feel to have your precious magic sword sealed?”
“Grr!”
Felix’s voice sounded nearby, and Alexei hastily swung his sword.
“Whoops, that was close.”
A mocking voice further irritated Alexei.
“Damn it! Blinding us with fog and launching a surprise attack… you’re a bunch of sneaky bastards!”
Felix sighed at Alexei’s increasingly irrational words.
“…Good grief. It’s almost pitiful at this point. Just because you’ve used the flaming magic swords so freely, solely because they’re from the source of magic stones, and now you call us sneaky just for slightly countering it… truly unreasonable. Alright then. If you’re going to say that, shall we fight head-on?”
Felix spoke, and a gentle breeze blew, clearing away the mist. It seemed Ulysses had used a weak tornado spell.
“Hahaha! Hahahaha!! Are you idiots!? Don’t let such a small provocation make you miss a golden opportunity like this!!!”
Seeing this, Alexei became ecstatic.
“Enough with the talk. How about you come at us?”
“You’ve been poking at us from the beginning!”
Enraged by Felix’s taunt, Alexei lunged forward.
Clang!
The flaming magic sword wielded by Alexei clashed with Felix’s magic sword wreathed in purple lightning.
With this, in a few seconds, flames would envelop the opponent, sealing Alexei’s victory.
At the moment their swords clashed, Alexei’s face contorted into an ugly expression as he envisioned that scene.
However…
Zap!
“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
The one who screamed and fell was Alexei.
No, one after another, cries rose from the vanguards of the Yaderud team as they collapsed.
Against the flame magic swords, which took some time to envelop in flames, the thunder swords unleashed a sudden surge of electricity upon contact.
Once the battle shifted to close combat after dodging the flame attacks, the outcome was nearly determined.
In less than a minute after the mist cleared, only the six members of the Klaufeldt family stood on the stage.
“All the members of Duke Yaderud’s family have been incapacitated! Therefore, the winner is the Viscount Klaufeldt’s Family!!!”
The referee promptly declared the victory of the Klaufeldt family.
“”””OOOOOooohooo!!”””’
After a moment of silence, thunderous cheers engulfed the arena.
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Despite initially heading for a flawless victory with their brilliant tactics, they chose to reset the situation. From there, the audience was thrilled to witness another flawless victory unfold.