Kays Translations
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Chapter 60: Forced Withdrawal
“Alrighty then!! I’m feeling pretty warmed up now. Let’s wrap up the warm-up exercises and get ready for the main event!!”
Ishud’s words made everyone doubt their ears.
Was all the fighting so far just a warm-up?
It took several seconds for the simplicity of the statement to sink in.
As for the three who were fighting on the scene… spectators in the audience, unlike the general public, weren’t as confused, thinking that the trio would now start using their skills more seriously.
However… questions arose: Was this fight going to go even further? And with that, a hint of fear began to creep in.
“There’s still… more fight left in you, right?”
In the next moment, Ishud’s figure in the sight of the three blurred.
“Nuuaaaaahhhh!!!??”
Though his figure blurred and seemed to disappear suddenly, Dustin and the others still caught the sound of him firmly kicking the ground.
“That’s a great reaction!!!!”
Without thinking, Dustin reflexively turned around and deployed his large axe like a shield.
The moment he realized he was in a defensive stance… a powerful impact struck, sending him flying right to the edge of the ring.
“Wha…?!”
It was too fast. Did he use a skill? Or did he enhance himself with magic?
Even such thoughts weren’t given a chance to form as Ishud closed in on them.
(Wait, wait, wait, hold on!! He’s reaching this level in his normal state?!!!)
(Argh!! What… words can describe him?! I can’t find any!!!)
They weren’t given a moment to think.
They moved their bodies only to respond to the approaching strikes.
While Ishudo had indeed been fighting using his raw physical abilities, his attacks had mostly relied on power.
He hadn’t utilized his leg strength and speed for attacking until now… but now, he kicked it up a notch.
It wasn’t that they couldn’t see or react to the speed, but they weren’t given any time to think… and that was the crucial point.
(Hahaha!!! As expected of the President and Phillip!!! You’re reacting properly, aren’t you?!!!)
Rather than thinking about their next move, they relied on their accumulated combat experience and senses to continue making the right choices at reflex speed.
Acting without thinking.
Many consider this ability to be essential for a full-fledged combatant.
Continuously thinking and making precise choices is not a bad behavior, but in situations where extreme combat is demanded, it’s essential to reflexively translate those thoughts into action.
Failure to do so can lead to being cornered, ultimately resulting in being killed and eaten.
Ishud learned this instinct from intense battles with monsters in the past.
Now, the two of them unconsciously continued to make the best choices available.
No… more accurately, Ishud pushed them to the point where they could unconsciously make those choices.
“Haaahhh!!!”
“Ugh, agh!”
“Nnggh!!!”
(Even the top of the second years on our side… he truly lives up to his position as the top!)
Due to the nature of his heavy warrior profession, Dustin didn’t possess the same speed as Phillip or Christille.
However, facing Ishud’s swift strikes, he adjusted his grip on the handle of his large axe, enduring the onslaught without being blown away and successfully fulfilling his role as a tank.
(I’ve been watching student battles for a long time… but students who can do this won’t appear again in the future.)
The referee has experience working as a knight and has changed jobs three times, making him a formidable individual.
With him around, it’s impossible for mistakes to occur in the ring.
He is an outstanding referee in many respects, earning a certain level of trust even from the top of the academy, the sons and daughters of nobles.
Towards Regula, the son of a noble who is generally referred to as a barbaric tribe by society at large… he felt respect as a fighter.
(Overwhelming without using skills or weapons against the three winners of each grade. That alone is more than enough combat power, but that young man… undoubtedly, he is trying to lift them up himself.)
Some may see it as guidance.
For Ishud, it’s simply about indulging his ego to enjoy this match even more, but depending on how you look at it, it may appear as though he is providing guidance.
“Awesome, you guys are awesomeeeee!!!!”
Dodging all four slashes, the powerful Grand Slash… soaring through the air while avoiding everything, delivering blows that require no bracing, striking them with empty-handed strikes, the monster pushes three of them backward.
“~~~~~~~! If both of you still have energy left, let’s finish him off here.”
“…The possibility of him dodging…”
“Dustin-senpai, that’s what they call a stupid question.”
“…Seems like it.”
Having instantly discerned what Christille and the others were thinking, Ishud smirked and laughed… eagerly awaiting what would come flying at him, excitedly.
“We’ll do it!”
There had been no practice beforehand.
But that was irrelevant.
In the hearts of the three, there was only one thought: to defeat that monster with this one strike, not to merely give him a hard time.
“Excellent… excellent, excellent!!! Come on!!!!”
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“Grrraaaaahhhhh!!!”
“Seaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
“Take this, you bastard!!!!”
The main attack was Dustin’s axe skill at level four, the Thundering Axe Cleaver.
It could be delivered directly, or used as a long-range attack, a single blow of destruction.
Then, the Skill “Magic Axe” was added, releasing a huge rock axe.
Just the rock axe alone was a formidable blow, but it was enhanced by countless ice blades and lightning flashes.
The ice blades were naturally emitted by Christille, while the boost of the rock axe with lightning flashes was a secret technique Philip had been obscuring from people’s memories.
It was a single blow where three different elemental attacks intersected.
Normally, combining attacks of different elements requires great skill and experience.
Although comrades who have teamed up for a long time, or twins, parents and children, or siblings, might unconsciously synchronize, the three had some acquaintance with each other but were not deeply involved.
“Uuuurrrrraaaaahhhhh!!!!”
However, by Ishud entering Top Gear (the nest’s state of physical ability) and forcibly raising the level of the three, their concentration reached near the limit, allowing them to successfully unleash a blow that could be called a miracle.
In response to such a blow… Ishud enveloped his right fist in magic power and, with all his might, unleashed his fist while roaring.