Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Grow

Second day of Tribal. The remaining participants fought in three different places. Like yesterday, this was a fight that required each pair to protect and destroy the crystal belonging to the couple that was their opponent.

And as before, it became an interesting spectacle for the residents and couples who had finished fighting or were still waiting their turn to fight.

But there are also those who are not interested in Tribal fights and choose to break ground in a place far from the crowd. In other words, a picnic. That's a fitting name for their activities.

That's what Kuro and his friends did.

"I had expected him to set things up, but this was too easy to read."

Kuro gave his comment with a bored face.

In his hand several sheets of paper containing data on the names of Tribal participants each grub. He needed the participant data because he did not know it yet.

According to the announcement or the rules set, the selection of participants of each grub is chosen randomly, but after seeing the participant data, Kuro is sure that in fact it is not.

(He still plays with the power he has)

Kuro sighed as he remembered a person who was annoying.

"Even so, with this it will be guaranteed that we will follow the Battle War together right?" Said Charlmilia who was sitting not far from him. "I'm sure he must have a plan for why he's doing this."

"I also think that way."

Fila agrees.

Actually without thinking too long this is already clearly visible from the placement of the pair of participants.

"The question is why did he go so far?" Knox spoke while occasionally munching on the sandwich. "If you look at the situation, I can guess that he wants to win the Battle War by any means. Including using this monster."

"This time I agree with you, Knox." Added Jinn.

"I'm not a monster."

Although Kuro protested, there was no overreaction. He doesn't even seem to have the energy for it. Kuro is a little different from her who always looks healthy.

"Despite that, isn't this weird enough?"

"Fila, what do you mean?"

"Ah no. It's just my feeling. In that case I think you know better, Kuro."

The gazes of the other three people also pointed at him as if they were expecting something from Kuro.

"Ha... If you think I know anything in this world, you're wrong. As you know, I got out of the Shadow Knight and was forced to attend school here. In other words, school is actually part of my mission. Well, even though I have to admit a lot of things I didn't expect."

Kuro laughed dryly in an uninspired tone.

Other people who saw Kuro's state would think he was like this because Laila was more concerned with keeping Riku and Lic at home with her family than always with Kuro.

But it's a big mistake.

"So you don't know it at all? I'm disappointed in you."

"Who cares what you think, Knox. I'm just someone who's gonna figure out what I want to know. I'm not at all interested in why he's come this far."

"Sometimes I don't know if you're a genius, or a fool." Knox said with a heavy sigh. "But if the four of you can really join the Battle War, I'll give you some spirit."

Knox's statement may sound strange, but everyone knows why he's like that.

On the first day of the Tribal, Knox and his partner lost the fight. The same goes for Jinn and her partner. During the previous fight Jinn and Knox were quite suitable as a fighting pair, but it would be different in school affairs.

But this might also be the misfortune of those who get third-rate opponents who have more fighting experience. Not only that, the pair they fought were former Battle War participants last year.

Both Jinn and Knox were superior in strength, but their opponents were superior in strategy and cooperation. The results can be easily guessed.

"I will also support the four of you. Although this is arguably too early." Added Jinn.

"thank you. Fila and I will try our best to win at Grub B. But your opponents are really strong. It seems like the Battle War participants are indeed a little special."

"You're right. Battle War rules allow us to do everything we can to win. In this case, strength alone is not enough. Well, you could say I'm a great fit in this kind of thing."

The other four made no comment. They understood what Kuro meant was his cunning way of fighting.

"...why are you quiet?"

"Ah. no. We just thought the fight yesterday was incredible. In just one strike Laila could defeat them. In terms of strength, I think Laila is stronger than all of us."

Fila gave her opinion honestly. Nothing beats him thinking like that after seeing what happens. Even Kuro was shocked just like them.

The Meteor Cannon Blade that became one of Laila's strongest magic arts had evolved into something terrifying.

Laila used to combine several Scarflare into a large cannon attached to her hand, but in her previous fight she created a giant cannon that floated in front of her. Then using the other Scarflare became the source energy of that gigantic magic cannon.

Shots like giant laser cannons aimed towards the opposing pair with a power capable of melting the ground into hot lava. With such formidable strength, even though their opponent was an A rank magician, the attack would be able to kill them in one strike.

Thankfully Laila from the beginning did not target the opponent and only aimed to test his strength. Then aware in the matter if Laila was serious, eventually their opponents gave up. Laila and Kuro's fight as a Tribal participant pair ended in a way that everyone did not expect.

"I hate to admit it, Laila's growth is beyond what I expected. But don't worry, he can only do that 100 times per day."

The four are again made silent by one of the secrets that Kuro deliberately revealed. At the same time they understood this was one of Kuro's tactics to make their opponents feel intimidated.

Currently Kuro, Charlmilia and Fila were close people, but when they managed to become participants and follow the Battle War, they would become enemies who captured the strongest positions. Although the Battle War will be held at the end of winter, Kuro has already started an invisible war.

"Laila is amazing. But I, no, we won't lose."

"true."

Unfortunately, Fila and Charlmilia seemed to have become immune and grew even more excited after hearing that.

Kuro smiled as if he had expected this.

"Removing Laila's problem, are we okay to relax like this?"

"What do you mean?" Ask Fila.

"According to my calculations, right now the twins will be fighting soon. Shouldn't we see him?"

The twins Knox refers to are Alva and Alvi.

"Tumben you gave me an idea like this. But honestly I'm actually interested, too." Added Jinn. "I'm quite curious how their special training results."

A few days before the Tribal held both disappeared or were absent from school. According to the newspaper or letter given to Otome, the two did a special exercise with an important person.

Since no one knew who and where they were training with, their first fight in the Tribal was quite anticipated.

And maybe because of wanting to surprise Kuro and the others, the two did not make contact with all of them before the fight started.

"...I don't think there's any harm in seeing how they develop." Kuro got up and started to step on his feet. "As his friend we should support him."

"That's how."

"Charl, wait for me."

Charlmilia and Fila follow Kuro.

"You're so insensitive, you son of a bitch. Jinn, the rest I leave to you."

"You mean?"

"Because you eat the most, you take care of it. Disposing of trash in the school garden is forbidden."

They had a picnic at the school park. The place was chosen because it has warm air thanks to heating devices installed throughout the school.

"Damn, why is it always me!!"

Jinn began to ask herself. Is he the one who is always unlucky, or the one who is always lucky to have friends like them?

♦♦♦

Alva and Alvi are in grub A. It was the same grub as the Kuro grub. Sooner or later the two will face off against Laila and Kuro.

As the two witnessed the fight between the two and Maria in the capital, thinking about how to win from the two was like a dream.

Both realize they are not strong enough compared to Jinn or Knox who can at least help a little. The levels of Kuro and Laila were too far when compared to magic school students like them.

For all that reason, do the two have to give up when they will face the two later?

Or don't really fight because you know you're going to lose?

That's not.

They both know they are weak. But it also made them think of becoming stronger than they are now. Not for the sake of being able to help Kuro or Laila in the upcoming fight, but for their own sake.

"Sister Alva.."

"I know Alvi. He's coming."

Both of them saw the spectator. There they saw a man who both admired and idolized. But most importantly, they love. Of course with a few extras.

Maybe Kuro was watching them because he felt they were all friends. But Alva and Alvi hope Kuro sees them for a different reason. A special reason .

"Let's show that it's not just him who can become even stronger. That way, he'll watch us."

"Un.."

The sign the fight was about to start had been counted down. The two couples have prepared by calling out their respective magic names.

Alva called Alviarz. A beautiful blue spear with water element as the main force. While Alvi called Avairz, a blue arrow with ice element power as the main force.

On the other hand, their opponent was a 2nd class male pair with one of them being a Contractor-type mage.

Although outnumbered and experienced, but both do not show will be daunted against their opponents.

Then, the countdown reached 0. Fight's starting.

♦♦♦

"Oh. It's already started. As I expected, since their opponent was a Contractor-type, their opponent sent a Magic Beast to accompany his partner."

The opponent's Magic Beast form was a big cat resembling a cheetah, yet it had a spear-like pointed horn on its head. While the opponent's Magic Arm form is a large sword that has a size almost the same as its owner.

"This is a tactic that anyone can easily guess. In this case Alva and Alvi must make a decision whether they fight together or send one to face their opponent.."

"I understand what you're thinking, Charl. But remembering their character. I can guess what they're doing."

As if what Knox predicted was true, Alva and Alvi began to move. Alvi used magic art and the entire place arrived covered by a thick fog.

The audience was shocked because they could not see the fight clearly. The same goes for their opponents.

"Hoo. This is interesting.."

Kuro who looked bored smiled widely as if he had found a new toy. In this case the Magic Art released by Alvi was quite surprising.

"By utilizing the cold air in this season, they made enough fog to cover the entire place." Charlmilia. "They're pretty smart. Is this just not a problem?"

Due to the thick fog, Alva or Alvi could not see their opponents. This is also a pretty bad situation considering they can not attack or accidentally attack their own friends.

"I'm sure they already have a way to deal with that problem. All I want to know is what their opponents are doing."

Before long, the young man guarding the crystal took out a magic art to create a huge typhoon that brushed away the fog until it almost disappeared completely.

But at that moment things became unpredictable.

""

Hundreds of ice arrows pointed at the advancing magician along with the magic beast as the fog disappeared completely.

Due to the surprise attack, some arrows were unavoidable and made their bodies freeze.

But it was not enough, the witch easily crushed the ice with her sword and she darted forward.

It was at that moment that Alva moved forward with her spear. Interestingly, he positioned his spear like a shot.

""

He shot out a water spear like a bullet with high pressure. The movement was fast enough to make the magic beast unable to dodge and eventually disappear into particles.

Alva easily dodged, then that's when Alvi released an arrow towards the hand that grasped the sword.

Alva did not waste the opportunity and attacked the legs to damage the balance of the opponent. Then he moved backwards to give a final attack.

"Tch!! Don't be arrogant!! "

Spears of earth appeared around the witch and attacked Alva, causing her to cancel the attack.

But there was no sign Alva was disappointed or upset about failing.

"Goki, above you!!"

"!?"

His partner warned, but it was too late. When he looked up, he was startled by Alvi who was already preparing to shoot arrows with great magic energy.

"Sacred Magic Art "

Alvi's arrow hits the target and in an instant freezes it. Perhaps because it was too powerful, the attack radius reached 10 meters more.

After finishing, Alvi landed beside Alva with his leisure.

""One fell!!""

The statement of the two being so compact made the audience cheer excitedly.

And just like that, the eyes of both of them stared at the next target who had already called back to his horned cat. This time 2 against 2.

"They've really grown strong. They could be likened to an A rank mage."

Charlmilia was stunned by the fight that the two showed.

"But more important than that is the cooperation and the decisions they take to face their opponents. Interestingly, they seem to be able to do that without communicating at all. Maybe because they're twins?"

"Your analysis is pretty good, Knox. But I feel there's a more complicated reason than that."

Jinn, who had arrived after cleaning up the picnic equipment, argued. In this case he also felt surprised by the development of the two.

Unfortunately, he is not aware of his own development that is able to feel something that is not felt by others.

"Your instincts are getting sharper, Jinn. I feel the same way. I don't know why, but I feel like there's something odd." Charlmilia added as she put her hand on her chin for thinking out loud. "Ah. right, I feel that their development is too abnormal."

Some days are not enough to make both develop so far, in other words there are other factors that make them so far.

Given anyone who progressed at an unreasonable pace, there was only one answer to the question.

"There's a chance they're practicing using the same dimensional space as Laila."

"But isn't it too long? Besides is the room there a lot so that others can use it easily?"

"That-that's.."

Fila's rebuttal restores the general understanding Charlmilia has. Since he knew Kuro and knew that dimensional space existed did not mean that everyone would be able to use it. Charlmilia even knew there was such a room after getting to know Kuro. In that case, who told the two?

"You're analyzing too much." Kuro said suddenly. "One thing you should know, Alva and Alvi are doing even crazier and more absurd things. Their actions are even wilder than any imagination you can imagine."

Kuro still had not dispelled his wide smile. Although it did not match her pale face, everyone understood that Kuro knew something.

"Uuhh. having eyes with such abilities is really cheating."

The other three people nodded in agreement with Knox.

Meanwhile the fight continues. For opponents Alva and Alvi, the defeat of his partner so fast is something that was not expected before. This made him panic a little.

In addition, Alva's attack that could instantly destroy his magic beast in a single attack proved that the power they both had was greater than his.

The situation is really not on his side. Even so, it did not mean that he did not see any loopholes to win this fight.

He smiled as he managed to find a way to win. Although that meant having to use something he kept as a trump card.

"Alvi, he's doing something. Be careful."

Alvi nodded in a position preparing to shoot an ice arrow.

Then their opponent pulled something from his pants, more precisely his belt. At first everyone thought the young man would do something perverted, but everything changed when the young man finished pulling the thing.

"That's ... A sword?"

Yep. The thing that the young man took was a sword, but it was not a magic arm. The sword was made of a thin blade of adamantium that was divided into several parts connected by mana. Rather than a sword, it was more appropriate if it was called a sword whip or a snake sword.

"Liodas, let's show you what if we're serious."

The aura of the young man changed completely. Then the young man advanced along with his magic beast with matching movements.

Alvi just directly tried to damage the formation with a large amount of ice arrows. But Liodas easily restrained them with beast art . Then the young man attacked with a whip of a sword that was so beautiful as a dance.

Alva and Alvi dodged and counter-attacked. Alva attempted to attack with the magic art that had previously managed to destroy Liodas in a single attack.

"Don't think the same way would work a second time. ."

The young man fired a large amount of wind bullets to disrupt the preparations of the Alva, then attacked with a whip of a sword. But it was at that time that Alvi also interrupted the young man's attack with her arrows. Unfortunately, that's not enough. The young man instantly replaced his attack with magic art.

""

Liodas fires a roar of wind at Alva's target.

""

Alva survives with the wall of water, then she jumps back to gather with Alvi.

Meanwhile, his opponent also kept his distance with Liodas.

"He's pretty good."

"I agree too. He seemed to have gotten used to this kind of fight."

Fila and Charlmilia are amazed by the ability of the opponents Alvi and Alva. Even though he was alone, he was able to withstand the two thanks to his good coordination with his magic beast. Moreover, the young man was quite quick to make up his mind.

"Charl, as a Contractor, you must have realized he was.."

Charlmilia agreed with Knox.

"Charl, what are you two talking about?"

"Ah.. Fila-chan, you know that there is a big difference in the number of which the Contractors and User types require. You must have heard that the Contractors needed more, but it wasn't always right."

"For a magic beast of such a large size like mine to indeed use a large amount of mana, but for a smaller one like that of the young man, it must be used in a large amount, contractor-type magicians could use mana in varying amounts. Of course this affects the ability of the magic beast." Knox. "What amazes me is that both opponents are able to take advantage of this well. When he was first destroyed by Alva, he had only created magic beasts with little mana. It could be said that he used his magic beast to measure the strength of his opponent."

"But that's not all that's interesting, the young man's sword technique was quite good. The technique he used was like a special technique learned from a teacher with a certain flow. Hm.. Kuro, do you know about it?"

"I recall there was a stream of swords called Beast Sword Art in a country quite far away. This is arguably an ancient flow that is rarely encountered today."

The fight continues. Alva and Alvi continued to attack alternately with melee and long-range attacks. Alva is more focused on attacking Liodas, and Alvi is more focused on attacking the young man because it always interferes with Alva who attacks Liodas.

While the opponent both kept trying to attack and dodge the attacks both in a way that amazed everyone. When his attack was interrupted by Alvi, he would use magic arts, but when magic arts were disturbed, he would use sword arts. He also used beast arts to attack in turn.

This kind of situation continued for quite a long time and made the fight fierce and interesting enough to follow.

But this fight is already starting to look the winner.

"The young man was exhausted. It's natural considering he did all that alone."

"Alva and Alvi seem to be aware of this, so they aim to buy time rather than attack using striking magic arts. They seemed to want to hide their strength as much as possible."

"Rather than that, I was more amazed at that person for being able to do all that. We seem to have another crazy person in this school."

Knox's comments were a little exaggerated, but if comparing the young man to Kuro, then Kuro was worse.

"I'm not crazy, I'm just too strong."

"...I'll hit you if you say that again."

Although it was true, but no one expected Kuro to admit it bluntly.

"Ah. This is starting to get interesting. He's starting to do something."

The young man suddenly pulled Liodas back. He is now fighting alone.

But that's not all he does. He began to form a horse with the position of a sword fighter.

"He called back his magic beast to avoid losing the greater mana while aiming to recover even a little. I don't know if he's actually a witch or a sword fighter?"

"Geez, don't you have eyes, Knox? As you can see, he is both. What's interesting is what he did after this?"

The young man flowed the remaining mana on his sword. Everyone knew where it came from with his sword. And everyone knew what the young man wanted to do.

This is the last attack.

In this situation, if Alva and Alvi managed to defend and attack after the attack took place, then it is certain that both of them will win. But one has taught both to always respect their opponents.

"Well..."

Alvi nodded and retreated to the close of the crystal.

While Alva advanced with a spear that has been flowed mana in large numbers. Just like that young man, he would use one of his strongest magic arts.

The strongest technique to determine the winner. It was something that made everyone hold themselves back from breathing and continue to see what was going to happen.

"The Sacred Magic Art..."

Just like before, Alva fired a magic bullet. But this time it's bigger.

"The Saxon Blade Art..."

The young man slashed down with the full force of a magic slash.

""

""

The two attacks combined to cause a shock wave that is quite powerful. The Alva vortex was superior in strength and prompted the young man's attack.

"!?"

But the young man did not lose his smile. He seemed to have expected this to happen.

"I'll tell you one thing..."

The young man arrived prepared to perform the same technique. And this surprised everyone.

"I admit you're strong, but you're wrong to fight me one by one "

A follow-up attack occurred, faster and directly penetrated the Alva attack. But more surprisingly, the attack penetrated Alvi's magic art and shot in an unexpected direction, which was towards the crystal that was supposed to be protected.

Since no one expected the young man to be aiming for the crystal, Alva and Alvi did not have time to react. The result is predictable. With the sound of glass breaking, Alva and Alvi's crystals were wiped out.

And that makes them lose.

At least that's what should have happened. But the announcement of their sign of defeat was unheard of.

The young man was initially confused. But upon seeing Alva and Alvi's calm expression, he tried to recall what happened in this fight.

His conclusion made him break out in cold sweat. He finds something unexpected and difficult for everyone to imagine.

"Ahaha.I gave up.I didn't expect to fight monsters in my first match. I'm fucking shit."

The announcement of the fight ended sounding. However, the audience was confused as to what was happening.

Alva and Alvi's crystals are destroyed, but they have not lost. While their opponents gave up suddenly. This is a senseless fight.

But all those questions were answered when he saw a crystal suddenly appeared not far from Alvi. The crystal was still intact and completely unscratched.

Is correct. The crystal that the young man smashed was a fake crystal that Alvi had created. Then considering that his strength was exhausted for the surprise attack, then there was no reason to win anymore.

Unfortunately, that was not what made the young man summon the two monsters.