Humanity Return

Ch. 75 – Three Opponents One

Adeline noticed the strange behavior and realized the young man's intentions, then stood up and dragged two empty seats nearby and followed the two of them.

Leinn had just stopped dragging Aura after they were ten meters apart with Roland turning his head from his chair.

Adeline turned her chair towards Aura and sat in front of her, followed by Leinn who did the same.

Now that Aura was getting nervous seeing the two people staring at her face with a serious expression in front of her, she could only smile a little with sweat already soaking her face.

“Now it's time we make a plan..”.

“...plan to beat your opponent”

Leinn and Adeline said that without taking their eyes off the girl in front of them.

Aura showed a surprised expression after hearing the words of the two of them and could not react to anything.

Roland's eyebrows sitting not far from them seemed to tremble when he heard that, he didn't expect the two people closest to him would help his opponent to defeat him.

“But first..”.

Leinn flicked his finger and all the sounds from the entire stadium instantly disappeared, unable to be heard by the three of them.

Adeline and Aura recognized the magic she used, Silence Dome's mid-early wind element magic.

This magic makes the sound from inside will not be able to be heard outside and vice versa.

“There are a few things you need to know about Lightning Man's abilities”

The two girls actually had some questions after seeing Leinn could use intermediate magic as easily as that but seeing as she had already started explaining, they could only keep those questions.

“To be honest with your current abilities, your chances of winning this fight are no more than two percent”

Adeline turned her head and saw the young man showing a serious expression, she said it was like conveying an obvious fact.

Aura looked quite struck after hearing that and looked like she wanted to cry.

“T-but a-I will b-foam-“

“My calculation is not because I consider you weak”’

Leinn raised his right hand and pointed at Roland behind him with his thumb.

“She's the only one that strong”

Roland was seen reacting when Leinn pointed at him, it seemed like he was also curious about the three-man conversation.

He could not see the movement of their lips due to the sitting position of the three of them, with the two people who had their backs on him and blocked the girl who was sitting facing him.

Leinn only turned his head towards him for a moment before returning his attention to the girl in front of him.

“And it's not just you. If follow the benchmark I just heard recently..”.

Leinn seemed to think for a moment while counting with his finger.

“Yes, you who are a Magic User must at least reach Rank S to be able to compensate”

Aura opened her eyes wide after hearing Leinn's reply, not believing what she heard.

Adeline who was next to him was seen showing a surprised expression as well, but from a different reason.

“How are you..”.

Leinn turned towards the blue haired girl and smiled slightly.

“We were forced to study it”

Their exchange continues, with Leinn explaining some important information with Adeline who does not want to lose and informing him of the information he knows as well.

Roland's eyebrows that were sitting not far away from them trembled increasingly louder.

Although he did not know the content of their conversation, he could see Aura sitting quietly while listening to two people who explained something excitedly.

Spectators at the stadium also began to make their own theories after seeing the scene. One of the rumors circulating was that the black-haired young man had a personal grudge with the Prince of Lightning and indeed followed him into this academy, so it was not strange to see him helping his opponent.

But they could not find a reasonable reason when they saw the daughter of the Ice God helping the girl who defeated him the previous day, who was also his fiancee's fighting opponent today.

The exchange inside the silent dome lasted for quite a while, with Aura finally choosing to take the information seriously after realizing the small chance of winning it.

Roland ended up just sitting alone surrounded by various types of Beasts that were doing their own business.

...

“Today's first fight will start soon..!”.

Two people were standing on two opposite sides above the stone arena, staring at each other.

The pink haired girl showed a serious expression while grasping her cane.

“A-I won't lose easily!”

The blond-haired young man in front of him grasped the long sword in his right hand with a small smile, although his face still looked quite pale.

“I know”

The two fighters looked at each other with serious expressions, giving rise to an extremely dense tense atmosphere.

Aura realized once again how terrifying her opponent was this time.

The blond young man only looked at him from a distance but he could feel himself having trouble breathing, seeing the pressure he was exuding was extremely unreasonable.

The information and advice he had just received began to spin in his head and managed to calm him down, seeing that his plan was already set up and he could only hope for the best.

The reason he did not bring Rufus into this important fight was also to increase his chances of winning.

“Bet ready!”

Roland began to take a position by pulling back the sword in his right hand, like he wanted to weave it.

The young man chose not to bring along his two Contracted Beasts after seeing his opponent advance alone.

Aura started to bring her staff closer to her face and whispered something.

“Start!”

“Storm Sky Style”

Roland instantly prepared to launch his attack in an instant after the start of that fight.

Lightning began to leap about in those retracted sword eyes and grew stronger as time went on.

Just before Roland finished preparing his attack, he was startled by his opponent's first move.

[Wind Bullet]

A small ball of wind shot out quickly from the stick Aura swung towards his opponent.

Roland was startled for a moment by that unexpected move, but it did not disturb his concentration.

His entire sword body was already shrouded in lightning that shouted loudly.

[Thousand-]

This time he was completely shocked by the events in front of him. Not because of the small ball of wind that suddenly broke itself before reaching it, but...

“Is it true that you still believe in Santa Claus until the age of 12?”

“Pffft...!”