Chapter 18
Before Theo and Ralph entered the arena, Marie said.
[Professor Locke, how do you see this match?]
[···Both students use melee combat rather than magic, so the chance that Student Theo will win is extremely slim. Ralph is like a strong paladin of the Order, armed with excellent buffs. Even a small variable will arise when Theo pulls out a treasury number he didn’t think of.]
Locke raised his glasses and continued.
[Recently, I have felt the strategist aspect of Student Theo many times, but I think it will be difficult to make a special variable in this match where only sparring weapons are allowed. But a hero must overcome any ordeal, and he may show something because he comes from a family of outstanding warriors.]
Immediately after Locke’s words were finished, Ralph clasped his two-handed blunt weapon and entered the building with equal momentum.
According to the rule that only leather armor is allowed, Ralph is wearing leather armor.
[Grade 37th place, Ralph student. His nickname is Buff Knight. To match it, various reinforcement buffs are his specialty!]
With Marie’s relay, Ralph trudged, trudged, and briskly walked towards the arena, staring at the Braves’ Faculty’s stands.
And when his eyes met Phil, he raised his hand toward her.
Philip looked away in less than a second.
‘Piel is watching me…!’
A boy in love is easily deceived.
That’s when Ralph was about to go up to the arena, groaning.
Similarly, Theo, wearing leather armor and a long sword around his waist, entered.
Unlike Ralph, he walked modestly with a model-like walk on the runway.
“·················ogue.”
The audience was quiet.
Theo’s aura, enhanced with natural powers, dominated the arena.
The audience just stared at Theo, as if possessed, feeling his strong presence.
‘Ah, it’s really terrifying.’
Theo was afraid to look around, so he looked ahead and walked.
On the other hand, the audience felt different emotions.
‘···Puppy of the gisaeng oraebi. I want to slap one.’
‘Wow… he’s really handsome. The atmosphere is nice too. It’s like the hero you saw in picture books.’
Either way, Irene from the Knights Faculty’s audience clenched her fists and looked at Theo.
‘No matter how much you improve, your opponent is too strong. you will probably lose Still, if only his heart would not be broken…’
Mina, sitting next to her, looked at Irene like that.
‘The real fiancée must be the fiancée. He knows how to make a face like that.’
It was Mina who knew through a brief article that Theo was Irene’s fiancée.
She patted Irene on the shoulder.
“The face has won.”
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The match between Ralph and Theo has begun.
Ralph said with a smirk.
“Come in first.”
Ralph was going to play with Theo.
He plans to thoroughly play around without using his special strengthening buff.
These days, it seems like Phil is paying more attention to this bastard.
However,
“··········!”
Theo rushed in in an instant.
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Faster than expected.
Ralph hurriedly raised his blunt weapon and blocked Theo’s sword.
“Huh, huh.”
A tingling sensation is transmitted through the blunt force.
But that wasn’t the end of it.
Theo attacked in a row with an extremely modest form.
It is not a circular pattern, but various attacks such as stabbing, cutting, and shedding.
‘This bastard, why are you so strong?’
Embarrassed, Ralph managed to receive Theo’s attack and widened the distance.
As much as Ralph was, the crowd was astonished.
“What is it? Is that 181st in the grade rank? The Faculty of Heroes is really different.”
“No, he ran away before the match in the first semester. It’s famous, it’s the shame of the Brave School. I think that Ralph is looking after him.”
“Aren’t you going to win like that…?”
Ralph hears the murmur of the crowd in his ears.
That stimulated Ralph’s temper.
‘Sheesh, I can’t help it. Let’s just write.’
Ralph bit his lip and used an enhancement buff.
Ralph’s enhancement buff magic can only be used on himself, but the casting time is so short that there is almost no casting time.
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Feeling the mana draining away like a low tide, Ralph smiled with an impetus.
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Ralph’s energy changed.
In general, you can only guess, but the [Eye of the Observer] can also figure out what kind of buff was used.
Hast, strength, hard armor.
There are currently three overlapping.
This route, Ralph at this point can use a total of 4 buffs, so there is still one left.
The last buff is his secret.
Then I’ll see more liver, this one.
I thought it was pretty pushy, do you still have room?
“I feel bad.”
“What?”
I don’t answer Ralph’s question.
I immediately used the special effect of Natural Power, Overlord, and put the power of [Magic Nullification] into the Long Sword.
I’ll let you pull out the last buff right away.
“·······Whew.”
Taking a short deep breath, I ran towards Ralph.
Pak, Pak-!
The sword and the blunt collide.
Although I used Overlord, Ralph’s power was stronger by stacking 3 types of buffs.
Even if my strength stat is not good right now, it would be around 12.
As for the real spec, it’s terrifying…
But it doesn’t matter.
After all, the first attack is a trick.
I removed the sword from my blunt weapon and at the same time aimed at his wrist and thigh.
This is a skill I learned from Irene.
spatula.
“Ugh!”
Ralph flinched, with a cut in his thigh.
“This shit!”
He was angry and swung his blunt weapon at me.
Also.
My expectations were exactly right.
The more you lose your reason and surrender to your nature, the easier it will be to deal with it.
The pattern is simplified.
And Ralph has a particularly quick temper.
Thanks to that, my eyes have now reached the level of predicting Ralph’s next move.
Ralph lacks skill and game management compared to his formidable physical strength.
It feels like a giant monster.
Since he has been winning and winning with overwhelming specifications so far, he must not have felt the importance of technology and game management.
The body strengthened by the Overlord and the [Twisted Nobility’s Dignity] characteristic made me calm even in battle.
I said, dodging Ralph’s attacks one after another by a single sheet of paper.
“The 37th place is no big deal.”
“What, you bastard?!”
Ralph’s face turned red and his faucet turned and Ralph let go of his reason.
Whoo! Whoops-!
Just being eaten by anger, he wields a blunt weapon that doesn’t fit.
Gradually, a large gap begins to appear.
Anyway, my plan is to put in a heavy straight hit.
Jang Woo-hee nullified all memorization of mana with [Magic Nullification] of mana stat 4.
My mana stat is 0.
If you feed it with just one hit, you will be able to peel off even the 3 types of buffs.
I dodged Ralph’s attacks, and I tenaciously aimed only at his thighs.
It’s shallow, but the damage will continue to accumulate.
I’ve stabbed you like that five times,
“Hey, hey, you bastard—!”
Ralph’s movements stopped for a moment.
The perfect timing you’ve been waiting for.
I tapped Ralph’s wrist lightly with the sword. Then he turned his body low and cut Ralph’s ankle lightly.
At the same time, all buffs surrounding Ralph were removed.
If it had been a true sword, it would have been an attack that would have cut off wrists and ankles lightly.
This is a technique that Irene enjoyed using.
“Uh, uh…? Why are you here all of a sudden?”
Ralph fell to the floor, groping himself in embarrassment.
I looked down at Ralph like that,
“Give up the match.”
recommended surrender.
In the eyes of the third person, a fairly gentle act of encouraging the strong to stop before they see the weaker being more harsh.
Ralph will definitely know what I mean.
By the way, there is no answer unless you surrender.
Actually, the duration of the Overlord is over.
If Ralph attacks with the fourth and last buff like this, he has no choice but to run away for the rest of the time.
Ralph, who uses the 4th buff, becomes a monster that cannot be captured with a long sword for sparring.
Whatever the skill, the difference in stats will be at least doubled.
“Wow, whoops! What kind of bullshit… Ooh, don’t be cocky, you bastard!”
Ralph stutters in embarrassment and shame.
“If it was a real game, it’s already over. You know, Ralph Violet.”
Having said that, I put the sword into its sheath.
Then he turned his back on Ralph and walked slowly out of the arena.
It’s like it’s not even worth fighting for anymore.
If it were Ralph, he wouldn’t do anything obscene about his back, but… I felt a cold sweat running down my face.
I’m glad my body didn’t tremble thanks to [Twisted Nobility’s Dignity].
“I will definitely take revenge, Theo Lin Walderk!”
Ralph’s sad cry pierced his back.
···Please don’t do that.
But you should say something to calm him down.
I still turned my back and only turned my head.
“I’ll be happy to wait, Ralph Violet.”
“Woo!”
Ralph lowered his head, as if in anger.
bum bum, bum bum.
After leaving Ralph behind, I took another five steps.
“It is surrender, Judge.”
Ralph admitted defeat.
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Theo and Ralph’s match is over.
Naturally, Marie and Locke, who were predicting Ralph’s victory, as well as the crowd, became dumbfounded.
Breaking the silence, Marie of the relay seat opened her mouth.
[…the winner of the thirty-ninth match is… student Theo.]
Marie thanked her for not stuttering, and continued the broadcast.
[Please give your applause of encouragement to the struggling Theo and Ralph students.]
There was no audience willing to applaud the shocking result.
In the meantime, the first spectators to clap their hands were the Orcs of the Braves Department, including Noctar.
Clap clap clap-!
Applause erupted from all over the audience at their enthusiastic applause, and then the sound of clap clap filled the dome stadium.
‘What really happened, Theo? It’s really been a big deal…’
Aisha with a shaky and anxious face.
‘·······Certainly the same kind of trait as me.’
Jang Woo-hee also has a strange look.
‘…that idiot really wins.’
Philip with round eyes.
‘········Theo.’
Irene is also torn between hate and emotion, and those incompatible emotions.
Everyone in the audience silently applauded Theo.
There was no one cheering loudly.
Everyone was too busy thinking about the beautiful swordsmanship and the dignity of a true strongman that the handsome silver-haired man who was leaving the arena now showed.