“Ninth match, Rod-sama versus Misha . Both, forward”

As usual, Rod-sama with a confident gait and Misha with an unruffled atmosphere walked towards the center of the sports ground .

“Both of you, are you ready?”

“Aye”

“Whenever”

“Well then, ready… go!”

It was Rod-sama who moved first right on cue .

He fell back considerably and grandly spread his arms towards the sky .

“Come!”

While Rod-sama’s loud voice resounded, the temperature on the sport grounds rose by several degrees .

Small flames reaching human knee filled the sport grounds one by one .

On a closer look, the flames took shape of tiny soldiers .

Their number reached thirty .

This is Rod-sama’s combat style – its name is Army of Flame .

As I’ve already mentioned, Rod-sama’s magic apt.i.tude that’s medium fire apt.i.tude is by no means high .

However, Rod-sama has an exceptional quality not found in anyone else .

That is, his magic capacity surpa.s.ses holders of super apt.i.tude .

Rod-sama makes full use of his abundant magic power by creating tiny flame soldiers to fight for him .

“Go!”

At Rod-sama’s command, flame soldiers rushed Misha .

Even looking from sidelines, the impact is considerable .

“…”

Even after seeing the Army of Flame, which should be the first time for her, Misha’s expression remained unchanged .

Misha’s magic apt.i.tude is high wind apt.i.tude – same as Sein-sama’s .

However, there’s a reason why on the Magic test she achieved a good result ranking second, far apart from Sein-sama .

“――”

A shrill sound like gla.s.s being scratched resounded across the sport grounds .

At the same moment, the thirty minions all burst and scattered .

Misha hasn’t moved even a little .

“!?”

As expected, Rod-sama’s composed countenance changed .

However, it only lasted a moment .

He immediately summoned next minions .

“Go!”

The same sight was born, as if rewatching a video .

Army of Flame approached Misha to crush her .

“――”

Again, a strange sound .

While it subsided, all the figures of minions vanished .

“Is that your wind magic?”

“Yes”

Unlike Sein-sama’s support magic, Misha’s wind magic is an unusual offensive magic .

Its nature is sound .

Her combat style is to pour in magic using sound as the intermediary – it’s known as Siren .

“This is troublesome . Well, what I need to do doesn’t change”

Rod-sama produced the army for the third time .

“Go!”

His troops charged once again .

That’s the troublesome aspect of Rod-sama’s tactic .

With his exceptional magic capacity, even if you defeat his minions they’ll keep coming endlessly .

To make matters worse, as Rod-sama positions himself behind his army, it’s impossible to get even halfway close .

The difference in apt.i.tude is crushed by the sheer quant.i.ty, that’s Rod-sama’s way of fighting .

“――”

In contrast, Misha’s way is quite absurd .

The thirty lumps of flame that approached were extinguished in an instant with her magic ability .

Be that as it may, in the current situation she’s lacking means of attack .

It’s a one-way defensive battle .

It’s a one-way defensive battle .

However, there’s a reason for it .

Unlike me, Misha has absolute respect for royalty characteristic of n.o.bles .

As a result, I don’t think she’ll voluntarily attack Rod-sama .

I guess she doesn’t mind failing the exam rather than doing that .

“… Boring”

After his minions were extinguished for the third time, Rod-sama snorted .

“You aren’t serious, right? Are you holding back against me”

“I’m not so audacious as to point a blade at royalty”

“… As far as I’m concerned, know that it’s such an att.i.tude that I find disrespectful”

“No matter what you say, I will not change in the slightest”

“Then, I’ll forcibly make you get serious”

Rod-sama once again summoned minions .

However, this time their movement is different .

The soldiers took positions at fixed distance in order to surround her .

“…”

“You really won’t do anything… Repent”

When Rod-sama snapped fingers the minions suddenly began contagiously exploding .

When one exploded, it caused others neighboring minions to follow, the chain explosion quickly spread and engulfed Misha .

“How is it . Do you still not feel like getting serious”

Rod-sama laughed arrogantly―― .

“You’re… unhurt?”

When a gust of wind blew away the smoke, there stood the unchanged Misha’s figure .

Smoke is swirling around her .

“Wind defensive wall… is it? But, it shouldn’t be able to stop heat”

“I used vacuum tear”

“!”

In short, it uses the same principle as a thermos .

To shut out the heat, Misha created a vacuum gap around herself .

“… Kuku, interesting . Unexpectedly, you’re interesting”

“… Kuku, interesting . Unexpectedly, you’re interesting”

“Thank you”

“But, not yet . It only starts from here”

“Let’s continue until you are satisfied”

This is the fifth time he summoned minions, yet their number shows no sign of decreasing .

It’s truly an exceptional magic capacity .

“Surround”

Same as a moment ago, minions took positions at a distance around her .

Furthermore―― .

“Burst”

With Rod-sama snapping his fingers, minions began chain exploding .

Nearly every spectator expected the same development as before .

“Come, burst, come――”

Rather than summoning them in front of himself, Rod-sama summoned minions directly around Misha then detonated them, he performed that sequence many times in succession in no time .

The heat waves from explosions even reached spectators .

That Rod-sama’s being immature .

But, not going one bit easy on female opponents personally gives me a good impression .

“… I surrender”

“!? That’s enough!”

Suddenly, from among the explosions a weak surrender could be heard .

Lorec-sama hurriedly stopped the match .

With Rod-sama stopping snapping his fingers, the explosions settled down .

“What happened? Why did Misha surrender?”

“Perhaps due to lack of oxygen”

I explained to Claire-sama who was making a bewildered expression, and by proxy to every other spectator .

Rod-sama’s successive attacks with fire sucked oxygen out of Misha’s surroundings .

Because Misha’s barrier relies on vacuum tear, the lack of oxygen became even more serious .

Ultimately, Misha’s technique was overcome with Rod-sama’s numbers .

“Well, it’s like this”

“I was completely defeated”

“Don’t be silly . I will not pa.s.s with such a victory . If you weren’t stalling it wouldn’t turn out like this”

“Well, it’s like this”

“I was completely defeated”

“Don’t be silly . I will not pa.s.s with such a victory . If you weren’t stalling it wouldn’t turn out like this”

“I intended to give it my all”

Two people walked towards the spectating area while talking .

The crowd naturally split in two .

“Oh? What’s the matter?”

“You’re drawing attention . Both of you overdid it”

As Yuu-sama said, it was without a doubt a sight out of this world .

It’s natural for sword and armor era to end .

On such a battlefield, swords and the likes are nothing more than sticks .

At this point some people may become suspicious .

Sein-sama and Yuu-sama notwithstanding, couldn’t Rod-sama or Misha easily defeat the water slime .

In a sense, that doubt is correct .

While it would be a little tough for Sein-sama who specializes in physical attacks, under normal conditions any of the other three would be able to defeat the slime .

At that time, what caused the crisis was the surprise attack with Hate Cry .

It’s a powerful game-changing skill that causes the opponents to shrivel .

That I and Tred-sensei were able to resist was nothing but good luck .

“There’s no way we overdid it . Well, next up are the key performers, there should be more intriguing things to be seen”

“Hey, Rod-sama . Could you please cease adding strange pressure”

Claire-sama raised a complaint against Rod-sama who cracked a joke .

“But, you don’t intend to lose?”

“That should be obvious”

“I’m looking forward to it . Rei, you too”

Rod-sama faced me with a macho smile .

“Yes”

“That’s how you are being disrespectful, Rei”

Misha rebuked me for the half-hearted reply .

But, I want her to forgive me this time .

Because next is―― .

“Tenth match, Claire-sama versus Rei”

Claire-sama’s and my turn .