RATH 9

TL: Eevee

1. What is this. Scary. (2)

Rage.

That was the only thing that could explain the emotion burning within those eyes.

It will be difficult.

In all seriousness, as someone who uses magic as her primary focus this training is disadvantageous for her.

Magic requires a lot of preparation.

If you want to strengthen magic you need a catalyst or a magic formulation, ranged rather than close combat is easier, and if a swordsman comes into close quarters then all you can do is run like your life depends on it.

Theres a reason why magic users are split between magicians and mages even though both use magic.

The specialties between magicians who focus on a single massive shot compared to mages who utilize fine mana management for prolonged fights is completely different.

No.17s base is as a magician.

Perhaps the primary training centers are skilled at teaching magic lately, but shes the best magician Ive seen from them to date.

But magicians always perform at their peak when there is someone protecting them.

In the current 1:1:1 format, especially when the both the other opponents focus on using a sword, she cant help but fall behind.

In that case there are two methods.

Using assorted tools and a focus on close quarter combat to switch to a mage-type, or contracting with a summoned spirit and supplementing your fighting potential.

And the quickest method is naturally, the latter.

To begin with, mages need to suffer for at least a year on the battlefield before they can be accepted as mages.

And even then as newbies or brats.

If they cant accept this process then rather than a mage, theyre treated as a flying maggot or a meat shield.

In reality, a mage is a crappy job where no more than three out of ten survive after being deployed to the battlefield, with no guarantee that youd survive after that either.

When the enemies number 1 priority targets conveniently come down to the front lines its even easier to hit them, and the worlds advanced in leaps and bounds lately, special arrows that tear through magic barriers like paper have been developed, so this is an era where if you have the funds, you can snipe off skilled magicians and mages from a long way away.

Because of this, rather than bothering to teach them those things for ages, its much better to bring out a big, meaty summon to take a hit and train as a magician raining down overwhelming firepower from afar.

The disadvantage is that the mana consumption is massive, but normally a rearguard magician is never thirsty.

Because they have a mana potion at their mouths pretty much 24/7.

The downside being that they have to go to the toilet frequently.

In the past where I was cursed enough to have to participate in the great war I developed special diapers and made the magicians piss in their pants.

My, did I get a lot of resentment then.

But its not like I wanted to do that either?

It was hard enough that if the magic artillery had to be stopped because one asshole had to go the bathroom the enemys main force would swamp us immediately.

Those magicians didnt understand my efforts in developing a diaper that wouldnt stink even when they pissed themselves.

And so lets get a good sla I mean summon.

There was something I wanted to experiment as well.

First, draw a summon circle on pre-prepared ground.

This isnt this a summoning circle for devils?

Oh ho. The primary training centers, it seems theyre teaching them really well lately. To think shed understand what type of magic formation just by looking at it.

As the representative of the tertiary training instructors, I should send them a word of praise later.

Words dont cost money.

So you know.

Arent contracts with devils banned under the Empires laws?

I sighed seeing No.17s slightly surprised face.

What is this moron saying.

Long before we committed the crime of making a contract with devils, were already members of an evil organization and hence perfect criminals.

Ah.

As No.17 made a stunned expression I continued drawing the formation.

Ah, now that I think of it, they dont teach them this in primary training. As a splendid instructor I might as well tell her.

And if you look closely at the Empires laws, making a contract with a devil isnt strictly outlawed either.

Eh? What on earth is that

Even though I look like this at one point, Id spent a number of years in the imperial court that stank of blood over the right of succession.

I diligently learned the laws because I didnt know when my head would be sent flying if I didnt.

Simply in terms of the Empire and international laws, I can go toe to toe with one of the Empires judges!

Contracting with a devil is not a crime. Making a contract with your soul as the price is.

Isnt that the same thing?

No you moron.

Normally all summons are restricted by their class.

Spirits and beasts are a given, you can even summon gods from other worlds here.

You even get cases where you get familiar names like Zeus, Odin and so on.

In addition, the major league of the 72 demons in the