Although I stylishly drew my sword, I looked up at the sky and stiffened.
「Rain incessantly, thunderstorm! 『BlitzRegen』!!」
A rain of thunder came raining incessantly at me.
「っ, 『Magic Clad Sword』!」
I immediately invoked the magic engraved in the sword. Sucking up the Maryoku in the surroundings, the Magic Clad Sword developed a Maryoku edge.
「You little!」
Cutting apart the lightning with the sword that developed a Maryoku edge, I retreated.
Thunder-type Intermediate level spell 『BlitzRegen』. It’s said to be one of the most threating types of magic in the ancient Ishrel language.
Although the necessary amount of Maryoku is huge, because the aria to invoke it is short and due to its 『lightning itself』-like speed until impact, it’s almost unavoidable. And moreover, since causes damage + paralysis if it hits, it’s said to be an extraordinary magic that makes pursuit possible.
Even for me, “as I am now”, if I don’t do this properly, it’ll be bad.
I had accurately grasped the endlessly, incessantly raining thunderstorm!
「Zeraaahhh!!」
Taking a firm step, I cut away the thunderstorm entirely.
「!! ……It can’t be, for you to defend against my BlitzRegen……」
Yuri Roll’s eyes became sharp.
It seems that she planned to decide things with that magic just now.
Of course it would be decided, because if I got hit even once, I’d become paralyzed. She probably thought that beating up an opponent in the middle of being paralyzed would be easy. It seems that it was unforeseen that I’d defend against it.
Certainly, it doesn’t seem like even a superior magician would have been able to defend against that just now with only a barrier. Even Alicia should have had a hard time with it.
Yuri Roll went and fired a barrage of that kind of magic.
Yuri Roll, no……Henrietta de Crestolia. It looks like that name of 『Princess Knight』 isn’t just for show.
「However, with this!!……」
Next, thunder sphere began appearing around Henrietta, and before long, it became an amount that was enough to block my vision.
It’s the modern Ishrel language’s elementary level magic 『Lightning Bolt』.
Even though it’s elementary level, for her to make this amount aria-less…!
「『shoot』!」
Together with her command, the thunder arrows that boasted being the fastest among the elementary level shooting-type magic was shot at me.
「As if I’d let something like this squarely hit me!」
The thunder spheres in Henrietta’s surroundings increase in proportion to the number shot.
Is she trying to constrain me into places not being fired at?
While avoiding the thunder arrows by a paper-thin margin, I considered that.
For now, since the thunder arrows are easier to grasp than BlitzRegen, right now I’ll run around without stopping my legs.
「『Blitz Regen 』!」
「Gunu! ……Shoot!?」
While being only one shot, since I grasped sight of the thunder, I reflexively defended against it with my sword, making my legs stop.
As if aiming for that to finish, there was a downpour of thunder arrows.
Being unable to put up even a barrier, I could do nothing but cut the thunder arrows back with the sword that developed into a Magic Clad Sword.
「――Flash of purple lightning worthy of thunder’s impulse――」
「Whaat!?」
As I was having a close fight with the thunder arrows, although being in the middle of the excited cheers, that dignified voice, resounded.
That, is no-good. That is seriously dangerous!!
This feeling where the words in this world penetrate you……It’s high level magic!
「――Roar in the sky, single hit of a flash…! Ye shall become God’s wrath――」
「I won’t, make itt!!」
Because the number of thunder arrows are huge, I’m busily occupied! Crap, she’s perfectly confined me!
「『Thunderbolt』!!」
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A gigantic flash of lightning that fell in the arena. The single hit that was appropriate as God’s wrath, silenced even the arena’s audience, and silence enveloped the vicinity.
「……Haa………Haa!」
Although Henrietta tried to calm her heart, which was throbbing so fast that it hurt, by grasping her chest with her hand, it wouldn’t stop.
She had fired elementary level and, although it was intermediate level, a tremendous amount of magic that was enough to be called a barrage.
With just that, it was probably already allowable to say that it was a huge magic spell. But, Henrietta went further and even used a high level magic and struck with a finishing blow. ……Though it was called the finishing blow, she held back so that there wouldn’t be any casualties. There was no mistake that it would be at the most one or two weeks of paralysis throughout the body and would have to have a hospital lifestyle.
Henrietta experienced the greatest pay off. While being a noble, she only made a “disgraceful appearance”.
While grasping her throbbing chest, Henrietta was immersed in the reverberation of victory.
If it’s herself right now, continuing to always pass herself in regards to magic, she bragged that she was one that stood in line with even her admired Alicia.
「It, it’s settledddd!! Thunder’s great magic 『Thunderbolt』! There’s no way anyone could endure taking that!!」
In order to pierce the silence, the emcee male student used the microphone and shouted. In response to that, a large cheer that was enough to shake the grounds enveloped the arena.
Being surprised by the great magic battle right before their eyes, those that had forgotten words shouted as if they had gone mad.
「Commentator Alicia-san, what are your thoughts on Henrietta-san’s magic just now?」
Sitting next to the emcee in the arena, Alicia, after nodding, grabbed the microphone.
「That just now was a wonderful flow. If I were to take that just now, I’m not even sure what I would do………It was splendid.」
With the voice of her admired Alicia being transmitted even in the arena, Henrietta was on the verge of fainting from happiness.
「――However, something of this degree won’t defeat him.」
「!?」
The automatically invoked simple barrier, was broken.
Immediately developing a multiplex barrier of an anti-object barrier and a magic barrier, that was “cut to pieces” with a single sword stroke.
「Wha――」
What reflected in Henrietta’s field of vision was a pair of swords that looked like green and blue gems that were made into swords. At the time that she understood that the one using those gems was Yuu, Henrietta drew her Magic Sword swinging.
「Whoa. ……Nice response!」
He defended against the thrust made with all her might with the green treasured sword that was changed to his opposite hand.
「!!?」
Right away, Henrietta fired 『Lightning Bolt』 magic.
It was shooting magic at point blank range. The Lightning Bolt invoked at a distance that couldn’t be avoided, had its target disappear and couldn’t hit.
「………Quick Move magic –desu wa ne」
「Ah~…Yup. Something like that.」
The man that suddenly disappeared in front of her, thrust his blue treasured sword at Henrietta’s nape from behind.
It was a halfhearted reply but, to Henrietta, that didn’t matter.
(This man……He’s better at fencing, than me……!)
At the overwhelming difference of ability, Henrietta felt shivers.
「But still, Henrietta de Crestolia. As expected of one called 『Princess Knight』. I didn’t think that you’d put me in check in this situation.」
Yuu wryly smiled at the arrows of thunder that aimed at him from his back and both of his sides. In a situation where they had put each other in a checkmate, neither of them could move.