And then, Nee-chan raised her hand grandly and pointed out at the arena.
“Charge!” (Emilia)
“““Ooooo—!””” (Everyone)
Following behind the strongest fighters, comprised mostly of seniors, we all ran towards the arena.
Our number and volume made us stand out to the nobles and mercenaries who were on lookout, and the two combined frightened them. They ordered the golems nearby to attack us, and began to run away.
“Ha! [Flame Knuckle]!” (Reus)
My flaming fist hit the magic formation on a golem’s chest and it crumbled to pieces. On my side, three upperclassmen disturbed the golem, caught it off guard and destroyed the magic formation with blunt weapons.
The golems we were fighting were identical to those in the labyrinth, and thus have the same weakness. If you destroy the magic formation, they will instantly crumble. It’s impractical to use physical weapons because the golems are so sturdy, but magic works fine. In order to maintain the magic that was prepared before the fight, I continued my advance, jumping into the middle of a horde of enemies.
“Reus-kun, we were told not to use magic too much to preserve our mana; will you be okay? (Mark)
“There’s no problem. This much is normal for me, and the mana consumption is much lower than you’d think from how it looks.” (Reus)
Mark looked worried still despite my words, but this is nothing but light training compared to my bouts with Aniki. Besides, Aniki said if I showily defeat the enemies, it will raise everyone’s morale.
No matter how many battles I fought, I kept defeating enemies with all my strength. Even if I act violently, nobody would complain since I’m on the frontlines. My flashy victories continued raising morale, and even Nee-chan smiled and nodded at my actions.
“Well done, Reus. How’s your condition?” (Emilia)
“I’m at peak condition. My warm-up is finished too, so this is the perfect opportunity to go all out.” (Reus)
The condition of my body is perfect and there’s enough remaining mana. Above all, I’m brimming with motivation right now.
Aniki believed in us and sent us out. I don’t have anything to say towards that trust.
The failure I experienced in the labyrinth won’t happen again. That said, I get excited easily when I feel strong in a fight. In order to avoid making a mistake because of that, I’ve decided to limit myself until we have better control over the situation.
After decided this, we halted our advance to make our final preparations outside the arena.
“We have arrived. Well then, what are we going to do from now on?” (Senior Student)
“Since we are equal in number as the enemies inside, wouldn’t it be best to attack from somewhere other than the front?” (Senior Student)
What the upperclassman said was right, since the enemies were waiting in the arena, I think they prepared one or two traps. We discussed possible alternatives, but Nee-chan just remained silent and looked at the arena.
“It will take too long if we discuss like this. If we don’t decide soon, the enemies that spread out from the arena might be called back in.” (Emilia)
“It can’t be helped feeling hesitation here, so let’s have the leader make the decision.” (Senior Student)
“You’re right, so how is it going to be, Emilia? We would like to hear your opinion.” (Senior Student)
Nee-chan, who already made a decision, answered with a single word.
“Attack.” (Emilia)