Chapter 182
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Looks like you made it here without running away.”
“That’s my line, you know?”
A week has passed since my brother woke up. That means it’s the day of the mock battle between me and Elira. Until today, my brother had been on absolute bed rest. From my point of view, he had already fully recovered in about three days since he woke up. But I didn’t want anything to happen to him, so I had him stay quiet in the castle until today. As expected, he was itching to move. That’s why I asked my brother to be the referee for today’s mock battle.
By the way, it seems that those three upper elves haven’t changed their attitude toward my brother. I knew from their reactions that they were treating him the same way they have been. I don’t know what kind of conclusion they came to, but it seems they don’t want to tell the truth after all.
“Are you two ready?”
“Yeah.”
“Anytime you’re ready.”
We both started to get ready for each other at the sound of my brother’s voice. Besides the three of us, there were also those three higher elves.
“Let’s begin!”
“Spirit descent!”
“Time Enchantment.”
Elira stepped back and kept her distance as she spirit descent. In battles between wizards who are good at magic, the one who can prepare magic first while keeping distance is often the winner. I decided to enchant time magic and held a mace of a little over one meter in my hand and went straight for Elira.
Elira panicked and fired her spirit magic at me, but I easily avoided it. When you enchant time magic, you can accelerate your time as you wish. However, even if I accelerate to the maximum, I’m not speeding up as much as my brother’s lightning enchantment. However, it can move erratically, going faster or slower. To others, I must be moving in a weird way.
“Gaaaah ……!”
It wasn’t difficult to hit Elira with the mace, who is completely unfamiliar with such erratic movements. Of course, this kind of strategy would be meaningless if it were against my older brother. Even if he’s not used to this movement, he would be able to avoid all of them by just using his reflexes.
“Haa…haa…”
“I’ve only hit you once and that’s the extent of your strength?”
Elira was blown back several meters by my attack. Then she crouched, clutching her stomach. I guess she didn’t expect a physical attack from me and was lax in her defenses.
“So you were escorting my brother with this level of strength?”
“My ……”
Of course, this conversation is spoken at a volume that my brother would never hear. Elira responded to the words “my brother”. I thought that no matter what the outcome of this mock battle, Elira and I would get along best among the elves, but it seems that maybe not.
“Why did you bother to have a mock battle with me? You had other options, like defeating monsters or fighting those three bums, didn’t you?”
“You’re not going to be satisfied with just defeating a few monsters around here, are you?”
“Of course not.”
From what you see around here, A rank is the strongest. No matter how many she beats at that level, I can’t evaluate her.
“And even if I won a mock battle against those three, you could say we were cheating. Then it would be faster to fight you directly, right?”
“Yes.”
Well, if you actually do win this mock battle, I’ll just think those three elves were even more of a small fry than I thought.
“And another reason…”
She said this as she slowly stood up as if the pain in her stomach had subsided. Then she pulled out her rapier and turned to me.
“Because I’m personally pissed off at you.”
“Odd…me too.”
Elira told me as I grabbed the rapier thrust and stopped it. I quickly let go of the hand holding the rapier and a close encounter between wizards began. But Elira was using her spirit magic like a rock.
“I didn’t expect you to fight in close quarters.”
“Really?”
When you are fighting a monster alone, there are inevitably situations where you have to fight in close quarters. That is why I trained in close combat on my own.
“You’re also strong in close combat…. But you’re just strong in general.”
At the same time as she said those words, a rapier scratched my cheek. It would have been bad for my brother if I got a scratch on my face, so I quickly healed it without chanting and took a distance.
“Nothing special like your brother’s uncommon reflexes. Quite normal.”
“That’s the wrong person to compare it to. My brother is the strongest in close combat and from now on, he will be the strongest at long range as well.”
She jerked at the word “my” again. As expected, she seems to be getting used to the erratic movements of the time enchantment, so I think I’ll change the enchantment. I’m almost there.
“Spatial enchantment.”
“Damn…”
Spatial magic enchantments do not increase status nearly as much. Instead, it allows you to transfer to any place you want, as long as it’s about 3 meters away. It’ll take away a lot of magic power, though. I deliberately attacked a little slowly to make it easier to catch the attack, so Elira guarded with her rapier.
“Three more.”
I began to count down as I swung my mace at Elira.
“Two.”
“One.”
“…Zero.”
With the countdown of 0, the rapier that caught the mace shattered away. That’s what happens when you catch my mace with that thin sword over and over again. I don’t have the reflexes like my brother, so I was blocking in a messy way. And while the rapier was broken, I hit her in the stomach with my mace. I didn’t over swing so that she wouldn’t get blown away. Then her head came down and I hit her in the jaw with the mace. Her body floated a little and her stomach became unprotected, so I swung the mace through her stomach this time.
“Gaaah…”
Elira is on her knees, coughing up blood. I walked to her with ease. When I reached where she was, I lifted her chin up with my mace so that she would turn to face me.
“I guess I win the close combat.”
Then I gently lowered her a few meters as if to push her.
“Over Heal.”
“What…?”
I healed all of her wounds nicely. She looks puzzled by that. My brother, who was about to finish the mock battle, also looked puzzled. He looks so cute.
“Then I’ll deal with you only with magic this time.”
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Another viewpoint
“Im.”
“What’s it? Ryu-chan.”
“Why’d you leave him?”
“Won’t you want to see my darling’s power after evolution?”
“I’d like to see that.”
“Besides, we need him to level up and evolve as soon as possible!”
“Yeah.”
“Maybe the elves will be destroyed, but that doesn’t really matter, does it?”
“Ah. No problem.”
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Looks like you made it here without running away.”
“That’s my line, you know?”
A week has passed since my brother woke up. That means it’s the day of the mock battle between me and Elira. Until today, my brother had been on absolute bed rest. From my point of view, he had already fully recovered in about three days since he woke up. But I didn’t want anything to happen to him, so I had him stay quiet in the castle until today. As expected, he was itching to move. That’s why I asked my brother to be the referee for today’s mock battle.
By the way, it seems that those three upper elves haven’t changed their attitude toward my brother. I knew from their reactions that they were treating him the same way they have been. I don’t know what kind of conclusion they came to, but it seems they don’t want to tell the truth after all.
“Are you two ready?”
“Yeah.”
“Anytime you’re ready.”
We both started to get ready for each other at the sound of my brother’s voice. Besides the three of us, there were also those three higher elves.
“Let’s begin!”
“Spirit descent!”
“Time Enchantment.”
Elira stepped back and kept her distance as she spirit descent. In battles between wizards who are good at magic, the one who can prepare magic first while keeping distance is often the winner. I decided to enchant time magic and held a mace of a little over one meter in my hand and went straight for Elira.
Elira panicked and fired her spirit magic at me, but I easily avoided it. When you enchant time magic, you can accelerate your time as you wish. However, even if I accelerate to the maximum, I’m not speeding up as much as my brother’s lightning enchantment. However, it can move erratically, going faster or slower. To others, I must be moving in a weird way.
“Gaaaah ……!”
It wasn’t difficult to hit Elira with the mace, who is completely unfamiliar with such erratic movements. Of course, this kind of strategy would be meaningless if it were against my older brother. Even if he’s not used to this movement, he would be able to avoid all of them by just using his reflexes.
“Haa…haa…”
“I’ve only hit you once and that’s the extent of your strength?”
Elira was blown back several meters by my attack. Then she crouched, clutching her stomach. I guess she didn’t expect a physical attack from me and was lax in her defenses.
“So you were escorting my brother with this level of strength?”
“My ……”
Of course, this conversation is spoken at a volume that my brother would never hear. Elira responded to the words “my brother”. I thought that no matter what the outcome of this mock battle, Elira and I would get along best among the elves, but it seems that maybe not.
“Why did you bother to have a mock battle with me? You had other options, like defeating monsters or fighting those three bums, didn’t you?”
“You’re not going to be satisfied with just defeating a few monsters around here, are you?”
“Of course not.”
From what you see around here, A rank is the strongest. No matter how many she beats at that level, I can’t evaluate her.
“And even if I won a mock battle against those three, you could say we were cheating. Then it would be faster to fight you directly, right?”
“Yes.”
Well, if you actually do win this mock battle, I’ll just think those three elves were even more of a small fry than I thought.
“And another reason…”
She said this as she slowly stood up as if the pain in her stomach had subsided. Then she pulled out her rapier and turned to me.
“Because I’m personally pissed off at you.”
“Odd…me too.”
Elira told me as I grabbed the rapier thrust and stopped it. I quickly let go of the hand holding the rapier and a close encounter between wizards began. But Elira was using her spirit magic like a rock.
“I didn’t expect you to fight in close quarters.”
“Really?”
When you are fighting a monster alone, there are inevitably situations where you have to fight in close quarters. That is why I trained in close combat on my own.
“You’re also strong in close combat…. But you’re just strong in general.”
At the same time as she said those words, a rapier scratched my cheek. It would have been bad for my brother if I got a scratch on my face, so I quickly healed it without chanting and took a distance.
“Nothing special like your brother’s uncommon reflexes. Quite normal.”
“That’s the wrong person to compare it to. My brother is the strongest in close combat and from now on, he will be the strongest at long range as well.”
She jerked at the word “my” again. As expected, she seems to be getting used to the erratic movements of the time enchantment, so I think I’ll change the enchantment. I’m almost there.
“Spatial enchantment.”
“Damn…”
Spatial magic enchantments do not increase status nearly as much. Instead, it allows you to transfer to any place you want, as long as it’s about 3 meters away. It’ll take away a lot of magic power, though. I deliberately attacked a little slowly to make it easier to catch the attack, so Elira guarded with her rapier.
“Three more.”
I began to count down as I swung my mace at Elira.
“Two.”
“One.”
“…Zero.”
With the countdown of 0, the rapier that caught the mace shattered away. That’s what happens when you catch my mace with that thin sword over and over again. I don’t have the reflexes like my brother, so I was blocking in a messy way. And while the rapier was broken, I hit her in the stomach with my mace. I didn’t over swing so that she wouldn’t get blown away. Then her head came down and I hit her in the jaw with the mace. Her body floated a little and her stomach became unprotected, so I swung the mace through her stomach this time.
“Gaaah…”
Elira is on her knees, coughing up blood. I walked to her with ease. When I reached where she was, I lifted her chin up with my mace so that she would turn to face me.
“I guess I win the close combat.”
Then I gently lowered her a few meters as if to push her.
“Over Heal.”
“What…?”
I healed all of her wounds nicely. She looks puzzled by that. My brother, who was about to finish the mock battle, also looked puzzled. He looks so cute.
“Then I’ll deal with you only with magic this time.”
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Another viewpoint
“Im.”
“What’s it? Ryu-chan.”
“Why’d you leave him?”
“Won’t you want to see my darling’s power after evolution?”
“I’d like to see that.”
“Besides, we need him to level up and evolve as soon as possible!”
“Yeah.”
“Maybe the elves will be destroyed, but that doesn’t really matter, does it?”
“Ah. No problem.”
Looks like you made it here without running away.That's my line, you know?A week has passed since my brother woke up. That means it's the day of the mock battle between me and Elira. Until today, my brother had been on absolute bed rest. From my point of view, he had already fully recovered in about three days since he woke up. But I didn't want anything to happen to him, so I had him stay quiet in the castle until today. As expected, he was itching to move. That's why I asked my brother to be the referee for today's mock battle.By the way, it seems that those three upper elves haven't changed their attitude toward my brother. I knew from their reactions that they were treating him the same way they have been. I don't know what kind of conclusion they came to, but it seems they don't want to tell the truth after all.Are you two ready?Yeah.Anytime you're ready.We both started to get ready for each other at the sound of my brother's voice. Besides the three of us, there were also those three higher elves.Let's begin!Spirit descent!Time Enchantment.Elira stepped back and kept her distance as she spirit descent. In battles between wizards who are good at magic, the one who can prepare magic first while keeping distance is often the winner. I decided to enchant time magic and held a mace of a little over one meter in my hand and went straight for Elira.Elira panicked and fired her spirit magic at me, but I easily avoided it. When you enchant time magic, you can accelerate your time as you wish. However, even if I accelerate to the maximum, I'm not speeding up as much as my brother's lightning enchantment. However, it can move erratically, going faster or slower. To others, I must be moving in a weird way.Gaaaah !It wasn't difficult to hit Elira with the mace, who is completely unfamiliar with such erratic movements. Of course, this kind of strategy would be meaningless if it were against my older brother. Even if he's not used to this movement, he would be able to avoid all of them by just using his reflexes.HaahaaI've only hit you once and that's the extent of your strength?Elira was blown back several meters by my attack. Then she crouched, clutching her stomach. I guess she didn't expect a physical attack from me and was lax in her defenses.So you were escorting my brother with this level of strength?My Of course, this conversation is spoken at a volume that my brother would never hear. Elira responded to the words my brother. I thought that no matter what the outcome of this mock battle, Elira and I would get along best among the elves, but it seems that maybe not.Why did you bother to have a mock battle with me? You had other options, like defeating monsters or fighting those three bums, didn't you?You're not going to be satisfied with just defeating a few monsters around here, are you?Of course not.From what you see around here, A rank is the strongest. No matter how many she beats at that level, I can't evaluate her.And even if I won a mock battle against those three, you could say we were cheating. Then it would be faster to fight you directly, right?Yes.Well, if you actually do win this mock battle, I'll just think those three elves were even more of a small fry than I thought.And another reasonShe said this as she slowly stood up as if the pain in her stomach had subsided. Then she pulled out her rapier and turned to me.Because I'm personally pissed off at you.Oddme too.Elira told me as I grabbed the rapier thrust and stopped it. I quickly let go of the hand holding the rapier and a close encounter between wizards began. But Elira was using her spirit magic like a rock.I didn't expect you to fight in close quarters.Really?When you are fighting a monster alone, there are inevitably situations where you have to fight in close quarters. That is why I trained in close combat on my own.You're also strong in close combat. But you're just strong in general.At the same time as she said those words, a rapier scratched my cheek. It would have been bad for my brother if I got a scratch on my face, so I quickly healed it without chanting and took a distance.Nothing special like your brother's uncommon reflexes. Quite normal.That's the wrong person to compare it to. My brother is the strongest in close combat and from now on, he will be the strongest at long range as well.She jerked at the word my again. As expected, she seems to be getting used to the erratic movements of the time enchantment, so I think I'll change the enchantment. I'm almost there.Spatial enchantment.DamnSpatial magic enchantments do not increase status nearly as much. Instead, it allows you to transfer to any place you want, as long as it's about 3 meters away. It'll take away a lot of magic power, though. I deliberately attacked a little slowly to make it easier to catch the attack, so Elira guarded with her rapier.Three more.I began to count down as I swung my mace at Elira.Two.One.Zero.With the countdown of 0, the rapier that caught the mace shattered away. That's what happens when you catch my mace with that thin sword over and over again. I don't have the reflexes like my brother, so I was blocking in a messy way. And while the rapier was broken, I hit her in the stomach with my mace. I didn't over swing so that she wouldn't get blown away. Then her head came down and I hit her in the jaw with the mace. Her body floated a little and her stomach became unprotected, so I swung the mace through her stomach this time.GaaahElira is on her knees, coughing up blood. I walked to her with ease. When I reached where she was, I lifted her chin up with my mace so that she would turn to face me.I guess I win the close combat.Then I gently lowered her a few meters as if to push her.Over Heal.What?I healed all of her wounds nicely. She looks puzzled by that. My brother, who was about to finish the mock battle, also looked puzzled. He looks so cute.Then I'll deal with you only with magic this time.Another viewpointIm.What's it? Ryu-chan.Why'd you leave him?Won't you want to see my darling's power after evolution?I'd like to see that.Besides, we need him to level up and evolve as soon as possible!Yeah.Maybe the elves will be destroyed, but that doesn't really matter, does it?Ah. No problem.
