Chapter 10 (1/2)

Mightiest Melee Magician

Chapter 10

“……”

“Th–that…”

As the dust storm filled the testing grounds, none of the people watching Ruin could say anything.

Only soft exclamations could be heard.

All eyes were locked on the dust.

As the dust slowly settled, only the figure of Ruin standing in the middle of the field could be seen and loud shouts of astonishments were heard.

“That! There’s no way! What the hell?!”

The scarecrows provided for each examination was set to 30.

And Michael held the record with his 13 knocked down.

However,

“Is-is there only… three left?!”

It was easy to work out Ruin’s score, as it was faster to count the scarecrows that didn’t go down.

“What? 27?”

“27! It’s the highest record for !”

27.

The number of scarecrows that Ruin knocked down while using .

That Ruin knocked d-

No.

Rather, he had obliterated the scarecrows to the point where you couldn’t tell which part went where.

The reactions from the other students were varied.

“S-so… uh… What did I just see?”

“Did he… just punch them while holding his magic?”

“That’s what you saw as well? I thought I saw wrong… But why is his movement so fast? I thought I was looking at a Swordmaster or something…”

“Are we even sure that’s magic?’

The professors were also in a similar state.

In the history of the academy, this was the first time they had seen such a performance, and had been shocked quite a bit.

“This is… amazing. To use magic in such a manner.”

Tirion gave out a genuine compliment, and Hydel could barely contain his smile.

“That’s right. This is very surprising.”

Of course, there were some opposing opinions as well.

Professor Elrick, who was frozen in shock, shook himself awake.

“D-Director, shouldn’t that disqualify them of their mark?”

“What are you saying, Professor Elrick.”

“Could we say that it was magic we saw? F-from what I saw… that’s closer to the Aura Blades that Knights use.”

“Didn’t Professor also see the Fireballs that were conjured atop his palm?”

“Of-of course I saw it… I have never heard of magic like that. For a magician to hold magic in their fists and punch with it… How sacrilegious… “

At the lengthening excuses of Professor Elrick, Tirion slightly narrowed his eyes.

He didn’t want to hear any more of it.

“We’ll talk about his evaluation later. How about congratulating Ruin for now? He probably has been looking forward to this for the last 6 years.”

When Director Tirion said it like that, Professor Elrick had no choice but to stop.

“Ruin, that was impressive.”

As Tirion started clapping and stood from his seat, Professor Hydel, not wanting to lose, also started clapping.

This spread across the entirety of the testing grounds.

“Good job, Ruin!”

“Congratulations!”

There were a few cheers and whistles as well.

Professor Elrick, seeing this, could only shut his mouth and silently clap along.

* * *

During the test.

I didn’t know how many scarecrows I’d hit.

I just destroyed whatever moved and continued to do so, even after had ended.

As the siren rang to signify the end of my test time, I was quite disappointed by the number of scarecrows still standing before me.

But…

What was this?

‘3?’

There were only 3 scarecrows left.

It was the greatest record since the founding of the prestigious academy.

‘For it to be this much…’

As I looked around after being bewildered at the circumstance, the shouts of the surprised students were heard.

Followed with,

“Is that really magic?”

“……”

A large number of doubts were poured out on me.

But I didn’t avoid them.

Didn’t I expect this before going in?

The fact that my magic would seem weird to them, and that they would judge and show disdain towards things that were different to them.

So rather, I decided to meet it head-on.

Because no matter if I destroyed 27 or destroyed 30, my performance needed to be acknowledged as magic.

That’s why I held my head up high and faced the professors directly.

‘Mountain.’

I needed to be acknowledged by them to receive my mark and overcome the trial known as ‘graduation’.

That’s why they were a mountain I must climb over.

But… would it be fine for me to relax a little?

“Ruin! That was impressive!”

“……”

The reactions weren’t normal.

Director Tirion was calling for applause while laughing heartily, and Professor Hydel was also smiling while looking at me.

The mood also swept across the entirety of the testing grounds, and all 110 of my peers were also applauding for me.

“Good job, Ruin!”

“Congratulations!”