107 106. North Area Third Match.txt (2/2)

This time, Ragne's sword of magic power is the first.

It restricts my movements, and then Perciona-san's blow joins in. This time Yokonagi was aiming at my leg. However, it's an attack that clearly wasn't expected to hit me. Probably, it was intended to make me jump in the air, and that's where Flanlure's magic was going to hit me.

I continue to examine the information obtained by the Dimension and take the best option.

I can feel my thinking power, which had been stagnant due to insomnia, sharpening.

Your tiredness comes full circle and you feel refreshed.

It's similar to the strange high tension of an all-nighter.

My reading of the battle is getting clearer and clearer.

With a move that resembles a prediction, I avoided Perciona-san's sword and Franlure's magic with a paper-thin line.

Once again, all three of them have a bitter look on their faces as they are scooped up by all the attacks.

However, the girls did not falter and continued to attack me with various tactics.

I also tried to attack when I saw an opening - but all of my attacks were played by Perciona's armor. She is always standing in front of me, and the lightly armed Lagune and Franllew are always ready to escape behind her.

If I force myself to attack the two lightly armed men, I'll be hit from the side by Perciona's stiff sword.

That said, attacking the full-maired Persiona-san is not easy either. She's robust, and if I take my time, the other two will get in the way.

I remain calm and continue to wait for time.

I'll try to avoid and observe. With my analytical skills, I knew that the more time I spent, the better off I would be.

As the three of us opened up our tactical drawers, the accuracy of my guesses would increase.

I'm confident that if I keep fighting, I'll be able to see through the drawers that haven't been opened.

I continue to take my time gathering information, watching the three of them work together in a beautiful coordinated attack.

It's truly a brilliant partnership.

It's almost tempting to keep watching.

But that's not going to happen.

I've declared that I'm serious, and I've been told not to waste time on Rustyala.

At last, the girls had finished their analysis, which they had been calculating in the corner of their heads, and it was time to fight back.

The battle lasted only a few minutes, but the amount of information it contained was enormous.

The contraction of muscles, the center of gravity, the line of sight, even the expressions on their faces, all of which I memorized in great detail, so it's no wonder.

And out of that muddled swirl of information, I draw an answer.

I get the certainty that these women will act in a certain way if they are in a certain situation - I get the certainty that they will act in a certain way.

“--I'll pack it in now.â

I take a step forward, confident in my victory.

I expose myself in front of the three onslaughters.

Confirming this, the three of them attacked again, without even looking at each other, with a new coordination.

There was no stagnation or misalignment there at all.

So.

Although the girls were fighting without even checking each other's positions, there were no mistakes.

The greatest strength of the ”Celestial Knights” team was their teamwork, which was made up of highly trained players.

And to put it another way, if you can break them down, you can win.

''-- Magical [Dimensional Winter (Di Winter)]

Using my scarce MP, I deploy a special magical winter.

And then it concentrates that cold air on Franlleure alone.

Instead of this one's ability to gather information, Flanruele became enveloped in a cold air that he could feel on his skin.

Even so, it didn't go so far as to interfere with his movements.

However, he would feel a sense of discomfort.

For example, if it was a movement to draw a sword, it would feel as if he was touching a new sword.

The more familiar you are with the discomfort, the greater the discomfort, the more you train, the greater the discomfort.

As a result, the beautiful coordination between the three of them is slightly broken.

The tempo of Flanruele slowed down slightly. A slight delay indeed. However, due to the splendid coordination, it is noticeable.

''Oi, Fran--!

No, no, Mr. President!　It's weirdly cold--!

Naturally, the people around her tried to follow.

Perciona-san grasped Franliure's condition and changed her position to match her slight delay. Ragne also slightly slows down the tempo of her attack to match the surroundings.

It's a splendid response.

However, I have to say it's just as I planned.

I continue to interfere with only Flanlure with Dimensional Winter (Di Winter).

My attention is distracted from the others, but it's no problem. Thanks to the information I gathered in the early stages of the game, I have a general idea of what Persiona-san and Ragne will do.

Flanruele's movements are getting more and more delayed.

The other two know the reason for that. Because they know, they try to adapt to Franlleure.

It was ideal as a team effort.

It's enough to make me want to try this kind of teamwork one day.

But unfortunately, it's hopelessly incompatible with my magic.

When the two of us are slowing down to match Franlure, I suddenly stop interfering with her.

Because of the fact that we were moving in Aun, this time, Franlleure sticks out.

I aim at Franlleure, the only one who has moved forward.

Naturally, the other two rush forward and try to save her.

But next time, only Ragne is late.

This time it's because I'm applying cold air only to her.

''Lagne!

All of a sudden, my hands and feet started to feel numb.

Mr. Perciona reprimands Ragne for his slow tempo and forces himself to follow Franlleure alone.

I stop pretending to attack Franlleure and taunt Persiona-san for forcing herself to rush forward.

Thus, in just a few seconds, their neat formation was broken.

Perciona-san, who played the role of the wall, moved away, and Franlleure, who played the role of the turret, was closest to me.

All three of us panicked as the formation collapsed.

First, Lagne-chan increased her speed in an attempt to make up for the delay.

In line with that timing, as a last resort, I gather cold air on Perciona-san, this time as a wall player.

''--gee.''

As a result, only the overly fast-paced Lagne-chan comes right beside me, alone.

I unleashed a flash of my full strength at her.

The weapon flicking technique that Rowen taught me, even the Sword of Magical Materialization flicks up.

My left hand leaps upwards as it is caught by the Sword of Magic Power, leaving Ragne defenseless.

Then I go to take her sword with my sword-less hand.

Precisely with the 《Dimension Decisive Operation (Gradiate)》, I strike the thin portion of flesh on her elbow. The nerves underneath the flesh were stimulated and Ragne-chan lost her grip on the sword.

Finally, he lightly tapped Ragne-chan's crucifixion sword and flicked it off.

This is the end for Ragne-chan.

Then the other two slash at me.

I took Ragnet-chan's sword, which was still about to fall to the ground, and blocked their swords with my twin swords.

I put all the muscular strength I could muster into one of them and pour all the magical power I could muster into the other.

There was no longer a need for spatial grasp.

The cold air of the 《Dimensional Winter (Di Winter)》, which was biased towards the icy attribute instead of the dimensional attribute, assaulted Persiona-san. On the contrary, Flanruele flicks the whole sword away with force.

With this, the division is successful.

I leave Persiona-san behind, throw away Ragne's sword and approach Franlleure.

I have to neutralize her before Perciona-san catches up with me.

I try to snatch the sword from her with my bare hands, just as I did with Lagne-chan. However, Franliure tried to avoid it as she was used to it.

Obviously, she reacts better than Lagune-chan. Although it wasn't marked on her status, there's no doubt that she has the knowledge of 'body arts'.

And the moment he grabbed Franloule's wrist, his body's balance was thrown off as if he was drawn in.

The minimum 《Dimension》 had captured the reality of the phenomenon. Franlure sat back, relaxed his hands, and sank down to use my strength to try to lose his balance.

I knew that strange 'body technique' in my language. I'm not sure, but it would be a technique similar to aikido or judo as it is called in my world.

If you move with this flow of power, the next moment the one who is falling down is me. Immediately I predicted the end point of that flow of power with the Dimension Decisive Operation (Gradient). I predict it, understand it, and derive a response to it.

I knew that if this was the case, I would be knocked to the ground. So, instead of going against the momentum of being thrown, he would spin around in the air and land on his feet, riding the flow of force.

Flanlure was surprised to see the throw teased out in a strange move.

He took advantage of the opportunity and threw her up into the air with the force of only his left hand.

If they continue to team up and fight for their swords, it will take time. I chose to throw them up in the air and remove them from the battlefield rather than spend time on them.

''What--?

Flanlure let out a cry of surprise and flew through the air.

It was a forceful tossing off that let her muscles do the work, but it seemed to be effective.

She had grabbed Franlure's wrist with considerable force, and the pain caused her to let go of her sword.

It was supposed to be a simple dismemberment measure, but now Franlleure was retired.

In the end, it was just a force to be reckoned with. Franlleure is jumping up so high in the sky that even I, who threw him, pulled back. While I'm watching, I intercept Perciona, who is approaching from behind.

Now it's completely one-on-one.

There's no need for any more tricks.

My opponent, Perciona-san, seems to understand my spirit.

She slashed at me with a beast-like roar.

''--Magic 《Dimension Decisive Operation (Gradient)

The great black sword and my sword clash.

Of course, I was the one who was played back.

I still can't compete with her 11.00 or so muscle power.

It creates a big gap.

As my stance collapses, her second attack comes at me.

But it doesn't matter how I avoid it if it's one-on-one. I twist my body to the limit and dodge it.

Then, with that twisting momentum, I slash the sword up from directly below.

A dull metallic sound sounds as it strikes the belly of the black armor.

Although her body shifts a bit to the side due to the impact, the armor itself is unharmed. As I thought, it seems that I am unable to destroy this black armor now.

''--It can't be helped.''

I give up.

I didn't want to hurt the woman's body as much as possible, but that's not the case with Perciona-san.

I dodge her sword, which is attacking me further, with a single piece of paper, and stab my sword into the gap in her armor.

''Kook--!

Mr. Perciona grunts.

But still I don't stop my hand. I relentlessly attack my right hand, which is holding the sword.

The gap in the protective glove-like thing that protects my fingers, the gap between the basket hand and the armor, the gap at the shoulder joint, I rip it all open.

And then a few seconds of swordplay pass, and he strikes his sword in time with Perciona's great swing.

Not head-on, of course. He strikes hard from behind the swinging sword.

As a result, Persiona-san couldn't support it with her slashed right arm, and she let go of the great sword.

With a loud sound with a clang, the great sword falls to the ground.

''--Kuch. As I thought, we are no match for one on one?

Perciona-san, whose sword was played, muttered bitterly and fell to her knees.

Finally, I turned my consciousness to the sky.

Franlleure, who had lingered for a few seconds in time, was about to return.

''Franlleure!''

I call out to her.

My eyes meet hers, which are slightly teary-eyed.

I thrust my sword into the ground and tell her that I'm willing to accept it. She nods and responds to me.

I use 《Dimension》 to determine the landing point and I run.

Then, I receive her softly with both hands.

I turn around in a princess hug and kill the momentum of my run.

I meet eyes with Franlure in my arms.

I think I took it as softly as I could, but maybe there's a sore spot somewhere. He keeps turning his moist eyes towards me.

'Uh, um, are you okay ......?'

I check it out.

'Jesus Christ ......--Ouch!

He suddenly tried to hug me and I let go of him quickly.

'Gee, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... ......

My body was moving on its own, my bitterness towards her.

I reach out to Franlleure, who is in pain from falling on her buttocks.

'No, no. It's okay. It's better than falling to the ground like that. ......

Causing Flanlure, I check my surroundings.

Just as I finished checking the situation, the moderator was about to declare.

''--Decided!　I was too fast to see the order in which they dropped their weapons, but after a rigorous review, I found out that Kanami was the last one to drop his weapon!　And it looks like the reason he dropped his weapon is so he can hold Miss Helvillestein!　All the women in the room are thrilled with that gentlemanly end!

It was another malicious announcement.

I'm going to pretend right away that I didn't drop Franlleure roughly.

He thinks that would be more exciting.

''-- Aikawa Kanami, you've fulfilled your victory condition!　We're in the fourth round!

And the match is over.

With their weapons sheathed, Perciona-san and Ragne-chan come over to us to shake our hands with calm faces.

First of all, I shake hands with Lagne-chan.

''No, I lost wonderfully. There was no third time, dammit.

Although she's talking hatefully with her mouth, her face doesn't look regretful.

While telling me to get serious, it looks like Lagne-chan wasn't serious at all.

''No, Lagne-chan, you weren't serious at all. ......

In my opinion, she is highly regarded.

It's partly due to her resemblance to Rowen, who is the strongest enemy at the moment, but her aloofness is unfathomable. As far as her status is concerned, she is not a threat. However, although it's hard to put into words, I feel a 'strength that cannot be expressed in numbers'.

Ragne-chan smiled thinly and didn't answer anything.

Then, Perciona-san next asked for a handshake.

''Brilliant, Kanami-dono. I didn't expect you to be outright defeated on these terms: ......

'No, that was an excellent partnership, too. It was quite nerve-wracking to break it down.

We hold each other's hands and congratulate each other on a job well done.

The sincerity of Ms. Perciona's attitude is calming. If it weren't for the strange ramblings, I think I'd get along with her.

'I see. ....... Then, as promised, you can take my flanlure with you. It's a winner's reward. ......

Yes. Well, feel free to talk to me about--

Unfortunately, my positive impressions of Mr. Perciona were limited to this.

Then you can confess to Fran, or do whatever you want. You can ask her to marry you or whatever you want. Hoosiers have your full support. I don't care what Lauravia says, I'm ready to make you a Celestial Knight!

Oh, come on. Don't be like that.

Mr. Perciona said something outrageous in an exquisitely loud voice so that his voice could enter the microphone held by the moderator.

Sure enough, the moderator overheard it and exclaimed excitedly.

''--I knew you were going to bring him into the room and confess to him, Kanami!　And, what a relief from your country!　The quintessential Lauravian 'hero'!

After all, he pretended my denial wasn't there: .......

I feel it's not an exaggeration to say that my biggest enemy is this MC.

''But you can't stop him from winning on this big stage!　It would be a shame to see a contestant as interesting as he is to have a girlfriend, but let's send him off with a round of applause!　Goodbye, Mr. Kanami, Mr. Flanlure!　Enjoy the rest of the day!

This moderator ...... feels like he's completely licking me: .......

It's oddly familiar after only two games. And that's only to me.

I sigh and gloat over the devastation.

Next to him, Perciona-san also sighs.

''Ha, Lagne ....... I've done all I can with this, haven't I ......?

He was beginning to complain as if the tedious work was finally over.

Yes, I think it's okay. It looks like he was doing what he could do, despite his clumsiness.

I couldn't do this kind of mission in the first place: ....... That kind of thing was left up to Palinclone and Hopes, so it's no good in the sky ....... So I'm going to go back to Hoosiers and move on to the knight's training. I'll leave the rest to you .......

Yes, sir.

Perciona-san walked out of the arena at a fast pace.

'Let's go then. Kanami's brother.''

'Oh, Ragne, you're coming with me too ......?　Oh, is that ......?

After that, I left the cheering host and the crowd and left the arena with Franlleure and Ragnet.