Volume 4 Chapter 21 - The old man enters the old man battlefield. (2/2)

This was something I called “opening the door”, the only thing I would call my trump card.

[Sorry.] (Yuuya)

The vice captain of the knight order was blown away as he collapsed onto the ground.

Opening the door and concentrating the power on my legs, I released the fastest Shukuji possible while thrusting my blade forward as quickly as possible with a single hand resulting in a dash that doesn’t even get perceived by my opponents. Using this, I took out the vice captain while his subordinates were focused on surrounding me.

[Vice captain!]

[I-, I could even see it. Is that even possible?]

[Don’t panic, there’s still three of us left.]

I closed the door as the white aura was as exhausting as it was powerful. I would have to conserve my stamina for the battles after this as I’ve already defeated the vice captain responsible for their cooperation. This battle can be won even without opening the door as I continued to walk towards my next target.

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The qualifiers has been decided as the winner of each block has been confirmed.

The winners for each block were me, Prince Aleck’s knight, the captain of the knight order and a young knight of the knight order. Every block ended as expected aside from block D as cries of joy and frustration could be heard. With this, the matches for the final knockout stages were announced with a projection magic tool.

The participants for the first round was me and the captain of the knight order while Prince Aleck’s knight was battling against the young knight. Among the audience, foodstands were loudly advertising their food and alcohol as the final rounds were announced. People were running around placing bets on the matches while buying tickets to the actual matches themselves.

[…. That was dangerous.] (Yuuya)

As expected of the elite knights of the Laluzulu Knight order. I was completely pushed to a corner.

Having a numbers advantage in a battle was tremendous as I immediately took out the enemy’s leader and removing their chain of command. I would have lost otherwise as there were several dangerous moments even after defeating their leader. Since the allocated break was increased to an hour to allow the audience to place their bets, it was possible for me to return to the VIP seats to meet up with the girls while catching my breath.

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Returning to my seat, the girls were still there as I realized that they were watching my battle.

[Yuuya, that was amazing! Luna has never seen such a fast and powerful thrust!] (Luna)

[Yes, you’ve never showed that to me either.. Yuuya, you can’t explain that without saying that it’s a skill. Even so with your current status, the calculations aren’t right. Thinking about it, there has been several times you’ve showed us things that aren’t possible with your stats.] (Phil)

As expected of Phil, she deduced it right away.

[Right before I reset my level, I had obtained a power to increase my stats equal to an average person. Since it was something that couldn’t be detected just by my status alone, it gave me the chance to defeat the vice captain immediately who had grasped the limit of my status.] (Yuuya)

[What the. That’s amazing!? Yuuya-niisan, teach me that too!] (Til)

I shook my head as I refused to explain the white aura for two reasons.

[Luna gets it somehow. The moment Yuuya became fast, everything turned white!] (Luna)

[Lies, I didn’t see anything you know.] (Til)

[Same for me.] (Phil)

Shockingly, it seems Luna was able to see the white aura.

The first reason why I didn’t want to teach anybody about the aura, was because it was extremely dangerous to do so. It took a near-death experience for me to recognize the aura flowing out of my body.

[If you can’t see the aura, then I won’t be able to teach you. Luna on the other hand might be able to do it.] (Yuuya)

[Uhn! Yuuya, teach me!] (Luna)

[Ughh, this is frustrating. I’ll definitely learn to see it!] (Til)

Til looked frustrated as she squeezed Luna’s nose.

[You may have the talent, but it’s still too early for me to teach Luna. If used incorrectly, you won’t be able to move a single finger. Think back to what happened in Rumberg with the Killer Ape. That wasn’t because I took too much damage from its attacks, but because I had overused the white aura.] (Yuuya)

That was the second reason. You wouldn’t be able to move after using it. Although there was a limit to how much you could use, it varied depending on your physical condition and strength. Unless you could gauge your own physical condition perfectly, it will be dangerous.

[Yuuya, it’s too early but once Luna grows stronger, will you teach me?] (Luna)

[Ah. Sure, I promise. If that time comes I’ll teach Luna.] (Yuuya)

[Hurray!] (Luna)

I had told the girls to bet on me yesterday as I was familiar with the gambling culture. At the very least, I made sure to keep a reserve of cash we would need for our journey. However, it was a little worrisome as we had a large amount of money hence the amount we had placed was large as well. Since this was the biggest event of the kingdom, there were many aristocrats and rich merchants participating and placing large sums of money into the pool, which drastically reduces the amount we could earn by winning the bet. However, it was still a profit.

That’s why the magic knight’s rating was low.

However, unlike the qualifying round, the knockout stage consisted of one versus one battles.

[It’s time for me to head back. I’ll do my best for the rest of the tournament. When I come back, I’ll be the strongest knight.] (Yuuya)

[Yuuya, do your best!] (Luna)

[If you win, then you can get a nice private reward from me! Yuuya-niisan, I’ll let you look at my chest every now and then.] (Til)

[….Til. By a reward you mean a punishment right?] (Phil)

[Hiiieee. Oneechan, forgive me it’s just a joke.] (Til)

It’s nice to hear that they are still full of energy. I’ve gotten a good break before the final although it’s a shame I didn’t get to meet Lutra.

Let’s be sure to win the two remaining matches convincingly.