Chapter 307 (2/2)

「Trash that won’t stop spitting out nonsense. You sounded so ridiculous that I thought you were casting some new kind of curse.」

Sergey began shaking with anger upon Ein’s display of disdain towards him.

「H-How dare you… And here I thought I would show you a little mercy because I didn’t want to hurt a cute girl like you, but it appears that you don’t know your place…!」

Sergey thrust his magical-ring equipped fingers towards Ein and began performing a chant.

「O wind, tear my crazed opponent into dust… Tornado!」

「Magic Guard – Wind」

Sergey’s magic harmlessly bounced off Ein’s Magic Guard.

「N-No way! My magic!」

「Your chant is slow, your magic conversion is slow, and the concentration is shallow. I’m more surprised that you actually thought I wouldn’t be able to guard against such a level of magic.」

It was common knowledge among magic users that magic could be guarded against with Magic Guard.

Being able to quickly examine the oncoming magic and determine the applicable Magic Guard to use was a requirement for becoming an efficient magic user. (is there a term for this? sorcerer? magician? 魔法使い)

This goes the same for the attacker. You’d want to defeat your opponent before they put up a Magic Guard, or use magic that would be sufficient enough to break through their Magic Guard. Only a magic user capable in both of these fields could truly be considered skilled.

Sergei’s magic was naive and easily read by the opponent, and on top of that it was weak and easy to defend against. That was all there was to it.

「I-It can’t be… O-Oh, I know! You probably serve a support role for that boy! That’s why-」

「Wind Arrow」

「Gyah!」

Caught off guard by the magic launched towards his feet, Sergey was about to lose his balance.

After Sergei somehow managed to avoid falling over, Ein let out a sigh, to which Sergei’s face grew deep red in embarrassment.

「Dammit…! So you were a magic user! You tricked me by wielding that longsword! But now that I know that, I won’t hold back! Witness my supreme swordsmanship!」

Ein coldly stared at the roaring Sergey charging at her with his sword.

Ein showed no signs of reaching for her sword.

Seeing that, Sergey grew all the more sure that Ein was a magic user not familiar with the handling of a sword. That would mean she wouldn’t even have the time to put up an Attack Guard… No, even if she did, he would easily break through it and take her down.

Sergey decided to use his ultimate technique to truly show this woman once and for all how much of a fool she was to underestimate him.

Thinking, 「Yes, this will do it…!」, Sergey shouted out.

「Here it comes, my secret technique- Argh!」

Ein threw a kick aiming at the gap in his protective armor.

His body then bent in an L shape as he flew back with glittering saliva shooting out his mouth.

After falling onto the ground, he proceeded to roll to the corner of the stage.

He eventually stopped moving with an idiotic look on his face with his mouth wide open.

Ein did not even bother looking at the white-eyed twitching Sergei, and instead grimaced at his disgusting saliva that had landed on the stage. She dodged his attack at the last moment, but she risked the chance of that saliva splattering into her.

「I see… Secret Technique Argh, huh? Truly a force to be reckoned with…」

The knight watching over their fight with a dumbfounded face then recollected himself and declared Ein to be the victor.

At the same time, the crows roared with praise to the victory earned by Ein, who had won without even drawing her sword.

The fight had clearly shown the difference in ability between the two combatants.

However, because Sergey’s actions were so idiotic, the spectators just thought that he was a mistaken fool who was appropriately taken out by a qualified opponent.

At the same time, there were also those that recognized her spirit as a knight due to how she avoided going all out against an opponent who was clearly much weaker than her.

However, most of the spectators did not even realize that Ein won the match without drawing her sword.

「…Hmph, ridiculous.」

With her back against the roaring crowd, Ein muttered those words.