Descent of the Legendary Archmage - Chapter 54

My provocation grew exponentially.

All 7 participating members of the juniors heard about my proposal,

and their reactions were largely divided into two categories.

“Okay. Let’s have a battle.”

3 out of the 7 gritted their teeth.

“Calm down, everyone. I don’t know how those words came out, but let’s talk about it first.”

3 out of the 7 suggested a peace plan.

“……Disaster rolls over and becomes a blessing. Why did this happen?”

“……?”

Soonchan was even more desperate and Adella was still calm.

The completely contradictory faces of bright and dark were quite worth seeing.

“Shin Hayul. What’s your intention?”

A man who listened to the conversation with silence from beginning to end.

Kang Shinwoo, the first place junior, looked me in the eyes and asked.

“Considering your personality, you don’t need to provoke. You must have an intention.”

Kang Shinwoo, the second son of the Shinmukang clan.

I have met him several times because he is also a famous family member in a direct line and he is similar in age.

“I have no intention. As I said, I just thought there was nothing like a battle to objectively check each other’s powers.”

“Son of a bit……”

The tall woman, who was in a scuffle with Adella, tried to swear for a moment but desperately endured it.

I think she managed to suppress her anger that soared again in my words.

“Whew……. Hey, is your goal to test our patience?”

The woman.

Jin Heeyoon laughed fiercely.

Speaking while half-biting her teeth was making the brutal atmosphere even more harsh.

“You better tell the truth when I still have something good to say.”

Emotional and moody.

It was exactly the information I researched.

“Are you going to beat us with your skills and take power over us?”

A huge man who intervened from behind when Adella and Jin Heeyoon had a scuffle.

Ma Jinseok hinted with sharp eyes.

‘……You are as sharp as I heard.’

A large muscly man. The man, who may seem to be all brawn, was surprisingly intelligent.

“Take power over us?”

“What do you mean?”

Kang Shinwoo, Jin Heeyoon, and Ma Jinseok.

The three geniuses who never missed first, second, and third place in the juniors.

These are the influential people of the current juniors.

“Literally. This sophomore wants to command us in this Olympiad.”

“Command us?”

“Yes.”

Jin Heeyoon glared at me with sharper eyes.

She looked ridiculous at the fact that a sophomore would command them.

“Is she right?”

I was silent.

It was a silence that said yes.

“You are so arrogant. You are puffed up by your intelligence.”

Jin Heeyoon, who understood my intention accurately, snorted as if she was dumbfounded.

“Hey, hey.”

As if she really couldn’t stand it anymore, Jin Heeyoon was no longer polite.

“I know you and Adella Stuart have great talent. I have seen you two fight. Probably……..”

Jin Heeyoon blurted her words with a very uncomfortable face.

It seems that she doesn’t want to say this but she acknowledged us.

“If you fight with us 1:1, you will have a high chance of winning.”

Expressing that you will have a high chance of winning would have been the last of her pride.

“But 3:7 is a different story. No matter how strong you are, you cannot beat more than twice the number.”

Jin Heeyoon desperately suppressed her emotions and took a deep breath.

“If it was about three years from now, you could have won. No, you would have won. I acknowledge it. I have never felt inferior to my talent, but I’m nothing compared to the two of you.”

The starting point of the modern study of magic as a magician is from the age of 17.

It is only after receiving artificial intelligence at the age of 17 that training as a magician begins in earnest.

In other words, the starting point for all magicians is from the age of 17.

Therefore, academy students who are 17~19 years old are bound to have a large difference in skills for each grade.

This is natural.

The juniors have been learning magic for over two years.

But, the sophomores have been learning for just a year.

There is a huge difference in training time.

It is hard to overcome the time difference that nearly doubles unless they are quite talented.

That’s why Jin Heeyoon is saying that.

After three years, it may be possible if they have reached a certain level of years and their talents have fully matured, but not yet.

“If it was 2:4, it might have been worth it. But…….”

Jin Heeyoon glanced at me, Adella, and Soonchan.

“It is not 3:7. Compared to the two of you, the power of the remaining one is below standard.”

“…….”

Soonchan’s face hardened.

He was convinced by the words “below standard,” but he also looked angry and mysterious.

“I will say it nicely for the last time.”

Jin Heeyoon took a deep breath once again.

As she spoke, she returned with a cool face.

“Apologize now. Then, I will let you go.”

Jin Heeyoon was demanding an apology for the words that seemed to have ignored them.

That’s understandable.

Rather, I was surprised that it was so reasonable.

Jin Heeyoon, who I know, should have already exploded in anger and said, ‘Okay, let’s have a battle.’

Why is she so calm?

“Yes. Do as Heeyoon says. I know you guys are strong. But, 3:7 dismisses us too much.”

Ma Jinseok supported Jin Heeyoon.

“And even if you didn’t have to do that, we were thinking of accepting your opinion actively.”

“My opinion?”

“Yes.”

Ma Jinseok pointed at Kang Shinwoo, who was watching the situation from behind.

“He said that. I don’t know about anything else, but his intelligence is beyond common sense, so it will not be bad to listen to him…….”

“…….”

Aha. That’s what it was.

I can understand why Jin Heeyoon was able to stay so calm.

In other words, the juniors have already finished discussing about me.

As they have already discussed about me once, they can control their feelings to some extent.

It is probably something like this.

“I’m just saying this because you seem to have misunderstood, but I didn’t suggest this 3:7 battle because I was ignorant of you.”

The 10 participants here are the best students in Korea.

There is no reason to ignore them.

“You are amazing, but we are much better than you. I’m trying to prove it.”

“……Ha.”

Jin Heeyoon’s anger finally exploded.

“The public will say that you ignore us. Didn’t you learn Korean? Can’t you empathize with feelings because all you have in your brain is magic?”

She seems to be insisting, ‘I have tried to be patient, but this is going too far.’

She had a ferocious face that seemed to embody anger.

“And you said you would actively accept my opinion, but that is literally, ‘acceptance.’”

“You are right. We will accept your opinion and share it…….”

“Nope.”

I interrupted Ma Jin-seok.

“I hope my opinion is not an option, but a basis for everything.”

“…….”

This time, the faces of Ma Jinseok and Kang Shinwoo also became harsh.

“So, is it like this?”

Kang Shin-woo opened his mouth again.

“We should shut up and obey you.”

“It’s a bit radical, but yes.”

“……Ha.”

Kang Shinwoo snorted.

He looks genuinely ridiculous.

“……Wow. I didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere from the beginning, so I tried to mediate somehow, but it really made me angry.”

Ma Jinseok’s forehead twitched.

His whole body tensed up and his muscles swelled up even more.

The blood vessels on his forearm seemed to insist that he want to hit me right now.

“I was going to quietly move on. But, I don’t think that is going to work. Shinwoo, are you okay?”

“Yes.”

Kang Shinwoo nodded with a face that was full of weight.

Ma Jinseok, who received Kang Shinwoo’s permission, turned to me again.

“Okay, let’s do it. Sophomores versus juniors, 3:7 team battle. But…….”

Ma Jin-eok’s sharp eyes pierced my eyes like a dragger.

“It is not fun if we just do it, right? Let’s make a bet. If you win, we will do as you say. We will follow your strategy and do what you tell us to do. But, if we win…….”

“All right, let’s do that.”

Let’s make a bet.

The answer was just what I was looking for.

There’s nothing more to hear.

“We haven’t told you what we will do if we win yet.”

Ma Jinseok’s spirit became more fierce.

“You can bet anything. It won’t happen anyway.”

There is a moment of silence.

“……Wow. You little bastard. You are making me mad.”

Jin Heeyoon sharply laughed and spat out a dirty curse.

“Great. Then we will do whatever we want. Don’t regret it later.”

“It won’t happen, so you don’t have to worry.”

I made eye contact with the juniors who were glaring at me and smiled leisurely.

“Oh, right. One more thing. Can I add a condition?”

“What is it?”

And I started at Jin Heeyoon again.

“Please apologize.”

“……Apologize?”

“Yes.”

I pointed to Soonchan, who is making a complicated face next to me.

“If we win, you should apologize properly for telling Soonchan that he was below standard.”

I am the only one who can knock him.

* * *

After that, all preparations proceeded quickly, starting with the selection of the stadium.

“I don’t have to explain the rules, do I?”

“We know.”

“No, you don’t have to.”

The rule of this 3:7 team battle is a simple siege match based on international rules, in which each team that takes away the flag placed in the random position first wins.

“You are familiar with the strategy.”

“Yes.”

“Yes, I memorized it all.”

As it is a simple rule, it is a perfect way to evaluate each other’s powers.

“But, did you have to do this?”

Soonchan asked very carefully.

“Do what?”

“Was it really necessary to fight so emotionally in a team battle? From what I heard earlier, I think they are going to listen to what you say from the beginning.”

“As I said before, it is not enough for them to listen to me. You’d know if you had a strategy planning meeting with me. No matter how good they think of me, would they accept that kind of strategy?”

“……Well, your strategy is not normal.”

Soonchan nodded as if he had understood.

“But if we win, will they really follow you? What if they have more repulsion?”

Soonchan offered a sharp opinion for some reason.

He seems worried that the repulsion caused by emotional friction will collapse the team.

“It’s alright. We just need to eliminate any repulsion.”

“Is there such a way?”

“Yes.”

“What is it?”

“We can beat them with overwhelming power so that there is no room for repulsion.”

Beat them with overwhelming power.

It makes the juniors acknowledge me deeply in their hearts.

“Can we do that? The more we press them, the more they bounce back.”

“Normally, it would be. But, it would not be like that this time.”

“Why?”

“Because our goal is the World Academy Olympiad gold medal.”

Olympiad gold medal.

The desire for it will melt down the repulsion of the juniors.

“Once we win, I will force them to acknowledge me, and I will slowly give them a carrot by suggesting the possibility that they can win the gold medal…….”

“Then, the repulsion disappears and the team naturally gathers around you?”

“That’s right. Everyone wants to win the gold medal.”

Once I can stand on top even by force, it is not that hard to get everyone to believe in me and follow me. Preparations for that have already been made perfectly.

All that is left is to win this battle.

“I know. Your role is the most important, you know?”

“If you keep giving me pressure, I will run away.”

Soonchan laughed.

He had a fighting spirit.

“Hey, are you running away from being ignored? Soonchan’s swag is dead.”

“Ah, I can’t stand it if you say it like that.”

Unlike his words, he seems to have no intention of running away.

“Show Jin Heeyoon, who was ignorant of you, and teach her a bitter lesson.”

“Of course. I won’t let her say that again.”

Why did I put Soonchan in the Olympiad participants?

Everyone will know why today.