Hard Work Will Never Betray Me - CH 144

Now, next up is the third match of the second round, Leon vs. Iris. Leon, being the oldest, is a tough opponent who attacks with his strong and steady offensive power, solid defense, and flexible response based on his experience.

Iris, on the other hand, is stealthy and aggressive, but has no defense at all.

Leon is a well-balanced fighter (but more of a defensive type) versus Iris, who specializes in strategic stealth attacks. In this match, if all goes well, Leon, who has both defensive and offensive abilities, will likely have the upper hand.

“Let’s begin!”

Marie called out to the two as they began the battle. Iris immediately activates her light attribute spells and hides somewhere in this large, open area. Normally, this is where Iris’ monopoly would begin. …………

“Iris is not going to be able to use that move on me.”

The Steel spell is used to create a sphere of steel like a torchka, which is then locked away inside. The surface of the tochka shines as if it were polished to a smooth surface, reflecting sunlight like a mirror.

“What that !?”

Iris’s attack hits the tochka and, as …… expected, it is deflected and deflected in the wrong direction. It is a mirror reflection.

The next moment, a lot of spines grew out of the tochka and shot out to the surrounding area. 20 meters of flying spines stuck into the ground, but if such a thing sticks, it is impossible to avoid serious damage.

‘This is terrible, At this rate, she will be beaten one way or the other.”

Lily, who had somewhat recovered from the previous match, sat down on a chair and spoke to me. As she said, Leon may be a serious enemy for Iris. For Iris, who handles light, a mirror is the ultimate protection. Even if he tried to do something about the mirror, he would not be able to shoot through the iron wall behind him without a considerable amount of heat.

In addition, the attack from the other side is also nasty. If iris does not know where it is, it is enough to attack it equally in all directions around it. Although inefficient, it is certainly the most effective attack.

There is just not enough offensive power to break through the defenses, and there is no way on Iris’s side to block an attack from the other side. ………… This may be a dead end.

Now, Iris. How do you fight back?

Leon moves with the tochka and attacks the area. At this rate, it’s only a matter of time before Iris gets hit.

Leon’s one-sided attack continued for a while. The change came when there were almost no places left that had not already been hit.

The “solar cannon.”

” Iris’s special skill, which had blown Markus away, hit Leon’s mirror tochka. The strike was thought to be quite powerful, but the lasers were bounced off the thick armor and shiny surface, and the laser beam dissipated into thin air.

“I’ll take this match!”

Leon, who had gained confidence by completely blocking Iris’s special attack, declared. But Iris’ attack did not stop there.

“—- ‘Convergent Solar Cannon Penetrate’”

As usual, the surroundings become dim for a moment, and a laser beam is fired from Iris, who is probably hiding in a small area that has not yet been attacked by Leon. ……, but this time the attack is a little different from the previous attacks. The laser beam fired from Iris was nearly invisible.

The next moment, Leon’s steel tochka collapsed.

“……, it’s a victory!　Winner, Iris.”

Marie was surprised, but she was the judge. As she moves closer to Leon, she sees that the piece of the tochka has a tiny hole in it.

“Iris…… this?”

I asked Iris, who had come to check on Leon, and she answered me matter-of-factly and without change of expression.

“The power output of the “solar beam ” cannot be increased from that level. So I kept the output the same and reduced the irradiated area to 1/1000.”

“Iris,……, are you serious,……?

Did she know that the impact of a handgun bullet is only equivalent to being hit by a bicycle? Normally, you would not think that an impact of that level would penetrate a human body. However, if all of that impact were concentrated on a single point with an area of just the tip of a finger, ……?

The rest, as you can imagine, is the power of that bullet. It’s that simple. If you can’t change the output, then narrow the area of effect.

Iris did the same thing with the “solar beam ” spell. In this way, the heat per area was amplified 1,000 times, and Iris penetrated the thick armor of that steel plate with a mirrored surface. The “Iris” was thought to be in trouble against Leon, who had perfected his countermeasures against Iris, but he won a tactful come-from-behind victory.

“……Iris may have a good sense of fighting,”

“I am embarrassed.”

Iris, with a slight blush on her cheeks, looked pleased with her victory.

✳︎.

After the match between Iris and Leon , which ended with such a surprise turn of events, came the final match of the second round, Oscar vs. Christophe.

Christophe’s unexpected strength and brutal fighting style were already known in the first round, and Oscar was not happy to face him.

“I don’t intend to lose, but …… I don’t want to fight him. “.

“I don’t think I can have a good match with him.”

“I don’t want to fight him, . I’m glad I lost to Iris, .”

“I was burned to a crisp, though.”

“Don’t say that!”

Well, there is a big difference between being burnt to a crisp by an ugly bastard and being burnt to a crisp by a beautiful girl, even if she is not very expressive. I don’t want to be made to suffer by a bastard for the rest of my life.

“I’ll at least put some flowers on it ”

“I’ll pick up your bones.”

“Don’t you talk like that!　Listen, I’m going to win!　………… Even if I don’t win, I’m going to fight hard!　Don’t you dare mess with Oscar here, the local king of the Dangermeier Flame!”

“Well, you know, you can get a local praise.”

“I was a famous thief in my local guild. ……”

“Damn!　You guys better remember that!”

The frog in the well knows the sea. In that regard, I think this training program is a very good plan that brings together young men and women of great skill from all over the country. Well, it seems that there is one person who doesn’t understand the meaning of this program at all. ……

“All right, then.”

The match between Oscar and Christophe begins.

“…… don’t be on the receiving end of it,. I’m going to fight and fight and fight so I don’t look like a fool!　Salamander Breath!”

A huge breath, several meters in diameter, is emitted from Oscar. It was a human pyrotechnic attack, the kind of attack that firemen would look up to. However, Christophe is completely unmoved and counteracts it with water-based spell.

“I can’t see anything!　”

If it had been magic of a normal scale, the fire would have been drowned out by the water, and Christophe’s fierce onslaught would have begun. But Oscar’s spell was too powerful to be described as mere fire. A vapor of intense heat rose up all around the area, blocking the vision of Oscar and the others.

“I’m sure that’s what Christophe was aiming for!　But if he can’ t see it, he’s going to have to burn it all down!

“Hellfire burst!’

An out-of-standard flame, as if the “Salamander Breath” from earlier had been directed in all directions, blasted out. The amount of magic power expended by Oscar must have been more than half, but he did not slow down his attack.

I’m sure …… he realizes it too. He knows that there is a wall of talent separating him and Christophe. That is why he continues to choose to fight with reckless abandon. Only by doing so, he can find a way to make the most of his advantage over the superior Christophe.

However.

“…… is nothing more ……. You guys are so naive.”

The next moment I thought I heard a voice from somewhere.

“Gu,…… ghd ……,”

The figure of Oscar, who is falling down after being pierced through the —- stomach,—-, and the figure of Christophe, who is sticking out his right arm with a black thorn-like thing on it, came into view from the other side of the white cloudy vapor.