Hard Work Will Never Betray Me (WN) - Chapter 135

As a result of the lottery amidst Marie’s creation, the tournament was as follows.

　1st match. Gilbert vs. Hans.

　2nd match. Claudia vs. Hemrut.

　3rd match. Lily vs Lieselotte.

　Match 4. Werner vs Eleonora.

　5th match. Eberhard vs. Nadia.

　6th match. Helene vs Leon.

　Match 7. Markus vs Iris.

　Match 8. Oscar vs Emilia.

　Match 9. Johan vs.Christophe

 “Oh, my opponent is Emilia. I’m good!” 

My opponent is Gilbert  ……. This is a little tough.

“Wow, my opponent is Eberhard?

I’m sure.　Nadia, you’re done.

“Hey!　You’re not supposed to talk to me that way!”

” You’re right, Claudia. I don’t think you’ve got the guts!”

“I’m sorry. ……”

　It seems that everyone is both happy and sad about the outcome of this lottery. …… No, no one seems to be happy or sad,. Everyone here has their own unique strengths. You can’t let your guard down no matter who you are dealing with.

” if you are not good enough, you will lose. That much is certain.”

Eleonora of the East House said so. The first round of the tournament will be held on the first day of the month, so we have to be on our guard today.

“Well, we have time to finish the first match today. Well, I think we both want to give it our all, so let’s limit it to one match a day after tomorrow. ……Let’s start with the first match. Gilbert and Hans. Get ready.”

‘Yes, !”

“Eberhard. You will help me “0.

“Yes, . All right, you’re a real handful, you know that?”

“Don’t complain. I’ll reduce your dinner.”

‘I don’t think that’s fair!”

　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 In doing so, one must draw a complex pattern of magic circle while pouring highly precise and dense magic power around the perimeter, so it requires a lot of nerves.

　If I make even the slightest mistake, I have to redo the work from the beginning. Even the slightest deviation is not allowed. It is even necessary to level the ground before drawing the magic circle, because it is impossible to know if the magic circle will work properly on rough ground.

　I wonder how people used to make such a complicated spell. Well, thanks to this spell, the number of people injured or killed in military or academy simulations has decreased dramatically, so it is an important spell with a very high value.

“Okay, then, let’s activate the magic circle. Eberhard, are you ready?”

“. I’m ready.”

　I kneaded up magic power at Marie’s signal, and we both simultaneously poured magic power into the magic circle that spread across the field in front of the mansion A large amount of magical power is lost all at once, but thanks to this, the “spiritual sanctuary” is safely constructed.

“The magic circle is now in place. This is the ‘spiritual sanctuary’ I have heard so much about. ……”

I can feel a tremendous pressure.

　”The difficulty level is S rank if you are exercising alone. ”

“The first match will be enough for the time being. After tomorrow’s second match , we’ll have to redevelop it each time.”

“We’re going to do this again tomorrow? “Come here , Lin-chan!”

　　　　　I summoned Divine Beast and went to the Divine Beast Realm (?). I summoned Lin-chan, who was sleeping in a place called Divine Beast Realm (?).

　Lin-chan cannot speak, but she seems to somehow understand the meaning of what i am say. I can somehow understand her feelings and what she wants to say just by looking at her and listening to her cries, even if she don’t use words. And through daily communication using my sixth sense super-senses, I somehow recognized the existence of the divine beast world, which is the home of Rin-chan’s heart.

　However, it seems that just because I stayed in the human world for an extended period of time did not mean that I would get sick or that one I would have a limited amount of time to stay in this world like the Titans of Light do. However, it seems that Lin and the other divine beasts are somewhat more comfortable in the divine beast world than in the human world.

　So, when there was nothing to do, or when she had enough fun with me during the day and was not that lonely, she would often go to the beast world. Well, I kind of know how you feel. No matter how close one was to friends, by the end of the day, one would want to go home. At least it’s worked that way in my previous life, I didn’t have that many friends, but in this life, I live happily surrounded by friends like Lily and Mei, so I understand the feeling.

” Let’s go for the ‘Dragon Vein Astral Connect’!

“Pyuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!”

I put my hand on her back (it is getting harder and harder for me to hold her anymore, she has grown so much in the past 9 months or so and is now about 1 meter long. She has grown so much and I ask her to perform the “Dragon Vein Connection” for me. I’ve also become quite good with it over the past year, but it still takes a few hours to recover all the magic power, and it was no match for Lin-chan, the divine beast that she is.

. She is a divine beast that is said to be similar to a spirit. Incidentally, Marie is a human (High Elf race ), but she is a skilled mage who has lived for 200 years, so she can recover all her magic power in a few minutes, though not as fast as a divine beast. If a small amount of recovery time is taken between battles, it will be impossible to reduce Marie’s magical power forever. I am probably more powerful than Marie when it comes to the maximum instantaneous firepower of my attacks, but in other fields, I am still not at Marie’s level. She is my third master.

“Now, Gilbert and Hans. Step forward.”

“Yes.”

Marie instructed them to come forward.

“The defeat does not mean that the training has not been effective. But you must learn how well you can fight now and what you can do now compared to a year ago.”

“Yes!”

On the one hand, Gilbert, a third-year student at the Knight Academy, is skilled in swordsmanship and proud of his invincible offensive ability at close range.

On the other hand, Hans, who uses a somewhat rare non-attribute magic called “telekinesis” and is good at using water and other fluid weapons to physically attack and keep enemies at a mid-range distance at bay.

I learned telekinesis from Marie and can use it, but I am no match for Hans in terms of the mass and speed at which I can move. Gilbert’s swordsmanship is so strong that even though I have the Hokusho Bujinryu, I don’t think I can win at all if I don’t have my ” robe” deployed.

Which of the two will really win? If I can get close enough to Hans to get around his defenses and attacks, Gilberto will win. Conversely, Hans would win if he could keep Gilbert at bay.

“Then, both of you, take your positions and …… begin!”

The final  trial , in which the culmination of a year’s hard work would be put to the test, had just begun.