Hard Work Will Never Betray Me (WN) - Chapter 136

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

　Marie called out, and the battle began. First, Gilbert, a skilled melee fighter, drew his sword, cast “Body Enhancement” on his body, and charged at Hans. Hans, on the other hand, calmly cast a water-attribute spell, making about one ton of water float in the air. Hans then made the mass of water surround him, spinning it around his own body. The water mass with considerable weight orbits around Hans at a very high speed.

“A water shield!　But I’ll cut through even that!””

“How about that!”

Gilbert-closes the distance at once with his graceful step and swings his two-handed sword at Hans. Hans, however, did not lose his fearless smile.

“What?”

We had thought that Gilbert’s cut would slice through Hans’ water shield and knock him off his feet. But to our surprise, Gilbert’s two-handed sword did not cut through the water shield, but was simply brushed aside.

“Oh well, it was the water flow!”

Hans was not just sending a mass of water floating around him. He was creating a water flow in a certain direction and at a considerable speed. Moreover, the mass of the water was lightly one ton. Gilbert’s sword fight, no matter how sharp it was, was only as heavy as a person could wield.

“This is where I really come into play!　—- ‘Suio-ken’!”

Hans split the water around him into several pieces and shot them all at Gilbert at once.

“Damn!”

　But it was Gilbert. Even though there are several water lumps the size of a basketball flying toward him at a tremendous speed, he manages to avoid being hit by even a single one of them.

“He can catch this?”

“Nuh-uh!　Sweet!”

　Gilbert , who has cut off all the water lumps, then strike at Hans with the same momentum. Hans, who already had nothing to protect himself, was unable to avoid or prevent himself , and was slashed with all his might.

“Aaaaah!”

“It’s over!　The winner, Gilbert!”

　Hans, who had been striked in the torso, falls to the ground.

“Hans!”

　I rushed over to see that Hans was not injured at all, and that he had only fainted with a slightly pained look on his face.

“I see, come to think of it, you can’t get hurt inside this boundary, right? Something doesn’t feel quite right. ….”..

“It’s counter-intuitive.”

　Claudia, who came next to me, muttered.

‘You’re next, aren’t you, Claudia?”

‘Yes. I don’t know if I can win.”

“Well, you’ll get it whether you win or lose.”

I’ll take it easy.

I’m not the only one who feels that the tone of voice doesn’t seem to match the words.

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“That’s match number two, then. Are you ready?”

“Ready.”

“No problem”.

‘Let’s take positions …… and get started!”

　In the second match, the battle between Claudia and Hemrut began. Claudia is a user of the earth attribute “earth golem”. It requires a lot of endurance to deal with the “Earth Golem,” which keeps attacking you no matter how many times you defeat it.

Hemrut, on the other hand, is an unusual user of “Appraisal,” which is not a fighting skill. At first, I wondered how he would fight with this. The fact that I learned that “appraisal” is actually a very useful magic is the result of the learning that we have gained through our long training together.

“Here I go!　Get up, my earth golems!”

As Claudia kneads earth-based spell the ground around her rises up and four ” earth golems” are created. The rather large ” earth golems,” measuring two meters in length, had been seen many times in past training sessions, but they were still quite powerful when seen in front of the eyes.

　Hemrut, on the other hand, does not look like he is doing anything. But we know. Hemrut, when he is quietly looking at the enemy like this, is using his “appraisal” to find out the weak spot of the opponent. I still can’t get used to that all-seeing gaze. I’ve been surprised by him once, but I’ll put that aside for now.

“I found …….”

“.!　I won’t let you!”

　Hemrut muttered calmly. It was a terrifying word, especially for Claudia, who fights with ” earth golems .

　Every object has a weak spot somewhere. It is no different with magic. Depending on training, it is possible to reduce the number of weaknesses to as few as possible, but it is nearly impossible to reduce them to zero. The magic of fighting by moving objects inevitably creates weaknesses that can be called flaws in the structure.

　And Hemrut exploits that weakness. He attacks those weak points in a nasty way. There was a good reason why he, a non-combatant type called ” Appraisal,” had been able to pass through the Demon Forest and endure training like this for a whole year.

“Magic Arrow.”

“Solemn Golem, dance!”

　Claudia’s golem attacks Hemrut with unpredictable and erratic movements. Hemrut, however, reacts firmly to each movement, and the weapon in his hand – he never sticks to a specific weapon. This time it seems to be a spear.

　After about ten minutes of this beautiful dance, three of the them had already fallen. , and all that remained was a single one with wounds all over its body. Claudia seemed to have used up a lot of magic, perhaps because she kept moving the four Earthen golems at the same time. When she first came here, she was limited to operating two of them at the same time, so she too has grown considerably stronger over the past year.

　And then there is Hemrut, …….

‘Hah …… hah ……, , I surrender.”

Hemrut’s surrender is accepted. Therefore, the winner is Claudia!

　He was still breathing on his shoulders, affected by the fact that he had not always been a fighting type, although he had grown stronger through training. He was sweating all over and could not even adequately stand up.

　Hemrut’s body, which collapsed as soon as the fight was over, was without a scratch on it (no wonder, since he was in a “spiritual sanctuary”). but his physical strength was at its limit.

“I’m not satisfied. ……’

Claudia barely won, but she is somewhat frustrated because it was not a pleasant victory. She was also exhausted, but not as much as Hemrut. If she had continued, it would have been her who would have won after all

“Hmm, as a result, Claudia couldn’t get a single blow into the hemlock way.”

“She needs training!”

“Well, you’ll have to work on that yourself when you get back to the academy.”

　I and Marie carried Hemrut, who was breathing hard and repeatedly, out of the barrier .

　The match between Claudia and Hemrut became an endurance battle, and ended in victory for Claudia, who kept on the offensive until the very end.

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