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Right now, there are two battle crazies in front of me.

Master, equipped with his original one-handed straight sword and small shield, and next to him is Lionel, equipped with a large sword and large shield.

While these two men are clearly belligerent, they are emitting an uncommonly intimidating look.

Just by breathing, you can feel their breathlessness.

''Begin.''

As soon as I heard Galba's voice, I immediately activated the area barrier and flew backwards in a hurry.

Then, after a moment's delay, my master's sword passed through the area where my head was........

If I had been a little later, my head and body would have been separated........

I really felt that, but as I landed backwards, I noticed the discomfort.

Then it turned into a shock.

Master hadn't even moved a step yet.

He's not at his best anymore, like he can see an illusion with just his spirit...!

This time I flew right next to it, and a fireball about a meter in diameter passed by there.

I'm sure you've got a lot of time to look after yourself, Luciel-sama. I will go on and on.

Lionel didn't use it when he fought his master, or maybe he just couldn't use it, but he had mastered a medium to long-range attack that seemed to be more powerful than a bad magic.

Even though the unknowable master alone was troublesome, he was joined by Lionel, who seemed to be able to fight without being a vanguard.

I take one deep breath here and clear my head.

When you decide to go against these two, it's only natural to lose.

If that's the case, I have no choice but to do what I can do.

Thinking about this and that slows down my movements.

Slowly letting out a breath, I activated my body strengthening at once and began to rush at Lionel.

He kicked the earth in a low stance and closed the gap between the two in an instant, then swung the illusionary sword with all his might.

Lionel then thrusts out his large shield, but I ignore it and cut in, and a gow-oh-oh sound is heard. My blow stopped when I slashed halfway down the large shield.

At that moment, there was an opening for me, and I already knew that Master wouldn't miss it.

I vaguely knew that Master's thrust was flying from the side.

And I knew that it would probably hurt if he poked me.

As if my brain refused to do so, I spun the words.

'Water Dragon, build an ice wall to protect me.

The moment I muttered that, I used Lionel's shield as a foothold, kicked back and escaped the dead ground.　

There, I heard two high-pitched and dull sounds, Kiiiiin Gaaaah.

The high-pitched sound was my master, and the sword that would have poked him was trapped in the ice wall with his arm.

And the dull sound at the same time was from the opposite side of the master, and Lionel's great sword of fire was also blocked by the ice wall.

I was really grateful that the defensive methods Water Dragon had shown me during training were so immediately useful.

Just to be sure, I opened my status and it mercilessly told me that I only had one more dragon power left that I could use from the amount of magic I had left.

It's a good thing that you can only use holy attribute magic!　You're able to do a lot of things.

''I didn't expect that you could not only fly and move like lightning, but also build an ice wall... as expected of a wise man.

"How funny.

The two of them are getting more and more heated, giving off the feeling that they are completely like hunters in front of their prey.

''........You two are scared?''

It's just my imagination, so let's get to it.

.........The two of them who only care about fighting anymore are really scary.

Because, Lionel had not only cut off half of his arm as well as the large shield he was holding in his left hand, so he was bleeding quite a bit and it was in a bad way.

Furthermore, Master also found out that his right arm was also pretty badly injured because his sword and its right arm were stuck inside the ice wall due to the ice wall being built at the right time, but he was forced to pull it out.

I looked at Garba-san as I pulled on the two who still didn't lose their fighting instincts, but he shook his head with a bitter smile.

I'm sure he knows that he can't stop his master when he's like that.

Well, it's been a long time since I remembered, but it seems that a person's character can't be fixed once they're dead.

Looking at the two of them again, I can see that their injuries are terrible.

It's a priceless opportunity that could easily be won if you add more time, but I don't want my master to see such a feckless display in a mock battle.

Having decided that, I decided to take out the two of them as fast as I could and then heal my injuries.

In order to do that, of course we need to give it our all.

So I decided to use my best strength.

''I will go all out, Holy Dragon, protect this body, Thunder Dragon, leave everything behind.

The sound stretched out and then faded away.

Kicking the ground with all my strength, I tried to get into Lionel's bosom first, but the great sword of fire that was being held out in front of me was bothering me, so I took a step off to the side and then kicked Lionel in the stomach.

After making sure that a solid feeling was felt on his leg, he was about to attack his master, and then he felt an awful bad feeling.

However, since the amount of magic power left was small, he decided to decide at once without any concern.

However, it was only when he looked up at the ceiling of the training ground that he had seen many times in the past that he understood that this was a mistake and a conceit, and then his consciousness receded into the distance.

Even with the power of the Thunder Dragon, he can't say that he is making full use of it.

It's no surprise that I haven't started using this power yet.

I ignored such obvious things.

It's true that attacks are inevitably linear, and since I haven't yet become accustomed to this speed, my movements are also monotonous.

Still, I knew somewhere in the back of my mind that no one would be able to catch this movement.

I ran in a straight line to my master and let out a jumping kick, which should have caught him for sure.

But the moment he kicked that master, there was no feeling at all, and on the contrary, by the time he realized that the master was somewhat thin, it was too late.

''Amami.''

Slowly I thought I heard my mentor's voice, and then something took me off my feet and grabbed my arms and slammed my back into the hard ground without slowing down the speed I'd put on myself.

I guess my brain is functioning normally, that the uncommon pain is trying to take me out of consciousness.

As I thought about this in my distant consciousness, I thought I heard my master's painful voice for some reason, but I didn't have time left to find out for sure.

And then my consciousness was being sucked into the darkness.

I woke up with a buzzing sound and the discomfort of water on my face.

'Ugh.'

My entire body hurts so much, not just my back.

Immediately, I activate the extra heel on myself.

Why is there this pain?　When the light disappeared, I looked around and saw Master and Lionel lying on the ground with a pale face.

''Oh, Luciel, you're finally awake. I know it's early in the day for you to wake up, but treat the two of them.

Mr. Gruger, holding the tub, had just told me that in a bit of a hurry, when his head finally started to turn normally.

''Ah, yes. I understand.''

Lionel had no noticeable trauma other than his arm.

However, he was bleeding so much from his arm that he felt that he was starting to run out of blood.

And not only was my master's right arm forcibly pulled out of the ice wall, but his back was sore and charred.

I immediately launched an extra heel on the two men.

As I watched the two men's wounds heal, I wondered why I had lost.　I was beginning to think about that.

He didn't expect to use that dragon's power and lose.

Why my master disappeared, the mystery of why he disappeared remained unknown in the end.

''Both of you can't restore the blood that flowed out of you, so please eat a good, well-balanced diet of various foods and rest.

Kukkuu. Was it really that frustrating to lose?

''To be unfaithful after showing so much power, after all, Luciel-sama really likes to fight, doesn't she?

'You still think so?　This will greatly increase the number of battles. Plus, we'll be able to get each other's fighting skills back, and Luciel will be less confused about how to use his power.

I'm not saying I don't regret losing to the two of them, but it's not that much.......it shouldn't be.

Rather than that, solving my master's riddle is a much higher priority in my mind.

''No, no, no, no, no, why do you categorize people as combat enthusiasts!　I just couldn't figure out the mystery of how my master followed my moves, even though I was supposed to have given him an attack and I didn't feel it at all, and even though it was a straight line, I didn't understand how he followed my moves.

'Luciel, what you kicked was an afterimage of me. Let's put that aside for now. Can Luciel get rid of the signs?

No, I never learned to do that.

''Hmm. It's easy to say it's a skill, but people can dilute the signs, or for that matter, if they become skilled, they can block out the signs altogether, and such skills exist.

But you're not really going to disappear or see an afterimage, are you?

''Yeah. If you're constantly searching for signs and magic, if you're not at that high of a skill level, you'll notice it.

I noticed it, but it still got my leg.

Lionel says it as if it were obvious, but at this point in time, he was already on a different level from me.

When these two people were measured by my scale, the loss was fixed.

And yet, you're on a roll, what's the point of ending it quickly?

You can't afford to lose.

Since this was the time, I decided to ask another master's trick.

'Master, how did you keep up with my speed?

'You've been kicking out the after-image I left behind, intentionally or unintentionally, I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, but you've been kicking it out,'

..........

'Well, that's fine. It looks like you're still getting used to the power, and I don't want you to be accidentally cut and killed instantly.

Certainly, if you're not prepared, you won't be able to withstand it.

Lionel tells me that as he rubs his stomach, but I'm pretty sure I kicked Lionel, but Lionel, who can't move as fast as his master, was probably guiding him where to attack.

The fact that the damage was not on anything other than his arm proved it.

'Back to the point, where I didn't feel anything left on my leg that I thought had kicked me, Luciel's movements slowed down even more. All that was left to do was throw at Luciel as he came straight ahead.

...How did you manage to move?

''I put almost all of it into strengthening my body to the point where I'm on the verge of using up all of my magical power. And that's just so that it would be depleted in an instant. Well, if I hadn't done so, it would have been impossible for me to get close to that speed range.

Master laughed at that, but I've got a feeling that there are actually quite a few people in this world who can do the same thing.

He was probably proud of himself somehow, having gained a strong power.

Oh, it's so frustrating.

I want to win against these two someday.

That's what I really thought at the time.

After the mock battle was over, a banquet was to be held at the Adventurer's Guild.