291-285 First victory

When I gave the signal, Lydia first used spirit magic to increase the icicles in the air, and then attacked both sides from the attack that had been aimed only at the center until now, to cover Keti and Kefin as well.

After seeing that, me and Nadia used our body enhancements to close in on Marluka-san and Gannett-san. However, to prevent them from doing so, Cassie-san, Queena-san and Myra-san broke the central formation and stood in front of us.

It took two of them to deal with me, and Myra was the only one who went at Nadia.

'It's going to take two of you to deal with me?

It is most tactically important to crush those pesky healing and defensive magics first.

So I need you to retire early.

Cassie and Queena said those words, but instead of trying to force an attack, they chose to defend themselves tightly and aim for the counter.

If they don't attack, I decided to check out the whole thing once.

Myra-san and Nadia immediately collided with each other, and a fierce offensive and defense was going on.

It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.

However, as if they had anticipated the spirit magic coming beforehand, the four of them each packed up on Kefin and Ketty, evading the spirit magic to use Kefin and Ketty as shields, and using their momentum, they attacked Kefin and Ketty with a series of coordinated attacks.

However, Kefin and Keti were there to invoke the full force of their body enhancements.

Kefin seemed to be using his ninjutsu for the first time in a long time, pretending to be slashed, and his figure disappeared in an instant. The move startled the twin swordsman, Ripnea, and created a momentary opening. Kefin didn't miss the opening, and in order to break her standing coordination, he kicked Ripnea-san to the range of her spirit magic and closed the gap even further to Bearyce-san.

It's impossible to deal with Kefin anymore with a spear, right?

I turned my gaze to Keti, and she was unusually fumbling with her attack.

No, Elizabeth-san and Saran-san were talking to Ketty about something, which seemed to make Ketty unable to concentrate.

Besides, Ketty doesn't seem to be able to fight very calmly after being slashed repeatedly by Elizabeth-san's mixed magic vision.

Still, Ketty leapt backwards from the spot and gouged out the ground with her sword and sent dirt flying at Elizabeth-san and Saran, and at the same time, she was about to slash Elizabeth-san at top speed. However, Saran-san broke in between them and tried to stop Keti's attack, but she was bounced away and rolled to the range of the spirit magic as well.

Marulka-san and Gannett-san seem to have their magic power level about to come to a head, and after giving a signal to the two who had been played off, they started running towards Lydia - seeing that much, I focus on myself as well.

''If you're not attacking me, I'll let you go from here.

I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the first to say that I'm going to be the last.

Naturally, Cassie-san was also attacking me, but I parried the attack to avoid a fatal wound with my illusionary sword, and then, with the full swing of the holy dragon spear as much as I could muster, I blasted both Queena-san and Cassie away.

Immediately after that, Marluka-san and Gannett-san, who had been running out with an eye on Lydia at the rear, flew to the edge of the training ground, spinning at a terrific rate with a do-oh-oh sound from Lydia's wind magic.

And Nadia, who was fighting next to them, also launched a series of attacks down on Myra's cleaver, taking away Myra's grip and then tearing both of her legs above the knee.

If you look at Kefin, he had struck down Ms. Bairiche, who didn't know where she had switched to a short spear, and Ketty seemed to have finally caught Elizabeth's vision, and when it was over, she seemed to have won the battle completely.

Now the only ones left would be Kefin and Ketty blown up, Lipnea-san and Saran-san, and the uninjured Lucy-san and her Lucy-san recovering Lumina.

Lydia will take care of the wounded and the overall check-up, Kefin and Ketty will take care of the ones they played off, and Nadia will take care of the holy knight Lucy who treated Ms. Lumina.

""Yes."

As instructed by me, they all make their way to their counterparts.

And as I slowly approached Lumina-san, the other side also approached me, who was almost in the middle of the training ground.

''........I thought you were strong before as well. But I thought I could still fight a good fight if I kept up the way I was then.......I didn't expect to be beaten so one-sidedly without getting serious......

Lumina-san seemed to be firmly aware of the difference in ability.

''Do you want to give up?''

'Huh. I'm very bad at giving up on love and fighting. If I'm outnumbered, I'll find a way to win. So let me take out Mr. Luciel and win this battle first.

........Even if I didn't bring up that topic now, I smiled bitterly and thought back to our past matches.

'Come to think of it, I've never beaten Lumina-san individually, so I'll let you win today. The talk will be good after the fight is over. Otherwise, everyone around me will be done.

Okay. "I salute you, Knights of St. Cyril's Church, Captain of the Holy Order of the War Maidens, Lumina.

I'll follow Lumina-san's lead, even though I think it's unusual for me to come forward.

''Then, Luciel, Chairman of the Luciel Chamber of Commerce, I will accept.

I thought Lumina-san laughed for one moment, but in the next moment, she had extended her sword to my neck.

In the past, I couldn't catch Lumina-san who activated the accelerator boost at all.

But now it was different.

Having experienced high-speed movement with the help of the Thunder Dragon, I can see Lumina-san's movements.

Lumina-san's sword aimed at my neck, I flick upwards with my illusion sword from below and use the momentum to unleash a spinning kick. But it was avoided.

''You can't win anymore with just an accelerated boost.......Luciel-kun, I'm going to do my best now, so please don't die.''

Well no matter what happens in the first place, you're not going to die.

It's more of a backstabber than that I'd like to break it down head on if I could.

'I see. That's the best I can do.

Lumina-san used the accelerator boost again and moved at a tremendous rate.

And to be able to move around freely at that speed and not just in a straight line, she must have really been blessed with a fighting sense unlike mine.

Thinking about that, it was time to get fired up once again.

Ha," Lumina-san let out a strong breath, and just as she said, her full strength was released into me.

Lumina-san had mastered the flying slash that her master and Lionel had used in Grandle's labyrinth and unleashed it on me.

And it wasn't just a single strike, it was while moving at high speed, so she shot at me from all directions.

This was the first time I passed magic power through the Illusionary Sword, and went to slash all the slashes that came at me with the Illusionary Sword.

The power of the slashes made by the sword is reduced by the phantom sword, and the slashes snatched my armor and robes, but thanks to the area barrier, they didn't hurt me.

If I could hold out like this, I would win.

At that moment, Master and Lionel, who were watching in silence, sent me a sign to give it my all.

So this time, I decided to compete in Lumina's ring.

''Holy Dragon, protect yourself. O Wind Dragon, the wind barrier that protects you from everything. Thunder dragon, the power to leave everything behind.''

All the sounds are stretched out and gone.

When I kicked the ground, I immediately caught Lumina-san.

Until now, the movement using the power of the lightning dragon was too fast, and the sudden braking that would put a strain on your body was not possible, so you were only able to move in a straight line.

However, this time, following the accelerator boost, the burden created when moving with the wind barrier was reduced, so even if my movement is high speed, I can still move as normal.

I paid off the last slash that flew after Lumina-san made a startled face, and the smiling Lumina-san blew backwards.

And when all the sounds came back, there was not a single person standing in the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad.

''Winner, Luciel Chamber of Commerce.''

After receiving the decision, I felt that I didn't know what I was up against, but I decided to give everyone who fought with me a word of thanks for their labor, and first let everyone in the War Maiden Holy Knights who fought recover.

The only problem arose when I rushed over to treat the most seriously injured Lumina-san first.

''Lumina-san, are you alright?''

I ask, activating the extra heel just in case.

''Ah. Except that I finally lost to Luciel-kun........

It was then.

A high-pitched sound was heard and a crack appeared in Lumina-san's armor.

And just before the armor was about to shatter, I was shouting in a temper tantrum.

''Dark Dragon, cover me from everything!''

At that moment, the jet blackness enveloped me and Lumina-san, but just as I thought, the armor shattered off, revealing Lumina-san's soft skin.

I'm sure you're allowed to stare at it in a novel or manga, but I immediately took out the holy silver robe from my magic bag and handed it to Lumina-san.

It's a good thing that you're able to do this right away.

'Thanks. But if you could, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't look at me...

Oh, I'm sorry.

I turned my back to Lumina-san, and when I thought about what would happen after this darkness cleared, I had a slight headache, thinking that my masters would go out of control.

This was how the mock battle with the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad had managed to end, despite the happenings at the end.