Chapter 59

Episode 59. Spring Tournament

“Alumnus Adrias Cromwell. Are you inside?”



“yes.”

The morning after the entrance ceremony, someone knocked on the door from the wind.

I had just returned from a morning workout and had taken a shower.

I opened the door, shaking off the water, and there stood the combat magic assistant of the Faculty of Magic.

“Is there a problem?”

“I am here to inform you about the Spring Tournament. My classmates were checked that they did not have a magic tablet, so I came here out of necessity.”

Here’s what you’ve been waiting for

I received an invitation from the other party and listened to the explanation.

“You probably already know about it, but I’ll explain it one more time. First of all, there is no rejection of the tournament because the students have been promoted to the 4th grade this year. As you know, the results of the tournament or the contents of the match are included in the battle magic score, please note that the opponent will be drawn through lottery. Opponents are randomly selected from the Faculty of Knights and the Faculty of Magic, and you can pick one here now.”

The assistant held out a crystal ball.

I had vague memories of doing it before, so I put my hand on the crystal ball and injected mana.

8.

The number came out much earlier than I thought.

About 3000 people participate in this tournament held every year.

It was like another festival where 2,000 members of the Knights Department and 1,000 members of the Magic Department were fighting back and forth.

‘It’s rather good. It’s better to finish quickly and rest than to wait in the waiting area.’

The assistant who checked the number I had drawn wrote my name and number on the tablet she was holding.

“Adrias alumni participation number 8 has been confirmed. The opponent is Aslan, a 2nd year student of the Faculty of Engineering. Do you have any intention to abstain?”

“no.”

“Has confirmed. Adrias, please come to the waiting area of the main stadium of the Faculty of Engineering by 8:00 am next Monday. The entire tournament schedule is 2 weeks, with a total of 2 matches per day in the first week. If we win, we will play 2 matches each on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, then advance to the finals and play the round of 32 from Monday of the 2nd week.”

“yes. All right.”

“Then I hope for good results.”

After the teaching assistant left, I returned to the room and brushed off the remaining wet hair.

In Adrias’ memory, a tournament he participated in when he was a young sophomore came to mind.

‘Eliminated in the first round of the preliminary round.’

A bitter laugh came out.

In the tournament, freshmen who entered this year were not allowed to participate, and students who were promoted to the second year were allowed to participate.

And it was voluntary until the 3rd grade, but it was compulsory participation from the 4th grade.

‘Of course, I can just abstain.’

Starting from the 4th grade, the disadvantage was severe enough to inevitably fail if students abstained.

So even those who hate fighting had no choice but to grit their teeth and try to pass the first game.

As the whole academy participated, the atmosphere was almost on par with the year-end festival.

It was an event that could be a place of opportunity as even prominent figures from various countries came to watch the tournament or scouts from various organizations watched it en masse.

And through this event, freshmen who have just entered the school can also motivate them to practice.

The appearance of strong seniors was a sufficient driving force for training in itself.

‘Just do it in moderation. Just enough to graduate smoothly.’

I have been unlocking my talents and traits for the first time in a while.

―Characteristics: Bowl (Unique) Evolution (Unique) Enlightenment (Epic) Original Sin (??)

―Talent: Black Magic Spirit Class (Superior) Elemental Magic Water Class (Dunjae) Potion Manufacturing Buff Class (Superior) Exercise (Gifted) Combat ( Youngjae) Mana (Sujae)

Compared to the beginning, things have improved a lot.

As for the characteristics, I have never eaten more than two uniques even when I was playing the game, but I already had two, and there were also characteristics of a grade I had never seen before.

‘What is a question mark? A question mark.’

From my point of view, original sin is a bit special, so I put it aside and thought I could slap a tolerable playable a couple of times with just two bowls and evolution.

And the talents that were important enough to be similar to the characteristics were attached to them.

‘Exercise came from learning basic swordsmanship from Nickel, and combat came from breaking the barrier of indolence. The mana talent was really unexpectedly obtained through evolution... ... .’

At first, there wasn’t a trash character like me, but looking at it now, it seemed that there were few characters better than me.

‘Twice a day, that’s not the end of the day.’

I felt the need to manage my stamina.

“Going out of the field is also a disqualification, and even if there is no intention to withdraw, the teaching assistant and professor can stop the game and decide the winner or loser at their discretion. Then, when the gong rings, we will begin.”

A tense air swept through the arena.

It wasn’t even a fight to kill each other, but the atmosphere that became serious was a little funny, so I laughed without knowing it.

“Smile?”

Aslan on the other side frowned and said.

“sorry. I thought it was a bit funny. Isn’t that too much to say to a senior in a disrespectful way?”

“I don’t see anyone weaker than me as a senior.”

“okay? Then I’ll make you respectful.”

When only the sound of our conversation echoed in the silence, the teaching assistant raised his hand.

“No small talk.”

“yes. sorry.”

As I lowered my head with an embarrassing smile, Aslan chuckled to the end.

“Let’s see how long it lasts.”

No, but that has been my habit since before... ... .

Ding!

The ball rang.

I tried to finish it all at once to arrange my stamina, but it just couldn’t be done.

‘You need some education. I can’t.’

If it was a strategic provocation, I’d dare to say it was a success.

“Ahhh!”

As expected, the opponent rushed with a rigid movement with a lot of excitement.

No matter how outstanding Rodelene’s talent is, he’s only a sophomore at the academy.

It took a long time to become skilled.

‘Greece.’

After using the most basic grease, the opponent noticed the magic and ran left and right to avoid the grease.

I predicted the opponent’s movements and cast magic in advance.

‘Earth Shield.’

Fuck!

Aim for the movement of the opponent who was running left and right, and summoned an earth shield when the opponent jumped sideways.

Then, a picture was created as if the person himself had rammed his body into an earth shield rising from the ground.

“Keugh. Leftovers... ... !”

Aslan, enraged after being beaten, straightened himself up and raised his head, and I was already standing there.

The distance was as short as the stadium was divided into 10 equal parts, so when he came to his senses, I had already arrived right in front of him.

“hi?”

puck!

I slammed the opponent’s chin, but I stretched out my fist in succession.

The fist of justice rained down on the unconscious opponent.

* * *

Tolman Venueel watched the entire match, and his eyes widened at the sudden beating.

While trying to find out why the assistant referee did not stop the beatings that were so ruthless, he soon discovered something strange.

‘Robe?’

At first I thought I was looking at it wrong, but I soon noticed that the student who was beating was wearing a wizard’s robe.

The student being beaten is, ironically, a student from the Faculty of Engineering.

‘How did this happen?’

something something... ... .

Something was happening at the stadium.