Chapter 87

Chapter 87 Strongest Sage, Pities the First Academy

"Alright! Crush 'em!"

A male student who seemed to be the First Academy rep leader gave an order at the same time as the referee's signal .

The other students nodded all at once . . .

"Fire mana that dwells in my body–"

And began to chant .

. . . Yup .

I have expected this somehow, it really comes to this huh .

Now I feel bad for them having to fight our academy's students .

"GYAAAAA!"

"C-Chantless magic?!"

And as expected, the Second Academy students unleashed their magic on the First Academy students before they could even complete their chant .

The ones attacking were four whose crests weren't the Disqualified Crest .

. . . That said, the four who are attacking aren't exactly magic prodigies even among Second Academy students .

The more capable students are all busy refining mithril after all .

Thus, even though they were quick to shoot magic, they were only able to incapacitate around 20 people .

Since the enemy is numbering at 150, they're mostly flawless .

Two of the Small Magic Crest students managed to shoot again before the First Academy finished their chant, but that only incapacitated nine people .

Then magic from the remaining 121 students, except ones that failed their chants, assaulted the Second Academy students all at once–

And disappeared right in front of them .

""""Wha . . . . """"

The First Academy students were so shocked they lost their words when they saw that .

The reason why their magic disappeared is simple .

The student with Disqualified Crest, Esil, who isn't attacking so far has erected a barrier, in front of the Second Academy students, that blocked the magic unleashed by more than 100 people .

And the other Second Academy students shot out their magic from behind that barrier .

Their magic slipped through the barrier and rained incessantly on the First Academy students, creating panic among them .

"That barrier is truly nasty . . . . "

"That kind of thing is only possible because the opponent's magic strength is low . "

【Specific Permission-type Small Barrier】 .

A barrier magic that blocks everything but magic unleashed by people the user recognizes as allies .

It's one of the magic I taught to the representatives for the sake of this match, looks like it's working well .

As a matter of fact, Disqualified Crest has a good compatibility with small-scale barrier magic besides with close-quarter ones .

The range of barrier magic is good enough if it can cover the allies .

People often rely on magic tools created by Glory Crest though when they need to set up large scale barriers .

"Don't panic! Our enemy is few! Their barrier is useless in close combat!"

It appears there are still some students with composure among the First Academy .

Although small in number, some First Academy students reorganized their ranks and began to rush toward the Second Academy students .

–Well, that's a bad move against a Disqualified Crest though .

"We're going with plan B!"

"Got it!"

Esil called out to the other four when he saw the First Academy students' move .

Then the four students besides Esil ran to outside the enemy's magic range .

And then Esil removed the barrier and took a metal bar out of his bosom pocket .

"Hmph!"

He swung it toward the coming students .

The First Academy students who were hit by the metal bar got blown away several meter back and had their protective barrier destroyed, eliminating them from the match .

They would have died if this was a real combat .

"W-what's with that strength . . . . "

"It's a monster! They still have a monster with them!"

The First Academy students were shouting in surprise to see Esil who is of normal build flinging other students away .

But, it's nothing much . It's merely Physical Reinforcement .

This is because mining the dungeon wall makes for a good training, as you need to use magic while moving for a long period of time .

You will be able to do this much after doing that for a bit .

Most of the first grader right now are currently in the upper mid, I think .

It was a one-sided battle afterward .

The First Academy students got blown away by Esil without having the chance to even chant and got attacked by magic, forfeiting one after another .

And then, the First Academy students were completely eliminated before five minutes had passed–

"Match end! Winner, Second Academy!"

The referee's voice echoed in the arena wrapped in silence .