I heard loud cheers the moment I walked through the aisle from the modem and onto the arena stage.

"Anos, come on!

"Anosu, you, when you get here, you're an absolute winner! Get in the mood!

The voice of mother and father.

"Master Anos! You look great today!!

"As usual, please kill me instantly. - Soooo!

"Oh, but if I kill you instantly, I won't see Master Anos brave long enough!

"Well, well, well, well, well, well, well!

"Oh, but then, I'm gonna want you to think I'm better off!

"What!?

I can hear the same fan unions.

"Then it appears that it belongs to the Lognorth Demon Sword Association! Ray Grandsdry beat so far intact with Rage's fast forward!!!

Ray shows up on the arena stage from the other aisle.

Even louder cheers overflowed from the audience.

"I was waiting, practicing the Devil's Sword Saint!!

"Show that mixed-up kid something in his eyes!

"Oops! You fool! Let's get the heads of those Unitarians on the hook!

The royalists cheer on Ray.

And yet, it's like a proxy war between the Unitarian and the Imperial.

"Hmm. It's a noise."

"Really."

Ray smiles refreshingly, as usual.

Did you blow it off? I don't feel it, it was a natural grin.

"Before the finals begin, the management committee of the Games will inform you"

I thought you'd be working on something small, but you seem to have set it up fast.

"The final will be played by special rules. First, each athlete will be asked to wear a bracelet."

When the owl says so, the watchmen come near me and Ray.

"Left hand."

When I was offered my left hand as I was told, I was put on a sparkling bracelet there.

"It's not just the sword, it's also a defeat if this bracelet is destroyed"

Hmm. Don't lose your magic.

The Sucker's Circle. It's the magic of the Mythical Age.

This keeps permanently sucking the magic of those wearing bracelets.

If you are one of them, it would be difficult to exercise magic.

The only way to prevent it is to break it, but then you lose.

You want me to cut my power?

"It's not a bad imitation, Anos Voldigord"

My voice echoed directly to my head.

It's just addressed to me.

Track the magic and look up over your head.

From that owl?

"The magic that the Sucker Circle continues to suck is being sent elsewhere."

Indeed, if you try to work the demon eye, the magic line is sent from through to somewhere.

"If that magic is interrupted, Sheila Granzley's Spirit Disease will worsen and she will vanish"

I see.

So you're prepared to erase the rumors and legacies that underlie Sheila?

"And if you beat Ray Grandsdry, his roots will vanish"

Hmm. I'm pretty sure the effect of the Devil's Sword of the Covenant will work.

"Bye."

Did you say what you wanted to say, < Thought Communication (Leaks) > from the owl interrupts.

The watchmen also put a bracelet on Ray's left hand and left for the stage corner.

From what I've seen, Ray's bracelet doesn't seem to be a magic fixture.

"So, Dilheid Demon Sword Games, Finals!

An owl's voice echoes from above.

"Get started!!

Ray unleashes Initio with the signal of initiation.

And he put a pure white sword up against me.

I pulled out the Vajra Iron Sword and lay it on Initio instead of saying hello.

Kin, and a light metal noise.

"How happy would you have been if you hadn't thought about it and just waved your sword"

Ray speaks like that.

"Hmm. You're just saying you couldn't do it."

He peeks at an ambiguous grin.

"Can you fight with your magic sucked?

"What, don't hesitate. If you think I'm unfavourable and you put your hands on me, you're dead."

"I thought so."

Ray does it in vain, putting his sword in the middle.

As usual, I lowered the Vajra Iron Sword loosely.

We're already in the middle of something.

But I couldn't move.

There are no gaps in Ray's setup. Wherever you attack, you will be struck down with a pure white demon sword.

No matter how robust it is, it is my flux to do everything in my power to open that protection, but not this time either.

If you strike a detour, Initio will slap you with the sword for each magic ceremony of < Hidden Magic (Nazilla) > and < Armed Enhancement (Adesin) >, and that will be it.

I just have to make a gap in the other attack.

And even if we do that well, if we beat Ray, he'll vanish.

Okay, what's going on?

Not that it's a blockage, but that's a pretty troublesome situation.

Take a peek at Ray's way out for a second.

But he didn't move again either.

For a few minutes, I keep staring at each other, only time passes.

But the next moment, Ray was so powerless.

"Actually, they're telling me to buy time for the finals."

He shrugs.

It was a little unexpected that I was exposed to feelings.

"The longer it takes, the better it will be for me."

Overlapping with magic is a great drain on magic.

Ray's sword is not sweet enough to say that we should only use magic during a meeting.

Besides, my magic continues to be constantly sucked in.

If Ray turns to defense, it's just not easy to beat him with this Vajra Iron Sword.

Sure, if you don't move like this, I'll be the one at a disadvantage.

"But. I stopped."

At the same time as the words, Initio's sword tip braced.

The tip of the sword blushes on his cheek as he cuts off a blade protruding straight out at an unstoppable speed in his eyes.

I wave the Vajra Iron Sword to Ray's left hand in order to let go of my mistake.

I pulled my left hand and thought I would avoid it, but Ray has stuffed up even more in time.

Ray and his body make contact, my arm stops.

I can't even wave my sword at this close range.

"... Phew...!

What the hell kind of moves? From a space where there is no clearance to put a fist on, it comes to my jaw like a sword has been played. Pull yourself aside. There was a blade of pure white looming in front of me when I lost my balance.

If you take it with your sword, you'll be slashed and torn apart.

Well, then...

…………

Ray's sword eats into my left arm.

The flesh was torn, and the blade reached to the bone, but there the sword stopped.

"That was a shame. Bones are stiff."

"As usual, you're a bully, Anos."

Pull Initio, Ray retreats to re-divide.

I could see that left arm unnaturally sluggish down.

Speaking of which, the punch in now is also slightly slower than usual.

If I had held it with both hands, the sword would have devoured it to the bone.

"What happened to that arm?

Ray smiles softly.

"I want to compete as equitably as possible."

"You cut your own tendon"

"It hurts so bad."

Like nothing, Ray sets up the Devil's Sword Initio with one hand.

"Are you sure?

Avoiding a protracted war or slashing a tendon in the left arm would be a betrayal against the royalists.

It would reverse the contract to treat the mother.

"Anos."

Quiet, Ray answers.

"In that squad-by-squad counter-examination, I thought. We finally met. Squeeze all of this sword against an unrivaled opponent. I wanted to hit you with everything I could."

As we speak, he turns a gaze without alarm.

"But you can't do more than take me and my mother hostage."

Ray should be under surveillance.

The Demon Clan who stabbed him with the Devil's Sword of the Covenant will also have found out in this dialogue that I am on the lookout.

"I thought about it a lot, but all I had was the sword."

Ray says as he's ready.

"I broke my contract. Now the demon sword in my body has devoured my roots."

That's right, should I? If he were a companion, he would have destroyed his roots with the devil's sword of the covenant that he devoured at this point.

But that's just a matter of time, too, as it is.

"I will die soon. My mother can't help me either. There's nowhere left for you to get carried away."

The tip of Initio's sword is on my left arm.

"To protect my friendship with you, let me win."

Destroy the Circle of the Sucker and Ray wins.

And as the owl has reported, Sheila's rumors and heritage have been erased, and she will die.

But if I don't destroy this, I'll be able to keep sucking on my magic forever.

You think I can't abandon Sheila and take my mother's life myself?

To protect me.

Until I put my own life on the line.

"You're not gonna ask me for help?

"Even though you might die?

"I'm gonna die."

"Maybe so. But maybe not. Is it really a friend to think how much you were transcending, that you could be in danger?

Ray laughs all the time.

"This seems to be the most me. I'll beat you at the end, and I'll protect you."

I see.

Well, if you lose on purpose, that's the story.

Sheila's safety cannot be guaranteed if the Ring of the Sucker is destroyed, but that owl didn't say anything about the broken Vajra Iron Sword.

In other words, the purpose is to keep sucking on my magic.

I guess I don't care about winning or losing this demon sword tournament or anything.

You dare to lose, pull out the demon sword of the covenant that stabbed Ray, and the battle can be done again, even after crushing Avos Dilhevia's plot.

That's what a smart man would do.

But I can't.

In this situation where the Devil's Sword of the Covenant devoured the roots, what Ray wanted was a battle with me.

It wasn't status, it wasn't fame, it just purely asked for a sword.

If this is the last place, Ray gave everything to the sword.

I don't know what you might think is stupid to people.

But that's the battle I wanted.

If you talk about putting it behind you, you don't deserve to be this guy's friend.

"Don't give in to the enemy, don't rely on me, just try to penetrate your beliefs. That's my friend."

I take a step, I take a step.

"Ray, you don't have to think about it anymore. Neither royalty nor unity matters. Forget about your mother. Now it's just me and you."

Ray smiles.

Really, look happy.

"Come on, come on. I'll play you."

Whatever Avos Dilhevia is up to, I won't let him get in the way.

My father and mother are rooting for me.

I swore I would win Misha.

And Ray is fighting me for his life.

This has nothing to do with the Rascal Demon King, it's my rebirth, what we wanted, our two finals.