The game went steadily, and in about two hours Mr. Nina's order came around.
Dr. Elena, who is the exam supervisor, has opened the door to the Third Arena, calling Mr. Nina and Mr. Noir's names from the top of the stairs.
"Then I'm coming!
"Ah, good luck!
I sent Yale to Mr. Nina, who was trembling with nervousness.
Mr. Nina looks nervous and Mr. Noir walks behind the door with a cool face.
Students after the game seem to be out the back door regardless of winning or losing, so the next meeting with Nina is in the classroom.
Hopefully, I'll be happy to report back then.
"Uh-huh... After Nowa. I kinda hate it."
Mr. Fermina, sitting on my back, sighed.
"What do you hate so much?
"You'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, I guess I should get ready for my mind."
Mr. Fermina says something meaningful.
What do you mean...?
When I wondered, the arena door opened.
"I mean, not next... Number 15, not quite... he's in...!
What, are you kidding me? Are we done yet?
Nina and the others went into the arena and it hasn't even been a minute...
So there was a difference in strength between the two of them?
And Dr. Elena, I'm shaking my rattle... what the hell happened in the arena?
The answer was understandable the moment I moved myself inside the arena.
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"... what the hell?
In the arena, it was turned into a world of ice.
Frost was stretched against the wall, and the ice columns hung from all over the ceiling, and huge ice cubes stood like mountains in the central square.
"Nowa is the strongest in the ice system. Is it cold?"
Mr. Fermina trembles when he hangs around trying to put his arms together.
"It's not cold, though"
I'm surprised it was an ice world, but that's all.
I don't feel cold or anything in particular.
"Ha ha. You don't have to put up with it. This can't be cold or anything."
Maybe it's not normally possible, because my body is abnormal.
After harsh training under his master, he became too resistant to the heat and cold.
Actually, it may be icy, but it feels about 23°C physically.
"Whatever it is, I'll warm you up soon."
Mr. Fermina carefully descends the stuck stairs so as not to slip and fall.
After that, I stepped down into the square of the arena.
Open a distance of about fifteen meters and head with Mr. Fermina.
There were rocky ice cubes rolling around, and ice walls soaring up at Mr. Fermina's back.
And in Mr. Fermina's hand - a magic wand (Withers Rod) about 30 cm long is gripped.
Nice, magic wand......
Me, you've never held it before, have you?
"I'll explain the rules!
As I turned my hot gaze on the magic wand, Dr. Elena's voice echoed.
"As you know, there's a special bond on the college grounds! No matter what kind of attack you take, there's no way you're physically damaged! But I can feel the pain! You better lose if you faint first! Let's just finish the battle and take a warm bath! Let's get this game started!
- Moments.
Mr. Fermina makes the wand dance like a conductor, drawing runes in the air.
It's a sophisticated, useless move.
The rune will be completed in no time.
And then a giant fireball appeared over Mr. Fermina's head that burned very badly.
My mobile vision is more than a crowd.
I knew when I started drawing runes that Mr. Fermina's drawing runes were Fire Bullets (Fireball).
But Mr. Fermina's firebomb was not what I knew.
The textbook said, "Fire bullets are around a meter in diameter," but floating near the ceiling, that was more than five meters.
The power of magic is shaped by magic.
Just looking at that fireball shows that Mr. Fermina's magic is unusual.
"I'll warm you up as promised!
The moment Mr. Fermina waves his wand, the flamethrower flies at me.
I put a burning bullet on it.
I breathed softly.
I still felt like a wolf appearing in The Three Kids Bump.
Fire bullets that have received my breath properly will extinguish in an instant.
"... Huh?
Mr. Fermina is stiff with his wand swinging.
I'm sure I can't keep up with unexpected events.
"Yes, what kind of magic did you use right now!? I mean, Ash-kun, the wand!? No way - I drew a rune in my head!?"
"No, I'm not. I just breathed."
"Oh, you can't do that to a human! I can't believe it, but you drew a rune in your head!?"
Drawing runes in your head is unprecedented, but it seems more realistic that way, Mr. Fermina.
"You can interpret it as you like!
That's what I say, I make a positive fist punch.
Of course, my fist does not reach Mr. Fermina because he is about fifteen meters away.
However, the range of wind pressure produced by rolling out a positive fist thrust exceeds fifteen kilometers.
DOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The moment I unleashed my fist, the ice wall exploded. A fragment of ice about the size of a fist splashed like a shotgun.
Wind pressure from positive-fist penetration only destroyed the ice wall, or it also had a wind hole in the wall of the arena, which was made of 'utterly unbreakable material'.
"What, what!?"
Seeing that hole, Mr. Fermina screams a bare madness.
Though he's in a panic state, it doesn't seem to do Mr. Fermina any damage.
My legs slipped when I made a positive fist punch, and I guess that missed my aim.
"Yikes, what a name magic right now!?"
"It's a straight fist."
"Seikenzki... it's magic I've never heard of. I'm still understudied, too."
Oh, now, Mr. Fermina, you took it in a different way, didn't you?
Well, if you were in the opposite position, you wouldn't think 'you've released a positive fist jab right now' after seeing this tragedy.
"It's full of surprises and I can't keep up with my understanding, but I've conveyed too much that Ash-kun is strong! They erased me earlier - but next time, I'll make sure you knock me down with my special attack! If you don't like that, Ash, you have to be serious!
Mr. Fermina begins to draw runes.
No matter how great a wizard is, as long as he is a wizard, he is depicting a rune and he becomes defenseless.
It is easy to defeat Mr. Fermina in his current state.
But I... and Mr. Fermina, they're making promises to make it a game without remorse.
If you lost without using a special attack, Mr. Fermina would have remorse.
Besides, I'd like to see Mr. Fermina's "Special Attack," a fingerfolding prowess in both my top class and mine.
Let Mr. Fermina use his Special Attack, and I'll win.
That's the "no regrets match" for me.
"Because none of you got up with my special moves! Kura Eh -" Fire Demon (Ifried) "!!"
From Mr. Fermina's magic wand, poof! and made a noise and a small fireball popped up.
The next moment, the fireball swells.
The instantly swollen fireballs reshape into the likeness of a bipedal beast.
It will be five meters long.
It was created by Mr. Fermina - it looked exactly what he deserved to call a 'fiery demon god'.
One of the finest magics of the flame system - the Fire Demon - requires a tremendous amount of magic for a single use, as well as the complexity of the rune.
Mr. Fermina is a student and can use magic that can also be called the Reach Point (Goal) of a Flaming Wizard.
How much effort have you put into mastering this magic?
Look at the giant flaming monster, and I think about that.
Beyond the swinging flames, Mr. Fermina had a confident grin.
"Saah - Do It Fire Demon (Ifried)!
On the orders of the master, Ifried comes at me.
When I put my palms in par shape, they fanned like ours.
Bwah...!
The fiery demon god has faded away like a candle fire.
"Oh, no... my special moves are so easy..."
"Mr. Fermina's special attack, it was so cool. Well, then, don't let it end."
I take a straight fist stance.
"So, no! Don't let it end like this!
Mr. Fermina screamed at the lid, and I lowered my fist.
"No... this is a serious battle, right? The battle won't end until one of us falls."
"I know that! What you don't understand is Ash!
"Me?
"This is a serious battle, isn't it?!? But Ash-kun, it's not even serious!
"I'm gonna be serious."
"Maybe you're serious - Ash, you're being modest!
Indeed, I'm being modest.
But that's not because you're insulting Mr. Fermina.
Simply because you don't have to be serious.
"Ash-kun is strong! You're so much stronger than me! I'm definitely going to lose to Ash!
But Mr. Fermina speaks up.
"I don't care if I die getting beat up and lost! Until Ash-kun gets serious, I'm gonna lose you all the time!
Mr. Fermina draws a rune.
The Fire Demon is born anew.
I can't believe you need a tremendous amount of magic to use it once, but you use it twice a day...
I was surprised by Mr. Fermina's amount of magic, but that doesn't mean it's still endless.
Mr. Fermina fluttered as to whether the magic was bottoming out with a second use.
Magic is closely associated with spiritual power, but when it is abused, it is burdensome not only on the spirit, but also on the flesh.
That's exactly what Mr. Fermina said.
Having used too much magic at once, Mr. Fermina was finally standing.
"Not yet ahhhhhhhh!!!!
Mr. Fermina draws further runes.
The Fire Demon God is born even more.
Not at all. Two, three, and Mr. Fermina create the Fire Demon.
"Ko, he... I mean it...! Come on, now it's Ash's turn! Show me what you mean, Ash!
Mr. Fermina follows the Ifrites of the Five, fluttering but seriously challenging me.
"Oh - let me do that!
You can't get hit so far and not be serious.
I concentrate my whole nerve on my fist.
Against Mr. Fermina, I don't give a shit anymore.
Not wind pressure, but punching him with his fist before.
Like when you defeat the Demon King, you don't gently gen trick him.
Hit Mr. Fermina with a full-blown, full-blown blow!
"This is the best I can do! Kura...... Huh?
Suddenly, Ifried vanished.
But I haven't done anything yet.
No way, you just screamed again and knocked him out...?
... No, apparently not.
Mr. Fermina was lying down with his cane gripped and falling.
I'll be damaging the magic. I guess I've lost my mind.
The master lost his mind, so did the Yfrites.
"Game over! This battle, Ash Arkvald's win!
Dr. Elina, who went down to the square and confirmed Mr. Fermina's fainting, signals the end of the game.
"Congratulations, Ash. You win."
"Thank you. But I don't know... I don't really think I won"
"Why? I don't care what you think. It was your victory."
"Maybe so, but you mean you won the game and lost the battle...... I learned my spiritual immaturity. And I'm sorry for what you did to Mr. Fermina."
Dr. Elena smiles gently.
"You're a serious kid. Mr. Fermina doesn't seem to resent you at all? Instead, you look very satisfied."
"What makes you think that?
"You'll see that soon enough. Well, then, thank you for the rest."
With that said, Dr. Elena left the arena behind.
He said he'd find out soon... what do you mean?
I wasn't sure, but I can't leave Mr. Fermina like this.
No trauma, but you're gonna catch a cold like this. We need to follow him to the infirmary and put him to bed in a warm futon.
I held Mr. Fermina back.
So, I understand what Dr. Elena was saying.
Just before Mr. Fermina lost her mind, she realized I was serious.
Mr. Fermina lost the game, but still, for her, this battle became a 'game without remorse'.
... Well, this is my prediction, or it's just my hope.
But that's what Mr. Fermina must think of me.
Because there was a satisfying grin on Mr. Fermina's face.