I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

51 – Collapse-3

The heat is hot.

“Waaa!!!”

A large number of spectators filled the ring to watch this fight.

“Do as you plan. If you fail, it’s all my fault, so don’t doubt it.”

I looked back at my teammates one last time.

“…I know. Since I came up after dropping the young lady, I can’t give up victory to the princess.”

Kelin’s eyes were still filled with doubt, but he didn’t seem to have the will to fight.

“Well, I haven’t entrusted you with a difficult task! I won’t begrudge you if anything happens on your side, so feel free to do it! Feel free!”

Lilian swung her bow round and round.

“Ha, you can do it, right?”

“You can do it, Claire.”

“But the other person is that saint. I have also heard of her…”

“It’s okay.”

Preparations are complete.

I sighed and looked at the princess’s party in front of me.

Xenia, the successor to the Magic Tower, and Saint Stella. An unknown knight, and Armidion Eurishia, the princess and one of the greatest knights.

They were so powerful that it was a waste to stay at the academy, but if you look at it the other way around, they were people who would never have come together if it weren’t for the academy.

If there is a problem that needs to be resolved with this much power, it would be impossible for it to be anything other than an event like the appearance of the Demon King.

“I’m grateful that you seem to be taking this seriously.”

There was flawless arrogance in the princess’s eyes.

I am happy.

For a knight of her level, it would not have been easy for her to find a serious partner.

No matter how strong the knight is, or rather, the stronger the knight, one cannot help but consider her political influence.

Rather than winning or losing her fight, she can’t help but focus on what she can gain from it.

“Really, thank you…”

He was not much different from the fact that he was a young knight who was not interested in fame or politics and purely pursued nothingness.

Any knight of any decent level knows full well that it is pointless to burn out her fighting spirit against her.

Rather than thinking about fighting seriously and winning, I started thinking about doing my best to fight without shame.

Rather than thinking about instilling despair in her with her victory, she can’t help but think about learning as much as possible from her sword.

That couldn’t satisfy her fighting spirit.

“Good eyes. It looks like they’ve definitely prepared a strategy.”

“You won’t like it. It’s a pretty cruel method.”

“It doesn’t matter. Isn’t this just a tournament?”

I don’t know if you trust me, or if you think I will have the means to respond no matter what happens.

Sadly, her expectations would not come true.

“Let’s fight without shame.”

“It’s a shame. I don’t have the confidence to beat the princess in a ‘non-embarrassing fight.'”

“Yes, good. Fight a winning fight.”

As expected, she is more innocent than a child now. She just has great power.

Of course she is beautiful now, but eventually she has to grow up someday.

“Let’s begin!”

The referee sounded the signal. However, the eight people standing on the ring stopped and observed each other’s movements as if they had made a promise.

“…Why are you stopping?”

“No matter what, you’re not a wizard.”

The princess smiled mercifully.

“Isn’t the speed of reacting to the referee’s signals so slow that it can’t be compared to mine? If I hit a player, it would be difficult for it to be a fair fight.”

It was an endlessly arrogant statement, but if the speaker was a princess, it was a natural statement.

She had the speed and ability to jump tens of meters and kill enemies before any spells were implemented.

Even competing with the princess in swordsmanship is a privilege reserved for the strongest swordsman who can match her speed and strength.

“What can we do?”

“Do as you wish.”

“I’ll wait. Come first.”

I nodded slowly. I had no intention of getting into an argument with her over who would attack first.

“Then, I’ll go first.”

I clapped my hands. Black fog filled the ring.

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‘It’s coming!’

Avoiding the body is meaningless. You have to move your magic.

I have definitely become stronger. It had a power that was incomparable to the time when one had to sacrifice a finger to catch Behemoth.

Nevertheless, it is impossible to keep up with the speed.

No matter how strongly I condense the demonic energy, I cannot exert physical force strong enough to stop the princess’s running body.

The ground was lifted with magic and a wall made of earth was built, but it was slow. It wasn’t enough to stop the princess, who shot out like a bullet.

“Big!”

My body is shaking. A huge shock tore through my body without mercy.

Nevertheless, my operation. The first response was completed successfully.

“Did you avoid it?”

A smile appeared on the princess’s lips.

What I pushed away with magic was not the princess’s body. It was my body.

The fog I raised will hide what happens inside.

The earthen wall I built will prevent them from joining forces to block us.

“Go, go!”

“…He’s not a great opponent.”

“Okay, let’s give it a try!”

A nameless knight was fighting against Lilian and Kellin.

Even though he is a nameless knight, his skills are not poor. This is the person the princess chose lightly with the mindset of ‘I don’t have anyone to choose as a team member, so wouldn’t this be okay…’

No matter how simple it was, it did not mean that its skills were lacking. If he fought from the front, he would have had a level of skill that could even challenge Kelin with a sword.

With the ‘friendly Magi’ and the darkness that covered her atmosphere, Kelin would have been able to show a performance that exceeded her own abilities, but her knight, supported by her saint, was also strong.

However, when Lilian is involved, the story is a bit different.

Although it was not a good environment for an archer to excel, she is a very skilled archer.

The terrain and thick fog could not cover her eyes. The arrows fired from her bow faithfully suppressed the knight’s movements.

“Haaa!!!”

“Kyaaa! What is this…? What is this power…”

Clair, who had unleashed her power, faithfully took over the black fog that I initially shot out and covered this space with demonic energy.

‘The saint, she has not yet fully recovered from her injuries…’

Nevertheless, she cannot ignore her abilities, but in a battle that simply competes with the strength of energy, Claire is not inferior.

Considering what kind of entity Claire had contracted with and how much trust she received, it could be seen that she also had firepower that far exceeded the level of an ordinary dark priest.

‘The problem is here!’

“You seem to have a lot on your mind.”

Xenia’s magic and the princess’s overwhelming physical abilities.

I have to stop all of this by myself.

“Let’s hold on!”

Fire spewed out from Xenia’s staff. As simple as breathing, endlessly hot.

Unlike the princess, who was a brave warrior, she had no actual combat experience.

However, considering Xenia’s sense in handling her magic and her wisdom, looking down on her because of her lack of combat experience was no different from looking down on her ‘dragon with no combat experience’ .

Violent magical power rushes in at a violent speed.

However, there was no need to panic.

‘…It works!’

She has no practical experience. In which situations, she does not know in what way and when she casts which spells her enemies will suffer the most critical damage.

Ironically, Xenia’s most effective strategy right now was to ‘do nothing’.

‘If the princess had continued to attack alone, she wouldn’t have been able to take this kind of leisure.’

Xenia’s magic is definitely strong and fast. To the point of burning and melting her entire earth.

But she had no intention of suppressing that power, and the princess had no choice but to match her tempo.

‘Ha…’

With my feet firmly planted on the ground, I endlessly breathed magical energy into the pouring flames.

“…Ugh?”

Although it had the shape of a flame, what flowed from Xenia’s staff was not fire, a true ‘natural phenomenon’, but simply a mass of magical power in the shape of fire.

It was extremely hot and burned everything it touched, so it wasn’t that different from real fire in many ways.

However, there remains a hole for demonic energy to enter.

“Haaa!!!”

Xenia’s expression darkened, perhaps because she had finally realized her mistake.

Recognizing me as the ‘biggest threat’ was a pretty good decision. It was quite a wise idea to focus all of our efforts on this area, thinking that there would be no holes elsewhere.

But no matter how strong Xenia is, she is not as strong as the princess. And now, the princess is on guard, keeping a little distance after her first strike in order to match Xenia’s attack.

And even Xenia’s attacks are ridiculously weak to be her true power.

I can’t help it. She is a magician, and even for a genius of her level, it is not easy to retrieve her magic once she has cast it.

This is a tournament. If a member of the princess’s party kills someone, or even me, who has built a reputation, it will turn into a big incident.

A rumor may spread that you faked my death in an accident to keep the warlock in check, and even if that were not the case, the entire academy would fall into chaos.

Taking that into account, her attack with the hand inside could not be said to be so clean and powerful.

“…Huh.”

The fire stained with demon energy came into my control.

The flames pouring down on me stopped and turned their heads towards Xenia and Eurishia.

“Would you like to continue?”

I smiled weakly and looked at the two people.