Translator : PolterGlast
In the afternoon, as the first day of special training approached the second half of the day, Feo and the others had finished the escort task and were in the process of completing the task at the reception desk of the administrative headquarters.
"Yu~p. With this, our task is done. So, what are we going to do now?"
"Yeah... I've seen the remaining tasks, but there aren't many left. For the time being, shouldn't we just intercept the party we met while doing the remaining tasks?"
"Eeh~! That's annoying. Why don't we attack a party like Irisdina who seems to have a lot of points? We can gain points and reduce our opponent at the same time. That's killing two birds with one stone."
Shina gave a safe answer to Feo's question. However, Mimuru raised a dissatisfied voice with her proposal.
Until now, they had not moved from the southern part of the training area to make full use of Shina's spirit magic. Her spirit magic, which specialized in base defense, fully demonstrated its abilities, and combined with Feo's swordsmanship and Tom's alchemy, they were strong enough to be called a fortress in the southern region. They were able to build a good base.
Perhaps because of that, most of the parties they encountered so far would only be defeated by Shina, Feo, and Tom's ranged attacks. Shina's accurate bow shooting and spirit magic, Feo's talisman technique that could monitor the situation from a distance, and Tom's magic that had increased its power by using a catalyst. Due to this abundant surveillance and ranged attack technique, most enemy parties were slaughtered without being able to get close to them.
As a result, Mimuru, who emphasized close combat, had accumulated frustration.
"...Mimuru, I know we managed to defeat the instructor who was the special target, but that's no reason for us to be negligent, right?"
"I know Shina. But you worry too much~."
Shina held her temple with her index finger. Maybe she had a headache with Mimuru's usual behavior. Tom, while seeing such a usual scene in front of him, make a bitter smile, then he spoke to Shina.
"Now now. However, I think Mimuru has a point. From now on, the only way to earn points is to fight the other parties..."
“That's true, but……”
Certainly, as Tom said, attacking was more efficient than defending to earn points from now on.
"More importantly, where do you think Nozomu is~? I didn't see him on the southern part of this training area..."
Feo still maintained his own pace even in front of the three of them. Shina felt her headache getting worse.
"Hey, why don't we go to the northern part this time? We haven't gone there yet."
"That's right! Let's go!"
Mimuru and Feo had started to harmonize completely. It seemed that the pace of the two 2nd-class troublemakers who don't listen to people will not change even in this special training.
"Haa, could you guys be a little more cautious?"
“But it can't be helped if we think about it. We've been in the southern part so far. Shina had signed a spiritual contract and intercepted enemies that came within the contract's range, so the number of parties had decreased and it was becoming very inefficient now. Also, we're done with the escort task, right?"
Eventually, Tom, who was supposed to be Shina's only ally, started to get in tune with Mimuru and Feo. But Shina herself understood that their previous strategy wasn't as efficient as before, so she had no choice but to nod at Tom's opinion.
"That is ... haa, I understand."
"Yeah! We'll do it!! Thank you, Tom."
"W-wait a minute, Mimuru... Uwa, pu~!"
Mimuru hugged Tom, probably satisfied with the way Tom persuaded Shina. When Tom's petite body fit snugly in Mimuru's arms, she started to rub her cheeks against Tom's.
Tom was embarrassed, but he was happy to be in close contact with his beloved woman, so he didn't resist, and Mimuru had done so occasionally.
"But it will be dangerous if we are ambushed, so proceed with caution."
Even though she had an amazed expression on her face, Shina looked at the two of them with a smile. Feo also smirked seeing something interesting.
After that, they headed to the northern part of the training area. Surprisingly, it was the place that became the fiercest battlefield right now.
***
As Shina and her friends were heading to the north, the battle between Irisdina's party and Lisa's party was on par with each other.
"Waa~!"
Lisa swung the saber in her right hand.
Her slash along with her overwhelming physical strength tried to reach Irisdina, but the rapier struck the belly of the saber and diverted its trajectory.
"Your back is left exposed!"
"Kuh!!"
However, in the meantime, Ken went around behind Irisdina and tried to swing the longsword he was holding.
Irisdina repelled Lisa's saber and without killing the momentum she blocked the oncoming Ken's attack, but she was pushed back by the longsword's momentum and lost her posture.
Lisa chased Irisdina further, who was out of shape.
Lisa turned her saber around and tried to hit Irisdina's body with her full blow.
However, Irisdina deployed a magic barrier with the ability "Immediate Deployment" to prevent Lisa from pursuing.
"Not good enough!"
Ken has attacked to replace Lisa again. Perhaps Irisdina thought that being surrounded by two enemies was a bad thing, she tried to take a step back, but Ken persistently followed because he didn't want to let her do that.
However, Tima's magic stopped his legs.
A large fireball attacked from Ken's side. *Calamity of the Sinner* faithfully carried out its master's orders and flew towards Ken who was trying to catch up to Irisdina.
"Kuh~!"
Ken gave up chasing and tried to dodge the magic by jumping out of place with all his might. As soon as he jumped, the huge fireball landed on the ground.
Tima's immense magical power that conjured *Calamity of the Sinner* exploded at once to show off the immense power hidden in her body. The rapidly dispersed flames caught up with Ken, who should have been quite far away, and the flames attacked him.
However, Ken was also a student who had reached rank A. He immediately put up a barrier and tried to block the effects of Tima's magic.
"Kuh~! As usual, such a tremendous power!"
However, the attacking flames tried to engulf Ken's magic barrier with its overwhelming power.
Originally, Tima was the strongest when it came to magical power only. Her magic wasn't easy to block. When Ken's magic barrier cracked, Lisa cut in between Ken and the approaching flames.
She quickly deployed another magic barrier and pushed back the flames that were trying to engulf Ken.
"Camilla !!"
"I know!!"
This time, Camilla, who was chanting a spell in the back, activated her magic. It wasn't comparable to the huge fireball Tima had created, but she created several fireballs and fired them at Tima who had just activated her magic.
"I won't let you!"
Irisdina immediately deployed and gathered the surrounding wind. She released the wind that gathered in a spiral towards the fireballs that flew towards Tima at once. The *Wind Tunnel of the Hungry Beast* activated by Irisdina swallowed Camilla's fireballs and dispersed them.
Irisdina stood in front of Tima to protect her while looking sideways at the falling pieces of the fireball.
Lisa and Ken stood with their respective weapons to protect Camilla who had just used her magic.
"Didn't we just go back and forth repeatedly? ..."
"Yeah. My party is superior in terms of numbers, so I thought it would be resolved quickly since Camilla is here, and if we continue our attack and defense like this, we will be able to overwhelm you."
Lisa replied to Irisdina's voice.
Certainly, Lisa's party had the advantage in terms of numbers, and if they thought about it normally, they would think that Irisdina and Tima would end up being overwhelmed eventually.
In fact, it was difficult for Irisdina to beat Lisa and Ken at the same time. Moreover, Camilla supported them from behind with magic.
However, it was somehow balanced because Irisdina was supported by Tima, who was behind her.
Despite the fact that Lisa and Ken had the advantage because of Camilla, Irisdina and Tima managed to fight because of their fighting experience.
Previously, they had to fight a powerful S-rank enemy named Rugato to save Somia. When Rugato fought to take Somia's soul with the contract as his pretext, they literally fought for life and death.
Magical power, experience, and fighting techniques far surpassed themselves. A battle with an opponent who could easily destroy what they had cultivated so far.
Even if they were unable to reach Rugato's heights at that time, the experience of fighting for their loved ones was engraved in their blood.
(Ai, what are we going to do? At this rate...)
(I know……)
However, frontal confrontation was still disadvantageous to Irisdina and Tima. Irisdina thought about how to manage their situation.
However, Lisa's party didn't give them much time. Lisa immediately doubled the effectiveness of her body strengthening magic with *Niveei Witch*. She rushed towards Irisdina to end their fight at once.
After the activation of Lisa's body strengthening magic, Camilla also started chanting a spell.
"Tima! We're running away!"
Upon seeing the situation, After seeing the situation, Irisdina immediately activated her magic with *Immediate Deployment*.
The next moment, darkness spread all around and engulfed Irisdina and Lisa in the blink of an eye.
"Kuh~! This is ..."
Lisa stopped in a hurry as her vision was obstructed by the darkness that enveloped her. Ken, who was right behind her, also stopped and observed his surroundings.
What was activated was magic called *Thick Fog of the New Moon*.
As the name implies, it generated a thick black fog that robbed the opponents of their sight.
"...They didn't attack?"
"I see, are they going to run away like this?"
At first, they thought Irisdina would launch an attack when the *Thick Fog of the New Moon* blocked their vision, but Lisa was skeptical that there was no such thing.
Ken wondered if they had escaped, but Lisa didn't think so.
"No, it's not ... I see! I understand!"
Lisa turned around. Her destination was where Camilla was.
When Camilla started to appear beyond Lisa's field of vision, as she had expected, a shadow rushed over from Camilla's side.
"I won't let you!"
"Kuh~, just a little bit more!"
Lisa plunged into the shadow creeping at Camilla and cut into it with the saber and dagger in her hand, but the shadow jumped away while parrying her attacks. It was Irisdina, who was creeping from the darkness, trying to attack Camilla from the side. The reason why Irisdina shouted earlier was to show the pretense that she was running away and let the other party be on guard, but she gritted her teeth when she was found out. Moreover, Ken and Camilla tried to attack her with magic, but Tima's magic activated before them. The *Wind Tunnel of the Hungry Beast* passed between Irisdina and Lisa's party, and they were going back to square one again.
The two parties glared at each other. At that moment, Irisdina heard a faint sound from a distance.
***
In the vicinity of Irisdina's fighting place, Nozomu's party was also in combat with Kevin's party.
"O-ra~a !!"
"Fuh~ !!"
Nozomu parried Kevin's fist. He swung his katana as soon as he parried Kevin's attack, but his katana was blocked by the back of Kevin's hand and was repelled with a high-pitched sound.
Kevin made a full turn on the spot and tried to do a roundhouse kick into Nozomu's flank, but Nozomu jumped back and dodged the roundhouse kick.
On landing, he stepped forward again and tried to launch a slash, but just as Nozomu was about to move forward, Kevin was already approaching in front of him.
"Too slow !!"
"Tch~!"
Kevin aimed his fist at Nozomu's face. Nozomu decided that it was too late to swing his katana, so he jumped to the side and dodged Kevin's fist. However, Kevin, who was superior in terms of physical ability, caught up to Nozomu in a blink of an eye.
"I told you, too slow !!"
"Kuh~!"
Kevin caught up with Nozomu and he jumped lightly without killing his running momentum. Using the strength of his entire body, he tried to kick Nozomu while twisting his whole body.
"Drop dead!"
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