The Elemental Sword Demon King
Episode 36: Match Ranking
While carbonizing the many trees in the forest, Salamander chased after from behind the girl. However, the elementalist seemed to be much more accustomed to the terrain and prepared for battle and while distracting him with spirit magic, he quickly fled deep into the forest.
"Erghh, keep quiet!"
Losing her patience, Victoria jumped to the ground from the gap between the trees.
"Because it's like this, I'm going to blow everything up with my strongest spirit magic."
"Wait, Victoria, the ground looks weird!" Kaizo shouted, and at that moment, a large amount of soil and sand exploded from under Victoria's feet.
"What!?"
"Once is one's greatest enemy, Victoria Blade of the Crow Class!"
Emerging from underground was a giant handclamp. From within the raised sand and the huge hole that opened on the ground, the protective sand Golem of countless bulges flew out.
It was a type of elemental aero that covered the entire body with armor. Victoria was blown away by the explosion and fell to the ground. The spirit attacked using soil and sand and the impact caused the body to be substantially damaged.
"Victoria!"
Before Kaizo ran towards him, the sand Golem elementalist was already chasing. This is not a coincidence attack. They were meticulously eyeing the moment when Victoria fell to the ground.
* ᚱᚲ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ ᛗ ᛚᛜ ᛞ ᛟ*
"Eat this, elemental aero from the spirit of the sand Golem, «Hidden Speck», «Breaker Arm»."
* ᚹᚺ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚠᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ *
"Guu! Fire, dance in my hands, Flame Ball!"
The fallen Victoria released many fireballs from her hands. However, the armor-type aero elemental fell through the barrage of flames.
"Ha, the fire attribute is ineffective against the sand Golem spirit. Didn't you learn it during class?"
The shoulder rug of the sand Golem armor kept Victoria away. Kaizo kicked the ground and quickly turned around. Holding Nyx in an inverted grip, she stopped Victoria's body from flying towards her, hugging the girl tightly.
"Uah!" Victoria let out a lethargic voice from her mouth. It seemed that his recent attacks had greatly drained his divine power, yet he still looked conscious.
(Just before the collision, he released a fireball into the ground and destroyed his opponent's horses. As expected of him.)
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Y-yes, uh, k-you, what are you doing!"
Suddenly, Victoria's face flushed. Victoria's tiny body was held in such a way that her back and knees were propped up by her hands. It's called being carried like a princess.
"Fuck, i-idiot! Hurry up, get me down!"
"He-hey, don't rebel! You will fall!"
"Shut up, quiet! Quickly put me down!"
Victoria started beating Kaizo's chest while being carried like a princess. This somehow made her look like a cute little animal.
"Are you worried about me? You don't have to worry. Just so you know, you're pretty light."
"Is it because my chest is flat?"
"No, I didn't say anything like that. I just thought that you were cute like a little animal."
"Lu-hilarious?!"
He looked down with a red face and Kaizo lowered it with a sigh of relief.
The Elementalist Sand Golem had already disappeared. It seemed, since Victoria was defeated in the recent attack, she was waiting for another chance for a surprise attack. In contrast to his outer appearance, he was the cautious type.
From within the forest, Salamander who was supposed to be chasing after the thunder elementalist, returned. They did not appear to have suffered any injuries, but it seemed like they were letting their prey escape.
"Thunder elementalist was deliberately showing himself to us."
"As expected of a crafty Wolf Class team."
"Not that they are so cunning or what, given the match of their fellow spirits, it is an obvious strategy." Kaizo said as she shrugged and Victoria pouted shut her mouth.
"However, oddly enough they didn't come to chase us. I know they're careful, but this is still weird."
"That's right. From the very beginning, that thunder elementalist movement could only be seen as stalling for time."
The Astral Spirit Forest began to quiet down. He could not sense their presence at all, neither from the surrounding bushes, nor from underground.
(With this time delay, do they have some kind of plan?)
"I want to send scouts to look for enemies, but...."
"If it's possible, I've done it."
After all, there were three people left on the opposing team. The others on the other hand only have two. Depending on the situation, it could be that one person had to fight with two or three people.
In a one-on-one fight, Kaizo and Victoria are invincible. However, if they were captured and taken by more than two coordinated fighters, victory would be much more difficult.
Also, even in the case of a one-on-one battle, the strengths and weaknesses of fellow spirits should be considered.
In actual combat, one also had to keep in mind compatibility issues when spirit attributes were more effective than the abilities of an elementalist.
"It looks like you're having a tough battle, Kirigaya Kaizo."
Suddenly, from behind, a voice sounded. Kaizo turned around and saw how a black figure quickly appeared from within the shadow on the ground. The black figure very quickly turned into a mature woman.
She has long shiny black hair and the glasses she wears give her a very intellectual appearance. She was wearing a long white robe on top of her suit, the beautiful woman was her homeroom teacher.
"Master Emilia?"
The guardian of the class, the Crow class and the supervisor of this match, Emilia Gaia. Thanks to his contracted Spirit ability, he could travel through shadows.
"Is that okay? To show up in the middle of a game?"
"What, there's no problem with giving advice to students who score poorly." Emilia suddenly smiled and raised her glasses.
“Although, the team you are facing right now has a superior rank, you will obviously have a tough battle. Based on individual strength, the two of you are barely reachable, but your team strength is lacking. How can you get hurt before the game?"
"This morning, I'm baked." He glared at Victoria beside him with scorn, in response he quickly averted his gaze.
"However, first of all, I think it's strange to have a five-on-two match."
Despite the fact that they only had two people, the team they faced numbered five.
They had defeated two people, but the thunder sniper elementalist, the empty-handed battle-type sand Golem elementalist and then the last person, who had yet to show himself, was still left.
"Do you know, the fact that your team only has two people is bad. You cannot qualify for the «Style Festival of Sword» this round without a five-man team. What are you planning to do?"
"We'll find people before the deadline. We don't really need all five members to become high-level elementalists. After all, my plan is for me, alone, and this slave spirit to win through this." Victoria muttered indistinctly and Emilia glared at him with a serious face.
"You better not take group combat lightly, Victoria Blade. You are of course a strong elementalist, but even so you really can't beat a coordinated team."
After which, he turned towards Kaizo, "Do you know chess?"
"Aidenwyth forcibly made me his playing partner. But I never won."
“Queen is indeed a powerful piece. In a one-on-one fight, there was almost no time to lose. However, depending on the situation, it was also possible to be defeated by the pawn, that is, the weakest part on the table."
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*Connected.....
*Note: This story is fictitious. If there is a similarity in the name of the character, the scene, or the story, it is a mere coincidence and there is no element of intentionality.