Mushoku no Eiyuu ~Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan daga~ Chapter 26

Chapter 26 ‒ What's the real intention.

sauce: syosetu

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The second qualifying round went well.
And when I noticed, it was already in the final round.

"Arel-san if you win this, you will be in the final round! Please do your best!"
"As expected even if I'm not there, Lilia will lose in the qualification."
"Why does it have to be me, I can't even get to the final round."

Even though we were on the same block, I could only face Lilia in the final.
But Lilia lost in the semifinals.
And my opponent was a swordsman who defeated Lilia.

"[Magic Swordsman] huh. What an unusual class."
"... I don't want to be told by you who is a [Classless]."

Opponents glared at me.

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She was a woman who looked a little older than me.
A B-rank swordsman, she was [Advance Class] [Magic Swordsman] who obtains sword and magic skills.

This was a swordsmen tournament, but in reality, as long as you were registered in the guild, you could participate even if you didn't have swordsmen class.
Even I, a [Classless], participated.
For example, [Sorcerer] was allowed to fight using magic.

Even though this was a heterogeneous battle, swordsmen did not doubt that swords were the strongest, in fact, those who had participated using weapons other than swords in the past were permitted but had been defeated in qualifications. It was said that battle using other than swords are permitted.
So, of course, it didn't matter if [Magic Swordsman] used magic.
Because she was also a swordsman, the surrounding's voice was rather calm compared to a completely different class.
A few moments ago, [Summoners] fought with summoning monsters, but were bombarded with harsh comments, such as "A coward who can't do anything alone!" or "Weak bastards who can't swing a swords!".

"However, it quite convenient because can use swords in short range battles and magic at long range."
"Speaking of which, I'm still unable to ..."
"Both are halfway because it is still halfway."
"!"

I envied with sword and magic she could use.
Certainly that was a great advantage of being able to use both of them, in swordmanship it had not yet reached the level of [Advance Class] swordsmen, and so in magic, it was lower than the [Advance Class] magicians.
I could say that too.

Maybe she could to be the strongest if she could master both of them.

....... Fumu.
By the way, I was always interested.

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"... I really want to keep it to the finals, but ... it can't be helped, right."
"Fumu?"

Opponent murmured something that seemed to have a meaning.

"Dont worry. There's no way you can go to final. If you have skills that you hide, you better show it now. I'm curious."
"! don't underestimate me ..........!"

I just saying the facts.....?

"I'll show you! ... !"
"Hou."

Without realizing it, I called out a voice of admiration.

The sword she was holding suddenly blazed in flames.

"Oh, I see. A skill that allows you to give magic to swords huh. "
"That's right. The strongest sword that only can be handled by [Magic Swordsman]."

She then swung her sword from where she stood.
Then the flames stretched to formed a whip and attacked me.

I jumped away to dodge it. But then she twisted her wrists, along with that, the fire whip suddenly changed its trajectory and chased me.

... You can even use it like that?

If she could use , she could fight at any distance, whether it is short, medium, or long range.
Very interesting.

"I can see a good skill. As expected of sword city. There are still many things that I can learn. ... If I go to final, can I see even more unusual skills?"
"Unfortunatelly, but the one who will go to final is this person――――!?"

I left "Afterimage" and darted approaching opponent. Then using [Sword Princess]'s certain-death skill , I finished off opponent.
Her disappeared at once.

"Nn? Did you say something?"

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After passed from the second qualification, I had the right to participate in the final.
Lilia was lost. But Raina, she won the 8th block so she also got the right to participate in the final.

"Two member of our guild participate in the final Sword God Cup! How long has it been!"
"Why are you so happy when you lose?"
"Isn't that great!? Because I am the one who blesses the success of her friends!"
"Really doubt. What is the real intention?"
"Because I bet on Arel-san, it's quite profitable, Fufufufufu... No, that's not true !? That's really profitable!"

All battles in this city were betting.
The qualifications for Sword God Cup were no exception, and Lilia seemed to bet on me.

"Are you betting on yourself?"
"Y-yes ..."

Lilia nodded weakly.
However, returned quickly.

"E ~ That's right! I thought that impossible from the start! What's wrong with that! "

In a sense, refreshing.

The final round was one week later.
So, we headed to the dungeon again.

14th floor.
Using comfortable transfer magic, we were at the restart point that we reached before the second qualifying round.

According to rumors, it seemed that [Upper-Advance Class] Living Armor began to appear around the 15th floor.

The only [Upper-Advance Class] that I had ever met were [Sword Princess] and [Dual Swords King].
But [Dual Swords King] was Lilia's father, so he never showed his skills.
Well, in that arm state, he wouldn't be able to showed it seriously.

Besides that, it seemed that there were [Sword Emperor] and also [Absolute Swordsman].
Whereas in knight there were [Knight Princess] and [Knight King].
Maybe there were other classes that not yet known to the public.

"I looking forward it."
"So- so- someoneeeeeee!" I heard someone's scream.

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Chapter end