As Shion ran around the arena, looking for an opportunity to advance towards Eliza, she would instantly cause the ground in front of him to explode with her magic, forcing Shion to retreat hastily.
Their battle appeared to be a series of advances and retreats, with Shion running in circles, attempting to move forward only to be forced back, then resuming his circular path.
However, the tide of battle was gradually turning in Eliza’s favor.
“(Don’t think you can keep dodging my attacks forever…!!)”
“(…Ugh)”
Eliza’s spells were beginning to close in on Shion.
The fireballs that Shion had been able to leave behind earlier were now singeing the edges of his combat uniform with each cast, forcing him to dodge by the skin of his teeth.
Even if unfamiliar, she was gradually getting the hang of it and adapting on the spot.
This was the true ability of someone with overwhelming magical talent. This was the power of Eliza Lowred, ranked fifth in the academy.
“(Looks like this is my limit)”
Shion realized that no matter how hard he ran, Eliza’s magic would hit him directly before he could close the distance with her.
“(If I’m going to do it, it has to be now)”
Suddenly stopping, Shion decided to use his trump card that he had been saving.
Eliza, slightly suspicious of Shion who had stopped about fifteen meters away, called out to him.
“Oh? Is the game of tag over? Just so you know, I won’t accept a surrender without any damage.”
“I’m not surrendering yet. I just thought I’d settle this quickly since we’re not getting anywhere.”
“…? Huh? Wait, what are you planning?”
Replying in a calm tone, Shion slowly began walking straight towards Eliza.
Confused by this unexpected action, Eliza unconsciously stopped casting her spells. Seemingly unconcerned by Eliza’s reaction, Shion continued his steady advance.
“Hey, what are you thinking? Let me remind you, this is a duel. I’m not soft enough to overlook such a defenseless state, you know?”
Eliza said this, but in reality, she was hesitating slightly.
As the fifth-ranked student in the academy, was it appropriate to mercilessly unleash magic on a lower-ranked opponent who was neither casting spells nor doing anything but slowly walking straight towards her?
That’s why she issued a warning first. So that if Shion didn’t stop advancing, she could unleash her magic without hesitation.
Hopefully, Shion would enter a combat stance.
“…”
However, Shion continued walking calmly without responding to Eliza’s words.
“…!! Don’t say I didn’t warn you…!!”
Eliza completely shed her hesitation towards Shion, who ignored her warning and didn’t stop his advance.
And the moment Eliza deployed her magic circles, palms facing Shion, Shion also began chanting a spell.
“Limit Accel” — he said.
Immediately after, simultaneously with Eliza’s incantation “Hellfire An-Tsünde Sphere!!”, a massive fireball was launched towards Shion from the magic circle in front of Eliza.
The fireball, making a thunderous roar and scorching the air with its high temperature, rapidly approached Shion, who was still walking straight towards Eliza.
However, the “Hellfire An-Tsünde Sphere” didn’t hit Shion, instead creating a huge pillar of fire far behind him.
Despite Shion just walking straight towards Eliza.
“…Huh?”
To Eliza’s eyes, it looked as if the fireball had passed right through Shion.
Of course, it’s impossible for the “Hellfire An-Tsünde Sphere” to pass through a human body. So, did Shion dodge the approaching fireball at a speed too fast for the eye to follow?
Is it possible to move at a speed invisible even to the eyes of Eliza, the fifth-ranked powerhouse in the academy?
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At that moment, Eliza recalled Shion’s earlier words: “I thought I’d settle this quickly.” Perhaps those weren’t just empty words after all.
Faced with Shion, who had demonstrated an unknown power right before her eyes, Eliza instantly raised her guard. At the same time, she was shaken by this unexpected turn of events.
She had intended to just rough up Shion as payback for seeing her panties. She never imagined that she, ranked fifth in the academy, would feel even slightly threatened by a C-class magic student before the duel began.
“(In any case, there’s no way I can allow myself to lose to a C-class student…!!)”
It’s not enough to say she was careless. There’s no excuse for failing to handle an unfamiliar magic.
At that moment, Eliza decided to unleash her full power to crush the C-class magic student before her.
“raging, piercing whirlwind arrow Vind-Stürm Siesen!”
The magic Eliza cast was by far the fastest she had used in this duel.
It was an incredibly powerful wind arrow capable of pulverizing even a massive boulder in a single shot, traveling at a speed almost equal to that of sound.
If one were to blink the moment it was fired from the magic circle, it would pierce its target before their eyes reopened, such was its astonishing speed.
This arrow, aimed at Shion who was barely ten meters away, was certain to hit.
And yet.
“Tch!”
Just like the previous “Hellfire An-Tsünde Sphere,” the “Vind-Stürm Siesen” also failed to hit Shion, only damaging the arena wall far behind him.
“(This guy…!!)”
And at that moment, Eliza realized.
Indeed, the magic wasn’t passing through him; Shion was dodging at high speed.
Earlier, she couldn’t recognize it due to the blazing fireball, but when she cast “Vind-Stürm Siesen,” Eliza caught a glimpse of Shion’s body blurring and leaving a faint afterimage for just an instant.
“—In that case!!”
Although shaken that even her fastest magic didn’t graze Shion, Eliza quickly regained her composure and began chanting her next spell.
“onslaught Vindichi Sturm-Lanze…!!”
Eliza deployed a magic circle so large it lightly enveloped her entire body, and from it, she unleashed countless wind arrows wrapped in flames.
The “Vindichi Sturm-Lanze” combined the already powerful “Vind-Stürm Siesen” with flames, raining down like a storm. It was a potent magic that merged the speed of wind arrows with the destructive power of scorching flames.
Undoubtedly the strongest secret technique among the magic Eliza Lowred could wield.
This high-difficulty magic, combining wind and flame attributes, was what placed Eliza Lowred, a second-year student, at the fifth rank in the academy.
Creating a gale strong enough to violently flutter Eliza’s hair and combat uniform, countless arrows of flame and wind were launched towards Shion one after another.
–And yet.
“–…What!?”
Even this failed to hit Shion.
At the center of the barrage of magical arrows, Shion didn’t stop his advance.
Slowly but surely, Shion closed the distance with Eliza.
The numerous magical arrows singed Shion’s hair and combat uniform as they grazed him, but Shion himself didn’t suffer even a scratch.
Eliza’s countless wind arrows only left extraordinary destruction marks on the arena wall far behind Shion.
“…!! Kuh”
Eliza had been continuously casting “Vindichi Sturm-Lanze,” but when the distance between her and Shion reduced to just over two meters, she instinctively stopped her magic and leaped back greatly.
However, in the next moment.
“!!”
Eliza’s eyes widened involuntarily.
The instant her feet touched the ground after leaping backward, Shion was already standing right in front of her.
“…….”
As Eliza stood there, speechless, Shion raised his right hand, pointing his index and middle fingers between her eyebrows. Without a trace of elation or triumph, he spoke in a matter-of-fact tone:
“Checkmate,” he said.
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— “Limit Accel.”
It was a magic once known by the epithet “The Peerless Chronos Dictator.”
In essence, this technique explosively accelerates the caster’s consciousness, dynamic visual acuity, and physical movement speed.
If one were to view it as merely “being able to move quickly,” it might seem no different from “physical enhancement magic.”
However, even when activated with A-class magical power, “physical enhancement magic” only increases speed by about 20-30 kilometers per hour.
In contrast, when a magician using “Limit Accel” runs, their speed reaches near-sonic levels.
Moreover, the enhanced dynamic visual acuity granted by “Limit Accel” allows the caster to perceive even arrows shot from a bow as if they were standing still.
It is truly a power that transcends human comprehension.
In the ancient world, plagued by constant territorial disputes, this magic was feared as “The Peerless Chronos Dictator” because a single practitioner could dominate the entire battlefield.
It’s a magic that requires an extremely rare magical aptitude, with only a handful of users recorded throughout history.
During his duel with Eliza Lowred, Shion Ichinose activated this “Limit Accel” and dodged every single magical attack that came his way.
How could a mere C-class magic student like him wield such high-level magic?
To put it simply, “he just happened to be lucky”… that’s the conclusion.
Each person has their own aptitude for magic.
Even among magicians with an aptitude for “emission-type magic,” there are further subdivisions of strengths and weaknesses based on magical attributes.
For example, a magician capable of wielding A-class magic in basic attributes like fire, water, wind, and lightning might be completely unable to use earth-attribute magic.
Conversely, there are cases where a magician can’t use fire, water, wind, or lightning attributes at all, but can wield A-class earth-attribute magic.
Thus, it’s not uncommon for magicians who seem incapable of properly using magic to display extraordinary talent in just one area due to their innate magical aptitude.
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