Translator: Tsukii
Editor: Lilia
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Chapter 65 – Trials that Befall
Early morning on the day of Omike:
Even though the sun had just begun to rise, we were running through a thicket of trees.
“Why do I have to do something like this…!”
I ran desperately while screaming.
The other people were already well on their way to the goal… was it a goal? I didn’t know if that was the correct term, but anyway, they were already ahead.
Rather, I couldn’t even see Erin’s group.
I was completely left alone.
“Kuh… this is definitely Aias’ handiwork, isn’t it?!”
“I can’t answer that.”
The Omike staff-san, who was running parallel to me through the trees, answered in an indifferent voice.
Seriously, what was with this person?
“Well then, please overcome the trial.”
“Wha…?!”
As soon as he said that, magical reactions exploded all over the wooden area.
As I paid attention, I could see the people who were running ahead suddenly launched into the air one after another.
Apparently, they had installed mine-type repulsion magic.
I hurriedly tried to detect the magical reaction and immediately jumped aside after sensing something beneath me.
Immediately after, a net that had been camouflaged on the ground was yanked up with great force.
Wasn’t that a trap to catch a rabbit?
“So they mixed magical and physical traps…”
That was troublesome.
Perhaps this would be tough if I did it half-heartedly?
“Eri~n! Sharo~n! Kuyumi~!”
“Yes ye~s♡”
As soon as I shouted the students’ names to regroup, Kuyumi immediately descended from the tree.
It was my second encounter with someone who moved like a ninja today.
“What about the other two?”
“They seem to be struggling in the frontmost region~♡”
“Struggling? You mean those two?”
When I asked, Kuyumi shook her head in response.
“Then I will ask a question instead, if Kuyumi-chan and the others’ abilities score a 10, then what is the score of that Bard-san’s abilities~?”
“Around 55~66, I guess.”
“In that case, the other side might have set more serious traps than sensei’s thought♡”
“Fuuhn.”
I looked around and sure enough, all the traps set in the thicket were vicious.
People who kept running without taking any precautions wouldn’t be able to avoid them.
“Tch… like hell I’m going to play along. Kuyumi, don’t leave my side.”
“Eh?”
“‘Crushing myth’ ‘The baby’s prayers’ ‘I am a foolish martyr’ ‘May you lament the collapse’ ── DRIVE.”
As I held Kuyumi, who had a dumbfounded expression, closer, I poured the hero’s light into Prototype Number 5, which I had been holding.
There was no need to use the extended functions this time.
After adjusting the output appropriately, the hero’s beam diffused and reflected in a chaotic manner, mowing down the entire area.
The light destroyed traps without distinguishing which were working or not.
“W-wah…”
The other circle owners also stopped and evacuated in a hurry to avoid getting caught in it.
That was helpful of them. I increased the output and smashed a wider area.
“This is the fastest method.”
“T-that’s so childi~sh♡”
Kuyumi’s cheeks flushed a little as she replied with words that lacked her usual sharpness.
What, was she surprisingly agitated? But she seemed quite enthusiastic at first.
“Waaaaaahhhhhhh somehow, there is a giant hedgehog of light walking?!”
“Aren’t you being too absurd, sensei?!”
Erin and Sharon seemed to realize that I was the source of light and ran toward me while avoiding the attacks.
Then when they saw Kuyumi next to me, light escaped their eyes.
“Teach, what is that?”
“Eh… It’s Kuyumi, though…?”
“That’s not what I’m asking, you know?”
“Ahahah… it seems they saw something bad~…”
As I adjusted the light so it wouldn’t hit the two, Erin and Sharon pouted and approached the safe zone.
“Anyway, we can just proceed just like this! Come on, Sharon should also cling closer.”
“I can’t get any closer, though?”
“Why! Then Kuyumi, you already had enough, right!”
“I don’t think it’s enough～♡”
They started quarreling for some reason.
As the three kept loudly arguing while sticking to me, we slowly advanced forward.
As I destroyed all the traps with overwhelming firepower and range, the participants who had been caught in the traps recovered and started moving forward while following us.
In the first place, I didn’t want people unable to participate in Omike due to these pointless traps, so I thought the goal should be for everyone to participate.
[‘What’s with that ridiculous output and range…?!”]
[“Haruto, the Descendant of the Hero, hasn’t weakened at all!”]
[“The attack looks like it’s being radiated randomly, but the angle is actually adjusted?”]
[“So this is… the Hero’s Ultimate Burst…!”]
I could hear astonished voices coming from behind.
Since they could analyze that much, they weren’t amateurs. Even if they weren’t affiliated with the army, they could be an aristocrat capable of magic; there were actually many people like that.
The people forced to participate in this silly game might have been selected by Aias.
Also, what did they mean by Hero’s Ultimate Burst?
Why did I have a special move I didn’t know about?
“Hm?”
As I continued to move forward, I saw the people who were ahead of me were all stuck.
When I looked, I saw a huge magic circle laid out in the middle of a thicket.
“Is that a teleportation magic circle?”
“I guess so, but I don’t see anyone on it.”
“Perhaps it is protected by a barrier~?”
The three students’ guesses were correct.
It was a formation for activating large-scale teleportation magic, and a barrier had been developed to protect the magic formation from anyone standing on it.
“People in front, please move away! The three of you, it’s better to move away a bit.”
As a test, I used Prototype Number 5 to adjust the hero beam into one beam focused forward.
After the three girls and the group in front retreated, the hero beam directly hit the barrier ── or at least that was what it looked like.
[“…………?!”]
I realized that everyone in this place caught their breath in shock.
The extreme bundle of brilliance with the purpose of saving the world, capable of carving away mountains and obliterating even the shadow of the Demon Lord-
– Was blocked by the barrier in front of me. The barrier was unscathed.
No, if one paid attention, they could see what was going on.
There was only a single defensive barrier, but there were protective walls surrounding it that would only react to attacks.
The protective walls were scraped away by the light, but once it weakened, multiple layers of invisible barriers were packed together to further erode away at attack power. Finally, the visible defensive barrier would block whatever was leftover.
From where light originated from my hand to the final barrier, over 100 barriers were actually activated.
“No way, to think Teach’s bombardment was actually ineffective──”
“You shouldn’t put something this absurd, Aiaaaassssss!”
The people around me looked at me in shock.
I didn’t feel any embarrassment. I completely understood the principle, so I snapped.
That asshole!
He really went all out setting things up!
I already thought he was somewhat motivated when he prepared the carriage warp magic, which was rare for him, but knowing that he went this far, I couldn’t help but be pissed!
“Prototype Number 5! Release the limit from the first to seventh module! Critical output!”
I verbally commanded the sword.
With a crackling sound, Prototype Number 5 scattered excessive light into the surrounding area like a lightning bolt’s electrical discharge.
“Eh, wai, Teach’, wai-”
“[Pseudo-Holy Sword Manifestation – Sniping Breath (single point convergence type)] ────!”
I raised the sword above my head and swung it straight down.
An unrestricted pillar of light penetrated countless protective walls.
Just like that, the last defensive barrier was shattered like a shotgun hitting printing paper.
“……Fuh~”
The ritual was completed. It felt like I just proved a difference in ability.
Since that guy prepared things seriously, it meant I had to attack seriously as well.
That one just now was a declaration of war.
“……Teach’.”
“Hm?”
Erin opened her mouth timidly.
The way she was looking at me was cold for some reason.
“If you just attacked from point blank, you wouldn’t need to go that far, right?”
“Ah.”
Thinking logically, that was indeed the case. Past the area penetrated by the attack, there was nothing left but a burnt field.
When I looked more closely, the teleportation magic circle had also been burnt a little. That was close!
“Why can’t you remember how to hold back…?”
“T-that’s not it, things like that are like, well, he’s signaling to me that it’s a competition! Or something like that.”
“Speak in a language that’s easier to understand♡”
As Sharon and Kuyumi interrogated me further, I cried.
As I cried, the other people looked at me with an expression saying, “Is this guy emotionally okay?” and we were finally teleported to the Omike venue together.
The entrance trial ── CLEAR.
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“Iiiii…?! T-that Haruto actually brought that with him…?!”
“What’s with that sword?”
“That’s, well, one of the objects representing our memories together, I guess.”
“Haah… also, Aias-sama, the number of participants hasn’t decreased at all, though?”
“Aah, that’s fine. I have no complaints since they overcame the trial. The real deal will be after they enter the venue.”
“I see… I understand. Since I’m out of options, I’ll leave everything to you.”
“I thought it felt good to be depended on by others for once, but you’re just tired of handling it, aren’t you?!”
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