Chapter 29

After school, a crowd had gathered at the dueling arena.

To think so many people would gather just to see me get beaten up by Legal.

"You actually showed up, huh?"

Legal said this when he saw me at the dueling arena.

"Yeah, I'm here."

I nodded.

"Hey, everyone! That dropout Norman can apparently use magic now. Let's all check if it's true!"

Legal deliberately shouted to the students in the audience.

The students started laughing.

"There's no way Norman, who couldn't use magic before, can suddenly do it now."

"Hey, Legal. Don't bully him too much!"

The students started saying whatever they wanted.

"Come on, take your best shot."

Legal smirked and gestured as if daring me to cast a spell.

Legal and all the students in the audience thought there was no way I could use magic.

But,

"Master, beat that guy to a pulp!"

"Mr. Norman, do your best!"

Only Orobas and Closelle cheered for me.

Well, their voices probably couldn't be heard by the other students, but even so, their support gave me courage.

Alright, I gathered my resolve in my heart.

First, I'll catch him off guard.

With that in mind, I slowly walked up to Legal.

"What are you doing?"

Legal said this in a mocking tone.

Ignoring him, I judged that I was close enough and extended my left hand, chanting.

"Fireball"

"Ugh"

Completely caught off guard, Legal was blown backward.

"Huh, looks like you really learned magic."

Legal said this as he stood up.

"Of course, it's just a basic spell that anyone can learn."

Indeed, controlling a ball of fire is something any magician can do.

"Fireball"

But, I can do little right now.

So, I'll do my best with what I can.

"Hah, the same attack won't work twice!"

Seeing the fireball, Legal started chanting.

"Dispel!!"

As he chanted, a huge magic circle appeared in the air to protect Legal.

Dispel magic.

Magic is activated by giving commands to the countless fine spirits in the atmosphere.

Therefore, by intervening in the spirits the opponent has commanded, it's possible to forcibly cancel the activated magic.

However, my magic isn't spirit-dependent.

"Ugh"

Again, the fireball hit Legal directly.

As expected, my magic can't be dispelled by dispel magic.

Dispel magic is a spell that intervenes with spirits.

It can't cancel the magic I activate using demonic power.

"Water Blade Launch"

Without hesitation, I launched a water blade next.

"Dispel!!"

Again, Legal used dispel magic.

But it didn't work.

The water blade hit Legal directly.

"What's going on?"

Bleeding, Legal asked.

The audience seemed to notice something was off and started murmuring.

I even heard someone say, "Is Legal being pushed back...?"

"Fireball"

Ignoring Legal's question, I chanted again.

"Gale!"

Green magic circles floated up from Legal's hands.

Then, a gale was generated.

The gale collided with the fireball, canceling each other out.

"Stop underestimating me. I'll kill you!"

Legal growled and started chanting.

"Intrinsic Magic Activation, Silver World"

In the end,

Simple spells like fire or water can be dispelled by dispel magic.

Therefore, it was necessary to learn magic that couldn't be dispelled by dispel magic.

Thus, intrinsic magic was born.

By combining multiple layers of complex magic and engraving it into one's soul,

it becomes possible to simplify the processes that would normally require extensive chanting or magic circles.

Multiple magic circles floated up around Legal.

Normally, each magic circle would require its own chant, but because it's intrinsic magic, one chant can activate multiple magic circles.

"I'll kill you with my intrinsic magic."

The moment Legal said this, countless knives appeared in the air.

Creation of knives from nothing.

I can't even imagine how this magic works.

It's that advanced.

"Die!"

The countless knives flew at me all at once.

There's no way to defend against this.

I don't have the means to block these knives with my current abilities.

Is this the end...?

Well, I didn't expect to win from the start, and I think I did my best.

I closed my eyes, resigned to my fate.

"Mr. Norman! Watch out!"

Huh?

I opened my eyes.

Closelle was standing in front of me.

What? Why is she here?

"Hey!"

Closelle said this and extended her hands.

Instantly, a massive amount of water was launched.

The water deflected all the incoming knives and then—

"What the...?"

It was aimed at Legal, who was standing there in shock.

"Ugh!"

Legal screamed and was blown backward.

"The winner! Norman Ashland!"

Seeing Legal unconscious, the referee made the call.

"Huh? Norman won...?"

"No way..."

"What was that magic?"

"Did Norman just cast that much magic without chanting?"

Confused voices from the audience could be heard.

From the audience's perspective, it looked like I had cast the magic.

"I'm so sorry! I couldn't stand to see Mr. Norman get hurt! I really shouldn't have... Mr. Norman specifically told me not to interfere with the students... I don't deserve to be by Mr. Norman's side!"

Closelle, who had turned around, apologized with teary eyes.

"Closelle, it's fine, really."

I hurried to reassure her.

Actually, seeing Legal get knocked out made me feel pretty good.

So, my first duel ended in an unexpected victory.

Chapter 1 - End

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