Chapter 71

"「「「「「「「「「「Ice Spear」」」」」」」」」」

Myself, the part-timer, and Vargas, the three of us, were surrounded by the enemy forces in the center of the battlefield, a grave mistake.

The armored soldiers surrounding us cast their magic.

【Ice Spear】

The magic possessed by the Fontana family, who rule this land.

Indeed, in this world, nobles possess their own unique magic.

Or rather, it could be said that they are nobles precisely because they possess magic.

There is no doubt that the survival rate on the battlefield changes significantly depending on whether one can use magic beyond daily life magic.

Over the long years, people with various kinds of magic have risen and fallen.

And thus, those who possessed powerful magic have gradually survived as nobles.

In times of crisis, they use the power of their magic to solve problems.

It is because of this power that the people who live in the land recognize the nobles' rule over it.

However, the amount of magical power each person possesses is limited.

No matter how much a noble wields powerful magic and runs rampant on the battlefield, it is not guaranteed that they will always win.

Ultimately, the number of people is a significant factor on the battlefield.

Therefore, nobles conscript people from their lands to send to the battlefield.

Commoners, who should seek protection, fight for the nobles.

This can make it unclear why the nobles are recognized as rulers of the land.

Thus, it became a practice to grant magic to those who distinguished themselves on the battlefield.

In other words, one can receive a noble surname as a reward and establish a new family.

This became the reason for commoners to go to the battlefield themselves.

By working hard, they can advance to a higher status than their previous commoner position.

It was deemed worth risking their lives for.

However, the nobles do not easily grant magic.

After all, it is dangerous.

The ability to use magic.

Magic can be activated simply by reciting a spell if one has magical power.

What if that magic is not a daily life magic but a lethal one?

If someone activates magic in the middle of a casual greeting or handshake, even if you can use magic, your life is in danger.

In a sense, it's like always having an invisible gun at your disposal.

It's extremely dangerous to have such people around.

There were various incidents in the past.

For the nobles, it was a great dilemma.

They wanted to bring soldiers to the battlefield, but there was an unspoken rule that they had to grant magic to those who distinguished themselves, yet granting magic to just anyone would disrupt the order.

As a result, they established a process for granting magic and began to grant it only to those they deemed trustworthy to a certain extent.

Farmers like us go to the battlefield multiple times, and when our strength is recognized, we are appointed as vassals.

Vassals are apparently like attendants to knights.

Working under a knight, if one's efforts are recognized, they are finally granted a surname and the ability to use magic.

Knights, who can use magic, in turn, must swear allegiance to the noble who granted them magic.

If a knight shows any disrespect to the noble, in the worst case, they can have their surname stripped.

The stripping of a surname.

This means the end of the family and the inability to use magic.

In other words, it means losing the position in the privileged class that was different from commoners.

Few people would want to lose their current status.

Therefore, to at least maintain their status, they naturally refrain from misusing magic.

This system of nobles ruling the land with the ability to use magic was gradually established.

What I did in Balca Village was, in a sense, a loophole in this system.

Granting the ability to use magic immediately, which is supposed to be given to those who have worked for the noble on the battlefield.

Anyone would jump at the chance.

But there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Everyone understands that once they are granted magic, they must be willing to risk their lives.

Since I can use earth magic, I granted the same earth magic to the people of Balca.

In contrast, the Fontana family uses ice magic.

Starting with Raymond, the steward of the Fontana family, the armored soldiers surrounding us, now knights, could use the Fontana magic, Ice Spear.

A magic that shoots large icicles from the palm of the hand.

If received without resistance, it would undoubtedly pierce the body and deal significant damage.

These were launched simultaneously from all around.

I immediately infused my Hard Fang Sword with 【Magic Power】 to increase its hardness.

It was impossible for me to deflect all the Ice Spears alone.

This was not just my thought; the part-timer and Vargas thought the same.

Without exchanging words, we focused on protecting each other's backs and concentrated on the icicles in front of us.

I shattered the incoming icicles with my Hard Fang Sword, cutting them down one by one.

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