Chapter 72

Surrounded by knights, attack magic was unleashed from them.

It was a spell that allowed the casting of ice pillars, known as "Ice Spears," from a distance.

Behind me were two people, my senpai part-timer and Vargas, but I had to leave the attacks from the rear to them.

I focused on the ice pillars, as thick and long as an adult's arm, flying at me from the front.

The Hard Fang Sword, infused with magic power.

This sword, when infused with magic power, hardens, allowing it to knock down ice pillars.

The challenge was to do it accurately.

The ice pillars were approaching.

I manipulated the magic power I had cultivated within my body.

To knock down the ice spears flying toward me, I needed physical strength.

However, physical strength alone wasn't enough.

To intercept every single one, I needed enhanced dynamic vision.

So, I decided to use my magic power more efficiently.

Usually, to enhance my physical abilities, I would let magic power surge throughout my body evenly.

But this time, that wouldn't work.

Considering the strength I had used to blow away the peasant soldiers, I filled half of my body with the cultivated magic power.

Then, I concentrated the remaining half in my eyes.

When I focused my magic power in my eyes, my vision improved, and I could even see the magic power itself.

I caught the movement of the flying ice spears with my enhanced dynamic vision.

It seemed as if the movements were slowed down, like a video playing in slow motion.

After observing the trajectory of the ice pillars, I swung the Hard Fang Sword in the direction of their path.

With a "clank," the ice pillar fell to the ground.

I can do this.

To be honest, I hadn't really needed to allocate magic power in this way in my past life.

It felt easier to concentrate it in one place rather than distribute it unevenly.

It was surprisingly difficult to control, but using this method, I could knock down all the incoming ice pillars.

Feeling this, I focused my magic-infused eyes on the knights.

I noticed something.

It seemed that their spells had a timing for activation.

First, they would gather magic power, then utter the spell name, and finally release it with a sharp exhale.

That's how they cast their spells.

Knowing this made things easier.

I could see the timing when they gathered magic power before casting the spell.

With my enhanced dynamic vision, I realized it was easier to focus on the knights' hands rather than the trajectory of the ice pillars.

The knights aimed their palms at us when casting their spells.

By observing the direction of their hands, I could immediately tell where they were aiming.

I see.

Vargas must have encountered knights on the battlefield before, which is why he could dodge my scatter shots.

No matter how powerful the magic or how convenient it was to carry no weapons, once you knew the principles, there were ways to deal with it.

However, it required incredible dynamic vision and judgment.

I continued to knock down the magic attacks from the knights.

How many did I knock down?

Finally, the attacks subsided.

Around me lay the bothersome ice pillars on the ground.

But none of them had damaged me; they had all been knocked down by the Hard Fang Sword.

I took a deep breath and looked around.

It seemed that the people behind me had also survived the attack.

Vargas had activated the hardening effect on the Hard Fang Sword I had given him, just like I did, to intercept the ice spears.

However, unlike me, he hadn't successfully intercepted all of them.

I remember that when I used scatter shots, he mostly dodged.

It was impossible to knock down all of them.

But Vargas was unharmed.

Surprisingly, he had used his body as a shield.

Vargas had gathered his magic power on his skin to increase his defense and deliberately taken the attacks that the Hard Fang Sword couldn't block to protect me and the part-timer.

He might be a better guy than I thought.

On the other hand, the part-timer had been swinging the Hard Fang Sword wildly.

He had two of them.

You could call it a dual-wielding style.

He had been attacking the ice pillars with the Hard Fang Swords in both hands.

However, despite his wild instincts, he hadn't been able to block everything.

He had taken damage.

Not to himself, but to the Valkyrie he was riding.

Several ice pillars had pierced the part-timer's Valkyrie, causing it to bleed.

After blocking the knights' attacks, the part-timer confirmed this and snapped.

"Damn it!!! How dare you, you bastards!!!"

The part-timer suddenly roared and charged at the knights with his beast.

"Trouble. Vargas, protect the part-timer."

"Got it."

I hurriedly gave Vargas the order.

But the part-timer approached the knights and attacked with the Hard Fang Sword before Vargas could catch up.

Bang!!

Such a sound was heard, and the knight's armor dented.

Or rather, it was shattered.

The metal armor the knight wore seemed to be no match for the hardness of the part-timer's Hard Fang Sword, which he swung down, causing damage with each strike.

It seemed that the part-timer, like me, was still a minor but possessed strength surpassing the knights.

Thanks to the magic power handling techniques I had taught him, the part-timer had an extraordinary level of strength.

Honestly, I hadn't expected my own strength or the part-timer's to be so effective on the battlefield.

It might have been because the only comparison was with the children in the village.

"If that's the case, I don't need to help. Then..."

The part-timer continued to attack the knights, with Vargas following up.

It might not be resolved immediately.

Thinking this, I didn't chase after the two but headed in a slightly different direction.

The knights surrounding us three were being commanded by someone observing from the rear.

Raymond, the steward of the Fontana family.

To end this battle, I headed toward Raymond, the commander.

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