Red Sea (4)
The match continued with a tense atmosphere.
Magic clashed fiercely.
The speed of the two was so fast that it was difficult to follow with the eye, and only the sparks remaining after the clash were fiercely bouncing in the empty void.
The only things visible in the field of view were faintly fluttering shadows.
And the aftershocks that hit the barrier of the stands in time were all.
The surroundings are buzzing.
"What is this? What are we watching...?"
"It's not a speed that can be followed by the eye."
"Forget about understanding the battle of wits that comes and goes every moment... I can't even tell what kind of movements the two are making."
"Weren't they the same students as us? There's such a difference in level?"
"I can feel the density of mana even beyond the barrier..."
It was a match that had already far surpassed the level.
The students could not discuss the scene they were witnessing.
Because not even the minimum standard was established for them.
"What is that power...?"
It wasn't just the students.
It was the same for the professors.
Even if the standard was set on the staff, not the students, there was something in this match that sent shivers down the spine.
It was a close battle that stayed at such a high level.
"Is this even possible...?"
"It's absurd."
"No matter how much time has passed since retirement, he was once called the pinnacle... To not be pushed back at all against such a veteran."
"Tsk tsk... It's like seeing the raw stone of a monster."
Everyone is absentmindedly letting out exclamations.
It was enough to be surprised.
Rather, it would be more strange if they weren't surprised.
Everyone knew that he had outstanding talent, but no one had properly measured the boy's limits until now.
That's because there was rarely an opportunity to exercise his skills.
Everyone had a similar reaction.
A falling silence.
Just.
Awe.
The scene in front of their eyes was far beyond the scope of understanding, so the spectators had no need or will to understand it.
They just stared blankly at the [genius] that had not existed before.
The cool air overwhelms the audience.
"Is that even possible...?"
"How would I know? And you're the one who said it seemed like he could hold his own."
"No, that was obviously half a joke... Besides, that's not just holding his own, it's almost an equal match!"
"Is the professor going easy on him?"
"Does that look like a level where he's going easy on him? The other professors are also stunned and have blank expressions."
"Is it really a close match...?"
"Let's go!! The underdog wins!!!"
The children's exclamations were not added.
Professor.
The name they thought could never be defeated was cracking.
The heat of the stadium is getting hotter.
The battle, which was fierce from the beginning, finally reached its limit, and suddenly the snake that took the back slams the opponent to the floor.
The professors mutter against the background of a dull rupture.
"Has a student ever defeated a professor in a competition before...?"
"Just once."
There was.
Just once.
A person who surpassed a professor as a student.
"The Red Sword Saint."
The name known to have reached the highest star.
Undoubtedly the greatest hero remaining in the Empire, and a superhuman who no one has surpassed throughout history.
It was a record set when he was still a sixteen-year-old boy.
""......""
The professors thought at the same time.
Today.
History might be written again.
《Hehe.》
Dust flutters on the screen transmitted by the magic tool.
The stadium where the shadow is cast.
The boy, who was walking in the air until just now, flutters his black coat and steps on the ground.
And he asks with a fishy smile on his lips.
《Do you have any intention of doing more?》
His slit eyes were smiling ominously.
***
Faculty competition.
Originally, I was going to let it go lightly.
Because I knew that causing a commotion in a place like this would only attract unnecessary attention.
I thought there was no need to increase the number of tiring things.
But.
-What can you do with that illusion magic.
Selena, who was being mocked in front of the students.
I didn't like that moment.
She was someone who had helped me in many ways... I got unnecessarily angry and felt likeI had to step in.
Although the person involved didn't seem to care.
Personally, I felt attached to her.
It was like looking at myself.
To be precise, the me from a time so distant that I can't even remember.
Maybe it's a kind of recollection.
'For whatever reason.'
I was going to give back as much as the opponent provoked.
Even if it was a formal relationship, they had tarnished the name of my teacher.
As a disciple, it was only right to return the revenge.
Yes.
Just like now.
"Ugh, ugh..."
Professor Kadel, wriggling on his knees.
Moans are buried between his breaths.
I ask, along with my fluttering coat.
"Do you have any intention of doing more?"
"......"
The opponent can't answer for a while.
Was it because of the shock remaining in his body?
Or is he shaken by the fact that he was pushed back by a mere student?
I guess it might be both.
"Ha..."
After catching his breath for a while.
The professor comes to his senses.
Suddenly, he raises his lowered head.
He was still a young man who was just as confused, but he didn't easily lose his pace.
As expected of a veteran, he was quick to adapt to the situation.
The professor dusts off his collar.
A figure regaining his composure.
The eyes that had been full of ease now had a cool chill.
It seemed that he was aware of the difference in class.
"...I'll admit it."
Kadel suddenly speaks.
Mana of tremendous mass swirls around him.
His pupils are completely aimed at this side.
"I never thought I'd be pushed this far... I think I underestimated the student too much."
"I'm glad you recognize it now."
"My face as a professor is ruined. I was going to show an overwhelming difference in skill, but I'm not sure if I only raised doubts about my qualifications."
The air sinks particularly quietly.
Like before a terrible storm.
In the precarious eve, the professor takes a stance again.
This time, he was emitting mana from his entire body.
"I'm as good as defeated already."
"Hmm?"
"From the moment I was pushed back against a student, I was defeated as a professor. However, since it has come to this, I will do my best to trample you."
"That's something to look forward to."
"I'll go all out for the last one."
"By all means."
The professor puts his hands together neatly.
Mana starts to resonate.
A spell with a density incomparable to before fills the stadium.
The adult's pupils flash with unparalleled cruelty.
Kugugugugu-!
Soon, the stadium begins to shake.
An unknown rupture occurs in the air.
A tension that feels like it could be cut at any moment engulfs the area.
The students who were exchanging opinions fall silent, and the professors who were lost in thought stand up in a hurry.
It was truly an overwhelming spirit.
'Is it coming?'
I knew.
This was an omen.
An omen of a great disaster.
"I'll try to control it so you don't get hurt."
Clap-!
The professor claps his hands heavily.
Immediately after.
A wave starts from the ground he stepped on.
It was a tidal wave that could cover the entire stadium.
It fills the circular space made of barriers, and the end of the foam rises to a height of nearly 50 meters.
It was the ultimate skill of a man who was considered one of the most destructive in the original work.
-Kadel Ryu Ocean Magic Secret-
'The Red Sea'
A wave so large that it's hard to even dare to look up.
Even those watching fall into confusion.
Screams expressing concern about the match ring out from everywhere.
Even in the midst of this, the professor's calm pupils were quiet.
Only his moving lips shine in the disaster, and the subsequent end prepares to swallow everything around it.
Only a short spell remains.
"Ocean."
Kadel commands as if squeezing out his last strength.
"Wash away the blood."
At the same time, the color of the waves turns bright red.
As if it were soaked in thick blood.
The red tidal wave pours down following the finishing spell.
The shouts of the students beyond the barrier echo.
-What, what! Shouldn't that be stopped...?!
-How are you supposed to stop something like that!
-If you get swept away, you die! You have to forfeit now!
-It's already too late because of the barrier...!
The situation is urgent.
Everyone seemed flustered.
Well, they had never seen magic with such high density before, so it's only natural for the kids to scream reflexively.
If it were an ordinary student, they would have lost consciousness by now.
It was literally a situation where they were being crushed by mana.
"Hehe."
However.
This side doesn't back down.
Rather, it steps forward.
A smile that flows thickly along the lips.
Even though a dark shadow covered the entire wide stadium, I walk towards the breaking foam with a fearless step.
At my fingertips, a lie thicker than ever before was swirling.
"Hear the call of the sea."
I recite the incantation.
"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."
The Lord said to me, why do you cry out to me?
Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide it.
The sinners will walk on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
When I stretched out my hand over the sea, the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
"For I speak to the false believers."
Lies swirl around.
In my hand, I hold a staff made of woven shadows.
I slam the staff that I held high down to the ground.
Kwaak-!
"Break."
The finishing sentence.
Immediately after.
The shadow of the tidal wave that covered the sky disappears.
The wave that was about to swallow the stadium loses its power, and the Red Sea, which had died down, splits in two and makes way.
It was a scene that defied providence and was truly close to a miracle.
"......"
Everyone is stunned.
The sea that split like a lie.
It was a landscape that was hard to understand, as if they had fallen into the boundary of a dream.
However, the foolish sheep cannot take their eyes off it.
Tap-tap-.
The sound of shoes whispering particularly clearly in the ears.
I walk through the gap where the tidal wave split.
As I cross between the obedient disasters, I meet the gaze of a young man standing staggeringly at the end.
He was standing there, looking exhausted.
"Haa, haa..."
Kadel, who can't even breathe comfortably.
It seemed that he was out of mana.
His eyes were full of spirit before the match, but now he has a look of disbelief and emptiness.
The professor seems to open his stiff lips and mutters.
"Th, is... monster, like..."
Thud-.
The young man collapses, unable to speak any further.
He had already lost consciousness.
"Hmm~ Does this mean I won?"
I ask towards the device that illuminates the stadium.
Only the snake's smile was being transmitted on the large screen.
"What do you think?"
A moment of silence.
And the voice of the host who belatedly grasps the situation and makes an announcement.
It was a reverberation announcing the end of the match.
《The, the match is over...!》
《Professor Kadel Evans forfeits. The winner is Chief Assistant Judas Snakus!》
The students, all with shocked expressions.
Their reactions gradually change.
From fear to shock, from shock to surprise, from surprise to enthusiastic cheers.
Just before the thunderous roar erupts.
The first thing that resonated in the stadium was a single shout.
-The underdog won!! 200 to 1 odds!!!!!
A student dancing while shaking a betting slip.
Behind those cheers, applause began to pour from the entire audience.
Waaaaaa-!!
"Ahem."
The Red Sword Saint.
After the achievement set by the hero who represented the Empire, it was the first time a student had overwhelmed a professor.
The snake stood as a scene in history with his characteristic playful smile.
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