Let's get a little flashy for the civilians, huh?

　Manuel said in a loud, well-passed voice, and Claude and Ingway nodded silently.
　It was Ingway who set up first.　
　He closed the distance between him and Claude, which was a generous hundred meters, in an instant and cut at him with his twin swords.
　Claude caught it with his own long sword at the point where the twin swords crossed.

''What?　Shh, instantaneous movement?

It's a technique called shrinkage. To put it crudely, it's simply faster.

　Elhite explained to Bonifarts, but he was already in a cold sweat.
　Even he, who had joined the Order and worked hard to train every day, could hardly see it.
　What he barely understood was that Claude had stopped his twin swords, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to understand what was going on either.

(Fast seems like a cliché word: ...... Is this what god speed is all about?)

　As Elhite looked on, Manuel slashed at Ingway with a sideways slash through Shontel and into Ingway.
　He was as fast as Yngwie too, but Yngwie was behind Manuel in half a second and fired back.
　What a way to stop that blow with Manuel looking forward.
　From the position of Elhite and the others, they couldn't understand what could make such a divine move possible.

'They aren't even fast enough to keep up. Be a little more creative.'

　Jurgen advises the three of them.

'Hardly.'

　Ingway blurted out as he returned to his starting position in an instant.

'Ingway the Gale of Thunder: ......

　Someone looks at him and murmurs.

'There may have been a problem with the choice of members. All three of us are good at close combat.'

　Claude says with a bitter smile.
　If Sidonier and Meena, who are good at magic warfare, would have shown a completely different development.
　It's not worth mentioning, though.

You can't blame them. Let me help you a bit.

　It was Val, who was waiting by Jurgen's side, who said that.
　At this, Claude and the other three turned a straight face and Jurgen said to make sure.

'Are you sure, Bartolomeus? You don't like being a showpiece.

''Bartolomeus!''

　The effect of the name Jurgen uttered was immense, causing the biggest buzz from the first term students.
　For a man who was said to be the strongest of the Eight God Terriers, it's no wonder that he had no presence until now.

''Is he really strong?''

　The provocative remark was made by one of the people who had once complained to Claude.
　He was at a loss for words when he caught a glimpse of the battle between Ingway and his men, but when he found out that Val was there, his impudent thoughts came back to him.
　Claude was dismayed that he was the one who didn't have any medicine to put on, but it was to Val that he said aloud, "You're the one who didn't have any medicine to put on?

'Are you sure you want to do this?'

Yeah. I'm going to attack them now. You'll have to defend yourselves.

　Manuel smiles belligerently at Val's answer.

'That's nice. All right, let's do something fancy at best. You don't know what you're doing, but we've got the power to make you understand what we're doing.

I will.

　Val said matter-of-factly, and made a hundred or so balls of light with a radius of about three centimeters appear around him.

'...... Huh?'

　Someone watching over them let out a dumb sound at the unusual situation.
　The ball of light attacked Claude, Yngwie and Manuel at super speed, but all three of them quadrupled up with one hand.

'Warming up for them first?'

　Ingway spoke to Val as he looked at the first term students.

'That's about it. I know you guys wouldn't even be able to warm up to this level.'

　Val says and holds out about five hundred small balls.

'Yeah, why?'

Isn't it strange that there's no time lag?

　Those who had the knowledge of magic peeled their eyes and began to panic.
　The speed at which Val's ball of light was emitted was far beyond their common sense.
　What kind of world does Akira Yagami say he lives in if he says this is not even a warm-up yet?
　The konoe knights who were waiting by the wall were not the least bit surprised.
　This is because they have some understanding of Yagamiuki's power.
　I'm sure all of them know that it's not a lie to say that they're still in the warming up stage