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　The knights surrounding the area unleashed their attack magic.

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　The knights surrounding the knight fired an ice spear, a remote-attack spell that fires a pillar of ice.

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　Behind me were my brother Byte and Vargas, and I had no choice but to leave the attack from the rear to them.

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　I turn my attention to a pillar of ice as long and thick as an adult man's arm that is flying from in front of me.

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　A hard fang sword imbued with magic.

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　This sword has a hardening effect by putting magic power into it, so I should be able to knock down the icicle.

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　The problem is to make sure that you can do it.

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　The icicle is approaching.

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　I manipulate the magic I've been concocting in my body.

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　It takes muscle power for me, a child, to swat down the icicles that are flying toward me.

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　But strength alone is not enough.

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　To intercept every single one of them, I will also need to have good eyesight.

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　So I decided to use my magic power efficiently.

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　Normally, if I wanted to improve my physical ability, I would have to apply my magic power all over my body.

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　But this time it's not possible.

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　Considering the physical strength that had blown away the peasant soldiers just now, I will try to fill my whole body with half of the magic power I have developed.

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　Then he concentrated the other half into his eyes.

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　When he concentrated the magic power in his eyes, his eyesight increased and he was able to see even more magic power.

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　I caught the movement of the flying ice spear with my improved dynamic vision.

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　It was as if I were watching a movie in slow motion, as if the movement was slowed down and recognized.

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　After watching the trajectory of the icicles, I swing my hard sword in the direction of their movement.

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　The icicle falls to the ground with a clanking sound.

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　I can do it.

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　To tell the truth, I have not been able to distribute magic power in my life.

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　I think it is easier to concentrate magic in one place than to distribute it unbalancedly.

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　It is surprisingly difficult to control, but still I can shoot down all the flying icicles with this method.

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　Feeling this way, I look at the knights with even more magic in my eyes.

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　Then I noticed a phenomenon.

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　It seems that the spells they use have a certain timing of activation.

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　First they let out a hum of energy as if they were casting a spell, then they say the name of the spell and fire it with a gasp.

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　That's how they used magic.

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　Once you know that, it's easy to understand.

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　Before I cast the spell, I can visually see when to put in the magic power.

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　Furthermore, with my improved eyesight, I found it easier to intercept the knight's hand rather than the trajectory of the flying object itself.

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　The knights also fire their magic with their palms facing us when they release their magic.

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　By looking at the direction of their hands, it is easy to know where they are aiming.

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　I see.

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　The reason why Vargas was dodging my shotgun shells is probably because he's encountered knights on the battlefield before.

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　No matter how powerful magic is and how convenient it is to not need to carry weapons, there is always a way to deal with it once you know the theory.

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　However, it still requires great physical acuity and good judgment.

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　We continue to hit the knights' magic attacks.

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　I wonder how many of them I have beaten off.

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　At last the attacks have subsided.

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　Around me, icicles are lying on the ground in my way.

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　But all of them were knocked down by the hard-fanged sword without damaging me.

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　I take a breath and look around more.

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　It seemed that my back had survived the attack as well.

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　Vargas seemed to have activated hardening on the hard fang sword I had given him instead of the great sword, just as I had done, to intercept the ice spear.

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　However, unlike me, he did not seem to have succeeded in intercepting all of them.

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　Come to think of it, when I was shooting my shotgun shells, I was more likely to avoid them.

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　It was impossible to hit them all.

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　But Vargas was unharmed.

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　To my surprise, he used his own body as a shield.

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　Vargas had gathered his own magical power in his skin to increase his defense, and had deliberately used his own body to catch the attacks that his hard-fang sword had failed to prevent.

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　He was trying to keep them from flying toward me and my brother Bite.

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　Maybe this guy is better than I thought.

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　On the other hand, Bite-Bro seems to have been swinging his hard fang sword around like crazy.

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　Two of them.

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　I'd say he wielded two swords.

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　He was attacking the icicle with his left and right hard fang swords.

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　However, although he was able to defend himself with his wild instincts, it seems that he was not able to defend himself from all of them.

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　Damage was done.

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　It was not the Bite-Brother himself, but the Valkyrie he was riding.

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　His Valkyrie was pierced by several icicles and was bleeding from them.

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　After he had blocked the knight's attack, the Bite-Brother confirms it and snaps.

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"d*mn you!　How dare you, you bastards!

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　The snapping Bite suddenly barks and runs his beast toward the knight.

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"Oh no! Vargas, protect the Bite Brother!"

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"Oh."

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　Seeing this, he hurriedly gives instructions to Vargas.

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　However, the Bite Brother approaches the knights before Vargas can pursue him, and slashes at them with his hard-fang sword.

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　GUN!

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　The knight's armor is dented by such a sound.

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　Or should I say, shattered.

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　The knight's metal armor was being defeated by the hardness of the hard fang sword that my brother Bite was swinging down, and he was giving the knight scratches on his armor by hitting him hard.

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　It seems that the older Byte brother is also stronger than the knight, even though he has not yet reached adulthood like me.

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　The way I taught him how to handle the magic, he too had extraordinary strength.

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　To be honest, I had not expected that my own strength and that of my brother Bite would be so strong on the battlefield.

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　Maybe it was because I had only children in the village to compare with.

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"So you don't need my help. Then ......"

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　Vargas follows up on the attacks by the Bite Brothers, who attack the knights one after the other.

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　Maybe nothing will happen soon.

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　I thought about that, and instead of following them, I headed in a slightly different direction.

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　The presence that was commanding the knights surrounding the three of us and watching over us from the rear.

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　Raymond, the vizier of the House of Fontana.

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　I went to Raymond, the commander, to settle this battle.

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