The wedding reception with Tina and Rifa is only two weeks away.

　In the IFLS magic school, it is compulsory for us students to play a monthly match against another class.

　This month's opponents have been decided.

　I heard it's the highest class among the fourth-year students.

　The content of the battle, it seems that they are going to fight without using magic power.

　........This is a magic school, right?

　Is that the way you want to play the game?

　After defeating the student council president, he seemed to think that he couldn't win with magic against our class, and proposed this battle method.

''Don't worry, Halt-sama can win!

　As usual, Tina's faith in me is amazing.

　Well, of course I'm going to do my best to win.

　Incidentally, this matchup is a three on three battle royale, with the winner being the class that eliminates all of their opponents.

　The contestants are me, Meldy, and Ryushin.

　The members of our class who are superior in physical and swordsmanship have been selected.

　Even though Ryushin and Meldy can't use magic, their physical skills are strong enough to hunt C-ranked demons.

　I've been handicapped by Tina, who is also one of the best swordsmen in the world, so I can handle a sword there too.

　I also have the Treasure Sword of Alheim (Elven Kingdom), the High Kingdom, which I got from the Elf King, so I thought I could fight well enough.



　I decided to have Tina make three gargoyles to check the cooperation with Ryushin and Meldi, and do a mock battle with those guys.

　I summoned the High Kingdom, which was stored in the spirit world, into my hand.

　It is said that on the day of the battle, our players will be fitted with a magical bracelet that will forcibly disable them from using magic.

　It's a good idea to have this on hand before the start of the battle.

　We have to make sure we don't forget about it on the day of the battle.


　And just like in the realm, I put on the Demon Sealing Bracelet and faced off against Tina's special gargoyle in the center of the training camp.

　I, with the long ones, am the vanguard.

　I'm in the vanguard, while Ryushin and Meldy are in the rear guard, supporting me.

Are you ready?

Yeah.
I'm ready to go.
I can do it!

　Everyone seems to be ready to go.

　By the way, Meldy was fixed on "nya" at the end of the word.

　After all, that's the easiest way to do it.


Then, let's get started!

　At Tina's signal, one of the gargoyles headed straight for me.

　The other two split off to the left and right, trying to get out of my sight.

　I'm not going to be able to get out of my sight.

　It looks like I can leave that one to them both.

　I focus on the one unit in front of me.

　I raise the High Kingdom and slash it down into a kesa-suspension.

　Hegoku becomes as light as a feather when I hold it.

　That's why I was able to slash at it at a ridiculous speed.

　But as expected of a Tina's special gargoyle.

　She read my movements and guarded to catch the High Country with her arms.

　Tina's gargoyle can change the hardness of the area to be guarded.


　Ah, not good!

　The arms of the gargoyle glowed a bluish gold color.

　When a part of the Tina-made gargoyle is of this color, that part of the gargoyle is as hard as an orihalcon.

　If I slash it down like this, the High Kingdom will break!

　─ I thought so, but I couldn't stop the hegemony that was gaining momentum.


　Thump!

　As if nothing had been hit, the High Kingdom passed through the gargoyle and impaled itself on the floor of the training camp.

''What?''

　Don't tell me you were able to avoid it!

　Thinking so, I tried to get some distance, but the upper half of the gargoyle in front of me slipped off at an angle.

　The golden arm that was guarding him was also cut in half.

　It wasn't dodged, but rather the High Kingdom sliced through the guard, which was the hardness of an orihalcon, without even the guard being able to defend itself.


''Giggling.''
Guag.

　The two gargoyles that Ryushin and Meldi were dealing with are coming at me.

　They seemed to be angered by my defeat of their companions.

　I'm sure you'll be surprised at how easily I defeated the gargoyles, and they froze in place.

I'm sorry, Hurt.
You're over there!

　I know.
　I know.

　I was a little surprised, but I grasped the cutting edge of Haikoku.

　First, against the gargoyle that came from the right, I cut up the Haikoku that was stabbed into the floor in an inverted manner.

　However, it was not enough to do enough damage to stop the movement as the gargoyle ducked back just before the edge.

　I twisted my body and held the High Country's hilt with both hands as it swung up in the left direction, swinging it right down.

　The gargoyle that was coming from the left was cut in half from the brain.

　However, the power source of the Tina-made gargoyle is slightly off from the midline.

　If we don't destroy the power source, no matter how it is torn apart, it will recover quickly.

　So, with the swung Hegemony at the left side of the gargoyle...

　From there, I left cleave in a straight line.

　The gargoyle that was cut in half from the brain and the gargoyle that was slashed on the front of its body were both collectively slashed up and down.

　It seems that I was able to safely destroy the power source, and the three gargoyles collapsed to the floor and stopped twitching.

　Yeah, I'm good enough to fight without magic.

　It just feels a bit lacking.
　It was too easy to defeat them.

　And Ryushin and Meldi couldn't fight properly.


'Tina, can you make a stronger one?　We'll be fine, you know.

　I asked Tina to make a higher level gargoyle.

''Ah, that Halt-sama.

　Oh, yeah.
　I did something bad with that.

''That's a man-made demon that can defeat even a B-ranked demon on its own...''

Wasn't my Lord an expert swordsman?
That was so cool!

　Yeoko and the others praise me.

'Liuxin, look at this cut surface. Doesn't it look stagnant at all?　You should be able to do this with your dragon crawl.
No, I can't go to Orihalcon.

　Ryushin and the others were talking as they looked at the dismembered gargoyles.

''Um, Halt-sama. It's fine to use the High Kingdom, but please don't cut the other student in half.''

'Oh, that's okay. It looks strong enough, and I'll peak it.

How are you going to peak with a double-edged sword?

　Yoko has convinced me.

　When it comes to stunting an opponent, I thought it was "Mine strike".

　I've said it somehow, but I heard that Mine-uchi can only be done with a single-edged sword like a Japanese sword.

''Well then, I'll blow the opponent away with sword pressure.''

A slash across the face. With that sword?

　Even if he didn't put any magic power into it, if he swung it with all his might, slashes would fly out of the High Kingdom.

　He still hadn't completely controlled the High Kingdom.

　Hmm, what should I do?

　Without Hegoku, I'm only as good as an average swordsman.

　Anyway, I decided to train to neutralize my opponent without killing him with Hegoku.

''Firelance!''

　Tina's gargoyles were no match for them, so I created three flame warriors.

I'm not as mobile as the gargoyles, but their spearmanship is quite strong. Let's practice with these guys.

What...
Oh, you can't do this!　I'm going to die!

　Meldy refused with all his might.

'I'll be fine. I'll turn you off if you're in danger. Besides, my opponent wants me to fight without magic. Their physical skills and such might be pretty strong.

　Since we're fighting an opponent like that, the three of us need to work together perfectly.

Let's do it!

I can't do it!
Oh, shit, I'm gonna die in here.

　With a shouting Meldi and a despairing-looking Liushin by my side, I gave the command to the fire warrior to attack.