What do you mean?　"God of War's profession is a magical fist fighter?

The books in this temple also record that you are the highest-ranking physical fighter. Are you saying that ... is that a lie?

　Meldi and the Beast King soldier ask the god of war with an expression of disbelief.

''Lies I didn't mean to lie to you, but as it turns out, yes, I'm not a fighter. In the first place, I never told anyone about my position.

　Bushin continued to speak a little, as if he was having a hard time saying it.

'When I became the king of this country, there was a more pronounced physical attack system supremacy than now. In that situation, I was born with an aptitude for magic systems. My family hid that from me, and I myself never confided my profession to anyone in my life.

　In the olden days, the bestiaries abhorred children born with magical aptitudes, and if they started using magic, the entire family was sometimes deported.

　However, it was not common among the beast race to show the status board to others.

　True power should not be disclosed to others. And it was customary that if you were going to show your power, you should talk about it with your fists - that was the custom.

　Therefore, even if you had an aptitude for magic, if you didn't use magic in public, you weren't driven out of the country.


I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this in the future. And I developed a way to use magic without being perceived as magic, and I became the strongest in the country by fighting while using magic.

'Well, how to use magic without being recognized as magic?　Is there such a thing?

Yes. You will be able to get your hands on some of the most powerful men in the world. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. You will need to have the ability to make the most of your time and money. This is also the same──

　Saying that, he turned his body towards the statue of the Martial God. A flame was lit at the feet of that statue of the Wujin.

　When the statue of the Wujin was restored, the flames had also returned to their original state.

　The Bushin thrust his fist into that flame.

　A mass of demonic power released from his fist flew at high speed.

　And that magic power drowned out the flames.


''Oh!　This is the flying fist that is said to be used by the god of war to crush away enemies? To be able to see the original family...

　The Beast King soldier shook his body with emotion.

　But it's strange.
　The warrior god sent his magic power flying and extinguished the flames.

　You can't do that with a melee deed.

"Don't lift me up in front of you too much. That was just a magical launch. It's a kind of magic.

'What?　No, no, but the demon detection crystal isn't responding at all!

　This temple had a crystal ball set up in this temple, just like the testing ground in the royal capital's checkpoint.

　And when the warrior god sent his magic power flying, the crystal ball was unresponsive. Therefore, the Beast King soldier must have judged that no magic was being used.

''The Demon Detection Crystal doesn't react to unattributed magic power. Even though it's unattributed, it's still magic because it's releasing magic power, solidifying it and launching it out.

　I see, I noticed that my magic power was sent away by my magic vision, but if I couldn't use my magic vision, the pressure of my fist swinging alone seemed to have extinguished the flames at a distance.


　........Huh?

　So you were able to extinguish the flames by skipping the magic?

　He had such a question, but for now, he decided to listen to the god of war's story.

''I earned my former throne with this technique that solidifies and releases magical power to crush even distant enemies. It's also important to note that my body has grown strong and I've been blessed with an increase in status. But the most important factor was my mastery of magic.

So, why did they make a rule that prohibits the use of magic in this country in a battle to determine who's strongest?

I didn't make that for you.

''What?''

I'm the king and I use a lot of magic. There's no way I would have made such a rule. I didn't make it up as I went along.

　There are three rules set by the god of war.

　1. Only the strong can follow their aspirations.
　The strong should protect the weak
　The beastmen must use all their abilities to the fullest to become strong.

　Laws 1. and 2. existed in Bestieth even before the Bushin became king.

　The Bushin added a new third law.

　All the abilities that he possesses in his body──includes, of course, the ability to handle magic and witchcraft.

　The Bushin hoped that one day, a beastman who could use magic like him and become a true strong man would grow up in this country.

　The beastman race's blessed race status.
　If magic assistance was added to that, it was quite natural that they would gain the ability to overwhelm other races.

　The god of war also noticed this.

　However, in the ideology of the country at that time, the physical attack system was supreme, and using magic was despised.

　When a beastman who could utilize magic to fight was born, they added a rule that he should use all of his abilities so that he would not be persecuted for using magic.

　However, at that time there were very few beastmen who could use magic, so the beastmen did not recognize that 'all abilities' included magic' among them.

　And we have come to the present with that recognition.

　I'm not sure if it's a good idea, but it's not.


''........then is it okay to use magic in the Martial God's Martial Arts Society?''

"Oh, use it!　If you want to, then just use the attribute magic all the time. Even I fought the evil dragon, I let all my friends escape and then used all my holy attribute magic to defeat him with all my might.

　Hearing those words, Merdi's face lit up with a puff.

　At the same time, the Beast King soldier's expression became terribly complicated.

''Oh no... the legend of Lord Martial God, that the defeat of the Evil Dragon was by magic...''

'No, there's no way around it. Any attack on her will bring her back indefinitely.　Physical attacks are disabled!　But when I hit him with the Holy Fist, it only took one hit. As expected, magic is the best!

　The muscular lion (god of war) spat fire from his mouth with a smile as he looked at the ceiling of the temple.

　

　See, even the Beast King soldier is in trouble.


''Oh, I see. So, then, the reason why Halt-dono extinguished the flames was actually by sending magic power flying?

Yeah, I'm going to...
That's the thing, isn't it? This guy put out the flames with just a stiff fist pressure.......I can't do that either.

What?

　You can't do it!


It looks like she's been using non-attribute magic to enhance her physical abilities, but even so, if she can get rid of flames that far away with just the wind pressure from a fist swing, isn't she a monster?

　When the Beast King soldier heard those words, he looked at me.
　He had a twitching expression on his face.

　No, I thought it would be tough for me too.

　Well, if I did, I could have done it.