Thank you, Master Halt, for my daughter. And you may use your sword in the finals.

Are you sure?

　I was handing the unconscious Meldy over to the medical team when Leo spoke to me.

'Oh, I would like to fight Lord Halt with all my might, even if his body is cut to pieces. Even if it means cutting you to pieces.

But shouldn't I be the one to fix it?

''Haha, I won't be that lenient as expected. If your arm is cut off, you can keep it. If I died, I'd give up and say that's all there was to it. Rather than that, I - no, I want to fight Hurt with all my might.

　Do you prefer fighting to your own life?
　Beastmen are a race of people who are always battle-crazed.

　But if you want it, I'll do my best.

　Of course, I'll do my best to avoid letting Leo, Meldi's father, die, and although he says it's unnecessary, I'll ask Luca to revive him if it happens.

　I've never fought the sage Luano before, so this will be my first death match with a sage since I came to this world.

　I'll say a word to Luca, just in case I die.


''All right. I'll give it all I've got.

"Thank you, thank you.

　We have a little time before the final.
　Leo turns his back to me and heads to the waiting room.

　But as if he remembered something, he stopped in the middle of his steps and turned to face me.

''I owe Harut-dono a debt of gratitude for saving my life from the demon's curse. So I'll tell you one thing, my ability (skill).

Ability?

"I have an ability called knockback. No matter how weak an attack is, if it hits, it always blows the enemy away.

　What does that mean...

''Honestly, it's not an ability that would give you an overwhelming advantage in battle. However, in this martial competition, where the rule is that if you leave the limited space, you lose, this ability will be a threat.

　If any attack hits, it will blow the opponent away.
　And in this Martial God Martial Competition, if you fall from the fifty meter square fighting table, you lose.

　In other words, all of Leo's attacks had to be avoided.

　However, the magic robe that Leo had shown in the Meldi battle just now had turned into a gale force lightning armor with wind and lightning magic imparted to it, and with it on, Leo had easily caught Meldi's speed-specialized attacks with ease.

　Eh, it's bad, isn't it?

　The attacks have to be avoided, but not at a speed that can be avoided no matter how I scramble.

　My fastest method of fighting is the style of wearing a gale force magic robe, just like Leo.


　By the way, when fighting against the demons, Leo is said to have fought in normal magic robes only. In this country where magic is banned, they can't train publicly, and their speed and travel distance are imperfectly controlled.

　If they attacked a demon in that state, there was a risk that they would involve their fellow beastmen in the surrounding area.

　However, I was the only opponent in this martial arts event. They can attack me at full speed without having to worry about their surroundings.


　After Leo finished telling me everything he wanted to say, he walked towards the waiting room.

　Hmm, what should I do?

　We'll have to change our battle plan.


　You're going to have to change your battle plan.

　The Bushin martial arts tournament and the finals are about to begin.
　He stood on the fighting table and faced Leo.

'I want to make one thing clear. If Lord Harte wins, you want Meldi, right?

Yes, I want it.

　You have the right to do whatever you want with Meldi's paw pads!

　Also, if possible, I want the right to touch the paw pads of various beastmen and fluff their tails and so on.


''Well then defeat me and show that power to all the beastmen in this country!

Yes!

　Alright, let's go for the meatballs and fuzzies.

　I took the Hegemony on my back and readied myself.
　Leo is also ready for battle.


　The final has begun.

　Leo and I put on the magic robe of gale force lightning at about the same time. Although I was quicker to complete the magic robe, Leo was quicker to move on to the next attack.


''──Guh!

　He stabbed the High Kingdom into the fighting table and was attacked by Leo. He manages to prevent it.

　Immediately, he shakes Haikoku to check Leo.

　Suddenly, coming at top speed........
　I couldn't avoid it from the first attack.

　Clearly, his speed has increased from when he was fighting Merdi. Even when he was fighting Merdi, Leo probably wasn't at his best.

　In terms of the skill level of the demon robe, I should be far superior to him, but perhaps it was due to the fact that our original statuses were too different, but he was losing to Leo in speed.


''Preventing that one........as I thought, as expected. Then how about this one?

　Leo rushes in at a faster rate than before.

　Ugh, no way!
　Is he still up to speed?

　I was just about to block Leo's fist when it went off.


　I just blocked him.

What?

　Leo, who had been attacking me, suddenly disappears.


It's an afterimage.

　I turned around in response to a voice from behind me.

　Leo was thrusting his fist at me.

　Time feels like it's slowing down.


　Ah, that's it.
　The phenomenon of time slowing down at the time of death.

　It's definitely inevitable.

　I watched Leo's fist close in on my face in the extreme compression of time.



　Pesh.


　Hmm?

What?

　Leo's fist hit me in the cheek.

　But I didn't even feel the pain, let alone blow it away.

　Leo froze with his fist against my cheek.


　I wasn't sure, but I shook my supremacy anyway.

''Awwww!''

　Leo just barely avoids it.


'What's going on?　Why don't you just blow it up!

　Leo was surprised.

　I don't know what's going on, but I don't know what's going on either.

　It's because we came to this world and were beaten for the first time in this world.

　So far, with magic, we've won without even attracting the enemy. That's why I've never been approached this close, and of course it was the first time I was beaten up.


　Come to think of it, I'm like a fixed, infinite magic power, right?

　So, you're saying this is physical?
　What happens if your strength is unlimited?
　You mean it doesn't do any damage?

　No. Still, how did the skill (knockback) not take effect?


...Ah!

　I did have one thing in mind.

　I have a status...

　State: Curse (fixed status) :fixed

　It is.


　Maybe this state of affairs includes knockbacks and such?

　Since the state is fixed, it doesn't even knock back - so it makes sense.


　Okay, let's check it out!

　I set up the High Kingdom and charged at Leo.


''d*mn, don't lick it!

　Leo easily dodged my attack, which was coming at him at a slow speed for him.

　And then...


Now that's what I'm talking about!

　Leo became eight.

　By slowing down the speed of their movement and leaving a mass of magical power behind, they created an alter ego with an afterimage.


　The eight Leos struck at the same time.



　Pesh pesh pesh pesh pesh pesh pesh pesh.


　Yeah, it didn't hurt at all.

　Leo's fists hit my face, my stomach, my shoulders, my arms, my legs, but no matter where they hit, they didn't do any damage.

'Seiya!'
''Ugh!''

　He slashed across the Highlands and slashed the eight Leos.

　The main body seemed to have avoided a fatal wound, but its chest was slashed and blood dripped down its fur.

''Why, why!　Why can't you get me to lie on my back as best as I can?

Status difference?

　I'm not lying.

What kind of a nonsense ...

　Leo was astonished.
　I, on the other hand, was satisfied with the success of the verification.

　Are we done?
　There's no point in getting too lazy.

　However, there's currently no way to attack Leo that can catch him. Even if I sent out a flaming knight, it would be too easy for Leo to get killed, so it would be useless.

　So I...


Come on!　Firelance!

　He decided to call up the highest force in this world and the one with the power to oppose Leo.