After that, I continued to win, and finally I was able to walk through to the finals.

　Of course, I didn't have a single struggle up to this point.
　I would venture to say that my fight with Desmond was a little bit of a bonehead but still a little bit. It's still not enough to get me to get serious.

'So Lara will be in the finals if she wins the next one too.
Yeah!

　I called out to Lara as she was about to go up to the semi-final stage.

'One more win and you'll be able to fight Kurt, won't you?
Hmm, yeah.
I'll do my best.

　Lara clenched her fists tightly.

'Even if I hit Kurt in the final, I'm pretty sure I'll lose... but I still want to give Kurt everything I've got right now. The magic that Kurt taught me.
That's encouraging.
Is that right?
But I'm not impressed with your plan to lose. You should do it as if you were going to win anyway. That's how you make me feel good about myself.

　So he blasted Lara.

'Yeah...!　But we have to win the semifinals anyway. I'm going to do my best.
I'm rooting for you.

　Lara exchanged a few words with me, and then stepped onto the semi-final stage.

　At that moment, an explosive cheer erupted.

'The dainty girl's march to the semi-finals has finally come to the semi-finals!　Where's the power in that pretty body, Laraaaaaaah!''

　Since it was the semifinals, the voice of the playground sounded even stronger.
　Even with the cheers, Lara was still waving her hands proudly.

''And such a girl's opponent is Horace ughhhh!　An assassin from that Eastern country of Shagadaw!　The Shagadaw warrior's prowess is shrouded in mystery, but what kind of a fight is he going to show us!''

　Such was the case with Lara's opponent, a muscular man.
　He appeared to be three times the size of Lara's body.

　The man called Horace, the man who was called Horace, lightly carried a huge axe on his shoulder.
　Horace opened his mouth, looking down at Lara.

'Huh?　We've come all this way, and you're still dealing with a woman?　And he's all over the place. Don't waste your time, sweetheart. Give it up.

　I challenge you.

'Don't underestimate the fact that you're a woman! Why don't you give it up, Horace-san?

　However, Lara also responded without fear.
　In response, Horace clucked his tongue in a heartfelt and troublesome manner, saying, 'Tsk.

''It can't be helped. But don't regret it, okay?　The fact that I say this doesn't mean that I'm underestimating you just because you're a woman.

　Horace continued to speak, but the referee lowered his hand and announced the start of the match.

　At that moment, Horace raised his big axe and


I'm telling you this because I'm sure Ola will win.


　He disappeared from Lara's presence.

''What...?''

　Lara rolled her eyes at Horace, who suddenly disappeared from in front of her eyes.
　However, he had reflexively activated his detection magic.

''Perish!''

　Horace walked behind Lara and swung the axe straight down to the brain.
　It's a blow swung down from a super-heavy weight, to the point where the slash of the axe or something like that becomes irrelevant.
　Hmm. It seems to show quite agile movements that are not suitable for its huge body.

　I'm not going to be the only one.

I'm sure even Lara can handle that much.

　I mutter a few words as I'm in the middle of watching the game with my arms crossed.

'Wow!'

　Just as the axe was about to be lowered, Lara used her body-enhancing magic to retreat from the scene.
　As a result, the axe stabbed into the floor of the stage, causing a loud earth-shaking sound with a dog-o'-o'clock.

''Mu.''

　The attack was averted, but there was a hint of a smile on Horace's mouth.

''Do you want to avoid this blow? Are you using magic or something?　Sounds a little different from the ones we've had.
How's that?　Can you take back what you said about giving up?
No way.

　There's still room for Horace.

'Try attacking from that side this time. I'll bounce everything off of you.
Well then....

　Lara raised her hands in front of her and deployed her magic formula.
　Fire Spear.
　And it wasn't just one shot. She had ten rounds of Fire Spear fired at Horace at the same time.

''Haaaaah!''

　But Horace wielded his axe and stood up to the firespear.

''Ugh, lie!''

　Lara couldn't help but let out a voice.
　Because Horace had annihilated the entire Fire Spear with the wind pressure of his axe swinging.

''Haha, you can't win against Ora with such a soft attack.

　Even after performing the detachment, Horace still had an expression on his face that said "it's not a big deal".

　That man, he's quite an interesting imitation.
　Lara's magic is not soft. The red magic has a short range, but it's a magic with excellent attack power.
　And the distance between you and Horace is not that open. Even though it was released with considerable accuracy, can you try to nullify the magic with a mere axe move without using warding magic?

　Did you call it Shadgar, the country of the East?
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. I'll have to remember that.

I'm going to have to get a little more serious...

　That was his cue.
　Horace kicked up the ground and instantly reduced the distance between him and Lara to zero.

''Nnnnnn!''

　Lara is trying to use body strengthening magic, and even ward magic, to somehow withstand Horace's onslaught.
　But that man, even though he's wielding such a heavy axe, he doesn't show any signs of fatigue at all.

''Hahaha!　Interesting, interesting!　I'll deal with this too!

　On the contrary, Horace is laughing and attacking Lara with his axe.
　As expected of Lara, she is on the defensive in front of that series of attacks.

　Eventually.

''Kyah!''

　A short scream comes from Lara.
　In the midst of surviving the attack, Lara lost her momentum and fell on her ass.

''It's over.''

　Horace hurls himself at Lara, who is on the ground.

　It will be impossible for Lara to reverse the situation from here.
　Lara's magic power is about to run out from battle after battle after battle.

''Gee, giveaway........''

　Lara seemed to know that as well.
　He brought his hand forward to control it, and was about to be told so by Lara's mouth.

　But Horace kept his axe at the ready.

I can't hear you. And I'm the type of person who wants to finish what I started. I'll never forgive you for saying that after all this time.

　And he tried to pay Lara off in a side-pipe.

　Lara meditated against the quickest inevitable axe attack.


'The game is already won. Stop it.'


　The moment Horace's axe was about to hit Lara.
　I moved there with transition magic and caught Horace's axe with one hand.

''Mu........''

　Horace, feeling threatened, draws his axe and keeps his distance.

'What are you?　As I recall, you said your name was Kurt. Why are you interrupting me?
'That's our line. If this were a real fight, you wouldn't be wrong in your approach. But this is a match. And you can't at least know if you've won it or not, can you?
The fight is only over after the final blow. I don't care if it's a fight or not.

　I thought from the moment I saw her at first glance, she seems to have a belligerent personality.
　However, if I swung the axe down like that, Lara would die...........................if not, she would have suffered quite serious injuries.
　Even if that's the case, I can use my healing magic to heal her, but the pain she felt in doing so would be immeasurable.

　That's why I went in to help.

''Kurt!　Thank you!
Good. Lara, step back. I'll take care of the rest.
'Uh-huh!　You're going to avenge me!

　Lara said and walked down from the stage.

　I looked over at the judges.

'Oops!　One of the favourites for the win, Kurt breaks in!　Let's just assume that Horace wins this match and let's move on to the final.'

　I could hear that from the live room.
　It's helpful. Now I can wield my power to my heart's content.

　Besides.........there's something else I'm curious about.
　Horace's behavior as if he is obsessed with killing intent.
　It's not easy to see, but is that a thing?

"Hmph!　You came all the way to death on your own!

　With the same bodywork Horace showed me with Lara, he moves up to me and swings his axe.
　It's an unstoppable series of blows that can leave ten traces in a single strike.

　But that's only on the basis of this time's level.

"Fufu.

　It was annoying, so I let out a sigh and brushed it away with my hand.

　Then.

'Oooohhhh!'

　The momentum blew Horace far backwards.
　Horace's body flew to the edge of the stage and then stopped there.

'That's a pretty soft attack. Did you think you could hurt me with it?