Lina holds an iron sword with a serious expression on her face, and Izayoi holds an iron spear with a calm look on her face.

　Even though it is a mock battle, it is a battle between their families. The air around them is tense.

''Begin!''

　With the start signal I gave, Lina runs towards Izayoi. Izayoi fires the Dark Lance to intercept the sprinting Lina. Lina sidesteps the approaching dark spear with a light sidestep, and the momentum of the rush never stops as she swings the iron sword down at Izayoi.

　Izayoi doesn't catch the iron sword as it comes down, but instead backsteps to avoid it with his iron spear. He released a sharp iron spear stab just as the iron sword cut the sky.

''Ha!''

　Lina flicks the protruding iron spear with her raised iron sword and then swings the iron sword down, closing the distance between her and Izayoi as it is.

　--King!

　The sound of violent metal collisions echoed around them.

　Izayoi forcefully swings the raised iron spear, holding the iron spear with both hands and preventing Lina's attack with the hilt.

''--?　Are you really a human being...?
You know what?　Is it human according to your status?

　Lina smiles fiercely at Izayoi, who shows some impatience.

''It's a terrifying existence.......right!

　Izayoi releases the iron spear in his hand and quickly leaps backwards. He shoots countless dark arrows at Lina.

''--?　

　Lina decides that it's impossible to avoid the dark arrows, so she crosses her hands and takes a defensive stance. Izayoi judged that a close battle with Lina was disadvantageous, or perhaps, he kept his distance and attacked mainly with long-range attacks using magic.

　Against the spears of darkness--Dark Lance, arrows of darkness--Dark Arrow, and blades of darkness--Dark Edge, Lina sometimes evades and He tries to close the distance between himself and Izayoi, sometimes striking away with his sword, sometimes defending himself and avoiding fatal damage.

　However, Izayoi also realizes that closing the distance is deadly, so he cleverly releases his magic to separate himself from Lina.

　If the game goes on like this, Izayoi's victory will be solid. Nevertheless, to see Izayoi outperform Izayoi indoors in close combat... Lina's growth is truly astonishing.

　Physical body B, swordsmanship A ability........

　As you watch in admiration as Lina boldly tries to attack--

　Lina puts her left hand on her chest and mutters softly.

''--[Axel]!

　--!

　Lina closes the distance between her and Izayoi with a momentary speed.

''Don't die? -- Shining Rave!

　The iron sword held by Lina is enveloped in an abominable light--a holy light, and the swung iron sword swings down to Izayoi with a trail of light.

''--!　This, this is.........?

　Izayoi quickly crosses his hands and takes a defensive stance, but he is flung away by the light blade. Izayoi thrust out his left hand with his fallen body and put his magic power into it.

''-- 《Dark Knight Tempest》!

　A storm of darkness enveloped Lina.

''--?!''

　Lina is swallowed and blown away by the dark storm while letting out a small scream.

''Whoa!　--May rain thrust!

　Izayoi, who is usually calm and collected, charged into Lina with a roar. With the iron spear he picked up, he delivers a series of god-speed thrusts. While falling down, Izayoi raises his left hand high in the sky against Lina, who tries to shield her sword and mitigate the impact of the thrusts.

''--《Darke--''
That's it!

　Faster than Izayoi could swing his left hand down, I uttered the words that signaled the end of the mock battle. The words I uttered became a command and Izayoi stopped.

　--the winner was decided.

　This time, Izayoi had the upper hand.

　However, I can think of many possibilities.

　The reason for Izayoi's victory is -- magic. Magic is not easily influenced by the performance of the items it is equipped with. Then what if they were competing with each other with serious equipment...?

　And my biggest concern is--

Isayoi. Tell me frankly. If two guys with the same abilities as Lina attacked us, could we win?
...and they think they're going to lose.

　The fact that Lina, who is under his command, has put in the effort to rival Izayoi is a welcome development. It will help them to conquer Ishikawa Prefecture in the future.

　However, the reason for Lina's sudden rise in strength is not something to celebrate.

　The reason for Lina's sudden rise in strength - the evolution of her class.

　This is not a privilege only for Lina. It's a privilege given to all human beings belonging to all [Lowe].

　Lina's growth would be faster compared to ordinary humans. Unless you're not a very good human, it's impossible for you to gain the same amount of experience as Lina.

　But someday........humans will reach level 50. At first it might be 1% of the total. But then it will be 2% ... 5% ... 10%, and the percentage of humanity that will reach level 50 will increase with each passing day.

　And some day - the day will come when only level 50 humans will be organized to invade the territory I control.

　As it stands now, if 12 humans with the same power as the Lina in front of me invaded my dominion territory, would I be able to protect them?　A decent one-on-one match... me, Izayoi, Takaharu and Lina. What about Chloe and Leila?　Is it a little tough?　Saburo is ... ready for a counterattack?

　I do a force analysis in my head.

　Humanity will be dramatically strengthened when it reaches level 50.

　When I reach the A rank of a certain status - that is, when I reach level 19.

　There are three status items that I can raise to A rank. Body, Creation, and Alchemy. The physical body is my enhancement, not the overall enhancement, so it's dismissed.

　Should I raise Creation to A-rank and look forward to new subordinates and equipment...?

　Should I raise my smelting to A rank and expect new items...?

　Well, you don't have to worry about it now. There's time before the level reaches 19.

　However, we need to raise the level as soon as possible....

　1. Strengthen our own army by adding a powerful Demon King to our subordinates.
　Strengthen my own army by training my subordinates.
　3.Train myself to reach level 19.

　The unification of Ishikawa Prefecture has not been fulfilled either. The personnel of the third invasion force we had planned to launch have not been gathered either. We haven't even added the Dwarf Demon King to our group.

　There's nothing, nothing, nothing, but there's only more to do.

　They realized again that it would not be easy to survive in the transformed world of Kowaleta.