Unsold Slaves Returned as Heroes

29. The true side of the crystal war

[The first match declares the victory of the Water Crown! Praise the students for their wonderful festival!]

The first festival ended with the priest’s declaration. The emperor, who was watching the scene from the highest seat in the main arena, crossed his hands with the princess sitting on his lap.

“They are all great talents. Isn’t that right, Astley?”

“You are right, Your Majesty.”

The princess replied with her perfect smile.

“Now your dormitory students will come out. The professor in charge also seemed very interesting. However, I was just dazzled by the splendor, and I still don’t know if I’m qualified to teach you.”

The emperor was uncomfortable.

I wanted to see the proficiency of the professors at the festival, but it was only the students who showed up as a place to prove their educational ability. Even that is a mock battle that eliminates the risk of serious injury.

What can you learn from such kiddy pranks? An academy is an academy after all.

That’s it. After all, it’s a short entertainment while waiting for the hero and Aisha.

Aren’t you enduring a lot of ugly things for the best beauty?

“Whoa.”

However, the emperor’s regret soon disappeared, and adrenaline began to seep into his brain.

It was because a slave trader was walking proudly through the open arena door holding a wooden sword.

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“Why did the slave trader enter the arena! Isn’t it a game that only freshmen can participate in! It’s against the rules!”

In the waiting room across the street, Band screamed loudly. However, even when I entered the stadium, the torch signaling the foul was not ignited.

“That’s it, Professor Band.”

“You look like a coward!”

It’s cowardly if you’re cowardly, but it’s a little too early to send only my students to practice.

From now on, they are talented people who will break through any real fight better than anyone else, but I don’t want to get injured before they even start.

If it’s a normal mock battle, you won’t have to worry about that level of injury, but now there’s that guy.

I checked the students in the Coffin of Fire. One , One . The job or combination is already great. Needless to say, the other was him.

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It was an eerie face with dark stains around the eyes.

“Hmph, rather, it worked out well because the slave trader was involved. Warriors, the enemy has three vanguards! What a messed up combination. Take down one by one carefully!”

Band gave advice in a loud voice. However, it was only exposure of the operation only when I heard it from this side.

“The Is riding a horse and holding a spear. Did you think that relying on equipment would make you stronger?”

He slammed his thick shield to the ground, igniting his fighting spirit.

I approached Mark and tapped his thigh, which was wrapped in thick armor.

“Marc, are you nervous?”

“Not nervous. I just want the horse to move the way it wants.”

“Do as you feel. If you swing the stirrup by instinct, it will go in the direction you want. The goal is.”

“The enemy vanguard. Let’s do something.”

Marc corrected his helmet, catching his breath. I liked his eyes.

“Xiehua.”

“Hao!”

The image of fist bumping while wearing an invisibility sleeve was full of motivation. She decided that the free-spirited Xuehua needed no other advice.

“I will go according to the operation. Prepare.”

According to my signal, Xuehua and Mark powerfully grabbed their weapons.

[The Coffin of Fire vs. The Coffin of Earth, the second match of the festival begins!]

― Fire!

With the ignition signaling the start, the three of us ran out at the same time.

Strongly pulling the horse’s reins, Mark jumps out from the lead. The target was the avant-garde apprentice knight of the Crown of Fire.

“I can’t go back!”

The apprentice knight also rushes with strong momentum. Judging that Mark will attack their rearguard with his mobility, he plans to ignorantly block his rush.

Still, it is a good decision. He had the upper hand in strength, and Mark, who was wearing , Rode a horse with a spear and shield, so he must have thought it wouldn’t be too threatening.

We only have three avant-gardes. There is no way to attack from a distance.

If Bext’s magic explodes while he is blocked from the front line even for a moment, the Crown of Fire can bring victory.

We don’t have the means to attack, defend, or recover from a long distance.

But that’s only if you can block the front lines.

Marc underestimated the term

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Mark charges at the apprentice knight. Here, the apprentice knight noticed something strange.

There is no sign of avoiding Marc. Even though the apprentice knight’s shield blocked his path and caused great damage if the horse fell, it seemed that the target was the knight from the beginning.

And the position of the arm holding the weapon is reversed.

Mark wasn’t trying to pierce the shield with his spear, he was trying to collide one shield with another.

“Uh… ?!”

3, 2, 1 Until crash.

― Kwaaang! Wow!!

The apprentice knight’s shield shattered with the thrilling sound of iron ringing.

“What… ?!”

A trainee knight who loses his balance and stumbles. Using the charge of his horse, he knocks the knight down and Mark continues to charge.

“Why a shield?!”

The apprentice knight rolls unsightly on the floor. Marc skillfully twisted the reins and spun his horse, exhaling.

“Whoa!”

Cheers echo from the audience. As if in response, the shield holding the mark flashed unusually.

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Equipment/Shield/Legendary/Planetary Shield

1. Outline

A shield with a special ability that immediately reduces the durability of other shields that collide with it.

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4. Evaluation

At first glance, it looks like a fraudulent item, but it is naturally discarded in the second half because it only applies to equipment of a lower grade than legendary and there are not many jobs with shields.

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I took it out of the treasure chest right before the game and gave it to Mark.

“Shield! You messed with the shield!”

If you twist it, spend money too.

Thanks to Marc’s time reduction, Bext hasn’t been able to draw a magic circle yet.

There is a reason why this group was organized into three vanguards. Usually, in a party of three, the basic combination is avant-garde, ranged, and healer, but the moment the avant-garde collapses, the other two are also dead.

In other words, the avant-garde three can stick to the mage and beat him to death if only one enemy avant-garde is pierced.

In other words, it is a combination that only targets Bext.

Now that we have penetrated the avant-garde, we only need to keep the healer in check.

“Xiehua.”

“Hao, Shifu!”

Xuehua broke away from the main unit and charged at the Priest of the Crown of Fire. He uses the authority of the shield, but he is still a freshman. Spell chanting is slow. Xiehua’s invisible arm was faster.

“Complementary right!”

-Paaang!!

There was no need to shout out the name of the skill, but Xuehua’s strong hand exploded into the priest’s stomach. The priest flew away, closing his eyes and distorting his face. Wow, that would really hurt.

Because I believed that Xuehua would play the role, I was already charging Bext with Mark in my rear.

“Uhm, that’s weird as expected.”

Perhaps Bext judged that he was running out of time, he stopped drawing Jin and took off the necklace he was wearing. In an instant, a barrier formed on him, and Marc’s spear and my sword were ricocheted off.

“Is it a defense artifact?”

“Why do you think you are being targeted? It’s rare, it’s rare. Slave trader.”

“It feels good. Still, it’s a failing grade.”

I then threw out the wooden sword I had prepared. Bext reacted and tried to dodge, but it hit his right arm. There was the sound of bones breaking.

“It hurts.”

“Because I hit you for that.”

Cheers resound throughout the stadium. It seems that no one in the audience expected that the coffin of earth would dominate the coffin of fire so overwhelmingly.

Xehua joins in after defeating the priest, and Mark blocks the apprentice knight from approaching with his mobility.

I am preparing the next blow to deliver the final blow to Bext.

“Mmm, it looks bloody. It just went well.”

Bext stuck out his tongue. Jin was already drawn there.

It was a dark magic gin.

― Chow ah!!

A cloud rose through the medium of Bext’s blood that fell on the floor. I immediately held my breath and threw the purification potion I had prepared on the floor to wake up.

“Oh, the purification potion. Too bad. Because this is level 3. There’s no choice like that.”

Bext pushed the name tag above his head. Changed to .

It seems that he has no intention of hiding it.

A cloud of blood spreads. It engulfs the arena in an instant. At this rate, Xiehua and Mark are in danger.

It’s okay. Preparations have been made

“Sersi!”

“Yeah!!”

An answer came from afar. Fortunately, Sersi reacted immediately and pushed the switch for the artifact that had been set in advance, which looked like a dynamite detonator, as hard as she could.

― Booooong!

The floor of the arena is dyed purple. The spreading bloody cloud froze in place as if it had been quick-frozen.

“… What?”

Bext’s face was bewildered.

“Don’t worry about the cost. Not long ago.”

The sparkling fragments are magic stones that Sersi and I worked hard to bury at dawn.

It is an enchanted magic stone that hinders the condensation of black mana, the basis of black magic.

The magic stones were wired to a large mana tank in advance so that when activated, the enchantment would be activated.

The principle is similar to magic stone powder that chases monsters. I only applied a little.

This is a know-how that is often classified as ‘utilization technique’.

“… Ah, my plan.”

Bext gnashed his teeth and glared at me.

“I can’t miss this great opportunity. High-ranking people from all over the continent, even the emperor of the empire came to watch over me. Everyone needs to know How great is black magic!”

Bext opened his arms and vomited.

That’s great.

I opened the wiki and browsed the [Dark Magic] Section.

[Speed reading Lv.10 Is activated.]

“What can I do? It’s not like that here.”