Chapter 35: Facing the arrogant seniors, of course we have to win brilliantly (3)
"That's enough. If I continue, you won't understand. So let me defeat you now and get you out of Illya and Alia. Do it, Dragon Turtle!"
The giant turtle raised its head that looked more like a lizard than a dragon.
It seemed like it was planning to use some kind of breath to attack Alfred directly.
Seeing this, Emilia raised her right hand towards the dragon turtle.
"███████, ████████████, ██████████, ████████."
While releasing her pressure on the dragon turtle, she spoke in the dragon clan's unique Nidhogg language.
The specific translation means, "You blind bug, who do you think you are standing in front of? Do you think you have lived too long and want to die? Get out of here now."
Alfred could understand what Emilia meant, so he couldn't help but laugh.
As for why he could understand it, it was because he was the one who taught Emilia Nidhogg.
The dragon turtle seemed to understand Emilia's meaning and immediately froze.
"Hey, what on earth are you doing? Why don't you attack quickly?!"
Lucius noticed that something was wrong with it and immediately shouted in panic.
The dragon turtle ignored Lucius's shouts and ran towards the edge of the arena at a speed that was completely inconsistent with its huge size.
Just as it was about to leave the arena, it crashed into the defensive barrier on the edge.
The students sitting in the audience seats nearby were all shocked by the strange behavior of the dragon turtle.
Some timid girls even screamed and cried.
"Hey, Jiaolong Turtle, what on earth are you doing?! Come back and fight, and give this damn piece of shit a good beating!"
Lucius shouted in panic and tried to use the magic ball to command the dragon turtle.
The Jiaolong Turtle desperately resisted the restrictions brought by the contract. After several unsuccessful attempts to hit the barrier, it decisively chose to curl up into its shell.
Lucius, Morgan the referee, and the students in the audience were all stunned by this scene.
"I never thought that even this kind of inferior dragonborn could understand Nidhogg. Could it be that this language is also used among dragons from different worlds?"
Alfred asked with interest.
"I'm not sure about that. But if that bug is really a sub-dragon, it should have run away when I first released the magic power."
"That's true. The sub-dragon family thing is just a gimmick. But then again, Emilia is very skilled in controlling the pressure. It seems that no one here noticed that you used the pressure."
Alfred looked around the audience and didn't see anyone who was obviously intimidated by the pressure.
"Well, because I was severely punished by Tina before, I am very skilled in controlling myself."
Emilia seemed to be recalling some horrible memory, and her expression was a little stiff when she explained.
"I see...it looks like you're having a hard time as well."
Alfred didn't know how to respond, so he gently touched Emilia's head.
This is all he can do now.
"Hey! W-What on earth did you just do?!"
Lucius yelled in frustration.
"What did you do? How could I possibly tell my opponent my trump card during a duel? Since you, Senior Holhua, are a sophomore, you must have received some practical training, right?
You should think of a way to find out what I am doing."
Alfred raised the corner of his mouth slightly and challenged with a contemptuous tone.
"You, you bastard...referee! Teacher Carlisle, this guy is cheating! I strongly demand a thorough investigation of his methods just now. He must have used some illegal props to cause my puppet to go out of control!"
Lucius clenched his fists and shouted at Morgan, who was serving as the referee.
Alfred turned and looked at Morgan with a smile.
Morgan also looked very embarrassed.
He looked at the principal's secretary who was sitting in the distance, and then glanced at Cecilia and Ariel from the student council.
"...Mr. Holhua, I didn't see any violation by Mr. Elect. It seems that your dragon turtle was attacked by the magic of that girl just now, so it fell into a state of confusion."
Finally, Morgan said to Lucius.
"W-what..."
Lucius froze in place because he didn't get the response he wanted.
"Senior Holhua, you are really ugly like this. Immature contract puppets, or those that are not close enough to their masters, are easily attacked by mental magic and fall into a state of confusion.
As a second-year student, you should be very aware of this kind of thing, right?"
Alfred raised his head slightly and glared at Lucius with disdain.
"Are you trying to find an excuse for not being able to control the contracted puppet, so you accuse me of using illegal items? Or do you already have a premonition that you will definitely lose, so you want to find a way to stop this duel now?"
"You, you... you you! You bastard, don't think that the same accident will happen twice in a row! This time, I will make sure you pay, you damn useless bastard!"
Lucius' eyes turned bloodshot as he took out three puppet balls and released the puppets inside.
(Wow~ Compared to these puppets, you look scarier now~ And the words you just said really sound like a small villain who refuses to give up. Is this really okay?)
Looking at the three new puppets summoned by Lucius, Alfred complained in his heart without any tension.
The puppets summoned by Lucius are a C+ grade double-tailed rock snake, a B-grade thunder canary, and a B+ grade flaming griffin.
Taking a student who has just entered the second grade as an example, the number and rarity of the puppets Lucius owns can actually be considered first-class.
But if we look at it from another angle, it can also be interpreted as just this extent.
“Although these puppets are not as rare as the dragon turtle, they are all puppets that have reached the fourth level!
Moreover, they are all alchemical puppets that I summoned from the Pseudo-Life Gate. They will never behave like that loser just now!"
"Senior, you really should have taken them out earlier. I wasted so much time. Also, from what you said just now, you have realized that it was your incompetence that caused the contract puppet to go out of control?"
Alfred shrugged, gripped his wooden sword and got ready.
"That's great. After all, I often hear people say that admitting one's failures and incompetence is the first step in growing as a person. You are truly a genius for being able to reach this day earlier than others."
"You, you, you bastard! Kill him!"