Chapter 36: Facing the arrogant seniors, of course we have to win brilliantly (4)
After receiving the order, the Twin-Tailed Rock Snake and the Flame Griffin immediately began to move towards Alfred.
The Thunder Canary had been hovering in the sky, seemingly looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
"Emilia, I'll leave that poor little bird flying in the sky to you."
"No problem, but Al's body is very fragile right now, is it really okay?"
Emilia asked anxiously.
"Don't worry, an opponent of this level isn't something we need to worry about."
Alfred replied with a belligerent smile.
"It just so happens that I haven't moved my body for a long time, so I'll try my hand with those two puppets."
"Okay, I understand. But please be careful."
Alfred gestured to Emilia and rushed towards the two attacking puppets.
"I am surrounded by lightning, and my thinking speeds up."
Before he came into contact with the puppet, he calmly cast strengthening magic on himself.
Time seemed to have stood still for a moment, and everything in front of Alfred became incredibly slow.
After approaching the combat distance, the twin-tailed rock snake swung its hard-shelled head and attacked Alfred with a headbutt.
The hard shell on the head of the double-tailed rock snake is as hard as rock, just like its name.
It is difficult to cause any effective damage with just a wooden sword.
But no matter how hard the skull is, the straight... ahem, head of the double-tailed rock snake also has soft parts.
Alfred jumped up, and at the moment his body brushed against the head of the double-tailed rock snake, he thrust out his wooden sword, aiming at its eyes and stabbing it hard.
The double-tailed rock snake struggled and twisted its body in severe pain.
It kept shaking its head vigorously, trying to throw away the wooden sword that had pierced its eyes, along with Alfred who was still holding the wooden sword.
Alfred adjusted his body posture and, using the movement of the double-tailed rock snake's head shaking, swung himself directly towards the flaming griffin that was flying in the air at a loss.
"Frost Armor."
Because the fire griffin was wrapped in flames, Alfred immediately used ice-attribute defensive magic to resist the damage caused by the flames before hugging its neck.
After hugging the fire griffin's neck, Alfred immediately and nimbly flipped onto its back.
"Swoosh, swoosh, chirp!"
Realizing that something was wrong, the Fiery Griffin let out a mournful cry.
It tried to use various aerobatics to throw Alfred off its back.
Alfred waited until the Fiery Griffin dived toward the ground, and when he was in a relatively high position, he cast the next magic.
"Supergravity."
Because of the effect of magic, Alfred's body suddenly became extremely heavy.
Before the Fiery Griffin could react, it plunged headfirst into the ground of the arena carrying Alfred, stirring up a large amount of dust.
This scene caused the students in the audience to exclaim in surprise.
Then, Alfred, safe and sound, slowly emerged from the smoke.
"Really? It seems my reaction has become slow. The sleeves and collar of my school uniform are burnt. I need to go to the shopping street to get a new set."
He brushed the dust off his body and muttered to himself in a troubled tone.
“W-what, you, you…”
Lucius was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time and just babbled like a dumb person.
Alfred ignored him and pulled the wooden sword from the head of the twin-tailed rock snake.
It was still struggling in pain, but after seeing its companion, the Fiery Griffin, die, it fell to the ground motionless, as if trying to pretend to be dead to escape.
The Thunder Canary, which was originally flying at a higher altitude, had already been knocked down by Emilia's ice arrow magic.
Alfred, holding a wooden sword stained with a large amount of alchemical blood, walked towards Lucius who was standing there in a daze.
“Ah~Ah! Don’t, don’t kill me, I, I was wrong, I won’t provoke you again, please, please let me go! I, I won’t bother Senior Rose anymore! I, I’m serious!”
Lucius realized that Alfred was walking towards him.
He was so frightened that he fell back and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy with tears and snot.
"Eh? I just want you, Senior Holhua, to surrender. I don't mean anything else."
Alfred stopped and said in confusion.
"I, I declare Electra-san the winner."
Morgan was frightened by the scene just now.
He finally managed to regain some composure and announced in the calmest tone possible.
"Wait, wait a minute! Who can accept this result? I, I want to start over. That guy's puppet didn't fight at all. How can this be considered a duel between puppeteers?"
After a brief silence, someone in the audience shouted angrily.
However, the person who shouted like this was not Lucius' friend, nor was he a younger brother of Viscount Holwar's family who accompanied him to Illya as a retainer.
Instead, it was Brady, who had nothing to do with Lucius and was clinging to the railing of the auditorium.
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Let’s go back to an earlier time when the dragon turtle was frightened by Emilia’s pressure.
"You...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!"
Cecilia was also a little surprised to hear Lucius's unreasonable remarks.
"It's really ugly..."
She was disappointed with Lucius's ugliness and couldn't help but whisper.
Aeril, who was sitting next to him, was about to stand up, as if she wanted to say something.
But Cecilia held her hand and signaled her not to do anything for now.
Even if Morgan wanted to favor Lucius, he didn't dare to make a questionable decision in public.
What's more, Miss Lothalee, who has a close relationship with the principal, was also present.
Cecilia judged that if Aeril made a scene now, it would only make things more troublesome.
This would be disadvantageous to Alfred.
The result was just as Cecilia expected. Morgan did not dare to pay attention to Lucius's unreasonable behavior and announced that the duel would continue.
Then, Lucius took out three puppets at once.
This made Cecilia and the others, who had originally put their minds at ease for Alfred, feel anxious again.
Because of her job as student council president, Cecilia knows the information of most students in the college.
The three puppets summoned by Lucius have all reached the fourth level of strength.
This also includes the Fiery Griffin that Lucius summoned from the Pseudo-Life Gate when he entered school and has been with him for a year.
Even considering the combat power of these puppets alone, it is difficult for the current third graders to deal with them.
"what?!"