Chapter 79: Excellent actors must always give their all (2)
Before the competition began, Tiffany, who was serving as the referee, came to Alfred.
"I'm sorry, Elect. Waver can't help wanting to compete with a powerful warrior when he sees one. This must have caused you a lot of trouble."
Tiffany bowed slightly and apologized to Alfred.
“No, I am honored to be recognized by my mentor McAas (Webster).”
Alfred answered the other party in a very polite manner using only polite words.
"If you can, it doesn't matter if you give that idiot Weber a good lesson."
"Eh? But... he's your mentor, or your husband?"
Tiffany puffed up her cheeks a little and looked at Webster in the distance with dissatisfaction.
"That idiot has not changed his temper. He should be taught a lesson. As for Elect, you should just do your best, but don't get yourself hurt."
"Okay, okay..."
(I feel like I’ve been fed dog food… Uncle Michaels is so lucky to have such a wife…)
Alfred responded with a wry smile.
After Tiffany finished instructing on what she wanted to say, she returned to the center of the venue.
Alfred and Webster stood opposite each other, 20 meters apart.
In a simple sword fight, there is no need for both sides to stand so far apart before the competition.
However, Webster seemed to intend to let other students experience the so-called actual combat atmosphere and create a more shocking scene in order to enhance students' interest in improving their own strength.
Therefore, in the competition rules, he deliberately emphasized that there should be no restrictions on the use of magic.
"You two, are you ready?"
After receiving nods from both sides, Tiffany announced the start of the competition.
Alfred guessed Webster's intention and planned to cooperate with the other party's idea.
Therefore, he had to show his ability as a qualified stuntman from the very beginning.
"Instant lightning, fire storm, whirlwind."
Alfred cast three spells in one breath, and a hurricane with blazing fire and crackling lightning instantly enveloped him.
Except for the magic of Instant Lightning Entanglement which can actually enhance physical strength, the other two magics are just like movie special effects and have no practical effect at all.
But to students who don’t understand the principles, it looks very cool.
Alfred rushed towards Webster, spun his body beautifully in the air, and used the potential energy accumulated from the rotation to slash at Webster with all his strength.
The hurricane of fire wrapped around his body also bloomed in the air as his body rotated.
It was like a beautiful, hot yet extremely dangerous red lotus.
Webster was also a battle-hardened warrior with extraordinary strength.
He did not choose to take Alfred's attack head-on, but instead chose to use his sword to block and jump away at the same time, avoiding the momentum of the attack from rushing towards his body.
Webster also used magic to stir up dust from the ground, trying to drive Alfred away in this way.
He wanted to buy himself time to regroup.
Upon seeing this, Alfred took advantage of the whirlwind of sand and dust created by Webster to distance himself from them, and began to use long-range magic to restrain the opponent's actions.
Webster, who was not very good at using magic, found it difficult to use long-range magic to hit Alfred who was moving continuously and quickly, and he also lacked other means of long-range attacks to fight back.
He had to withstand the continuous attacks of fireballs and ice arrows and try to get closer to Alfred, who originally wanted to keep his distance.
After feeling that he had consumed enough of Webster's energy, Alfred was ready to close the distance between them and prepare to decide the winner.
The students who were watching the competition on the sidelines were initially dismissive of this competition that did not involve puppets.
However, watching the two of them fighting back and forth, most of the students' attention was attracted by their gorgeous fighting postures, and they stared with bated breath at the magical brilliance that burst out when their wooden swords collided.
After several rounds of fighting.
Although Alfred and Webster both injected a large amount of magic power into the wooden sword to enhance its strength and toughness in order to prevent it from breaking due to the unbearable load.
However, the conflict between the two sides was too intense, causing their wooden swords to break at the same time.
Upon seeing this, Tiffany, the referee, immediately called a halt and announced the end of the competition.
“Thank you for your guidance, Mentor McAyes (Webster).”
"Me too, thank you so much, Elect."
Webster shook hands with Alfred, patted his shoulder vigorously and whispered.
"What were those extra movements during the competition just now?"
"How is it? The effect is not bad. I think that just this competition will make many students begin to agree with and accept your ideas."
Alfred smiled in response.
"You, kid, you've completely seen through my intentions. You really are worthy of being Mr. Ron's son."
Webster sighed, seeming both helpless and happy.
"Teacher, are you familiar with my father?"
Alfred was curious and asked
"No, I was only taken care of by that adult when I was on the battlefield."
Webster seemed to be reminiscing about the distant past, with a somewhat sad expression.
Alfred speculated that Webster might have also participated in the war that was triggered by the massive invasion of monsters in the east and south of the empire more than ten years ago.
It is said that the war was extremely brutal even in the history of the entire empire.
On the one hand, the monsters that invaded the empire at that time were extremely ferocious, and ordinary soldiers and puppets were simply unable to contend with them.
On the other hand, when the empire was facing a huge crisis, the court nobles in the palace were fighting for power and their own interests, and they were randomly restraining each other.
In order to weaken the influence and military power of the hostile faction, some nobles even secretly blocked the supply lines of the front-line troops, just to destroy the hostile faction's military power and the monsters together.
In the past, Ron, in the name of the Duke of Elect, ignored the decisions made by the royal palace and the top brass of the Imperial Army, and provided free supplies to the Imperial Army troops and the lord's private army on the front line.
Alfred thought that Webster must have had an encounter with Ron at that time.
"By the way, Elect, you showed some mercy to me just now, didn't you?"
Webster, who had just come back to his senses from his past memories, asked with a complicated expression.