I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night - Chapter 73: Battle With Narcissus (3)

Chapter 73: Battle With Narcissus (3)

I fired magic, and the barrier shattered.

The audience’s cheers became clearer than before.

Their voices reacted to my first magic in the match and the barrier’s destruction.

“I’ve never seen magic like that…!”

“Wasn’t this barrier supposed to withstand attacks from a hundred soldiers…?”

“Breaking it in one hit—how strong is he…!?”

The arena felt more excited than ever.

Amid this, Narcissus spoke with a trembling voice full of shock and anger.

“You won’t forgive me…? Don’t mess with me! Do you know who you’re talking to!?”

“Yes. I’m speaking to you, Narcissus, right in front of me.”

“Guh…!”

This wouldn’t change no matter who it was.

If someone maliciously tried to damage this sword, which Sephia gave me as my teacher alongside her lifelong Chevalier-style swordsmanship, I would never forgive them.

I faced Narcissus calmly, unmoved by his words.

Narcissus paled slightly and touched his face.

“Guh…? No way. Am I feeling fear against a mere commoner…? No, that’s impossible… That can’t be!”

Narcissus shouted loudly and released a massive amount of mana from his body.

As someone called the next top force of the Luvankrum Empire’s military, he indeed had much more mana than an average soldier.

But… he could never become the top force.

No, he shouldn’t.

It wasn’t about lacking skill.

The top force, like Elena and the others, reached that level by caring for loved ones and improving themselves.

But Narcissus only thought of himself.

Such a person shouldn’t stand beside Elena and the others.

To ensure that, I had to defeat Narcissus here.

As I renewed my resolve, Narcissus glared at me angrily.

“Finn Teraward! As I said, I’m fighting you seriously now!”

“Of course. Otherwise, it means nothing.”

“! You keep mocking me— Don’t underestimate me!!”

Narcissus shouted angrily, losing his earlier composure.

He stopped his exaggerated movements and raised both hands toward me smoothly.

“Flame Pillar!”

He used the mana he released to create pillar-shaped flames across the entire arena.

But they were just pillars.

I dodged with minimal movement, and Narcissus shouted loudly.

“Not yet! Flame Circle!!”

Immediately after he spoke, the flame pillars connected and began rotating.

In a real battle, maybe not, but in the arena’s limited space, it was nearly unavoidable.

But—

“Heh… Hahaha! How’s that! This is my serious power! It’s too late to apologize for your rudeness! A commoner claiming to be one of those beautiful women, with that unfit sword from Sephia Chevalier— You’ll be taken down by me before these tens of thousands!”

I acted as he spoke with anger and fired his magic.

“Daedal Wave.”

“!?”

My water magic, Daedal Wave, unleashed a massive surge of water around me.

The water filled the arena, extinguishing all the flames.

“Gah…! What is this…!?”

Narcissus, caught in the water’s waves, struggled and shouted.

Having achieved my goal of extinguishing the flames, I stopped the water.

Narcissus, out of breath and pale, spoke.

“You erased my magic… with just one hit…? No way… No way!”

As if unable to accept reality, Narcissus turned to me.

“I assessed your skill when we first met! You were talented for a trainee, nothing more or less! So why—”

“I noticed you observing me when we first met, Narcissus.”

“What…!?”

“I thought I didn’t need to mind a friendly soldier, but I unconsciously suppressed my presence.”

“In that instant, you not only noticed my gaze but suppressed your presence…? That’s… impossible…”

I didn’t know why I did it then.

But I probably sensed hostility from Narcissus unconsciously.

Considering his behavior since, that wasn’t wrong.

As I thought this, Narcissus shouted loudly.

“I’m from a great duke’s family and an official soldier! There’s no way I’d lose to a mere commoner trainee! Light Arrow!”

He spoke forcefully, and a light-formed arrow shot from his hand toward me.

The frontline unit had fired mana arrows before, but their quantity and quality were far superior.

Anger at Narcissus’s behavior almost made me tense up.

But that could kill him, so I adjusted my mana to avoid that.

“Explode Ray.”

Like before, a high-powered light beam shot straight.

The light pierced Narcissus’s arrow.

It touched Narcissus behind it—

“Guaaaaaaah!!”

The light exploded, blasting Narcissus against the arena’s wall.

Narcissus hit the wall, unable to brace himself, and fell to the ground.

The outcome was clear to everyone, and the announcer shouted loudly.

“What, what, what! Defeating Narcissus, rumored to be the next top force of the Luvankrum Empire’s military, and winning the Expert Match— It’s Finn Teraward!!”

At that moment, cheers erupted from the audience.

“A commoner trainee beat a renowned duke’s soldier…!”

“Never seen anything like this!”

“That’s Finn Teraward, the talk of the capital…!”

Among the tens of thousands, I looked at Elena and the others.

They waved at me and shouted loudly.

“Kyaaa~!! Finn~!! You were so cool~!!”

“You really did great~!!”

“That was amazing~!!”

Everyone…

Seeing their joyful expressions warmed my heart.

I didn’t forget courtesy.

I bowed to the audience who watched the battle.

Then, I left the arena to rejoin everyone.

Thus, the magic tournament’s Expert Match concluded.

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After the Expert Match, Narcissus regained consciousness and received healing from his subordinates.

“My healing is enough… More importantly, that commoner who humiliated me— Finn Teraward! As planned, I’ll now use full force to eliminate him!!”

He said this to his subordinates, his eyes filled with killing intent.