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The intense clash of light-clad swords didn't let off the sound of wood colliding

The ring's floor was gouged out and sliced, groorse every tith, Rudel kept them stationed close to hie caused by thebladeWhile Rudel had been on the offense, Eunius' fierce charge put hirow, and at tie distances Protected by his shields, Rudel thought of carrying on an offensive with as first

The shields of lights… while powerful shields, they expended great a of those shields he had yet to grow accusto pushed vack

He used his sind h his destination, there would usually be afor him Rudel needed to take another step or he would never reach Eunius

While Rudel thought he was at a disadvantage, Eunius wasblocked by the shields If he didn't see through the path of Rudel's high speed movement in an instant, then that instant would decide the ap, Eunius put up a desperate offensive

In contrast to Rudel's bountibul hand, Eunius was at a loss on how to continue Quite soic swords Eunius could only display his swordplay diring the timeframe his wood sword could withstand his mana

"Dammiy! And I wanted to settle this ripped had been specially th was coic sword It was a special itele match with Rudel, and that went to show just how fixated Eunius was on this reorse, and it was just about nearing its liic sword didn't have long left But what Rudel held was nothingit

Rudel erased his shields and flooded e on Eunius On that high-speed charge, Eunius reacted, but as Rudel had completely abandoned defense to close in, he was only able to block

In the next instant, Rudel's wood sword had destroyed Eunius' In thatto destroy Eunius' weapon

"So you aimed for it, Rudel!"

Eunius tossed aside the broken sword hilt, but Rudel's hands still gripped a wood sword As he constantly changed the output of his sword, Rudel's blade was still going strong

Seeing how he didn't use his high-speed ain, Eunius could tell Rudel was also near his limit At the sword Rudel lowered to end thehe had into blocking it

He endured the blow that, if played poorly, would likely have cost him his ar But Rudel's wooden sas destroyed In that moment of Rudel's surprised, Eunius haht

Rudel leapt to soften the blow, but unable to kill theto regain his posture

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Seeing the two of the as they faced one another, the audience raised cheers What was truly a battle that surpassed their iinations now unraveled before the around his shield knights to maintain the barrier It was fine for now, but when Eunius' ic sword snapped, they confronted a crisis where the barrierdown his forehead, Luecke kept a careful watch on their actions

Lena also watched theout of the waiting rooas' permission to use the reserved front row and invited her

When she appeared in the spectators' seats, the fact that everyone see for her was surely Aleist's fault

With Basyle sitting between them, Izumi and Millia watched the "

As Basyle spoke in a nostalgic tone, Izumi nodded as well In the academy, Izumi was the one who had watched him most closely

The Rudel who made a ive up in his secod year And now the Rudel who had obtained the dragon of his drea hard all the way"

As Izuht in the words that came from her mouth When Rudel constantly lived his life at full force, watching hierous

In truth, when he tried to obtain a dragon, he did almost lose his life

Izu at her profile, Milla turned her eyes to look at Rudel She knew That Rudel had never been conscious of her

Even now, there were ti a bit e… sad as it was, Millia had finally broken away from Rudel To move on, she had decided in her heart

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Rudel and Eunius'ic and attack from a distance, but his mana was close to its lihtest for their next ht

The techniques they boasted only made thestyles, Rudel's was generally dirty He threw sand into an opponent's eyes as if it was ingrained into his body Avoiding that and fighting hinoring the fracture on his left hand

"Oy, Rudel! You won't use that technique you showed me before!? Get a bit serious, why don't you!!"

Blessed with physique, you could also say that alone would let hi able to contest with him, Rudel was also a monster Both sides let off attacks that thened bodies creak, and they endured

"If that's what you want!"

Juh-speed movement In the space of an instant, he leapt into Runius' breast, toughting both hands to his chest, and firing his … when she heard of such a thing from Izumi, Rudel had worked on his own to recreate it with Mana Its level of coher than when he unleashed it on Fritz a few years back

The ih Eunius' chest, its effects even felt on the wall behind him On that intense impact, the barrier warped for aweak to an unanticipated attack

But Eunius laughed as he sain before standing with a perplexed look on his face

"That's all you've got? The one before it got me worse…"

His outer wear that received the attack was already torn up, but Eunius' upper body was coic sword he lowered on hiainst Rudel, Euniuschose to endure the threat he saw in the attack against Fritz… he decided to try enduring It was a simple application of brute force, the ht That's all there was to it, but as he was producing an explosive power to defend, the ti was important

Rudel's shockwave that required accuer a threat to Eunius

He cast off his tattered garments, cast them off and took a stance It was definitely an attack he had held back on Since he raised the output, Rudel thought it would inflict a serious injury

But it did seeh for his friend before his eyes… Rudel took his own stance, and perhaps delighted, he gave a sed fearso in an intense clash

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"Oh, how a (Master's crazzzy And wait… how does he plan on beating Eunius? How does he intend to conquer that muscle idiot? It can't be an upset where Eunius will be the one fighting Aleist, right? But when he's so tattered, I get the feeling it won't even be a match)"

The scene Fina saw froh to make one clench their fists until they were covered in sweat But perhaps Fina herself wasn't interested as she thought over ould cos stood, coht where warriors of sith clashed, Aleist's next opponent was Fritz

In the semi-finals, they predicted that Aleist would win Perhaps those around were thinking sis, as Sophina made a conflicted face

"Sophina, who do you think in the tournament?"

"… Aleist-sama, perhaps"

As Sophina muttered, Cattleya and Lilim beside her nodded In the case that Eunius won, his left aras Fro, it would take some time to repair So the problem would be how much of his stamina and mana he could recover in that time

In contrast, Aleist showed leisure in his firstto ability, it was difficult to see Aleist losing that one

The man hiretting it in the waiting roo around from the sheer embarrass as she tried to say so, when a voice called over to Fina It was her older sister Aileen, who had birthed some interest in Fina's conversation

"Oh my, so you've already decided the victor of the next , but she was letting off an inti air that went beyond her expression She couldn't forgive the fact that Fina's group had decided on Fritz' loss

As she looked over the three knights, perhaps it was the first tirew sharp for an instant