Book 5: Chapter 19


    <strong>Sage vs Elephant Beastkin</strong>


    Ryuushin, Merdie and I, and Merdies dad Leo broke through the second round of battle.


    Merdie and Ryuushin could also do long-range blows and shes, so they won while their opponents couldnt even touch a single hair on their head.


    Leo enjoyed his battles as usual.


    The beastkin who went against him were a bit pitiful.


    And so, were gonna fight the third battle round, but


    Master Halt, are you perhaps considering using that sword?


    I was practicing my sword drawing moves while gripping the hilt of Hakoku when Leo stopped me.


    Cant I?


    Presently, the use of weapons are permitted and if its the beastkin, they could easily avoid arrows. Even if we do not have swords, our fangs and ws sharpness exceed that of swords.


    Then Id like to use a sword, too.


    It wouldnt be fair if my opponent had a sword while I was the only one empty-handed.


    No matter how you look at it, that sword is not an ordinary oneDo you want to cut the beastkin of this country? Is that it?


    No worries, Ill hit them with the back of the sword..


    No, thatsa double edged de.


    Afterward, Leo became stern, so I could only borrow a wooden sword to fight in the battle.


    Sorry, Hakoku.


    Ill let you have a turn one of these days.


    The wooden sword was light, though not as much as Hakoku, and the length was also nice. It was easy to handle. Just worried about its strength.


    Wouldnt it break if I go all out on that elephant beastkin with high defense power?


    Its been a while, might as well do <em>that</em>.


    I released magic from my palm that was holding the wooden sword.


    I imagined my nerves stretching out towards the wooden sword as I gradually incorporated mana into it.


    The wooden sword turned ck from the design to its tip.


    Even if you injected mana in it in the normal way, it wouldnt turn like this.


    Using fine mana control, I reinforced the fibers of the wood to increase its strength.


    This ordinary wooden sword then turned into something that could break an orichalcum sword.


    I call this my Ink de Transformation.


    By the way, this Ink de Transformation was also possible for non-wooden swords.


    For example, imagining the reinforcement of metallic bonds while incorporating mana resulted in the Ink de Transformation of an iron sword.


    To be honest, I didnt really understand metallic bonds that much, but it happened, so I just used it without thinking too deeply about it.


    No matter what sort of sword  no, it didnt have to be a sword, even a fallen tree branch lying over there could turn into an indestructible, strongest weapon thanks to Ink de Transformation.


    I frequently used this technique before Hakoku fell into my hands.


    Mana reinforced the wooden sword, but once itpleted the Ink de Transformation, it would still remain as a ck sword even without replenishing the mana.


    By the way, 100,000 worth of mana was consumed to make a single Ink de, so I doubt there would be other people who could create this aside from me.


    Guess this is it.


    I tried to swing thepleted Ink de.


    Yup, the strength seemed fine.


    It had been a while, but it went without a hitch.


    Ahm, Master Halt. W, whats that?


    Leo asked.


    I used magic to increase its strength. It doesnt especially increase the sharpness, so this much is fine, is it?


    Y, yeah. Well, in that case


    Leo also acknowledged it, so lets go with this.


    I climbed the stage.


    On the other hand, the elephant beastkin waited for me on top of the stage, then he talked to me.


    You have my gratitude for using another sword. I n to forfeit this match should you use that sword.


    I, is that so.


    Wasnt a beastkin possessing an Anti-Magic Skin supposed to be able to block even Hakokus de?


    I did not think you would adjust for me. Thats how huge the gap between you and I is. Let me go against you with all I have now!


    The elephant beastkin began releasing his magical power.


    As expected, folks who continued winning till they reached this stage at the Martial Gods Warrior Tournament had well-built magical suits.


    Here Ie!


    The elephant beastkin charged towards me.


    He sped towards me at lightning speed.


    Its as if a wall was charging towards me.


    though its not on a level my body, strengthened with the magic suit, couldnt avoid.


    I sidestepped the elephant beastkin as he rushed towards me, then I hit him on the right shoulder with the Ink de.


    Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!


    The elephant beastkin rolled off the stage while screaming.


    Eh?


    I, I didnt hit him that forcefully, though.


    Now that I think about it, I only experienced attacking demons and warlocks with this Ink de. He was probably hit by an amount of power that shouldnt be used against people.


    Sorry, somehow.