Book 9: Chapter 7


    Everyone in ss was given the opportunity to disy the magical skills theyre best at on the second day since were admitted to the academy of magic.


    All my ssmates had been really awesome.


    Merdie and Ryuushin both had abnormal offensive abilities.


    Mai and Mei could fuse two contrasting elemental magic seamlessly.


    Leaffa could gather enough magical power to strain the air around her.


    Ryuka, the Dragon Shrine Maiden, could repair whatever thing it is, as long as it still has mana.


    Even Luna, who supposedly had the unfortunate upation of Auxiliary Magician, disyed great prowess in wielding her support magic.


    Why could she use Max Magic, the greatest strengthening magic of all time, when shes just year 1!?


    Everyone was crazy.


    I heard this from Headmaster Gramps yesterday, but apparently, all the nonconformists that were originally going to be assigned to different sses were gathered into one ss, and its all because Teacher Tina agreed to be the ss adviser.


    Thats how I found out the reason why our ss had students with abnormal power.


    By the way, Youko used magic to erase her presence, so she didnt attack the target that had been prepared for us.


    Even I, the headmasters grandson and a Sage Apprentice at that, didnt see through her magic, so I think Youko is also awesome.


    Teacher Tina was aware of the spell she casted, apparently. Thats why I also think Teacher Tina is amazing.


    Everyones magic had been awesome, so I decided to give it my all, too.


    <em>Let me show you what it means to be a Sages grandson!</em>


    I obliterated the target along with its pedestal sing the ultimate magic that only a handful of people in this world could cast.


    Normally, I would skip that lengthy chanting and just get on with it, but I wanted to make it as powerful as I could, so I ended up doing the full chant.


    Everyone was bbergasted.


    Halt, in particr, had recognized just how awesome the ultimate magic spell that I used was.


    He already noticed that I wanted to use ultimate magic even before I cast the spell, and he also recognized just how difficult it was to narrow the area that the spell would hit.


    As expected.


    Well, he had trained under the legendary Heroine Tina Harivell since he was a lil kid, so thats only natural.


    It had been okay up to this point.


    Afterward, Halt disyed magic and it was awesome.


    This ss already had a bunch of terrible guys, but he was way too awesome, above our league.


    How should I put thisI know, I know, you probably think Im dull, considering Ive been repeating the word awesome for a while now despite being a sage apprentice.


    But yeah,I guess I could only use awesome to describe my ssmates and Halt; theres no other word that could fit them.


    Halt released Fire Lance, the lowest fire attribute spell.


    There was no mistake about that.


    The chant was the same, and even the flow of magic was typical of that Fire Lance spell.


    The differencey on the structure and power of the spell.


    Normally, Fire Lance would only consume 2 points of mana, but Halt conjured a ginormous ming spear, and it was as if he used around 100,000 points of mana.


    100, 000 mana, should be unbelievable normally, right,


    Just imagine, it would be the amount that a dozen or so high-ss magicians would use.


    Using that magic, Halt ended up sting not just the target, but even the wall of the training hall. He created an enormous gaping hole on what was supposedly 10 times more durable than the target.


    <em>Are you a Bakemono!?  </em>was what I wanted to retort to my best friend.


    But you know, this incident wasnt really that notable when were talking about Halt.


    Actually, I am thinking even now that Halt might be the demon king.


    The reason for this thought is because I saw him use <em>that magic.</em>


    ming Knights.


    Those bunch of creatures made with magic and they could autonomously move to hunt monsters when they received Halts order.


    In fact, magic that could move automatically up to a certain extent does exist in this world.


    Those heroes from the other world call it as programming magic, apparently.


    There are also a few magicians who could make it possible for a spell like Fire Lance to, lets say, fly straight for ten meters then turn to the right afterward.


    My Gramps is one of them.


    Im not really that deft yet, so its impossible for me now


    But yeah, magic is programmable.


    Even Halt himself said that the ming Knights were programmed magic.


    Still, its abnormal, no matter how you think about it.


    That maho gnome was supposedly highly resistant to magic, but they easily pierced through its body with the zing spear on its hand.


    It moved just like a human, and its autonomous, to boot.


    Not only that, they could also coordinate in groups.


    Yeah, those ming knights were all abnormal.


    Ryuushin is probably the strongest in our ss when ites to close-rangebat sans weapons.


    Well, hes a dragonoid, the strongest race said to be the offspring of humans and dragons, the most powerful monster.


    But yeah, he didnt stand a chance against Halts ming knights.


    He couldnt even win in a one-on-one match.


    Well, Ryuushin has also improved a lot recently, to the point that he could now tackle multiple ming knights at the same time on his own. So yeah, I think hes pretty much a Bakemono, too.


    Alright, back to Halt.


    A single ming knight is powerful enough, but Halt can control thousands of them, apparently.


    Actually, I witnessed with my own eyes how Halt conjured 10,000 knights and ordered them around.


    A single ming knight could defeat B-ranked monsters, 5 of them could finish a majin off  and there he was, easily controlling 10,000 of them.


    Thats why it cant be helped even if I think of him as the demon king, right.


    Oh, so thats how it isSo Im best friends with the demon king, huh.


    Ah, but hes really nice guy, though.


    My best friend demon king, that is.


    Because I got along with that demon king, I saw a lot of shocking things.


    I experienced a lot of things that I wouldnt normally be able to.


    Hes just like a demon king, but hes really a good guy, so I want to stay friends with him from now on.


    Thanks to Halt, I also have a girlfriend now.


    Luke, sorry for keeping you waiting.


    Ah, I just got here, too.


    My girl is here, so lets halt Halts story for now.


    Its date time.


    Well then, see you around.


    ***


    Luke, are you talking to the cat?


    Yeah, just a bit, its about my best friend.


    T/N: Luke is so adorkable, bragging about his bestie to a cat XD


    (Missed Chap 12/15)