One week has passed since I became Lunaireâs apprentice.
I practiced my magic in one hand while reading a grimoire with the other.
Currently, Iâve a rough understanding about the magic principles.
In short, it was something like an electric circuit.
Or rather, both the magic circle and the magic formulae are magic invoked with electronic circuits.
And mana was the electric current.
After grasping this image, my understanding in magic progressed at a rapid pace.
Naturally, the ăInquiry of the Magic Kingă played a great part in this regard.
While starting the magic formulae, I was suddenly reminded of the day when I just came to this world.
ăâŚ. What in the world are you talking about? Iâve told you before that youâre just going to be a hindrance for staying in this kind of place. So youâre to leave as soon as possible. Iâm gonna send you out of this ăCocytusă as soon as youâve reached the end of your training.ă
I recalledâŚ. Lunaire had rejected my request to stay in this place.
Her tone when sheâd said it was extremely cold.
Itâs not like things got awkward between us ever since then.
And I have improved my skills too.
Currently, I wore a dark robe.
This was given to me by Lunaire on the morning of the second day of my training. On that day she said, âI found this in the corner of Nobleâs body.â Despite saying this, I secretly checked its status with ăAkashic Recordă and discovered that this robeâs name was ăLunaireâs Robe.ă
It seemed that Lunaire went all out preparing this robe in secret on the first night I came to this place.
Though she wanted to hide that fact from me, she was too naive.
Should I thank her for pulling an all nighter to make this robe for me? Or should I play dumb about it?
Even after sheâd rejected my wish, Lunaire always treated me very kindly, and Noble Mimic was always being too loose lipped and cracked jokes from time to time about his(?) master.
Nothing has changed at all.
But, I simply couldnât ask to accompany her living in this place.
ăAre you ready? Then letâs go.ă
Lunaire called me.
I closed both of my eyes and stood there for a while.
ăMAkE SuRe YoU GoT FaILURe MArK, Kanata.ă
I replied to Noble Mimic with a bitter smile on my face.
Today wasâŚ. the day Lunaire was going to put me in a live combat test against a real demon.
In short⌠today was my graduation exam.
Iâve reached the Lv 100 mark that she aimed for before.
To be honest, I⌠wanted to stay a little bit longer with Lunaire and Noble Mimic.
ButâŚ. It seemed I wasnât welcomed by Lunaire for my unnecessary overstayed visit in her abode.
So, she mustâve judged that my abilities were enough to keep me alive.
And that would be depending on the result of todayâs test.
After we left her hut, the two of us went towards the garden.
Lunaire maintained her silence along the way.
Somehow, I felt that she kept her distance from me after she told me about this test.
This matter mightâve been hard for her too.
Though I felt the same way for her, sugar coated words wouldnât help me out of this situation.
Lunaire kept her distance from me and then stretched out her arm.
ăEarth Magic, 11st Rank ăSand Tyrantăă
A huge magic circle appeared and the ground around us rose upwards.
An almost twenty meter long clay dragon appeared in front of us.
I could see sharp fangs from its open mouth.
ăGUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ă
Lunaireâs newly created golem was the strengthened version of the Earth Magic of the 6th Rank, ăSand Puppetă.
It seemed that she could make an even larger golem.
It seemed that her standard creation of the ăSand Puppetăcould range from Lv. 1 to Lv. 100 depending on the input of her mana.
In contrast, she could create a golem up to Lv. 200 with ăSand Tyrantă.
The earth dragon in front of me has âLv. 150â letters written on its forehead.
ăFire Magic, 7th Rank ăFlame Fumesă! ă
A firewall rose up to the ceiling, separating me and the earth dragon.
ăWhat are you trying to do? Fire magic has bad compatibility against golems andâŚ..ă
I heard Lunaireâs voice.
Naturally, I knew that too.
But, ăSand Tyrantă wasnât the kind of opponent that I could defeat by shooting magic from a distance.
My long distance attack magic was far weaker than my melee attack.
To make the matter worse, golems have a terrifyingly high defense.
On the other hand, since I was much faster than the golem, it wouldnât be able to catch me if I used a hit and run tactic.
The purpose of that firewall was to block its vision as I went for a direct physical attack.
ăWind Magic, 3rd Rank ăFlugelă!ă [TL : Flugel means wings]
I continued my chant.
The wind pushed my body into the air. While I was mid air, I tore through the thin firewall and I landed directly on the back of the earth dragon..
The earth dragon who had lost sight of me dug up the ground with its foreleg.
I cut the earth dragonâs back with ăThe Foolâs Magic Swordă.
My attack tore a large chunk of the earth dragonâs back, raising clouds of dust.
I used the recoil of my slash to jump off of the earth dragonâs back while activating ăFlugelă for the second time to slip into the earth dragonâs blind spot.
ăThe Foolâs Magic Swordă was enough to deal with this kind opponent.
ăGUHâŚ.ă
The earth dragon who had lost sight of my figure stiffened for a moment.
Using that momentary opening, I flew back while cutting its forelegs from its base.
The earth dragonâs body collapsed forward.
I spun a gigantic magic circle right in front of the earth dragon.
As soon as the earth dragon saw me, it used its falling momentum to spring towards me.
I was aiming for that.
Depending on the skill of the caster, the higher the ranking magic that they are going to use, the longer the casting time.
Thatâs why crushing the opponent before they could complete the spell was a well established tactic in live combat.
For the very same reason, the earth dragon was rushing towards me to prevent me from using high ranking magic.
But, using a large magic circle to bait the earth dragon to rush at me was my aim all along.
I took out part of the magic formulae from the magic circle that I was conjuring at that moment and used that formulae to activate ăFlugelă.
I used Flugel to push myself straight forward in line with the charging earth dragon.
I dodged the earth dragonâs claws attack and slit its throat.
The earth dragonâs neck shook, and then, its large frame fell on the ground.
I stabbed my sword into the ground to stop my momentum and stood again.
The body of the earth dragon twitched, and then stopped moving.
Numerous cracks spread all over its body as it slowly crumbled down.
I managed to defeat a Lv. 150 earth dragon without a hitch.
When I turned around to look at Lunaire, she was looking at me with an expressionless look on her face.
I⌠I hoped that would at least make her twitch her eyebrows though.
ăI-I DID IT, MASTER! I DEFEATED THAT EARTH DRAGON! ă