Chapter 47 - Pass Requirements and Test Battle Started
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"What was that?"
"What's just now...."
Roygun-san and Dragulia-san looked wide-eyed at me.
And hearing their words, I tilted my head slightly.
"Hm? This is my weapon of course?"
I answered by asking back as if I didn't understand why I was questioned about something so obvious.
"No. That's not what I meant."
Roygun-san slightly shook her head.
"I mean.... Who was that woman just now? And how did she turn into a spear?"
Dragulia-san asked me with a sharp gaze.
And hearing that question, I frowned a little.
"Hmm.... How do I say it...."
I said hesitantly because I was confused about how to answer.
That's because this is a fairly sensitive topic.
So I'd better not be too honest.
"Uhh...."
I was silent for a few seconds to think about the answer I would give.
Until I finally got the right answer to that question.
"You certainly know about Sacred Gears, right?"
I asked the two women.
"Sacred Gear? Yes. We know of course."
"Yes. So?"
Miss Roygun and Miss Dragulia nodded slightly.
"Umm.... I have a Sacred Gear. So.... Let's just assume that this is thanks to the power of my Sacred Gear."
Hearing my answer, Kulshedra-san chuckled.
"Kukukuku~.... Yeah. Just think of it as my master said. Kukukuku~."
Kulshedra-san responded to my answer sounding like she was holding back laughter.
Hey! I didn't lie about that answer!
"That's...."
"...."
Lady Roygun and Lady Dragulia frowned slightly in suspicion.
See!
They're looking at me sharply because of you Kulshedra-san!
I telepathized with Kulshedra-san but she just laughed even more.
I gave up and just sighed.
"Hah~.... Can we just get started?"
I asked the two female devils and tried to change the topic.
Even though my answer was clearly unsatisfactory, I didn't provide any additional explanations to the two of them.
"We're still curious, you know?"
Roygun-san said with a curious smile.
"I'm afraid you will have to have authorization from the Four Devil Kings and Lord Pheles if you want to know more about my Sacred Gear."
I smiled slightly wryly while giving that explanation.
"Then we can only give up on that.... What a shame. Hah~...."
Roygun-san let out a sigh of surrender while Miss Dragulia only shook her head slightly.
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"Okay. Then let's start the test battle."
Roygun-san said.
I then half raised my hand to interrupt.
"Wait. Are there certain conditions that have to be met for me to pass? I mean, do I have to win or something maybe?"
I definitely wouldn't believe that I just had to simply fight in this exam. That's why I asked if there were certain conditions.
Roygun-san smiled a little then answered.
"Oh, that is quite simple.... The exam time is 30 minutes. In that half hour, you just need to fight as best as you can and try to get Elen out of the arena circle."
After Roygun-san said that, she slightly swung her arm and then a black circular line about 50m in diameter appeared which then seemed to slightly erode the surface of the ground.
And seeing what Roygun-san just did, I slightly narrowed my eyes because I realized that she used a bit of her "Crack" power to create that circle.
"Beside that, you will also be considered to have passed if you can survive, in the sense of not leaving the arena or losing consciousness, until the exam time limit is up."
Surviving for half an hour may sound easy, but it's definitely not as easy as it sounds.
"But if you can defeat Elen, which is make her unable to continue fighting or make her lose consciousness, of course that will be more convincing. Fufufu."
I frowned slightly after hearing those conditions.
"I see... I understand."
But in the end I gave a small nod.
"Anymore question?"
I shook my head slightly at the question.
Roygun-san nodded slightly.
"Okay. Get into position!"
Hearing that, Dragulia-san and I took a position facing each other at a distance of about 10m from each other with Roygun-san as the referee and exam supervisor took out her devil wings and floated in the air to monitor the progress of the fight.
"Ready!?"
Hearing Roygun-san's signal, Dragulia-san and I raised our weapons and took a stance while looking sharply at each other.
"...."
"...."
And then....
"Start!"
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Hearing the signal to start the fight from Roygun-san, I started to act.
«Accel»!
I use Rune to speed up my movement and charge forward.
"Haahh!!!"
In an instant, I was in close proximity to Dragulia-san and swung my spear at her.
*clank!*
"...."
But Dragulia-san easily and calmly used her greatsword to block my spear.
"Not bad for a first attack."
Dragulia-san said to me with a slight sneer..
"And you use Rune Magic to speed up your movements. Quite clever."
"Thank you...."
I answered flatly and a little sarcastically because of the situation where the two of us were locked in zero distance and she easily defend from my attack.
"But,"
Then, I felt Dragulia-san push back my spear.
"It's not that easy to take me down! .... Hmph!"
Dragulia-san swipe her sword sending me flying backwards several meters.
"....!!!"
But I managed to stabilize myself and take a stance again.
"...."
Kuhh! It seemed like it wasn't wrong that she was considered one of the best Reincarnated Devils currently. She's really strong!
But this is just the beginning.
The real battle is just about to begin!
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Meanwhile, in the VIP hall....
"Those runes..."
Ajuka Beelzebub sharpened his eyes after seeing the acceleration rune Rey had just used.
"You realized that, huh...."
Mephisto Pheles grinned slightly after seeing Ajuka Beelzebub's reaction.
"Well, for someone who has researched various magical phenomena like you, it's not strange that you noticed it."
"Yes. But...."
Ajuka sounded hesitant.
But Mephisto understood what Ajuka was confused about.
"It looks familiar but also not, right?"
"Correct...."
Hearing the conversation between Ajuka and Mephisto, the others became curious.
"Hey, hey! Ajuka-chan! Mephisto-jiichan! What are you guys talking about!?"
Serafall interrupted and asked what the two extraordinary magic comprehension experts meant.
"Ajuka, did you see anything?"
Sirzechs also asked.
Ajuka nodded slightly.
"Yes. The rune that Rey just used... I... Don't recognize it."
Ajuka answered with a slight frown.
"What? What do you mean?"
Falbium asked with some surprise at Ajuka's answer. That was because he knew Ajuka had researched and understood various magical phenomena that existed in this world and there was almost no type of magic that he didn't know about.
"In short, I know what was used just now was rune magic for acceleration. But I don't recognize the rune characters used as the formula for that rune magic. It's similar to Norse runes, but also not. That's why I'm quite wondered.... Even so, I'm sure it's a type of Rune Magic of at least a high level."
Ajuka answered with a slight frown but also seemed excited because he saw something new.
The others also looked a little wide-eyed after hearing Ajuka's brief explanation.
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They were silent for a moment and then they looked at the person who most likely knew what really happened. Mephisto Pheles.
And Mephisto grinned at their gazes.
"The rune used by Rey is a type of Rune Magic called Primordial Rune."
Mephisto gave them the answer they wanted.
"Primordial Runes?"
"What's that?"
"How is it different from most runes?"
They asked again.
"Primordial Rune is a high-level Rune Magic that is much more potent than most Rune Magic. Because it is actually a God-class Rune Magic... At least that's what I heard."
Mephisto explained briefly.
The others suddenly widened their eyes after hearing that explanation.
"What!?"
"God-class!?"
"Really?"
"How could that be!?"
"...."
They were very surprised that Rey could use such high level Magic.
"Mephisto-jiichan! How can Rey-chan use god-level magic!?"
Serafall asked and several others gave small nods feeling represented.
"Well... It should not be possible indeed. Because no matter how strong Rey is and no matter how great his potential, he still hasn't reached God-level at this time. However, Rey's teacher has taught him to modify it so that Rey can learn and practice it according to the abilities he has."
Mephisto explained.
"Rey-chan's teacher?"
"You mean...."
"The one at that time?"
"...."
Mephisto nodded slightly seeing the reactions of the Four Devil Kings.
"Yes. 'That Lady'.... You certainly haven't forgotten what she said during the introduction, right?"
Mephisto asked the Four Devil Kings and asked them to remember the meeting at the Palace three months ago.
And hearing Mephisto's question, the Four Devil Kings and Grayfia tried to remember the meeting at that time.
And they finally remembered that during the introduction, Mephisto introduced a woman named Scathach who he said was Rey's teacher. And then the woman said, '.... Just think of me as a Goddess who happens to have a lot of free time.'
The Four Devil Kings and Grayfia were stunned again and slightly twitches their faces after remembering that.
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