Wish 28: Battle!

To make your own enemy daughter your disciple?

Well, that could be useful in several ways...

But not for me, because I've reached my limits!

I can't suppress my emotions any further than this.

[Oh, Axis of the Universe... I beseech you to first transformation for the sake of the wretched fate...]

Ugh...

Again?

But it's the same words as last time...

What does it mean?

"Why do you refuse to teach my daughter? Just what reason is it?

My little daughter standing before you is the most talented among all the princes and princesses in my family, She has inherited numerous great skills from our ancestors."

I can see that just by looking at her.

She has more than 10 skills, half of them are advanced magical skills.

But she can't compete with Kugssa in talent, of course.

Because sometimes I feel like Kugssa is the chosen one to be the saint after Russell's death.

But... 

Was meeting her planned by pride and greed?

That's what I can't know.

"If I said that she isn't talented,then she is, Why do you call me an instructor if I can't even choose my students?

The Emperor sighed, then instructed a knight to prepare the battle arena.

"So, what do you think of my proposal? Let the princess compete against your disciple. If she wins, will you

accept her as your disciple?"

He wants to prove her talent by having her compete against Kugssa?

Is he planning something, or is he just truly foolish?

Well, I think it's time for Kugssa to gain experience in fighting humans, especially since she's mostly fought monsters so far.

"Very well, it sounds interesting~"

We left the hall and headed towards the battle arena...

Once we arrived, the princess went to change into more suitable attire for combat.

The Emperor proposed the same idea to Kugssa, but she declined.

After the princess returned...

Why not take a look at her mana level?

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Name: Maria

Age: 11 years

Occupation: ⟦Fourth Princess⟧ ⟦Supreme Sorceress⟧

Mana: 480,000/400,180

Skills: 〔Quadruple Elemental Magic〕 〔Inferno Blaze〕 〔Great Forest〕...+9 other skills.

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I must say, she possesses an incredibly massive amount of mana for a human, even beyond the level of a legendary warrior, as far as I know.

The Global Guild has established a power ranking system below the Divine level.

It's divided as follows:

Warrior.Expert Warrior.Master Warrior.Legendary Warrior.Sovereign.

And the number of people who have reached sovereignty is no more than 20 in the entire world, this Emperor seems to be one of them.

They consider sovereignty to be the peak of the peak, something millions of people in this world strive to maximize...

But what they don't know is that beyond sovereignty lies a level that defies logic...

The level I aspire to reach...

Virtue!

Well... Is virtue truly a level of strength?

No, if it were just a level, I wouldn't have endured all this suffering up until now.

"Alright, get ready. Here are the rules..."

The knight who volunteered to serve as the judge for this battle began explaining the rules of the fight.

In this match, the one who surrenders or becomes unable to continue fighting loses...

And since both of them are talented, they're allowed to use lethal skills.

I wonder if this huge hall can withstand their battle.

'Kugssa... Advanced magic is prohibited, and the same goes for legendary magical skills.'

'If it's alright with you, Master Tell, can I fight using the magic sword techniques you taught me last time?'

Unbelievable...!

Did she really master them?!

'Alright... Go ahead!'

"Now... Fight!"

As soon as the signal was given, the princess quickly conjured several fireballs, while Kugssa remained still.

The princess took advantage of that to launch her first attack...

But Kugssa effortlessly evaded those attacks.

Even so, the princess's expression remained unchanged, as if she expected that.

Kugssa drew her sword, the one I gave her, and I sensed that she had activated at least three skills simultaneously...

What kind of talent is she, for heaven's sake!

She's a genius in every sense of the word!!

Once she activated those three skills, she released a magical attack using her sword, chanting:

"The First and Last Strike."

This strike unleashed a magical attack combining the elements of fire and lightning with incredible speed.

The princess didn't have time to evade Kugssa's attack, so she defended herself with a mana shield.

After withstanding that attack with difficulty...

The princess executed an advanced magical skill.

〔Burning Inferno〕

It seems she specializes in fire magic.

Since I prohibited Kugssa from using advanced magical skills, she needs to block this attack with sword skills at the very least...

Huh?

She's not moving...

Don't tell me...!

〔Defensive Sword Aura〕

Haaah...

I fear for this world with her monstrous talent!

At the age of eleven, she's already following the path of the sword...

The cursed path that you must be at least at the Divine level to notice!!

Well...

At least this will make the king realize the significant difference between the two.

It seems she managed to easily defend against that advanced skill.

But what surprises me even more is the lack of surprise on the princess's face at what just happened before her...

Hahah... This princess seems to be more than meets the eye!

......

The battle continued for two hours and wasn't over yet...

The princess might have thought she could turn the match into a war of attrition, but she didn't know about Kugssa's immense mana reserves

Kugssa continued to defend and focused solely on that...

As if she's using this match to refine her aura's purity.

The result was the princess's mana being depleted, while Kugssa's aura became more harmonized and pure.

"This battle has become boring, don't you think, Emperor?"

The Emperor tried to suppress his anger and only smiled.

"Very well, let's change the dynamics of this battle to make it more interesting~"