Volume 3 Chapter 14 Individual Battle
"Well then, let's celebrate our team victory... cheers!!"
"""""Cheers!!"""""
It was the night after the team battle.
At a restaurant in a shopping mall, Elk and the others were having a victory party.
Since the individual battles would start tomorrow, they were celebrating while having dinner. Of course, the restaurant wasn't reserved just for them... that was unnecessary, so they didn't do it.
Elk, Gambo, Fine, Emma, Nickes, Merry. And surprisingly, Yato was there too.
Using the prize of a "free meal voucher," they had a lot of food spread out on the table.
Nickes was munching on pizza and said,
"I can't believe we actually beat the favorites."
Merry countered this.
"However, we can't say it was a pure victory. If Ms. Sarissa hadn't declared her defeat first, we might have lost."
"Huh, does that mean I could have lost, Ms. Merry?"
"That's just a possibility. Nom."
"Come on, come on, sorry, Fine, but Merry is all tense about tomorrow's individual battle."
"I'm not tense!! ...Um, Ms. Fine, I'm sorry."
"It's fine. Anyway, tomorrow is the individual battle, huh..."
Fine was munching on bread.
Elk decided to ask Gambo.
"Hey, the individual battle is a tournament format, right? But there are a ton of participants, right? Can it really finish in one day?"
"There's no way it can finish in one day. Almost everyone with combat skills will participate. There should be hundreds of people."
"Seriously...?"
Then, Nickes added more information.
"I heard the individual battles will happen simultaneously at 4 different venues. In each block, the top 4 will get to participate in the main tournament."
"You're pretty knowledgeable."
"Information is a weapon, you know? Well, you could find out easily if you look it up."
"So, it's a tournament with 16 people, huh?"
"Yeah. Well, everyone here can participate."
It's Elk, Gambo, Fine, Merry, and Yato.
That means there are 11 more.
Will Elwood and Rosho show up? Elk wonders.
Elwood is one thing, but Rosho is uncertain.
"Um... Mr. Elk?"
"Hm? What is it, Emma?"
"Um... how was the combat outfit? Was it comfortable? Anything you were curious about?"
"Oh, it was really good. Those dual blades were pretty easy to use."
"That's great! Hehe... Ms. Yato, thank you for the materials."
"Not a big deal... I didn't think you'd be making an assassin outfit, though."
By the way, Yato was surprised when she saw Elk's outfit.
Yato asks Elk.
"Hey, Elk."
"Hm?"
"When you fought that swordsman named Rosho... were you serious?"
"No, not really."
"I thought so. You still have a lot of hidden potential... Hehe, I'm looking forward to fighting you."
"Hmm... hidden potential, huh?"
Elk looked at Yato and smiled vaguely.
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After the victory party, Elk returned to the dorm.
In his room, there was his repaired and cleaned combat outfit. Once you complete the outfit and register it with the academy, they will repair, restore, and wash it for free.
He hung it on the wall, took a shower, and went to bed.
"Individual battles, huh..."
Elk lay on his back and stretched out his right hand.
"How far can I go...?"
Elk remembered his promise with Pipina.
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"Five, um... maybe 6 out of ten."
"Eh, what is it?"
In the world between life and death,
as training is about to end, Pipina says to Elk.
Elk, not understanding what she means, tilts his head.
"Listen. Okay? When you wake up, your skills will be super powerful. You should only use 60% of your strength in the human world. No more than that."
"60%... isn't that a bit low?"
"Hey. Right now, you're at the level of the strongest Telekinesis user in the world. There are only a few humans who can actually compete with you, Elk."
"..."
"Well, I guess you can't really feel it yet. Anyway, remember, 60% is the max! No more!"
"Okay, I got it."
Elk has no awareness that he is a 'strong person.'
It's true that his Telekinesis has gotten stronger. However, he doubts if his Telekinesis, which can't even scratch Pipina, is really strong.
"Use 30% for everyday Telekinesis, 40% if you're trying a bit harder, and keep it at 60% when you fight seriously."
"Okay, I got it."
"Great! Now, let's start new training. We'll practice fighting while holding back your full power of Telekinesis!"
"Okay~."
So, Elk learned how to 'hold back with full power' and 'keep his strength at 60%.'
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"I can go all out, right?"
Yato, Merry, Elwood.
They are definitely strong opponents.
There must be other strong students too.
"With my skills, I'll see how far I can fight against the students in this academy... I'll do it!"
Elk clenches his fist and gets pumped up.
"Individual battle. My goal is─── to win. Good night!!"
Elk tells himself this and covers up with his blanket, falling asleep.
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