Chapter 121
Dina looked back at Souta and then nodded . Then she turned to face the man in luxurious armor and unsheathed Undine . The man also unsheathed his greatsword and set it up against Dina .
The guard seemed to take the neutral side, he moved to the center to act as a referee .
「I heard that this is a spar to measure the ability of Antgar’s companion . So obviously, killing each other is prohibited . If any of you end up killing the other, please be prepared to be imprisoned with no objection allowed . 」
Dina and the knight nodded with a serious expression .
「There is no restriction on equipment used, please use whatever you have prepared . Also, there is no one who can use high-level healing magic here, so please use your own recovery item for serious injuries . The winner is decided either by my judgment, when one of the fighters surrender, or when one of the fighters fainted . Any question?」
After explaining that, the referee looked at their face for confirmation in turn .
「If no one has any question, we will start the fight soon . Are both of you ready?」
The two who have been prepared already nodded without turning away from each other .
「Then…… Fight!」
With the shout of the referee as a signal, Dina flowed her magic power through Undine . Furthermore, she summoned a water spirit . The knight couldn’t hide his surprise when he saw what happened .
「Using spirit magic on top of being a magic sword user?」
The knight shouted that out loud, Antgar and the surrounding knights were also surprised with their mouth hanging open .
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「Here I go . 」
The spirit and Dina floated water bullet one after another, and then together with the water bullet, Dina launched herself toward the knight . Upon seeing Dina holding Undine, the knight expected this would develop into a sword fight, and so his response to the magic was delayed . The water bullets landed on the knight’s armor one after another, the armor had magic resistance but he was pushed backward by the water pressure .
「Sei-!」
Dina swung Undine at the man’s knee .
「Gh」
The knight managed to somehow stop Undine, but in doing so, he put himself into an awkward posture . The moment the knight tried to push back, Dina stopped putting power in her sword, making the knight swung his greatsword into the air .
Dina quickly turned sideway and then thrust Undine to the knight’s neck . Even still, the man somehow managed to struggle, but then, Dina pronounced what could be called his death sentence .
「It’s fine if you still want to resist, but the moment you move, the spirit-san behind you will send its magic at you . 」
The knight released his hand from the greatsword he was about to raise overhead and then he raised both hands .
「Welp, this is beyond my ability . I will recognize you as Antgar’s companion . 」
「Well then…… Errr, my apologies, but I don’t think I’ve heard your name . 」
The referee tried to announce the name of the winner but then realized that he didn’t know Dina’s name .
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「I’m Dinarius . 」
Dina replied to the referee while bowing .
「Thank you . Well then, the winner is Dinarius-san!」
After the winner announced, the only sound resounded in the square was Souta’s clapping . Dina looked at Souta, smiled, and then bowed at the knight and the referee . As for the other people around, they still looked flabbergasted, some even still had their mouth hanging open .
「Nice job there . Utilizing the spirit help expanding the range of the strategy you can use, it also leads to the increase of Undine’s ability . 」
Souta said so and reached out for Dina’s head who had come close to him . Feeling good from being petted on the head, Dina squinted .
「D-Dinsan! You’re really amazing . 」
Antgar, having recovered from his surprise, called out to Dina .
「I want to make a name for myself after all . Also, if I can’t do this much, then I won’t be able to accompany Soutsan . 」
Dina said so proudly .
「No, no, I never thought the fight would be finished in such a short time . 」
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The knight came up to Souta and the others .
「I was trying to finish the fight before you’re able to show your ability, I don’t know what would happen if you were seriously coming at me from the start . 」
「A humble one on top of that . Even if I was serious, the result wouldn’t change, only the duration of our fight would become longer . That was a good experience . When I was ordered to test your skill, I thought that it was such a pain, but the world is big after all hahahaha . 」
The knight laughed excitedly . There was no regret for losing on his face, on the contrary, he looked delighted that he learned something new .
「Speaking of which, I heard a general or highly-skilled knight would come, but which one are you?」
「Oh, I guess I haven’t introduced myself too . My name is Brias, currently the general of this country, but maybe it’s about time for me to retire?」
In response to Souta’s question, Brias returned a question that was unknown whether it was said in jest or not .
「N-No way, you can still be in active duty!」
Dina who felt responsible for him making that question, hurriedly tried to stop him .
「Hahaha, what a frank girl . It’s a joke, my successor is still growing up, my retirement is still a while away . 」
Hearing his answer, Dina stroke her chest in relief .
「General Brias, I’ll be allowing their entry to the mountain, is this alright?」
The guard acting as a referee before seeking confirmation from the general .
「Ahh, sure . No way I say no after being defeated one-sidedly like that . I will also tell the king . On a side note, don’t you think it’s a good time for you to come back to the castle, sir?」
Brias giving his permission and then turned to ask the guard a question .
「It’s not very interesting to be in the castle, staying here let me come across something unexpected like what happened today . 」
「But sir, leaving you in a place like this is a waste of talent . 」
The guard let out a wry smile toward Brias’ words .
「And because of that, I could assign a general like you perform a task like this . But, let’s see…… I think it’s alright as long as I can find someone to take over my job here . It’s almost three years since I’ve been working here, so it might be the right time . 」
Although they have been granted permission, as Brias and the guard started talking among themselves, the three of them decided to wait until they’re finished .
「I’m sorry . The general’s permission has been given, so you can go through . Please be careful . 」
Noticing he made them waiting, the guard bowed his head and then pointed to the way to the mine .
「Ahhh, let’s go . Well then . 」
Souta went to the mine first . After bowing toward the general and the others, Dina and Antgar chased after Souta .