18-2. What was hidden was a trump card.

Until now, Mardol did not use magic, but only used swordsmanship to defeat his opponent.

‘If I finally take off that armor, I have a chance.’

Utilizing this point, Ariel decided that it would be okay to cast magic while maintaining a distance.

「Chain Fire Works!」

Ariel aimed at Fine’s feet and chanted fireworks magic. A linear flame was formed that wrapped around the glass knight in a spherical shape, and firecrackers shot out vertically along it and attacked the glass knight.

Pervert! The chain of explosions that occurred in an instant caused Fine’s body to shake slightly.

“Did you get rid of it..?”

Looking at that, the red-haired wizard opened his mouth small.

“..No.”

However, Fine, under the pseudonym Mardol, ignored her magic and only trudged along to close her distance.

[Ariel Student! After all, it can’t pierce armor!]

At this rate, it’s the same as Windy’s previous match. The crystal glass armor, seemingly impenetrable, slowly approached Ariel.

“As expected, it can’t be done. Mardol!”

「Fireball!」

A sphere of flame created in her hand. For some reason, she had abandoned her fireworks magic and was using primordial fire attribute magic again.

That’s very basic beginner magic. Right after that, she said something of hers to her fireball in a small voice,

“..What is your intention?”

“Well? Guess it..! Mardol!”

Pung. Puff. Pop. While doing so, she continued to hurl her snowballs at her opponent, facing them head-on, and Fine slowed her movement.

“..It’s kind of hard.”

“It will be difficult to access. Mardol!”

Fine sighed at the path that kept getting blocked.

From Iriel’s fingertips, her magic circle rose and created a ball of fire, and like her automatic turret, it constantly poured down, stopping her glass knight from walking.

“..You have to use the sword.”

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Deciding to respond to her right away, Fine pulled out the sword that was slung behind her back, and she began to take her stance. She concentrated on dispelling the spell, and raised her arms high.

“Grancia Ryu 4 meals, Grand Impact.”

Too-kwang. With a sound, the steel hit the floor of the arena, shaking the ground like an earthquake. A fan-shaped shockwave that cracks and splinters.

[It’s the Empire’s swordsmanship again! This time, the 4th skill, Grand Impact! It’s a skill that strikes the ground and delivers a wide range of attacks!]

“Hey..!”

At that vibration, Ariel lost her balance and stumbled, and the magic circle she was aiming at turned downward. Not missing a chance, Fine pounced on her opponent with Wolffang.

“Sorry, Ariel.”

A situation where the glass knight’s victory seems clear to anyone. It was enough to break the mana protection like this.

「S, Sparkla Flare!」

It was then. Although she said it in a slightly flustered tone, Ariel’s eyes showed no sign of giving up. The red-haired elf who chanted magic seemed to be aiming something.

“To no avail….”

“..Really? Mardol?”

Rest. And a strange thing happened.

Originally, the fireworks magic that should have been cast in a distant place because the direction was not set properly,

“..What?”

It was activated inside Fine’s glass armor and burned the inside of her glass armor.

“..I just mixed my mana into the fireball and threw it!”

She snarled at the opponent who stopped moving for an instant.

“My flame burns mana, so when armor builds up mana, there is no time to escape! Mardol!”

Small sparks that looked like linear sparks were continuously leaking out between the heavy gloves, which were like sparkling white crystals.

“It’s like having a lot of oil poured into your armor! hehehe, how does it taste!”

Ariel smiled like her cat, expressing her delight at the success of her own plan.

If she took off her armor like this, her victory would be almost certain.

***

I shook my head watching that scene. In the middle of the crowd, she apologized for not giving Ariel more information about her.

“..Originally, it would have worked, but it’s a pity.”

“What do you mean by that? Licht? Didn’t our Ariel win?”

“If the opponent is of the Masterpiece level, the same grade. Or you should use artifact-class equipment.”

Otherwise, she only works with her ultimate. There was no way that the equipment that could block the demon lord’s attack would be affected by magic like that. She sighed.

“Tie her feet. All I can do is take off her armor for a while. No, even that might be difficult.”

“I know that too, but even though the flames were rising inside like that…?”

“The name Masterpiece is the very spirit of the dwarves.”

I bowed my head. Even the restaurant I went to a few days ago was cooking with that name. It is a masterpiece that they do the best they can.

‘When I made that, I looked at the settings in the game saying that I didn’t sleep because I was concentrating. That’s why he said he drank alcohol and forced himself to sleep after completing it.’

There is no way that a few blows from fire magic will cause damage. The reason why Mardol stopped moving was possible because Ariel had so much mana.

If other wizards dealt with it, they would have been defeated without even using their hands like Windy.

“You may not be familiar with him because he has such an eccentric personality, but it is difficult to guarantee victory with just that.”

I thought of a fake holy sword in my mind. A guy like my son who copied an artifact that is on the same level as the Masterpiece.

With this, it should be possible to temporarily dispel that glass armor. It’s because my will needs to be stronger than that armor from the start.

This is my conviction that came about through the nameless saintess. There was no way I could lose to anyone.

But why do you spend so much effort on armor to hide your identity? It could have been just a master piece item in an ordinary outfit. And check the inconsistencies,

“…”

Ariel’s words caught on even more. Is it really because she’s a girl? And as the question grows,

“Your junior is right. The flames of the phoenix should be fatal.”

“That’s right. Senior Nex.”

I lost focus when I heard the purple-haired man talking with her arms crossed. Then I started to feel the fear of seeing someone I knew engulfed in flames.

‘This one is a bit scary.’

Other spells were fine because they lacked realism, but it was hard to see someone enduring in the flames like that. I closed my eyes tightly.

If you don’t watch the game, you’ll wear a helmet so you won’t get caught.

How long has it been?

“Waaa!!”

I heard cheers from the side, so I opened my eyes,

[Mardol student! You cast Mirror Mirage! The glass statues that imitate the opponent’s actions use their power against them!]

I looked at the stadium and couldn’t hide my astonishment.

“Is this the technology I saw last time? Mardol….”

My eyes widened when I heard the questionable words of the blonde-haired hero. I saw several Ariels who looked like they were carved out of sparkling crystal.

‘Was something like that possible..?’

Only the color was white like a glass knight, but the part like the pigtails and the wizard’s outfit looked exactly the same as if it were reflected in a mirror.

Creating an alter ego is not only for oneself, but also for the other person. My understanding of glass magic has increased. Well, I should have known from the time you wrote it to me.

As expected, the crown prince is the main character. Even Ariel, the main character of the previous work, showed a panic, and I looked at it and thought about how to deal with it in the future.

The basis of the game is memorization of patterns.

In other words, it is to gain an advantage in battle through information. Without this, I could fight a lot of disadvantages,

‘Can only copy magic? No. According to Laplace, you can imitate other things as well.’

This was also the reason why I hid the sword sword and the magnolia sword method until now. I narrowed my eyes and focused so as not to miss the movement.

***

Explosions continued to explode inside Fine’s armor, like firecrackers exploding. An attack that could have been ignored in the first place.

“…”

“Mardol, that’s why you shouldn’t bring such armor! Let’s fight fair and square with our skills!”

But this is the grade exam. It could have been defeated due to timeout. The explosion was strong because of Ariel’s mana, and her body couldn’t move at will.

“..That’s right.”

She bowed her head and looked at her own armor, from which her sparks leaked. No matter how much I thought about it, I considered my opponent too easy.

“..I salute you. Ariel.”

“Suddenly, something….”

Finé raises her head again and looks at her red-haired elf. Wolf eyes glittered in the helmet. Her golden eyes glowed, igniting her speculation.

“From now on, I will also use my magic.”

She placed her hand on her own chest area, causing her magic circle to rise and connect with her armor. Then, as if spraying a fire extinguisher, the smoke is a push type. With that, Ariel’s fireworks magic went off.

“I will do my best. Ariel.”

“..Yes, Mardol, you are a magic swordsman!”

It was then. Her glass knight stretched out her hand towards Ariel, who was about to launch her next attack.

「..Mirror Shield.」

A huge glass wall built between them like a defensive wall. It was one of the techniques she showed me the other day.

“If it doesn’t work, just do it until it works!”

「Sparkla Flare!」

Aiming at Fine beyond that glass wall, she chanted her magic. Anyway, the thick mana enters her armor and she doesn’t have to specify the direction,

“..What?”

I thought the fireworks magic would happen like before.

“Ah, this time..!”

“Right, Ariel. Something I’ve seen before.”

However, that expectation was unfortunately wrong, and Ariel, made of two crystals protruding from the glass wall, greeted her with a sparkle flare instead.

「Mirror Mirage.」

One of the reasons she was able to outlast her hero in the battle against Magic Hat.

It is a technique to create an alter ego by copying the other person or herself, and with this, she defended Ariel and Kainel while countering the demon lord’s attack.

“Mardol. Isn’t this a bit of a scam?”

“This, no.”

Ariel smiled slightly at the glass magic that he now sees as the opposite enemy. A mirror-like figure that perfectly reproduces the other person’s actions.

“..This is my magic that I have been practicing diligently since I was young. Ariel.”

Even looking at that, Fine had a dissatisfied expression inside the helmet. There was still some pressure to become stronger.

In the end, you have to grab the magic hat for your mother to return to normal.

“I wanted to be strong.”

After Fine spoke briefly behind the glass wall, the two clones cast identical fireworks spells at the red-haired wizard.