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Chapter 73 : Toward the Freshman Combat Tournament
🕑 Added 2022-08-28 05:02:22 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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January 11, 2030.
All the freshmen gathered in the hall for an assembly today.
The main topic of the assembly was the announcement of the S class members and their ranks.
We, eight members of S class, put on matching robes and went up on the stage to sit on the chairs.
In this school, the uniform is that of a robe. There are other uniforms besides the robes but the robes are the most conspicuous and distinctive among them.
The basic color is white but the color of the embroidery on the robe is different for each class.
A class is purple
B class is blue
C class is green
D class is black
E class has no embroidery
And S class, well, they said S class can decide and we are wearing white robes with gold embroidery.
This is because Ellie said that my color is gold so she can only accept gold.
By the way, the color of the embroidery on the robes of Ike and the other fourth-year S class students is dark red.
And by the way again, the men wear something similar to a white suit while the women wear cute white clothes and skirts under the robes. I guess a popular school has to be particular about its uniforms.
"Ehm all you freshmen of Lister Imperial School, I'm in charge of the S class and I'm the head of the grade. Lorenz. Today I will be announcing the ranking order of the S class, Lister Imperial School. S class is the face of our school. I want you to remember the names and faces of all of them! Also, two of them are not here yet due to various reasons and they will be ranked 9th and 10th.”
"First up, ranked eighth, Joseph Vahli! Forward."
Joseph stepped forward to a round of applause.
“Next! Ranked seventh, Misha Febrandt! Forward.”
When Misha stepped forward, the crowd began to buzz with applause.
As expected of the cute elf race.
“Next! Ranked sixth, Dominic August! Forward.”
The new students murmured, ‘That's the Sword Saint, isn't it? Isn't 6th place low?’. They started to bustle even more.
“Next! Ranked fifth, Karen Lionel! Forward.”
Some of the clappers were saying how cute she was.
“Next! Ranked fourth, Baron Reinhardt! Forward.”
‘Oh, come on, there's no way there are others better than the Hero of the North.’ ‘This is obviously not right.’ There were many who said so. Probably all of them are those from Lister Confederacy.
"Silence! This ranking was decided by a formal duel! If you have any complaints, ask them directly later!"
Lorenz shouted at the noisy freshmen.
“Next! Ranked third, Ellie Leo! Forward.”
When Ellie stepped forward, there were a number of males that said she’s cute and that she has a large chest.
Certainly, Ellie has gotten pretty big for her age.
“Next! Ranked second, Clarice Lampard! Forward.”
Clarice stepped forward, and as expected, the bastards went wild.
You could see them licking Clarice around like hungry beasts.
“Last! Ranked first, Mars Bryant! Forward.”
I stood up and stepped forward, and something unexpected happened.
The female freshmen suddenly started shrieking, some of them were even saying how cool Sir Mars is, and some of them were even asking me to hold them.
Yeah, It’s not a bad feeling. I was rather happy to hear the girls cheering for me but then I saw the looks from Clarice and Ellie ......I’m sorry.
Finally, each of the S class members gave a brief speech and the S class unveiling assembly was over.
The reason why they did this is that every year in February, there is an inter-school Freshman Combat Tournament, and they needed to show their faces so they held an assembly to introduce themselves.
The freshman tournament is divided into a martial arts division (vanguard) and a magic division (rear guard), and five students are selected to compete in each division.
The vanguard fighters compete within a range of 30 meters. Long-range weapons and magic can be used but since the combatants are fighting in close quarters, melee weapons have an overwhelming advantage.
The rear guard division, on the other hand, can only attack from a distance of 50 meters or more.
The point is that you should organize your party through this competition.
That a good vanguard should have a good rearguard.
It is also said that they do it at this time of the year because it is held right after the students enter the school so that they can all come together towards one goal.
Incidentally, it seems that for the past few years, Lister Imperial School attained second place in the martial arts division.
On the way back to class from the assembly, Karen asked
“I wonder how this year's martial arts competition will go. Everyone from first to fourth rank is a muscle-brained vanguard, right? Isn't the magic division in a pretty bad situation?"
She asked in a lighthearted manner. Karen already seems to recognize us as one of her own, and her tone has become quite friendly now.
“Since Clarice is a rear guard so why don't you ask her to go out in the rear guard?"
I said, and Karen...
"How can someone who can beat Baron be a rear guard!? You’re joking, right!?”
replied so with much surprise while Clarice only said below in response.
“That’s really the case. I became better with swordplay because Mars taught me how to use a sword but I'm really an archer.”
“Th-then......why not have this guy as the swordsmanship teacher at this school... especially since case Cyrus doesn't show up at all…”
Yup, Cyrus recently hasn’t been showing his face at all. I think the last time I saw him was when we went to...Duke Regan's place together.
"I agree with...Mars as teacher. My one-on-one exclusive private teacher..."
Ellie said, and Misha too.
“I'm also...going to have Mars teach me how to use my hands and legs!”
Well, footwork is certainly important in swordsmanship, that's fine, but that was a misleading statement...and then Karen
“Then I'll especially let you teach me too. Okay?"
said so a little cutely. While Clarice
“Uhm, we should properly have the teacher instruct us. Even teachers have their own positions...”
When we returned to the classroom, Lorenz, Sasha, and Ike were there.
Lorenz motioned for us to sit down.
“I have an announcement to make. Cyrus, the martial arts instructor, has disappeared. We were having trouble finding a suitable replacement, and Ike stepped up to the plate. He will be watching your martial arts in place of Cyrus. Sasha will be teaching magic as planned. Tomorrow we will start training for next month's Freshman Combat Tournament so keep that in mind. We'll decide whether you'll be a vanguard or a rearguard as we go along.”
Well, of course, I'll be in the vanguard. Since I'm not supposed to be able to use magic whatnot.
And having turned 10 years old, my status increased.*1
Name: Mars Bryant
Title: Thunder God / Wind King / Goblin Butcher
Status: Human race, second son of Count Bryant
Condition: Good
Age: 10 years old
Level: 20
HP: 55/55
MP: 7502/7502
Strength: 52
Agility: 54
Magic: 70
Dexterity: 52
Endurance: 49
Luck: 30
Unique Ability: Innate Talent (LvMax)
Unique Ability: Sky Eye (Lv9)
Unique Ability: Lightning Magic (Lv6/S)
Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv8/A)
Special Ability: Fire Magic (Lv3/E)
Special Ability: Water Magic (Lv2/G)
Special Ability: Earth Magic (Lv3/E)
Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv9/A)
Special Ability: Holy Magic (Lv5/B)
Equipment: Salamander Sword
Equipment: Disguise Bracelet
I guess this body is getting ready to be built.
My HP, muscle strength, agility, and endurance have all increased significantly.
As for Clarice...
Name :Clarice Lampard
Title: Saint
Status: Human race, eldest daughter of the Viscount Lampard
Condition: Good
Age: 10 years old
Level: 25
HP: 53/53
MP: 1212/1212
Strength: 39
Agility: 39
Magic: 44
Dexterity: 43
Endurance: 37
Luck: 20
Unique Ability: Barrier Magic (Lv4/A)
Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv5/C)
Special Ability: Archery (Lv7/B)
Special Ability: Water Magic (Lv2/F)
Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv1/G)
Special ability: Holy Magic (Lv6/A)
Equipment: Defender
Equipment: Magic Arrow
Equipment: Saint's Robe
Equipment: Mysterious Anklet
Equipment: Disguise Bracelet
She had magic power the highest of her status.
Also, she is able to use Wind magic.
Well, I thought she would definitely learn Wind magic.
Maybe a little bit late to explain. This is because
Name: Magic Bow (Magic Arrow)
Attack: -
Special: Magic +1
Value: B+
Details: A bow that shoots arrows made of magic power. It can fire arrows of various attributes. The bow itself is enchanted with ‘Wind magic’.
This is because the Magic Arrow is enchanted with Wind magic.
When Ellie learned Wind magic, I was sure that Clarice would learn it too.
And as for the school's top dog...
Name: Ike Bryant
Title: -
Status: Human race, Count Bryant's heir.
Condition: Good
Age: 13 years old
Level: 24
HP: 74/74
MP: 1022/1022
Strength: 55
Agility: 48
Magic: 30
Dexterity: 30
Endurance: 50
Luck: 10
Special Ability: Swordsmanship (Lv5/C)
Special Ability: Spearmanship (Lv8/B)
Special Ability: Fire Magic (Lv6/C)
Special Ability: Wind Magic (Lv1/G)
Equipment: Flame Lance
Equipment: Ifrit’s Mail
Equipment: Flame Bracelet
Equipment: Disguise Bracelets
Equipment: Ring of Protection
Ike, whose birthday is January 15, is already 13 years old.
Ike also learned wind magic.
The only thing is that the maximum MP increase rate is still bad...... and it might be harder to increase it when you are over 10 years old...... but the Spearmanship, Swordsmanship, and Fire magic skill levels have increased.
Also, there was something I’m unfamiliar with in the equipment.
Name: Ring of Protection
Special: -
Value: C
Details: Abnormality resistance UP
This should be the Magic Eyes countermeasure.
We started training for the freshmen fighting tournament.
The vanguard team has Ike as the instructor with the following students
Mars
Ellie
Dominic
Misha
In the rear guard, the instructor is Sasha and the students are
Clarice
Baron
Karen
Joseph
It became like the above.
Perhaps Baron and Misha’s team are wrong.
In order to see the aptitude of the players, we also decided to rotate the vanguard and the rear guard members.
Ike will thoroughly train Misha, who seems to have the most potential for growth in the vanguard.
Since they are both spear users, he will be able to teach well.
In fact, Misha's growth is remarkable.
I often trained one-on-two with Ellie and Dominic.
As for the rear guard, Clarice practiced Water magic and Wind magic, and Sasha, who is also an archer, trained her a lot in archery.
Baron is very versatile and could take part in both vanguard and rear guard, but when Clarice went to the vanguard, Baron also played vanguard, and when Clarice went to the rear guard, Baron also played rear guard, stalking Clarice incessantly.
It is a secret between us that Clarice said behind his back that he was creepy.
Karen and Joseph are working hard to improve and the effect of their synergy is good.
Joseph's status is as follows.
Name: Joseph Vahli
Title: -
Status: Human race, commoner
Condition: Good
Age: 9 years old
Level: 16
HP: 26/26
MP: 52/52
Strength: 18
Agility: 19
Magic: 30
Dexterity: 28
Endurance: 14
Luck: 1
Special Ability: Fire Magic (Lv3/D)
Special Ability: Water Magic (Lv3/C)
Special Ability: Earth Magic (Lv3/C)
Equipment: Wand of Seal
He is a magician through and through.
His MP is low but his talent in Water magic and Earth magic is quite strong which is at C for both.
There are others who are training us. That is the homeroom teacher, Lorenz.
Lorenz can teach me, or Karen... Well, it's nice to have a teacher like that.
“Teacher Lorenz, can I ask you a question?”
I asked Lorenz during the training, and Lorenz replied, "Of course".
“Aren't we short one more man each for the vanguard and the rear guard teams? What are you going to do?"
"Yeah. I was actually going to ask the demon race children from the Icelia continent but... it looks like they won't be able to come...so I'm selecting them from A class right now. We'll get some decently strong ones so no need to worry."
A month passed, and February's Freshman Combat Tournament was about to begin.
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TL’s note:
- It was mentioned that status decreased with age previously. So technically that implied that children growing up will have their status increased as well. I just realized this now.
