LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 62
“———And now, let the battle between the son of the Hero Divine Sword, Jin Divine Sword, and the top 50 Elven warriors commence! Furthermore, if Jin Divine Sword emerges victorious, I will betroth my daughter, Mea, to him! The village chief has already given his approval!”
“「「「「「「「「「Ohhhhhhhhh!!」」」」」」」」」”
With Mea’s father’s proclamation, a resounding cheer erupted. It was only natural for the excitement to soar when the son of this village’s hero was about to face off against their most skilled warriors.
Besides, if I win, the most talented elf in the village would become my wife.
The village chief had his reasons for not appearing in public, but we could address that later.
More importantly, I shifted my gaze towards Mea.
Standing beside her father, Mea seemed unusually flustered by this excitement, unable to keep up with the enthusiasm.
After capturing this rare sight of Mea in my mental memory, I turned my attention to the 50 Elven warriors standing before me.
Everyone emitted an aura of strength that was beyond compare to the protagonist of that defective product.
Moreover, most of them were armed with bows, but some had melee weapons like swords and spears.
“So, you’re Jin Divine Sword, the son of that hero… You possess remarkable power.”
“Likewise.”
“Haha, I tried to keep it hidden, though…”
Said the strongest warrior of the Elven village, Yumiel, while scratching his head.
Yumiel also appeared in the game, responsible for testing the qualifications of the protagonists who came to the Elven village. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that his strength ranked at the top in the game.
He was a rare elf who couldn’t use a bow at all but possessed incredible talent with a spear.
“Now then, are you ready?! The match… begins!!!”
With the signal from Mea’s father, who was completely caught up in the excitement, the match began.
———One minute into the match.
None of us had moved from our positions.
As expected of refined warriors, they refrained from launching hasty attacks and were trying to assess my strength.
I had planned to gauge their power before initiating an attack, but it seemed that this stalemate wouldn’t lead anywhere, so I decided to take the initiative.
“Here I go———”
I immediately conjured numerous spears of attributes other than fire, such as lightning, and launched them.
“What?! This quantity…!!”
“Something like this is impossible for an ordinary person!”
“As expected of the son of a hero…”
“———Calm down. If we all work together, we should be able to handle it, right?”
As Yumiel bravely and valiantly shot down my spears without even looking at them, the Elven warriors regained their composure. Within a matter of seconds, the hundreds of magic spears I had created had disappeared without a trace.
“Now… it’s our turn to attack. Archers———Fire!!!”
At that moment, arrows imbued with magical power, possessing a speed and force incomparable to anything from my previous life, were closing in on me, intent on ending my life.
Just as I was about to activate magic to defend myself, Yumiel approached me through the gaps in the arrows.
“I can’t have you forgetting about me!!”
Yumiel skillfully swung his spear, launching a barrage of attacks at me.
I was slightly surprised by this, but I quickly erected a barrier and defended while trying to counterattack in between. However, it wasn’t going as smoothly as I had hoped, especially since those annoying little arrows kept coming at me.
“How’s that? Pretty tough, isn’t it?”
“Well… yeah. But — I won’t be stopped by this level of challenge.”
I released a surge of mana, causing an explosion that blew away the arrows along with Yumiel.
Then, taking advantage of that momentary opening, I activated a new spell.
“———[One Strike of the Wind God]”
In an instant, a giant wind spirit appeared behind me, swinging a sword of wind.
“Uwaaaaah!?”
“Guaaaah!?”
“This is impossible———!!”
The Elven warriors prepared their magic and bows, but the Wind Sword alone blew them away, leaving them unharmed except for the impact of the fall.
Originally, this spell was meant to slice through objects with sharp wind, but I had modified it to simply blow them away. Thanks to that, none of the Elves suffered any damage other than the fall.
I couldn’t afford to cause a murder incident in Mea’s homeland, after all. Well, except for that witch.
Leaving that aside—
“It’s just you now.”
“…Yeah.”
I turned my attention back to Yumiel, who was brimming with caution.