Here’s the translation in a gag comedy style:
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In order to rush here, I used ‘Selection and Concentration’ for 1 second on Agility.
Then, I spent 1 second on Mana and 3 seconds on Mana Sensitivity.
So, I used up a total of 5 seconds.
On top of that, my arms, swollen and green, wouldn’t listen to me.
I couldn’t cast proper magic or even draw my sword.
Basically, I was in a total combat incapacity, but oh well.
“Long tongue, huh? You want to debate like grad students? I think I understand why you losers haven’t graduated and are stuck in the lab. You all look like life’s losers.”
“You bastard!!!”
I’m a freaking strong guy.
At least, that’s how it must look to them.
How could anyone dare to charge at the one who just split an ancient monster in half right in front of them?
Who would think that such a strong guy would turn into a flounder just after 5 seconds?
Henderson underestimated me and ended up dead.
Even though they didn’t look down on me, the 2000 infantry that charged at me ran away after suffering 300 casualties.
Wouldn’t you say that’s quite an achievement for being touted as the strongest since Gawayn in close combat?
As expected, they were so excited by my provocation that they were just yelling, unable to charge at me.
“What’s up? Didn’t you accept death the moment you took off your hood? Are you thinking of begging for your life now?”
“Schlus Hainkel! Shut that mouth!”
“Fine. I’ll show mercy. It’s first come, first served, five people only. I’ll leave five alive, and the rest will be killed.”
“You think I’d fall for that nonsense!”
Well, your friends seem to want to come over.
I could see them flinch in the back, and Yoosek was glaring at them menacingly.
It made sense that Yoosek was the leader of this group.
There seemed to be some discipline, but the command structure was a mess.
In other words, when I cut off Yoosek’s head, there was a high probability that no one would step up to take command next.
Once I take him down, they’d probably all surrender at once.
It was the perfect opportunity to expose those fanatics.
“No surrender! Why don’t all of you just try to kill us! If you can, that is, Schlus Hainkel!”
“Professor Ludwig. Please draw my sword.”
“What?!”
The enemy’s attack was imminent.
I whispered to the side, and Ludwig looked at me like I was insane.
“Can’t you hold a sword?”
“Yes. Do you happen not to know how to use one?”
“…I do.”
With a long sigh, Ludwig drew my longsword from the scabbard.
At that moment, Yoosek’s shout sounded, and their new model came charging at me.
The speed was abnormally fast.
There’s no way those frail grad students could produce such speed.
They were definitely those nourished with the Majin’s power.
“Dieee!!!”
A magic spell was being aimed at me from all directions.
However, their speed wasn’t fast enough.
Every spell that unfolded was instantly dismantled by my computational power.
All the spells I missed were shot down by Ludwig.
But perhaps this was all within the expected range, Yoosek came swinging daggers at me without changing his complexion.
“Ugh?!”
It was fast, but it wasn’t fast enough for me to dodge if I activated the internal circuits.
I desperately tried to pull out Vafe from my right arm, but it was hopeless.
It seemed like I had pushed myself too much in too short a time, and it was down for the count.
“Die, Schlus Hainkel!”
Lifting his sword, Yoosek charged at me again.
An angle that was difficult to evade.
At that moment, an amazing thought came to me.
What if I let him stab me?
Since I was working the internal circuits without Vafe, there was a massive amount of Mana energy stored in my body right now.
It felt like I could collapse any second.
It wasn’t like I could maintain my sanity being exposed to this much mana right from the start.
Even when just a tiny bit of mana was generated, I had coughed up blood and collapsed.
I had gotten used to it from being exposed so frequently.
But, what if mana spewed out from the wound along with blood and enveloped Yoosek?
It was hard to assume that Yoosek would be accustomed to Mana.
I could expect a significantly lethal effect.
“Stab me! Yoosek!”
“…?!”
I spread my chest wide as I welcomed him.
Pierce that knife.
The moment you do, you’re dead.
As Yoosek scrutinized my expression with his shaking pupils, the blade came at me targeting my solar plexus.
*Swish…!*
At that moment, I felt something wrap around my waist, and my body launched backward.
I was helplessly dragged down the cliff—
“Aaaah! Gotcha!”
I halted mid-air, met with a cushiony sensation on my back.
Turning my head slightly, I saw Trie hugging my waist.
Did she just pull me from over 50 meters away with magic?
She used to whine about not being able to hit a flashing magic, but she had made huge advancements.
“Ugh…!”
Hearing a groan, I turned around to see Ludwig crawling on the ground, holding his waist.
I wasn’t the only one she pulled to safety.
She had pulled back all the professors together.
Of course, it seems a few professors were complaining about minor injuries, but I’d say a herniated disc was much better than getting stabbed to death.
*Boom!*
At that moment, I felt a burning heat in my ear.
A massive pillar of flames whooshed by me.
In the blink of an eye, the ground was scorched, leaving nothing behind in its trail.
In an instant, the three hooded figures evaporated, but unfortunately, Yoosek was still standing unharmed.
“Schlus! I came to help!”
“Huh…?”
I turned around, and lo and behold, Aintz was giving a thumbs up.
He was the most reliable guy when it came to battle.
“I-I will surrender! First come, first served! That still holds, right? I’ll be first—”
“Who asked you?”
*Gack!*
A blade shot through the chest of the hooded figure rushing down to me.
With Yoosek twisting his wrist, the blade turned, and the grad student’s breath stopped.
Then Yoosek pulled out a dagger and kicked the corpse toward us.
“One first come, one has been filled. Anyone else left?”
“…”
As he waved the bloodied dagger, all the grad students shut their mouths tight and retreated.
Damn it. Aintz must have exhausted all his mana.
Now, the only one I could rely on was Trie’s sword.
But Trie had too many people to protect right now.
Could she manage to fight one against many while keeping the professors completely unharmed?
The chances were slim.
Here, I needed to provoke Yoosek a bit more so I could get stabbed with his dagger…
“You’ll die if you do that.”
“Iris?”
“You stupid person. Your plan will kill you.”
“…”
I froze at the warm feeling as she grabbed my hand.
It was Iris.
She was trembling.
“Die if you do that…”
Since she would only say that after seeing the future, I had no choice but to trust her.
“Can you fix my arm, Iris?”
“That seems unlikely. Every single cell is thoroughly damaged… Ugh. Even exhausting all my mana wouldn’t help.”
“…”
Iris’s ‘miracle’ wasn’t all-powerful.
But if I couldn’t wield a sword, it would get pretty dangerous.
Just when I was desperately trying to move my fingers…
“Sir, lie down. I’ll sort it out quickly.”
“Kill them all!!!”
Trie’s confident face.
Just when I was distracted by that, the fanatics charged in.
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“Damn it! This can’t be happening… this can’t be happening!”
Yoosek felt like he was on fire.
On the surface, she looked like an ordinary student.
Yet here she was, lifting a longsword, and I thought she looked ridiculous at first.
But once we engaged, I realized.
No matter how many came at her, she couldn’t be matched.
*Khuk!*
“Urg!”
That didn’t mean I could deal with the separated professors.
As I lunged at them, flashes flew in like a whip.
Of course, casting magic for long-range attacks was also thoroughly blocked by Schlus Hainkel.
“You can’t use magic while swinging your sword! Now’s the time! Charge!”
“Uwaaaah!”
Then how about a simultaneous attack?
You can’t operate both internal and external circuits at the same time.
Giving orders to my men to attack the girl, I leaped toward Ludwig.
I needed to take care of that wretched professor to feel at ease.
“Huh?”
But the very next moment, I was soaring through the sky.
I received a strong hit to the gut and was flung into mid-air.
During that split second, I caught sight of my men being torn apart in a bloodbath.
While slashing at charging infantry, that magical girl had protected Ludwig.
‘Using both internal and external circuits simultaneously?’
Magic and sword wielding, all at once.
Only one person in history ever accomplished something like that.
Hero Gawayn.
This was the first birth of someone worthy of being called a ‘Magic Knight’ since then.
“Where do you think you’re going?!”
To make matters worse, a hooded figure was trying to escape.
He hadn’t taken off his hood all this time, and it looked like he was waiting for a chance to flee.
He picked the perfect timing to run and slipped through my grasp.
As a result, the morale of my subordinates was plummeting fast.
Even though they had the Majin’s power, they couldn’t even take down a single student and were being blocked.
“What useless fools!”
True warriors of the academy wouldn’t be this scared.
Perhaps it was because they had just been indoctrinated that they seemed so unreliable.
In that case, I had no choice but to use my last resort.
“Protect me!”
Yoosek shouted loudly and activated the internal circuits.
His body turned a bright red.
Unable to tolerate the heat, he tore off his top, exposing a sizable surgical scar on his chest.
At that moment, Schlus Hainkel showed signs of agitation.
He must have figured out what was going on.
But even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.
This was a bomb that couldn’t be dismantled by sheer computational power.
*Swish!!!*
Flashes shot out like whips, but all my subordinates jumped in to block.
Now, nothing could stop Yoosek.
Blood streamed from his nose as his eyes rolled back in his head.
Yoosek was already dead, but his heart still thudded as if it would explode at any moment.
