I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

54 – vs. Nosa and Nosa.

Let’s open the door to the arena and enter

The opponent of this promotion test was already standing there.

“…….”

An old man in his 70s with a stubborn look who can tell from just a glance that he is stubborn.

The robes worn on the body had an antique elegance that made it easy to tell at a glance that they were made of high-quality materials, but….

If you look closely, it is patchy here and there, reducing the dignity of the robe by half.

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In the old man’s hand was a metal staff that looked longer than the average adult man.

It rather highlighted the old man’s diminutive physique.

The staff, like the robe, is full of scars all over the body except for the large jewel attached to the end of the staff….

The scars were proving that he had crossed the rough battlefield with the old man for a long time.

“Ugh~ tsk tsk! Are you the arrogant one who wants to go up from Wood to Gold at once!?”

An old man with a frown on his face full of wrinkles, and talking in a disgruntled tone.

The old man was watching me from the moment I opened the arena and entered, just as I looked after him.

“A young guy who looks fine on the outside is already going to take a shortcut! No matter how confident he is in his skills, if he doesn’t gain some experience, he’ll just become a high-ranking chaff!”

At first glance, the old man is shooting tick ticks at the opponent to the point of feeling bad, but….

Underneath that, there was concern about the new mercenary trying to rush too much.

‘… It reminds me of my grandfather who passed away when I was 10 years old, so it’s not too bad.’

My now-deceased grandfather also spoke in a tick-tick tone like that, but he was the first person to come to me and worry if my younger brother or I were hurt somewhere.

The old man in front of me felt the same way as his grandfather, so somehow I didn’t have much hostility.

“Keuheum! …If you go back even now, there will be no penalty this time…”

Poof-

An old man who coughed and turned his head away, and quietly suggested that I cancel the promotion test.

That is, don’t be in too much of a hurry, and build up some level of experience below… It was the care of the elderly.

… To be honest, as long as I have a romance for a mercenary, I didn’t have a desire to rise from the bottom up step by step.

But….

‘Unfortunately, I don’t have much time for that.’

Ugh-

I silently aroused the mana of the whole body.

“…Mmm!”

Ugh-

As soon as I raised my magic power, I immediately got into a battle stance.

An old man who invokes magical powers just like me.

The battle stance that naturally shifted from a comfortable posture seemed to reflect the old man’s decades of combat experience.

“Yes, then! From now on, the special promotion test begins!!!”

Right after the receptionist, who saw me and the old man confronting me with magic, swung his arm from top to bottom and declared that.

“Daeyeomgu 大炎球”!”

“「Water pressure cannon」”

Kwaaang—!!!

The magic that the old man and I fired at each other collided in the middle of the arena.

***

Fire magic and water magic offset each other, and a thick fog rose that made it impossible to see.

“…Suck!”

The moment he realized that his own magic had been canceled, Gapera immediately chanted the next magic without delay.

“「Multiple Flower City」!”

Fire—!

Over 200 arrows of flame appeared in the air.

[Multiple Fires], A lower-middle level magic, is a magic that rapidly increases the number of arrows depending on the skill level.

It’s barely enough magic for even a mature intermediate wizard to exceed 100 spells….

“…Mmm.”

Even though he created more than twice as many arrows, Gapera slightly frowned.

‘… I am old. Just 10 years ago, you could have made three times this. If I forcefully create more, the mana load will be strained, so I can’t help it….’

Shoosuk-

After Gapera felt slightly bitter at her own decline, following her combat intuition cultivated through decades of struggle, she fired an arrow at an unseen foe beyond her fog.

She immediately prepared the next spell.

‘I don’t know his exact magic power…. When she vaguely felt it, it was about B- ~ B. On top of that, on the outside, he looks like he’s in his early to mid-twenties… Even taking into account that aging slows down from the superhuman, is it up to the early 30s….’

Gapera analyzed her opponent with the information she obtained from observing her for a short time, and began to choose the magic she would use next.

‘To build that magic at that age… At the very least, it’s a level that can only be reached when a child of an aristocratic family with a great talent for magic constantly consumes precious elixirs and accumulates them through psychic methods all day long…. If that’s the case, there’s a high possibility that battle mages don’t have enough combat experience. Then… !’

Fire—!!!

Intense flames gather on Gapera’s hand…

A huge lance of flame, useful for knights in cavalry warfare, began to be made.

‘Basically, an inexperienced mage often prioritizes his shield when his first attack is blocked! Then, with magic specialized in penetrating power——perforate the entire barrier!’

Gapera’s combat style predicts the enemy’s movements with combat logic accumulated over decades,

After stealing the flow of battle by driving the opponent without rest with a high-speed magic expression that can be said to be one beat faster than other wizards.

It was an experienced snake-like fighting style, finishing with a fatal blow at once in a gap that was revealed in the blink of an eye.

It was a battle style that was already perfected enough to be called a school, but……

In front of a holder of ‘talents that have reached the realm of incomprehensibility’ who ‘cannot even understand’ with ‘only’ decades of combat experience….

The fangs of the old snake were softer than a lump of sugar.

──Peyoung!

Puong-!

“—What!”

An arrow of water that flew in in the blink of an eye in the thick fog pierced the center of the magical power that made up the spear of flame, and prevented the formation of magic.

In the fog that makes it impossible to see in front of your eyes, jump over a distance of hundreds of meters, detect the central point of secret magic that is smaller than a fingernail, and pierce it without an inch of deviation…

Fabulous Shinto.

‘… Ooh, is it a lover?’

A skill that can never be seen at least in a magical battle below the level of a superman…

In Gapera’s mind, which stopped moving for a moment, ‘Isn’t it a coincidence… ‘ The thought passed by….

Shushu Shuk-!

As if denying such an idea, arrows of water are shot precisely at vital points even in the fog.

“…Awesome!!!”

Gapera twisted her body, narrowly avoiding the fatal attack…

Shushuk-!

“…Oops!”

As if Gapera had accurately ‘predicted’ the avoidance movement, the magic that arrived half a beat late… Barely avoiding it, I aimed again at Gapera’s vital point, whose posture had collapsed.

Gapera seemed to have no way to escape, but….

“…hahahahap!!!”

Quaaah-!

Chiik-!

With Gapera’s spirit, the flame shield activated ‘without a chant’ evaporated the arrows of water.

It was Gapera who successfully blocked the attack without much damage, but…

“…Kuh!”

There was a bit of frustration on his face.

‘… It was an unavoidable situation, but it was a big loss to use the ‘Swordless Spear’ magic against a wizard of the same level first… !’

Broken chant, destroy the chant essential for magic. A type of magic technique that instantly activates magic.

Even low-level magic has the great advantage of being able to activate magic in the blink of an eye without having to chant for a few seconds, but…

There are corresponding disadvantages as well.

First of all, the mana required to activate magic is more than ‘double’, and the power of the activated magic is ‘half’ of the existing one,

You can only use magic that is ‘lower level’ than your level of magic… There are downsides that cannot be ignored.

Even so, it’s a very useful skill when performing a surprise attack or fighting a downgraded opponent….

If you use the Dark Spear against a wizard of the same class, who can be said to win the one who uses the resource called magic more efficiently… It can be said that it is a technique with a large loss to the extent that the win rate is greatly reduced.

‘… Here, I have to use my magic more efficiently and make up for the loss somehow… !’

In an instant, Gapera was trying to use magic again to erase the frustration and face the young mercenary beyond the fog….

──Kwagwagagagak!!!!

“…Gee, crazy!!!”

In order to blow away the dense fog, avoid the magical “Storm” That strikes you in an instant.

I had no choice but to cancel even the magic I was about to use and avoid it with all my might.

Kwagwang—! Kugu Palace! Pew-!

“How can a wizard do such an ignorant push…!!!”

Gapera desperately puts on a shield and uses movement assist magic to run.

Right behind him…

Kwaang—! Kwagak—!

Squeak—! Bang-!

Exploding fireballs, sharp spears of water, sharp blades of wind and rocks the size of a man’s torso.

Various types of magic landed, scattering all sorts of explosions and dust.

‘No matter how low-level magic is, if it’s that amount…. The moment you get swept away even for a moment, it ends as it is… !!!’

A terrifying flood of magic, said to send more than 10 spells per second.

The aftermath alone was enough to shake the barrier around Gapera.

In the face of that violent flood of magic, Gapera mobilized all the experience and means he had accumulated so far, staggering and barely holding on.

“…Whoop! …Whoop!”

Poof-

Quagagang-!

Gapera barely kept moving while whipping her screaming old body.

It was a moment when the odds of losing were out of sight if I hesitated even for a moment, being swept away by the flood of magic….

Flash-!

The sharp intelligence in the veteran’s eyes has yet to give up victory.

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‘… Judging by the amount of mana of that young guy, it’s only about a minute before he can sustain this level of offensive with the chanting magic…. Besides, I don’t know why, but I’m using magic with various attributes in a short time as if I’m testing something. If that’s the case, there must have been a lot of pressure on that guy’s mana load… !’

In that case, while conserving mana as much as possible, the moment the offensive is over, before doing anything more, throw the full-power magic… !!!

Having decided on a strategy like that, Gapera started holding out while preserving magic as much as possible.

***

Ten minutes have passed since then.

Kwaguagaga River——!!!

The torrent of magic poured out by Mistiltane was still not over.