Mesugaki Tank Enters The Academy

Wrapped in the Fairy Queen’s arms, Joy descended to the ground and sat down, catching her breath.

She thought she had used teleportation magic as taught by her master, but why did she end up on a cloud!?

If it weren’t for the others, I could have died! As she recalled the scene of the fall that lasted only a moment, Joy hugged her arms and trembled.

“You did well for your first try, Joy.” “Was that really good? If I had moved alone, we would have had a funeral for that guy today.”

Lina spat out her words, and Joy shrunk her shoulders. However, Erginus smiled and shook his head.

“Anyway, the coordinates were accurate. No one was left behind. If you did this well on your first try, it’s genius. You know that too.”

In defense of Joy, who had once fallen in the middle of the sea, Lina glanced at her and sighed.

“Sorry. I was a bit sharp and said unnecessary things.” “Eh? Ah, no. I was the one who was wrong.”

Lina awkwardly smiled at Joy’s apology, and the Fairy Queen, with admiration, spoke up.

“Lina, you were this composed?” “I’ve always been composed. It was Lucy’s scent that threw me off track, that’s all.” “You should stand like this even next to Lady Arlen.” “Then I won’t hear the insults. I like it better when Lucy finds me disgusting.”

Lina, who had been smiling wide, suddenly stiffened and clicked her tongue before brushing her hair back.

“Fairy Queen, would you send a message through the fairies?” “I already sent it. They’re on their way.”

Once the Fairy Queen finished speaking, a massive tree appeared before them shortly thereafter.

The tree, with a personality, moved its roots and roamed, but as soon as it spotted them, it disappeared from view.

Moments later, a man wearing a top hat appeared from the forest and bowed his head.

“It is an honor to meet you, noble ones. To meet those spoken of only in legends is...”

The elderly gentleman tried to greet them formally, but Lina interrupted in the middle of his words.

“Let’s save that talk for later. We have more important matters to discuss right now.” “...What is it, Lina?” “It’s about Lucy. You remember the child who saved you, don’t you?” “Please, speak. Though she was rude, she is still the one who saved my life.”

The elderly man, after hearing about the events from the palace and Lucy’s message, thought deeply and shook his head.

“I don’t have any suspicions. First of all, I don’t know her whereabouts, and none of the other old trees have heard anything either.”

Erginus interrupted the old man’s answer.

“Can you speak to the other old trees?” “Living for such a long time is a remarkable feat in itself. It gives them a certain level of intellect and power. With my abilities, I can communicate with them from afar.” “Yet, you still have no clue.” “There’s no one as prominent as her. Yet, there is no information. I believe there’s no connection between her and the old trees.”

Despite the firm answer, Erginus and the others did not give up.

They persistently asked various questions, trying to gather any clues.

However, the more they asked, the clearer it became that there was no connection between Lucy and the old trees.

“Did she give us wrong information?” “The connection was strange. I might have misunderstood.” “Not yet! There’s definitely a reason why Lucy said 'old tree'! She never does anything without meaning!”

While the three of them voiced their opinions, Joy, who had been deep in thought, suddenly raised her head with an idea.

“The Pope!”

At Joy’s loud voice, everyone’s attention shifted to her, but she didn’t care and continued to speak her mind.

“Lucy’s message contains two things! Her location and the Pope’s goal! If it’s not related to Lucy’s location, then it must be connected to the Pope’s purpose!”

After hearing Joy’s words, Erginus blinked before slowly turning his head toward the elderly man.

“Is there an old tree that has survived since the mythic age?”

Erginus didn’t expect a positive answer.

No matter how long a tree’s life might be, what are the odds that one could survive the chaos of hundreds of years?

However, the answer that came from the elderly man was entirely different from what he had expected, and in line with his hopes.

“Yes. There is one.”

The tree’s life was much more enduring than Erginus had imagined.

Back when I faced Rasha at the fallen castle, I easily blocked her first attack, but not the second.

She understood how I deflected her attack with a single clash, and after that, she easily found a way to break through my defense.

Since then, Rasha kept tormenting me by beating my defenses.

A boss who changes strategy based on a user’s counterattack—what kind of garbage game is this!?

Though I cursed several times inwardly, the reality was far more brutal and cruel than any fiction.

There’s no way out of here, no quitting, no escaping, and no restarting from the beginning.

All I can do is give my best according to the situation.

If nothing is prepared, there’s no next step.

This time, I was fine because my opponent didn’t carry any murderous intent, but it won’t be the same next time.

Next time, I’ll be facing the evil god Agras.

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He will genuinely try to kill me, erasing my voice with his power.

So, I have to be able to respond to this kind of situation. To protect everyone, I must be ready.

With my shield, my body was sent flying into the wall.

With a dull thud and crashing to the floor, I struggled to rise with my trembling hand on the ground.

My vision blurred for a moment, but my body didn’t crumble.

I could still hold on. My mind, which should’ve been consumed by fear by now, was still intact.

Maybe it’s because of the Hero skill.

“Definitely feels good. If I stayed for just one more year, it would have been really fun.”

I barely managed to steady myself when Rasha lightly waved her hand and spoke.

Her face showed no signs of exhaustion, agony, or anger. The only emotions visible were curiosity and pity.

To her, I was nothing but a meaningless opponent.

“You still want to keep going? If you die, it’ll be a problem for me, you know.”

That irritated me.

Before I asked Rasha for a duel, my grandfather had said I was worrying about the issue of time.

The question wasn’t whether I could endure until my opponent completely loses their rationality—it was whether I could last long enough.

Once the Mesugaki skill’s taunt takes full effect, I can play with my opponent, but if I break first, it’s all meaningless.

<How about taking a short rest? Even if you recover physically with divine magic, your mental fatigue will remain. Soon, you’ll collapse.> ‘Not yet.’ <I told you before, there’s no need to dream of perfect defense. Just endure and minimize the damage, and that’s enough.> ‘Right. I agree with grandfather’s advice. But right now, this is not enough.’

While Rasha is undeniably one of the strongest on the continent, she shouldn’t be able to break me like this.

At the very least, I need to hold on until she loses her rationality before I can talk about the future.

<Impatience is understandable, but charging in like this won’t work! You must find improvements and then test them!> ‘Vision.’

<Vision?> ‘The most annoying thing is my vision.’

The amount of information I can gather from a first-person perspective is simply too small. When there’s a large gap between me and my opponent, this issue becomes much more apparent.

I know that for a human with two eyes, this is an unavoidable problem.

It’s also natural.

However, coming from a third-person perspective, it’s hard not to feel frustrated.

<Vision.> ‘Strength, body size, and skills are things I can’t fix immediately.’

However, the vision problem is different. If I could shift from first-person to third-person, it would make a dramatic difference.

It will take time to adapt, but with more information, it will be much easier to outmaneuver my opponent.

<There’s an easy solution for that.> ‘Easy... solution?’ <Ask the fairies for help.>

The fairies, led by the Fairy Queen, form a kind of collective.

They have no objection to sharing their vision. To them, it’s a completely normal thing.

“...Insects.”