One-on-One

Let's move forward in time.

After dealing with Ehre, Fern suppressed his magic and headed towards the battlefield near Übel.

When Fern arrived, Übel had already been bound by Wirbel.

The two seemed to be talking about something.

Until Fern pointed his wand at Wirbel.

"Please don't move."

Wirbel was startled, completely unaware of Fern's approach.

The wand in his hand was still pointed at the bound Übel.

"Looks like you're the one who caught Stille."

"It was just good luck," Übel chuckled, glancing at Wirbel with a hint of amusement.

"She happened to stumble upon Stille's lair, and her master had just taught her Bird-Catching Magic."

"But you, with magic that supposedly can grasp anything, seem to have incredibly bad luck."

"That's truly the worst luck imaginable." Wirbel gave a wry smile and asked, "How is Ehre?"

"Killed him," Fern replied calmly.

Wirbel remained silent for a moment before releasing the binding magic from Übel.

"We've lost, so I'll retreat first."

Übel watched Wirbel's departing figure, just about to make a move.

"Lord Übel."

"I see."

Wirbel arrived at the place where Fern and Ehre were fighting.

Looking at Ehre, who had fainted on the ground, he chuckled, "She even said she killed her. That woman lies without even blushing."

He jumped into the pit, squatted down in front of Ehre, and laughed, "Ehre, how come your magic is almost gone? Aren't you the number one in the magic academy?"

"Can you believe I was suppressed by Ordinary Offensive Magic firepower?"

Ehre replied with a hint of despair.

"No, I believe you."

Wirbel looked at the battlefield, which had once been a forest, now transformed into a wide riverbed.

Such destructive power was caused by Ordinary Offensive Magic alone.

That's a complete monster.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Let's go, let's go to Shiref."

"Wait, I can't walk anymore," Ehre said helplessly.

"What a hassle." Wirbel took out her wand and used Flight Magic to lift Ehre up.

"Hey! Are you going to carry me like an object? Carry me on your back!!"

Wirbel: "..."

Wirbel carried Ehre to the battlefield of Sharf.

Just as I was about to ask him for help, I saw him collapse to the ground as well.

"Wirbel, carry me... I'm paralyzed by the electric shock, I can't move."

Wirbel, carrying Sharf and Ehre on her back, walked through the forest using Flight Magic and couldn't help but complain:

"Damn it, why did I have to do this?"

Suddenly, Ehre heard a rustling sound and asked, "What's that sound?"

"That's the sound of rain, just like my current mood."

The three chatted for a while longer.

Suddenly, Ehre pointed to the tree and said, "Wirbel, look there."

Wirbel looked in the direction Ehre was pointing and saw a Stille.

His gaze sharpened, and he activated a binding spell.

Stille landed in front of the three.

Looking at Stille in front of him, Wirbel finally couldn't hold back any longer.

He scoffed, "Are you kidding me? What was all that trouble I went through before?"

Rienta was unleashing her full sensory magic, also discovered Frieren's magical power.

He exchanged a glance with his two teammates and headed in that direction.

Upon arrival.

The two were already locked in combat.

Rienta did not intervene in the battle.

Although the commotion caused by the two was exceptionally large, even a fire tornado appeared.

But that's not enough to threaten Frieren.

Following the wide-area attack, a saturation attack follows.

Seeing this, Rienta chuckled and said to her two teammates:

"It's over, Dunkel lost."

"Um?"

On the field.

Frieren used Defensive Magic to block the fire tornado formed by Dunkel's combination spells 'Vardgon' and 'Dawsard'.

He even managed to counterattack Dunkel amidst a relentless barrage of light arrows, 'Katosvia'.

Dunkel had no choice but to use Defensive Magic to block the attack.

But this also created an opening in 'Katosvia's' attack.

While Dunkel was still shocked that Frieren could actually counterattack amidst such a dense barrage of attacks...

Frieren took the opportunity to get closer to Dunkel.

The Offensive Magic on the wand is now fully charged.

A flash of white light.

Dunkel collapsed to the ground after being hit.

Frieren intentionally controlled the lethality, avoiding killing Dunkel on the spot.

Dunkel straightened up with difficulty and looked at Frieren walking towards him.

I felt quite helpless.

It defeated itself using only Ordinary Offensive Magic and Defensive Magic.

This is practically an instructional battle for apprentice mages.

Seeing that the battle was over, Rienta no longer hid and walked towards Frieren.

He was very interested in the spells Dunkel had just used.

But now was not the time to ask questions. He turned to Frieren and asked, "Lady Frieren, have you caught Stille?"

Frieren nodded first, then pointed her wand at Dunkel on the ground.

"They caught him, but Laufen, who uses 'Givel', a high-speed movement magic Laufen, stole it from them."

After saying that, Frieren looked at Dunkel and said calmly:

"Tell me where Laufen is; you should know."

Give Stille back.

Rienta: "?"

What a treasure of a team! Every single one of their spells is so cool... and so effective.

Dunkel, lying on the ground, said softly, "If you were me, would you say it?"

Frieren fell silent.

Rienta temporarily suppressed her desire to build a good relationship with Dunkel's team.

The most urgent task now is to help Frieren get Stille.

Fern is still unaware of the situation.

The more people who pass the first round of testing, the greater the chances of success.

After a private conversation with Frieren...

He directly used Shadow-Driving Magic to summon several phantom swords, pointing them at Dunkel's vitals.

He called out towards the surrounding forest, "Laufen, right? You should be around here too."

"After all, if your teammates die, you can't advance."

"Hand over Stille."

Although he didn't know what the two had discussed, Dunkel didn't sense any killing intent from Rienta.

He also shouted, "Don't come out! This guy doesn't intend to kill."

Laufen was hiding to the side, watched this scene with great helplessness.

Frieren was never someone she could handle in the first place.

Furthermore, the later-arriving squad seemed to have a good relationship with Frieren.

The original plan was to try and use Gilville to rescue Dunkel.

However, Dunkel's vital points were completely covered by the phantom of the longsword.

My magic is high-speed movement, but it's not teleportation.

If they actually used Gilville, both he and Dunkel might die.

He sighed, no longer concealing his magic, and slowly walked towards Frieren and the others.

"Here you go."

Frieren took the birdcage from Laufen and then used binding magic to tie Dunkel and Laufen to a nearby tree.

Rienta asked, "Lady Frieren, where are your teammates?"

Frieren looked up at the cliff beside her.

"The two of them are dealing with the other one."

"Do you need my help?"

Dunkel, who was standing nearby, said at that moment, "Frieren, you'd better hurry up and save them."

"Although it may be too late, Richter will kill them before he even meets you."

"Then it's alright." Frieren said calmly.

Rienta said anxiously, "Lady Frieren, if our teammates die, we won't be able to advance."

"Kanne and they will win."

"I've just finished analyzing the barrier."

A big question mark appeared above Rienta.

What does it mean to have the barrier completely analyzed?