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Chapter 18 - How Can the Act of a Swordsman Be Called Stealing?

It was a very beautiful girl with short peach-blonde hair, wearing glasses.

She looked about the same age as Hoshiharu, with a slightly petite figure and a childish face that could easily evoke protective instincts in people. However, her figure was quite well-developed, with breasts second only to Touka's. She wore a school uniform, and it looked tight around her chest.

Unlike Tomaru Renren, this girl seemed very destined.

When she turned and saw Hoshiharu, her pupils immediately shook, and she exclaimed like a fan seeing a star, a look of surprise and admiration on her face.

'Seeing him in the video, he looked very much like a handsome guy. I didn't expect him to be even more handsome in real life. I think this is even more like a dream. Truly amazing!'

The girl was very excited.

No one knew that after she took the video yesterday, she watched it more than ten times that night. She took screenshots of the handsome guy in the video from all angles and printed them. She placed them under her pillow as a treasure and had a good night's sleep.

Then when she woke up in the morning, she changed her underwear.

Now the real person was standing right in front of her!

She wanted to put down the camera in her hand and immediately hug this handsome guy, but thinking of her dreams and responsibilities, she reluctantly let go of the idea.

She was an ethical reporter with professional standards, able to resist all temptations and capture live news material, not because she feared the handsome guy would bother her.

"Ahem, but that guy is just an F-Rank Knight. I heard his magic power is only F-Rank. Princess Stella's magic power is three hundred times his. How can he win?"

The girl lightly coughed to calm herself and focus on the duel.

As a Blazer, the most important indicator is the total amount of magic power.

Magic power is an innate energy. The special power that cannot be developed through training is the most important quality of a Blazer.

This energy can even be compared to the destiny that humans possess from birth. Everything is absolutely determined at birth, leaving no room for resistance.

Those who can achieve great things must achieve great things.

When the alliance evaluates the rank of a Blazer, they first determine the Noble Arts of the other Blazer, then test the total magic power and magic control, and then test values such as attack power and defense power.

Physical strength is the least significant indicator. No one deliberately trains physical strength because using magic power can achieve similar effects.

For example, an explosion of magic power can greatly enhance someone's explosive strength and make great progress in attack power. If the total magic power is at Stella's level, through the explosion of magic power, one's strength can even be enhanced five or six times!

In this case, physical strength is certainly not valued.

Hoshiharu clearly had a very rare and powerful Causation Interference System Blazer Noble Arts, but it evaluation as a Blazer was only E-Rank because it total magic power and magic control were at the lowest F.

What is the concept of F magic power?

According to alliance statistics, it is only about one-tenth of the average.

And Stella's magic power, according to the seemingly knowledgeable cam girl, was thirty times the average, in other words, three hundred times that of Hoshiharu.

Ikki's magic power was the same as Hoshiharu's, which is F.

Even if he had an advantage in physical strength, under the overwhelming explosion of magic power, he wouldn't dare to take Stella's attack at all.

It was a complete and magnificent frontal attack, so grand that everyone who saw it felt terrified.

Hoshiharu felt so envious that he felt detached.

If his magic power were as strong as Stella's, he might be invincible now.

"Kurogane Ikki has endured until now, and he must have his own plans. Whether he can win or not, you'll know if you keep watching."

Hoshiharu turned back, his dark eyes staring straight at the two people on the field.

His eyes were like an ultra-high-definition camera, reflecting the figures of the two people in his mind, constantly simulating, training, and decoding in the imaginary space of his brain.

His swordsmanship was the best, unmatched by anyone.

"It's almost time to counterattack..."

Hoshiharu was speaking to himself.

*BOOM*

In an instant, just as he finished speaking, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Ikki changed his previous stance of running away, his eyes suddenly sharpened, he stepped forward with the sword in his hand, and forced Stella to retreat with just one strike.

"No way? He's actually starting to counterattack?"

The cam girl immediately got excited, and at the same time, there was deep doubt in her eyes.

"But how is this done? Princess Stella's power is clearly far superior to his?"

"The attack patterns have been mastered."

Hoshiharu had a good impression of this girl, and seeing that the other party had a good relationship with him, he explained out loud.

"During the continuous dodging earlier, Kurogane Ikki gradually understood the context of Stella's swordsmanship, studying and mastering it, and even introducing new elements and finding flaws in it."

About three minutes had passed from the beginning until now.

In these three minutes, Ikki observed Stella's swordsmanship, copied it to his own body, and used the swordsmanship derived from the other party to defeat his opponent.

In other words, it was just using skill to overcome power.

"So, he just stole the opponent's swordsmanship, right?"

The cam girl suddenly realized.

"How can you say that the act of a swordsman is stealing?"

Hoshiharu immediately turned around and said very unhappily: "It can only be considered as learning. It is learning. Don't just talk about stealing!"

If Ikki were considered a thief, then Hoshiharu would be a thief – because in less than a few dozen seconds, he had understood Ikki and Stella's swordsmanship and found its flaws.

"This is what you care about?"

The cam girl was stunned.

Well, the handsome guy was also a swordsman, so he might be more sensitive about this... But his expression just now was very cute! She regretted not capturing it!

"However, it's impossible to defeat Stella with just this ability."

Hoshiharu looked at the field again, but this time his eyes were fully focused on Stella.

Stella Vermillion.

The incarnation of talent, she was known as a rare genius in the entire Blazer world for ten years. Her Noble Arts was controlling fire from the Natural Interference System.

The temperature of the fire she emitted could reach 3,000 degrees Celsius. Invincible when used for attacking.

On the field.

"I originally wanted to determine the winner more fairly."

The long red twin-tails continued to fly in the air, and the great sparks flew up and down. Stella respected her opponent's skills, but she had no intention of giving up her victory.

When she was pressured by the other party's skills and almost got hit by the attack, she finally used magic power to cover her body with a layer of fire.

"—Empress Dress!"

The high temperature itself was a natural barrier. When the whole body was covered with magic fire, even bullets from a light machine gun would evaporate in an instant.

Ordinary swords couldn't possibly penetrate that layer of defense, and Ikki fell into an even greater crisis.