The Villains I Taught Became Heroes

47 – Magic Tournament – 2

The much-anticipated day of the magic tournament arrived.

Perhaps due to the considerable promotion in Greenhilld City, the number of participants was quite high.

“Hey, mister!”

In any case, it was while I was just watching from behind, as it wasn’t an event I was participating in.

As I wandered around the qualifying venue, a cheerful voice reached my ears.

It was Yuria, Canon, and Lena.

“How did it go?”

“Hehe! I passed!”

Yuria laughed heartily, drawing a V with her fingers.

Canon behind her seemed indifferent, and Lena was still hesitating.

“What about your record?”

“I went out first and won them all!”

“Really?”

“Sorry… for not showing my skills…”

“No, it’s fine. By the way, it’s crowded, but you’re holding up well, huh?”

“Uh, yeah. W-well, I’m trying my best.”

Lena said confidently, clenching her fist.

It seemed like Lena, in her own way, was making an effort too.

I smiled and nodded at her.

That’s when it happened.

“Wowwww!”

“Is that Rowin? He’s amazing!”

“Such immense magical power…”

The surroundings began to get noisy. Rowin.

The dark horse of the current tournament and the rising star of the Blue Faction.

The owner of an artifact with a soul, the one who participated in defeating the Great Demon.

The appearance of Rowin, also known as the next Archmage, drew curious glances from those around.

“Should we go check it out?”

“Yes, yes!”

Everyone headed towards where Rowin was.

There stood a typical noble girl with thick, golden, rolled bun hair.

– Kuuung!!

“That’s Rowin’s Magic Arrow.”

“That, that’s it?!”

Lena seemed quite surprised.

Well, that’s understandable. When it comes to magic arrows, they’re typically in arrow form.

However, Rowin’s Magic Arrow is different. Using the overflowing magical power, she can enhance the magic arrow, almost shooting a magic arrow akin to a ballista.

“If she adds multiple magic spells here, dealing with her won’t be easy.”

A precise judgment.

While Uria spoke seriously, the magician who failed to block Rowin’s Magic Arrow fell down. With that, the match concluded.

“As expected of Rowin.”

“Amazing… She’ll probably win this tournament too…”

Everyone was enthusiastically talking. Perhaps that’s why Lena’s expression looked a bit gloomy.

“Huh?! Hyun-si!!”

It was then. Rowin, who was coming down from the competition area, spotted me and approached.

Pushing through the crowd, she stood in front of me, exuding the same determination as when I saw her before.

“Ohohohoho! Have you been well all this time?!”

“Yeah. Have you been doing well too?”

“Ohohohoho! I’ve always been doing well! By the way, I didn’t expect to find you in a place like this! Huh? Could it be that you came to cheer for me?!”

As if.

Smiling at her, I extended Lena forward towards the girl with the typical noble mindset.

“Came to cheer for my disciple.”

“H-hiik.”

“Oh? I didn’t know Hyun-si took on a disciple! If it’s Hyun-si’s disciple, they must have remarkable skills, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Ohohohoho! I’m looking forward to it! Let’s do our best when we meet in the tournament!!”

Extending her hand for a handshake, Lena looked as if her energy had been drained.

Well, Rowin was the lively guy who always made Lena uncomfortable.

Lena hesitated before offering a handshake, and as she stepped back, Rowin turned his gaze toward me.

“By the way, I heard from the master! If I win this tournament, Miss Lee Hyun will become Prince Junha’s concubine!”

“Is that so?”

“Ohohohoho! I look forward to working together! Ohohohoho!”

After a hearty laugh, Rowin departed with his comrades.

Watching this, Lena let out a heavy sigh, and I smiled while gently patting her head.

“Why. Do you think you can’t win?”

“Uh, um. Well, you see…”

Certainly.

With her current skills, facing Rowin would be like playing a children’s game. That’s how formidable Rowin was.

In that case, the master should step in.

“Let’s go back. I’ll teach you an interesting technique.”

As soon as we returned to the lodging, I took Lena to the training ground.

Whether it was because she was the only one brought along, excluding Uria and Canon, Lena seemed even more nervous.

“There’s no need to be so anxious. You can easily perform this technique.”

“What, what is it?”

“Magic overlap.”

I raised one hand.

What appeared above my hand was a simple magic arrow.

“You just cast another spell on top of this one.”

“What? Is that even possible?”

“With enough mana and a bit of sense, it’s entirely possible. It’s easy for those who can use it, but it’s a challenge for those who can’t, even if they try their whole lives.”

For those who have played Ragnarok, it’s a technique that anyone can perform.

Some characters in the game actually use it.

In simple terms, it’s enhancing a spell by casting another spell within the already implemented magic.

I tried it out of curiosity after coming to this world and learning magic, and surprisingly, it worked.

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Thanks to that, I was able to easily defeat quite a few enemies with magic.

“If it were a regular magic arrow…”

-Clang!

The magic arrow I shot pierced the ground.

The impact created a fist-sized hole, and I launched another magic arrow next to it.

-Quaaaang!!

A much larger hole was made than the first magic arrow.

This much power with just one overlap.

“If I have talent and sense, I can aim for more than triple. I can do a triple myself. Well, if it’s you, you could probably do a quadruple…”

“Uh, can you overlap other magic spells too?”

“Well, it’s not easy.”

I could overlap up to intermediate magic, but it was difficult with advanced magic.

I could do it in the game, but in reality, it wasn’t easy.

But Lena could do it.

“Oh! Wow, it worked!”

She’s definitely not an ordinary talent.

After trying a few times, she succeeded immediately.

Lena looked at her hand with a big smile.

On her hand was a magic arrow that emitted a different light from a regular magic arrow.

“The rest is a matter of practice. Make sure to practice regularly.”

“W-will I be able to win with this?”

I patted Lena’s head.

“It depends on how well you do, right?”

Once the main event started, Lena’s party quickly advanced.

They were promising rookies, albeit not as much as the Roewin group.

Expectations were high for both the Roewin group and Lena’s group.

As expected, both Roewin and Lena’s group made it to the finals and finally met.

“I will definitely win!! Yaaah! Yussa!!”

The first one to go out was Yuriya.

As she roared and went up to the arena, her first opponent was a novice magician from the Blue Branch.

Although they were both novice magicians, unlike Yuriya who could use multiple magic and shadow spears, the novice magician was just a novice magician.

Was that the reason? He couldn’t withstand Yuriya’s ten consecutive magic arrows and retired quickly.

“Yaaah!! Next!”

The next one was Daum, a fully fledged novice magician of the Blue Chamber. Capable of multi-magic and shadowless spear.

“Kyaaah!”

To put it simply, Uria lost. But she had depleted a considerable amount of her opponent’s magic power, so she could say that she had done everything she could.

Next to go was Canon.

Canon had also fulfilled his role. He had defeated the opposing magician.

“Ohohohohoth! I will properly deal with you!!”

When Rowin stepped onto the tournament stage, cheers erupted.

Rowin, who accepted the cheers in a noble manner, immediately created no less than ten magic arrows resembling javelins.

Wow. They come out strong right from the beginning.

With multi-magic, Rowin could create a maximum of ten magic arrows.

Is it like a lion giving its all to catch a rabbit?

Not letting her guard down against anyone, that is her advantage.

“Ck!”

In the end, Canon couldn’t withstand and fell. Only two remained.

Lena ascended to the tournament stage with an anxious expression.

***

I’m getting nervous.

My body feels heavy due to the gazes of so many people.

But above all, what I fear the most is what will happen if I lose.

If I lose, I will have to do something that my master doesn’t want me to do.

‘I don’t want that…!!’

“Ohohohohohohoth! If you win, Mr. Hyun will come under the Prince’s wing! Ohohohohoth!”

“I, if that’s the case…”

“Under the Prince’s wing, Mr. Hyun will have to perform many duties! Since you seem to have talent as well, under our master’s guidance…”

“Haaaaa!”

The conversation ends.

Lena raised both hands. At that moment, magic arrows began to form.

As the number of magic arrows increased exponentially, reaching over a hundred, Rowin broke out in a cold sweat.

“What, what is this?!”

“No, absolutely not!!”

There was no way to dodge the barrage of a hundred magic arrows shooting out.

Rowin, barely withstanding the torrent of magic arrows through defensive magic, felt his hands tremble.

“Truly incredible talent! But… I can’t afford to lose!”

Rowin had crafted a specialty: enhanced magic arrows.

Stronger than usual. Larger than before.

The magic arrow, thus created, grew like a pillar.

“Take this!”

There was no way to evade the massive magic arrow soaring through the air.

If it was Rowin, there must be a guidance function added.

There was only one way to deal with it.

The overlapping technique he learned from Lee Hyun.

‘I need to concentrate.’

Failure would mean doing something his master didn’t want.

He disliked that as much as Lee Hyun becoming unhappy because of him.

Lena raised her hand, her eyes flashing.

– Ooong! Ooong! Ooong!

Once, twice.

And thrice.

Even while suffering from a pain that felt like her head was splitting, Lena did not stop.

Triple overlap.

The wizards in the arena couldn’t help but be astonished at the sight of the magic arrow, now emitting a brilliant iridescent light.

“Oh my, heavens!”

“Even the top magicians of the Ivory Tower only achieve triple overlap?!”

For a novice magician to use multi-magic to create over a hundred magic arrows with an untraceable trajectory was already shocking.

If you added double overlap to that, it could be considered the mark of a genius.

But here, it was a triple overlap.

This situation couldn’t be resolved with a simple label of genius.

“W-Who on earth is that?!”

The triple-overlapping magic arrow annihilated an arrow the size of a pillar and flew towards Rowin.

Unable to withstand the overwhelming force, Rowin collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Lena wiped the trickling sweat from her forehead.

“Master! I did it!”

Her face, as she shouted with all her might, was adorned with a bright smile.

There was a man watching her intently.

“The legacy of the Dark Guild has become so powerful… It seems worthy enough to be the vanguard of Asura.”

The man muttered quietly as he rose from his seat and turned away.

Looking forward to the day they would meet again.