[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 44: I don't know what to write here

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"Uwaahh .. It's really crowded"

"Nn ... After all ... It's the last day"

"Ughh .. Noisy"

Noelle, Olivia and Charlotte commented consecutively as they watched the crowd cheering them from outside.

Charlotte is not someone who likes crowds. It was not that he did not like it, it was just that he would rather be in a desolate place where there was only himself alone.

Maybe that's what people call introverted personalities.

Likewise with Noelle and Olivia, they did not like the crowd too much, but at least the three of them could still adapt to the situation, only, surviving in the crowd was quite tiring.

The three of them felt their stamina drained faster when they were in the crowd, especially when they were in the spotlight.

But they had to endure, because after all, this was another world. This is not like the earth where they are free to be someone who is closed without having to worry about many things.

Even so, at least the three of them were quite skilled in socializing, it was probably because in their previous lives, the three of them were quite well known figures both by teachers, as well as students in school.

『All right! Are you ready for the last day of the tournament?!』

The commentator's voice was clearly conveyed to everyone in the arena and the audience seats.

The arena was filled with tense atmosphere, but it did not stop the spectators from cheering loudly and cheering the participants who were participating in the arena.

After the qualifying round on the previous day, the number of participants has really reduced drastically.

Which originally numbered 300 people, now only 50 strongest people remained. Among those in the arena, some had a very clear expression of pride and confidence on their faces, but also some had nervous expressions as their hands clasped tightly onto their weapons, and some of them were just silent without any expression of difficulty, really just standing quietly while observing their surroundings.

Noelle's group was the most prominent of all the people there. After all, the three of them were the ones who were referred to as the strongest candidates to become winners. And even so, Charlotte clearly showed her nervousness with an awkward smile.

Unlike Noelle and Olivia who gained her strength as a result of hard training, she was just a beginner who gained victory with the help of powerful weapons.

(I'll make sure to have them both train me later .. )

Charlotte thought so when she felt her nervousness almost reaching the top.

Noelle noticed that and just smiled wryly. He himself was used to being the center of attention, but he would not be able to deny if someone said that he was currently nervous.

(………!)

Noelle watched her surroundings calmly, yet she immediately twitched afterwards. It was because in one of the audience seats, there was a beautiful girl smiling at him.

The girl has very dark black hair and eyes, she is a member of the Abyss clanman that Noelle met last night, Chloe Vanpille.

(What is the girl doing here?!)

The girl had just been released by Noelle after she was kidnapped by a certain group, but she was casually wandering around town and watching the tournament in the colosseum.

What's more, Chloe is a target of Lindsey, Lindsey will definitely feel suspicious because she did not get any news from the group of kidnappers, after all, since the beginning Noelle was the one who got the letter first, after all, so the letter never got to Lindsey.

As Noelle frantically thought about what she should do, Noelle could feel a piercing gaze emanating from the side.

It was Olivia who was looking at him with cold and empty eyes. Olivia's eyes glanced at Chloe for a moment, then she looked back at Noelle.

(Div .. )

The gaze implied a message 'Explain to me later', like that.

Noelle cursed Chloe inside her mind while Chloe just watched her from afar with an innocent smile.

『Alright! All participants ready?!』

Once again the commentator's voice was broadcast very clearly using wind magic.

『Then, let the fight begin!!!』

As the commentator revealed that, the audience became more and more noisy, a small explosion that had been prepared for the cue had been fired, and the sound of the spectators shaking the arena.

Not so in the arena. Although the spectators were very noisy, none of the participants moved.

Some had already prepared the horses when they grasped their weapons tightly.

And the rest watch out for other participants.

(It seems like no one wants to move huh ... Should I take the initiative to start .. ?)

Noelle observed all the participants and concluded that there would be no moving between them.

(Looks like I should move first huh .. )

Sighing for a moment, Noelle then moved her hand and took out a few swords from empty space.

Noelle took out five swords and began to control all of them to surround him like a satellite.

His action was to provoke all the other participants eyes to stare at him tensely.

It's natural, after all Noelle has won all the matches he has participated in in the last 2 days very easily.

So no wonder they concluded that Noelle was a strong opponent.

Noelle took control of all those swords and immediately took a swing to fight.

When Noelle made the prepared move, all the participants suddenly prepared their weapons, but it was free.

In just one blink of an eye, Noelle suddenly appeared before one of the participants, and kicked the person's stomach.

The participant who was getting a knee kick in her stomach by Noelle was immediately bounced back and hit the wall violently, expelling all the air from her lungs.

『Whooaa!! Wh-what?! Noelle's participant started the attack with a crushing kick!!』

All the participants only stared at Noelle in silence, only when the commentator cheered did they return to their consciousness and instantly prepare their weapons to finish off the opponents around.

Similarly to Olivia and Charlotte, Olivia moved forward with her strength and speed, then thrust her rapier into the shield the man in front of her used.

Of course, the man with the shield instantly bounced back and smashed into the wall until he fainted.

Charlotte remained silent, but moved her hand to control Centipede and attack everyone in her reach.

Charlotte's Centipede weaved through the air and slashed at each of the people in her tracks.

Seeing that the situation had heated up enough, Noelle smiled slightly and took a step back.

He fused his two swords using the 《Sword Manipulation》 skill, a long sword with a strange appearance appeared in his right hand.

"《Blood Edge: Type 1》"

As soon as he muttered the name of the skill, a blood red sword began to form in his other hand.

Noelle leaped forward towards the next target and prepared to slash with the blood sword in her hand, making her target instantly prepare her own sword to fend it off.

However once their swords were about to clash, Noelle's blood sword turned into liquid, then froze into a sword again after it passed through the opponent's sword.

It happened so fast that her opponent did not have time to dodge, but Noelle changed her movements and made sure to attack her opponent with just the flat side of the sword so that her opponent immediately bounced away with a bent neck.

(One opponent has been eliminated~)

Noelle cheerfully thought of that and intended to continue on to her next target, but when she was about to do that, she was determined to do so,

(……!)

The fighting instinct he had been honing for so many years sounded a loud alarm. Noelle looked up at the sky, just a few dozen meters above her head, and a glint appeared that was blinding to her eyes.

Noelle almost instinctively controlled all of her weapons and made all of the swords gather on top of her head, forming a needle that pointed upwards.

And instantly, an extremely powerful lightning struck right at the tip of the sword that was above his head.

The lightning was very large, his voice that seemed to split the air and could make one's ears become deaf for a moment, as well as a shock wave that would throw everything around the target.

Even the sword Noelle had collected and formed the needle had already melted with reddish marks on each side.

"Whoa! You managed to survive unharmed! "

Silence filled the arena and the spectator benches upon seeing the scene, but the frozen atmosphere instantly melted in an instant when the surprised-looking male voice from behind Noelle.

(Man with sta○d .. Cryll Light huh... He has 'Sword Geist' ability to control lightning .. )

The culprit behind the great lightning was a man who owned one of the 'Star Series' Anastasia told Noelle.

"Great! How can you avoid my lightning?! Hey, tell me how! "

Cryll with a bright smile continued to speak as he stared at Noelle with sparkling eyes. Seeing that, Noelle was only able to frown her forehead and give Cryll a look of disdain.

The reason Noelle was able to dodge that huge lightning bolt was of course due to the collection of swords she had put together just now.

That way, the lightning that Cryll shot out would never touch Noelle, but instead captured the collection of swords and diverted to the ground.

In short, Noelle mimics the function of a lightning rod.

Although there would be no problem if he was hit by the attack directly because his wound would instantly heal, and he would not feel any pain either.

But if he showed that, it would only be a suspicion that would trouble him in the future.

Noelle let out a short sigh as she calmly thought about that, yet she was plagued by fleas that happened to pass by.

"Ahaha asshole! You're off guard! Submit to your great master this— Bufuuhh—"

"Bacot, get out there"

A man shouted loudly as he swung his weapon at Noelle, but Noelle only looked at him in annoyance and kicked the man in the stomach.

The man who got a small kick from Noelle was immediately thrown back and hit the wall until the wall cracked, and the, the white part of the man's eyes was also clearly visible when consciousness instantly disappeared from his mind.

Although without body reinforcement, with just a small kick from Noelle that had the specs of a vampire body, it already felt like it had been hit by a truck that was traveling at high speed.

Most people tend to use body strengthening magic without them noticing, as well as the man who just received a kick from Noelle. He had already used his body reinforcement, but Noelle easily ignored it and gave him a fatal kick.

However, Noelle and Olivia had never used their body reinforcement, their body specifications were already very strong even without using it.

Seeing that the body of the man she kicked had fallen down, Noelle sighed again and looked at the five swords she had sacrificed to become a lightning rod.

(It looks like I can't use huh ... )

Saying that in her mind, Noelle threw away those five melted swords, and took out five new swords from her spatial storage.

The limit of his current control was five swords if he had to control them by himself, but Noelle could control even more if he grouped several swords together and made one sword his leader. Merely, those grouped swords would have the exact same movement as the leader's sword.

That was the limit of his ability at the moment. After all, the psychokinesis ability that 'Verstand' exerted on him used the power of the mind to control that power.

The more he directly controls, the greater the burden on his mind.

Noelle finished preparing her sword, as long as it was also Cryll just watched it with a bright smile.

(Can I beat this guy up ... ?)

Noelle was getting irritated with that smile of hers, so she immediately kicked the ground as hard as she could and appeared before Cryll for even less than a blink of an eye.

His sudden appearance made Cryll suddenly widen his eyes, Noelle would not miss the opportunity and moved both hands to attack Cryll with a cross slash.

( … ?!)

Before Noelle could draw her sword at Cryll, Noelle's attack had stopped in less than a few seconds.

Cryll repelled the attack with one sword in his hand and another sword held by the 'Sword Geist' behind him.

(He can use his own hand as well as the Sword Geist hand behind him.. This is troublesome .. )

Noelle smiled wryly as she gave an irritated look at Cryll, but she immediately jumped back and re-prepared her sword to face Cryll.

While Noelle and Cryll were crossing swords, there was Charlotte who frowned as she continued to swing 'Centipede' and put away everything in her path.

(Aahhh .. They are too many! I can't fight them all at once!)

Currently he was being surrounded by many participants at once, but he just swung his whip sword to get rid of them.

At first it worked well, but over time, Charlotte was running out of stamina to swing the sword whip that had a large weight.

(Is there any way to get rid of them all at once?! Noelle was dealing with that man named Cryll over there, and Olivia .. It seems she didn't have any trouble)

Charlotte turned her eyes and saw Noelle who was fighting fiercely with Cryll.

And when she turned her gaze to the other side, she saw Olivia surrounded by many men prostrating on her.

The men prostrated themselves before Olivia almost naked. All the weapons had been stripped from their bodies, and they were simply prostrating with faces of disgusting pleasure.

Olivia herself had an arrogant expression like a pirate queen who had conquered the seven oceans.

( ... Forget Olivia ... How should I get rid of these people? )

He with an unhappy face thought of various ways to get rid of all his opponents at once while dividing his concentration to swing Centipede.

(Ahh no ... No, wait ... Can I use that? I have never used it anyway .. But now I have a capacity which is greater than before right? It's okay, right?!)

Charlotte had already thought of a way to get rid of all her opponents, yet she hesitated to do that.

After all, the attack he thought would consume a lot of magic power to activate it, it was only natural that he felt doubtful.

Yet the current Charlotte was a 'Fallen-Angel', so her physical and magic qualities should be much better than when she was still a human.

As he seriously thought about that, he finally made a decision.

(Looks like no other way .. Huh .. )

As soon as he imagined the magic he was going to use, a huge magic circle appeared above his head.

Charlotte poured every magic power she had on the magic circle, sweat flooding her face as she focused her mind on forming magic that she had never used before.

To form and use magic, it required a clear and powerful visualization from the user, and Charlotte had never used this spell before, so she had a bit of trouble forming her magic circle.

"《Tidal Wave》"

Once a clear visual had appeared in her mind, Charlotte immediately muttered her magic spell.

The bluish magic circle that had previously spun static, now accelerated its rotation and,

It shot out an enormous burst of water and flooded the arena in an instant.

"Wait— Charl you idiot! "

Noelle frantically yelled at him, but Charlotte did not hear and instead formed a barrier to protect herself from the tsunami she created. The people who had attacked him had now been washed away by the water.

"《Bloody Paving》!"

Noelle frantically jumped up and formed a foothold in the air just below her feet with blood manipulation.

The blood foothold floated in the air with Noelle standing on it.

(Seriously?! He's a real idiot! )

Noelle frantically denounced Charlotte in her mind as her eyes wandered in search of Olivia.

(Looks like Olivia doesn't have a problem)

At the end of her gaze, she could see Olivia standing on the mountain of ice she had made as she coldly stared at Charlotte.

(Why are they looking at me like that?! Didn't I get rid of them well?! They should have praised me more!)

He thought about it in his head, yet he immediately realized the mistake he had made.

"Hehe, I don't know who you are, but thanks for the help! "

Cryll with a frivolous smile shouted as he swung his hand forcefully.

And instantly, lightning struck the arena .. More precisely struck the water that flooded the arena.

Water is an excellent conductor for electricity, that principle has not changed even in other worlds.

So, if Charlotte flooded the arena with water and Cryll let out his lightning with the Geist Swors, what would happen?

Of course, that question is one that even elementary schoolers can answer.

As soon as Cryll's lightning struck, the water-flooded arena lit up brightly and scorched everyone who was carried away by the water.

Of course, Noelle, Olivia and Charlotte are the exceptions because they've protected themselves first, and Cryll has full power over the lightning she controls, so he's safe too.

"A—ahaha I was not accidentally"

"It's free to dodge now Charl"

"Charl .. You're stupid"

"Ugh"

Charlotte who was getting humiliation from Noelle and Charlotte immediately lowered her head with an awkward smile.

(Good .. Now I want to eat soup .. I'll ask Olivia to make it later)

In an arena flooded with boiling water due to lightning strikes and piles of corpses(?) who floats, Noelle is actually dominated by hunger because she did not have time for breakfast this morning.

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