The Extra’s Academy Survival Guide - Chapter 140

“I’m going to leave the war.”

That was how the Guardian of the Empire’s Capital, Obel Forsyth, left the battlefield.

The non-humans had bluish blood.

It felt like just yesterday that he was covered in that same bluish blood, running around the battlefield.

Under the rule of the Emperor Kroel, the Kroel Empire was in its heyday and was believed to have achieved a reign of peace.

Still, on one side of Kaleid’s heart, he remembered the existence of the non-humans that remained in the northernmost part of the continent.

But Emperor Kroel no longer desired to annihilate them any further. That was because the non-humans had already been weakened.

Even the Guardian of the Empire Obel ignored the continued existence of their enemy. He even ended up taking it upon himself to train the future generation.

“We didn’t fight to spill their blood. We fought to protect the Empire.”

In the end, following the wishes of the Guardian Obel, The Amputator Zellan, The Inquirer Glast, and The Outlaw Kaleid all came to Silvenia as educators.

But unlike the other two, Kaleid didn’t adjust well.

To Kaleid, who had lived on the battlefield ever since he was a child, somewhere like Silvenia that didn’t have any issues seemed like child’s play.

It was impossible to teach the brutal survival skills necessary on a battlefield to students that were drunk on peace and romance, protecting their youth under the pretext of education.

At least the Inquirer Glast, who was his close friend, seemed to have maintained his sense of survival in his own way.

Although his attitude towards academics was inflexible, at least he wasn’t ignorant of his duties or softened by the romance and peace of the campus.

When Kaleid worked at the school, he was known as a madman like Glast. However, it was in a slightly different aspect.

The students would practice until they were completely exhausted. He even demanded they do magic power resonance training throughout the entire night.

In the real world, there was no such thing as day and night.

When the enemy was aiming for your neck, they wouldn’t care whether the sky was light or dark.

However, to the plants that were growing in a greenhouse in a well-kept and good environment, his methods of survival and teaching were considered ‘unfair abuse.’

After all sorts of incidents, fighting with the school, and repeatedly feuding with the students, he finally left the school.

After that, he lived life as an adventurer, carrying out random jobs and wandering the lawless region of Kohelton for a long time.

When he received the offer from Silvenia once more, he had already become tired of living the life of a wanderer.

After all, talents like Kaleid were no longer needed in such a peaceful era. Like Obel had done, it was time to settle down and train a new generation of students.

Ultimately, he let go of all his expectations and decided to spend his time relaxing while getting paid…

The last person left to him was the disciple of Professor Glast, who was like his only colleague that he had left behind.

Cleoh Elpin. He was now the professor in charge of her. And these were the words that the immature Assistant Professor had told him.

“During his lifetime, Professor Glast seemed to have a strange anticipation directed towards Ed Rothstaylor.”

* * *

The combat training center of Obel Hall was always booked.

That was because it wasn’t only used for such practical classes, but also for individual duels between students, various demonstrations, and individual training for the students.

However, because of its large size, there weren’t many days that the seats were as filled as they were. It was most crowded during duels between the top students, joint combat training, or demonstration duels performed by the professors.

The reason that the students had gathered for a mere end-of-semester exam was to see Professor Kaleid, who was once a war hero and was known as the madman of the school, in a duel.

Plus, his opponent was a rising star among the third years: Ed Rothstaylor.

A student known for their hard work instead of their outstanding talent.

When he was a first-year student, his grades were at rock bottom. But in his second year, his grades started to go up, though he still wasn’t anything special.

However, when he became a third year, he rose to a level where he is considered one of the strongest in his grade. There were very few people that didn’t know who he was.

The significance of his sudden growth was a big deal for regular students.

In the first place, he wasn’t someone that stood out because they were born with talent, nor had he received any particular support from his family after being excommunicated.

He was proof that one could become a capable individual within the school without a great background. He rose to the ranks of the strongest in his grade solely through his own efforts.

Since it was a duel between these two, there was quite a lot of attention on it.

When the Student Council President, Tanya Rothstaylor, entered the arena with her closest aides, the crowd went silent.

“Hey, even the Student Council President personally came to watch?”

“Look, she even came with the head committee member Daike, and the secretary as well…!”

Such murmurs were now familiar to Tanya. The position of Student Council President was one where you always received attention from those around you.

Tanya felt a bit nervous about it, so she had made time to watch Ed’s match. Anyway, it wasn’t all that strange to come and watch a match that had been such a hot topic.

To some he was a maniac of war, to others he was a selfish and pretentious person, and to others just a pathetic alcoholic… But he was a person that couldn’t be judged based on the student’s opinions alone. That was the Outlaw Kaleid.

No matter how strong Ed was, he couldn’t go against an opponent like Kaleid, who was famous for being strong even among the faculty.

At least, that was what Tanya was thinking.

If something were to happen, it was necessary to intervene. Even if things didn’t go so far, she still needed to be weary of the atmosphere getting heated in case something inappropriate were to take place.

No matter how important of a professor he was, he still couldn’t completely ignore the student council president.

She was ready to do all of that, but… when she saw the appearance of Kaleid, she thought that she might have made a misjudgment.

“What a sickly-looking man…”

Middle-aged… No, that didn’t seem to be right.

It felt as if he looked older because of his unkept beard and messy ponytail.

Kaleid, who had both hands in the pockets of his coat, looked around with his gloomy eyes before letting out a moan.

“I got drunk, so I slept on the floor, but now my joints are screaming. Even though I eat lots of vegetables and dairy every day, my body is still all creaky. Maybe I should eat some more blue fish… Or should I be cutting back on salty foods…?”

“……”

On the arena’s stage, Professor Kaleid staggered around, looking straight at Ed.

Ed was wearing a leather pouch, which was the size of his torso, on his back. It seemed that whatever was inside was quite heavy. It was a bag that he had suddenly started carrying around recently.

“Alright, Ed Rothstaylor… Give it a try.”

Ed threw his leather bag into the corner as he relaxed his body, stretching his arms.

“You mean right now?’

“When else? The end-of-semester exams should happen at the end of the semester. Or are you planning to put it off and take it next year?”

Professor Kaleid kept his hands in his pocket as he started to quickly gather magic power with a grin.

The magic power started to rise from his legs before quickly spreading across his body, all the way up to the top of his head.

In an instant, he was completely covered in magic power and had an extraordinary resonance.

In the first place, professors weren’t at a level that students could compete against.

But among them, Professor Kaleid still stood out for his practical experience and combat ability.

It was hard to expect Ed to win, but at the very least he had to get a good grade.

Woosh.

Ed waved his hand lightly in the air.

Should it be called testing the waters? He was making a movement just to see how his opponent would react.

Magic Power manifested from Ed’s fingertips and in an instant, a huge wind blade formed as it flew towards Kaleid.

But he cast his spell at a ridiculous speed, blocking the wind blade.

Clang!

His body didn’t even budge. However, his collar swayed in the wind from the aftermath.

“Oh, you have more firepower than I thought.”

Professor Kaleid moved his waist to the left. It seemed as if he was still sore.

He then changed his gaze to be more fierce as he recited a spell so quietly, it was barely even audible. He did it all in less than a second.

As soon as Ed recognized it, the intermediate lightning magic Flare appeared.

“Kyaaagk!”

“Ahh…! That scared me…!”

“My eyes… I can’t see anything…!”

It was only a means to catch his opponent off guard, with no regard for the students watching the duel.

A ball of light was cast near his body, temporarily obscuring the vision of those watching.

Then, Kaleid quickly ran forward and narrowed the distance, getting ready to strike him with a beginner shock magic at close range.

At that point, he wasn’t trying to test him or anything like that. It was a simple attack to knock out his opponent. There was no way an ordinary student with no practical experience could deal with such a surprise attack.

However, Ed cast defensive magic, deflecting Kaleid’s attack. Since his magic was one that focused on speed rather than power, Ed’s defensive magic was more than enough to deflect it.

“Oh, would you look at this kid?”

Kaleid smiled as he laughed.

The moment Kaleid had cast Flare, Ed had lowered his head and closed his eyes tightly. His agility and ability to respond to a crisis was outstanding.

Then, there was an opening on Kaleid. Ed quickly cast the beginner fire magic Ignite.

Of course, Kaleid could easily deal with an attack of that level. He cast defensive magic to block Ignite and decided to finish things with his next attack.

However, the fire magic didn’t fly towards Kaleid.

The flames were surrounding Ed.

“You’re doing something interesting.”

Pretending to attack while actually defending.

If defense were his goal, he could have just cast defense magic. Doing it like that, he had to cast a beginner elemental magic and keep it around him, which was not only an issue for magic power efficiency, but also casting speed.

There was certainly a reason why he was doing that…

“You must be trying to block my view!”

Fwooosh!

Making Kaleid focus on defending, he intended to cast a higher-level spell.

Kaleid saw through that, casting wind magic to put out the fire.

But Ed had already finished casting the intermediate fire magic Point Explosion. The direction of his fingertips was pointed straight towards Kaleid.

Boom! Boom!

A spell that specialized in a rapid attack, to an extent that no other intermediate spell could match speeds with it.

In an instant, an explosion erupted from Kaleid’s body. However…

Fwoosh.

As Kaleid clenched his fist, the flames that were rising were suppressed through his magic power being extinguished.

He had covered his hands with magic power and pressed down on the flames. That was easier said than done.

The speed of Point Explosion alone was close to impossible to deal with through a human’s reaction speed.

It was only possible because he had anticipated it in advance. If he didn’t take into account that Ed would attack the moment the flames were gotten rid of, he couldn’t have achieved such a level of reaction speed.

He had a headache from his hangover and his body was aching from sleeping all over the place.

It was only possible to do such a feat because it had become ingrained in his senses. It was not a matter of reason.

No matter how poor his mental state was, it was his body that remembered what to do.

“It’s my turn.”

Then Kaleid cast the intermediate Ice spell Frozen Blade at an unbelievable speed.

It was different from Ice Spear, which Ed was familiar with. Unlike Ice Spear, which aimed to pierce through an enemy by pouring one’s magic power into a massive block of ice, Frozen Blade’s aim was to create countless blades made of ice to control the space around you.

Each and every one was as sharp as a dagger.

If you moved hastily, you would get hurt.

It wasn’t a direct attack, but rather a spell meant to control space through limiting your opponent’s movements.

Kaleid had already made his way into the vicinity of Ed. At that point, even beginner magic was dangerous.

“This…”

Ed was perplexed. His crisis-sensing ability was screaming out. If he stayed like that, he would get hurt.

Kaleid’s intentions were obvious. He planned to block Ed’s movements for now and then launch an attack that would be difficult for him to deal with through defensive magic.

He needed to evade it. However, if he were to dodge then he would run into the Frozen Blades.

But if he were to remove the Frozen Blades to dodge in that direction, then Kaleid’s attack would just change directions towards him.

Getting rid of the Frozen Blades on one side of him was basically announcing that you would be dodging that way.

He needed to get rid of all of the Frozen Blades at once, but it would be difficult for Ed to achieve through his current means.

A very brief moment of concern.

A duel was a series of judgments every single second.

Ed’s reflexes instantly reached out to another realm of magic than elemental.

Beginner Celestial Magic, Forced Collection.

A magic that twisted space and forced the surrounding matter into a single point.

There were many different ways to gather enemies. There was Wind Collection and Reagent Collection, but Forced Collection was a spell that came from Celestial Magic… Theoretically, it could not be resisted at all.

Because it twisted space itself, it couldn’t be resisted through physical means, nor could it be resisted through magic power. That was because Celestial Magic was completely different from regular magic power.

A field of magic that specialized in reaching ‘results.’ If you could use its power, you could defeat an enemy—no matter how powerful. That was Celestial Magic.

Dark red magic power surged around Ed’s body.

“…What?”

Kaleid’s pupils trembled momentarily. The same went for Ed. That was a mistake. His body had moved first because of his reflexes.

As soon as he realized he was casting Celestial Magic, Ed quickly dispersed his magic power, destroying it.

Boom!

Then Kaleid’s basic wind magic hit Ed’s body directly.

Dust rose in the air as Ed was knocked down for a while.

Fwooosh!

Crumble!

After a minute, dust continued to rise up.

Ed laid down for a while before finally standing back up.

“It’s my loss.”

“…You, what were you just doing?’

Kaleid narrowed his eyes as he spoke.

No matter what anyone said, what was just surrounding Ed’s body was Celestial Magic Power.

The spectators from afar didn’t seem to notice, but Kaleid, who was close to him, clearly saw it.

Celestial Magic that even he couldn’t use. It was clear that Ed Rothstaylor had tried to cast it.

“Just now, you…”

Kaleid doubted his eyes for a moment. Indeed, he was a student Professor Glast would have paid attention to.

Yet, Ed Rothstaylor allowed Kaleid’s attack to connect without casting any magic.

If there was a reason…

“Did you purposely only use elemental magic?”

“…Isn’t that obvious? This… is an elemental studies test?”

“……”

“……”

After those words, Ed, Kaleid, as well as the surrounding students all went silent. It seemed that only Kaleid was unaware of it.

In fact, Ed’s statement was correct. It was only an elemental studies exam, so it was natural to only use elemental magic.

However, it was obvious that Ed Rothstaylor wasn’t a student that could only use elemental magic.

Rumors said that he was a student that dealt with various fields of magic in a variety of ways. However, the firepower of his elemental magic was stronger than he had expected, and his ability to adapt in a fight was also good, so Kaleid didn’t even think of that.

If he were to fight a duel like that, then it would be like his legs were tied together. Of course, he would lose.

“But I don’t only look at your ability in using elemental magic.”

“…No, I’m telling you that this is supposed to be an Elemental Studies Exam?”

“Elemental Studies is the basis of all combat magic. Therefore, harmoniously using a variety of different fields of magic alongside Elemental magic is an important aspect of elemental studies.”

He explained it in a roundabout but simple way.

“You can attack me through any means or methods you have.”

Hearing that, Ed looked up for a moment.

He sat on his butt with only his upper body raised. Although he had clearly lost, Ed spoke back to Kaleid without hesitation.

“Is that okay?”

“Why? Worried about hurting me? If that’s the case, I’ll tell you that that’s just a useless worry.”

“If that’s the case…”

Ed slowly got up. Dust was all over the place, but it seemed that it was normal for him to get his clothes dirty.

Kaleid got serious as he cast defensive magic. He had a gut feeling that it would be a good idea to cast basic defensive magic around him.

Clang!

The moment he thought as much, two magic arrows flew into his defense, piercing it. He looked up to see Ed holding a bow made of magic power.

Fwoosh!

And like that, Kaleid’s defensive magic disappeared.

Normally, basic defensive magic disappeared instantly after a few regular attacks. In most cases, rather than the power of the attack, the number of attacks was more important.

And Ed’s attack just then… it felt as if he purposely controlled the amount of power to get rid of the defense magic.

Refraining from wasting as much power as possible and only attacking at the necessary level.

All of that was a buildup to attack his opponent with a critical hit. At that moment, Kaleid realized it.

That boy was not one of the students that played with the flowers in the greenhouse. He had been thinking that for a while.

The way he fought was with the intent to win. To do that, he only thought about overpowering his opponent as efficiently as possible.

Professor and student.

The massive gap in power was only natural. For the students, they would use all the strength they had but they would never fight with the goal of winning.

If you had such a mindset, the opponent could clearly feel it.

The attacks of those that gave up the idea of winning were dull and had no soul. It was clearly different from the battlefield, where you constantly risked your life by walking on the tips of your swords.

A duel against someone that thought losing was inevitable was meaningless. Even for a teacher, there was nothing to teach them.

But Ed Rothstaylor was fighting to win.

It felt as if he were used to fighting against an opponent with an overwhelming difference in power.

Even in a situation where defeat should have been inevitable, he was thinking of beating them. And up to that point, wasn’t he only using elemental magic because of the conditions of the exam?

But with that restriction lifted, what ways would he use to pressure his opponent?

The moment his curiosity started to rise, Kaleid realized it. There were puddles of water all around his feet.

He wondered if he had used the elemental magic Manifestation of a Water Source. But he shouldn’t have been able to use any intermediate magic or higher without casting it.

That meant he had engraved a magic spell in advance.

A Spiritual Skill…!

Kaleid was quick to realize it. At that moment, a massive lioness jumped out from the puddle of water. He quickly cast the intermediate ice magic Ice Wall with the magic power covering his hand.

Crash!

Lacia’s teeth were blocked by a huge wall of ice.

The magic power arrow was engraved with a spiritual skill…?

It was possible to engrave a spiritual skill onto an arrow in advance if you prepared thoroughly.

But Ed was engraving spiritual skills onto the magic power arrows one by one the moment he made them. Considering the speed at which he did it, it was an unbelievable level of spiritual resonance.

Yennekar Palerover was known as an unrivaled genius in the field of Elementalism. So, unless it was that girl… It shouldn’t have been possible.

But what Kaleid didn’t consider was the fact that Ed had learned elementalism from Yennekar.

From the start, his specialty wasn’t elemental magic!

Quite literally his arms and legs had been tied together.

But Ed, who was now free, took out a dagger from his thigh and shoved it toward Kaleid.

It looked as if he were trying to have a close combat fight because it would be beneficial for him.

After all, close combat was the correct choice to take against a magician. That is, with one exception.

If you were a magician yourself.

However, Ed didn’t care as he tried to start a close combat fight. That was because the conclusion he came to during the fight when he used only elemental magic was that he couldn’t defeat Kaleid.

It was a move that he took to win.

It wasn’t all that different from his past self, who risked his life every moment on the battlefield.

He felt an apparent pressure.

He once again cast defensive magic to deflect Ed’s dagger. But Ed twisted his body, pushing Kaleid’s arm away with a kick.

Kaleid took a few steps back. The distance had widened again somewhat, but he started to feel a different magic power from the floor.

Magic Engineering Item – Reinforced Claw Fingers.

Before getting close to him, he had placed a crystal ball on the floor.

It then dragged Kaleid’s body back towards Ed. The magic power covered him as it tried to push against his back. Kaleid clenched his teeth as he cast magic power to try and match the force that was pushing him.

However, even that was a part of Ed’s plan.

His goal had always been to narrow the distance, no matter the means. The question was whether the opponent could resist it or not.

The magic power that came from the basic magic engineering item could be easily resisted at a magician of Kaleid’s level.

He just wanted to buy time.

Then, with the Celestial Magic he was going to cast earlier…

A dark red magic power, one that couldn’t be resisted at all, started to rise from Ed’s body.

Forced Collection.

The range differed depending on the proficiency level, but the current distance was more than sufficient.

It was like a bullet that shot at you with your body tied tightly to it. There was no way to avoid it.

Once cast, it was a ridiculous magic that was impossible to avoid.

Kaleid tried to respond quickly with the speed from Point Explosion, but it was useless in the face of Celestial Magic.

It twisted space itself. By the time he got a grip of himself… Ed’s dagger was right in front of him.

Clang!

A ridiculous level of reaction speed. Kaleid’s defensive magic skills were at a level that even the Imperial magicians couldn’t help but be in awe of them.

However, Ed didn’t just use his dagger to perform a physical attack. All of the weapons Ed used are thoroughly engraved with a spiritual skill.

Boooooooooom!

Spiritual Skill – Explosion. Kaleid hadn’t expected that.

He was able to block some of it with his animal-like reaction speed, but he had also been damaged to some extent.

“C-Cough… Keuk… This guy… Would you look at that…”

His hangover was long gone. Kaleid’s expression also began to return to its normal state. After getting rid of the rising smoke, strangely large wings began to wrap around Ed’s body.

It was a bat that was nearly the size of an eagle. If it were to spread its wings as wide as possible, it could easily cover at least one person.

That bat sat on Ed’s shoulder, ready to blow flames across the entire arena at any moment.

Mid-ranking fire spirit, Mugg. Spiritual Skill – Explosion’s firepower had already exceeded that of mid-rank magic.

Ed took all sorts of magically engineered items from his pockets, putting them around him.

Each of the items scattered on the floor looked different. And the amount of magic power flowing through them was different. There was no way of knowing what he was going to do with them.

Fighting against someone strong, the key was to create as many variables as possible.

He was someone that knew that fact very well. As soon as Kaleid was certain of that fact, he immediately gathered all of the magic power in his body.

He was someone that had already passed the level of a student. Considering the size of Silvenia, there were occasionally students of a young age that had skills that exceeded those of active duty.

Since that was the case, Kaleid couldn’t continue to keep holding back his true power forever.

“Alright… Ed Rothstaylor. Now that things have become like this, let’s fight for a little longer.”

“Are we going to continue?”

“Let’s go to the very end. But I don’t know how I’ll clean up this mess.”

Before Ed could even ask what that meant, magic power started to surge from Kaleid’s body. The amount was clearly different than before.

No matter who saw it, it was clearly magic that gathered all his power into a single shot. Where that magic power was aiming towards… was the sky.

He was someone that was already considered a madman. There was pain in Kaleid’s eyes, knowing that he would have to write an apology letter for going so far against a mere student, but he didn’t care.

A murmur broke out among the audience. The scale of that magic was extraordinary.

Tanya, who was sitting in the crowd, also frowned. It was beyond the level of a test. That was obvious to anyone watching.

And the moment she sat there with that thought…

Booooooooooooooooooom!

Advanced Lightning Magic, Divine Judgement.

There was no need for a long explanation.

A thunderbolt. That’s all it was.

Booooooooom!

A thunderbolt pierced the ceiling, striking Ed directly.

The wind from the aftermath hit the audience. The students screamed as they tried to avoid flying away.

“B-Brother…!”

Tanya also brushed back her hair, which was fluttering in the wind. She somehow managed to keep her eyes on the arena.

Whoooooooooosh!

The storm winds that struck the audience grew even stronger as time passed.

Kaleid suddenly came to his senses.

No matter what, using advanced magic against a student… Even he thought it was crazy.

He was just convinced that his opponent would be able to withstand that much. So, he couldn’t stop himself from getting carried away and ended up doing something ridiculous.

If he were seriously injured from that, Kaleid would be held responsible. He started to break out in a cold sweat at that thought. Suddenly, one side of Kaleid’s coat was cut by a Wind Blade.

Whoosh.

An attack that flew through the rising dust.

Avoiding it… It was purely ‘luck.’ Since his view was obscured, neither the attacker nor the defender knew where the attack would go.

But he was sure of one thing… Ed Rothstaylor hadn’t lost yet.

“Haha…”

Kaleid had also used up quite a bit of his stamina. He was slowly starting to feel as if he were running out of power.

As the rising smoke gradually disappeared, Ed was revealed. He was also not in his normal state.

An advanced magic that flew down in an instant. He avoided a direct hit, but he received damage from the shockwave. Although he instantly cast defensive magic, it seemed that it wasn’t enough to take the entirety of the shockwave.

Fortunately, it didn’t look like he had broken anything. However… It still looked like he was pretty injured. He was also bleeding from somewhere. If he had a wound of that degree after missing his attack, just how serious of an injury would it have been if it had hit directly?

But Kaleid was unsure. In the first place, did his attack really miss? Could Advanced Magic really miss so easily?

Did it miss, or was he able to react and avoid it? Normally, he would have thought it was the former, but…

“Whew…”

Ed took a deep breath. It was to relieve the pain from his wound.

No matter what, it was still a test and that had clearly crossed the line. At that point, Kaleid thought he should just give him a high score and end things quickly.

It was 100% going to require a written apology. It was as if he was already starting to get a headache.

Thinking about it, he suddenly started to doubt his eyes.

Ed Rothstaylor was pretty injured, but… Those eyes of his were still alive, even though he should have lost the will to fight.

He was on his knees at the corner of the arena. In his arms, he was holding the leather bag he had put aside earlier.

“Ha… Haha…”

Did he still want to go?

He couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Truly, once that boy got started, he had no interest in anything other than victory.

Kaleid felt goosebumps rising on his arms. He started to gather magic power once more. If he wanted to continue going, he didn’t plan on backing down either.

Ed untied the leather strap that was tied to his bag.

Looking back on it, it wasn’t a bag. Rather, it was something that was wrapped in a leather blanket of sorts. It was something that Ed used to carry around for tests from time to time.

Seeing it unraveled, it was a fairly large wand.

A thousand-year-old wooden wand struck by lightning. It looked very different from the one Yennekar had. There were many cuts all over it, and there were also several engravings.

Contrary to the fact that only one spiritual skill could be given to a weapon, that wand had such a high resonance level that it could be engraved with all sorts of different spiritual skills at once.

At first, he only used elemental magic. Then, he used that dagger with a spiritual skill. When he ran out of stamina, he even used magically engineered items… And now he was finally taking out a wand.

Kaleid couldn’t even guess just how many ways Ed could fight. However, for now, he decided to focus on defeating the person in front of him.

Ed held the dagger in his left hand and the large wand in his right. He stood up with his head lowered.

The wind blew by.

Kaleid subtly heard a wolf’s cries mixed in with the blowing wind.

He slowly looked behind him to see… A massive wolf.

Not only the audience, but even Tanya, who had seen it before, froze.

The majesty of the wolf that had shown up was so large that even the large arena felt cramped.

Ed stood in front of him with his head lowered. He then looked up straight at Kaleid.