Magic? Muscle Is Much More Important Than Such A Thing! - Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“TOWN OF MARTIAL ARTS” MOSSENMORGES .

“Wait, Yuri-san! There’s no end of them!”

“Isn’t that a good thing?! You should enjoy it more!”

Slightly away from Mossenmorges, we are currently fighting against crowds of magical beasts .

At first there were only two kinds of magical beasts crowding and attacking us, but when the third ones came, the battle turned into chaos .

Within such crowds, Firia is burning one of the magical beast with fire magic .

“Stop being so petty and use some more powerful magic, would you?”

I ask so while punching one magical beast near me .

At first there were around fifty demonic beasts, and now there are only around thirty left . However, we still can’t let our guard down .

“My magical energy isn’t fully recovered yet, so I can’t just casually shoot such powerful magic consecutively . Shooting such powerful magic may also leave some openings, after all . ”

Even while grumbling so, Firia shoots down another one with wind magic .

“I see, let me clean them all up then!”

I shoot pistol punch . Several demonic beasts on straight line are blown up .

“Rather than my magic, that attack is more magic like, isn’t it?”

“Muscle magic is a full-fledged magic . As long as you train your muscle, anyone will be able to use it! You can also use it with a kick, you know?!”

And so I throw a kick upward .

My kick which surpass the speed of sound creates a shockwave, and another several demonic beasts loss their live in the process .

“Eh, isn’t that more powerful than your punch?”

“Power-wise, pistol kick is indeed more powerful than pistol punch, but it’s harder to aim, and it also leaves more openings . By no means bragging, but I can only use it against weak opponents . ”

I answer so to the seemingly shocked Firia .

Hearing my words, Firia mumbles “Pistol Kick… . ” . Perhaps she’s surprised at how cool its name is .

Should I fully master pistol kick, perhaps I’d be able to reach an even higher realm of power .

It’s just, as far as I’m concerned, I prefer to fight with my fists, though .

I mustn’t fuss over the means to become stronger, I must only focus on becoming stronger . I fully understand that .

However, there are times where the things that are seemingly trivial or unusual to other are actually the right ways to become stronger .

It may be hard, but if possible, I honestly want to get stronger solely by relying on my fists .

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Exhausted after subjugating the demonic beasts, we decide to take it easy and continue onward the next town slowly .

“I must say, the demonic beasts here are considerably stronger than the ones at the previous town, aren’t they?”

“You’re right . By the way, what class were those demonic beasts from before?”

“I think they were around C class . ”

“So those were C class, huh . They weren’t necessarily weak, but compared to Brokkina, seems like there’s quite the difference between B and C class . ”

“Seems like so . Even for adventurers, seems like that’s also quite a huge wall, after all . ”

While chatting like that, we eventually arrived at Mossenmorges .

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“Wow, what a huge town . ”

“Indeed, just look at that colosseum, will the martial tournament be held there, I wonder? Now I’m getting excited . ”

“Including the colosseum, the whole town is built out of stone . It’s my first time seeing houses made of stone . ”

When I try looking around, the whole town is indeed built solely out of stone .

In this world, building houses using earth magic is commonplace, but seems like that isn’t the case here . Or rather, a town like Asta which most houses were built of wood was the most peculiar of all .

However, even while discussing about that, my eyes just won’t get away from the colosseum .

Even among those stone buildings, the largest one is still the colosseum .

Mossenmorgess is also called “Town of Martial Arts”, and it seems like martial art tournament is held every year at the colosseum .

Seems like the tournament will last for two weeks, and that’s also one of my reasons coming here .

There were several other dangerous sounding towns, but they were either too far away, or there was too little information about them which made those options weren’t too viable .

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After that, we first head to the guild .

Today is already quite late so we don’t take any quest, but we can still look for some interesting-looking quests for tomorrow’s work .

The moment we come inside the guild, numerous gazes are focused on us . Well, without a doubt it’s because of Firia’s beauty, though . However, my muscles aren’t less charming, you know? Someone please understand that .

To show them off, I intentionally enlarge my muscles .

“Oi, those two… . they seem pretty strong . ”

“Huh? Leaving that illogically pretty woman, there’s no way that muscle daruma is strong, isn’t it? Just look at that, even the clothes are torn apart, you know?”

“From what I can see, perhaps that guy has no magical energy . Or even if he has, it’s only at a very meager amount . Most likely he proudly comes here from a faraway place, but at that level I doubt he’d last long here . The cute girl next to him is the exact opposite, though . ”

“I wish I can make a party with her . ”

Oh, although few, there seems to be people who can see my strength .

As expected, seems like the people here are considerably better than the ones at the previous town . Not bad .

Pretending not to hear their words, I head to the quest board .

“…hmm?”

After looking through the board, I tilt my head in wonder .

“Say, don’t you think it’s strange?”

“Indeed it is . ”

With her arms folded, Firia also inclines her head while mumbling “mumuu” .

“What’s up, you two over there?”

Somehow a huge guy calls out to us .

Well, even when I say huge, it’s only compared to the other adventurers here . Almost all adventurers here all are just like the typical frail twig-looking type, after all .

“Umm… we just couldn’t seem to find any D rank request… . ”

Firia answers so to his inquiry .

That’s right, on the quest board, there’s no D rank request .

There are indeed E rank requests, but that’d serve no meaning for us coming here in the first place

Hearing her answer, the man shows a very pitiful expression .

“You two, unfortunately there’s no D rank request here . This town is very dangerous after all, so every request at the very least is of C rank . ”

Oioi, for real? Does that mean that even after coming this far, in the end we still have to take E rank request?

Somehow Firia shots a glare at me .

Her glare is as if saying ‘It’s because you just arbitrarily decided to come here without any proper inspection, after all… . ’

“It’s because you just arbitrarily decided to come here without any proper inspection, after all… . ”

She literally says it .

Coming here was indeed my arbitrary decision, though . At this rate my credibility will fall rock bottom . Is there’s really no way, I wonder?

…well, for now let’s try asking this guy first .

“Oi you, is there no backdoor or something? I want to jump straight to C rank from E rank . ”

When I ask so, the man’s face turns red .

“Oi, is that the way of asking someone a question?”

Somehow he looks kind of pissed .

Honorific is so bothersome I don’t want to bother with it . However, perhaps that one was indeed too rude .

I have to reflect on it .

“For us this is our last chance . So, please, is there really no way for us?”

When I feel despondent, Firia asks the man as such .

Leaning her body forward, she links her hands in front of her face and shots him upturning eyes . So sly . As expected so Firia, very sly .

Looking at such Firia, the man’s face becomes red . However, this time it isn’t because of anger .

It’s because there’s a very beautiful girl pleading in such sly pose right before his eyes . As expected everyone will falter in front of it . Even I myself am a bit faltering here .

Even while flustered, the man still properly tell her a way to become C rank .

If we can last until the final tournament of the upcoming martial arts tournament, we’ll be acknowledged to have C rank prowess, and seems like even the guild will allow us to take C rank request by then .

“Thank you very much!”

Floating such flower-like smile, Firia thanks the man .

“Wh, what about having some meals together sometimes?”

“I’m sorry . I’m scared to be alone with someone like you, so… thank you for your invitation . Yuri-san, let’s go . ”

Declining his invitation, Firia grabs my hand and leaves the guild .

What the hell with that ‘I’m scared to be alone with someone like you’ . What a scary girl .

This girl is simply evil . Girls who’re self-conscious that they’re cute are all wicked .

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“I did that to get that information for you, you know? Also, I’m indeed scared to be alone with a man, after all . ”

Soon after leaving the guild, with her cheeks puffed, Firia turns toward me and says so .

This girl, she peeked at my mind again .

“You, even when you say that, aren’t you always alone with me in the inn?”

“That’s… Yuri-san, you’re umm… special… after all . ”

Firia answers so in mumble .

I doubt I can hear that without my trained ears . Well, even when I do hear it, it isn’t like I understand what she means, though .

“Special? Special in what why?”

“…Huh! It’s because rather than a man, you’re more of a muscle, Yuri-san!”

What’s with that ‘Huh!’?

Is she intending to intimidate me or something? Such weak intimidation has no effect on me, though .

“What did you say?! … You can unexpectedly say some good things too, don’t you?! That’s right, before I’m a man, I’m a muscle!”

I curl my arm, release my muscle, and show Firia my splendid biceps . Look at those exquisite muscles!

“Ah, also, if you want to intimidate someone you have to be more overpowering . Let me show you an example, something like this . UOOOO!”

“…Yuri-san, you sure are an irredeemable big dummy, aren’t you? Also, you’re too noisy so please shut up . ”

Even though I’ve expressly pointed out where she was lacking, what’s with this treatment . I just can’t understand her .

When I become quiet as she asked, Firia leaks out laugh ‘fufufu’ .

“You sure are a strange person, Yuri-san . ”

“Am I? As far as I’m concerned, you’re way stranger, though . ”

Putting her index finger on her cheek, Firia inclines her head and says “Is that so?”

Well, all in all, thanks goodness that she seems not mad any longer .