"Tch, you're all useless! Losing to illusions—the name of the Four Heavenly Kings of Education itself weeps! Looks like I'm the only one who can handle this, hmph!"
With that, the bald instructor struck a front double biceps pose, and his upper body clothing exploded off.
"Listen up! My name is Armstrong, the 'Iron Arm'! With these fists that can punch away even magic, I've disciplined countless insolent brats into shape!"
There it was—something about that boneheaded intensity reminded me of my father. The look was nothing alike, but the underlying mental structure was identical.
I couldn't stand it anymore.
Armstrong's right arm swelled up and began glowing gold.
"No one can beat this fist of mine! Take this—Golden Fist!"
The searing golden right straight came barreling toward me, shaking the very atmosphere. His clenched fist filled my entire field of vision.
"Then I'll be the first person you've ever lost to. Haaah!"
I put everything into my own right straight. I reinforced only my right arm with the body-strengthening magic 'High Muscle,' then cranked up the weight tenfold with gravity magic—gravity aimed squarely at the instructor.
"Guaaah!! My right arm!!"
Armstrong's right arm, where it collided with my fist, had its blood vessels rupture and muscles torn to shreds by the sheer impact.
"Mm, that stings. Even with all that reinforcement, my hand's gone numb. Your right arm's done for, though."
Even with[Pain Dampening], ten times gravity magic still made my arm ache. Without the arm-strength boost from[Superhuman Strength], my own arm might have been destroyed too.
"How is that possible... where does all that power come from in those skinny arms?! Even orichalcum wasn't this hard!"
Doping skills piled on top of doping skills. Forgive me.
To truly beat a musclehead, you have to out-muscle them.
"My training method's different."
I mean, the regimen the school principal himself called terrifying should speak for itself.
"That's impossible! I do ten thousand 'Thank You Right Straights' every single day! I'm so fast I leave even sound behind!"
Honestly, in another world, that kind of thing seems like it could actually be possible.
"You lost to me. Case closed. Now then—'A Midsummer Night's Nightmare.'"
"You think such cheap tricks work on me?! ...Stop! Don't take my muscles! My biceps, my rectus abdominis, my hamstrings—they're all getting weaker, weaker..."
And down he went, instantly.
Taking muscles... I wonder what I actually did to him.
And so, from that day forward, the special instruction room was never used again.
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"Hmm, Alan, you're the first student who hasn't been able to do this at all. There's no questioning your enthusiasm, but..."
Once again, the magic circle studies class had gone nowhere. He still hadn't managed to reproduce even the very first, most basic magic circle he'd been given.
"With my guidance, I should be able to bring even students with limited talent up to a decent level, but I'm starting to lose my confidence. I've never seen a student with so little aptitude for magic circles."
Ah—that was the trigger.
So I used[Reverse]on my aptitude for magic circles.
"Instructor, I've done it."
"Oh, not this aga— wait, you actually did it? Let me see. That's perfect!"
"And I can do this too."
Then I traced the same magic circle in midair using threads of magical power.
"I haven't even taught you that yet! How can you already make that kind of application?! That's a technique for students on the verge of graduation!"
"I've done it. Please teach me the other magic circles too."
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Skills: [Reverse][Divine Eye][Sword God][Gentleman Thief][Dark Magic][Rock-Iron Magic][Holy Magic][Space-Time Magic][Scorching Magic][Freezing Ice Magic][Magic Hand][Seduction][Pain Dampening][Complete Status Abnormality Resistance][Flame Spirit's Protection][Phantom Demon][Thunderclap and Lightning][Dark Spirit's Protection][Superhuman Strength][Thunder God Sword][Great Fortune][Clear Storm Magic][Humility]
Rank: Silver (Alisa: Gold)