Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"Won't that be troublesome?"

Sieg suddenly asked again.

"You put so much pressure on yourself for people who have nothing to do with you. Don't you feel tired of asking yourself this, Student Council President?"

"Nope."

Dongtang Daohua turned around and smiled: "Because when I think about the children being happy because of my efforts, I feel like I have endless energy. And my teacher once taught me that when there is someone who needs to be protected, people can often exert more powerful strength."

"I firmly believe this - come to think of it, Mr. Zieg is acting strange today. Why is he asking these questions all of a sudden?"

"That's it."

Stella also frowned: "This doesn't seem like a question you can ask. Is there something wrong with your brain?"

"Do you want to spit it out now?"

“I’m talking to you————!”

Stella realized what Sieg was going to do and quickly slipped to Toudou Daohua's side. Seeing this, Toudou Daohua, who knew the inside story, couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Don't bully Stella too much, Sieg."

"Is this considered bullying? But... I will take your thoughts as a reference, Student Council President, thank you."

"Eh? Uh...you're welcome?"

Dongtang Daohua was not quite sure why Zieg wanted to thank him.

And, [as a reference]?

what does this mean?

"Well, although I'm a little embarrassed, but Student Council President, Stella, I'm leaving now. I'll treat you to a meal next time I come back to school. Goodbye."

"Wait--"

After hearing what Sieg said, Toudou Daohua and Stella had not yet reacted before Sieg had already left the training ground.

79. Giant of Mount Okutama

Although they didn't know what Sieg was talking about, based on their body's most instinctive reaction, Stella and Toudou Daohua immediately chased after him one after the other.

But just when the two of them stepped out of the training grounds and were about to catch up with Sieg, who was almost out of sight—

"Boom!"

A loud thunderclap suddenly sounded in the air, and then,

“Hualalalalal————!”

In just a few seconds, the sky, which had already shown a bit of dusk as it was approaching evening, was completely covered by sudden dark clouds, and a heavy rain suddenly poured down!

The sudden heavy rain caused the three of them to stop at the same time.

Stella quickly retreated back to the eaves with Toudou Daohua: "Hey~~~~ Why is it raining all of a sudden? Today's weather forecast clearly said it would be sunny."

"Mr. Sieg!"

Dongtang Daohua also waved to Qige: "It's raining heavily, come back to avoid the rain before leaving!"

(I think Mr. Zieg wants to go back to the training site? But it’s too dangerous to go into the mountains in this rainy weather. At least wait until the rain stops before leaving.)

It is still very dangerous to go into the mountains on rainy days.

However, as if he had not heard what Toudou Daohua said, Sieg still stood in the rain, looking up at the sky pouring down heavy rain. Then, before the three of them could react further -

"Boom!"

In the mountains not far away, a loud bang suddenly came from the mountains!

The obvious tremor made Zieg and others look towards the direction of the mountain immediately. A large number of birds seemed to be attacked by the tremor and flew out from the mountains and forests in groups!

(Could it be——)

A possibility came to Sieg's mind, and he immediately rushed into the sky on the blast.

"Wait---Ziger-san!"

Seeing this, Dongtang Daohua quickly took off his apron and handed it to Stella: "Stella, please stay here with everyone. I will go after Zieg."

"Eh?"

Stella wanted to say that she could go together, but just as Sieg ignored them and ran out, Toudou Daohua also quickly chased in the direction where Sieg flew out. Although her magic power was not as good as Stella's, combined with her lightning ability, her speed was a little faster than Stella.

In just a moment of distraction, Sieg and Toudou Daohua disappeared from Stella's sight one after another.

"...Okay, I get it."

With a helpless sigh, Stella retreated back into the hall.

"Whether it's Sieg or Toudou-senpai, their movements are really fast."

(As expected, I am still quite far away from them.)

————————————————————————

Just as Stella was reflecting on herself.

And Sieg and Toudou Touka who rushed into Mt. Okutama—

"Student Sieg! Can you please come down first?"

Flying back and forth among the trees in the forest, Dongtang Daohua shouted to Qige who was flying in the sky: "This is a thunderstorm. It's too dangerous for you to fly in the sky. Even if you really want to go back, you'd better move forward on the ground!"

"Boom!"

As soon as Dongtang Daohua finished speaking, Sieg, who was gliding in the air with the help of the gust of wind, turned around and landed straight on a clearing in the woods not far in front of her.

Looking at Toudou Daohua who quickly came to him, Zieg said: "The student council president is here. It's common sense not to move under trees on rainy days. It would be bad if you get struck by lightning."

"Thank you for your concern, but I'm a lightning sorcerer, and natural lightning is ineffective against me." Dongtang Daohua said with a smile, "Excellent natural interference sorcerers can gain strength by absorbing objects with the same abilities as themselves. Even if lightning really strikes me, I can absorb it directly."

This is also one of the reasons why Dongtang Daohua let Stella stay and came to chase Sieg himself.

If it's a thunderstorm, Stella's abilities will be affected to some extent.

"More importantly, Sieg, are you planning to go back to the training site? You're going back in such heavy rain... Is there anything in the training site that can't get wet in the rain?"

"Well...that's not the case."

Zig shook his head: "It just feels a little weird."

"strangeness?"

"There is a magical reaction." Sieg pointed at the rainy sky above their heads. "Although it is very weak, there is a slight magical reaction in the air."

Is there a magical reaction in the air?

Dongtang Daohua frowned slightly: "You mean... this rain is not natural, but someone deliberately caused it? It may affect the weather... That is something that only knights who are very good at mana control and have extraordinary magic power can do."

At least he should be an A-class knight, and most likely a natural interference type of [Water] or [Wind], right?

After all, to cause a thunderstorm, these two supernatural powers are relatively easy and simple.

"Sieg-san's perception ability can no longer be described as excellent, as he can detect such things."

"It was just cheating."

"Cheating?"

"nothing."

Sieg shook his head and continued to observe the sky with the special vision granted by the Dragon Slayer System. The reason why he could sense that something was wrong with the thunderstorm was all because of his special vision. In addition to the ability to accelerate thinking, enhance perception, and predict the future to a certain extent, his vision could also clearly capture the flow of magic power.

If he hadn't observed some magic in the air, he wouldn't have reacted the way he did.

(The one who caused this rainstorm...is probably Kurogane Ouma, right?)

As an A-level wind mage, Kurogane Ouma has enough magical power and magical manipulation to make weather changes of this scale. In fact, because of his special abilities, the requirements for magical manipulation are not that high.

And he caused this rain to mean that—

(The test of Hiraga Reizumi has begun?)

According to what was said in the previous meeting, Akatsuki Academy was planning to test some of Hiraga Reizumi's sword-cutting skills, which would be very useful later. So, this rain was a smokescreen for cover? And the noise that just resounded through the forest was...

"Boom!"

Another loud noise from the mountain interrupted Sieg's thoughts.

Sieg immediately rushed into the sky again, and then in the forest not far away, Sieg clearly saw a huge figure. At the same time, Dongtang Daohua, who came directly to the top of a tree, also caught the existence that caused the vibration at a glance.

That is a giant.

A giant over fifty meters in size, built from a large number of trees and rocks!

“That’s—”

(Hiraga Reizumi... With all this noise, what kind of smokescreen is this rain?)

Sieg sighed helplessly, then threw Toudou Daohua aside and rushed towards the giant in an instant with the blast.

80. I don’t think you said I can’t interfere?

Not long after, they arrived at Mount Okutama, about one kilometer away from Yueyingmoyan's mountain villa.

"Boom!"

Landing at the top of a waterfall, Sieg looked at the rock giant not far away, took out a student handbook from his pocket and made a phone call.

[I think it’s about time you contacted us, Sieg-san.]

The voice of Yueying Mofang was then heard.

[That giant is indeed Hiraga Reizumi's sword-cutting skill. It is scheduled to be used at the Seven Stars Sword Festival, so we need to do a test now. I hope it doesn't cause you any trouble.]

"It's not a big deal, but I hope you can tell me next time you take action. I was walking on the road when I was suddenly soaked. Tell Heitie that I will freeze him into an ice sculpture when I get back."

[Hehehe, I'll pass it on - then what's your purpose in contacting me? ]

"It's such a big noise. You actually created a 50-meter-tall giant. Are you afraid that Pojun Academy won't notice it?" Sieg said, "Pojun's student council president and others were cleaning the training grounds in Otama today. Such a big noise has been noticed."

[Yes, I know. In the original plan, Hiraga's giant was going to attack them. But please rest assured, now it is just testing its mobility and will not take the initiative to attack. ]

"If you guys take the initiative, I'll tear it down now."

Ziggy's tone dropped a little.

"However, the student council president of Pojun Academy is approaching. I have already gotten rid of her, but she should be heading directly in the direction of this giant... What are you going to do?"

[That's true...why not test it right here? ]

The voice that rang out was not that of Yueying Moya, but that of Pinghe Lingquan, a clown.

Zieg frowned, "They're all here... on speakerphone?"

【Um】

This time I changed to moon-shaped film teeth.

[Student Sieg, do you remember what I said before? Because of your opposition, we will no longer regard Pojun Academy as the target of the pre-event festival, but if Pojun Academy takes the initiative to step into our side, we will also respond - if the student council president of Pojun Academy wants to interfere with this test...]

“Buzz——————————!”

Before the voice in the student handbook had completely faded, a sudden loud noise drowned out all the other sounds.

Amid the heavy rain, a shining flash suddenly shot out from the top of the waterfall, instantly crossing a distance of hundreds of meters and hitting the fifty-meter-tall rock giant!

"Boom!"

Part of the body made of rocks and trees was instantly shattered!

After jumping down from the top of the waterfall and stepping on the blast wind several times in the air, Sieg landed heavily in front of the rock giant who was repairing himself quickly by using the surrounding ground.

"That's why I hate you guys who are so pedantic."