I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 235.1

235 Underestimation 1

After the forced transfer, Duke-san and I moved according to the predetermined strategy, prioritizing our rendezvous with everyone else.

Considering our initial positions, the upperclassmen were sent near the royal castle, essentially the center.

So, it’s safer near the outer gate.

For this joint exam, we must first form a team with the best possible compatibility.

Attack, defense, anything scattered is the most dangerous.

In other words, we won’t attack each other for a while.

Prioritize the rendezvous; that’s the best strategy.

However, Weiss-kun had already defeated several upperclassmen.

Furthermore, announcements were heard that intermediate students had defeated upperclassmen.

… Something’s wrong.

Now is not the time to fight.

Yet, why is everything going so smoothly…

“Cecil!!!”

Quietly near the outer gate, as I ran along the roof, Duke suddenly shouted my name and stepped forward.

The next moment, an enormous magical cannonball flew toward us.

There’s always backup magical power in large magic attacks.

It should be detectable like the motion of an attack.

But I completely missed that.

“Haaaahhhh!”

Duke gathered strength in his right fist, solidified the magic he cultivated within his body, and blew away the magic.

We were supposed to be far from the upperclassmen.

Yet, who in the world…

“You’re the most troublesome and easiest to drop.”

“As expected.”

There appeared Neil-san and Priscilla-san.

Impossible, why…

“Cecil, you’re a genius. Some people think Battle Universe is just a game, but I don’t. I think it’s even more valuable than practice. In other words, you have the world’s best brain. ――But even you have one fatal flaw. That is, underestimating yourself. You probably think you’re not that special compared to others. But you’re wrong. We were only thinking about knocking you down first.”

After Neil’s words, about ten upperclassmen surrounded Duke-san and me.

At the forefront, Priscilla-san, using flight magic, accumulated fire in her right hand and water in her left.

Teleportation magic is supposed to be random, so why did they pinpoint me so accurately…

“It’s a numbers game. After being randomly teleported, all the upperclassmen moved single-mindedly to sense only your magic, disregarding danger. In the process, Weiss Fancent and others were dropped, but that value――was there.”

Priscilla-san answered in an indifferent tone, as if she could read my mind.

They ignored the theory of prioritizing assembly and all upperclassmen started acting alone.

For the sole purpose of dropping just one person, me.

“Cecil, run!”

Duke-san moved at an incredible speed and aimed for Priscilla-san.

There, surprisingly stepping forward to protect me was Neil-san.