Observing Samwell's face, I could sense that he really meant it. At that moment, I saw an attack wizard named Shimizu grinning at me.

　This Shimizu guy must have been a classmate of Tesshin's. He told me about the time he and Taichi and the others hunted the Iron Golem in the Suigetsu Dungeon.

You're saying that if I'm a life magician, I should hone my life magic skills without relying on other skills or tools?"

　Shimizu interjected, and Samwell nodded.

Yes," he said, "but it is only your magic skill that will save you. At the end of the day, the only thing you can put your life on the line for is your own magical skills."

　What Samwell says is correct, but I don't think it negates other skills and tools. Samwell himself must have gone through rigorous training to improve his skills and reach the forty-third place ranking.

　Nevertheless, this was possible because of the variety of magic in magical dress magic and the ability to use different types of magic to suit various situations.

　I have a wise man system, so I can create my own magic, but an ordinary magician or offensive magician can handle most things by choosing from existing magic and learning it.

　I can't decide which is more advantageous. I create magic to suit the situation, but the magic users and attack wizards can learn the right magic for the situation and improve their skills to deal with it.

　So much magic exists for magical armors and offensive magic, but do I have to create a lot of magic for the living wizards too?

　While I was thinking, Shimizu and Samwell started talking about who was stronger compared to me and Samwell. The conversation was going in a strange direction at this point.

It's a given," he said. Mr. Samwell, who is ranked 43rd, is more skilled than me. I've only just made A level.

　Shimizu looked at me.

Mr. Samwell has been in Class A for about ten years. It took him a long time to get to 43rd place. But if it were Mr. Grimm, wouldn't he be in the top twenty in ten years?"

　Samwell's comedowns twitched.

　Shimizu, do you have a grudge against me?　Don't tell me you have a grudge against me because of what Taichi and the others did to you?

Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.

"Oh, are you saying that he, a living wizard, is stronger than I am?"

No, I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that without actually competing with each other, we won't know how strong we are."

　I turn my sharp gaze to Shimizu.

In other words, you are saying that unless you and Mr. Shimizu actually compete with each other, you will never know how good you are.

　I was so angry that I got Shimizu involved as well. Shimizu heard this and panicked.

I am a C-class student after 30 years. I am still a C-class student even though I am over 30 years old. I'm not like those two guys in their 20s who got to A level.

　Samwell smiled meaningfully at me.

Does he have something against you?

　There was no way that someone who would so easily accept Shimizu's provocations could be in the 43rd place. Hearing this, Shimizu turned blue.

I think he's jealous because I'm young and an A student."

　Shimizu bit his lip and fell silent.

But I was intrigued by what he said. I've always been interested in how strong a living wizard could be."

I'm telling you, adventurers don't do stupid things like fight each other.

I agree. Adventurers are not allowed to fight each other except in mock battles. I don't think I can tell how good you are in a mock battle either, so I'm not going to do anything stupid."

I see. I am relieved. Well then, I'm going home."

Wait, there is one more way to get a glimpse of your abilities.

What do you mean by "part of the competence?"

'The magic-armor wizards would do their best to warm up with each other, and then measure their abilities by their ability to control their magic.'

　It seems that the warm-up we did at the Adventurer's Guild was an act of demonstration to show what we are capable of. This was the first time I had heard of this.

　It is said that the amount of magic power is proportional to the amount of time spent in the dungeon and the number of demons defeated, so there is no way I can beat Samwell. However, the power to control magic is not the total amount of magic power, but the amount of magic power that can be controlled at one time. This was the result of talent and training, and it was not something that longer experience would always give me an advantage.

I don't have that kind of habit with living wizards."

You know how to do it. You know how to do it, and now is your chance to see what the forty-third place in the rankings can do."

　It wasn't a loss for me, so I decided to give it a try.

　Shimizu and the others look at me and Samwell with curious faces.

Shall we begin?"

　At Samwell's words, he began to move the magic power around in his body. The amount of magical power Samwell controlled began to increase rapidly, and he began to feel suffocated by the magical power.

　As if in response, I too rapidly increase the amount of magic power. Shimizu and the others backed away when they felt the enormous amount of magical power that Samwell and I controlled. It was because there was such an oppressive feeling that we felt as if a dragon had appeared at close range. It was as if our bodies had expanded many times over.

　In Samwell's body, magical power begins to circulate at high speed. Samwell seems to be circulating magic along the large muscles of his entire body.

　I imitate it and circulate the magic power. By doing so, my brain is activated and my thoughts become clearer than ever before. Not only that, but I can feel my whole body becoming lighter. Even without using magic, my muscles seem to have strengthened.

　Samwell's body overflows with magical power. This is because he is generating magic power beyond the amount he can control. To know the limit of what can be controlled, it was necessary to generate magic power until it exceeded control.

　The source of that magic power is the D-particles that are stored in the body. The magic power is generated by interfering with those D-particles, which is the specialty of living wizards.

　When the magic power overflows from my body and begins to drift around me, a strange phenomenon begins to occur. It seems that my magical power has a high interference power with D-particles. It begins to collect D-particles in the surroundings on its own, creating a flow.

　The D-particles around me rippled in time with my emotions. And the flow of D-particles, which became denser and denser, became visible.

　I began to see a white mist-like stream circling around me. When Shimizu and the others saw this, they turned pale and moved away as if frightened.

　Samwell was also looking at me with a tense look on his face. I knew it was a bad idea and stopped warming up.

Let's stop here."

　Samwell swallowed his spit and then nodded.